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Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave November is feeling more like September across much of the southern and eastern United States, with temperatures running well above average from the Rockies to the Eastern Seaboard. Unseasonable warmth looks to carry toward Thanksgiving, the lengthy spate of mildness coming on the heels of the Earth’s […]
Reuters writers Jonathan Saul and Carolyn Cohn reported today that, “Lloyd’s of London is in talks with the United Nations over providing insurance cover for Ukrainian grain shipments if a new Black Sea corridor deal can be reached, its CEO John Neal told Reuters on Thursday.” The article pointed out that, “Securing insurance cover is […]
When India halted the exports of non-basmati white rice in late July to control soaring prices domestically and ensure its local availability, the country had an explanation ready. The ban, coming from the world’s largest rice exporter, was always going to send panic waves across the global markets as dozens of countries, especially in Asia […]
WASHINGTON — Cecilia Rouse, the chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, stepped down on Friday to return to teaching at Princeton University. As a going-away present fit for an economist, her staff presented her with a chart showing every previous chair of the council, ranked by the number of jobs created during […]
The Killing of Tyre Nichols once again rekindled the memory of George Floyd across America. Another black person died due to American police brutality. The cruelty and violence of the police shocked the world. The continuation of the widespread wave of police violence and brutality and disregard for the civil rights of people of color […]
WASHINGTON/CHICAGO, Jan 11 (Reuters) – The U.S. aviation sector was struggling to return to normal on Wednesday following a nationwide ground stop imposed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) over a computer issue that forced a 90-minute halt to all U.S. departing flights. More than 8,775 flights have been delayed so far and over 1,270 […]
Seen from the roof of Karachi’s National Stadium, the city stretches as far as you can see in all directions, up into the hills one way and out into the sea the other. Around 18 million people live here. Only the soldiers stand out. They are conspicuous in their black uniforms, as dark and numerous […]
The last two years have forced just about everyone to get still and reevaluate life in some way, shape or form. Even on the backdrop of declining COVID-19 cases resulting in less hospitalizations and deaths nationally, the pandemic left an indelible imprint on us all, one most Black families shall not soon forget. For National […]
Placeholder while article actions load correction An earlier version of this article incorrectly said that Rafael Mariano Grossi, director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said regulators found “abnormal” radioactivity levels during a visit to the Chernobyl nuclear plant site. They found “at normal” levels. This article has been corrected. International Atomic Energy Agency Director […]
The U.S. suspended normal trade relations with Russia and banned Russian energy imports on Friday after President Biden signed both bills into law. The big picture: The move accompanies Biden’s