Consumer prices in the Eurozone’s second-largest economy jumped 7% in January from a year ago, official data shows Inflation in France accelerated in January as the government phased out some measures to contain soaring energy and food prices, figures reported on Tuesday by Insee, the country’s statistics agency, show.

Nearly 70,000 nonexistent or questionable Social Security Numbers were used to secure the coveted handouts Fraudsters using fake social security numbers may have walked off with $5.4 billion in pandemic loans from two of the US’ Covid-19 relief programs, according to a report published on Monday by watchdog group the Pandemic Response Action Committee. The…

Hungary’s top diplomat has argued that Stockholm should “act differently” if it wants to join the US-led military bloc Sweden’s response to a Koran-burning demonstration that angered Türkiye – jeopardizing a key approval needed for the Nordic country’s bid to join NATO – was “just plain stupidity,” Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has claimed. The…