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By Samuel Stebbins May 15, 2019 4:39 pm EDT Incomes climbed faster in 2017 for the typical American household than they have in years. The median household income of $60,336 in 2017 marked a 4.7% increase from the previous year — more than doubled the 2.1% inflation rate over the same period. The 2017 median…
Syrian government forces and their Russian allies had intensified their air offensive on the country's rebel-held northwest for a fifth consecutive day in a widening campaign, killing and wounding dozens and forcing thousands to flee their homes. After an overnight lull, government and Russian warplanes escalated bombings on Saturday hitting rebel areas in Idlib and…
Browbeating European NATO countries to spend more on their own defence has become a staple of US President Donald Trump's foreign policy. So too has his administration's "Buy American" drive to boost US arms exports to allies around the world. The tandem push has thrown the United States' commitment to NATO into question and tarnished…
Canada zoo owner charged with cruelty
Image copyright Humane Society International Image caption A lion in an enclosure at a Quebec zoo A Canadian zoo owner has been charged with criminal animal cruelty and the animals on the premises are being seized by authorities. The owner of the St-Édouard Zoo in Quebec faces two counts of cruelty and neglect covering over…
Iran suggests oil attacks orchestrated to spark conflict
Iranian officials accused "hardliners" in the United States and elsewhere of attempting to orchestrate an incident that would ratchet up tensions with the Islamic Republic, as the supreme leader vowed there would be no war. The allegation by Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Tuesday came as tensions in the Gulf continue to rise…
Islamic banking in Ethiopia offers Muslims financial inclusion
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - It's afternoon in Addis Ababa's bustling Bole Michael district, and businesswoman Hukun Aden Mohammed is doing a brisk trade. The 45-year-old, single mother of seven opened her modest cosmetics and snack shop in the heavily ethnic Somali neighbourhood two years ago. Business is so good, she's planning to grow and diversify.…
India’s Modi has election spiritual break
Image copyright @BJP4India/Twitter Image caption Mr Modi meditated at a holy cave in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a spiritual break on the eve of the final day of voting in the country's general election. In a series of tweeted images, Mr Modi, 68, is seen meditating while…
Kim Jong Un: US acted in bad faith at Vietnam talks
The United States acted in "bad faith" in Vietnam where President Donald Trump and his team held talks with North Korea, its leader Kim Jong Un said during a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Trump and Kim met in Hanoi in February but the talks ended abruptly and a joint signing ceremony was cancelled.…
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Joining forces — Apple is looking to bring modem development efforts in-house. Timothy B. Lee - Jul 23, 2019 4:03 pm UTC Enlarge / Apple CEO Tim Cook.Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesApple is in the final stages of negotiations to buy the bulk of Intel's modem chip business, The Wall Street Journal reports. The…
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Milk cartons in a grocery store in Toronto A change to Canada's national food guide has become a surprise issue in the run-up to the October elections.In January, Health Canada released an updated food guide that eliminated a daily dose of dairy as a requirement for a healthy diet.Most…
CLOSE President Donald Trump stopped to talk to reporters outside the White House about putting a new Acting Secretary of Defense in place, before heading to Florida for campaign event. (June 18) AP, APWASHINGTON – The Senate on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved President Donald Trump’s nomination of Mark Esper as defense secretary, ending a seven-month period of…
Afghanistan has said the United States should clarify comments by President Donald Trump, in which he said he could easily win the Afghan war by wiping out the country but did not "want to kill 10 million people". Trump made the remarks on Monday at the White House, where he was hosting Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan. "I…
