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☆ Americans are still paying more for shoes, luggage and hats after Biden left Trump’s tariffs in place
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-16 | by ( Katie Lobosco | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Courtesy Abby ChowningThe tariffs Biden left in place – which are paid by US importers and not China – hit roughly $300 billion of goods. After Trump’s tariffs hit, some US companies sought new manufacturers in other countries. The Covid-19 pandemic upended the global economy roughly two years after Trump’s trade war began. Several studies show that Trump’s tariffs only marginally contributed to the rise in US inflation experienced after the pandemic and the following supply chain crisis. Trump’s tariffs were meant to get China to address those issues.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Tiffany Zarfas Williams, ”, Zarfas Williams, Joe Biden, –, “ Trump, ” Biden, “, Biden, ’, Abby, China –, Rick Muskat, Jake Muskat, Alena Margolis, Muskat, ” Muskat, Phil Page, Page, Bryan Finch, ” Page, Morgan, Nate Herman, Matt Priest, Priest, Steve Madden, ” Jared Bernstein, we’ve, ” Bernstein, Justin Sullivan, ” Herman, Xi Jinping, Biden “ Organizations: Washington CNN —, China, Trump, Biden, Deer Stags, JCPenney, America, Cap America, American Apparel & Footwear Association, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Footwear Distributors, Retailers of America, Adidas, Columbia, Nike, White House Council, Economic Advisers, China Business, Trade, National Council of Textile Organizations, Port Locations: Lubbock, Texas, China, Ukraine, Missouri, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Port of Oakland, Oakland , California

☆ Political Violence in Slovakia Reminds Us of the Dangers of Polarization - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-17 | by ( Alena Krempaska | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“Fico was shot.” The message arrived in one of my group chats shortly after 3 p.m. on Wednesday. Information was limited, and headlines like “Robert Fico Was Shot After the Government Meeting in Handlova” seemed absurdly matter-of-fact. But could he really have been shot multiple times on a weekday afternoon in May? Slovakian politics are deeply polarized in ways that have tipped into rhetorical and even physical violence. We reassure ourselves that those who write threatening messages online are not usually the ones who carry them out.

Persons: “ Fico, Robert Fico, Handlova ”, Fico, brawled Organizations: Lawmakers Locations: Handlova

☆ Why School Absences Have ‘Exploded’ Almost Everywhere
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-29 | by ( Sarah Mervosh | Francesca Paris | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +14 min

Increase in chronic absenteeism, 2019–23 By local child poverty rates By length of school closures By school district size By district racial makeup Source: Upshot analysis of data from Nat Malkus, American Enterprise Institute. Sara Miller, a counselor at South Anchorage High School for 20 years, now sees more absences from students across the socioeconomic spectrum. But after a visit from her school district, and starting therapy herself, she has settled into a new routine. Nationally, about 26 percent of students were considered chronically absent last school year, up from 15 percent before the pandemic. Kaylee Greenlee for The New York TimesThe Ypsilanti school district has tried a bit of everything, said the superintendent, Alena Zachery-Ross.

Persons: Nat Malkus, ”, Kaylee Greenlee, Katie Rosanbalm, —, can’t, Adam Clark, Sara Miller, Miller, Ash Adams, Tracey Carson, Ashley Cooper, she’s, ’ ”, Cooper, Rosanbalm, Duke, Quintin Shepherd, The New York Times Quintin Shepherd, Shepherd, Michael A, Gottfried, “, Nicholas Bloom, Lakisha Young, Charlene M, Russell, Tucker, Regina Murff, Sylvia Jarrus, Ann Arbor, Murff, Alena Zachery, Zachery Organizations: D.C, American Enterprise Institute, New York Times, The New York, Center of Child, Duke University, The New York Times, Missing, South Anchorage High School, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, Companies, Stanford University, Oakland Locations: Anchorage, Michigan, Washington, Victoria , Texas, Mt, Northern California, Hawaii, Mason , Ohio, Cincinnati, San Marcos , Texas, California, Connecticut, Ypsilanti, Mich, Ann, Ross

CNN —Several Russians poured dye into ballot boxes in protest as the three-day presidential vote got underway, near certain to extend Vladimir Putin’s long grip on power. But videos released Friday from several polling stations across Russia showed protesters pouring what authorities described as dye into ballot boxes to spoil the votes cast. CCTV video from a polling station in Moscow showed a young woman pouring what appeared to be green dye into a ballot box. She was immediately detained and faces criminal charges for obstructing the election, according to Russian state media RIA Novosti. In St. Petersburg, Putin’s hometown, a woman threw a Molotov cocktail at the signboard of a polling station in the Moskovsky district, RIA reported.

