Monday, December 11, 2023
CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s warring generals agreed to hold a face-to-face meeting as part of efforts to establish a cease-fire and initiate political talks to end the country’s devastating war, an African regional bloc said Sunday. Sudan slipped into chaos after...
When Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell met on an October afternoon with small-business owners in Pennsylvania, Julie Keene lamented how her family farm and food market had been blindsided by high inflation over the past two years. “Predictability is just...
Investing.com-- Oil prices rose slightly in Asian trade on Monday as data released last week showed some resilience in the U.S. economy, although traders were largely on edge before a string of central bank meetings this week, most notably...
The Canadian Press OTTAWA — A group of foreign ministers from the Palestinian Authority, Saudi Arabia and Turkey met Saturday in Ottawa with Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to discuss the Israel-Hamas war. The quietly planned...
The Canadian Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine on Saturday condemned Russia’s intention to organize presidential election voting in occupied Ukrainian territory next year. The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said any such balloting held in the occupied regions in the country...
The Canadian Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel's military pushed ahead with its punishing air and ground offensive in Gaza on Saturday, bolstered by a U.S. veto derailing U.N. Security Council efforts to end the war and...
The Education Department announced $5 billion in student-debt relief for 80,000 borrowers. This is a result of fixes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness waiver and income-driven repayment plans. It comes as the department is also in the...
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey rejects plans to establish a post-war buffer zone in Gaza because it would be disrespectful to Palestinians, President Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying on Wednesday. Reuters reported last week that Israel had conveyed plans for...
The Canadian Press BEIJING (AP) — The top U.S. and Chinese diplomats agreed Wednesday to keep building on recent progress in bilateral ties and work together to keep the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza from spreading. Both Chinese Foreign Minister Wang...
The Canadian Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A new lower house of the Dutch parliament was sworn in Wednesday, two weeks after the far-right party of lawmaker Geert Wilders won a general election in a seismic shift that reverberated through Europe. While...
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