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U.S. financial system provides 263,000 jobs in November

U.S. financial system provides 263,000 jobs in November

The jobs market stayed strong last month: Employers added 263,000 jobs, while the unemployment rate held at 3.7%, near the lowest level in a half-century, the Labor Department said on Friday.Why it matters: The figures…

Managing HIV In The Midst Of A Well being Emergency

Managing HIV In The Midst Of A Well being Emergency

Akwii Magdalena is a seven-year-old girl enrolled in a primary school class in Kapelebyong District from the Karamoja Region of Uganda. The third of three children, Akwii is living with HIV just like the 87,719…

How the pandemic aged teen brains

How the pandemic aged teen brains

Illustration: Allie Carl/AxiosThe stress of living through the pandemic physically changed adolescents' brains and prematurely aged them by at least three or four years, according to a Stanford University study.Why it matters: While the behavioral…

People are saving much less

People are saving much less

Data: Bureau of Economic Analysis via FRED; Chart: Axios VisualsAmericans are spending most of what they're earning these days. The savings rate in October was the lowest since 2005 — and the second-lowest on record,…

The Democratic Republic of Congo means enterprise with its new Startup Act

The Democratic Republic of Congo means enterprise with its new Startup Act

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is one of the most resource-rich countries in the world, with an abundance of gold, tantalum, copper, and tin—minerals used in the production of electronics such as batteries, phones…

Shoprite pilots electrical vehicles

Shoprite pilots electrical vehicles

South African retail group, Shoprite, has launched a heavy-duty electric truck as part of its delivery fleet. The vehicle, a Scania Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV), is 100% electric, therefore has no reliance on fossil fuels…

Newt Gingrich warns Republicans that Biden’s profitable

Newt Gingrich warns Republicans that Biden’s profitable

Then-Sen. Joe Biden and Newt Gingrich on "Meet the Press" in 2006. Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images for Meet the PressPresident Biden "has carefully and cautiously waged war in Ukraine with no American troops." He just…

The neatest AI is dumb with out individuals

The neatest AI is dumb with out individuals

Illustration: Rebecca Zisser/AxiosIt's easy to see the latest algorithms write a story or create an image from text and think that they are ready to take on a whole range of human tasks. But experts…

Home Republicans plan to probe Biden’s local weather agenda, and the left may like a few of it

Home Republicans plan to probe Biden’s local weather agenda, and the left may like a few of it

Illustration: Natalie Peeples/AxiosHouse Republicans are planning an onslaught of investigations into Biden climate policies that could have an unintended consequence: asking questions progressives want answered. Why it matters: The probes could set the table for…

South Sudan develops the following Well being Sector Strategic Plan 2023-2027

South Sudan develops the following Well being Sector Strategic Plan 2023-2027

2 December 2022, Juba - Strategic and operational planning are important for translating the National Health Policy Vision and Goals into actionable interventions that contributes to transforming the health and wellbeing of the people of…

UEFA opens probe into doable fraud and licensing breaches by Juventus

UEFA opens probe into doable fraud and licensing breaches by Juventus

Friday, December 2, 2022 UEFA and Juventus European football governing body, UEFA, has opened an investigation into Italian Serie A giants Juventus for a possible breach of its club licensing and financial fair play regulations,…

Sweep PDP away, vote me in your salvation, Tinubu tells Bayelsans

Sweep PDP away, vote me in your salvation, Tinubu tells Bayelsans

Friday, December 2, 2022 Tinubu in Bayelsa [Photo Credit: Twitter] Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate for 2023, says he has brought Bayelsa State salvation from flood and poverty ravaging the state due…