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BOSSANGOA, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC (AFP) – Guided by the broad beam of a torch light, four beekeepers softly tread towards a wooden hive atop a mango tree in Bossangoa, a town in northwestern Central African Republic. The area boasts lush and varied vegetation which helps account for the prized fragrance of its renowned honey. Relying […]
KUALA SELANGOR (BERNAMA) – The ringgit exchange rate depended on the country’s economic fundamentals and is also influenced by interest rates in the United States (US), Minister of Finance Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz said. He said the US Federal Reserve’s (US Fed) announcement on Wednesday, which raised the benchmark lending rate by […]
NEW DELHI (AFP) – Smog in New Delhi hit “hazardous” levels yesterday as smoke from thousands of crop fires in northern India combined with other pollutants to create a noxious grey cocktail enveloping the megacity. Levels of the most dangerous particles – PM2.5, so tiny they can enter the bloodstream – were 588 per cubic […]
UPI – A Monster Jam event in Florida broke a Guinness World Record when 10,005 toy monster trucks were arranged into a mosaic. The Monster Jam event at Camping World Stadium in Orlando featured 10,005 toy monster trucks manufactured by Spin Master being arranged into a mosaic of the Monster Jam logo on a large […]
WASHINGTON (AP) – Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair Jerome Powell sought on Wednesday to strike a delicate balance at a moment when high inflation is bedeviling the nation’s economy and commanding a central role in the midterm elections. Powell suggested that the Fed may decide in coming months to slow its aggressive interest rate increases. Yet […]