President Joe Biden’s administration will help 50 countries identify and respond to infectious diseases, with the goal of preventing pandemics like the COVID-19 outbreak that suddenly halted normal life around the globe in 2020. U.S. government officials will offer support in the countries, most of them located in Africa and Asia, to develop better testing, […]
OTTAWA - Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem says central banks will make monetary policy decisions geared toward their own economies, which means some countries may begin cutting interest rates before others. Macklem made the comments while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of International Monetary Fund meetings in Washington, D.C. Friday. “We've all been resolute in our commitment to restore price stability, and we've matched those words with action that has helped us all bring...
A key member of the US central bank, Raphael Bostic, tells the BBC rates might only ease "at the end of 2024".
Paris agreement negotiator Todd Stern attacks premiers who say that decarbonisation programmes are unrealistic and should be slowed downPolitical leaders who present themselves as “grownups” while slowing the pace of climate action are pushing the world towards deeper catastrophe, a former US climate chief has warned.“We are slowed down by those who think of themselves as grownups and believe decarbonisation at the speed the climate community calls for is unrealistic,” said Todd Stern, who...
A second US soldier has been caught smuggling illegal immigrants in two weeks in Texas. Cartels are luring service members with the promise of easy money.
Homicides are falling across the U.S. And that shift could impact the role crime — often a top voter concern — plays as an issue in November's election. But it is a phenomenon for which experts don't have a clear explanation. Some say homicide peaks come and go in cycles, some say policing improved after the []
Gaby Del Valle In Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here, Jonathan Blitzer examines how North and Central American migration moves in two directions.
Steve Bannon, right-wing media personality and former White House chief strategist under the Trump administration, wrote on social media on Sunday that the United States is "not a democracy."Bannon took to Gettr on Sunday and shared a Semafor article titled, "Could Trump really 'end democracy?'" that was published on Friday. Bannon, who was seen by many as a key driving force behind former President Donald Trump's ideological stance during the latter half of his 2016 campaign and the first part...
“Absent a directed, sustained, and articulated policy of no daylight between the United States and Israel,” Matthew Continetti wrote in the Washington Free Beacon on March 29, “the rift between America and her ally will widen and the world will grow more dangerous.” Proof that Continetti had things completely bass-ackward arrived on April 1, when More
(Reuters) -JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon expressed confidence in a robust U.S. economy backed by strong employment and healthy consumer finances. The U.S. economic boom is "unbelievable," Dimon said at an Economic Club of New York event on Tuesday. Dimon, who has run the largest U.S. lender for more than 18 years, has cautioned that inflation could be more persistent than expected, keeping interest rates higher for longer.
An Israeli missile has struck Iran, two US officials have told CBS News. Iranian state media are citing unconfirmed reports of explosions in central province of Isfahan. Flights have been suspended over several cities, state media say. Iran’s state broadcaster IRIB has downplayed reports of an attack, saying Isfahan is “safe and sound.” There’s been …
There are reports of explosions near Isfahan, as two US officials confirm to the BBC's US partner CBS News that Israel struck Iran.