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![Wall Street slumps as Fed meets, Europe rebounds](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/d8/02/f8/Wall-Street-falls-as-Fed-meets--Eur-044635_small.jpg)
Wall Street slumps as Fed meets, Europe rebounds
Wall Street stocks sank on Tuesday as the Federal Reserve began a two-day monetary policy meeting, while European stocks rebounded...
![Casino operator to develop 'gaming' resort in UAE](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/21/5d/99/Casino-operator-to-develop--gaming--144426_small.jpg)
Casino operator to develop 'gaming' resort in UAE
A US-based casino operator on Tuesday announced plans to develop a multi-billion-dollar resort off the coast of the United Arab Em...
![US consumers slightly more hopeful about inflation, economy: data](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/71/98/b8/US-consumers-slightly-more-hopeful--225352_small.jpg)
US consumers slightly more hopeful about inflation...
American consumers were feeling less confident in January amid elevated prices and a Covid-19 resurgence, but their views of the e...
![European stocks rebound, Wall Street sinks as Fed meets](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/d8/02/f8/Wall-Street-falls-as-Fed-meets--Eur-416640_small.jpg)
European stocks rebound, Wall Street sinks as Fed...
Wall Street stocks sank at the start of trading on Tuesday as the Federal Reserve began a two-day monetary policy meeting, while E...
![Fed begins meeting to fight inflation as markets tremble](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/69/e0/52/Fed-begins-meeting-to-fight-inflati-132133_small.jpg)
Fed begins meeting to fight inflation as markets t...
The Federal Reserve began Tuesday a policy meeting in which central bankers are expected to further signal which weapons they plan...
![Istanbul permits first flights after snow pummels Mediterranean](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/41/b8/d0/Istanbul-permits-first-flights-afte-423232_small.jpg)
Istanbul permits first flights after snow pummels...
Europe's busiest airport in Istanbul welcomed its first flight in 24 hours on Tuesday and Greece declared a public holiday as the...
![GE sees revenues rising in 2022 after drop in Q4](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/b5/3b/3c/GE-sees-revenues-rising-in-2022-aft-116131_small.jpg)
GE sees revenues rising in 2022 after drop in Q4
General Electric reported a drop in fourth-quarter revenues Tuesday on a mixed performance across its industrial businesses but pr...
![Freight lobby urges UK-France talks to ease port queues](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/86/68/0b/Freight-lobby-urges-UK-France-talks-235154_small.jpg)
Freight lobby urges UK-France talks to ease port q...
A leading UK freight lobby group has urged the British and French governments to hold talks to ease miles-long backups at Channel...
![European equities rebound as Fed meets](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/d8/02/f8/Wall-Street-falls-as-Fed-meets--Eur-654566_small.jpg)
European equities rebound as Fed meets
European stock markets rebounded Tuesday, shrugging off steep Asian losses on the eve of a Federal Reserve monetary policy decisio...
![Central Asia hit by large-scale power blackout](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/7a/f8/08/Central-Asia-hit-by-large-scale-pow-211460_small.jpg)
Central Asia hit by large-scale power blackout
An electricity grid accident left millions of people in three Central Asian countries without power on Tuesday, idling subway trai...
![Istanbul airport stays shut as snow pummels Mediterranean](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/27/fe/ae/Istanbul-airport-stays-shut-as-snow-616874_small.jpg)
Istanbul airport stays shut as snow pummels Medite...
Europe's busiest airport in Istanbul delayed its reopening on Tuesday and Greece declared a public holiday as the eastern Mediterr...
!['Heating or eating': Britons struggle with rising costs](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/e6/c5/32/-Heating-or-eating---Britons-strugg-516226_small.jpg)
'Heating or eating': Britons struggle with rising...
Nestled amid superstores at a retail park, the Colchester Foodbank in eastern England last year gave out a total of 165 tonnes of...
![Olympic 'curse' strikes again as Beijing costs mount](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/5c/07/16/Olympic--curse--strikes-again-as-Be-624179_small.jpg)
Olympic 'curse' strikes again as Beijing costs mou...
The "curse" of Olympic overspending looks set to strike again at the Beijing Games, with stringent Covid measures and loss of tick...
