Giorno: 29 Febbraio 2024

Inflation Gauge Picks Up, Indicating Inflation Sill Hot

An inflation gauge favored by the Federal Reserve increased in January, the latest sign that the slowdown in U.S. consumer price increases is occurring unevenly from month to month.[#item_full_content]

AP-NORC Poll: US Split on Ukraine Military Aid

As Russia makes battlefield advances and Ukrainian soldiers run short on ammunition, U.S. adults have become fractured along party lines in their support for sending military aid to Kyiv, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs…[#item_full_content]

Putin Warns West About ‘Tragic’ Risk of Global Nuclear War

Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed Thursday to fulfill Moscow’s goals in Ukraine and sternly warned the West against deeper involvement in the fighting, saying that such a move is fraught with the risk of a global nuclear conflict.[#item_full_content]

Dozens of Palestinians killed during Gaza humanitarian aid delivery, reports say

At least 70 people were killed and 280 were wounded as Palestinians rushed toward trucks loaded with humanitarian aid and encountered fire in Gaza City early Thursday, according to local media reports.  The exact circumstances surrounding the deaths remain unclear; while several reports suggested Israeli troops fired on the crowd as they descended upon the […]

At least 24 dead after migrant boat heading to Europe capsizes off Senegal’s northern coast

At least two dozen people died off Senegal’s northern coast and many others were injured when their boat capsized, officials said, underscoring the danger of the route used by an increasing number of migrants seeking to reach Spain from West Africa. The boat was bound for Europe and capsized near the town of Saint-Louis, where […]

1 dead, 5 injured after Norwegian helicopter crashes into North Sea

A helicopter flying between an offshore oil platform and mainland Norway crashed into the North Sea, killing one person and injuring five others, two of them seriously, authorities said Thursday. The Sikorsky S-92 helicopter was on a training mission for state-owned oil and gas company Equinor ASA when it went down late Wednesday off Bergen, […]

iPhone Ponzi scheme in Iran highlights tension with West amid government bans on American luxuries

With flashy celebrity ads and promises of deep discounts, a shop in Iran’s capital had offered consumers in the Islamic Republic one of the hottest products in the country — an iPhone that came out in 2021. But instead of getting their hands on the handsets, police and prosecutors in Iran allege customers found themselves […]

Austria’s foreign minister urges for pause in Mideast fighting for Muslim holy month of Ramadan

Austria’s foreign minister on Thursday urged Israel and Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group against escalating the conflict along the volatile Israel-Lebanon border and expressed hope for a pause in the fighting in Gaza in time for the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in March. The Middle East has witnessed enough devastation and cruelty, […]

Conservatives rally behind Pennsylvania Amish farmer who suffered police raid over milk sales

Republicans on social media are rallying behind an Amish farmer in Pennsylvania who suffered a police raid last month for selling milk in violation of government regulations. Amos Miller argues that he sells his products only to his “private membership association” and not to the public, exempting him from government regulations. However, the state’s agriculture […]

Airlines Could Face More Fines for Mishandling Wheelchairs

The Biden administration is proposing to make it easier for the government to fine airlines for damaging or misplacing wheelchairs by making it an automatic violation of a federal law on accessible air travel.