NEW YORK: Investors dumped risk assets and flocked to havens yesterday as a new variant of the coronavirus made its presence known in global markets. Fears the variant first discovered in South Africa may spread internationally – thwarting the global economic recovery – pushed global bonds and the yen higher while the rand fell to its lowest in a year. Asian stocks, US and eurozone equity futures dropped amid the risk-off tone and crude oil retreated. While researchers are yet to determine wheth

Thousands of immigrants, most wearing thermal blankets, await processing at a U.S. Border Patrol transit center in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Tuesday.... At the end of the Trump administration, it stood at around 1.3 million.... That was before the massive migrant crisis that hit the southern border in 2021....

December.... But this has not been sufficient to cover the cost increase....

The issue ofpublic trust inthe government and vaccine developers isbecoming the key tosuccessfully overcoming the pandemic. The use ofadministrative levers toincrease the rate ofvaccination raises the issue ofhuman and civil rights observance with regard tothe agenda, writes Valdai Club Programme D

SINGAPORE-New strains of less common dengue serotypes, which are usually imported, could raise the

country under serious strain. According to the July inflation data announced by the Turkish

country under serious strain. According to the July inflation data announced by the Turkish

and adding to the strain on the public finances, a major report ahead of the government’s budget

60%, are starting to cause a literal strain on wallets-with the largest banknote in circulation worth

LOS ANGELES, May 25( Xinhua)--Another form of the Omicron subvariant has become the dominant strain