US Bars Imports From 3 More Chinese Firms On Uyghur Labour Concerns
Washington: The United States widened a trade blacklist Friday taking aim at forced labor concerns involving Uyghurs and other minorities in China. Three Chinese companies...
Netanyahu allowed $1bn to flow into Hamas hands
WASHINGTON: Israel approved the transfer of more than $1 billion from Qatar to the Hamas-run Gaza, even though there were intelligence warnings that the...
China’s Xi visits Vietnam after Biden, seeks to boost ties
HANOI — China’s President Xi Jinping starts a two-day visit to Vietnam on Tuesday (Dec 12), three months after US President Joe Biden travelled to...
Biden marks Hanukkah at the White House amid ‘sickening’ rise in antisemitism
President Biden on Monday welcomed Jewish lawmakers and community members to the White House for a celebration of Hanukkah with the backdrop of a...
What It’s Like to Ski Greenland’s Rugged East Coast
Land of Vikings A Viking named ‘Erik the Red’ moved to Iceland as a child after his father had been exiled from Norway for...
US Vetoes UN Resolution Backed by Many Nations Demanding Immediate Humanitarian Cease-fire in Gaza
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States vetoed a United Nations resolution Friday backed by almost all other Security Council members and dozens of...
U.S. employers add 199,000 jobs in November, hinting U.S. economy headed for soft-landing
Employment rose by 199,000 in November, according to the latest Employment Situation Summary from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), modestly higher than economists’ expectations...
Charting the Global Economy: US Labor Market Picks Up Steam
(Bloomberg) — The US labor market strengthened in November with pickups in employment and wages, deflating hopes the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates...
US dollar steady with US inflation, Fed meeting eyed; yuan heavy
SINGAPORE, Dec 11 — The dollar started yesterday on the front foot, with a reading on US inflation and the Federal Reserve’s last policy...
US approves two gene therapies for sickle cell disease
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday approved a pair of gene therapies for sickle cell disease, including the first treatment based...