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By JOSH BOAK Associated Press President Joe Biden on Wednesday called on U.S. oil refiners to produce more gasoline and diesel, saying their profits have tripled during a time of war between Russia and Ukraine as Americans struggle with record high prices at the pump. “The crunch that families are facing deserves immediate action,” Biden
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By JOSH BOAK and CATHY BUSSEWITZ Associated Press President Joe Biden on Wednesday called on U.S. oil refiners to produce more gasoline and diesel, saying their profits have tripled during a time of war between Russia and Ukraine as Americans struggle with record high prices at the pump. “The crunch that families are facing deserves
Continue Reading By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is launching legal action against the U.K. in response to unilateral moves to rewrite parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol in the post-Brexit deal between both sides. The proposed U.K. bill seeks to remove customs checks on some goods entering Northern Ireland from the
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová, CNN The European Union on Wednesday launched new legal proceedings against the United Kingdom over its failure to implement parts of the post-Brexit deal it agreed with the bloc. The British government published plans earlier this week to change the Northern Ireland Protocol, the part of the deal designed to keep the
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN Business China’s economy showed some signs of improvement in May, but retail sales contracted for a third month in a row, indicating that Covid outbreaks continued to significantly depress consumer spending. Retail sales fell 6.7% in May from a year ago, according to China’s National Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday. That
Continue Reading By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s showpiece investment gathering begins Wednesday, and organizers are telling foreign participants to be sure to bring cash — not necessarily for making investments, but for spending money. The advice for the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum that runs through Saturday is a quiet acknowledgment of the
Continue Reading By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egypt, Israel and the European Union have signed a deal to increase liquified natural gas sales to EU countries, who aim to reduce their dependence on supplies from Russia as the war in Ukraine drags on. The deal, stamped Wednesday in an upscale Cairo hotel, will see
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The European Central Bank’s rate-setting council will hold an unscheduled meeting “to discuss market conditions” as borrowing costs for several countries have risen after the bank said it would raise interest rates. The bank announced the hikes in July and September without specifying how it would protect countries if borrowing costs
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government vowed Wednesday to organize more flights to deport asylum-seekers from around the world to Rwanda, after a last-minute court judgment grounded the first plane due to take off under the contentious policy. Home Secretary Priti Patel said ”preparation for the next flight begins now”
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olivertapia (CNN) — La Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) convocará una reunión del comité de emergencia para evaluar si el brote de viruela del mono debe ser declarado como una emergencia de salud pública de interés internacional, dijo el martes el director general de la OMS, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, en una conferencia de prensa
Continue ReadingBy David Allan One of the best pieces of breakup advice my friend Genna gave me during a tumultuous end to a long-term relationship was to write poetry. Feeling desperate in my heartbreak, I was willing to try anything. As Emily Dickinson wisely advised: Not knowing when the Dawn will come I open every Door
Continue ReadingCNN By David Allan One of the best pieces of breakup advice my friend Genna gave me during a tumultuous end to a long-term relationship was to write poetry. Feeling desperate in my heartbreak, I was willing to try anything. As Emily Dickinson wisely advised: Not knowing when the Dawn will come I open every
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — Heavy rain in China has claimed six lives this week and forced the evacuation of some 200,000 people. Five people died in southeastern China, according to state media reports: A house collapse took three lives in Fujian province on Tuesday, and two died Monday in a landslide caused by torrential rain in
Continue ReadingBy Clare Sebastian and Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The European Central Bank has tried to calm fears of a debt crisis by promising “flexibility” in managing its huge balance sheet and accelerating work on new ways to reduce stress on heavily indebted countries like Italy and Greece as interest rates rise. At its regular meeting
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — El Salvador apostó por el bitcoin como ningún otro país, y el gobierno compró cientos de monedas el año pasado cuando anunció que la criptomoneda se convertiría en moneda de curso legal. Pero a medida que el mercado de criptomonedas se enfría, la inversión de El Salvador está perdiendo valor rápidamente, por
Continue Reading By MICHELLE L. PRICE and KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Adam Laxalt, a former state attorney general who has embraced lies about the 2020 election, won the Republican nomination for a pivotal Nevada Senate seat, fending off a challenge from a political newcomer and setting up what will likely be a fierce
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Continue Reading GENEVA (AP) — Twenty-five people have been treated for burns after walking on hot coal in northern Switzerland, according to police. Emergency services were alerted to injuries at a private event on the Au peninsula on Lake Zurich Tuesday evening, Zurich canton (state) police said in a statement. They said that 25 people were given
Continue Reading GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland has reopened its airspace after a brief closure for safety reasons because of an unspecified “technical malfunction.” Air navigation service Skyguide initially said the closure Wednesday would be in effect “until further notice” after the malfunction early in the morning. A few hours later it said the airspace closure was lifted
Continue Reading GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland has reopened its airspace after a brief closure for safety reasons because of an unspecified “technical malfunction.” Air navigation service Skyguide initially said the closure Wednesday would be in effect “until further notice” after the malfunction early in the morning. A few hours later it said the airspace closure was lifted
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