Dutch YouTuber cancels U.S. book tour over visa fears tied to Middle East travel content
AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS — Popular Dutch travel vlogger Noraly Schoenmaker, known to fans as Itchy Boots, has canceled her upcoming U.S. book tour, citing concerns over tightened visa scrutiny for social media creators…
BASTASCH: The Biden Admin Is Determined To Keep Climate Apocalypse Fears Alive, Science Be Damned
BASTASCH: The Biden Admin Is Determined To Keep Climate Apocalypse Fears Alive, Science Be Damned Michael Bastasch on October 28, 2022 Something strange just happened in the pages of New York Times’…
Analysis-Recession fears threaten perfect track record of post-midterm U.S. stock gains
By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) – A potential recession could end a streak of gains for U.S. stocks that has followed every midterm election since World War Two. Since 1946, the…
Russian nuclear rhetoric rekindles German Cold War fears
By Tom Sims COLOGNE, Germany (Reuters) – Deep inside a decommissioned nuclear bunker built into a Cologne subway station at the height of the Cold War, tour guide Robert Schwienbacher says he…
European shares tumble as fears around inflation, earnings grip investors
By Sruthi Shankar and Amruta Khandekar (Reuters) – European shares tumbled on Wednesday as nerves about soaring prices and rising interest rates were aggravated by inflation data from the United States, while…
Malaysia’s Mahathir fears Najib would walk free if graft-tainted party wins polls
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s veteran politician and opposition leader Mahathir Mohamad predicted on Tuesday that disgraced former prime minister Najib Razak would be released from jail if his graft-tainted ruling party…
India’s RBI sells dollars as rupee hits record low on U.S. rate hike fears
MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Reserve Bank of India likely sold dollars via state-run banks on Friday after the rupee slid below 82 to a record low against the dollar on concerns over…
European shares retreat amid interest rate jitters, recession fears
By Devik Jain and Amruta Khandekar (Reuters) -European shares dropped on Wednesday, snapping a three-day rally as investors tempered expectations of central banks toning down their hawkish stance on inflation, with declining…
Analysis-Global metals volumes slide on recession fears, volatile markets
By Eric Onstad and Mai Nguyen LONDON/HANOI (Reuters) – Industrial metal trading volumes have fallen across the world and may slide further as economic threats from higher interest rates to the war…
Britain’s market rout stokes contagion fears around the globe
By Davide Barbuscia, Marc Jones and Dhara Ranasinghe NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – The scale and speed of the sell-off in British assets has jolted world markets, raising concern about contagion as chaos…
Ride-hailing firm Lyft slams brakes on U.S. hiring as recession fears mount
(Reuters) -Lyft Inc is freezing all hiring in the United States through the end of the year, a company spokesperson said on Tuesday, making the ride-hailing firm the latest to pause recruitment…
UK housing index at 11-year low on rate-hike fears
By Yadarisa Shabong (Reuters) -Britain’s homebuilders index hit a more than 11-year low on Monday on concerns that a weaker pound could lead to more rate hikes by the Bank of England,…
Poland distributes iodine pills as fears grow over Ukraine nuclear plant
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland, concerned about fighting around Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, has distributed iodine tablets to regional fire departments to give to people in the event of radioactive exposure, a…
S&P 500 futures drop after FedEx stokes fears about economy
By Noel Randewich (Reuters) – S&P 500 futures fell on Thursday, suggesting traders expect Wall Street to open down in its next session, after FedEx withdrew its financial forecast and added to…
German investor morale slips on energy supply fears – ZEW
BERLIN (Reuters) -German investor sentiment fell further than expected in September as concerns over the country’s energy supply increasingly weigh on the outlook for Europe’s largest economy. The ZEW economic research institute…
AOC Says Americans Hate Women, Fears She May Be Dead Next Month
NEW YORK, NY – New York City Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio Cortez this week said many Americans hate women and raised concerns about a possible plot to assassinate her. AOC said in an…
Analysis-Kim Jong Un’s ‘decapitation’ fears shine through in new N.Korea nuclear law
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) – A new North Korean law calls for “automatic” nuclear launches if the country’s leadership or command and control systems are threatened, underscoring leader Kim Jong Un’s…
U.S. equity fund outflows jump on rate hike fears
(Reuters) – U.S. equity funds witnessed a surge in capital outflows in the week to Aug 31 on concerns that the Federal Reserve’s tough stance to break persistently high inflation would drag…
ECB must act decisively; recession fears should not constrain policy -Nagel
(Reuters) – The European Central Bank must act decisively to contain inflation, Bundesbank chief Joachim Nagel said on Tuesday, joining a chorus of policymakers calling for another big interest rate hike next…
Asbury Park Pastor Fears Toms River Shooting Could Lead to More Violence
TOMS RIVER, NJ – A pastor speaking out on behalf of the family of the man killed in Friday night’s shooting at the Top Tier Hookah Lounge fears the murder of Nymere…
Toronto market seen higher in 2022, 2023 despite selloff fears: Reuters poll
By Fergal Smith TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada’s main stock index is expected to advance through the end of the year and then approach a record peak in 2023 as high commodity prices…
Weary but uncowed, Ukraine to mark Independence Day amid new strike fears
By Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainians revelled at a surreal display of burnt-out Russian tanks and armour laid out as war trophies in central Kyiv to mark 31 years of independence…
U.S. high-yield bond funds draw cash as recession fears ebb
By Patturaja Murugaboopathy (Reuters) – U.S high-yield bond funds are attracting heavy investments, a turnaround from the selloffs of the first half of this year, as investors bet that the Federal Reserve…
Canadian dollar seen higher if recession fears fade – Reuters poll
By Fergal Smith TORONTO – Analysts expect the Canadian dollar to rally over the coming year, betting the threat of recession will ease as the U.S. Federal Reserve and the Bank of…
Canadian dollar rises as U.S. data tempers recession fears
By Fergal Smith TORONTO – The Canadian dollar strengthened against the greenback on Wednesday as worries about a possible recession eased following encouraging economic data from the United States, Canada’s largest trading…
Analysis-World’s biggest bond markets back in vogue as recession fears mount
By Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON – One day you’re out and the next day you’re in: the world’s battered sovereign bond markets are back in favour as global recession fears mount. Government borrowing…
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