Emergency government spending to mitigate the effects of the pandemic, combined with reduced revenue, will result in a 2020 budget primary deficit in excess of 5% of the country’s GDP, Alpha Bank’s research department estimates.
If US President Donald Trump loses November’s election, he will most likely leave an insignificant imprint on some parts of the global economic system. But in several others – especially US-China relations – his term in office may well come to be seen as a major turning point.
British Transport Police says about 300 people in Wales had to be evacuated after a freight train carrying large amounts of diesel caught fire and derailed
A BIBLICAL ‘miracle’ village were Jesus is said to have walked on water and fed the 5,000 has been dug up, according to a team of archaeologists. The experts are now convinced that the site they’ve been working on for 32 years is indeed the infamous village of Bethsaida that’s mentioned in the Bible. It […]
A general view outside of The Field House in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. | (Kim Klement/Pool Photo via AP)
SALT LAKE CITY — After games in leagues across the country were not played Wednesday in response to the officer-involved shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin on Sunday, league sources confirmed Adrian Wojnarowski’s ESPN report that NBA players have decided to resume the season, although Thursday’s three playoff games — a schedule that included Game 6 of the Utah Jazz-Denver Nuggets series — will be postponed. Читать дальше...
The Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) has questioned the independence of a QC-led probe into working conditions and worker’s rights at Boohoo factories in Leicester.
PARIS — The U.N. says it’s urgent to get kids back to schools after months-long coronavirus lockdowns, but with the virus still raging in parts of the United States and resurging in countries from South Korea to France, Spain and Britain, medical authorities are urging caution.
A TOP El Chapo assassin has been gunned down in a shootout and thrown from a moving car, foreign media reports. Edgar Alexis Meza Soto, known as “PIWI”, was found dead around 6.40am local time yesterday morning in the city of Guaymas, northern Mexico. Soto was the leader of the infamous Los Salazar, a group […]
As more and more competition returns in sailing, with club racing taking place up and down the country, Club Zone gives us advice on how to run Covid-secure Open Events at your club.
In the latest TV ratings, CBS’ Big Brother delivered 4.2 million total viewers and a Wednesday-leading 1.1 rating, ticking up in the demo week-to-week to match its season high. Leading out of that, Tough as Nails (2.9 mil/0.5) ticked up heading into next week’s finale. NBC’s America’s Got Talent (5 mil/0.6) was steady week-to-week, and […]