Category: Global Economy

  • Kentucky shooting: Police launch manhunt after multiple people shot

    [ad_1] A manhunt is underway in Kentucky after a number of people were shot along a highway near the city of London on Saturday. The Laurel County Sheriff’s Office has named 32-year-old Joseph A Couch as a person of interest, and warned the public he is considered armed and dangerous. The incident began at about…

  • Makala Prison: Behind bars at DR Congo’s most notorious jail

    [ad_1] Stanis Bujakera Stanis Bujakera, one of DR Congo’s most prominent journalists, says he was traumatised by his stay in Makala Prison In attempting to describe Makala Prison – the scene of a deadly and failed breakout this week in the Democratic Republic of Congo – two people who have been inside used the exact…

  • Why is Pope Francis doing a long tour when he’s so frail?

    [ad_1] BBC Pope Francis, who has often appeared to revel in confounding and surprising others, is at it again. Many times over the years, he has seemed to suggest he is slowing down, only to ramp up his activities again. At nearly 88 years old, he has a knee ailment that impairs mobility, abdominal problems…

  • AfD hopes for further gains in east Germany as state elections loom

    [ad_1] BBC Ingolf says other more mainstream parties have failed “If the old parties had done their jobs properly then the AfD would not exist,” Ingolf complains, echoing a common sense that the rest of Germany looks down on so-called “Ossis” in the east. Far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) have already won the most votes…

  • US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to visit the UK

    [ad_1] Getty Images The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to London on Monday for a two-day visit during which he will meet Foreign Secretary David Lammy. The US state department says Mr Blinken will open a so-called “US-UK strategic dialogue” – understood to be a series of meetings between senior officials which…

  • Venezuela: Forces surround embassy sheltering opposition figures

    [ad_1] Venezuelan security forces have surrounded the Argentine embassy in the capital Caracas, which is sheltering six Venezuelan political figures opposed to President Nicolás Maduro. Members of the Venezuelan opposition posted images and videos of officers from the country’s intelligence service forming a perimeter around the embassy complex. Opposition figures inside the building said they…

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    [ad_1] Charting the Global Economy: US Job Growth Softer Than Forecast  Forex Factory [ad_2] Source link

  • France sees thousands protest over new centre-right PM Barnier

    [ad_1] Tens of thousands of people are protesting across France against the nomination of right-wing Michel Barnier as the new prime minister, after an inconclusive election in which the left won the largest number of seats. Demonstrations are underway in cities including Paris, Marseille, Nantes, Nice and Starsbourg. The protests were called by trade unions…

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    [ad_1] China raises US tariff ‘concerns’ as commerce officials meet in Tianjin  South China Morning Post [ad_2] Source link

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    [ad_1] China raises US tariff ‘concerns’ as commerce officials meet in Tianjin  South China Morning Post [ad_2] Source link