Could Fed Chair Jerome Powell be replaced?
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business When it comes to influence over the global economy, few people in the world are more powerful than Jerome Powell,…
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Ericsson to buy cloud service company Vonage in $6.2B deal
LONDON (AP) — Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson says it’s buying U.S. cloud communications company Vonage in a $6.2 billion deal that will…
Continue ReadingSwedish parliament to vote on new govt despite failed talks
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Swedish lawmakers will vote later this week on whether Swedish Finance Minister Magdalena Andersson should become the…
Continue ReadingTwo Palestinians end hunger strike after deal with Israel
A Palestinian prisoner rights group says two Palestinian hunger strikers have halted their protest against Israel’s controversial policy of…
Continue ReadingAmericans’ trust in charity steady amid pandemic, poll finds
By DAN PARKS of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy After years of declines, Americans’ trust in civil-rights and…
Continue ReadingAmericans’ trust in charity steady amid pandemic, poll finds
By DAN PARKS of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy After years of declines, Americans’ trust in civil-rights and…
Continue ReadingIsland anger: Guadeloupe closes schools after COVID rioting
By ELODIE SOUPAMA Associated Press LE GOSIER, Guadeloupe (AP) — Schools have closed across the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe and the French…
Continue ReadingIsland anger: Guadeloupe closes schools after COVID rioting
By ELODIE SOUPAMA Associated Press LE GOSIER, Guadeloupe (AP) — Schools have closed across the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe and the French…
Continue ReadingWhite House keeps its mask mandate in place as Washington rolls back district’s masking rules
By Kate Sullivan, CNN The White House will keep its mask mandate in place on its grounds even as Washington, DC, lifts its indoor mask requirement…
Continue ReadingCovid-19 mixed messaging continues as US enters the booster era
CNN By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Cases are going up. Hospitalizations are too. Depending on where you live, mask mandates are either being dropped or…
Continue ReadingGerman sport facing disruption as 4th coronavirus wave hits
By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Sports in Germany are facing a winter of disruption as the country endures a fourth wave of rising…
Continue ReadingA sixth victim has died after the deadly Waukesha Christmas parade crash, prosecutors say
CNN, WTMJ, WISN By Kay Jones, Claudia Dominguez, Holly Yan, Travis Caldwell and Amir Vera, CNN A child has died after a man allegedly rammed his SUV…
Continue ReadingUK’s Johnson tries to woo businesses, praises Peppa Pig
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson has hailed preschool favorite Peppa Pig as an inspiring model for the…
Continue ReadingTrial opens against accused elephant poachers in Indonesia
By RISKA MUNAWARAH Associated Press CALANG, Indonesia (AP) — An Indonesian court has begun a trial against a group of men accused of poaching…
Continue ReadingRep. Peter Welch of Vermont launches bid to succeed Patrick Leahy in US Senate
By Chandelis Duster, CNN Vermont Rep. Peter Welch announced Monday he would run for the US Senate seat held by fellow Democrat Sen. Patrick Leahy,…
Continue ReadingWhat we know about what happened at the Wisconsin Christmas parade
By Travis Caldwell, Joe Sutton, Keith Allen and Kelly McCleary, CNN The celebratory sounds of a Wisconsin Christmas parade were interrupted by…
Continue ReadingDutch leader condemns violence by ‘idiots’ after rioting
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte has condemned rioters in Rotterdam and…
Continue ReadingPortugal becomes fourth EU country to stop using coal plants
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Environmental activists are welcoming the end of electricity generation from coal in Portugal. But they said Monday the…
Continue ReadingPortugal becomes fourth EU country to stop using coal plants
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Environmental activists are welcoming the end of electricity generation from coal in Portugal. But they said Monday the…
Continue ReadingNew restrictions in Greece as pandemic deaths mount
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece has introduced a wide range of new restrictions aimed at curbing a COVID-19 infection spike that has pushed the rate…
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