More than 1,000 American military personnel will leave Niger in the coming months, Biden administration officials said Friday, upending U.S. counterterrorism and security policies in Africa’s turbulent Sahel region. At the second of two meetings this week in Washington, Deputy Secretary of State Kurt M. Campbell told Nigerian Prime Minister Ali Lamine Zeine that the…
Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a press conference at the bank’s William McChesney Martin Building on March 20, 2024 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images The U.S. economy could be headed for stormy waters in 2025 if the Federal Reserve doesn’t take action on interest rates soon, State Street’s head…
American intelligence analysts and officials said Friday that they expected Iran to strike several targets in Israel in the next few days in retaliation for an Israeli bombing of the Syrian capital on April 1 that killed several senior Iranian commanders . The United States, Israel’s main ally, has military forces in several locations in…
In Maine gibt es viele Hummer. Es gibt auch viele ältere Menschen, die immer weniger bereit und in der Lage sind, die Krebstiere zu fangen, zu säubern und zu verkaufen, die eine 1-Milliarde-Dollar-Industrie des Staates ausmachen. Um die Kluft zu überbrücken, wenden sich Unternehmen an im Ausland geborene Arbeitskräfte. „Menschen, die in Maine geboren sind,…
The Biden administration will provide up to $6.6 billion in grants to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, the leading maker of the most advanced microchips, to bring some of the most advanced semiconductor technologies to the United States. Funding from the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act will help support the construction of TSMC’s first major U.S….
Im Herbst 2016 schloss die Obama-Regierung ein großes Militärabkommen mit Israel ab, das die Vereinigten Staaten dazu verpflichtete, dem Land über einen Zeitraum von zehn Jahren Waffen im Wert von 38 Milliarden US-Dollar zu liefern. „Die kontinuierliche Versorgung mit der weltweit fortschrittlichsten Waffentechnologie wird sicherstellen, dass Israel in der Lage ist, sich gegen alle Arten…
When Diane Scheig’s father, Bill, came home from work at the Mallinckrodt factory in St. Louis, he would undress in the garage and hand his clothes to her mother to be washed immediately, not daring to leave the house with the residue to contaminate his work. Mr. Scheig, an ironworker who helped build the city’s…
Another month, another rise in better-than-expected employment gains. Employers added a seasonally adjusted 303,000 jobs in March, the Labor Department reported Friday, and the unemployment rate fell to 3.8 percent from 3.9 percent in February. Expectations of a recession that were once widespread among experts are now becoming increasingly rare. It was the 39th consecutive…
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck the northeastern United States on Friday morning. According to the US Geological Survey, the earthquake was felt from Boston to Baltimore at 10:23 a.m. ET. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage in New York City, where the tremors were felt for more than 30 seconds, but the…
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the U.S. economy and his administration’s efforts to improve the American economy during his visit to Flex LTD, a factory that makes solar energy microinverters, in West Columbia, South Carolina, U.S., July 6, 2023 Revitalize manufacturing. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Joe Biden is struggling to convince inflation-weary…
