I took our community’s names to New York!
By Herrana Addisu, From Freedom United We asked and our community stepped up! We’ve been calling on you this past month to strengthen demands for action to end forced child marriage and last week our community’s names were finally delivered. We powered our…
Corporate America binges on debt after promising austerity
From Newsweek The great deleveraging that was supposed to sweep over corporate America is dead. Or, at least, on hold. Blue-chip companies have begun to ramp up borrowing again as central banks globally flood economies with money. Liabilities have reached…
IMF Georgieva first day
The IMF’s new Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva arrived for work Tuesday morning in Washington, DC. Bulgarian economist Georgieva, 64-years-old, was the only nominee for the role. She is the second woman to lead the IMF, and the first Managing Director…
China anniversary: Hong Kong protester shot by live round
From BBC An activist involved in anti-government protests in Hong Kong has been shot in the chest by police during a clash. The incident came as thousands of people demonstrated in defiance of a protest ban for the 70th anniversary…
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Kia Motors posts global sales of 233,648 units in September
Kia Motors Corporation announced 233,648 units of global sales for September 2019, a 1.3 percent increase year on year. The Sportage SUV continued its streak as the top selling model with 38,424 units sold worldwide. Sales in Korea saw a…
Boris Johnson: UK offering EU ‘very constructive’ Brexit proposals
From BBC Boris Johnson says the government is offering the EU “very constructive and far-reaching proposals” to break the Brexit impasse. Speaking to the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg, he confirmed the UK’s plan would include some customs checks on the island…
Comcast challenges Google in ad war
From Newsmax Comcast Corp., one of America’s largest media and communications companies, is wading into the epic regulatory pile-on against big tech companies such as Google, according to people familiar with the matter. Behind the closed doors of a congressional…
St. Kitts-Nevis Government repatriates Haitian migrants after consulting with international, regional and local partners
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS (October 31st, 2019) – The Government of St. Kitts and Nevis has repatriated a total of 49 Haitian migrants to their home country via chartered flights from Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport. In arriving at this decision, the…
China’s military might
China shows off military might at 70th anniversary parade From BBC Deep-sea drones and an intercontinental ballistic missile were among the advanced weapons on public display for the first time at a parade marking 70 years of communist rule in…
