Malaysia Releases Images of Suspects in Palestinian Killing
U.S. News & World Report–1 hour ago
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian police on Monday released images of two suspects in the killing of a Palestinian engineer and said they appeared to be European or Middle Eastern, fueling suspicion that the slaying was an Israeli assassination. Gaza’s ruling Hamas militant group has …
HRW: ‘Men Only’ Job Ads Show Ongoing Discrimination in China
U.S. News & World Report–2 hours ago
An October 2016 article on the official microblog recruitment account of tech company Tencent was even blunter, quoting a male employee as saying, “The reason I joined Tencent originated from a primal impulse. It was mainly because the ladies at human resources and that interviewed me were very …
France’s Lower House Approves Bill to Tighten Asylum Rules
U.S. News & World Report–13 hours ago
“I am not sure we’re sending to world citizens the universal message that has always been ours,” the lawmaker said in a statement following the vote late … Embarrassingly for the government, far-right leader Marine Le Pen and her fellow National Front lawmakers voted in favour of some of the bill’s articles.
World’s Worst Tech Stock May Lose Its Index Status
Bloomberg–3 hours ago
Lenovo Group Ltd. is increasingly at risk of being dropped from Hong Kong’s benchmark equity index as its shares tumble more than any other technology company in the world. The Chinese computer maker has fallen 56 percent since being added to the Hang Seng Index in March 2013, wiping out $5.8 …
Avicii, DJ-Producer Who Performed Around the World, Dies
Bloomberg–Apr 20, 2018
We lost a friend with such a beautiful heart and the world lost an incredibly talented musician,” Guetta wrote on Instagram. “Thank you for your beautiful melodies, the time we shared in the studio, playing together as djs or just enjoying life as friends. RIP @avicii.” Calvin Harris called Avicii “a beautiful soul, …
What Global Finance Chiefs Are Saying About the Global Economy
Bloomberg–13 hours ago
In an unusual rebuke, Mnuchin urged the IMF to address the world’s economic imbalances as a fund official suggested the Trump administration is going about the task the wrong way. Mnuchin said global trade imbalances are roughly a third larger than they were in the 1980s and 1990s, and show no …
How Malta Became a Hub of the Cryptocurrency World
Bloomberg–6 hours ago
Two of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges plan to make the tiny European nation of Malta a central hub of their operations, and analysts say others are sure to follow. Officials on the Mediterranean archipelago, the European Union’s tiniest member, are aiming to boost its fortunes by becoming …
Janet Jackson Is Extending Her State of the World Tour
U.S. News & World Report–43 minutes ago
The pop icon says her State of the World Tour, which originally wrapped in December, will kick off new dates July 11 in Austin, Texas. Dates have also been added in Rogers, Arkansas; Cincinnati; Syracuse, New York; Hersey, Pennsylvania; Saratoga Springs, New York; Virginia Beach, Virginia; Raleigh; …
White House Sets Aside Skepticism, Backs Funding Increase for …
Wall Street Journal–Apr 21, 2018
WASHINGTON—The Trump administration is backing a $13 billion increase in funding for the World Bank, putting aside its skepticism of the big government-backed institutions that manage the global economy, in part because it wants the World Bank as a counterweight to China’s growing international …
World Debt Hits Record $164 Trillion
Bloomberg–Apr 18, 2018
The global debt burden clouded the IMF’s otherwise upbeat outlook of the worldeconomy, which is in its strongest upswing since 2011. The fund on Tuesday forecast expansion of 3.9 percent in 2018 and 2019, while saying in subsequent years the global economy could be impacted by tighter monetary …
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