By Janet McConnaughey | Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — You just can’t keep a good city down, especially when Mardi Gras is coming. All around New Orleans, thousands of houses are being decorated as floats because the coronavirus outbreak canceled the elaborate parades mobbed by crowds during the Carnival season leading to Fat Tuesday. Some […]
Continue ReadingNEW YORK — Stocks fell around the world and the dollar rose on Wednesday as investors turned more cautious on fear of stretched stock valuations and the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the Federal Reserve meeting later in the session a focus. Read More …read more Source:: Nationalpost
Continue ReadingHere’s What The Fed Will Say Today Unlike the quite exciting December FOMC meeting, consensus among economists is that the January FOMC meeting should be fairly quiet. As Goldman writes in its FOMC preview, “while the pace of economic recovery has faltered in recent months due to virus resurgence, nearly all Fed officials have said […]
Continue ReadingTUNIS — The office of Tunisia’s president received a letter containing suspicious powder and is investigating the matter, a source there told Reuters on Wednesday. Read More …read more Source:: Nationalpost
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON — White House press secretary said on Wednesday that telecommunications equipment made by “untrusted vendors” including China’s Huawei is a threat to the security of the United States and its allies. Read More …read more Source:: Nationalpost
Continue ReadingGlobal Times Points Out “Increasing Reliance” On China By Apple And Tesla Nice business you’ve got there. Would be a shame if something happened to it. That’s the vibe we got after China’s state owned media took the time to point out that both Tesla and Apple have a growing reliance on the country for […]
Continue ReadingA 16-year-old who carried out a “racially motivated” attack on a Singaporean law student has been handed a youth rehabilitation order. Jonathan Mok, 24, was left bloodied and bruised and required surgery on his face after he was assaulted by the teenager and his group of friends on Oxford Street on February 24 last year. […]
Continue ReadingGENEVA — U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet called on states on Wednesday to impose “targeted sanctions” on former Sri Lankan military commanders implicated in alleged war crimes during the last years of a 26-year civil war that ended in 2009. Read More …read more Source:: Nationalpost
Continue ReadingMiami quarterback Tate Martell is in the transfer portal again. Read More …read more Source:: Nationalpost
Continue ReadingKINSHASA — Lawmakers in Democratic Republic of Congo voted on Wednesday to oust Prime Minister Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba, collapsing the government and handing President Felix Tshisekedi a chance to appoint loyalists to key ministries. Read More …read more Source:: Nationalpost
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