ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s annual inflation rate has further accelerated in February, marking the biggest jump since 2002 and deepening the squeeze on households that are already struggling to purchase basic goods. The Turkish Statistical Institute said Thursday that consumer prices rose 54.44% in February compared with a year ago. The highest yearly price
Continue ReadingANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s annual inflation rate has further accelerated in February, marking the biggest jump since 2002 and deepening the squeeze on households that are already struggling to purchase basic goods. The Turkish Statistical Institute said Thursday that consumer prices rose 54.44% in February compared with a year ago. The highest yearly price
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — En Ucrania se está echando la suerte de una larga y sangrienta guerra de desgaste que amenaza con muertes masivas de civiles, una catastrófica crisis de refugiados y una reorganización geoestratégica que cimentaría una nueva era de confrontación entre Estados Unidos y Rusia. Una semana después del comienzo de una guerra desatada
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — China is denouncing a report that it asked Russia to delay invading Ukraine until after the Beijing Winter Olympics as “fake news.” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin on Thursday said the report in the New York Times was an attempt to divert attention and shift blame. Wang repeated China’s accusations that Washington
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN This may be the closest we will ever come to finding a flower on Mars. During its ongoing investigation of Martian rocks in Gale Crater, the Curiosity rover stumbled on a tiny surprise. The rock artifact, which resembles a piece of coral or a flower, is smaller than a penny. The
Continue ReadingMARAWI, Philippines (AP) — Philippine troops have killed at least seven Muslim insurgents aligned with the Islamic State group in a recent offensive in a southern province and recovered 45 heavy firearms and several bombs and land mines. Military officials say about 60 Muslim militants were in the mountain camp that was attacked by fighter
Continue ReadingBy Megan Marples, CNN Mask mandates may be lifting in many parts of the United States, but don’t ditch your face coverings just yet. Last week, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention unveiled new mask guidelines that varied depending on your Covid-19 community level. If you live in a low- or medium-risk area,
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Associated Press journalists are documenting military activity across Ukraine, where disinformation is spiking during a Russian ground and air offensive. With social media amplifying a torrent of military claims and counterclaims, determining exactly what is happening can be difficult.
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations’ refugee agency says 1 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia’s invasion less than a week ago. It is an exodus without precedent in this century for its speed. The tally from the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees amounts to more than 2% of
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court prosecutor has launched an investigation that could target senior officials believed responsible for war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide amid a rising civilian death toll and widespread destruction of property during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan announced
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Katie Meyer, una jugadora de fútbol de la Universidad de Stanford que ayudó a la institución a asegurar el campeonato de fútbol femenino de la NCAA de 2019, fue encontrada muerta en una residencia del campus, dijeron funcionarios escolares el miércoles. Katie Meyer era estudiante de último año de Relaciones Internacionales y
Continue ReadingBy Zayn Nabbi, CNN With sirens blaring and explosions in the distance, it suddenly dawned on a fearful 20-year-old soccer player that he was in the middle of a warzone. What Amilcar Djau Codjovi, who plays for Ukrainian soccer club Vorskla Poltava, didn’t know was that he would spend the next two days frantically traveling
Continue ReadingBy KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has thrown business plans into disarray and forced a growing number of the world’s best known brands to pull out of a country that’s become a global outcast. Companies are seeking to maintain their reputations and live up to corporate responsibility standards.
Continue ReadingBy KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has thrown business plans into disarray and forced a growing number of the world’s best known brands to pull out of a country that’s become a global outcast. Companies are seeking to maintain their reputations and live up to corporate responsibility standards.
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Olivia Rodrigo praised prior female songwriters and music artists for giving her strength while accepting Billboard’s 2022 Woman of the Year honor. The former teen actor turned pop star was awarded during the event Wednesday night at the YouTube Theater in Inglewood, California. She
Continue ReadingBy ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is closing all of its brick-and-mortar bookstores, as well as its 4-star shops and pop up locations. The closures come as the online behemoth reworks its physical footprint. The move affects 66 stores in the U.S. and two in the United Kingdom. The Seattle-based
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What’s legal, when it comes to marijuana in Deschutes County, and what’s not? A new website — from the people who enforce the sometimes confusing laws on the subject — aims to answer those questions and reduce confusion about the topic.
Continue ReadingBy ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — President Joe Biden and the prime ministers of India, Australia and Japan will talk Thursday in a virtual meeting of the Indo-Pacific alliance known as the Quad that comes a week into the Russian invasion of Ukraine. India’s External Affairs Ministry says the leaders will “exchange
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose, CNN Michael J. Madigan, the former speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, was indicted by a grand jury Wednesday on 22 federal charges related to racketeering, bribery and attempted extortion, prosecutors said. The indictment accuses Madigan, 79, of using his political power to obtain bribes and steer business toward his private
Continue ReadingBy TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Rod Masters may be the most famous organist to ever appear on the big screen in a sports movie, and now nearly a half-century after “Slap Shot” made him famous, he’s the first organist for the expansion Seattle Kraken. Masters’ name never appeared anywhere in the
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