Tag: Government business and finance
US awards huge shelter contracts amid child migrant increase
<p>Confronted with a stream of unaccompanied children crossing the border from Mexico, the U.S. government has awarded shelter-construction and management contracts to private companies...
Shooting highlights lack of body cams among Portland police
<p>PORTLAND, Ore. — Two police officers raised their weapons while sheltering behind a tree in a Portland park. They yelled at a homeless man...
Top Glove hopes to resolve U.S. seizure of its rubber gloves
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysia's Top Glove Corp., the world's largest rubber glove maker, said Wednesday it hopes to swiftly end a U.S. ban...
Maryland business owner pleads guilty to tax evasion
<p>BALTIMORE — The owner of a Maryland physical therapy business is facing up to five years in prison after pleading guilty to not paying...
UK-India trade deal includes COVID vaccine investment
<p>LONDON — Britain has announced 1 billion pounds ($1.4 billions) of new trade and investment with India, including a deal with the Serum Institute...
Tanzania’s new president on two-day state visit to Kenya
<p>NAIROBI, Kenya — Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan is on a two-day state visit to Kenya aimed at improving trade relations between the two...
Baby dies after father killed in barrage of police gunfire
<p>BILOXI, Miss. — A baby boy taken by his father from the scene of a double homicide in Louisiana died at a hospital on...
GOP lawmaker: Three-Fifths Compromise was to end slavery
<p>NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Tennessee Republican falsely declared Tuesday that an 18th century policy designating a slave as three-fifths of a person was adopted...
UK-India trade deal includes COVID vaccine investment
LONDON — Britain has announced 1 billion pounds ($1.4 billions) of new trade and investment with India, including a deal with the Serum Institute...
Tanzania’s new president on two-day state visit to Kenya
NAIROBI, Kenya — Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan is on a two-day state visit to Kenya aimed at improving trade relations between the two...