US Senate confirms Lutnick as Secy of Commerce

Washington, Feb 19 (UNI) The US Senate voted on Tuesday to confirm Howard Lutnick as the Secretary of Commerce. During the confirmation vote, 51 senators supported Lutnick’s nomination, while 45 spoke out against him. US President Donald Trump nominated Lutnick in November, more than two months before his inauguration. Lutnick is the CEO of Cantor…

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2 dead, 4 hospitalized in Sydney house fire

Sydney, Feb. 19 (UNI) Two people have died and four more have been hospitalized after a house fire in western Sydney in Australia’s state of New South Wales (NSW). Emergency services were called to the fire in the suburb of Heckenberg, about 30 kilometers west of central Sydney, at about 12:40 a.m. local time on…

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5.7-magnitude earthquake rocks off eastern Indonesia, no tsunami alert issued

Jakarta, Feb. 19 (UNI) An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale jolted Indonesia’s eastern Maluku province early Wednesday, but it did not trigger large waves, the country’s Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency reported. The agency initially recorded the quake’s magnitude as 5.9 before revising it downward. The tremors occurred at 6:39 a.m. Jakarta time…

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