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The funding will be sent to the Ukraine government in tranches. It will start with a $3 billion transfer in August, the USAID stated. Earlier funding amounted to $1.3 billion in June followed by $1.7 billion in July, as per USAID’s statement. The funds are to help the Ukrainian government to maintain its primary functions. These include social and financial assistance for the underprivileged population, persons with disabilities, and internally displaced persons, as the Russia-Ukraine war goes on.

New York City added nearly 4,000 people who never tested positive for the coronavirus to its death toll Tuesday, bringing coronavirus-related deaths in the city to around 10,000 people.The city decided to add 3,700 people to its death tolls, who they “presumed” to have died from the virus, according to a report from The New York Times. The additions increased the death toll in the U.S. by 17%, according to the Times report, and included people who were suffering from symptoms of the virus, such as intense coughing and a fever.The report stated that Democratic New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio decided over the...

he Federal Reserve on Tuesday injected longer-term cash into the U.S. banking system in an effort to meet the funding needs of banks and Wall Street following a bout of turbulence in money markets last week. The New York Federal Reserve added $30.0 billion cash into the banking system through 14-day loans to primary dealers. These 14-day term repurchase agreements (repo) were on top of the $75 billion in temporary cash through an overnight repo operation. Primary dealers, or the top 24 Wall Street firms that do business directly with Fed, borrow from the central bank by using their Treasuries...

The White House is stepping up its rapid response media operation, creating a communications position to respond to unfavorable stories on the Web, the Huffington Post reports. HuffPo’s Sam Stein writes that Jesse Lee, a member of the Obama administration’s new media department, will take on a new role in replying — at times aggressively — to stories that paint the administration in a bad light. In a preview of what his duties may be, Lee blasted Fox News commentator Glenn Beck in a White House blog post, accusing Beck of lying and engaging in a “partisan attack to boost...

An announcement by the government trumpeting the addition of 570 new jobs at Intel’s chip manufacturing plant in Kiryat Gat has created excitement in the finance sector. The upgrade -- which means an investment of NIS 10 billion ($2.7 billion) in Israel’s economy – will be carried out over an eight-year span, and is slated to begin in 2011. By 2018, the Kiryat Gat plant is expected to number about 3,100 staff members. The project is still subject to final approval from the government’s investment center and the Knesset Finance Committee.

Has FR been compromised? For the past two days as soon as I click on FR my computer becomes smoked with Trojan Horses and a pop-up about working at home and one for Google. I have the purchased version of AVG running and Windows Defender operating as well. Is anyone else experiencing this?

Advertising can be creative and even purposely funny. But sometimes, an ad on a bad place can have unexpected results! Here is a list of 15 unfortunately Placed Ads....

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6, 2006 – Waxhaw, N.C., will be awash in red, white and blue Sept. 9, as the town holds a Freedom Walk and “Waving Patriotism” event to commemorate the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and honor servicemembers, past and present. Hosted by Flags Across the Nation, a nonprofit group that promotes patriotism, the events and walk will begin with a welcome ceremony at 11 a.m. near the town’s Memorial Wall and fire station and conclude at 5 p.m. Those attending are encouraged to write letters and create patriotic art for the troops. They can also brush up on flag...

WASHINGTON, April 10, 2006 – The Pentagon Channel has added video podcasting to its line of products that distribute the channel's military news and information to the nation's men and women in uniform. "We work hard to communicate with the men and women of the department around the world," Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld said. "I am pleased that we are using video casting and other increasingly important technologies to reach our global audience with all the news and information available on the Pentagon Channel." The channel's video podcasting line-up includes: "Around the Services in Brief," the daily...

SACRAMENTO – As if to sweep away the last remnants of his 2005 special election shellacking, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is following the purge of his senior government staff with a housecleaning in his political operation to launch his re-election campaign this year. But unlike his eclectic – critics would say “schizophrenic” – Capitol staff, where the dominant figure is a longtime Democratic activist, senior members of the Republican governor's new campaign team have solid Republican pedigrees. Out is senior strategist Mike Murphy, who directed the campaign for Schwarzenegger's “reform agenda,” which was defeated in November. And Rob Stutzman, Schwarzenegger's chief...

SACRAMENTO - Buried amid thousands of pages collected by auditors investigating Secretary of State Kevin Shelley is a memo from a state consultant who attended a union-sponsored "Take Back the White House" rally. The consultant wrote that he "was there to represent the SOS office" at the April 3, 2004, event and a state investigator's note on the document indicates that one of Shelley's top deputies asked the consultant to go. Shelley aides have vigorously denied that the Secretary of State's office misused federal voter outreach funds to send consultants hired with the money to partisan political events. Shelley's spokeswoman...

SACRAMENTO - Last year, prison guards received ``fitness pay'' worth $33.2 million -- nearly a sevenfold increase from 1999 -- even though they're no longer required to even take a physical fitness test, much less pass one. The guards' union proclaims its members walk the toughest beat in the state, but the cost of their contract has been under mounting scrutiny because the state is relying on borrowing billions to balance the books. Legislative critics complain about what they call overly generous salary provisions, and say that point is brought home by a close look at the fitness pay given...

WASHINGTON - John Kerry (news - web sites) is adding some of the Democratic Party's most experienced strategists to his team for the stretch drive against President Bush (news - web sites), including hometown allies from Boston and top advisers of former President Clinton (news - web sites). "Everybody wants to help us win," said campaign manager Mary Beth Cahill. Michael Whouley, the Boston operative who helped salvage Kerry's candidacy in Iowa, is returning to the Democratic presidential campaign to help strengthen Kerry's state-by-state political organizations and to provide general strategic advice. Cahill said he had held similar jobs in...

"There are already people who have made the decision that if/when the time comes, they will try to kill a minister, a Prime Minister, an army officer or a policeman." So said Public Security Minister Tzachi HaNegbi last night. The incitement campaign against the right-wing continues. Public Security Minister Tzachi HaNegbi, a sometimes leader himself of right-wing causes in the recent and more distant past, said last night that in his opinion, "there are already people who have made the decision that if/when the time comes, they will try to kill a minister, a Prime Minister, an army officer or...

US PRESIDENT George W. Bush unveiled his first election advertisements and his rival John Kerry wooed votes in the crucial state of Florida as the race for the White House moved into top gear yesterday. Senator Hillary Clinton also ruled herself out as prospective vice-president as Senator Kerry began looking for a running mate. "No, I'm having a great time being a senator," she said when asked if interested. "I don't think it would ever be offered and I don't think I would accept." Senator Clinton said she remained willing to support Senator Kerry "in any way he requests". With...

<p>NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Many viewers of this weekend's Super Bowl will tune in for the commercials as much as the game itself.</p> <p>Super Bowl XXVIII, for those of you counting, will mark the 20th anniversary of Apple Inc.'s seminal ad showing a woman breaking a PC screen, which showed what a Super Bowl ad can do for a brand.</p>