Power supply is a matter of life and death for Tetiana’s son. He was born with disabilities, and needs electricity-powered equipment to be able to breathe, to eat, and to receive medication. “We are very dependent on electricity. If it wasn’t for this bloody war, life would be difficult, but we’d be able to cope,” […]
By Jonathan Allen and Liya Cui (Reuters) – Civil rights groups warned that Friday’s ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of punishing people for sleeping outdoors would exacerbate homelessness, while some politicians welcomed the power to clear the tent encampments that are being seen increasingly across the country. The court’s six-strong conservative […]
By Davide Barbuscia and Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss BOSTON (Reuters) – U.S. bond market participants are worried market liquidity will keep deteriorating as the U.S. Treasury continues to issue large amounts of debt to back deficit spending while dealers struggle to keep up with the ballooning size of the market. Liquidity – or the ability to trade […]
By Davide Barbuscia and Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss BOSTON (Reuters) – U.S. bond market participants are worried market liquidity will keep deteriorating as the U.S. Treasury continues to issue large amounts of debt to back deficit spending while dealers struggle to keep up with the ballooning size of the market. Liquidity – or the ability to trade […]
WEST ALTON, Mo. (AP) — Devastating flooding, driven in part by climate change, is taking an especially damaging toll on communities that once thrived along the banks of America’s most storied river. Flooding has pushed people out of their homes near the Mississippi River at a roughly 30% higher rate than the U.S. as a […]
If Donald Trump returns to the White House, it would worsen budget deficits and the bond market would suffer more than under another Joe Biden term, longtime bond investor Bill Gross said Sunday. In an interview with the Financial Times, he acknowledged that Biden has also overseen an explosion in U.S. debt with deficits soaring […]
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Baton Rouge and surrounding areas are currently under an air quality alert. “It’s not just for East Baton Rouge but West Baton Rouge, Pointe Coupee, Iberville, Ascension, Livingston parishes, all of these parishes are impacted by the air pollution that’s generated by Baton Rouge,” said BRProud Chief Meteorologist Sam Parish. […]
AccuWeather meteorologists say that massive flooding that has plagued southern Brazil for weeks could worsen as additional storms enter the flood-ravaged area. Heavy rain has repeatedly doused southern Brazil and Uruguay since late April, causing both short-term creek and long-term river flooding. The death toll has risen to 149, with 124 still missing, ABC News […]
More heavy rain is forecast for Brazil’s already flooded Rio Grande do Sul state, where many of those remaining are poor people with limited ability to move to less dangerous areas. More than 15 centimetres (nearly six inches) of rain could fall over the weekend, according to the Friday afternoon bulletin from Brazil’s national meteorology […]
While some public school students in South Carolina will enjoy sleeping in, playing video games and vacationing with family this summer, thousands more could face empty plates and hunger, as some lawmakers and advocates continue to scratch their heads over a decision by the governor. In January, Gov. Henry McMaster announced that South Carolina would […]
International pressure is growing for Israel and Hamas to reach a ceasefire deal after nearly five months of fighting left much of Gaza in ruins, creating a worsening humanitarian catastrophe with many people scrambling for food to survive. The US, Qatar and Egypt have spent weeks trying to broker an agreement in which Hamas would […]
MOANDA, Congo (AP) — The oil drills that loom down the road from Adore Ngaka’s home remind him daily of everything he’s lost. The extraction in his village in western Congo has polluted the soil, withered his crops and forced the family to burn through savings to survive, he said. Pointing to a stunted ear […]