NEW YORK, New York – U.S. stocks were divided but mostly trended lower on Friday, although the Dow Jones managed to sneak out of the woods with a modest gain. The tech sector bore the brunt of selling with a more-than-1 percent decline in the Nasdaq Composite. “Rates are still in the driver’s seat, and […]

NEW YORK, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) — The U.S. dollar surged in late trading on Thursday, amid recent robust U.S. consumer price index (CPI) data and rising U.S. Treasury yields. The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, was up 0.73 percent to 106.5887 in late trading. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics […]

Buckwheat stocks are under threat! These insects and rodents are just waiting for people to leave their food unattended so they can devour every last bit of it. Just imagine: You take out buckwheat or flour from your kitchen cabinet and you see black bugs all over the place. Or even worse: You go into […]

NEW YORK, New York – Bond prices surged on Tuesday as safe-haven investors swamped the Treasury market yields fell sharply, pushing the dollar down, and stocks up. “I think that move lower in yields has supported equity markets broadly. It may also be bringing relief to markets that perhaps there is some sort of peak […]

WASHINGTON – ‘Digital currencies have played a pivotal role in backing Myanmar’s Spring Revolution,’ following a military takeover of the government in February 2021, said NUG Deputy Minister of Planning, Finance and Development Min Zayar Oo, in a statement to VOA. The minister was appointed by the National Unity Government, or NUG, made up of […]

Gangtok (Sikkim) [India], October 8 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Ministry of Home Affairs Ajay Kumar Mishra on Sunday held a high-level meeting with the Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang and took stock of the situation following the flash flood in the state. The primary agenda of the meeting was to deliberate on […]

New Delhi [India], October 7 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party-led Central government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi is standing in solidarity with the people of Sikkim and leaving no stone unturned to restore normalcy in the State, a statement from the Ministry of Home Affairs said on Saturday. The statement informed that Home Minister Amit Shah […]

NEW YORK, New York – U.S. stock markets got a shot in the arm Friday with a surging jobs report which saw all major indices rebound sharply. Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 336,000 in September, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.8 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. Job gains […]

The Biden administration has again warned about the impact of possibly disrupting the flow of military and economic aid to Kiev US President Joe Biden’s administration has again sounded the alarm over the potentially devastating consequences if lawmakers fail to prevent a disruption to Washington’s massive military and economic aid to help Ukraine defeat Russian […]

london – NATO’s most senior military official has warned that European ammunition stocks are running short as the West continues to send large amounts of military aid to Ukraine to fend off invading Russian forces. Admiral Rob Bauer, who chairs the NATO Military Committee, said Europe needed to ramp up production as the war enters […]