Persons: Vladimir, Putin, Alena Bulgakova, Bulgakova, Putin’s, Molotov, Ella Pamfilova, ”, Alexey Navalny, Evgeny Feldman, Navalny, “, Navalny’s, Yulia Navalnaya Organizations: CNN, Novosti, Kremlin, Russian Civic Chamber Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Moscow, Voronezh, Rostov, Karachay, St . Petersburg, Moskovsky

As of Thursday night, two tornado reports had been made in Indiana and five in Ohio, according to the Storm Prediction Center. More than 10,000 homes and businesses in Indiana and nearly 37,000 in Ohio were without power late Thursday night, according to PowerOutage.us. In Winchester, Indiana, state police were helping with search and rescue efforts after a tornado likely struck the area, and temporary shelters have been set up for residents, agency spokesperson Sgt. State police Superintendent Doug Carter described the storm in Winchester as a “terrible, terrible event” with many reports of significant injuries. The tornado reports in Indiana and Ohio came as a system of strong thunderstorms swept across parts of the central and eastern US on Thursday.

Persons: CNN —, Injuries, wouldn’t, Scott Keegan, Doug Carter, Carter, “, ”, Mary Rutan, David Crissman, Crissman, Alena Roberts, Mike Robbins, Robbins, CNN’s Taylor Ward, Raja Razek, Andy Rose, Jamiel Lynch, Jason Hanna Organizations: CNN, Storm Prediction, Authorities, Emergency Management Agency, Storm Prediction Center, National Weather Service, Mary Locations: Indiana, Ohio, Texas, Pennsylvania, Winchester , Indiana, Winchester, Selma , Indiana, Delaware, Ohio’s Auglaize, Logan, Wilmington , Ohio, Ohio’s Logan County, Indian Lake, Lakeview, Logan County, Bellefontaine, Parts, Mercer, Celina, Indiana and Ohio, Oklahoma , Arkansas, Missouri

☆ It looks like Taylor Swift is a distant relative of Emily Dickinson — a poet she's thought to have long admired
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewGenealogy website Ancestry announced that Taylor Swift is distantly related to the American poet Emily Dickinson. According to Ancestry, Swift and Dickinson are sixth cousins, three times removed, tracing their roots back to the same 17th-century English immigrant. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. AdvertisementA Business Insider overview of the literary references in Swift's songs from last year noted that many fans think the 10th track on "Evermore" was inspired by Dickinson. The Apple TV+ series "Dickinson," which largely focuses on the poet's supposed romantic interest in Gilbert, featured the song.

Persons: —, Taylor Swift, Emily Dickinson, Swift, Dickinson, Dickinson's, Taylor, Emily Dickinson's, Sue Gilbert, Gilbert, Alena Smith Organizations: Service, Business, Poets Department, Nashville Songwriters Association, Apple Locations: American, Windsor , Connecticut, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, West Reading , Pennsylvania

☆ UK regulators approve medical treatment involving CRISPR gene editing in world first
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —The United Kingdom has become the first country to give regulatory approval to a medical treatment involving the revolutionary CRISPR gene editing tool. The treatment, made by Vertex Pharmaceuticals, is administered by taking stem cells out of a patient’s bone marrow and editing a gene in the cells in a lab. “Modifying the stem cells from the bone marrow of the patient avoids the problems associated with immune compatibility, i.e. The release from the MHRA did not say how much the treatment would cost, but it’s likely to be expensive. CRISPR-Cas9 has had a major impact on biomedical research, clinical medicine and agriculture and is widely used in labs around the world.

Persons: —, ”, Julian Beach, “, — Emmanuelle Charpentier, Jennifer A, Doudna —, Casgevy, Alena Pance, ” Pance, Cas9, Jiankui Organizations: CNN, country’s Medicines, Healthcare, Agency, Beta, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, US Food and Drug Administration, University of Hertfordshire, Science Media Centre Locations: United Kingdom, South Asian

☆ Milan Fashion Week: Stars and style align at the Spring-Summer 2024 shows
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Marianna Cerini | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

Milan CNN —Milan Fashion Week picked up where London left off last Wednesday, at least weather-wise. Both hit their strides with highly well received collections, as did a number of other familiar faces to Italy’s fashion capital. Overall, however, the festivities showed a consistency of form that continues to make the Italian city Paris’s greatest rival to the fashion scene throne. Cinematic sets and performative showsAlongside the clothes, many brands made their sets a main talking point at fashion week. Lodovico Colli di Felizzano/WWD/Getty ImagesRyan Gosling and Juila Roberts were among the star-studded crowd to pile into the Gucci show.

