Israel announced a plan for thousands of new Jewish settlement homes in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday as Washington voiced readiness to back de facto Israeli annexations there. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo plans to visit Israel next week, a source said, a sign that he is weighing in on a territorial issue […]
The European Union is backing calls for a timely review of the international response to the coronavirus pandemic, including the World Health Organization’s performance, according to the draft of a resolution for ministers to debate at the WHO. European diplomats said the United States and China have taken part in negotiations on the EU resolution […]
Editorial by Economist and FISM Founder Dan Celia Massive stimulus to support the U.S. economy through the coronavirus crisis will cause the Treasury to borrow a record $3 trillion this quarter. Earlier this week, the Treasury Department announced the total, which is actually $2.999 trillion, and said, “The increase in privately-held net marketable borrowing is […]
The United States will provide $225 million in emergency aid to Yemen to support food programs, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday, as aid groups there are forced to scale down operations due to Houthi interference and amid a spreading coronavirus outbreak. “This assistance will provide the U.N. World Food Program’s emergency […]
Madeline Sponsler, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] A Georgia man on his jogging route was followed, shot, and killed by two men who later told the police that Mr. Arbery looked like the suspect in a string of break-ins. No charges or arrests have been made in relation to the incident, which happened on February 23rd. The […]
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Monday said bipartisan discussions are underway over whether more U.S. government relief funding is needed amid the nation’s novel coronavirus outbreak, but that President Donald Trump is focused on taxes and travel. In an interview on Fox Business Network, Mnuchin said the Trump administration was prepared to back additional coronavirus […]
Carnival Corp said on Monday it planned to restart some of its cruise trips from North America in August as it tries to recover from the coronavirus pandemic, which has brought the industry to a virtual standstill. The company said it planned to resume cruises on eight ships from Miami, Port Canaveral, and Galveston on […]
A plane carrying aid supplies for use in the fight against the coronavirus crashed in Somalia‘s southern Bay region on Monday, killing seven people on board, a security official and the state-run news agency said. State-run Somalia News Agency said the plane belonged to African Express Airways and was ferrying supplies for use in the […]
Loan officers at U.S. banks reported significantly tightening standards and terms on business loans in the first three months of the year as the coronavirus outbreak in the United States began to shutter large parts of the economy and millions became newly unemployed. The officers also said in the Federal Reserve survey released on Monday […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday said it would require antibody tests for the new coronavirus to undergo an agency review, reversing an earlier policy that had allowed fraudulent products to be marketed. The agency’s previous policy required only that companies attest that their product was valid and labeled as unapproved, attracting 170 […]
