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U.N. report warns rate of interest hikes may result in world recession

U.N. report warns rate of interest hikes may result in world recession

The United Nations is urging the U.S. Federal Reserve, in Washington, D.C., and central banks in other wealthy nations, to stop raising interest rates or risk a global recession that will hurt developing countries. File…

IMF to contemplate $1.3 billion in emergency funding for Ukraine

IMF to contemplate $1.3 billion in emergency funding for Ukraine

Please try another search Economy 1 hour ago (Oct 03, 2022 08:22PM ET) © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A participant stands near a logo of IMF at the International Monetary Fund - World Bank Annual Meeting…

Brazil markets publish finest day since 2020 as Bolsonaro outperforms polls

Brazil markets publish finest day since 2020 as Bolsonaro outperforms polls

Please try another search Economy 2 hours ago (Oct 03, 2022 07:06PM ET) © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Brazil's President and presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro reacts after the results of the first round of Brazil's presidential…

Brittney Griner’s attraction trial in Russia set for Oct. 25

Brittney Griner’s attraction trial in Russia set for Oct. 25

1/3 A Russian court has scheduled WNBA star Brittney Griner's appeal date for October 25 following her nine-year sentence for drug possession. Photo by Yuri Kochetkov/EPA-EFE Oct. 3 (UPI) -- U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner's…

New York Metropolis workplace leasing surges; nonetheless beneath pre-pandemic ranges

New York Metropolis workplace leasing surges; nonetheless beneath pre-pandemic ranges

Please try another search Economy 3 hours ago (Oct 03, 2022 06:36PM ET) 2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A view of the New York City skyline of Manhattan and the Hudson River during the outbreak…

Inventory markets kick off fourth quarter with rally

Inventory markets kick off fourth quarter with rally

U.S. stocks rallied Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average gaining 765 points after a dismal September. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo Oct. 3 (UPI) -- U.S. markets rallied Monday to start a…

U.S. postal employees arrested in $1.3M fraud, identification theft scheme

U.S. postal employees arrested in $1.3M fraud, identification theft scheme

Three U.S. postal workers, in New York and New Jersey, have been arrested for allegedly stealing credit cards in the mail in a $1.3 million fraud and identity theft scheme. File photo by John Angelillo/UPI…

Look: Line of 11,602 lollipops breaks Guinness World File

Look: Line of 11,602 lollipops breaks Guinness World File

Oct. 3 (UPI) -- An aquatic rescue charity in South Africa broke a Guinness World Record by assembling a line of 11,602 lollipops. The National Sea Rescue Institute gathered 27 volunteers from its Station 5…

Rivers PDP youths search South-South official’s resignation

Rivers PDP youths search South-South official’s resignation

The Peoples Democratic Party youths in Rivers State have passed a vote of no confidence in the South-South vice chairman of the party, Chief Dan Orbih, asking him to immediately step aside for the party…

Court docket affirms Ebonyi LP management, gov candidate

Court docket affirms Ebonyi LP management, gov candidate

The Court of Appeal, Enugu Division, has affirmed the Labour Party leadership in Ebonyi State, thus setting aside the decision of the Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki delivered on August 3, 2022. The court…

Kogi govt vows to unravel Mopa ‘mysterious deaths’

Kogi govt vows to unravel Mopa ‘mysterious deaths’

• Urges residents to remain calm The Kogi State Government has assured Mopa residents of its determination to get to the root of the mysterious death of four members of a family after eating a…

PDP drags APC, INEC, Omo-Agege, others to courtroom

PDP drags APC, INEC, Omo-Agege, others to courtroom

The Peoples Democratic Party, Delta State, has dragged 43 candidates of the All Progressives Congress to court for allegedly violating the 2022 Electoral Act. The Plaintiff in Suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/1406/2022, is praying the court to…