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Month: August 2023

Fed’s preferred inflation gauge shows a modest rise in latest sign of slowing price increases

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — An inflation gauge closely tracked by the Federal Reserve remained low last month, adding to signs of cooling price increases and raising the likelihood that the Fed will leave interest rates unchanged when it next meets in late September. Thursday’s report from the Commerce Department showed

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Former Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra, jailed after returning from exile, requests a royal pardon

By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who recently returned from exile and began serving an eight-year prison term, has requested a royal pardon. Thaksin was moved from prison to a state hospital soon after his return last week for reported ill health. The acting justice minister says

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Niger’s military regime orders police to expel French ambassador and revokes his diplomatic immunity

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A statement from Niger’s military regime says the junta has revoked the diplomatic immunity of France’s ambassador and ordered police to expel him from the African country. A communique from Niger’s foreign ministry says the ambassador “no longer enjoys the privileges and immunities attached to his

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

La tormenta tropical Idalia amenaza a las Carolinas con lluvias torrenciales e inundaciones tras azotar Florida y dañar miles de viviendas.

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Algunas comunidades de la costa oeste de Florida azotadas por el diluvio y los feroces vientos de Idalia sufrieron un “acontecimiento que les cambió la vida”, según un funcionario, después de que el huracán más potente que ha tocado tierra en la región conocida como el Big Bend en al

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Former Netherlands goalkeeper Jan Jongbloed, runner-up in 2 World Cup finals, has died at 82

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Netherlands goalkeeper who was a runner-up in two World Cup finals as part of the famous “Clockwork Orange” teams in the 1970s has died. Jan Jongbloed was 82. The Dutch Football Association has announced the death. Jongbloed and the Netherlands lost back-to-back finals against

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Mother of Spanish soccer chief Luis Rubiales released from hospital after church hunger strike, according to reports

CNN By Tara Subramaniam, Radina Gigova, Ana Melgar and Claudia Rebaza, CNN (CNN) — The mother of beleaguered Spanish soccer chief Luis Rubiales, who was admitted to a hospital in the Spanish town of Motril after a hunger strike, has been discharged, according to various Spanish media outlets. Ángeles Béjar locked herself in the Divina

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Luis Rubiales’ unwanted kiss labeled ‘inappropriate’ by UEFA president Aleksander Čeferin

By Claudia Colliva and Sammy Mncwabe, CNN (CNN) — UEFA president Aleksander Čeferin has condemned Luis Rubiales’ unwanted kiss on Women’s World Cup winner Jennifer Hermoso, describing it as “inappropriate” in an interview with French outlet L’Equipe on Wednesday. Rubiales, the president of the Spanish football federation, was provisionally suspended by FIFA, global soccer’s governing

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