Brazil's Congress weakens pro-environment ministries in a rejection of Lula
In a rejection of early moves by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva who took office in January, Brazil’s Congress has stripped powers from the new Ministry of Indigenous Peoples and Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change, both led by women environmentalists
2023-06-02 03:24
UK government refuses to hand over Boris Johnson's unredacted messages to coronavirus inquiry
The British government is resisting an order to hand over a sheaf of former Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s personal messages to the country’s COVID-19 pandemic inquiry
2023-06-02 03:23
Money stored in Venmo, other payment apps could be vulnerable, financial watchdog warns.
Customers of Venmo, PayPal and CashApp should not store their money for the long term with these apps since their funds may not be covered by deposit insurance, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau warned on Thursday
2023-06-02 03:17
Rishi Sunak Refuses to Hand Over WhatsApp Texts to UK’s Covid Inquiry
Rishi Sunak’s administration refused a demand from the UK’s Covid-19 inquiry to hand over former Prime Minister Boris
2023-06-02 00:50
Average long-term US mortgage rate climbs to 6.79% this week, highest level since November
The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate climbed this week to its highest level since November, driving up borrowing costs for would-be homebuyers at a time when the housing market is being held back by a near record-low inventory of homes on the market
2023-06-02 00:26
Recession ahead? By this metric, one's here now: Earnings fall and Wall Street expects 2Q soreness.
The latest round of corporate earnings is leaving Wall Street with a confounding sense of relief and lingering anxiety
2023-06-02 00:21
US sanctions Iranians over alleged assassination plots of former US officials, dissidents
The United States has announced sanctions against some Iranian and Turkish people and firms accused of plotting to assassinate former U.S. government officials, dual U.S. and Iranian nationals, and dissidents
2023-06-01 23:57
Supreme Court rules against union in labor dispute involving truck drivers and wet concrete
The Supreme Court has ruled against unionized drivers who walked off the job with their trucks full of wet concrete
2023-06-01 23:54
Twitter may be worth one-third what Musk paid for it last fall as Fidelity fund marks down value
Twitter may now be worth one-third of what Elon Musk paid for the social media platform just seven months ago
2023-06-01 23:29
Little-Known Lung Infection Grabs Limelight From Covid, RSV
A little-known respiratory virus is grabbing the limelight from Covid-19 and RSV after cases surged earlier this year,
2023-06-01 22:25
Stock market today: Wall Street slips in early going; Dollar General sinks
Stocks are slipping in early trading as reports on the U.S. economy painted a mixed outlook and some of Wall Street’s euphoria around artificial intelligence cools
2023-06-01 21:54
Russia, China foreign ministers set for BRICS meet in South Africa with war in Ukraine on agenda
The Russian and Chinese foreign ministers are set to meet with their counterparts from the BRICS economic bloc of developing nations in South Africa on Thursday
2023-06-01 20:50