Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave The World Health Organization says it has asked the Chinese authorities to share more information regarding a spike in respiratory illnesses and clusters of pneumonia reported among children in the country. According to a statement shared late Wednesday, the WHO said it made an official request to … Read more
The headquarters of German banks Deutsche Bank (L) and Commerzbank in Frankfurt, Germany. FRANK RUMPENHORST | DPA | Getty Images Germany’s major banks need to increase their provisions for non-performing loans, as corporate insolvencies and credit risks mount, according to Bundesbank Vice-President Claudia Buch. Europe’s largest economy has been dubbed the “sick man of Europe” … Read more
North Korea said it is ending an agreement aimed at reducing military tensions with the South, a sign ties are fraying after Pyongyang placed a spy satellite into orbit for the first time. North Korea vowed that “our army will never be bound” by the 2018 agreement, the official Korean Central News Agency reported Thursday, adding … Read more
CHICAGO — With COVID-19 hospitalization back on the rise in Illinois, state public health officials are asking residents to double down on protecting themselves against seasonal illness. Twenty Illinois counties are now at a medium level for hospitalization related to COVID-19, with a 17% increase in hospital COVID-19 cases since last week. Flu and RSV … Read more
By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) – The S&P 500 will end next year only about 3% higher than its current level, with a possible U.S. economic slowdown or recession among the biggest risks for the market in 2024, according to strategists in a Reuters poll released Tuesday. The benchmark index will finish next year … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave KYIV — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin arrived in Kyiv on Monday offering reassurance to Ukrainian leaders on behalf of the Biden administration that American aid will continue despite mounting opposition by Republicans in Congress and battlefield setbacks against Russian troops. It is Austin’s second visit to Ukraine … Read more
QUSRA, West Bank — When Israeli warplanes swooped over the Gaza Strip following Hamas militants’ deadly attack on southern Israel, Palestinians say a different kind of war took hold in the occupied West Bank. Overnight, the territory was closed off. Towns were raided, curfews imposed, teenagers arrested, detainees beaten, and villages stormed by Jewish vigilantes. … Read more
PARIS — President Emmanuel Macron has called on the French people to rise up against anti-Jewish acts ahead of a march in the capital later on Sunday to protest against rising antisemitism. Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne and numerous other politicians are to attend the march in the French capital. Paris authorities have deployed 3,000 police … Read more
BERLIN — Across Germany, in schools, city halls, synagogues, churches and parliament, people came together Thursday to commemorate the 85th anniversary of Kristallnacht — or the “Night of Broken Glass” — in 1938 in which the Nazis terrorized Jews throughout Germany and Austria. Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Germany’s main Jewish leader, Josef Schuster, spoke at … Read more
Disney Lorcana has become one of the best two-player games in my house now I’ve bought enough of the cards to play it. While the first set of cards is about to get another release, the second set, Rise of the Floodborn, is coming later this month, and Disney is revealing the new cards one … Read more