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ROME – Italy is preparing a new stimulus decree worth up to 13 billion euros ($13.3 billion) to help families and firms deal with a surge in electricity, gas and …

(Reuters) – The European Central Bank (ECB) may not be done with big interest rate hikes after its initial half-point hike last week, Latvian central bank governor Martins Kazaks said …

BEIJING – China’s central bank will guide domestic financial institutions to provide credit services to the cultural and tourism sectors which have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, it …

By Jennifer Rigby LONDON – Members of a World Health Organization (WHO) expert group are split over whether the monkeypox outbreak represents a global health emergency, but the agency’s director-general …

ZURICH – Voestalpine has built up sufficient gas reserves to safeguard three months of production should there be an emergency hit to supplies, the Austrian steelmaker’s chief executive said in …

TOKYO – The suspected assassin of Japanese former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will undergo psychiatric evaluation until later this year, Japanese media reported on Saturday. Tetsuya Yamagami, an unemployed 41-year-old, …

JACKSON, NJ – A power failure that forced Six Flags Great Adventure to close on Friday ended up shutting the park down for the entire day. “Hurricane Harbor and Wild …

Biden Touts Northeast’s Climate Progress — They Now Face Energy Shortages Every Winter Jack McEvoy on July 22, 2022 President Biden boasted about replacing fossil fuel plants in New England …

Major City Lets People Urinate, Defecate In Public — And Residents Aren’t Happy Harold Hutchison on July 22, 2022 Residents of Kalamazoo, Michigan, criticized city leaders Thursday during an appearance …

PHILADELPHIA, PA – An elderly man missing from Philadelphia since late June has been officially declared missing and police issued a silver alert today. The Philadelphia Police Department needs the …

PHILADELPHIA, PA – A woman has gone missing in Philadelphia and police have issued a missing persons alert in hopes of locating her. The Philadelphia Police Department needs the public’s …

(Reuters) – U.S. business activity contracted for the first time in nearly two years in July as a sharp slowdown in the service sector outweighed continued modest growth in manufacturing, …

By William Schomberg LONDON -Britain’s businesses grew at their slowest pace in 17 months in July and inflation pressures eased, according to an industry survey that might reduce pressure on …

LONDON – Euro zone business activity unexpectedly contracted this month due to an accelerating downturn in manufacturing and a near-stalling of service sector growth as burgeoning costs pushed consumers to …

SEOUL – Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering has reached an agreement with striking contract workers, Yonhap news agency reported on Friday, in a dispute which the shipbuilder said had cost …

TOKYO – Japan’s factory output likely rose in June for the first time in three months after China’s COVID-19 curbs eased, a Reuters poll showed on Friday. Japanese industrial production …

Several Illegal Migrants Who Died In Overpacked Texas Trailer Had ‘Serious Criminal Records,’ Dem Rep Says Jennie Taer on July 21, 2022 Eleven of the 53 migrants who died in …

Pentagon Drops Another $30 Billion On F-35 Jets — There’s Just One Problem Micaela Burrow on July 21, 2022 The Pentagon forged a deal with defense contractor Lockheed Martin for …

TOKYO – Japan’s manufacturing activity grew at the slowest pace in 10 months in July as output and new orders contracted, boding ill for an economy struggling to stage a …

WASHINGTON – The committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol will hold additional hearings in September as new evidence and witnesses continue to pour in, the …

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau …

MADISON, WIS. – Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Carlos Carter, 33, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District …

Baltimore, Maryland – Calvin Abramowitz, age 48, of Lakewood, New Jersey, pleaded guilty today to bank fraud.  As part of his guilty plea, Abramowitz has been ordered to pay $209,036.     …

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau …