Phoenix — Long queues are back at food banks across the United States, as inflation-burdened working Americans turn to aid to help feed their families. With fuel prices on the rise along with grocery costs, many people are looking for charity food for the first time, and more are arriving on foot. The rapid rise …
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BEIJING (AFP) – Asian stock markets rose on Wednesday as investors awaited US inflation data, and some concern could lead to further interest rate hikes. Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Seoul prices rose. Sydney refused. Oil prices rebounded from Tuesday’s low but remained below $100 a barrel. The benchmark S&P 500 index fell on Wall …
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The day after her middle school in Los Angeles went out for the summer, my irrepressible 12-year-old niece who lived with me was frantic and lethargic. This was unfair. For more than two years, she’s been an absolute monster about wearing her mask, refusing to pull it off to take pictures, and forgetting to take …
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Taipei, Taiwan – Angry bank customers who traveled to a city in central China to retrieve their savings from troubled rural banks were stopped by a health app on their mobile phones. Residents of China are required to have the health app, which displays an icon indicating their health status, including potential exposure to COVID-19. …
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