![Israeli firm develops body cams with facial recognition](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/92/57/47/Israeli-firm-develops-body-cams-wit-627422_small.jpg)
Israeli firm develops body cams with facial recogn...
Twenty years after he planned the controversial barrier between Israel and Palestinians, Dany Tirza is developing a security tool...
![Stuck at the US-Mexican border, two migrants find solace in love](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/f6/fe/4d/Stuck-at-the-US-Mexican-border--two-636365_small.jpg)
Stuck at the US-Mexican border, two migrants find...
As they linger, trapped at the US-Mexico border, the young Nicaraguan man and Guatemalan woman say it is love that has helped them...
![Forget working from home -- why not live in an old office?](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/6f/4f/b5/Forget-working-from-home----why-not-062266_small.jpg)
Forget working from home -- why not live in an old...
Blocks from the White House, an unassuming edifice in downtown Washington that once held offices used by the US Department of Just...
![Fed sharpens inflation-fighting tools as rate hikes near](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/51/b8/e9/Fed-sharpens-inflation-fighting-too-326101_small.jpg)
Fed sharpens inflation-fighting tools as rate hike...
The Federal Reserve has its inflation-fighting weapons ready to fire, and when the US central bank's policy committee convenes thi...
![Peru declares 'environmental emergency' on coastal area hit by oil spill](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/df/f4/79/Peru-declares--environmental-emerge-416618_small.jpg)
Peru declares 'environmental emergency' on coastal...
Peru on Saturday declared an "environmental emergency" along a stretch of coast hit by an oil spill caused by freak waves from a v...
![French lone Atlantic rower drops off map](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/03/62/d6/French-lone-Atlantic-rower-drops-of-409860_small.jpg)
French lone Atlantic rower drops off map
A 75-year-old Frenchman attempting to row across the Atlantic, has not given any sign of life since early Friday when he was near...
![Taliban warn against dissent, women's rights activism](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/f5/c9/9f/Taliban-warn-against-dissent--women-183324_small.jpg)
Taliban warn against dissent, women's rights activ...
Afghanistan's new Taliban authorities warned Saturday they have the right to crack down on dissent and jail protesters, as concern...
![US suspends 44 passenger flights to China operated by Chinese carriers](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/2a/19/23/US-suspends-44-passenger-flights-to-824822_small.jpg)
US suspends 44 passenger flights to China operated...
The United States announced Friday that it was suspending 44 Chinese passenger flights from America to the Asian giant in response...
![Netflix sinks as Wall Street flees 'stay-at-home' stocks](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/07/71/c0/Netflix-sinks-as-Wall-Street-flees--601620_small.jpg)
Netflix sinks as Wall Street flees 'stay-at-home'...
One day after shares of at-home fitness company Peloton tumbled, Netflix found itself in Wall Street's hot seat Friday as markets...
![EU nations quarrel over whether nuclear, gas are 'green'](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/2e/9d/fb/EU-nations-quarrel-over-whether-nuc-179228_small.jpg)
EU nations quarrel over whether nuclear, gas are '...
Hours before the window for lodging objections closes, EU environment and energy ministers meeting in France Friday differed sharp...
![Biden hails Intel's $20 bn chip plant investment amid shortage](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/e4/50/08/Biden-hails-Intel-s--20-bn-chip-pla-476823_small.jpg)
Biden hails Intel's $20 bn chip plant investment a...
President Joe Biden on Friday praised Intel's plans to spend $20 billion on a new US semiconductor facility, hailing the "historic...
![Gas giants' Myanmar exit unlikely to badly damage junta: analysts](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/2e/76/dd/Gas-giants--Myanmar-exit-unlikely-t-807246_small.jpg)
Gas giants' Myanmar exit unlikely to badly damage...
The exit of energy titans TotalEnergies and Chevron from Myanmar's billion dollar gas industry has been hailed by rights groups, b...
![Intel to spend $20 bn on US chip plants amid shortage](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/3b/a8/25/Intel-to-spend--20-bn-on-US-chip-pl-163261_small.jpg)
Intel to spend $20 bn on US chip plants amid short...
US semiconductor giant Intel on Friday announced a $20 billion investment to build two new semiconductor plants in Ohio, as a glob...
