The French Senate has voted in favour of banning the wearing of hijabs in sports competitions, arguing that neutrality is a requirement on the field of play. The French upper legislative house voted late on Tuesday in favour of amending a proposed law stipulating that […]
In a rare look at LGBTQ+ earnings, new data find that workers in the U.S. who identify as LGBTQ+ earn, on average, about 90 cents for every dollar the average worker makes. The survey of 7,000 full-time workers found that median weekly earnings for LGBTQ+ people came in at […]
United States President Joe Biden has said his administration achieved “enormous progress” during his first year in office, but stressed that he would continue to tackle key challenges, including COVID-19 and rising prices. Speaking one day before his presidency hits the one-year mark, Biden on […]
Wall Street’s main indexes ended sharply lower on Wednesday, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite confirming it was in a correction, after a diverse set of corporate earnings and as investors continued to worry about higher United States Treasury yields and the US Federal Reserve tightening […]
A Ukrainian judge has rejected a prosecutor’s request to detain former President Petro Poroshenko in a treason case. Judge Oleksiy Sokolov said on Wednesday Poroshenko should instead appear before prosecutors and investigators when requested to do so. Poroshenko is being investigated for treason in a […]
(Bloomberg) –Turkey signed a $4.9 billion currency swap agreement with the United Arab Emirates, boosting dwindling foreign-exchange reserves depleted by the country’s financial turmoil. The three-year deal reflects a warming of ties that began last year after a decade of frosty relations that rippled across […]
Tehran, Iran – Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have expressed their support for boosting bilateral ties and discussed regional and international issues during their first in-person meeting. Putin hosted Raisi, who was elected in August, at the Kremlin on Wednesday […]
Gambian President Adama Barrow has pledged to work to jumpstart the economy as he was sworn in for a second five-year term in office near the capital, Banjul. Barrow, 56, came to power in 2017 by unseating his predecessor Yahya Jammeh at the polls. He […]
The United States and Russia have dug in their heels over Russia’s military buildup on Ukraine’s border with no sign either will relent from entrenched positions that have raised fears of a Russian invasion and a new war in Europe. In advance of critical talks […]
Oil touched its highest level since October 2014 as the International Energy Agency said the market looks tighter than previously thought, with demand proving resilient to omicron. Futures in New York closed up 1.8% on Wednesday, with the IEA saying in a report that oil […]
