BRUSSELS (AP) — After the political outrage against Russia comes the economic reckoning. Finance ministers of the 19 countries that use the euro gathered Friday in Paris to weigh the economic fallout of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the resulting European Union sanctions. The EU, and allies like the U.S., are trying to starve Russia
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By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sent oil futures above $100 a barrel for the first time since 2014 and will probably bring $4-a-gallon gasoline to much of the United States. But it won’t be a major drag on US economic growth. Economists project that at most the nation’s gross domestic
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By Gabby Orr and Melanie Zanona, CNN Former President Donald Trump didn’t plan to invite Alabama Senate hopeful Katie Britt to meet with him at Mar-a-Lago this month. He already had his man in the race — conservative firebrand Mo Brooks — and wasn’t keen on endorsing a second candidate, despite briefly considering it amid
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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — American-owned F1 team Haas dropped the sponsorship of Russian company Uralkali on its car on the final day of preseason testing in Barcelona where Mercedes and Red Bull were the fastest in action. Haas’ driving lineup includes Nikita Mazepin. He is the only Russian driver on the Formula One grid this
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By Simone McCarthy and CNN’s Beijing bureau As Russian missiles flew through the Ukrainian sky Thursday and world leaders decried an invasion spreading across the country, China refused to condemn Russia’s move outright, while appearing to levy blame on the United States and its allies. Beijing finds itself in a complex position as Russia’s invasion
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Mientras los misiles rusos volaban por el cielo ucraniano el jueves y los líderes mundiales denunciaban una invasión que se extendía por todo el país, China se negó a condenar rotundamente la acción de Rusia y pareció culpar a Estados Unidos y sus aliados. Guerra Rusia – Ucrania: última hora, noticias y
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By Mark Thompson, CNN Business British Airways has suspended its flights to Moscow after Russia banned all UK carriers from its airspace. Russia’s Federal Agency for Air Transport said in a statement Friday that it was banning UK registered flights, as well as aircraft owned, leased or operated by a person associated with the United
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By Jim Sciutto and Katie Bo Williams, CNN US intelligence officials are concerned that Kyiv could fall under Russian control within days, according to two sources familiar with the latest intelligence. The sources said that the initial US assessment from before the invasion — which anticipated that the Ukrainian capital would be overrun within one
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv ¿Enviará EE.UU. tropas a Ucrania? Esto ha dicho Joe Biden. China podría estar observando la situación en Ucrania con un ojo puesto en Taiwán. Esto es lo que debes saber para comenzar el día. Primero la verdad. 1 ¿Por qué Rusia invadió finalmente Ucrania? Tras meses de tensión y escalada entre Rusia y
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By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN Frantic to show voters they’ve accomplished more ahead of the November midterm elections, a small group of House Democrats is circulating what it calls a “common sense” agenda of 77 bills they say could quickly head to President Joe Biden’s desk, all with tangible impacts on key issues. Deliberately, the bills
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By Annie Grayer, Katelyn Polantz and Zachary Cohen, CNN The Democrat-led House Oversight Committee has indicated to the National Archives it’s expanding its investigation into former President Donald Trump‘s mishandling of government documents after he left the presidency by asking the Archives in a new letter for more information, including the torn-up pieces of paper
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Las sanciones punitivas nunca detendrían los misiles, tanques y bombas rusos. Pero la administración de Biden espera que ofrezcan una ventaja temprana en el primer enfrentamiento de una nueva y peligrosa coda del siglo XXI a la Guerra Fría. Guerra Rusia – Ucrania: última hora y noticias ¿Enviará EE.UU. tropas a Ucrania?
Continue Reading GENEVA (AP) — Russia will not host any more World Cup events organized by the International Ski Federation this winter. The world ski body announced the decision after a farcical attempt to hold ski cross races on Friday. They were scheduled in the Urals resort Sunny Valley one day after Russia started a military invasion
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By Charles Riley, CNN Business The West has announced a barrage of tough new sanctions aimed at cutting off Russia’s banks from the global financial system and depriving the country of vital technology. Yet a punishing financial weapon is being kept in reserve. The United States and the European Union held back from cutting Russia
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By Katie Hunt, CNN Some 4.4 million space objects billions of light-years away have been mapped by astronomers, including 1 million space objects that hadn’t been spotted before. The vast majority of these objects are galaxies that harbor massive black holes or rapidly growing new stars. Other discoveries include colliding groups of distant galaxies and
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi, CNN The massive black bear, known as Hank the Tank and blamed for breaking and entering more than two dozen homes in California’s Lake Tahoe area, is no longer the sole suspect, according to officials. Authorities had believed the 500-pound bear was acting alone as he roamed the streets in the Tahoe
Continue Reading By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — Russia has been stripped of hosting the Champions League final by UEFA with St. Petersburg replaced by Paris after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The men’s final will still be held on May 28 but now at the 80,000-seat Stade de France after the decision by
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — World shares have advanced but U.S. futures are lower as Russian troops press toward the capital of Ukraine. Market benchmarks rose in London, Paris, Tokyo and Shanghai but fell in Hong Kong. Russian shares gained 15%, rebounding after a nosedive on Thursday as the invasion of
Continue Reading By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — A person with knowledge of the decision tells The Associated Press that Russia has been stripped of hosting the Champions League final by UEFA with St. Petersburg replaced by Paris. The person spoke on condition of anonymity ahead of an announcement by the UEFA executive
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Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN Airbus just moved one step closer to launching the world’s first zero-emission commercial aircraft by 2035. The French aircraft maker has announced plans to test hydrogen fuel technology using a modified version of one of its A380 jetliners, which were discontinued last year. Airbus has partnered with CFM International, a joint venture
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