Jurors found organizers of the deadly far-right rally in Charlottesville, Va., in 2017 liable for more than $25 million in damages to counterprotesters, but the jury deadlocked on federal conspiracy charges. The economic toll of Europe's pandemic surge. "We are expecting a bumpy winter season, " said Stefan Kooths, a research director of the Kiel Institute for the World Economy in Germany.
What Else Is Happening. "The effect seems less dramatic than many expected, " Ben Sisario writes. Celebrity reminiscing, a leaky toilet, a 15-minute call to his girlfriend: Newly released records show the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein living a mundane existence in jail in the days before his suicide, while spinning deceptions until the very end. Subject of nods or snubs crossword clue game. The Biden administration asked a federal appeals court to let it proceed with a vaccine mandate for large employers. And it led to a general easing of the rules on work for foreigners already in the country. Many wealthy nations hope to lure those young workers with fast-track visas and promises of permanent residency. Who's up for a Grammy? The next animal that could go extinct is so elusive that some locals think the species is a myth. At least 45 people died when a bus caught fire and crashed on a highway in western Bulgaria on Tuesday.
Israel began vaccinating children 5 to 11. Context: The pandemic has led to several major changes in global mobility. Rising prices and a weakened currency are straining households in Pakistan. The announcement comes after OPEC rebuffed President Biden's call to increase production. A Hong Kong court on Tuesday sentenced a student activist to three years and seven months in prison under the sweeping national security law. Fifteen human rights groups wrote a two-page letter to President Biden asking him to pressure the World Trade Organization for an intellectual property exemption on the coronavirus vaccines. Inflation surged by 9. Subject of nods or snubs crossword clue locations. "That's obviously one of the Grammys' better-late-than-never nominations, " the music critic Jon Pareles writes.
The U. S. will tap into 50 million barrels from its emergency supply of 620 million barrels, coming in below traders' expectations of around 100 barrels. P. German Lopez is joining the team for The Morning, our sister newsletter, from Vox. You can reach Natasha and the team at. "It's a reminder that the presumed and actual audiences for the awards show and the network both skew old, " the music critic Jon Caramanica writes. New approaches to that mismatch could influence the worldwide debate over immigration, especially as European governments differ on how to handle new waves of asylum seekers.
The U. S., Britain, China, India, Japan and Korea will release tens of millions of barrels of crude oil from their stockpiles to combat soaring global prices. Case study: Before they were ordered shut, stores in Austria were already suffering a 25 percent loss in revenue for November compared with the same period in 2019, the country's retail trade association said. Oil prices rose after the announcement, although administration officials said prices could fall in coming weeks. After embracing flexible work styles during the pandemic, some companies are reconsidering the four-day workweek. Another twist: Abba scored its first Grammy nomination, for the group's comeback single "I Still Have Faith in You. " A fourth wave of virus infections threatens to undermine Europe's fragile economic recovery as governments reimpose increasingly stringent health restriction that could reduce foot traffic in shopping centers, discourage travel and thin crowds in restaurants, bars and ski resorts. The Hubble Space Telescope completed its annual visual tour of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Context: Oil-producing nations cut output as demand fell early in the pandemic. Canada plans to give residency to 1. A call for young, able migrants. More than 900 artifacts intercepted in an illegal shipment in 2009 have been returned to the government of Mali. Jon Batiste, a composer who is also the musical director on "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, " scored the most nominations — 11. Leaders try to ease oil crunch. Get sleuthing with these six podcasts about unsolved mysteries.
"Perhaps only in this echo chamber, Batiste qualifies as a pop star. And here is the Spelling Bee. "The pandemic now seems to be affecting the economy more negatively than we originally thought. The latest episode of "The Daily" is about the U. figuring out how to fix highway projects that damaged Black neighborhoods.
The 64th annual Grammy Awards will be held in Los Angeles in January, and the list of nominees already offers surprises, snubs and scores. In "The Humans" — Stephen Karam's startling film of his 2016 Tony Award-winning play — secrets spill with almost comical regularity. It created more competition for "digital nomads" as more than 30 nations created programs to attract mobile technology workers. 2 million new immigrants by 2023. 2 percent in October from the year before. D., is underway as the pandemic heads into its third year.
Covid's disruptions have exposed demographic imbalances — rapidly aging rich nations produce too few new workers, while countries with a surplus of young people often don't have enough work for them all. The tough lockdowns that swept through Europe during the early months of the pandemic last year ended up shrinking economic output by nearly 15 percent.