Dollar rises above 100 yen for 1st time in 4 years The dollar has risen above 100 yen for the first time in more than four years as currency traders persist in selling the Japanese currency in reaction to Tokyo's aggressive credit-easing moves. More
In Germany, a U.S. beer invasion Almost 65 years after Allied planes flew Western supplies into blockaded Berlin, a new American import is arriving by air: craft beer. The beer is being flown in as part of a new surge of German interest in American brewing, upending a centuries-old relationship in which German beer defined the golden standard for brewing and Americans emulated it. More
Cyprus parliament approves bailout Cyprus' lawmakers approved on Tuesday a multi-billion bailout agreement with international creditors aimed at preventing the crisis-hit country from going bankrupt. More
French finance ministry warns budget deficit at risk on tax shortfall France, the euro zone's second-biggest economy, could run a substantially bigger budget deficit than expected this year if extra savings are not found due to a shortfall in tax revenue, the finance ... 09/2/2024 - 4:54 pm | View Link
French finance ministry warns deficit at risk on tax shortfall-media France is at risk of running a substantially bigger budget deficit than planned this year if extra savings are not found due to a shortfall in tax revenue, French media reported on Monday. The finance ... 09/2/2024 - 9:54 am | View Link
France 'on the brink of financial meltdown' as 'rich to flee country over 90 percent tax' They have also proposed a 90 percent tax on incomes over £340,000 a year ... "The most immediate risk is a financial crisis and France's economic decline. "The application of the New Popular ... 07/8/2024 - 11:58 pm | View Link
Rich in Resources, This Nation Is Failing Anyway. Here’s Why. It seemed reasonable that such a sparsely populated country—only five million people, compared with France’s 65 million—would ... prompting 70,000 people to flee their homes. 04/17/2017 - 9:49 pm | View Link
PARIS — Thousands of protesters took to the streets across France on Saturday, responding to a call from a far-left party leader who criticized as a “power grab” the president’s appointment of a conservative new prime minister, Michel Barnier.
The protests directly challenged President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to bypass a prime minister from the far-left bloc following a deeply dividing —and divided — legislative election result in July.
Missouri reports 1st human case of bird flu in the state ABC NewsBird flu detected in Missouri individual who is not a farm worker The Washington PostPerson infected with bird flu had no contact with animals — here’s why experts are concerned New York Post First case of bird flu without known animal contact detected in Missouri: CDC The Hill
New Images of Mercury Show Speckled Surface in Sharp Detail The New York TimesFourth Mercury flyby begins BepiColombo’s new trajectory European Space AgencyA Mercury-bound probe just provided a spectacular sneak preview of its mission MashableBepiColombo Mission Returns to Mercury for Best Flyby Views Yet Sky & TelescopeBepiColombo probe captures stunning Mercury images in closest flyby yet Space.com
Common Food Dye Makes Mouse Skin Transparent, Researchers Find DecryptScientific discovery that turns mouse skin transparent echoes plot of H. G. Wells’ ‘The Invisible Man’ CNNDye in Doritos used in experiment that, like a 'magic trick,' created see-through mice Yahoo! VoicesIn a first, living mice are made transparent STATResearchers Create Solution That Makes Living Skin Transparent The University of Texas at Dallas
WHO and Africa CDC launch a response plan to the mpox outbreak The Associated PressWhat It’s Like to Respond to Mpox in Africa Right Now TIMEMpox and the dangers of treating some lives as disposable Al Jazeera EnglishDRC receives first donation of 100,000 mpox vaccines to contain outbreak The Guardian