Great Reconciliation of Asset Prices in 2022
Commentary coming new year will be fraught with risk due to the removal of central bank and government supports. This could very likely lead to… Read More »Great Reconciliation of Asset Prices in 2022
Commentary coming new year will be fraught with risk due to the removal of central bank and government supports. This could very likely lead to… Read More »Great Reconciliation of Asset Prices in 2022
Australia’s economic recovery has been stunted by an international supply chain crisis, with businesses struggling to secure critical supplies—a problem many expect will persist into… Read More »Supply Chain Chaos Plagues Australian Businesses
MINNEAPOLIS— suburban Minneapolis police officer who says she meant to use her Taser instead of her gun when she shot and killed motorist Daunte Wright… Read More »No Verdict yet in Kim Potter Trial for Daunte Wright’s Death
Thousands of homes remain without power on Sydney’s Northern Beaches on Tuesday after a brief but devastating tornado-like storm tore through the area on Sunday… Read More »Homes Still Without Power after Sydney’s Tornado-Like Storm
Australia’s major airlines have voluntarily signed up to a new Code of Practice on Passenger Behaviour after reporting increased disruptive and abusive behaviour towards airport and… Read More »Australian Airlines Campaign Against Abusive ‘Carry-On Behaviour’
Commentary As we near the end of 2021, most people would have expected that the spectre of COVID-19 would have receded and that normal life… Read More »Gambling With the Health of 5-Year-Old Children
U.S. Border Patrol agents recently arrested a man described as a potential terrorist shortly after he illegally crossed into the United States from Mexico. 21-year-old… Read More »Federal Agents Nab ‘Potential Terrorist’ Amid New Surge at US鈥揗exico Border
Commentary Here’s a theme for a modern Christmas carol. “People are blasting Chanel’s $825 advent calendar on TikTok. TikTok users unboxing Chanel’s $825 advent calendar… Read More »Christmas Is Not About Our Hubris
re is a growing concern in Poland and the Baltic states that the U.S. will leave them out in the cold to face Russia as tensions… Read More »Poland and Baltic Fear Biden Abandonment to Appease Russia: Experts
News Analysis Chinese Communist Party (CCP) seeks to destroy the international system and rebuild it in its own image. To many Americans, that may sound… Read More »Beijing Steps Up Aggression as It Seeks to Lead ‘New World Order’
SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia—Argentina’s socialist government is scrambling to stem its hemorrhaging currency rates, economic recession, and hyperinflation, while negotiations continue with China over swaps and debt relief. nation has… Read More »China Using Loans in Latin America to Push Political, Military Objectives
News Analysis On Belt and Road projects, “China offers substantial financing, usually as loans, but Beijing is not a member of the Paris Club and… Read More »‘Free Money’ From China Promotes Corruption Along the Belt and Road
KINGSLAND, Ga.—A federal agency on Monday granted a license for a launchpad that would fly commercial rockets from coastal Georgia. Federal Aviation Administration’s approval of… Read More »FAA License Boosts Georgia Spaceport, but More Reviews Ahead
Pushback to two top U.S. health agencies is growing over how officials handled clearing and recommending COVID-19 vaccine boosters. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last… Read More »Pushback to US Health Agencies Grows Over Handling of COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters
A pregnant Vietnamese migrant woman is evacuated on a stretcher as migrants leave a SNSM boat after they were rescued when their makeshift boat encountered… Read More »Rising worry about risks Vietnam’s ‘container people’ take for a new life in Europe
News Analysis Australia discovered Huawei’s cyber spying in about 2012 and informed the United States, according to a new Bloomberg News investigation. Aussie discovery started… Read More »Chinese Tech Giant Huawei Attacked Aussie and US Networks in 2012
Organizers of the World Economic Forum (WEF) said on Dec. 20 that the annual event in Davos, Switzerland, has been postponed until mid-2022 due to… Read More »World Economic Forum in Davos Canceled Over Omicron Jitters
LONDON鈥擳he Bank of England said on Monday it was fining Standard Chartered 46.55 million pounds ($61.51 million) for misreporting its liquidity position to the regulator… Read More »StanChart Fined $61.5 Million for Misreporting Liquidity Position
BERLIN— new German government has chosen an experienced central banker and former board member of Germany’s state-owned development bank to head the country’s central bank,… Read More »German Government Chooses Joachim Nagel to Head Central Bank
When a young woman from the Lao capital Vientiane took on a job as a “chat girl” at the Kings Romans Casino in far northern… Read More »Debt-trapped Lao ‘chat girls’ forced to sell sex in China-run economic zone
MANILA, Philippines— death toll from the strongest typhoon to batter the Philippines this year climbed to 375, with more than 50 others still missing and… Read More »375 Dead, 56 Missing After Typhoon Slams Philippines
Moderna said on Dec. 20 that its existing COVID-19 vaccine booster shot sharply increased Omicron neutralizing antibody levels in laboratory testing, with the drugmaker adding… Read More »Moderna Says Its Existing COVID-19 Booster Appears Protective Against Omicron
Goldman Sachs downgraded the country’s quarterly GDP projections for 2022, as Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) confirmed his stance in rejecting the Build Back Better package,… Read More »Goldman Sachs Reduces US GDP Projections Following Sen. Manchin’s Decision
United States, the UK, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand have issued a joint statement expressing “grave concerns” over the Legislative Council elections in Hong Kong,… Read More »Five Eyes Allies Voice ‘Grave Concerns’ as Beijing Loyalists Dominate Hong Kong Polls
As many as 1.5 million working parents could exit the labor market as more U.S. households receive the expanded Child Tax Credit (CTC) benefit, a… Read More »Analysis: 1.5 Million Parents Could Drop Out of Workforce Amid Biden Child Tax Benefit
Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi has called on ex-teachers to sign up from Monday to help with COVID-19 staff shortages in the new year. Former teachers… Read More »Zahawi: Ex-Teachers Should Apply From Monday to Help With COVID Staff Shortages
With at least 22,478 positive COVID-19 cases confirmed on Sunday in New York state, New York City’s health director said that cases are rising quickly… Read More »NYC Health Commissioner: Omicron Variant Hospitalizations Far Lower Than Previous Waves
WASHINGTON鈥擥eneral Motors Co. said Monday it is extending a production halt at its Orion Assembly plant in Michigan, which makes the Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicle,… Read More »GM to Extend Production Halt for Chevrolet Bolt EV Through February
An Oxford University professor has warned that government ministers have been focusing on worst case scenarios in COVID-19 modelling and the UK is in serious… Read More »Oxford Professor Warns Against ‘Talking Ourselves Into Annual Lockdowns’
Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday that masks should still be worn by those who are vaccinated against COVID-19 as they serve as an important tool… Read More »Fauci Says Mask Should Still Be Worn, Even If Vaccinated Against COVID-19