![Reserve Bank chief will be Chile's new finance minister](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/74/00/a0/Reserve-Bank-chief-will-be-Chile-s--204491_small.jpg)
Reserve Bank chief will be Chile's new finance min...
Chile's leftist president-elect Gabriel Boric, whose victory at the polls last month unsettled the markets, on Friday named the co...
![Dior designer Kim Jones: 'We live in a bubble'](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/ab/ae/04/Dior-designer-Kim-Jones---We-live-i-741776_small.jpg)
Dior designer Kim Jones: 'We live in a bubble'
Kim Jones may be borrowing from Dior's most iconic female looks for his latest menswear collection but that doesn't mean he believ...
![UK retail sales suffer record drop on Omicron fears](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/42/7b/9a/UK-retail-sales-suffer-record-drop--647442_small.jpg)
UK retail sales suffer record drop on Omicron fear...
British retail sales suffered a record drop in December as consumers shunned the high street due to Omicron concerns, having snapp...
![From nightmares to PTSD: Covid stokes UK health care staff crisis](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/0b/50/46/From-nightmares-to-PTSD--Covid-stok-247773_small.jpg)
From nightmares to PTSD: Covid stokes UK health ca...
Long shifts working in intensive care and the risk of catching Covid and passing it on to his wife and children left Joan Pons Lap...
![Airbus cancels Qatar Airways plane order in feud](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/f7/9b/f8/Airbus-cancels-Qatar-Airways-plane--718754_small.jpg)
Airbus cancels Qatar Airways plane order in feud
Airbus has taken the extraordinary step of cancelling a multi-billion-dollar order of 50 planes from Qatar Airways, a major custom...
![Samsung pulls Singapore drag queen ad after backlash](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/3f/54/a1/Samsung-pulls-Singapore-drag-queen--543464_small.jpg)
Samsung pulls Singapore drag queen ad after backla...
South Korean tech giant Samsung has pulled an online advert in Singapore that featured a hijab-wearing Muslim woman hugging her dr...
![Five do battle for top UN labour job](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/1c/e7/ae/Five-do-battle-for-top-UN-labour-jo-774624_small.jpg)
Five do battle for top UN labour job
Five candidates are battling to take over the United Nations' International Labour Organization, winding up two days of hearings o...
![In Texas, driverless trucks are set to take over roads](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/73/02/3a/In-Texas--driverless-trucks-are-set-121249_small.jpg)
In Texas, driverless trucks are set to take over r...
A giant 18-wheel transport truck is barreling down a multi-lane Texas highway, and there is no one behind the wheel.
![Jury selected in US trial of officers involved in Floyd arrest](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/7a/38/6e/Jury-selected-in-US-trial-of-office-542677_small.jpg)
Jury selected in US trial of officers involved in...
Former Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin is serving 22 years in prison for the murder of George Floyd, a 46-year-old African-Ame...
![Partner of Chile's president-elect draws feminist ire over first lady role](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/0f/8e/c5/Partner-of-Chile-s-president-elect--111023_small.jpg)
Partner of Chile's president-elect draws feminist...
Irina Karamanos, an avowed feminist and partner of Chile's leftist president-elect Gabriel Boric, has drawn fire from women's grou...
![Quiet car: England to ban loudspeaker 'spam' on trains](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/e1/24/28/Quiet-car--England-to-ban-loudspeak-144574_small.jpg)
Quiet car: England to ban loudspeaker 'spam' on tr...
UK transport chiefs on Friday said that bothersome on-board train announcements would be cut in a bid to offer more peaceful journ...
![Adding peanuts to young children's diet can help avoid allergy: study](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/31/bc/34/Adding-peanuts-to-young-children-s--747457_small.jpg)
Adding peanuts to young children's diet can help a...
Including peanuts in children's diets early in life could help stave off allergies against the legume, which can be fatal and affe...
![US airlines hopeful for post-Omicron 2022 after Q4 losses](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/2b/15/d2/US-airlines-hopeful-for-post-Omicro-774574_small.jpg)
US airlines hopeful for post-Omicron 2022 after Q4...
Major US carriers stumbled through another money-losing quarter at the end of the 2021 but remain confident of a travel recovery l...