Morning brief: Lebanon explosions; Iranian hackers tried to tip 2024 US polls, and more
Morning brief: Here's a look at the top stories.
Japanese radio equipment maker Icom Inc. said on Thursday (Sep19) that it had stopped producing the model of handheld reportedly used in recent blasts in Lebanon around a decade back."The IC-V82 is a handheld radio that was produced and exported, including to the Middle East, from 2004 to October 2014," Icom said in a statement.
American agencies said on Wednesdaythat Iranian hackers had attempted to interfere in the 2024 election by sending stolen material from Donald Trump's campaign to people involved with Joe Biden's re-election campaign.
In other news from around the world, US lawmakers rejected a Republican-backed government funding proposal that would've kept the government running past November's presidential elections.
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Japanese radio equipment maker Icom Inc. said on Thursday (Sept 19) that it had stopped producing the model of handheld reportedly used in recent blasts in Lebanon around 10 years ago.Icom earlier said that it was investigatingthe facts regarding news reports that two-way radio devices bearing its logo had exploded in Lebanon.
United Stateson Wednesday (Sep 18) revealed that Iranian hackers had attempted to interfere in the 2024 election by sending stolen material from Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign to people involved with Democratic President Joe Biden's re-election campaign.
US government shutdown eminent? Lawmakers reject key six-month funding extension
US lawmakers on Wednesday (Sep 18) rejected a Republican-backed government funding proposal that would've kept the government running past November's presidential elections.The bill which was aimed at preventing a government shutdown with a six-month extension of funding, was voted down 220-202.
Fed cuts interest rates by half a point, initiating easing campaign amid economic concerns
The Federal Reserve has taken a significant step in its monetary policy by cutting interest rates by half a percentage point, marking its first reduction since the onset of the Covid pandemic. The decisionaims to mitigate potential downturns in the labor market while responding to easing inflationary pressures.
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