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Greer says U.S.&China talks ‘about halfway there’ on rare earths thumbnail
Los Angeles Daily

Greer says U.S.&China talks ‘about halfway there’ on rare earths

The U.S. Trade Representative said Washington was focused on having rare earth magnets “flow as freely as it did before the control.” U.S....

Iran’s currency has plunged so much in value that Tehran plans to chop off four zeros from the rial thumbnail
Los Angeles Daily

Iran’s currency has plunged so much in value that Tehran plans to chop off four zeros from the rial

As of Sunday, the rial was trading at around 920,000 to the US dollar on the street market. The economic commission of Iran’s...

Wall Street’s view of a ‘Kevlar economy’ has just been shattered, but red flags were lurking under the radar thumbnail
Canada Inquirer

Wall Street’s view of a ‘Kevlar economy’ has just been shattered, but red flags were lurking under the radar

“Something always goes wrong eventually — whether it’s a risk hiding in plain sight or something you couldn’t see coming.” Just as Wall...

US trade advisor says Trump tariff rates are ‘pretty much set’ after deadline was pushed back thumbnail
Canada Inquirer

US trade advisor says Trump tariff rates are ‘pretty much set’ after deadline was pushed back

The tariffs will kick in on August 7 instead of August 1, which had previously been touted as a hard deadline. New US...

Iran’s currency has plunged so much in value that Tehran plans to chop off four zeros from the rial thumbnail
Canada Inquirer

Iran’s currency has plunged so much in value that Tehran plans to chop off four zeros from the rial

As of Sunday, the rial was trading at around 920,000 to the US dollar on the street market. The economic commission of Iran’s...

Trump’s former jobs data chief decries firing of successor thumbnail
Canada Inquirer

Trump’s former jobs data chief decries firing of successor

“I don’t know that there’s any grounds at all for this firing,” said Beach. “And it really hurts the statistical system. It undermines...

Dow futures drop as recession alarm bells jolt Wall Street awake from dreams of a gravity&defying economy thumbnail
Canada Inquirer

Dow futures drop as recession alarm bells jolt Wall Street awake from dreams of a gravity&defying economy

With Wall Street now more attuned to economic risks like Trump’s trade war, the tariffs that will go into effect on Thursday may...

Trump team pushes Mexico toward tariffs on Chinese imports thumbnail
Canada Inquirer

Trump team pushes Mexico toward tariffs on Chinese imports

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6,000 pilgrims arrive in Rome for Jubilee of Deacons thumbnail
Canada Inquirer

6,000 pilgrims arrive in Rome for Jubilee of Deacons

HEADLINE The fourth major event of the Jubilee of Hope is dedicated to deacons: from February 21 to 23, 4,000 of them will...

Zambia’s Pontifical Mission Societies embrace the Jubilee theme of Hope thumbnail
Canada Inquirer

Zambia’s Pontifical Mission Societies embrace the Jubilee theme of Hope

HEADLINE The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Zambia’s National and Diocesan Directors Council Meeting, which commenced on 18 February and concluded on 21...