Category Archives: Economy

GOP-majority court chosen to consider Biden vaccine mandate

Challenges to President Joe Biden's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private employers will be consolidated in the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, a panel dominated by judges appointed by Republicans.

Report implicates Belarus in anti-NATO cyber campaign

BOSTON (AP) — Cybersecurity researchers say they have uncovered evidence that Belarus is involved in a hybrid hacking/disinformation campaign against Eastern European NATO members since 2016 that aimed to sow discord in the military alliance, steal con...

New Brunswick fiscal update projects $89.1-million surplus due to higher revenues

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's government is projecting that the fiscal 2021-22 year will end in a $89.1-million surplus instead of the $244.8-million deficit that had been estimated in the last budget. Finance Minister Ernie Steeves released the provin...

Joly, Freeland, Ng and Mendicino to take part in summit with Trudeau in D.C.

WASHINGTON — The "Team Canada" approach that got the federal Liberal government through the raucous renegotiation of NAFTA three years ago will be back on full display this week in the U.S. capital.  Four cabinet ministers — two of them in

Spanish regions eye COVID-19 passports amid infection surge

MADRID (AP) — Worried by a rise in COVID-19 infections, some of Spain’s regional governments are asking courts to authorize the introduction of virus passports that can help control the pandemic’s spread.

Greece’s tavernas, coffee shops close for pandemic protest

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Associations representing restaurants and catering businesses in Greece organized strikes and protests across the country Tuesday, seeking renewed financial relief from the government due to the effects of the surging coronavirus ...

German agency suspends approval process for Russia pipeline

BERLIN (AP) — Germany's network regulator said Tuesday that it has suspended its procedure to certify the operator of a new pipeline that would bring Russian gas to the country under the Baltic Sea because of an issue with the

Xi-Biden talks raise hope for better ties but strains remain

BEIJING (AP) — China on Tuesday welcomed a virtual meeting between President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden as raising hopes for better relations, while the U.S. was more muted on the talks as the world's two biggest powers

‘We don’t deserve this’: Inflation hits Turkish people hard

ISTANBUL (AP) — Market-stand owner Kadriye Dogru makes do with stale, sesame-covered bagels, known as simit, for lunch these days. The widowed mother of two says she goes without lunch so she can put food on the table for her

Maryland mayor charged with posting revenge porn on Reddit

CAMBRIDGE, Md. (AP) — A Maryland mayor has been arrested and charged with distributing revenge porn online, prosecutors announced Monday.

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