Iran’s currency hits a record low
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s currency fell to a record low on Sunday, plunging to 613,500 to the dollar, as its people celebrated the Persian...
Has the ‘polycrisis’ overwhelmed us?
Sun Jan 28, 2024 07:26 PM Last update on: Sun Jan 28, 2024 08:24 PM NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Poland’s President Andrzej Duda and...
Americans’ faith in institutions has been sliding for years. The chaos in Congress isn’t helping
WASHINGTON (AP) — For many Americans, the Republican dysfunction that has ground business in the U.S. House to a halt as two wars rage abroad...
Russia’s Putin hails ties as he meets UAE president | Vladimir Putin News
Russia’s Putin praises cooperation during talks about OPEC+ and the Ukraine war with Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Russian President Vladimir Putin has hailed...
‘Our world is in peril’: At UN, leaders push for solutions
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The world’s problems seized the spotlight Tuesday as the U.N. General Assembly’s yearly meeting of world leaders opened with dire assessments...
Bank of England warns of ‘apocalyptic’ global food shortage
The series of shocks to inflation are so severe that a Cabinet minister criticised the Bank over the weekend for failing in its “one job...
UN chief warns world is one step from `nuclear annihilation’
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief warned Monday that “humanity is just one misunderstanding, one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation,” citing the war...
Inflation hits record 8.6% for 19 countries using the euro
LONDON (AP) — Inflation in countries using the euro set another eye-watering record, pushed higher by a huge increase in energy costs fueled partly by...
Prepare for sticker shock if you are traveling this summer
DALLAS (AP) — Airlines and tourist destinations are expecting monster crowds this summer as travel restrictions ease and pandemic fatigue overcomes lingering fear of contracting...
Worry about stagflation, a flashback to ’70s, begins to grow
WASHINGTON (AP) — Stagflation. It was the dreaded “S word” of the 1970s. For Americans of a certain age, it conjures memories of painfully long...