The Fed Intensifies Its Battle Against Inflation
Federal Reserve officials, struggling to contain the most rapid inflation in 40 years, delivered a third big rate increase on Wednesday and projected a more aggressive path ahead for monetary…
Opinion | Putin Is in Trouble
The party of war has been very vocal since April, when it became clear that the Russian Army was unable to conquer Kyiv and overthrow the Zelensky government. Moscow’s more…
Opinion | The Midlife Crisis Is Very Real and Nothing to Be Laughed At
In popular culture the midlife crisis is fodder for comedy, personified by the 40-something guy who suddenly hankers to sky-dive or buy a convertible. In scientific circles the midlife crisis…
Trumps inflated net worth by billions, says NY state lawsuit
Along with three of his children, the ex-president is accused of lying to “unjustly enrich himself”.
Brazil election: Why it matters so much to the US
There is record trade between them – aircraft, petroleum, iron and steel – and they also make similar commodities. While Brazil is the largest producer of soy and orange, followed…
Fed rate hike: US interest rates hit 14-year high in inflation battle
“There’s a chance – not a big chance – a small chance, of a soft landing, there is a chance of a mild recession, a chance of a harder recession.…
Ukraine conflict: Russia’s ‘outrageous acts’ violate UN charter, says Biden
The US president says Russia’s invasion of Ukraine breached “the core tenets” of the charter.
School uniforms in N America linked to PFAS “forever chemicals”
A study of school uniforms in the US and Canada shows high levels of chemical substances linked to health issues.
Searching for justice in a ‘narco-state’
Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez now sits in a US prison, but those left behind are still searching for justice from his brutal regime. One of them – the…
Beer spill truck crash closes Florida highway
A crash involving five semi-trailers caused thousands of cans of beer to spill across the road.