Unusually divided Powell’s remarks came shortly after a sharply divided Fed kept interest rates unchanged for a third consecutive meeting amid heightened uncertainty from the war in the Middle East. “Inflation is elevated, partly reflecting the recent increase in global…
Hong Kong remains 140th in Reporters Without Borders’ (RSF) global press freedom index out of 180 countries and territories, with the NGO highlighting the 20-year sentence handed down to Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai earlier this year. Reporters Without Borders…
“FIFA president Gianni Infantino has yet to set out publicly how fans, journalists and local communities will be safe from arbitrary bans, mass deportations and crackdowns on free expression,” Amnesty International’s head of economic and social justice Steve Cockburn said…
While relieved a fire in the bin behind him KelownaBC, the furniture store didn’t spread, it’s just the latest fire Gaeten Benoit says he’s had to fight. “I put out two fires last year,” said Benoit, who owns Treehouse Interiors…
The Netherlands offers high-quality care coupled with strong academic centers and a collaborative ecosystem. However, its main challenge in attracting more clinical trials is speed of execution and predictability, says the chairman of the Dutch Clinical Research Foundation (DCRF), Bart…
Samsung Electronics reports record first-quarter operating profit of $38.4 billion – Copyright AFP SONNY TUMBELAKA Jihye Shin and Matthew Walsh Samsung Electronics said on Thursday that operating profit rose 750 percent year-on-year to a record high in the first quarter…
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Wednesday that he encourages Britain’s King Charles to return the Koh-i-Noor Diamond, with his comments coming during the British monarch’s ongoing visit to the US. “If I were to speak to the king…
Amid a battle at the nation’s highest court over birthright citizenship, Texas claims a birth center is deliberately helping Chinese citizens skirt immigration laws. HOUSTON (CN) – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton accused a Houston-area medical center Wednesday of illegally…
At a House Armed Services Committee hearing on April 22, 2026, convened to discuss US foreign policy amid the Iran war, General Xavier Brunson, commander of US Forces Korea, was asked how relations between China and Russia were affecting stability…
Dancers of the Hispánico Ballet Company. Santiago Felipe There’s something befitting of a ballet organization that kicks off its annual spring gala with a world-class performance and ends it with a packed dance floor. Ballet Hispánico has always approached its…
