Budget 2023: what it means for people on a range of incomes | Budget 2023
SingleLow income2022/23 James, 24, works 35 hours a week for a cafe and is paid the minimum wage of £9.50 an hour, or £332.50 a week. From his annual wage...
WHO: Nations step closer to global guidelines on pandemics, disease outbreaks
The two processes are complementary, guided by the imperative of making the world safer from communicable diseases and ensuring equitable responses to public health threats, said Ashley Bloomfield, former Director-General...
Edwin Diaz Injured Celebrating Puerto Rico’s WBC Win
MIAMI — A rousing 5-2 victory by Puerto Rico over the Dominican Republic on Wednesday earned the team a spot in the quarterfinals of the World Baseball Classic. But their...
Don’t Call It a Bailout: Washington Is Haunted by the 2008 Financial Crisis
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BORG Drinking Is Going Viral on TikTok. What on Earth Is It?
Before you ask, BORG — which is pronounced like the aliens from “Star Trek” — is an acronym for “blackout rage gallon.” The drink going by this name is a...
Engineers keep an eye on fuel supply of NASA’s oldest Mars orbiter
NASA’s 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter is depicted in this illustration. The mission team spent most of 2021 assessing how much propellant is left on the orbiter, concluding it has enough...
Stocks moving big midday: CS, FRC, HAL
A person walks by the First Republic Bank headquarters on March 13, 2023 in San Francisco, California.Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesCheck out the companies making headlines in midday trading.Credit Suisse...
Democrats tell Walmart, Costco, Albertsons, Kroger to sell mifepristone
In this 2018 photo, mifepristone and misoprostol pills are provided at a Carafem clinic for medication abortions in Skokie, Illinois.Erin Hooley | Tribune News Service | Getty ImagesSenate Democrats called...
Something broke, but the Fed’s still expected to push rates higher
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testifies during the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing titled The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress, in Hart Building on Tuesday,...
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta employees who work in person ‘get more done’
Facebook Chief Executive Officer and founder, Mark Zuckerberg, leaving the Merrion Hotel in Dublin after meeting with Irish politicians to discuss regulation of social media, transparrency in political advertising and...