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Month: January 2024

Europe’s biggest economy shrank last year as Germany struggles with multiple crises

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Germany’s economy shrank 0.3% last year as Europe’s former powerhouse struggled with more expensive energy, higher interest rates, a lack of skilled labor and a homegrown budget crisis. Europe’s largest economy has been mired in stagnation since the last months of 2022 amid those multiple challenges. The International Monetary Fund expected

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Sagiv Jehezkel, un jugador de fútbol israelí detenido en Turquía, ha sido liberado, informan los medios estatales turcos

Sofía Barruti (CNN) —  Sagiv Jehezkel, el jugador de fútbol israelí suspendido del club turco de primer nivel Antalyaspor por una protesta en el campo, fue puesto en libertad tras ser interrogado por la fiscalía local, según la agencia de medios estatal turca Anadolu. Jehezkel, que había sido detenido por la policía en Antalya, fue

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Pro-Palestinian activists arrested over suspected plot to disrupt London Stock Exchange

By Max Foster, CNN London (CNN) — Six people were arrested Sunday over a suspected plot to disrupt the London Stock Exchange (LSE) when the market opened for trade Monday, London’s Metropolitan Police has said. Detectives began an investigation after information was passed to the Metropolitan Police by the Daily Express newspaper Friday. It was alleged that activists

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Some schools reopen and garbage collection resumes in Japan’s areas hardest-hit by New Year’s quake

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Some schools have reopened and limited garbage collection has resumed in Japan’s northcentral region of Noto that was hit by the deadly New Year’s Day earthquake. Monday’s developments were signs of slight improvement in the devastation that thousands of people still face in the area. The magnitude

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Africa’s biggest oil refinery begins production in Nigeria with the aim of reducing need for imports

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Africa’s biggest oil refinery has begun production in Nigeria after a yearslong wait. The $19 billion Dangote Petroleum Refinery facility has a capacity to produce 650,000 barrels a day and has started to produce diesel and aviation fuel, the company reported Saturday. Nigeria is one of

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Israeli soccer player returns to Israel after being detained in Turkey for protest in support of hostages held in Gaza

By Hande Atay Alam, Scott McLean, Amir Tal and Isil Sariyuce, CNN (CNN) — Sagiv Jehezkel, the Israeli soccer player suspended from top-tier Turkish club Antalyaspor for an on-pitch protest in support of hostages held in Gaza, has returned to Israel after he was briefly detained by police. Jehezkel, who had been held by police in Antalya,

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Iceland faces daunting period after lava from volcano destroys homes in fishing town, president says

By MARCO DI MARCO Associated Press REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Iceland’s president says the country is battling “tremendous forces of nature” after molten lava from a volcano consumed several houses in the evacuated town of Grindavik. President Gudni Th. Johannesson said in a televised address late Sunday that “a daunting period of upheaval has begun”

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