USAID head urges crisis-hit Sri Lanka to tackle corruption
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A visiting U.S. diplomat on Sunday urged Sri Lankan authorities to tackle corruption and introduce…
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As small businesses raise prices, some customers push back
NEW YORK (AP) — Inflation isn’t only costing small businesses money. It’s costing them customers as well. At the Bushwick…
Canada’s Real Problem Is Not Job Losses, It’s The Rush To Retire
By Julie Gordon OTTAWA (Reuters) – More than a year after the Great Resignation took hold in the United States,…
Eastern Ukraine towns hit in overnight strikes
POKROVSK, Ukraine (AP) — Through the debris-strewn rooms of the bomb-blasted house, the incessant ringing of a phone punctuates the…
Munich Re Says Reinsurance Rates Likely To Rise
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Munich Re said reinsurance rates were set to rise across the industry, caused by inflation, higher interest…
EXPLAINER: Ukraine’s threatened nuclear plant shuts down
The last operating reactor at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which is Europe’s largest, was shut down Sunday to reduce…
Japan Must Take Steps Against ‘excessive’ Yen Moves – Govt Spokesman
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s government must take steps as needed to counter excessive declines in the yen, a…
Russian troops retreat after Ukraine counteroffensive
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces on Sunday pushed its counteroffensive in the country’s east, exploiting quick gains they made…
Sweden holds vote expected to boost anti-immigration party
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden is holding an election Sunday expected to boost a populist anti-immigration party that promises to crack…
Ukraine pushes major counteroffensive as war marks 200 days
As the war in Ukraine marks 200 days, the country has reclaimed broad swaths of the south and east in…