An elderly patient in Louisiana is in “critical condition” with severe avian influenza, US authorities announced Wednesday, the first serious human case in the country as fears grow of a possible bird flu pandemic. The new case brings the total number of infections in the United States during the current 2024 outbreak to 61, as California …
The US Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter point Wednesday and signaled a slower pace of cuts ahead, as uncertainty grows over inflation and President-elect Donald Trump’s economic plans.Policymakers voted 11-to-1 to lower the central bank’s key lending rate to between 4.25 percent and 4.50 percent, the Fed announced in a statement.This is the final …
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with NATO chief Mark Rutte and key European leaders in Brussels Wednesday to strategise over Russia’s war ahead of Donald Trump’s return to the White House.Addressing reporters alongside Rutte, Zelensky called it a “very good opportunity to speak about security guarantees for Ukraine, for today and for tomorrow.”The pair were …
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The haggard faces in the wreckage-and-water-strewn corridors betrayed the nerves and exhaustion of those soldiering on at the main hospital on the French archipelago of Mayotte, ravaged by a deadly cyclone last weekend.”It’s chaos,” summed up medical and administrative assistant Anrifia Ali Hamadi.”The roof is collapsing. We’re not very safe. Even I don’t feel safe …
The US Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter point Wednesday and signaled a slower pace of cuts ahead, as uncertainty grows over inflation and President-elect Donald Trump’s economic plans.Policymakers voted 11-to-1 to lower the US central bank’s key lending rate to between 4.25 percent and 4.50 percent, the Fed announced in a statement.The sole holdout, …
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French authorities Wednesday searched for survivors and raced to supply aid as they sought to work out the full scale of the devastation wrought by Cyclone Chido on the Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte.French President Emmanuel Macron will be in Mayotte on Thursday, his office announced, as officials warned of a death toll reaching hundreds …
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French authorities Wednesday searched for survivors and raced to supply aid as they sought to work out the full scale of the devastation wrought by Cyclone Chido on the Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte.French President Emmanuel Macron will be in Mayotte on Thursday, his office announced, as officials warned of a death toll reaching hundreds …
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The US Federal Reserve is expected to cut interest rates by a quarter point Wednesday and signal a slower pace of cuts ahead, brushing off uncertainty about inflation’s path and Donald Trump’s economic proposals.The second day of the Fed’s rate-setting meeting began at 9:00 am time in Washington (1400 GMT), the US central bank announced …
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All public transport in Serbia’s capital Belgrade will be free from next month — the latest European city to adopt the radical measure to counter gridlocked roads. “This means no one will have to pay for a ticket anymore,” mayor Aleksandar Sapic said Wednesday, with the city following the example of Luxembourg, the Estonian capital Tallinn …
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The first commercial flight since the ouster of president Bashar al-Assad took off from Damascus airport on Wednesday, offering Syrians a glimmer of hope after years of war and decades of oppression.Assad fled Syria following a lightning offensive spearheaded by the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), more than 13 years after his crackdown on democracy protests …
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