KABUL (Reuters) – Former Taliban fighter Mohammad Ishaq, who spent years battling Western troops and local forces in Afghanistan, lost his leg in combat and is now learning to walk with a new limb. Standing near him at a Kabul clinic is one of the soldiers he defeated. In the Red Cross Hospital in Kabul, …
The Ghanaian central bank is seeking to make its digital currency, the e-cedi, available to offline users, an official with the bank has said. Overcoming the Challenge of Limited Power According to Kwame Oppong, who heads fintech and innovation at the Bank of Ghana (BOG), the e-cedi is also expected to facilitate transactions without the …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer on Tuesday turned away a religious challenge to a requirement that healthcare workers in Maine be vaccinated against COVID-19, the latest such bid rejected by the nation’s top judicial body. In a brief order, Breyer wrote that the challengers – unnamed plaintiffs who said they are …
If you’ve decided to take control of your finances, you might be wondering how to start and what are the first things that you’ll want to do. If this sounds like where you are in your life, first of all, congratulations! Deciding to take control of getting your finances is one of the smartest financial …
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Brazil Superior Court Rejects Brumadinho Indictments On Procedural Grounds Updates 2021 A chamber of the court known as the STJ ruled on Tuesday that the charges filed by state prosecutors in Minas Gerais should be filed through a federal court and not a state one. The collapse of the dam unleashed a massive wave of …
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The Chicago-based carrier reported an adjusted loss of $1.02 per share, compared with a loss of $8.16 per share last year at the height of the coronavirus pandemic. Analysts were forecasting a loss of $1.67 per share, according to Refinitiv data. With government pandemic aid, the airline reported a net profit of $1.44 per share …
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A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 in Denver. Joe Amon/The Denver Post via Getty Southwest Airlines said it will not put unvaccinated workers with a pending exemption on unpaid leave come December. The company said employees can continue working if they follow COVID-safety policies until their request is reviewed. American Airlines’ flight attendant union told its …
One commission will be assigned to raise awareness around challenges for Black students and increase Black children’s access to high-quality early childhood programs, among other projects, the White House said. The second panel will make recommendations to the president about educational equity and economic opportunity for the Black community, the White House added. The executive …
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ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — SecurityTrails, the Total Internet Inventory, is adding to its executive team by bringing on Scott Donnelly as Vice President of Sales and Taylor Dondich as Chief Technology Officer. Long term team members Courtney Couch and Kris Lopez take on new roles to round out the team. “Taylor and …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – If inflation keeps rising at its current pace in coming months rather that subsiding as expected, Federal Reserve policymakers may need to adopt “a more aggressive policy response” next year, Fed Governor Christopher Waller said on Tuesday. For now, Waller said in remarks to the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, he …