[The stream is slated to start at 10 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testifies Wednesday before the House Financial Services Committee in remarks that markets will be watching closely. related investing news El-ErianContinue Reading
Tennis stars are demanding answers about Peng Shuai, whose disappearance has again underscored China’s brutal authoritarianism just months before it hosts the Winter Olympics. David Mack BuzzFeed News Reporter Posted on November 19, 2021, at 4:01 p.m. ET Xinhua News Agency / Xinhua News Agency / Getty Images Peng ShuaiContinue Reading
Asians around the world speak out on workplace discrimination By Michelle Toh, Moss Cohen and Lauren Cook, CNN Business Published June 7, 2021 It’s not just in the streets, and it’s not just in the United States. In Australia, 66.4% of Asian Australian respondents to a survey last October reportedContinue Reading
President Biden is traveling to Chicago on Thursday to talk about vaccine mandates. Chicago was picked in part because it is the home of United Airlines, which became one of the first major carriers to require shots for its 67,000 U.S. employees. Other airlines have followed with similar requirements, includingContinue Reading
Afghanistan’s UN representative Ghulam Isaczai — an appointee of the country’s former democratic government, which crumbled under the Taliban’s advance last month — had been expected to address world leaders on Monday. His staff informed the global body over the weekend that he would no longer be speaking, according toContinue Reading
France will send its ambassador back to Washington next week after French President Emmanuel Macron’s phone call with President Joe Biden over the submarine dispute, the Elysee and the White House said Wednesday. The two heads of state “have decided to open a process of in-depth consultation, aimed at creatingContinue Reading
The expected call comes as national security officials are quietly working to convince Pelosi of the risks her potential trip could pose during a highly sensitive moment between the self-governing island and China. Sources familiar with the speaker’s plans say she is planning to visit in the coming weeks asContinue Reading
A short statement from Lapid’s office said the two men “spoke about the continuation of cooperation and the need to ensure quiet and calm.” Abbas had congratulated Lapid on becoming Prime Minister, the statement said, while Lapid passed along his best wishes to the Palestinian leader ahead of Eid al-Adha,Continue Reading
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres (left) and Volkan Bozkir (right), president of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, applaud as Abdulla Shahid (center) receives the gavel as the new president of the 76th session of the UNGA at U.N. headquarters. Evan Schneider/United Nations Photo via AP hide captionContinue Reading
If a newborn child grows up hearing people speaking in many different languages, will it later be able to speak all those languages? — Puneesh T., India Children learn languages from the people around them. If they are exposed to multiple languages, they may grow up bilingual or multilingual. TheseContinue Reading