Assyrians in Syria pray for the release of abducted fellow Christians
Syrian and Iraqi Christians pray for fellow Assyrian Christians abducted by Islamic State militants in the north of Syria. Mana Rabiee reports.
Syrian and Iraqi Christians pray for fellow Assyrian Christians abducted by Islamic State militants in the north of Syria. Mana Rabiee reports.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says the central bank is not growing more tolerant of higher inflation even though the latest policymaker projections raised the inflation outlook for the year without triggering a tougher monetary-policy response. But former Fed officials and other analysts see Powell nevertheless approaching a difficult moment trying to reconcile competing economic risks, a divided group of Fed policymakers, and a public now expecting interest rate cuts to start in June. Upcoming data may well support a June rate reduction if inflation declines convincingly towards the Fed's 2% target between now and then, resuming a trend that encouraged policymakers last year to cap the federal funds rate at the current 5.25%-5.50% and lay the groundwork for easing to begin this year.
It was in the den that Karen Goodwin most strongly felt her son’s presence: On the coffee table were his ashes, inside a clock with its hands forever frozen at 12:35 a.m., the moment that a doctor had pronounced him dead. As Goodwin swept and dusted the room, she’d often find herself speaking to her son, a soothing one-way conversation that helped her keep his spirit alive. Austin Hunter Turner died in 2017, on a night that Goodwin has rewound and replayed again and again, trying to make sense of what happened.
One common thread runs between Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun's departure and the death knell for GE next week: Jack Welch. Veteran financial journalist Allan Sloan notes that of the CEOs Welch mentored, four succeeded while 13 failed.
For Tesla, a combination of poor guidance, a tough selling environment in China, and more drama from CEO Elon Musk led the EV maker — which topped $750 billion in market cap to start the year — to shed over $200 billion since Jan. 1.
India's main opposition party said on Friday it had been asked to pay an additional 18.2 billion rupees ($218 million) in taxes, which it called an attempt by the tax department to financially cripple it weeks before general elections. Calling the latest notice from the Income Tax Department "tax terrorism", Congress treasurer Ajay Maken told reporters the party would fight the demand in court. India will vote in seven phases between April 19 and June 1 in general elections Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to win and secure a record-equalling third straight term.
Plus: All-time propaganda high; 'religious extremism' in child abuse case; TikTok worries. It's the week in extremism, from USA TODAY.
Russian intelligence documents obtained by a UK-based investigative organization suggest that the Kremlin’s security services were aware of an ISIS threat days before the deadly attack on the Crocus City Hall near Moscow.
Oil-dependent South Sudan is at risk of economic and political turmoil over the shutdown of a key pipeline in its war-torn neighbour, Sudan, experts have warned.Boutros Magaya, head of a South Sudanese parliamentary sub-committee on petroleum, warned of the "grave implications" of the shutdown on people's livelihoods and security and that the country faced an "imminent economic crisis".
Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter who has spent a year behind bars in Russia, is awaiting a trial on espionage charges the White House says are fabricated but could still see him jailed for decades.The Wall Street Journal and the White House vehemently deny Russia's accusation, which they see as a false pretext to secure the release of Russians in custody in the US. President Vladimir Putin said last month he would like to see Gershkovich released as part of a prisoner exchange, b
Weight-loss drugs and insulin cost far less to manufacture than companies charge. A new study pulls back the curtain to reveal the difference.
Maryland crews face “an incredibly complex job” as they work to clear colossal steel sections of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge and the 984-foot cargo ship that felled it – an effort that is essential to reopening the Port of Baltimore and recovering the remains that may lie under the wreckage, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said.
Spring is officially here. Use our map to find the most common backyard bird sighted in your state during April.
Cities and states need more money to prevent residents from falling into homelessness. But in many cases, the funding decision rests with voters.
Chinese tech giant Huawei said on Friday its profits more than doubled in 2023, as it ramps up efforts to bounce back in a year that saw the company apparently defy US sanctions with the release of a high-end smartphone.Huawei's surge in profits follows a year in which the firm raised eyebrows in Washington with the release of its Mate 60 Pro smartphone.
Eclipse glasses are far darker than regular sunglasses, and they block the sun's intense infrared and ultraviolet lights from harming human eyes.
Today's homebuyers need to earn six figures to comfortably afford a typical US home — an 80% jump from 2020.
References from conservative justices to a long-dormant chastity law during the Supreme Court’s arguments in a major abortion pill case this week are bringing new attention to the 19th century statute, which prohibits the mailing of drugs used for abortions among other “obscene, lewd, lascivious” or “indecent” materials.
A month into the raging war between Israel and Hamas, Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland was facing a moral dilemma. As a Jewish lawmaker, he did not support Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s use of the pro-Palestinian chant “from the river to the sea” and told her that. But as a former constitutional law professor — and fellow member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus — he deeply believed in her right to free speech.
The administration just sank a historic $8.5 billion into the veteran chipmaker. Now a lot is riding on one company's corporate promises.
The WSJ journalist has been in a Russian jail much longer than we thought. How much longer before Putin lets him go?