No happy dance in the cards as Fed ponders resilient US economy
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON With the Federal Reserve steaming toward another interest rate hike this week, policymakers face
2023-07-25 18:15
Heat wave returns as Greece grapples with more wildfire evacuations
A third successive heat wave in Greece pushed temperatures back above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) across parts of the country following more nighttime evacuations from fires that have raged out of control for days
2023-07-25 17:56
U.S. will be short 67,000 chip workers by 2030, industry group says
By Max A. Cherney The U.S. semiconductor industry faces a shortfall of roughly 67,000 workers by 2030, according
2023-07-25 17:27
The Biden administration proposes new rules to push insurers to boost mental health coverage
President Joe Biden’s administration is announcing new rules meant to push insurance companies to increase their coverage of mental health treatments
2023-07-25 17:16
Biden administration pushing insurers to improve access to mental health treatment
WASHINGTON President Joe Biden is making a fresh push to force health insurance companies to improve access to
2023-07-25 17:15
First Lady Jill Biden to mark US reentry into UNESCO with flag-raising ceremony in Paris
United States First Lady Jill Biden is in Paris to attend a flag-raising ceremony at UNESCO, marking the United States’ official reentry into the United Nations’ educational, scientific and cultural organization after a five-year hiatus
2023-07-25 16:52
UN watchdog says landmines are placed around Ukrainian nuke plant occupied by Russia
The U.N. atomic watchdog says its staff at Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant report seeing anti-personnel mines around the site
2023-07-25 16:45
Jury to deliver verdict over Brussels terrorist attacks that killed 32
A jury is expected to render its verdict Tuesday over Belgium’s deadliest peacetime attack
2023-07-25 16:30
EU agriculture ministers meet to discuss vital Ukraine grain exports after Russia nixed deal
European Union agriculture ministers are meeting to discuss ways of moving grain vital to global food security out of Ukraine after Russia halted a deal that allowed the exports
2023-07-25 16:17
'Catastrophic' reactor failure ignites large blaze at Pittsburgh power substation, officials say
A large blaze erupted at a power substation in Pittsburgh after a reactor "catastrophically failed," public safety officials announced.
2023-07-25 15:53
Russia proposes joint research module on space station for China, India, Brazil and South Africa
The head of Russia's space agency has extended an offer to Moscow's partners in the BRICS group -- Brazil, India, China and South Africa -- to participate in the construction of a joint module for its planned orbital space station, state media reported Monday.
2023-07-25 15:26
Legal dispute facing Texan 'Sassy Trucker' in Dubai shows the limits of speech in UAE
A Houston woman known online as the “Sassy Trucker” has been stuck in Dubai for weeks after an altercation at a car rental agency
2023-07-25 15:17