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Trump adds more billionaires to his administration after promising to help ‘everyday Americans’

The incoming administration will be the wealthiest in history, with more than a dozen ultra-rich nominees for critical agencies and major diplomatic roles

The Independent UK

The total wealth of Trump’s top team is $340 billion — more than the GDP of 169 countries

Several billionaires and wealthy mega donors and executives are nominated for key economic posts

The Independent UK

Trump announces more picks including US trade chief and health deputy

Attorney Jamieson Greer to play key role in trade team and John O’Neill picked to be RFK Jr’s health department deputy

The Guardian - US

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Jim O'neill Named Deputy Secretary Of Health And Human Services

President-elect Trump appoints Jim O’Neill as deputy secretary of health and human services to focus on improving health and well-being, especially for chi...

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Trump names pick for NIH director - Roll Call

Trump says he has picked Stanford physician Jay Bhattacharya to lead NIH and Jim O’Neill to serve as the deputy secretary of HHS.

Roll Call

Government urged to help as shipmaker Harland & Wolff prepares to enter administration – as it happened

Steps are now being taken to reduce headcount at Harland & Wolff, as board concludes the company is insolvent

The Guardian - UK

Turkey’s ‘balancing act’ with BRICS bid raises NATO concerns

Turkey’s application to join the BRICS bloc, led by Russia and China, is sparking concerns over President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's commitment to NATO. The move, by a member of the world’s most powerful military alliance, highlights the geostrategic shifts straining the post-war order at a time of heightened international tensions.

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Rachel Reeves’ pension plan could damage the north, says ex-minister

Lord Jim O’Neill says small businesses could lose out from merger of local government schemes to create large fund

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak ‘pushing for HS2 to stop six miles north of Euston’

PM said to want project to stop at Old Oak Common in bid to save billions

The Independent UK

Scrapping HS2 northern leg would be ‘disaster’, says ex-Tory Treasury minister

Lord O’Neill says UK framework for making investment decisions on infrastructure is ‘dreadful’

The Independent UK

What is Brics? Turkey applies to be first Nato member to join alliance headed by Russia and China

A Turkish ambassador reportedly says Ankara's ‘accumulated frustrations’ with the West and the EU have spurred the decision

Evening Standard

Can BRICS end ‘apartheid’ against the Global South?

As the grouping of five emerging economies meets in South Africa, here’s what to expect.

Al Jazeera

Size, population, GDP: The BRICS nations in numbers

Officials from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa gather in Johannesburg on Tuesday for a three-day BRICS summit, a five-nation club comprising 40% of the world’s population and more than 25 percent of global GDP that positions itself as an economic counterweight to the West. Almost 15 years on…

France 24

A BRICS currency replacing the dollar is a ‘ridiculous’ idea, says the top economist who named the group—unless China and India become allies

Jim O’Neill coined the term BRIC when he worked at Goldman Sachs in 2001, and he’s blasting the idea of a BRICS currency. “It’s embarrassing almost.”

Fortune

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The Independent UK

Scrap ‘petty and arbitrary’ fiscal rules and invest, top economist who advised Labour urges

Jim O’Neill says OBR should be given new powers to emphasise economic benefits of public investment

Tribune News Service

Who is Catherine Eagles, the judge presiding over North Carolina’s abortion lawsuit?

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina’s 12-week abortion ban has its first day in court Wednesday — but it isn’t the judge’s first time presiding over a case on abortion.

The Guardian - UK

Partygate: Nadine Dorries suggests Boris Johnson Chequers records might have wrong names and dates – as it happened

Former culture secretary says prime ministerial diaries ‘are frequently wrong’

Reason

Do Politicians Have a First Amendment Right To Lie to You?

Plus: Missouri's "Don't Say Gay" bill, exempting parents from income tax, and more...

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Investigation into North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein has been closed, prosecutor announces

RALEIGH, N.C. — Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman announced Thursday her office has closed its investigation into North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein, over an allegedly false campaign ad for which her office was preparing to indict the high-profile Democratic official last year.

The Independent UK

DA says libel case against N. Carolina Attorney General over

A local North Carolina prosecutor says campaign-related charges won’t be pursued further against Attorney General Josh Stein or his aides in light of a federal appeals court ruling this week

The Independent UK

Appeals court backs North Carolina AG Stein on libel law

A federal appeals court has sided again with North Carolina’s attorney general in a lawsuit involving a libel law that a district attorney sought to use to attempt to prosecute Josh Stein over a 2020 campaign commercial

Evening Standard

Even amid the strikes Labour are still the new party of business

The Tories have it all to do if they want to win back their lost status

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer to promise ‘partnership with business’ if Labour wins power

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves sets out plans to fill £16bn investment gap for start-ups

The Guardian - UK

Labour unveils funding shake-up to help turn UK into global startup hub

Party to give British Business Bank greater independence to raise capital in latest move to cement growing pro-business reputation

Manchester Evening News

Sir Jim Ratcliffe has two key things the Glazers don't amid Manchester United takeover talk

The billionaire is seemingly the favourite among Man United fans and there are two reasons why he'd have a good shot at success as the club's owner.

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