State Railway Workers’ Union of Thailand (SRUT) members on Tuesday pray before attending a public forum to discuss the impact of the feared closure of Hua Lamphong Station which is to be replaced by Bang Sue Grand Station as the country’s main rail hub. Apichit Jinakul […]
U.S. stocks staged the biggest rally in nine months, with major averages climbing at least 2% on optimism the omicron variant won’t derail global growth. Treasuries fell, sending two-year yields to the highest since March 2020. Technology shares that led last week’s decline paced the […]
Several Amazon.com Inc services, including Prime Video and applications that use Amazon Web Services (AWS), were down for thousands of users in the United States, while also affecting the company’s ability to provide regular updates on the outage. Amazon said on Tuesday that the outage […]
President Joe Biden’s pick to lead a key U.S. banking regulator has withdrawn her name from consideration, according to a statement from the White House. Biden accepted Saule Omarova’s request to no longer be the nominee to serve as Office of the Comptroller of the […]
Warning: The story below contains details of residential schools that may be upsetting. Canada’s Indian Residential School Survivors and Family Crisis Line is available 24 hours a day at 1-866-925-4419. An Indigenous delegation has announced it is postponing a trip to meet the Pope at […]
Kellogg Co said on Tuesday that a majority of its United States cereal plant workers have voted against a new five-year contract, forcing it to hire permanent replacements as employees extend a strike that started more than two months ago. Temporary replacements have already been […]
Iran and the United States exchanged barbs on Tuesday after the Biden administration imposed fresh sanctions on Iranian entities and officials, with Tehran warning Washington that the measures would not “create leverage” in nuclear deal talks. The US Treasury Department blacklisted the Special Units of […]
US President Joe Biden has warned his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin against any “military escalation” with Ukraine, as the two leaders held direct talks amid weeks of rising tensions over Russia’s military buildup near the Ukrainian border. “Greetings, Mr President,” Putin said in a brief […]
Donald Trump’s former chief of staff, Mark Meadows, has abruptly ended his cooperation with the congressional committee investigating the January 6 assault on the United States Capitol by supporters of the former president, his lawyer said. Lawyer George Terwilliger said in a letter on Tuesday […]
Advocates, analysts and international observers have cast a spotlight on voting rights in the United States before President Joe Biden’s upcoming “Summit for Democracy”, saying the ambitious framing of the event should be matched by reforms at home. The Biden administration has said the two-day, […]
