(Bloomberg) — Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers said the Federal Reserve and other agencies are right to be probing financial risks tied to commercial properties, saying this was a more important effort in the near term than its initiative to boost capital standards among big banks. Most Read from Bloomberg “Regulators are right to be […]
The top UN court rejected a South African request to impose urgent measures to safeguard Rafah in the Gaza Strip but also stressed that Israel must respect earlier measures imposed late last month at a preliminary stage in a landmark genocide case. The International Court of Justice said in a statement that the “perilous situation” […]
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The top UN court on Friday rejected a South African request to impose urgent measures to safeguard Rafah in the Gaza Strip, but also stressed that Israel must respect earlier measures imposed late last month at a preliminary stage in a landmark genocide case. The International Court of Justice said […]
The Taoiseach and Spanish prime minister are calling for an urgent review of whether Israel is complying with its human rights obligations under the EU-Israel Association Agreement. Leo Varadkar and Pedro Sanchez have written to the President of the European Commission, Ursula Von Der Leyen, expressing their deep concern over the deteriorating situation in Gaza. […]
South Africa said it has lodged an “urgent request” with the International Court of Justice to consider whether Israel’s military operations targeting the city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip constitute a breach of the provisional orders the court handed down in the genocide case last month. South Africa made the announcement on Tuesday and […]
South Africa said it has lodged an “urgent request” with the International Court of Justice to consider whether Israel’s military operations targeting the city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip constitute a breach of the provisional orders the court handed down in the genocide case last month. South Africa made the announcement on Tuesday and […]
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Carnival dancers took the biggest stage in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday night with their faces painted red in a traditional Indigenous manner, while percussionists had “Miners out” written across the skins of their drums. It was part of Salgueiro’s samba school’s tribute to the Yanomami, Brazil’s largest Indigenous group, […]
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Sunday said it is time for the federal government to once again make a priority of dealing with the national debt. “The debt is growing faster than the economy, so it is unsustainable,” the Fed chief said in an interview with CBS’s 60 Minutes. “It’s time for us to […]
Jan. 26—Two nationally recognized experts on child welfare reform issued a blistering report Friday calling on New Mexico to take “immediate action” amid crushing caseloads at the Children, Youth and Families Department and a backlog of more than 2,000 investigations of abuse and neglect. “Some of the pending investigations, we were told, date back to […]
BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo (AP) — Widespread floods in the Republic of Congo have pushed hundreds of thousands of people to be in urgent need of assistance, said the United Nations Friday. Unusually heavy rainfall has caused nine of the countries 12 departments to be affected with floods damaging health facilities and schools and submerging […]
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has pinpointed a capitalization requirement of 10 billion UAH ($262.2 million) for Ukreximbank, Pravex Bank, and MTB Bank, the NBU said in a Ukrainian Banks Stability Assessment released on Jan. 9. This assessment, based on a three-year outlook using the baseline macroeconomic scenario, sheds light on the capital adequacy […]
It’s worth noting that it has been a full year since coastal residents realized that there was something amiss in our oceans — the start of a frightening number of whale and dolphin deaths. In the New Jersey and New York area alone, there have been 38 whales and 60 dolphins and porpoises washed ashore. […]