Arkansas veterans honor those killed in Pearl Harbor attack
Arkansas veterans honor those killed in Pearl Harbor attack
Arkansas veterans honor those killed in Pearl Harbor attack
Imports and exports between the world's two biggest economies totalled more than $690bn last year.
The allegations by a former McDonald's worker come after the chain signed an agreement to protect staff.
Shares were mixed in Asia on Wednesday after stocks rallied on Wall Street following comments by the chair of the Federal Reserve signaling that last week’s stunningly strong jobs report won’t by itself sway its stance on interest rates hikes. The benchmark S&P 500 climbed 1.3% following a shaky day where stocks pinballed between losses and gains as Fed Chair Jerome Powell gave his first public comments since raising rates last week. Investors are caught between hopes that the Fed will ease back on rate hikes because inflation is cooling and worries that strong employment data augur a potential rebound in price pressures, Stephen Innes of SPI Asset Management said in a commentary.
A Glasgow project tries to manage homeless alcoholics by giving them regular measures of booze.
McDonald's has signed a legal agreement with the equality watchdog amid concerns over how it has handled sexual harassment complaints made by UK staff.
The rouble weakened on Wednesday, sliding to a one-month low against the dollar ahead of two OFZ treasury bond auctions, with the government's foreign currency sales holding the Russian currency back from a more dramatic fall. At 0739 GMT, the rouble was 0.6% weaker against the dollar at 71.59, its weakest mark since Jan. 9. "Despite the introduction of a price ceiling on Russian oil products, the potential for a sharp weakening of the rouble is limited by the government's activity on the foreign exchange market," Egor Zhilnikov of Promsvyazbank said.
Ratib Matar’s family was growing. Before his granddaughters, now 4 and 5, were born, he built three apartments on an eastern slope overlooking Jerusalem’s ancient landscape. Israel’s new far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir called not only for the sealing of the assailant's family home, but also the immediate demolition of dozens of Palestinian homes built without permits in east Jerusalem, among other punitive steps.
For a surreal moment - just as Joe Biden prepared to deliver his State of the Union speech - his wife Jill Biden stole the show by planting a kiss smack on the lips of the vice president's husband.
It marks the country’s biggest-ever drugs seizure, and is thought to be enough to supply all of Australia for a whole year
Amsterdam-listed mobile telecoms operator VEON said on Wednesday that it had won approval from Russian regulatory authorities for the proposed sale of its Russian operations. "We are pleased to have reached this significant milestone in the transaction, which is expected to be accretive to equity, reduce VEON's debt, and improve its credit profile," VEON CEO Kaan TerzioÄŸlu said in a statement. Last November, VEON had announced plans to sell its Russian business Vimpelcom to senior members of the Vimpelcom management team, led by CEO Aleksander Torbakhov, for 130 billion roubles ($1.83 billion).
Greg Hands has vowed to make the Conservative Party "battle ready" ahead of the next general election which he suggested will take place "next year".
Everything you need to know
Everything you need to know ahead of Premier League fixture
All you need to know as Man Utd and Leeds meet at Old Trafford
The clubs meet twice in a Premier League double-header this week, but Wednesday’s match will not be on TV
Exit payments compare poorly with other countries, says cross-party group of MPs
John Cleese will write and star in the revival alongside his daughter Camilla Cleese.
Rescuers worked through the night into Wednesday to reach survivors trapped in the rubble of Monday's devastating earthquake in southern Turkey and war-ravaged northern Syria. As the death toll surpassed 8,700, despair and anger were growing over the pace of rescue efforts. The death toll from the 7.8-magnitude earthquake has now reached 6,234 people in Turkey and some 2,500 in Syria, bringing the total to 8,704 – with rescuers warning time running out.More than 34,000 were injured in Turkey. Th
The reality star explained she thought she was having a heart attack after suffering chest pains.