MANILA – The Philippine central bank may raise interest rates by 100 basis points more this year, its governor said on Wednesday, after annual inflation soared to a near four-year…
By Gabriel Araujo and Camila Moreira SAO PAULO – Industrial output in Brazil rose 0.3% in May from April, government statistics agency IBGE said on Tuesday, the fourth consecutive monthly…
By Leika Kihara and Takahiko Wada TOKYO – The Bank of Japan may adjust its ultra-loose monetary policy before dovish Governor Haruhiko Kuroda’s term ends next April, if the economy…
TOKYO – Japan’s real wages extended a decline in May to post the biggest year-on-year drop in nearly two years, government data showed on Tuesday, as consumer inflation hovering near…
MOSCOW – Russia needs to wait and see how proposals on capping the price of Russian oil exports are finalised, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Monday. Commenting on…
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ – Police in Atlantic City have arrested Jerome Ford, 23, of Mays landing for the shooting of two people in May. “An investigation conducted by detectives of…
DOVER, DE – A 45-year-old Dover man has been arrested after shooting his neighbor during a dispute back in May. Jaron Jones has been a fugitive on the run since…
WASHINGTON – U.S. construction spending unexpectedly fell in May as single-family homebuilding stalled, more evidence that the Federal Reserve’s aggressive monetary policy tightening was slowing the economy. The Commerce Department…
WELLINGTON, July 1 – The number of new dwelling consents approved in New Zealand fell a seasonally adjusted 0.5 percent in May compared with a 8.6 percent drop in the…
PHILADELPHIA, PA – The Philadelphia Police Department has released a video of a male murder suspect who shot and killed another man inside a store on West Diamond Street in…
By Timour Azhari and Maya Gebeily BEIRUT – Lebanon’s untamed financial crisis is gathering new menace as it heads into a fourth year, with political paralysis dampening hope of reforms…
HONG KONG – Hong Kong’s May retail sales fell 1.7% from a year earlier after a sharp increase the previous month, government data showed on Thursday. Sales eased to HK$29.1…
(Reuters) – Russia’s economy shrank by 4.3% in May year on year after falling by a revised 2.8% in April, the economy ministry said on Thursday. In January through May,…
By David Lawder WASHINGTON – The International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday its management had approved a staff-monitored program for Haiti to establish a track record of policy implementation that…
By Leika Kihara and Takahiko Wada TOKYO – The Bank of Japan (BOJ) may need to adjust its ultra-easy policy if inflation keeps exceeding its forecast, such as by replacing…
By Jasper Ward NASSAU -The Bahamas police said on Tuesday that an investigation into the mysterious death of three Americans in May at a resort on the island of Great…
BRASILIA – Brazil’s federal public debt rose 2.01% in May from the month before, with the average costs of domestic debt issuance jumping to the highest level in five years…
CAPE MAY, NJ – A Cape May County man was arrested and charged after fleeing the scene of a fatal crash he caused on Monday, June 20th. According to Middle…
WASHINGTON – Contracts to buy U.S. previously owned homes unexpectedly increased in May after declining for six straight months, but higher mortgage rates are cooling demand for housing. The National…
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK – Ghislaine Maxwell has been put on suicide watch at a Brooklyn jail, and may seek to delay her Tuesday sentencing for aiding Jeffrey Epstein’s…
WILDWOOD, NJ – Three Jersey Shore politicians aren’t enjoying those Wildwood days today after being arrested for illegally receiving health benefits from the city. Wildwood’s current Mayor Peter J. Byron,…
WASHINGTON – The head of the International Monetary Fund on Friday underscored the importance of fighting inflation now to shore up the prospects for economic growth in the future, warning…
Russian Hackers May Have Blown Up A Massive Natural Gas Facility In Texas: REPORT Micaela Burrow on June 23, 2022 A Russian state-backed cybercrime group may be behind an explosion…
By Mike Dolan LONDON – If you were hoping this was all a bad dream, take a deep breath. Many investors craving some return to “normal” from the wild economic…
SINGAPORE – Singapore’s industrial output in May beat forecasts and grew 13.8% year-on-year, due to strong demand from 5G markets and data centres amid a global semiconductor chip shortage, official…