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Covid-19 has dealt the "biggest setback" to global poverty reduction efforts in decades, and the World Bank warned Wednesday that the goal to eradicate extreme poverty by 2030 likely remains out-of-reach.Poverty rose sharply during the pandemic, and the development lender estimates ab...
Business & Commerce
IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva said Tuesday the Bank of England correctly moved swiftly in reaction to Britain's budget proposal late last month -- a plan which included a now-scrapped tax cut for the wealthy and send the pound dramatically lower.She said it is important to avoid a contradiction...
World
Former US president Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to intervene in the legal tussle over classified documents seized in the FBI raid of his Florida home.Trump urged the conservative-dominated court to stay a ruling by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals that restored access to the cla...
Former US president Donald Trump sued CNN on Monday, accusing the cable television news network of defamation and seeking $475 million in punitive damages.Trump, in the lawsuit filed in a US District Court in Florida, accused CNN of waging a campaign of "libel and slander" against him beca...
New vehicle deliveries by Tesla increased in the third quarter, beating the previous three months during which its Chinese factory was shuttered for multiple weeks, the US electric automaker announced Sunday.Between July and September, Tesla delivered a total of 343,380 vehicles around the world, th...
President Joe Biden said Friday the United States and NATO will not be intimidated by Russia's President Vladimir Putin and warned that the Western alliance would defend "every inch" of its territory if attacked."America and its allies are not going to be intimidated," he sai...
US President Joe Biden has struggled in domestic polls since last year but his foreign policy is earning higher marks in much of Europe as he leads efforts against Russia's invasion of Ukraine.A 14-nation survey released Thursday by the German Marshall Fund of the United States said approval of ...
The US military killed 12 civilians in 2021, all in Afghanistan, according to a Pentagon report released Tuesday.The Department of Defense "assesses that there were approximately 12 civilians killed and approximately five civilians injured during 2021 as a result of US military operations,"...
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NASA's historic uncrewed mission to the Moon is facing fresh difficulties.After technical problems derailed two launch attempts several weeks ago, a new liftoff of the Artemis 1 mission scheduled for Tuesday is now threatened by a storm gathering in the Caribbean.The storm, which has not yet bee...
Entertainment & Glomour
Elton John on Friday sang at the White House at the invitation of President Joe Biden, after declining invitations from his predecessor Donald Trump.Dressed in a glittering black suit and wearing orange glasses, the 75-year-old pop icon sat down at the piano on the South Lawn of the White House, wit...
World Bank President David Malpass said Friday he had no plans to stand down, as he battles charges of climate denial for dodging questions on the role of man-made emissions in global warming.Climate activists had previously called for Malpass to be removed for what they say is an inadequate approac...
The United States announced Friday it was easing export restrictions to improve Iranians' access to the internet, which the Tehran government has severely curbed amid a crackdown on protesters.In the aftermath of a woman's death in the custody of the country's morality police, Iran cut o...
NASA said Wednesday it had successfully trialed the fueling process for its new rocket, after technical issues a few weeks ago halted two attempts to get the behemoth off the ground and headed towards the Moon."All of the objectives that we set out to do we were able to accomplish today," ...
US President Joe Biden said in an interview aired Sunday that the Covid pandemic in the United States is over.With Covid restrictions largely eliminated in the country and travel having rebounded to pre-pandemic levels, the comments were reflective of the current status of much of US society."T...
South Africa's leader on Friday agreed to cooperate closely with US President Joe Biden on health, security and climate but warned against punishing African nations for maintaining ties with Russia.The Biden administration has put a new focus on Africa after being taken aback by the reluctance o...
The US Justice Department on Friday appealed in part a judge's decision to halt the review of seized documents from former president Donald Trump's Florida estate, asking to continue its investigation of those materials marked as classified.Federal investigators have been blocked since last ...
A drop in electric power generation and a modest uptick in manufacturing led to a small decline in overall US industrial production in August, the Federal Reserve said Thursday.Total output slipped 0.2 percent, worse than economists expected, on the 2.3 percent drop in utilities, which was the secon...
The US State Department on Wednesday announced it was sending $756 million in new humanitarian aid to Syria, where need remains "dire" after more than a decade of war.The funds, which are in addition to a tranche of $808 million announced earlier this year, will go to "continue our un...
Ken Starr, who headed the investigation that led to the impeachment of president Bill Clinton for lying about his affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky, died on Tuesday. He was 76. Starr died in Houston, Texas, of complications from surgery, his family said in a statement.A former judge and...
The remains of a US sailor killed during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor over 80 years ago were buried Tuesday at Arlington National Cemetery, a spokeswoman told AFP.Herbert Jacobson, nicknamed Bert by his relatives, was 21 years old when he was reported missing after the surprise attack by Japa...
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