UN Economists Project Lowest Global Growth Rates in Decades
contact@hellonews.website geneva — The 2023 World Economic Situation and Prospects report has just been issued, and U.N. economists present a gloomy and uncertain outlook for the coming year, with the global…
Janeiro 2023
‘My Animal’ Star Amandla Stenberg Talks the Supernatural Romance and Being Manifested by ‘Star Wars’
Amandla Stenberg regrets not being able to attend the Sundance premiere of her new film My Animal, but she’s been a little preoccupied in a galaxy far, far away. Fortunately,…
Telling the Story of Chinatown's Past and Present, With Instagram
The past three years have been brutal for the small businesses that make up Manhattan’s Chinatown. The pandemic forced the closure of several longtime restaurants and stores, but as Tina…
US, South Africa Launch Taskforce on Wildlife Trafficking
Johannesburg — South Africa and U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen announced plans Wednesday to form a task force that will combat the financing of wildlife trafficking. The task force will…
European Rights Court Rules Dutch, Ukraine Cases Against Russia Are Admissible
AMSTERDAM — The European Court of Human Rights said cases brought by Ukraine and the Netherlands against Russia over human rights violations in the two breakaway regions of Luhansk and…
'Happening Way Too Often': Report Delves Into Mass Attacks
WASHINGTON — As the nation reels from a week of high-profile shootings, a new report on mass attacks calls for communities to intervene early when they see warning signs of…
Pope Francis: Homosexuality Not a Crime
Vatican City — Pope Francis criticized laws that criminalize homosexuality as “unjust,” saying God loves all his children just as they are and called on Catholic bishops who support the…
Classified Documents at Pence's Home, Too, His Lawyer Says
New York — Documents with classified markings were discovered in former Vice President Mike Pence’s Indiana home last week, his lawyer told the National Archives in a letter — the…
US Military Strike in Somalia Kills 2 Militants
WASHINGTON — The United States has reported conducting a new airstrike against al-Shabab in Somalia on January 23, killing two militants. In a statement, the U.S. military’s Africa Command, known…
Man Accused of Killing 23 in 2019 El Paso Mass Shooting to Plead Guilty
The man accused of killing 23 people and injuring dozens more in a 2019 massacre targeting people of Mexican descent at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, will plead…
Trump Ends Another Legal Challenge to NY Attorney General Probe
New York — Donald Trump has ended his appeal of a court ruling that let New York state’s attorney general investigate his real estate business and eventually file a $250…
US Treasury Secretary Focuses on Agriculture During Visit to Zambia
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is in Zambia, the second stop in a three-country swing, where she assured the country’s president and its finance minister that the timely restructuring of…
Biden Pushing Assault-Weapons Ban Renewal Following Mass Shootings
As Californians deal with two mass shootings just days apart, President Joe Biden is supporting gun control measures introduced by California Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein to renew the 1994 assault-weapons…
US-Made Tanks Likely Headed to Ukraine; Timing Uncertain
washington — Pleas by Ukrainian officials for more tanks, and more advanced tanks, to use in their fight against Russia have begun to resonate in Washington with the United States…
Biden Pushing Assault Weapons Ban Renewal Following US Mass Shootings
washington — As Californians deal with two deadly mass shootings just days apart, U.S. President Joe Biden is throwing his support behind gun control measures, including renewing the 1994 assault…