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By Francois Murphy VIENNA – The remaining members of the one shift of technical staff who had been on duty at Chernobyl’s radioactive waste facilities since Russian forces seized the …

Powell Says ‘Inflation Is Much Too High,’ Suggests Taking A More Aggressive Stance Harry Wilmerding on March 21, 2022 Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Monday that soaring prices have …

SAN FRANCISCO -Alphabet Inc’s Waymo unit said on Monday that it is ready to remove safety drivers from its autonomous vehicles in San Francisco, without elaborating on the timeframe for …

MEXICO CITY – President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday said Mexico will get an investment boost on the back of the Ukraine war, predicting that capital once destined for …

By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO – A Sri Lanka government-appointed committee on Monday said the crisis-hit country’s central bank and finance ministry must form a team to seek urgent international financial …

By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON – The U.S. Congress’ probe of the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol will reveal new details of that day’s events and may recommend …

By Josh Smith and Minwoo Park SEOUL – North Korea appeared to have fired a short-range multiple rocket launcher on Sunday, South Korea’s military said, amid heightened military tensions on …

By Josh Smith and Minwoo Park SEOUL – South Korean president-elect Yoon Suk-yeol, breaking with decades of tradition, said on Sunday he will move the presidential office from the Blue …

– The city council of Ukraine’s Mariupol said Russian forces forcefully deported several thousand people from the besieged city last week, after Russia had spoken of “refugees” arriving from the …

TOMS RIVER, NJ – When Gregory Dooner and Vincent Scuzzese opened their new business on Route 37 in Toms River, they knew some people in the community wouldn’t be happy …

Hospital Admits Trans Patient May Have Raped Woman After Denying Any Men Were There, UK Parliament Member Says Laurel Duggan on March 18, 2022 A member of parliament in the …

ISTANBUL – Turkish Finance Minister Nureddin Nebati said on Saturday the global rise in energy prices was accelerating inflation in the country, but Ankara would continue working to lower it, …

– Mexican airport operator Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico said on Friday it has refinanced its debt for $191 million, due in January and February 2024. The company said that with this refinancing, …

By Howard Schneider BALTIMORE – The rate increases projected by Federal Reserve officials this week represented a “balancing act” between the need to begin normalizing monetary policy in the face …

LVIV, Ukraine – Some residents of Ukraine’s besieged city of Mariupol have resorted to escaping the blockade on foot as official evacuation efforts have mostly failed due to ongoing shelling …

By Ann Saphir – The Federal Reserve should raise its policy rate to the range of 1.75% to 2% this year, Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari said on Friday, and …

– The introduction of capital controls in Russia was a forced decision, the central bank governor Elvira Nabiullina said on Friday, after keeping its key interest rate unchanged at 20%. …

WASHINGTON – Federal Reserve Governor Chris Waller said economic risks around the war in Ukraine led him to vote in favor of a quarter percentage point rate increase at the …

LONDON -British finance minister Rishi Sunak said on Friday his priority was now to cut taxes having already taken measures to tackle the huge hole in the public finances caused …

– Russia’s finance ministry on Friday said it had fully met its obligations on paying coupons on dollar-denominated Eurobonds due in 2023 and 2043, and said payment agent Citibank had …

– Russia’s largest lender Sberbank on Friday said sanctions on its operations meant its customers would be unable to transfer funds in certain foreign currencies to accounts at other banks, …

OSLO – The Norwegian economy has recovered from the coronavirus pandemic but now faces a negative impact from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Statistics Norway (SSB) said as it released fresh …

SHANGHAI – Chinese high-yield property issuers have by one measure defaulted on nearly a quarter of their outstanding bonds this year, Goldman Sachs analysts estimated, highlighting liquidity stress as Beijing …

By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON – Three current and former members of the Tennessee National Guard falsely identified in a Russian media report as mercenaries who were killed in Ukraine are …

Elite Massachusetts Boarding School Separates Kids As Young As 5 Into Race-Based Identity Groups, Parents’ Rights Group Says Kendall Tietz on March 17, 2022 An elite K-12 day and boarding …