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Month: July 2024

EU commission approves Lufthansa purchase of long-troubled Italian airline ITA, with conditions

AP Business Writer MILAN (AP) — The European Commission has approved Lufthansa’s takeover of Italian airline ITA with conditions to protect competition. Italian Finance Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti on Wednesday called the deal “historic,” and said it would bring an end to a long period of state help. Lufthansa will invest 325 million euros ($350 million)

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Open on July 4th: Retailers and airlines. Closed: Government, banks, stock market

NEW YORK (AP) — The Fourth of July holiday, also known as Independence Day, celebrates the Second Continental Congress’ unanimous adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, a document announcing the colonies’ separation from Great Britain. One year later a spontaneous celebration in Philadelphia marked the anniversary of American independence. But observations

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

La FDA aprueba donanemab, el tratamiento de Eli Lilly para la enfermedad de Alzheimer en fase inicial

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — La Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de Estados Unidos (FDA por sus siglas en inglés) aprobó este martes donanemab, un anticuerpo monoclonal diseñado para ralentizar la progresión de la enfermedad de Alzheimer sintomática precoz. Donanemab, fabricado por Eli Lilly, con sede en Indianápolis, ayuda al organismo a eliminar la placa

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Tunisia sets elections for October. The increasingly authoritarian president hasn’t said he’ll run

Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia’s increasingly authoritarian leader has scheduled the next presidential election for October without saying whether he will seek a second term. President Kais Saied has had five tumultuous years at the head of the North African nation once seen as a model of democracy for the Arab world. Saied

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Right-wing election observers cause disruptions in Milwaukee, Glendale polling places

By A.J. Bayatpour Click here for updates on this story     GLENDALE, Wisconsin (WDJT) — Conservative election observers tied to an ongoing lawsuit challenging Wisconsin’s absentee ballot laws, as well as past efforts to overturn the 2020 election, caused disruptions at multiple polling places and ballot processing sites in Glendale and Milwaukee, according to officials in

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California city cancels July Fourth fireworks as firefighters battle flames amid hot weather

Associated Press OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Officials in a Northern California community cancelled an annual Fourth of July fireworks celebration as an estimated 26,000 residents remained displaced by a growing wildfire, while hundreds of firefighters toiled under extreme heat to keep flames from reaching more homes. The Thompson Fire broke out before noon Tuesday about

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California city cancels July Fourth fireworks as firefighters battle flames amid hot weather

Associated Press OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Officials in a Northern California community cancelled an annual Fourth of July fireworks celebration as an estimated 26,000 residents remained displaced by a growing wildfire, while hundreds of firefighters toiled under extreme heat to keep flames from reaching more homes. The Thompson Fire broke out before noon Tuesday about

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