The person taking the oath of office on Jan. 20 will face an economic mess. That will be true whether that’s Joe Biden or Donald J. Trump, and true whether or not the off-and-on negotiations over a new round of pandemic relief yield anything. Given mass failures of small businesses and continuing astronomical numbers of […]
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We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Sophie Wessex is the wife of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip’s youngest son, Prince Edward. The Earl and Countess of Wessex share two children, Lady Louise Windsor and James, Viscount Severn. […]
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Top ministers are exploring tactics to avoid a second Scottish independence referendum, after recent polls indicated surging support for a split from the UK. The plan has been outlined in a memo […]
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FILE PHOTO: President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Raphael W. Bostic speaks at a European Financial Forum event in Dublin, Ireland February 13, 2019. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne/File Photo(Reuters) – It will be a while before the U.S. economy is fully recovered and before the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates […]
Tourism leaders hope the country will be able to leverage the star power of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to help rebuild the battered industry although the existing minister says he wants to keep the job. Tourism Export Council chief executive Lynda Keene said she strongly backed Ardern for the portfolio. ”If she was to become […]
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A vaccine will not stop the coronavirus and one won’t be available until at least spring next year, the government’s chief scientific adviser has warned. Sir Patrick Vallance said treating Covid-19 may become more like dealing with seasonal flu. While vaccine research has become more sophisticated in recent years, we're still a long way from […]
Politics
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Ian Blackford, the SNP’s Westminster leader held informal discussions with EU diplomats as the Scottish Government became increasingly frustrated over Boris Johnson’s handling of negotiations. But Downing Street said the European Union would […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Back fully campaigning after COVID-19 sidelined him,President Donald Trump returned to familiar form, spreading a litany of falsehoods. Over the weekend, he asserted yet again the virus was “rounding the corner” when it isn’t, misrepresented Democratic rival Joe Biden’s tax proposals and resurrected unfounded claims about Biden and the business dealings of […]
Asia
FILE PHOTO: A server at Mamma Martino’s Restaurant serves customers after indoor dining restaurants, gyms and cinemas re-open under Phase 3 rules from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions in Toronto, Ontario, Canada July 31, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos OsorioOTTAWA, Oct 19 (Reuters) – Business sentiment in Canada has improved as COVID-19 restrictions have eased, though it remains “negative” […]
MUMBAI (REUTERS) – At least half of India’s 1.3 billion people are likely to have been infected with the new coronavirus by next February, helping slow the spread of the disease, a member of a federal government committee tasked with providing projections said on Monday (Oct 19). India has so far reported 7.55 million cases […]
