The Federal Reserve approved its second rate hike of 2017 even amid expectations that inflation is running well below the central bank's target.
Core inflation numbers announced yesterday revealed that inflation was running well below the bank's 2% target.
With the raise, overnight interest rates are now at 1.25 …
read moreThe parents of Otto Warmbier, the US student who is in a coma after being freed this week by North Korea, say he was "brutalised" by a "pariah regime". "We want the world to know how we and our son have been brutalised and terrorised by the pariah regime," his …
read moreA long-running feud among the family of Singapore's prime minister over the legacy of their father, the country's first leader, has resurfaced. In Facebook posts, two of PM Lee Hsien Loong's siblings accused him of going against their late father Lee Kuan Yew's wishes and abusing his power.
The family …
read moreSaudi King Salman raised this question during a meeting with Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who had visited the Gulf Kingdom for finding a diplomatic solution to the Qatar crisis.
"Pakistan has told Saudi Arabia it will not take sides in the brewing diplomatic crisis in the Middle East after …
read moreA quick-thinking man caught a baby thrown from the “ninth or the tenth floor” window of a building by a desperate woman after a huge fire engulfed the 24-storey residential tower block here.
Samira Lamrani, a witness, was quoted by The Telegraph as saying that she saw a woman try …
read moreLondon's Metropolitan Police have said that, so far, 6 people have died in the huge blaze that engulfed a residential high-rise in west London on Wednesday morning. Authorities said that the number of casualties is expected to rise and their recovery will be "lengthy" and "complicated."
At this point the …
read moreQatar's national football team could face disciplinary action from FIFA after its players warmed up for a World Cup qualifier against South Korea wearing t-shirts showing support for the country's Emir.
The white shirts worn by the players were emblazoned with a profile portrait of the Emir, an image that …
read moreTwo outbreaks of polio have been identified in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in a blow to the goal of wiping out the disease from the world. The World Health Organization said there was a high risk the disease would spread.
Polio is a potentially deadly infection mainly affecting young …
read moreTroops in northern Niger have rescued 92 migrants who were on the brink of death in the Sahara Desert, an army statement has said. Traffickers abandoned the group, which included women and children, without water and food, it added.
One migrant died after being taken to a relief centre, the …
read moreThe Niger Government on Wednesday declared 'state of emergency' on federal roads following the collapsed of two bridges, linking the Western and Northern Nigeria. Mr. Jonathan Vatsa, the state Commissioner for Information, made the declaration shortly after inspecting the bridges in Tatabu and Bokani villages both in Mokwa Local Government …
read moreHouse Whip Steve Scalise was shot in the hip and at least one other aide was also hit in the chest by a gunman with a rifle who opened fire during a baseball practice in Virginia on Wednesday morning.
Alexandria Police "believe" the gunman was in custody. However, Sen. Mike …
read moreOn a recent Atlantic Live panel, Assistant Professor Kris Lehnhardt, from George Washington University, described sex in space as a “real concern” and one that humans have not addressed to date.
But Lehnhardt says that there is something we are missing. He told the live audience: “Something we really don …
read moreAn international group of scientists has found that Jupiter is the oldest planet in our solar system. By looking at tungsten and molybdenum isotopes on iron meteorites, a team of scientists found that meteorites are made up from two genetically distinct nebular reservoirs that coexisted but remained separated between 1 …
read moreFishers off the coast of the Netherlands got quite a shock when they caught what has now been confirmed as the first case of conjoined twin harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena).
With a single body and two fully grown heads, this is a case of partial twinning, or parapagus dicephalus. The …
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