Half of the European Union and one-third of the world face recession in 2023, IMF warns
For a third of the global economy, 2023 is going to be a tough year as the main engines of global growth – the United States, Europe and China – all experience weakening activity, said the head of the International Monetary Fund. The new year…
Salt Lake City’s efforts to fight pollution face a new challenge: Toxic dust
Neighborhoods higher in elevation — more often above the inversion’s cap — are typically less impacted as pollution builds. But on the west side, closer to many sources of pollution, residents can get stuck in a thicker pea soup of car exhaust, refinery emissions and…
Mark Meadows won’t face voter fraud charges in North Carolina
RALEIGH, N.C. — Mark Meadows, the former White House chief of staff to President Donald Trump, won’t face voter fraud charges related to his 2020 registration and absentee vote in North Carolina, the state’s attorney general announced Friday. Meadows, a former western North Carolina congressman who…
Airline passengers face high ticket prices amid Southwest flight cancellations
As this week’s flight cancellation wave led by Southwest Airlines drags on, other major carriers have announced they would institute price caps — particularly in cities where Southwest operates — to limit the financial burden on stranded flyers trying to reach their destinations. Among those…
Biden vacations in Virgin Islands as Americans face problems at home
As millions of Americans suffer through a deadly, once in a decade blizzard, President Biden just landed in the U.S. Virgin Islands for yet another vacation with wife, First Lady Jill Biden. The Bidens are set to enjoy downtime in St. Croix’s warmer climate through…
KL Rahul May Face T20I Axe With Chetan Sharma-led Committee Set To Select Teams For Sri Lanka Series: Report
File image of KL Rahul© AFP The outgoing selection committee led by Chetan Sharma will be picking the two white ball Indian squads for the upcoming home series against Sri Lanka, starting January 3, as the new panel will not be named before another week’s…
Manchester City To Face Southampton In League Cup Last Eight
Manchester City beat Cup-holders Liverpool 3-2 at the Etihad Stadium on Thursday.© AFP Manchester City will continue their bid for a seventh English League Cup in 10 years with a quarter-final away to Premier League rivals Southampton. City beat Cup-holders Liverpool 3-2 at the Etihad…
Indians face up to 3-year wait times for U.S. tourist visas
In a Facebook group filled with almost 25,000 South Asians looking to travel to the U.S., daily anonymous posts fly in by the hundreds. “I am looking for B1/ B2 visa appointment in the next year,” one person wrote. Dozens of commenters underneath the appeal…
How Maine lobstermen turned a ‘slap in the face’ from the White House into a policy victory
Maine lobstermen who are fighting a federal regulation that threatens to eliminate their state’s lobstering heritage scored a policy victory in the $1.7 trillion spending bill after a White House state dinner put the controversy in the spotlight. After a push from Maine lawmakers, Congress…
Ukraine’s refugees face their first Christmas away
Maryna Prylutska, 34, says she is grateful for the hospitality she has found in Bonn, Germany, despite missing her loved ones back home in Ukraine. Maryna Prylutska For Maryna Prylutska, Christmas will be a muted affair this year. Like other recent family occasions, it will…
