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bird flu is out of control in America, paving the way for a new pandemic.

Thousands of workers are facing an unsettling reality heading into 2025

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. A car and driver had been readied to whisk Jason Bannan from FBI headquarters early one morning in August 2021 to brief the White House on a novel virus that was killing hundreds of thousands of Americans and had stopped the world in its tracks. Bannan had been told by his superiors to be on hand in case the Federal Bureau of Investigation was asked to join a top intelligence community briefing for the president.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper leaves his job next week after eight years

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. In December 2019, a cluster of cases with an unknown flu-like illness emerged in Wuhan, China. Within a few weeks, the virus spread across the region, and soon engulfed the world.

Donald Trump's presidential transition team are laying the groundwork for the United States to withdraw from the World Health Organization on the first day of his second term, according to a health law expert familiar with the discussions.

The U.S. job market has undergone a dramatic transformation in recent years, from one characterized by record levels of employee turnover to one in which there is little churn.

Savings have long been the backbone of financial stability in Indian households. Deeply ingrained in the nation’s ethos, the act of saving has traditionally ensured resources for future uncertainties, children’s education, and retirement. Recent trends, however, tell a troubling story. The household savings rate has seen a sharp decline, prompting questions about its causes, broader implications, and what steps can reverse this worrying trajectory.

Total holiday spending this year is expected to be at least $24 billion higher than last year, according to the National Retail Federation.

Amazon delivery drivers and Starbucks baristas are on strike in a handful of U.S. cities as they seek to exert pressure on the two major companies to recognize them as unionized employees or to meet demands for an inaugural labor contract. The strikes that started Thursday and Friday followed other recent standoffs between corporate America and organized labor. Large and established labor unions secured meaningful employer concessions this year following strikes by Boeing factory workers, dockworkers at East and Gulf coast ports, video game performers, and hotel and casino workers on the Las Vegas Strip. But workers at Starbucks, Amazon and some other prominent consumer brands still are fighting for their first contracts. Amazon refuses to acknowledge the organizing efforts of drivers and warehouse workers — many of whom have voted to unionize — even though the powerful Teamsters union says it represents them. Starbucks long resisted the unionization of its stores, but had agreed to negotiate a contract by the end of the year. Why are the strikes happening now?

Boxing Day sales. However, not all retailers and supermarkets will swing their doors open on December 26. Over the past few years, several stores have embraced a new tradition of staying closed on Boxing Day, a practice initiated during the pandemic in 2020.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. In the continuing chip war between Washington and Beijing, the U.S. has the clear upper hand on the most cutting-edge technology.

The Federal Reserve lowered its interest rate target three times in 2024.

World War 3 fears are slowly becoming a major point of concern for many who want peace on the planet, and also want prosperity and economy to soar. The recent geopolitical developments have sparked further fears in the hearts of citizens across the world, and Athos Salome, the 'Prophet of Doom's' latest statements have made things even more panicky. Also known as the 'Living Nostradamus', he has predicted that World War 3 could be triggered by the collapse of the entire global structure as well as due to technological unrest.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. On remittances from abroad, India remains the world’s top beneficiary. For 2024, such inflows stood at $129 billion, according to a blog by World Bank economists, almost double that of second-ranked Mexico, which got $68 billion, and more than two-and-a-half times China’s $48 billion.

Avian influenza, commonly called "bird flu", is a viral infection that spreads in birds, cows and other animals. Avian influenza, commonly called «bird flu», is a viral infection that spreads in birds, cows and other animals. Although there has been no evidence of human-to-human transmission, the virus's ability to spread through wild species and jump to domestic ones highlights the risk of human infection potentially occurring due to new mutations and recombinations among variants. ALSO READ:Viral Video: Jeff Bezos, his fiancée seen going to Mar-a-Lago to meet Trump, 'interesting', say netizens

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Investors shuddered on Wednesday after Chair Jerome Powell suggested the Federal Reserve was ready to take a break from cutting rates—and that the total quantity of reductions might be shallower than previously thought. Powell has described recent rate reductions as an effort to recalibrate borrowing costs to a more “neutral" setting.

In her letter of resignation, Chrystia Freeland criticized Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in pushing for gimmicky tax holidays and one-time rebates rather keeping the government’s fiscal powder dry in case Canada faces aggressive Trump tariffs. She is absolutely right, of course. Bad things can happen — like the COVID pandemic — that ratchet up debt burdens and interest costs and eventually impair growth by raising interest rates or taxes.

President Joe Biden has endorsed a ban on congressional stock trading in an interview that’s being released this week

Normally when the days get colder, the housing market goes into hibernation, but apparently not this year.

Bird flu, specifically the H5N1 strain, is raising global health concerns due to its potential to mutate and pose a serious threat to humans. While current human infections remain low-risk and largely mild, experts warn of the importance of preparation to avoid a future pandemic. The virus, which has devastated bird populations and affected mammals like sea lions and dairy cows, could mutate to spread human-to-human, a scenario health authorities are closely monitoring. The H5N1 strain has increasingly been found in mammals, with confirmed mammal-to-mammal transmission among dairy cows in the U.S. Though the strain is currently unable to spread human-to-human, a single mutation could enable this, making it a top pandemic threat. Reports highlight mild symptoms in recent human infections in the U.S., contrasting with severe cases in other regions, such as Canada, where a teenager remains hospitalized due to H5N1 pneumonia. Also Read: This wonder drug keeps Wall Street's bankers going for 90 hours a week; what is it, and why is it in massive demand?