From this Friday the adults who want to can receive the booster dose of the vaccines against the COVID-19 of Pfizer and Moderna in USA, after they were approved by the country’s health authorities. The last missing step was taken on Friday afternoon by the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, […]
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Biden seeks common ground with Mexico and Canada at the top, but tensions persist
The president of USA, Joe Biden, received the leaders of Canada and Mexico at the first North American summit in five years, a meeting aimed at revitalizing regional cooperation, but overshadowed by the “US buy” agenda and migration. Biden met separately with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and […]
Biden calls for an investigation into rising gasoline prices
Updated on 11/18/2021 10:14 am United States President Joe Biden asked the competition authorities to investigate “immediately” behavior “eventually illegal“From the oil companies, whose gasoline prices go up”when your costs go down”. The White House asked in a letter to the president of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC, Federal Trade Commission), Lina Khan, to study […]
Joe Biden clarifies that he does not encourage the independence of Taiwan after his meeting with Xi Jinping
Updated 11/16/2021 11:32 pm The president of the United States, Joe Biden, clarified this Tuesday that his government does not encourage the independence of Taiwan, after a slip in which he expressed an opinion contrary to the official position of the White House. Speaking to the press during a visit to New Hampshire, Biden first […]
Biden hopes to nominate the next chairman of the Federal Reserve this week
The president of United States, Joe Biden, has indicated this Tuesday, November 16, that at the end of this week he will announce who will lead the Federal Reserve. The agent can choose to keep or not to Jerome Powell to the front or replace him by the governor of the Fed, Lael Brainard. The […]
China overtakes the US in world wealth ranking that continues to rise
Global wealth has tripled in the past two decades, with China leading the way after overtaking the United States to rank first globally. That is one of the conclusions of a new report from the research branch of the consultancy McKinsey & Co., which examines the national balance sheets of 10 countries that represent more […]
Food banks in the US have problems due to more demand from families battered by COVID-19
Banks of food on USA Already dealing with the increase in demand from families battered by the pandemic, they now face a new obstacle: the rise in food prices and problems in the supply chain in the country. High costs and limited availability mean that some families may receive smaller rations or substitutions for supplies […]
Use of strategic oil reserves, a double-edged sword for Biden
Draw on the strategic reserves of Petroleum is an alternative that resonates strongly in USA to lower oil prices, with a president on the defensive with inflation driven by the cost of gasoline. However, in the midst of a commitment to climate change, the White House is weighing this rarely used strategy whose impact on […]
Consumer anger over inflation may emulate the 1970s
The latest US CPI report was a blow as inflation reached its highest level in three decades. But the University of Michigan consumer confidence survey released Friday is equally concerning for what it says about the impact of inflation on the economy. It is not clear how central banks should respond, as supply chain issues […]
Entrepreneur Glen de Vries, who traveled on Blue Origin space mission, dies in plane crash
Updated on 11/12/2021 11:13 pm Entrepreneur Glen de Vries, who flew into space with “Star Trek” actor William Shatner on the manned mission to Blue Origin in October, he was killed in a plane crash, police said Friday. The small aircraft in which he was traveling collapsed in Hampton Township, Nueva Jersey, about 95 kilometers […]