The ongoing war in Iran that is choking off the global supply of oil is now threatening to cause a global jet fuel crisis just as the summer travel season gets ready to begin, international energy experts said. The executive director of th...
A new survey finds 67% of Americans are dipping into their savings to help pay for rising living costs....
Google has disabled live traffic data from being displayed on its Maps app in Ukraine. The app displays this information by collecting anonymous data from Android smartphones, which shows how busy roads and different places are....
Top US General Mark Milley has said that a Russian invasion of Ukraine would be "horrific" and would lead to a significant number of casualties. Gen Milley described the build-up of 100,000 Russian troops near Ukraine's...
US President Joe Biden has warned there is a "distinct possibility" Russia might invade Ukraine next month, the White House says. Russia meanwhile says it sees "little ground for optimism" in resolving the cri...
More than 33 million Americans have lost their jobs in the past 7 weeks, roughly 1 in 5 of the workforce. It is a devastating turnaround for a country whose jobless rate was at a 50 year low just 8 weeks ago....
After wars and recessions past, everything from historical fiction to crime novels have boomed. But what reads might help us cope with today’s uncertain times, asks Heloise Wood. ...
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Venezuela's embattled President Nicolás Maduro has ordered the closure of the border with Brazil amid a row over foreign humanitarian aid. The leftist leader went on TV to say he was also considering shutting the border with Colombia ...
World leaders are gathering in Argentina for their annual G20 summit amid new tension with Russia over Ukraine and a US trade row with China. US President Donald Trump has cancelled a meeting with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in ...
Putin is laughing at the political chaos in the US over Trump's alledged relationship with Russia...
Today in Venezuela, families can wait in lines at the supermarket for 18 hours at a time to get the right to purchase small quantities of oil, rice or pasta, according to Foreign Policy. Violent crime, meanwhile, is on the rise, with the coun...
This is the time of year that proves there are two kinds of people -- those who completed their holiday shopping and shipping weeks ago and those who are scrambling to the post office mere days before Christmas. But you can't blame those procrasti...
By Matt Spetalnick and Laura MacInnis | Reuters – November 14, 2011 HONOLULU (Reuters) - Asia-Pacific leaders pledged on Sunday to bolster (支持) their economies and lower trade barriers as they seek to prop up (支撑, 支持) g...
Can leaders resolve European financial situation?...
By Zachary Roth | The Lookout – September 27, 2011 Protesters outside the Greek parliament in Athens. AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis 请关注经济词汇 ...
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One of the upsides of the current upheaval in the global financial system is that people are more careful about spending their money. Rightly so. With many people facing a clear and present danger of losing their jobs, the smartest move wou...
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