NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA

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US jobless claims rise to 778,000 as pandemic worsens

8:10 pm November 25, 2020

Washington: The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week to 778,000, evidence that the U.S. economy and job market remain under strain as coronavirus cases surge and colder weather heighten the risks. The Labor Department’s report Wednesday said jobless claims climbed from 748,000 the week before. Before the virus struck hard in mid-March, weekly […]

Los Angeles to consider stay-home order as COVID cases rise

11:06 pm November 24, 2020

Los Angeles: Officials in the nation’s largest county will discuss a possible stay-home order just days before Thanksgiving after a spike of coronavirus cases surpassed a threshold set by Los Angeles public health officials to trigger one. An “impressive and alarming surge” of more than 6,000 new cases put Los Angeles County over a five-day average of […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Europe hopes for reset, end to ‘damage control’ under Biden

7:46 pm November 24, 2020

Berlin: German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said Tuesday he hopes a reset of US-European relations under the Biden administration can end years in which Europe was mainly concerned with “damage control.” Maas’ counterpart from Portugal, which will have taken over the European Union presidency when Joe Biden is inaugurated, said Europe wants to be treated as a “full and equal partner” […]

Head of little-known US government agency ascertains Biden as winner, lets transition begin

6:35 pm November 24, 2020

Washington: Head of a previously little-known US government agency, under pressure to let the transition proceed, has finally ascertained Joe Biden as the apparent winner of the November 3 election, more than two weeks after the Democrat triumphed over President Donald Trump. The much-awaited decision by Emily Murphy, Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA), will now enable the incoming Biden team […]

Biden plans to nominate topmost economist Janet Yallen as Treasury Secretary: Reports

2:30 pm November 24, 2020

Washington: US President-elect Joe Biden is planning to nominate former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yallen as his Treasury Secretary to lead his economic response to the raging coronavirus pandemic, which has wreaked havoc on the world’s biggest economy and led millions of Americans to lose their jobs. A formal announcement on 74-year-old Yellen would be […]