MAY 25, 2022
All three major US stock indexes gyrated earlier in the day amid increasing jitters stemming from business and consumer surveys, economic data and corporate earnings reports suggesting a cooling American economy
Wall Street closed higher Wednesday, boosted after minutes from the Federal Reserve’s latest monetary policy meeting showed policymakers unanimously felt the United States economy was very...
MAY 25, 2022
US Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell takes the oath of office for his second term, Monday, May 23, 2022, in Washington. - (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal Reserve officials agreed when they met earlier this month that they may have to raise interest rates to levels that would weaken the economy as part of their...
MAY 25, 2022
Shareholders of Twitter ( ) voted against re-electing Egon Durban, an ally to Elon Musk, as a director to the board at its annual shareholder meeting on May 25.
Durban, the co-head of private equity firm Silver Lake, had partnered with Musk when he sought to take Tesla ( ), the electric carmaker, private as its CEO.
Twitter CEO...
MAY 25, 2022
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks during a Get Out the Vote Rally on the eve of gubernatorial and other primaries in the state, on Monday, May 23, 2022, in Kennesaw, Ga. - Brynn Anderson, AP
Voters set the table for some of the country's most important 2022 midterm elections on Tuesday in multiple states.
Chief among them were contests...
MAY 24, 2022
Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev said Russia has no timeline for when it will end the war in Ukraine. In this photo, Patrushev (L) looks at President Vladimir Putin during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on May 26, 2015. - Photo by SERGEI KARPUKHIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
A top Kremlin official discussed the Ukraine...
MAY 24, 2022
Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger speaks during the Department of State 230th Anniversary Celebration at the Harry S. Truman Headquarters building July 29, 2019 in Washington, DC. - Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Henry Kissinger said Ukraine must be prepared to give up territory to Russia in peace talks.
He warned of the risk of escalation unless peace...
MAY 24, 2022
Hundreds or even thousands of jackdaws are known to launch into the winter skies at once from the treetops. Now, ecologists know that this synchronized exodus is timed with a sophisticated behavior called “consensus decision-making,” where the group’s majority chooses the birds’ actions.
Jackdaws, Corvus monedula, pitch into the sky in huge numbers come sunrise and then split...
MAY 24, 2022
President Biden with, from left, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan in Tokyo on Tuesday. - Doug Mills/NY Times
TOKYO — Even before President Biden traveled to Tokyo this week to strengthen a partnership with Australia, India and Japan, the alliance was struggling to present...
MAY 24, 2022
The fire of political unrest is burning in Sri Lanka. The market is also on fire due to the economic crisis. Meanwhile, fuel prices also hit a record high in India's southern island nation. The Sri Lankan administration on Tuesday hiked petrol prices by 24.3 per cent. Diesel prices have gone up by 38.4 per cent. Never...
MAY 24, 2022
Chandru Satya Narayan, a farmer from Nilathar village of Bargarh district in Odisha, has grown the world’s costliest Miyazaki mango organically.
Miyazaki, an exclusive variety, is known as the world’s most expensive mango, costing up to Rs 2.5 to 3 lakh/kg. 50-year-old Chandru, who did not finish formal education, has been awarded for this feat.
He said: “I brought...
