The UK imposed sanctions on Russia on Thursday, targeting the country’s shadow fleet vessels, which are being used to circumvent Western sanctions on Russian oil trade. The UK has announced 50 new sanctions designations and measures to weaken Russia’s military actions in a collaborative effort with G7 allies in support of Ukraine. According to the […]
GameStop managed to narrow its losses in the first quarter, but the video game retailer’s revenue fell as sales weakened for hardware and accessories, software and collectibles. The results were released shortly after the man at the center of the pandemic meme stock craze, who is known as “Roaring Kitty” on social media platforms YouTube […]
By Hari Kishan BENGALURU (Reuters) – The dollar’s relentless strength in the recent past will make way for minor weakness over the next 12 months, according to FX strategists in a Reuters poll, who generally agreed the dollar was overvalued. Analysts have been predicting dollar weakness just around the corner for months. But the greenback […]
KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s chief of staff said on Tuesday that using Western weapons to strike inside Russia was a vital decision that would impact Moscow’s tactical aviation and its capability to operate in border areas. Following pressure from Ukraine and some of its European allies, the U.S. agreed last week to […]
A record-breaking filibuster from Democrats finally ended on Wednesday when the Missouri Senate voted to further negotiate with the House a measure that would weaken direct democracy. The motion, which senators approved on an 18 to 13 vote, allows lawmakers in the House and Senate to debate whether to remove from the measure deceptive language […]
By Michael S. Derby NEW YORK (Reuters) – Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Susan Collins said on Wednesday that the U.S. economy needs to cool off as an avenue toward getting inflation back to the central bank’s 2% target. “A slowdown in activity will be needed to ensure that demand is better aligned with […]
Not long ago, senior citizens got the two biggest annual increases in their monthly Social Security checks that most had ever seen. But for many of them, the adjustments still weren’t enough to cope with the runaway inflation of earlier this decade and the continued high prices for food, housing, utilities and other necessities. That’s […]
As concerned members of the League of Women Voters of Morristown Area, we wish to express both our collective disappointment and ongoing opposition to the New Jersey Legislature’s recent efforts to weaken the Open Public Records Act. This pivotal law serves as the bedrock of transparency and accountability in our state government. As such, any […]
Groundwater in Arizona belongs to all of us. It is a public resource and sensible management of it is vital to our shared future. But instead of fulfilling their obligation to protect this finite and diminishing water supply, Arizona’s Republican legislators have introduced dozens of bills at the statehouse aimed at enriching residential developers and […]
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s GOP-controlled legislature unlawfully tried to seize from the governor the power to choose election board members in the battleground state, trial judges ruled while saying portions of a new election law must be permanently blocked. The three-judge panel sided unanimously with Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper in his lawsuit filed […]
Inflation in Germany weakened further in February, with the consumer price index (CPI) up an annual 2.5% this month compared to a 2.9% annual rise in January, according to preliminary data released by the Federal Statistical Office on Thursday. Economists expect inflation to fall further over the course of the year. However, the decline could […]
When the Champlain Towers building in Surfside came crashing down in 2021, the tragedy raised concerns about the threat of rising groundwater possibly destabilizing thousands of older buildings that crowd South Florida’s coast, and the underground foundations that keep them standing. While the investigation later turned away from a saltwater-eroded foundation as a trigger for […]