CNN — Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell told lawmakers Thursday that aggressive interest rate hikes designed to tame inflation could increase unemployment on Main Street. Powell said that while it is “certainly possible” to get inflation under control without leading to job losses, that may not be the case. “There is a risk that unemployment … Read more
By MIKE STOBBE – AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health advisers on Saturday recommended COVID-19 vaccines for infants, toddlers and preschoolers — the last group without the vaccines. Advisors from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have unanimously decided that coronavirus vaccines should be made available to children as young as … Read more
By MATTHEW DALY – Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday overturned a Trump administration finding that the active ingredient in Roundup weedkiller does not pose a serious health risk and is “not likely” to cause the cancer in man. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ordered the Environmental … Read more
By HUIZHONG WU – Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Angry bank customers who traveled to a central Chinese city to try to recover their savings from struggling rural banks have been stopped short by a common technology: a QR code. The QR code, which residents are required to have, is meant to display a … Read more
DOVER, Delaware (AP) — Employees at the office of Delaware State Auditor Kathy McGuiness resented the hiring of the auditor’s daughter and a friend for a part-time job , according to testimony Thursday at McGuiness’ criminal bribery trial. Virginia Bateman, the girl’s friend, told jurors the auditor’s office staff were “outwardly rude” to her and … Read more
By HYUNG-JIN KIM – Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Thursday reported an outbreak of another infectious disease in addition to its ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, saying leader Kim Jong Un donated his medicine private to people with the new disease. The severity of the new outbreak is unclear, but some outside … Read more
By HYUNG-JIN KIM – Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Thursday reported an outbreak of another infectious disease in addition to its ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, saying leader Kim Jong Un donated his medicine private to people with the new disease. The severity of the new outbreak is unclear, but some outside … Read more
By MARI YAMAGUCHI – Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida didn’t look like he would last long when he took office eight months ago. He was considered nice, but indecisive and subservient to party heavyweights. Many believed that, like its short-lived predecessor, it was not up to the task of winning … Read more
By LLAZAR SEMINI – Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — An international music festival founded by the father of singer-songwriter Dua Lipa to promote his native Kosovo has drawn recriminations for the small European country after losing the event to the neighboring Albania. The Sunny Hill Festival debuted in Kosovo’s capital, Pristina, in 2018 and … Read more
Financial services, healthcare, software and services are among the top contributors to the Burgundy Private Hurun India 500 list. “Financial services led the way with more than a fifth of the cumulative value of the Burgundy Private Hurun India 500, followed by software and services (14%) and healthcare (7.2%),” the report said. Other than that, … Read more