International News Morning Post

International News Morning Post:

Biden nominates three Fed officials

US President Biden announced on the 14th that he nominated former Treasury official Sarah Bloom Ruskin as vice chairman of the US Federal Reserve Board in charge of financial regulation, and nominated two university professors as Fed governors.

Biden said in a statement issued by the White House on the same day that the current US economy is facing the challenge of rising prices, and the Fed needs to play a sound and independent leadership role, and these three people will work with Powell and others who have previously been nominated for re-election as Fed chairman to guide the US economy on the track of sustainable recovery.

[13 people killed in attacks on villages in north-central Nigeria]

Nigerian police confirmed on the 14th that two villages in the northern-central Niger state of Nigeria were recently attacked by militants, and 13 villagers who were harvesting crops in the farmland were killed.

Niger State Police said in a statement on the same day that the police failed to obtain information in time due to the remote location of the attacked village and the inconvenience of transportation and communication. At present, the police have deployed police forces to maintain local security and prevent the recurrence of attacks.