FILE PHOTO: A satellite image showing a close-up view of the Ethiopian Great Renaissance Dam (GERD) and the Blue Nile River in Ethiopia on July 12, 2020. Satellite image © 2020 Maxar Technologies via REUTERS ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia began filling the Great Renaissance dam, a giant hydroelectric project …
Read More »US Paycheck Protection Reached Some of Its Brands, But Lost the Most Vulnerable
(Reuters) – The Paycheck Protection Program appears to have thrown a critical safety net under the US mid- and upper-middle-income jobs, but faltered when it comes to lower-paid jobs and industries hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic, according to a Reuters analysis of the loan details. FILE PHOTO: People visit …
Read More »Fed officials warn of ‘thick fog’ looming for the US economy as recovery concerns deepen
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The US economy will recover more slowly than expected amid a surge in new cases of coronavirus across the country, and a broad second wave of the disease could cause economic pain to deepen again Federal Reserve officials warned Tuesday. FILE PHOTO: A pedestrian walks past a …
Read More »Fed officials warn of ‘thick fog’ looming for the US economy as recovery concerns deepen
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The US economy will have a slower-than-expected recovery amid a surge in new cases of coronavirus across the country, and a broad second wave of the disease could cause economic pain deepen again, Federal Reserve officials warned Tuesday. . FILE PHOTO: The Federal Reserve Board building on …
Read More »Story edit: Hong Kong publishers self-censor under new security law
HONG KONG (Reuters) – In the past two weeks, Hong Kong editor Raymond Yeung has hastily made changes to a draft of a book titled “To Freedom,” replacing the word “revolution” with “protests.” modifying a prohibited slogan. and cut passages that advocate for the independence of the Chinese-ruled city. The …
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