Brazil government improves primary budget deficit forecast for 2022
BRASILIA – Brazil’s government projected a lower primary budget deficit this year, official figures showed on Friday, with a booming […]
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Termination vote for Uvalde schools police chief called off
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) – The school board in Uvalde, Texas, said on Friday it has postponed a vote on
Trump ex-adviser Bannon convicted of contempt of U.S. Congress
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON -Steve Bannon, a key associate of former President Donald Trump and an influential figure on
U.S. identifies first cases of monkeypox in children
By Deena Beasley (Reuters) – Cases of the viral disease monkeypox in the United States have been identified for the
T-Mobile to pay $350 million in settlement over massive hacking
By Jonathan Stempel and Sara Merken (Reuters) – T-Mobile US Inc agreed on Friday to pay $350 million and spend
UK retail sales slip in June as consumers struggle with inflation
LONDON -British retail sales edged down in June as drivers cut back on record-priced fuel, with consumers reducing shopping less
Nowhere to live: Rents in Canada surge as home prices fall
By Julie Gordon and Shreya Jain OTTAWA – Canadian home prices are dropping fast after surging during the coronavirus pandemic,
Global slowdown fears darken as cost of living bites
By Jonathan Cable, Leika Kihara and Dan Burns LONDON/TOKYO/NEW YORK -The global economy looks increasingly likely to be heading into
White House COVID response chief says Biden is doing better on Friday
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden is doing better on Friday, White House COVID-19 response chief Ashish Jha said, adding the
Vigorous but coughing, COVID-postive Biden appears virtually at White House meeting
By Susan Heavey and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON -U.S. President Joe Biden appeared virtually at a White House meeting of economic