Contributed by Terence Hwa; received December 27, 2024; accepted March 21, 2025; reviewed by Vickery L. Arcus and Seppe Kuehn ...

If movie reviews were instruction manuals, I’d command you to take a pause and give the film Bad Girl by debutant director Varsha Bharath some hours of your time. This refreshing coming-of-age Tamil ...

The U.S. job market is showing signs of stalling, a troubling trend for the economy that strengthens the case for the Federal Reserve to begin slashing interest rates. The Labor Department on Friday ...

US central bank's next policy meeting is on September 16-17 Futures contracts point to 10% chance of half-percentage-point rate cut Fed's benchmark interest rate could drop to 3.25%-3.50% by January ...

The US labor market continued its dramatic summer slowdown in August. The August jobs report released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) showed that just 22,000 new jobs were added to the ...

The August jobs report came in weaker than expected, signaling a massive slowdown in the labor market. This is good news for those who want the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates, with a ...

GST Council Meeting Live Updates: The GST Council has approved a new two-slab structure, scrapping the 12% and 28% brackets, easing rates on essentials, and imposing higher levies on select products.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a significant overhaul of the Goods and Services Tax (GST). This is the most critical change since GST was introduced in 2017. The new system, called "GST ...

The Modi government's GST rate cuts are injecting vitality into the Indian economy, potentially offsetting US tariffs. Nirmala Sitharaman's reforms, impacting various sectors, sparked a Sensex surge.

Water levels of both Jhelum and Chenab flowed dangerously high Wednesday as heavy rain continued to batter the Union Territory, prompting evacuations at several places. The rising water levels has ...

"Refugee Children, Poland" by Maurycy Minkowski (1881–1930) is part of the new Magnes exhibit “Flowing through Time and Tradition.” The painting, inspired by the 1905 Bialystok pogrom, focuses on a ...