Tag: Economy
Passenger vehicle travel rebounding to pre-pandemic levels
<p>Americans may be rounding a corner — literally — in their response to the coronavirus pandemic.</p>
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Reacting to bloody coup, US suspends trade deal with Myanmar
<p>WASHINGTON — The United States on Monday suspended a trade deal with Myanmar until a democratic government is brought back to the Southeast Asian...
Economist who pulled Albania out of 1997 anarchy dead at 58
<p>TIRANA, Albania — Bashkim Fino, who was appointed to shepherd Albania out of almost total chaos when fraudulent investment schemes collapsed 24 years ago...
France heightens pressure on Lebanon to form government
<p>PARIS — France’s foreign minister has cranked up pressure on Lebanese leaders to form a government, urging them in personal phone calls for an...
Bill curbing governor’s emergency powers advances Senate
<p>INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Senate voted Monday to approve a proposal that would curb the governor’s authority under the state emergency powers law following...
Pleas for more aid to Syria: ‘We don’t have nearly enough’
BEIRUT — At age 19, Fatima al-Omar is at her wits' end. In the last year alone, she lost her home to fighting in...
Pope on pandemic’s second year: Weariness, economic hardship
<p>VATICAN CITY — Celebrating Palm Sunday Mass for a second time in the pandemic without crowds of faithful, Pope Francis said while shock dominated...
Path from Clinton to Biden takes U-turn on debt, trade, more
<p>WASHINGTON — When Bill Clinton spoke of how to build a bridge to the 21st century, it was to be constructed with balanced budgets,...
In Brazil, moms are bearing the brunt of pandemic’s blow
<p>RIO DE JANEIRO — When Sao Paulo city officials put out a call last month for 4,500 public school cleaning jobs, targeting Brazilian mothers...
Pope on pandemic’s second year: Weariness, economic hardship
VATICAN CITY — Celebrating Palm Sunday Mass for a second time in the pandemic without crowds of faithful, Pope Francis said while shock dominated...