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Begona Gomez is accused of using her position as the prime minister’s wife ⁠to secure work contracts.Published On 20 Jun 202620 Jun 2026The wife of Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has been barred from travelling abroad as she prepares to face trial on corruption charges.Investigating judge Juan Carlos Peinado issued the ruling on Saturday, ordering Sanchez’s wife, Begona Gomez, to hand in her passport and appear in front of court twice per month until a verdict is issued. She is charged with embezzlement, influence peddling, corruption in business dealings and misappropriation of funds.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listGomez…

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Artificial intelligence is giving tech investors an entirely new reason to pay attention to the Federal Reserve. For years, megacap tech companies with hefty balance sheets have been able to shrug off rising rates, which tend to weigh more heavily on smaller, less-profitable peers. But companies that were once cash cows are depleting reserves and leveraging debt in their ambitious data center buildouts. That’s making the group much more exposed to the cost of borrowing. “Tech investors are not as used to looking at rates,” Peter Boockvar, chief investment officer of One Point BFG Wealth Partners, said in an interview.…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! For months, senior Trump administration officials argued that Iran’s ballistic missile arsenal helped shield Tehran’s nuclear ambitions and was a key reason the U.S. launched Operation Epic Fury attacks on the country. Now, President Donald Trump is suggesting Iran having missiles may not be a problem at all.”If other countries have them, it’s a little bit unfair for them not to have some. If Saudi Arabia and Qatar, and they all have some, I would say that in relative proportion, I think it’s okay,” Trump said at the G7 international forum Wednesday. “Am…

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US stocks are showing surprising resilience as Wall Street increasingly abandons expectations for near-term Federal Reserve rate cuts.Several major financial institutions have recently pushed back their forecasts for monetary easing, with some now expecting the Federal Reserve to leave rates unchanged throughout 2026. Yet despite the more hawkish outlook, strategists remain broadly constructive on equities, particularly in the United States.Standard Chartered, in its second-half 2026 investment outlook published on June 19, said it remains overweight global equities, with a preference for US and Asia ex-Japan stocks. The bank forecasts the Federal Funds rate will remain in a range of 3.5%…

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Passengers board an Avelo flight at Tweed-New Haven Airport.Connecticut Public Broadcasting | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesWith Spirit Airlines gone from the skies, travelers now have fewer lower-cost options waiting in the wings during the busy summer season. Americans may need to get used to it, as the changes taking place in how we fly could become permanent.For many years, airline efforts to create loyalty programs that keep customers sticking around could not compete with the one deciding factor for customers when purchasing a ticket: price. But the era of the low-cost carrier and ultra-low-cost carrier may now be irretrievably…

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Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesArtificial intelligence giant Anthropic shocked observers when it said Friday evening it disabled access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models to comply with an order by the U.S. government. But traders on prediction market platform Kalshi think it’s more likely than not that the Fable model returns to U.S. consumers as soon as July. Traders place 58% odds Anthropic will restore access to Fable 5 before July 1. They think it’s even more likely it’s back by July 10, with a 74% chance it happens by then. For the event contract to resolve to “yes,”…

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