Vanguard doesn’t believe the Fed will cut interest rates this year

Vanguard doesn’t expect the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates this year, defying the view from Fed officials that the central bank remains on track to reduce rates three times in 2024. The Fed on Wednesday left interest rates unchanged for the fifth consecutive time, as expected, keeping its benchmark overnight borrowing rate in a … Read more

Exclusive-Pressure mounts on Ukraine to scrap ‘sponsors of war’ blacklist

By Tom Balmforth and John O’Donnell LONDON/BERLIN (Reuters) – Ukraine could dismantle within days its “sponsors of war” blacklist, central to Kyiv’s campaign to expose companies doing business with Russia, after a backlash from countries including China and France, two people familiar with the matter said. The blacklist has no legal standing, but has been … Read more

After preordained election, Putin claims vote proves public support for his policies

President Vladimir Putin on Thursday thanked Russians for casting ballots in a presidential vote in which he cemented his grip on the country for another six years after the harshest crackdown on dissent since Soviet times. Any public criticism of Putin or his war in Ukraine has been stifled, independent media have been crippled, Putin’s … Read more

Mexico vows to fight effort by Texas to deport migrants under S.B.4

MEXICO CITY — After years of bowing to U.S. pressure to help slow migration, Mexico is drawing the line at a Texas law that would give the state a dramatically bigger role in border enforcement, including the right to deport undocumented migrants. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has denounced the measure as “draconian.” He says … Read more

(RDDT) starts trading on NYSE

Reddit shares jumped as much as 70% in their debut on Thursday in the first initial public offering for a major social media company since Pinterest hit the market in 2019. The 19-year-old website that hosts millions of online forums priced its IPO on Wednesday at $34 a share, the top of the expected range. … Read more

Older Adults Are Revealing The “Normal” Things That Used To Be Common In Schools, And It’s Mind-Blowing

There’s no question that the education system has changed drastically over generations. In decades prior, certain things deemed “normal” at school would send parents into a frenzy today. Andrea Chu / Getty Images I recently asked older adults in the BuzzFeed Community: “What “normal” things used to be common in school that are unheard of … Read more

Kate Middleton Conspiracies Soar: Church Leader’s Warning

The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby called conspiracy theories about Kate Middleton “village gossip,” adding “gossiping in that way is wrong,” and said people who have health concerns should be allowed “to live their lives in peace.”  The Princess of Wales was hospitalized for two weeks for a “planned abdominal surgery” in January that Kensington … Read more

Japan’s space agency says it hopes to forge a profitable launch business with its new H3 rocket

TOBISHIMA, Japan — Japan’s space agency and its prime contractor said Thursday they hope to be able to forge a profitable launch business with their new H3 rocket after its first successful flight last month in an increasingly competitive market dominated by Space X. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries have been developing … Read more

Dozens of Rohingya rescued from hull of capsized boat

Dozens of Rohingya were rescued Thursday after spending the night on the overturned hull of a capsized boat off the Indonesian coast, according to media reports, as an international charity expressed alarm about the numbers of unaccompanied Rohingya minors making the perilous voyage. The refugees, part of Myanmar’s persecuted Muslim minority, were part of the … Read more

DOJ sues Apple over iPhone monopoly in landmark antitrust case

The Department of Justice sued Apple on Thursday, saying its iPhone ecosystem is a monopoly that drove its “astronomical valuation” at the expense of consumers, developers and rival phone makers. The lawsuit claims that Apple’s anti-competitive practices extend beyond the iPhone and Apple Watch businesses, citing Apple’s advertising, browser, FaceTime and news offerings. “Each step … Read more