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Read the latest national and world news, including stories from Newsday's reporters in Washington, D.C. Arizona's Democratic governor signs a bill to repeal 1864 ban on most abortions Democratic ... Read More

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Having a team in the world’s richest sports competition might alter how people think of Luton, a place long dogged by a ramshackle image and links to extremism. The administration’s top drug ... Read More

world economy

taxes on world’s wealthiest President Biden joined leaders of the world's top economic democratic nations Friday for the start of the three-day G-7 meeting in southwest England. On the agenda ... Read More

Economy

May 2, 2024 • College campuses nationwide are erupting with protests against Israel's war on Hamas in Gaza. A consistent theme among these actions: a call for university endowment "divestment." ... Read More

Stock market today: Wall Street falls on double dose of disappointing economic data, as Meta sinks

Stocks closed lower on worries about a potentially toxic cocktail for financial markets, one where inflation remains stubbornly high but the economy’s growth flags ... Read More

Global economy is growing but may be headed for trouble, IMF says

A poster outside International Monetary Fund headquarters in D.C. for the IMF/World Bank 2024 Spring Meetings ... have done little to slow the global economy, but that may be about to change ... Read More

The Most Haunted Ship In The World! (The RMS QUEEN MARY) *CREEPY*

The Queen Mary is said to be one of the most haunted places in the world. It is located in Long ... and hears is truly unexplainable. Hear her stories, experiences, and research, while you explore ... Read More

Warning global economy faces biggest risk since WWII

Picture: AFP It comes after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) also raised the alarm about the world economy back in December ... economist Saul Eslake told news.com.au that he wasn’t ... Read More

IMF: Outlook for world economy is brighter, though still modest by historical standards

The International Monetary Fund has upgraded its outlook for the global economy, saying the world appears ... the IMF expects growth of just 0.8% this year — weak but double the eurozone ... Read More

World News

By Mark Landler Torrential Rains Leave at Least 13 Dead and More Missing in Brazil The State Department said Russia had used chloropicrin, a poison gas widely used during World War I, against ... Read More

World News

Pro Palestinian demonstrators protest the war in Gaza and demand college divestment from military weapons manufacturers on the Auraria Campus in Denver on April 25, 2024. (Photo by Kevin Mohatt ... Read More