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Year: 2022

Canadian combat engineers to train Ukrainians in Poland

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Canada’s defense minister has announced that her country will deploy approximately 40 combat engineers to Poland to train Ukrainian sappers in mining, de-mining, engineer reconnaissance and explosives. Canadian Defense Minister Anita Anand made the announcement during a visit to Warsaw on Tuesday. Anand said that Canadian combat engineers would begin helping

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White House says Biden will work with Congress to ‘re-evaluate’ relationship with Saudi Arabia

By Betsy Klein, CNN President Joe Biden feels that the US’ relationship with Saudi Arabia needs to be re-evaluated in the wake of the OPEC+ decision last week to decrease oil production, a National Security Council spokesman said . In an interview with CNN’s Brianna Keilar on “New Day,” National Security Council coordinator for strategic

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Labor proposal could upend rules for gig workers, companies

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN and ALEXANDRA OLSON AP Business Writers The U.S. Department of Labor is publishing a new proposal on how workers should be classified saying that thousands of people have been incorrectly labeled as contractors rather than employees, potentially curtailing access to benefits and protections they rightfully deserve. The department said Tuesday that misclassifying

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For the first time, influential task force recommends screening children 8 and older for anxiety

By Naomi Thomas, CNN For the first time, the US Preventive Services Task Force has recommended screening for anxiety in children 8 and older. In its final recommendations, published Tuesday in the medical journal JAMA, the task force also urged screening for depression in children 12 and older, consistent with recommendations from 2016. Both sets

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Smoky haze, sunny, cooler

GOOD TUESDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… We begin the day under mostly clear skies, but many areas from Bend south are suffering from Unhealthy to Hazardous air quality. Skies will stay mostly sunny today, but highs will be a bit cooler, topping out in the low 70’s. Light and variable breezes will not help to clear the

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“Lo peor está por venir”: el Fondo Monetario Internacional emite una dura advertencia de recesión

macamilarincon (CNN Business) –– El Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI) volvió a reducir su pronóstico para la economía global con una dura advertencia: “Lo peor aún está por venir. Y muchas personas sentirán el 2023 como una recesión”. El FMI señaló este martes que espera que el crecimiento mundial se desplome al 2,7% el próximo año,

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