Month: May 2022

NEW YORK — Some small businesses are still struggling to hire qualified workers, even as Americans return to the U.S. job market in droves. Hiring and retaining employees remains the … Read More

How high will interest rates go? Bank of England hikes base rate to 1% in battle against rampant inflation – but three MPC members called for a bigger 0.5% rise … Read More

How high will interest rates go? Bank of England hikes base rate to 1% in battle against rampant inflation – but three MPC members called for a bigger 0.5% rise … Read More

World’s true Covid death toll is nearly 15MILLION — triple the official tally: WHO names Britain and US among 20 countries which account for 80% of all unrecorded pandemic fatalities … Read More

DAN WOOTTON: I’ve always admired the Kardashians’ pluck, but Kris and Kim’s tissue of lies about the infamous sex tape that made their clan famous have finally been exposed – … Read More

Billionaire Elon Musk has strengthened the equity stake of his offer to buy Twitter with commitments of more than $7 billion from a range of investors, including Oracle co-founder and … Read More

MINSK, Belarus — Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko defended Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in an interview Thursday with The Associated Press, but he said he didn’t expect the 10-week-old conflict … Read More

Editor’s Note: Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New America and a professor of practice at Arizona State University. His forthcoming paperback is “The Cost … Read More

About 14.9 million people around the world died as a direct or indirect result of Covid-19 in the period between January 1, 2020, and December 31, 2021, according to new … Read More

Stocks are opening lower on Wall Street Thursday, giving up some of the big gains they made a day earlier By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer May 5, 2022, 1:48 … Read More