Republican Gov. Brad Little signed a bill allowing execution by firing squad, making Idaho the latest state to turn to older methods of capital punishment amid a nationwide shortage of lethal-injection drugs. The Legislature passed the measure March 20 with a veto-proof majority. Under it, firing squads will be used […]
Month: March 2023
The economy is a complicated system of production, distribution, and use of items and solutions. Knowing how the economic climate performs can be difficult, but it is vital for building informed selections about particular finance, investing and public coverage. This article will investigate the fundamental principles of how the economic […]
Swiss politicians are stealthy by design. But last weekend, as Credit Suisse, Switzerland’s second-largest bank, and a national institution, tottered on the brink of failure, Bern’s political leadership was uncomfortably thrust into the limelight. Karin Keller-Sutter has been in charge of the Swiss finance ministry for just two months. She […]
Afghanistan’s schools have reopened for the new academic year, but hundreds of thousands of teenage girls remain barred from attending classes as Taliban authorities ban their attendance in secondary school. Education Minister Habibullah Agha confirmed in a statement that schools up to grade six “will currently be open for girls”, […]
Comment on this story Comment One of the more noxious tropes to emerge from our hyper-polarized politics is the idea that those on the other side of the political spectrum are necessarily less-informed than we are. Stupider. This takes lots of forms. Some are pseudo-objective assessments of polls or other […]
This weekly round-up brings you the latest stories from the world of economics and finance. Top economy stories: US raises interest rates by 0.25 percentage points; UBS takes over Credit Suisse; IMF board approves Sri Lanka bailout. 1. US raises interest rates again as it weighs up banking crisis The […]