The Icelandic government set to curb carry trade in currencies hindering inflation by removing the policy limitations benefiting currency speculators, with the central bank already having taken steps preparing the normalization in domestic economic policies.
NEW YORK (AP) — Global shares fell Thursday in lackluster trading following a bleak day on Wall Street, as investors awaited a speech by Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen on Friday. Outrage over price increases by Mylan for its EpiPens, medical devices used to deliver adrenaline to a patient suffering from a potentially fatal allergic reaction, have pulled pharmaceutical companies lower. Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton issued a statement Wednesday calling Mylan's price increases "outrageous"... Читать дальше...
SPIJKENISSE (ANP) - Een 52-jarige vrouw is donderdagochtend om het leven gebracht in een woning aan de Gouwestraat in Spijkenisse. De politie meldt dat een man van 37 jaar in de woning is aangehouden.
Instead of issuing an apology, the director took to Facebook again to say that people could not decipher the humour from his post.
Tegeta Exploration and Resources‚ the mining operation owned by the Gupta family‚ has threatened to interdict the Treasury should it release a report into its investigation of Eskom’s coal contracts.
``She's alive!" two women cheered as they ran up the street in Pescara del Tronto, one of the three hardest hit hamlets, after a 10-year-old girl was pulled from the rubble 17 hours after the quake struck.
Canberra's Italian community will unite in the face of tragedy to support those affected by the magnitude-6.2 earthquake that hit central Italy early Wednesday morning.
New service will support carers who are the "backbone" of foster care.
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. — Popular tourist areas in Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks will be open for the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service on Thursday, but a wildfire is forcing some visitors to drive a little farther than they expected to get to the celebration. The fire in Grand Teton National
LOS ANGELES — Italy’s earthquake was a lot weaker than the one in Myanmar, but it did far more damage because it happened at a shallower depth. The Associated Press explains the difference between shallow and deep earthquakes. EARTHQUAKE POWER A quake’s destructive force depends not only on its strength, but also on location, distance
Grindrod has slipped into a loss as demand for shipping remained under pressure due to the recent commodities rout.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Salem-Keizer School District has discovered lead in at least one water source in five schools this past week, bringing the total to 13.
The Statesman Journal reports (http://stjr.nl/2bhHov1 ) that testing on a classroom sink at McNary High School showed water contained lead at levels more than 50 times higher than the action level. State officials in June asked Oregon school districts to test all taps used for cooking and drinking in June following concerning lead levels found at some Portland schools.
In the beginning, it was just about getting rid of the keys to his office. American biohacker Amal Graafstra, 40, decided in 2005 that he wanted to be done with such archaic technology "from like 700 BC." He looked at iris scanning and fingerprint reading as solutions for opening his office door, but decided those options were expensive and unreliable. SEE ALSO: One man's quest to pay for lunch with a chip implanted in his thumb Inspired by the way pets are commonly tagged, he settled on a safe... Читать дальше...
Two people died early on Thursday as a two-seater plane crashed in the Saint-Remy-de-Maurienne commune in the French Rhone-Alpes region.
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — Popular tourist areas in Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks will be open for the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service on Thursday, but a wildfire is forcing some visitors to drive a…
(AP) — Popular tourist areas in Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks will be open for the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service on Thursday, but a wildfire is forcing some visitors to drive a little farther than they expected to get to the celebration. Firefighters are hoping cooler weather will help slow the flames Thursday, when U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell is set to visit Yellowstone to mark the centennial celebration. The wildfire in Grand Teton has burned about 11 square miles since lightning sparked it last month... Читать дальше...
Currencies meander as traders seek clues on timing of next US rate rise
(ATTN: ADDS more details from para 8) SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called the North's launch of a ballistic missile from a submarine "the greatest success," saying his country has full capacity to carry out nuclear at
Maryanne Gore of Project Lighting has been named the ACT Business Woman of the Year.
Zimbabwe will start firing employees at its agriculture ministry as it seeks to trim the civil service wage bill.
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Social media firms are "consciously failing" to stop their sites from being used to promote terrorism, U.K. lawmakers said.
Philippe Dauman’s departure creates an opportunity to change direction
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian state-run daily is reporting that authorities in Tehran have detained a Greek national they accuse of embezzling money from smuggled oil and selling three oil tankers for $100 million.