By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Oil prices have surged nearly 5% and stock prices dropped after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered forces into separatist regions of eastern Ukraine, bringing a long-feared invasion a step closer. U.S. futures also skidded after Wall Street was closed Monday for Presidents Day. Western powers have
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By Sandee LaMotte, CNN If you are one of the millions of women who plan to use infertility treatments to have a baby, be aware that new research found women may be at increased risk for vascular and pregnancy-related complications, especially if they are 35 or older. “Advancing maternal age — specifically being age 35
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By Donald Judd, Kate Sullivan and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced new investments in the domestic production of minerals and materials crucial to creating a wide array of technological devices, including computers, smartphones, batteries, household appliances and vehicles. The investments, which are the latest step the administration is taking in unsnarling
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By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Women who experience sexual violence, workplace sexual harassment or both have a higher long-term risk of developing high blood pressure than women with no such trauma, according to new research. Hypertension is a key risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Cardiovascular disease is the top killer of women, causing 1 in 3
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By Katie Hunt, CNN Winged reptiles known as pterosaurs — airplane-size creatures that swooped through the skies as dinosaurs walked the Earth — were the first vertebrate animals to evolve powered flight. A spectacular three-dimensional fossil of one previously unknown pterosaur has been discovered on the shore of the Isle of Skye, off the west
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By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer Formula One will get a glimpse of what the season may look like when its new generation of cars hits the track in a test session in Barcelona on Wednesday. It will be the first preseason session following one of the biggest regulation changes in the series, and the
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — A closely watched survey shows that business confidence in Germany, Europe’s biggest economy, has picked up for the second month in a row — even though the Russia-Ukraine crisis casts a shadow over expectations. The Ifo institute said Tuesday that its monthly confidence index increased to 98.9 points in February from 96
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Una vez más, el mundo está pendiente de lo que haga el presidente ruso Vladimir Putin a continuación. Pero los presagios, después de su desahogo televisado del lunes lleno de agravios contra Ucrania, Occidente y las humillaciones de la historia, son muy, muy oscuros. ¿Qué significó el discurso de Putin sobre Ucrania?
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By Travis Caldwell, CNN A man who was bitten by a shark while fishing near Bimini, Bahamas, was rescued via helicopter, the US Coast Guard said in a news release. Coast Guard Sector Miami watchstanders received word midday Monday the 51-year-old was bitten while aboard a vessel and a tourniquet was applied to the man’s
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By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business Bitcoin and other major cryptocurrencies have been feeling the heat this week as tensions between Russia and Ukraine escalate and investors shun riskier assets. On Tuesday, bitcoin was trading at $36,649 at 2:30 a.m. ET, falling nearly 6.5% in the last 24 hours, according to data from CoinDesk. The world’s
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Las cosas buenas vienen de dos en dos. Al menos este martes es así. Hoy es 22 de febrero de 2022. Cuando lo escribes, 22/2/22, es un palíndromo, lo que significa que se lee igual hacia adelante y hacia atrás. También cae en martes (Tuesday en inglés), que en esta fecha recibe
Continue Reading By CARLOS RODRIGUEZ AP Sports Writer ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Stefan Kozlov has overcome cramps in an upset win over Grigor Dimitrov in a 3-hour, 21-minute opener to move into a second-round match against Rafael Nadal at the Mexican Open. The No. 130-ranked Kozlov got a spot in the main draw as lucky loser after
Continue Reading By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has moved quickly to secure its hold on Ukraine’s rebel regions following the recognition of their independence with bills allowing the deployment of troops there in a challenge to the West. The agreements are set to be quickly rubber-stamped by the Kremlin-controlled parliament
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Henderson, CNN A 4-year-old child in Utah fired a weapon from the back seat of a car toward a police officer, after allegedly being instructed to do so by his father, authorities said. Police were initially called to a McDonald’s in Midvale on Monday when restaurant workers reported a man “brandished” a gun
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By Michelle Toh, CNN Business HSBC announced plans Tuesday to buy back up to another $1 billion in shares as it outlined a “significantly” brighter outlook due to the prospect of rising interest rates around the world. The buyback is on top of an existing $2 billion program the global bank announced last October. On
Continue Reading By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has moved quickly to secure its hold on Ukraine’s rebel regions following the recognition of their independence with bills allowing the deployment of troops there in a challenge to the West. The agreements are set to be quickly rubber-stamped by the Kremlin-controlled parliament
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Inflation is hitting Americans hard, and that includes energy prices.
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By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer Gonzaga has made two trips to the national championship game, annually beats the nation’s top programs in nonconference games and wins more consistently than any other program. Even with all their success, there’s still a corner of college basketball fans who insist the Zags are overrated, a product of
Continue Reading By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer Gonzaga has made two trips to the national championship game, annually beats the nation’s top programs in nonconference games and wins more consistently than any other program. Even with all their success, there’s still a corner of college basketball fans who insist the Zags are overrated, a product of
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By Megan Marples, CNN Good things come in twos. At least this Tuesday it does. The date is February 22, 2022. When you write it, 2/22/22, it’s a palindrome, meaning it reads the same forward and backward. It also falls on a Tuesday, which is now referred to as Twosday. It’s the most exceptional date
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