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Obama has promised a veto if the House and Senate vote against the nuclear

The authorities believe bomb blasts at the Erawan shrine and Sathorn Bridge in Bangkok this week were aimed at discrediting the military government, national police chief General Somyot Poompanmuang has said.

“This includes those who looked out on the streets, prepared the bomb and those at the site and… those who knew the escape route”.

Schumer’s New York colleague, Sen.

Many analysts had been betting on a rate hike when Fed officials next meet in September given sustained strength in the world’s largest economy.

Yesterday, a manhunt was underway for a man, wearing a yellow t-shirt and heavy-framed glasses, seen in CCTV footage apparently depositing a black rucksack at the scene before vanishing into the crowd only minutes before the explosion.

Authorities have called it the worst attack in Thai history. But, “authorities don’t know whether the man is still in the country”.

Iran’s atomic energy agency has dismissed a media report that Iranian experts, instead of the worldwide Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) staff, will inspect the country’s nuclear sites.

The Shanghai Composite closed down 3.4% and the smaller, tech-heavy Shenzhen index lost 3%.

The disclosure sparked a firestorm of criticism from GOP lawmakers and presidential candidates who think the Obama administration made too many concessions during negotiations for the broader nuclear agreement between Tehran and Western powers.

Having been outperformed by their larger peers earlier in the session, small-cap stocks roared higher in afternoon trade, with the CSI 500, Shenzhen Composite, and tech-heavy ChiNext indices all finishing with gains in excess of 2%.

Discussions of economic issues in policy circles often suffer from a “which way is up?” dilemma; it’s not clear what the problem is that needs to be solved.

Meanwhile, the shrine that was the scene of Monday’s deadly attack reopened to the public on Wednesday.

Security services in Thailand have released images of a suspect they are seeking in connection with Monday night’s bombing at a popular shrine in Bangkok that has left at least 20 dead and over 100 injured.

An explosive device was hurled toward a crowd at a riverside pier in the heart of the Thai capital but apparently missed its target on Tuesday, police said.