The top White House economic adviser on Sunday acknowledged the pain for Americans of sharply rising consumer prices, saying that President Joe Biden remains open to the possibility of tapping the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve to ease spiraling gasoline prices
Although Australia seems likely to back Taiwan’s, rather than China’s bid, to join a major pan-Pacific trade bloc, Canberra must focus solely on their qualifications rather than link its decision to other issues, analysts say.China and Taiwan are both …
President Joe Biden and his advisers appear to be nearing a decision on whether to reappoint Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell when his term ends in February.But public outcry over persistently high inflation may have changed the terms of
Ahead of World Diabetes Day Sunday, the Africa office of the World Health Organization is warning that the chronic disease leaves patients especially vulnerable to the effects of COVID-19. In Zimbabwe, the government is building rural health centers to…
U.S. drug maker Johnson & Johnson announced Friday it will separate its consumer health business of over-the-counter, name brand drugs from its prescription drug and medical device business, creating two companies.In a release posted to its website, th…
The Lao Government has successfully integrated the Second National Plan of Action on Preventing and Elimination of Violence Against Women and Violence against Children (2021-2025) and the Fourth National Plan of Action on Gender Equality (2021-2025) in…
A SpaceX capsule carrying four astronauts pulled up Thursday at the International Space Station, their new home until spring.It took 21 hours for the flight from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to the glittering outpost.The one German and three U.S. astron…
Some 945 new Covid-19 cases and two new cases dead attributed to Covid-19 have been recorded over the previous 24 hours, according to the National Taskforce Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control.The new infections have brought the total number…
