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WASHINGTON, Sept 17 (Reuters) – Multilevel marketing company Amway Corp. and two of its affiliates will pay the U.S. Federal ​Trade Commission and Washington state $225 million ‌to resolve allegations it recruited new members by deceptive claims about how much money they could make, the agency said on Thursday. Amway and affiliates ‌World ​Wide Group LLC and ⁠Leadership Team Development ⁠Inc told potential recruits that they could make $40,000 or more, according to the FTC.

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK, Sept 17 (Reuters) –  Credit Acceptance Corp agreed to a $710 million settlement with 40 U.S. states and Washington, D.C. to resolve charges it drove thousands of borrowers with low incomes and low credit ​scores into predatory auto loans it knew they could not ‌afford.

By Simon Lewis WASHINGTON, Sept 17 (Reuters) – A delegation of U.S. officials traveled to Myanmar this week and met with the country’s military-backed government to secure the release of detained ​US citizen Adam Castillo, a Department of State spokesman ‌said on Thursday. The visit appeared to be the most significant engagement with Myanmar since the military deposed elected leaders including Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi in a 2021 coup, plunging the country into chaos.

LONDON, Sept 17 (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Harry made his first public appearance on Thursday since he and ​his wife Meghan returned to ‌Britain after six years in California, speaking at a charity event and attending an awards ceremony in London. Harry, the younger son of King ‌Charles, ​Meghan and their children ⁠Prince Archie, 7, ⁠and Princess Lilibet, 5, relocated last month, surprising even their close family.

By Mike Stone WASHINGTON, Sept 17 (Reuters) – Lockheed Martin said on Thursday it received its first shipment of critical components from General Motors for Patriot interceptors, less than ​a month after the two companies inked a manufacturing ‌agreement, as the Pentagon pushes for faster weapons production. The Patriot missile defense system remains one of the world’s most sought-after weapons for the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran and Russia’s prolonged war with Ukraine.

WASHINGTON, Sept 17 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Thursday that progress is being made ​toward establishing a US ‌Army base in Poland, crediting “the bold leadership” of Polish President Karol Nawrocki. “If this happens, the location will be announced ‌very ​soon. This will ⁠be a historic ⁠step for our Great U.S./Polish Alliance,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social.

MOSCOW, Sept 17 (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday the country’s ​budget deficit was projected ‌to be around 2% of gross domestic product in 2027. “According to preliminary estimates… the federal budget ‌deficit ​is expected to ⁠be around 2%. ⁠This is based on a very conservative oil price assumption… of about $50 per ​barrel,” Putin said at a government meeting on economic ⁠issues.

WASHINGTON, Sept 17 (Reuters) – The head of ​the Federal ‌Aviation Administration said the agency expects about ‌a $100 ​million ⁠impact from tariffs ⁠on the government’s more than $12.5 billion air ​traffic control modernization plan. FAA ⁠Administrator ⁠Bryan Bedford ​said the $100 million ​was in total ‌for modernization efforts and said two ⁠radar suppliers Raytheon and Indra Group ⁠were ‌moving radar ⁠production to ​US ‌facilities in Florida ​and ⁠Kansas City respectively.

LONDON, Sept 17 (Reuters) – Britain’s King Charles sounded “like a lottery winner” after the death of his late first wife Diana, her brother writes in his forthcoming book, new extracts of which were published on Thursday. Diana’s brother ​Charles Spencer said the then-Prince Charles was “giddily elated” in the immediate aftermath ‌of Diana’s death in 1997, possibly because he felt it meant he was freer to marry again, according to passages in the Daily Mail.

By Raphael Satter and Jonathan Saul WASHINGTON/LONDON, Sept 17 (Reuters) – US Coast Guard and FBI personnel boarded two commercial vessels bound for the United States in the Gulf of Mexico last month after ​indications that hackers had broken into their computer networks, ‌the agencies said on Thursday.