Author: Nishant Bava

Fed to Hold Rates Steady at an Unsteady Moment WASHINGTON, Jan 24 – U.S. Federal Reserve policymakers are expected to hold interest rates steady in their upcoming meeting. However, the bigger story will be how the central bank responds to early actions by President Donald Trump that are likely to influence the economy this year. These include his calls for the Fed to lower borrowing costs further. Trump’s policies, such as restricting immigration and raising import taxes, have already made the Fed’s task more challenging, and on Thursday, he told global business leaders that he would push the Fed to…

Israel Intensifies Gaza Attacks Amid Renewed Ceasefire Push At least eight people have died following an Israeli attack on a school sheltering displaced Palestinians in northern Gaza, as Israel sent high-ranking officials to discuss a potential ceasefire. On Saturday, an Israeli airstrike hit the Zainab al-Wazir school in the Jabalia al-Balad area of northern Gaza, killing eight civilians, including two women and two children, according to the Palestinian civil emergency service. “They attacked us without any warning,” a mother told flymenews. as she sifted through the wreckage. “They struck us with a missile. I don’t know where our children are,…