Civilian death toll in Ukraine at least 102 but feared higher – U.N.
GENEVA – At least 102 civilians in Ukraine have been killed since Russia launched its invasion last Thursday, with a further 304 injured, but the real figure is feared to…
GENEVA – At least 102 civilians in Ukraine have been killed since Russia launched its invasion last Thursday, with a further 304 injured, but the real figure is feared to…
A look at the day ahead in markets from Dhara Ranasinghe. World markets may have recovered some of their worst losses after Russia’s attack on Ukraine but a sombre mood…
Birth Rates Are Plummeting, But Not Because People Can’t Afford Children: STUDY Laurel Duggan on February 23, 2022 New research suggests plummeting birthrates in the U.S. are driven by culture,…
– Getlink’s annual revenues and core profit slightly beat market expectations on Thursday due to cost control though the operator of the Channel Tunnel stayed mute on its guidance. The…
From the desk of Christopher DePhillips TRENTON, N.J. – Assemblyman Christopher DePhillips slammed Gov. Phil Murphy for keeping the public health emergency in light of his announcement that he is ending…
By Mark Trevelyan – President Vladimir Putin has shifted the Ukraine crisis into a new, more dangerous phase with a barrage of words and actions that suggest his ultimate aims…
By Nichola Saminather TORONTO – Canadian banks are set to report higher first-quarter earnings from a year ago, thanks to low provisions for credit losses and improving loan demand, but…
Los Angeles, CA – Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is now wishing he never took his face mask off for a photo op with Magic Johnson at the big game…
By Howard Schneider NEW YORK – Current high inflation requires a “substantial repositioning” of Federal Reserve policy, but not so much that it will restrict the economy and wreck employment,…
By Iain Withers LONDON -British bank NatWest swung to a hefty profit on the back of the country’s economic recovery but said rising prices will make it harder to cut…
TOKYO – Japan’s consumer inflation may exceed 1% but will remain distant from the central bank’s 2% target, a senior Bank of Japan official said on Friday. “Japan’s economy has…
TRENTON, NJ – The New Jersey Department of Health this week reported cases of a COVID-19 omicron stealth variant but right now, the science and health community knows little about…
NEW YORK – Bank of America Chief Executive Officer Brian Moynihan said the bank’s capital markets business “is down” so far in 2022, even as the investment bank continues to…
By Patricia Zengerle and Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON – Despite threats from nearly three dozen Republican senators to thwart a revived Iran nuclear deal and the misgivings of some top Democrats,…
CHATSWORTH, NJ – A New Jersey man is in jail after arranging to have sex with an underage child, only to learn she was a he and he was a…
BRIDGEWATER, NJ – A fight that broke out inside the Bridgewater Mall between two hot-headed teens, equally responsible for the fight ended with one of the teens thrown to the…
– The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating whether certain banks may have broken the rules by tipping off hedge funds ahead of large sales of shares, or “block…
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON – Headline inflation has moved above central bank targets in most Group of 20 economies despite weaker growth momentum and remains a “significant risk,” but rising…
(Refiles to correct 14th paragraph by adding missing word research to analyst job title) By Alun John HONG KONG – As the Bank of Japan asserts its standing as a…
TOMS RIVER, NJ – A Mays Landing man who was caught up in Operation Open House in 2018 and arrested again in 2020 while out of jail due to bail…
A left-wing political operative attempted to blame the attempted assassination of a Democratic candidate for mayor in Louisville, Kentucky on conservatives in a Tuesday tweet. Cliff Schechter, a former ad…
By Karolos Grohmann, Julien Pretot and Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber BEIJING – Sport’s highest court on Monday cleared 15-year-old Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva to continue competing in the Beijing Winter Olympics,…
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) refused to provide evidence to support its claims that COVID-19 “misinformation” and “false or misleading narratives” inspired violent terrorism during 2021. DHS issued a terrorism…
By Nathan Layne – When Idaho nurse Joan West received a fundraising mailer from U.S. Representative Liz Cheney, she saw a way to address her regret for having voted for…
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday said mask requirements for children would likely to start to fall away given federal plans to begin vaccinating children…