Saudi Central Bank allows visitors to open bank accounts with visitor ID | World News

The Saudi Central Bank now allows bank accounts to be opened using a verified Visitor ID/Representative Image The Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) has updated its banking regulations to allow visitors to open bank accounts using their Visitor ID, an official document issued by the Ministry of Interior. This move is designed to improve the visitor […]

Central Bank of India Rises on Tie-Up with C2FO Factoring Solutions | Udaipur Kiran

Central Bank of India shares edged higher on Tuesday after the lender announced a strategic partnership with C2FO Factoring Solutions to boost Trade Receivables Discounting System (TReDS) services for MSMEs across the country. The stock was trading at ₹38.04 on the BSE, up 0.48% from its previous close of ₹37.86. During the day, it touched […]

Gold Hits Record High as Central Bank Holdings Surpass US Treasuries for First Time Since 1996 | Udaipur Kiran

New York, 3 September (Udaipur Kiran): Gold prices surged to historic highs on Tuesday, crossing $3,500 per troy ounce, as investors bet on a Federal Reserve interest rate cut and continued robust buying from foreign central banks. Gold futures climbed to an intraday high of $3,578, while spot gold traded above $3,516—both setting new records. […]

‘I’m gonna blow you up’: Woman arrested for bomb threat call to University of Central Florida; spammed professor with texts and selfies

AI Image used for representative purpose A Florida woman was arrested after drunkenly phoning the University of Central Florida just after the summer term ended, and dropped the bomb threat. Kristin Galli, 29, allegedly called UCF’s Student Care Services on May 22, blurting out, “I’m gonna f–king blow you guys up” before hanging up the […]

How Louisana Became ICE Detention Central

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement wants to operate more like a business — like FedEx or Amazon. Brent McDonald and Campbell Robertson traveled to a small commercial airport in Alexandria, La., that has become the No. 1 ICE transit hub in the country. Source link

Russia seizes two villages in central Ukraine; raids kill 6

Russia on Saturday said it had wrested two villages in Ukraine, including one in the central Dnipropetrovsk region, marking a fresh advance into an area largely spared seizures of land since Moscow launched its offensive in 2022.Overnight strikes by both sides meanwhile claimed six lives — four in central Ukraine and two in western Russia, […]

Now, central bank chief targeted for ‘ostentatious’ Fed renovation costs

File photo: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell (Picture credit: AP) WASHINGTON: US President Trump has the authority to fire Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell for cause if evidence supports that, White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said Sunday, adding the Fed “has a lot to answer for” on renovation cost overruns at its Washington headquarters. […]

Five dead, two missing in Typhoon Wutip in central Vietnam, farmlands flooded; reaches southern China

Typhoon Wutip (Image credits: IANS) Five people died and two went missing after Typhoon Wutip lashed central Vietnam, the country’s agriculture ministry reported. The storm caused widespread flooding, submerging over 70,000 hectares (172,000 acres) of cropland.Three fatalities were recorded in Quang Tri province, and two more in Quang Binh, where two people are still unaccounted […]

If It Happened There: Donald Trump sends central troops to quell protests in opposition-ruled California | World News

Protesters confront police on the 101 Freeway near the Metropolitan Detention Center of downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 8, 2025, following last night’s immigration raid protest. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Note: The following piece is inspired by Joshua Keating’s If It Happened There which uses tropes and tones normally used by American media to describe […]