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Hundreds of women march from the city of El Alto to La Paz against gender-based violence and demand justice for victims of sexual crimes in Bolivia.

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The Federal Reserve headquarters in Washington on Sept. 16 2015. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo By Howard Schneider and Jonnelle Marte (Reuters) – Data watched closely by the Federal Reserve showed inflation expectations remained broadly anchored through the end of last year, while an alternate measure of inflation showed the most intense price…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak walk out of Downing Street to meet Michelle Ovens of Small Business Saturday, in London, Britain, December 1, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls LONDON (Reuters) – A planned increase in British social security contributions from workers and employers will go ahead…

I visited Amsterdam’s Red Light District for the first time in October.Last year, I embarked on Cunard’s western Europe cruise — the cruise line’s first cruise to leave the UK since the pandemic — which stopped in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, for two nights.Amsterdam was voted the second-best city in the world by Time Out in…

NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) — A six-vehicle crash killed nine people and left one person in critical condition in a wreck that police in Nevada said was caused by a driver who was speeding.The driver of a Dodge Challenger also ran a red light before the collision Saturday afternoon, which involved 15 people, North…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The Federal Reserve building in Washington September 1, 2015. . REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo NEW YORK (Reuters) – Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) is forecasting that the U.S. Federal Reserve will raise interest rates five times in 2022, versus four previously, with a hike expected in March, according to a note from its economists…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Sarah Bloom Raskin, in her role as deputy Treasury secretary in October 2014, participates in an open meeting of the President’s Advisory Council on Financial Capability for Young Americans at the Treasury Department in Washington, October 2, By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Thursday sent an…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Gold bullion is displayed at GoldSilver Central’s office in Singapore June 19, 2017. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo By Peter Hobson LONDON (Reuters) – Global demand for gold rose 10% last year but remained well below its level before the COVID-19 pandemic amid slack investor demand, the World Gold Council (WGC) said in…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Contracts to buy U.S. previously owned homes fell for a second straight month in December amid record low inventory. The National Association of Realtors (NAR) said on Thursday its Pending Home Sales Index, based on signed contracts, dropped 3.8% last month to 117.7. Pending home sales fell in all four regions. Economists…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is seen delivering remarks on a screen as a trader works on the trading floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., December 15, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo By Howard Schneider and Ann Saphir WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Reserve on…