Persons: Milan, Gucci, Sabato de Sarno, Tom Ford’s, Peter Hawkings, Ford’s, Versace, Giulio Tanzini, Julia Roberts, Ryan Gosling, Gabrielle Union, Jessica Chastain, Paul Mescal, Jodie Comer, Emma Watson, Scarlett Johansson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Prada, Kate Moss, Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell, Anna Wintour, Kim Jones, Karl Lagerfeld, Rome, Tom Ford, georgette, Brigitte Bardot, Priscilla Presley, Lorenzo Serafini, Max Mara, Ian Griffiths, Carlyne Cerf, Dudzeele, Katie Grand, Lucia Liu, Gabriella Karefa, Johnson, Franco, Jeremy Scott, Cerf, Lucia Liu’s, Donatella Versace, Kendall Jenner, Gigi Hadid, Natalia Bryant, Precious Lee, Claudia Schiffer, lacy, Simone Bellotti, Francesca Murri, Matthieu Blazy, Blazy, Italy —, —, Paolo Fichera, Cavalli, Fendi, Shawn Kolodny, Pietro S, Beate Karlsson, Avavav, Sabato de Sarno's, Gregoire Avanel, Tom Ford's, Gaspar Ruiz, Pietro D'Aprano, Mattieu, Alfonso Catalano, Kim Jones nodded, Fendi Jones, Daniele Venturelli, Zakirova, Lodovico Colli di, Juila Roberts, Roberto Cavalli, Isidore Montag Organizations: Milan CNN — Milan, London, Bottega Veneta, Diesel, Prada, Britain’s Land Army, Dolce, Gabbana, Bally, Fondazione Prada, Accademia di Brera, Getty, Gucci Locations: British, Milan, Bottega, Hollywood, Fendi, organza, Los Angeles, Cannes, Bottega Veneta, Italy, French, Belgian, —, Missoni, Milan’s, Sunnei, Stockholm

This is how Komsomolskaya School Number 1 is marking the opening of a new school desk, a so-called “hero desk” emblazoned with the face and biography of one of Russia’s war dead, once a pupil at this very school. The desks are part of a pan-Russian initiative called the “New School Project” and are funded by “United Russia,” a staunchly pro-Putin party. As of early May, United Russia said there were more than 14,000 desks in 9,000 schools across the country. Local news reports suggest some schools use the desks to reward good behavior or good grades. The desks across the country are standardized: green, with military photographs, a biography, medals awarded (often posthumously) and the soldier’s date of death.

Persons: It’s, ”, Gennady Alexandrovich Pavlov, Chuvashia, Gennady Pavlov, Russia’s, Daniil Ken, ” Ken, Sergei Shoigu, Ken, Alena Arshinova, Olga, Sergey Kravtsov, Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Medvedev, there’s, “, ‘, Tatyana Chervenko, Chervenko, Mikhail Stepanov, ’, Stepanov, Wagner, “ Artyomovsk Organizations: CNN, New, “ United, Putin, Teachers ’ Alliance, Russian Ministry of Defense, State Duma, United, Kyiv, Russian, Russia’s Security, Novosti, Ministry Locations: Russian, Chuvashia, Russia, “ United Russia, United Russia, Ukraine, Hostomel, Kyiv, United States, State, St . Petersburg, Simferopol, Crimea, “, Leningrad, ”, Moscow, Virginia, Khabarovsk, Russia’s, Ukrainian, Bakhmut

☆ American savers are missing out – because bank interest rates are trailing the Fed's benchmark by a record amount
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-15 | by ( George Glover | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

That means there's a record gap between the rates they offer customers on deposits and the Fed's benchmark. The interest rates that banks pay on customer deposits are lagging the US central bank's benchmark by a record amount, its economists said in a new paper. Assets in money-market funds hit a fresh high of $5.25 trillion last week, according to data from the Investment Company Institute. "The spread between the Fed funds rate and the deposit rate is at a modern high of above 2%," Kang-Landsberg, Luck, and Plosser said. Deposit interest rates could be set to surge the rest of this year as the gap to the Fed's benchmark starts to close, according to the researchers.

The SFDR defines sustainable investment as contributing to "an environmental or social objective", assessed by indicators such as use of raw materials or production of waste. The people Reuters spoke to said discrepancies among fund portfolios reflected a lack of clarity from the Commission over what constitutes a sustainable investment. Reuters GraphicsReuters GraphicsTEMPERATURE GAUGEMSCI, the finance industry data provider, has developed a way of checking on investment funds' green credentials with its ESG Implied Temperature Rise tool. Among them, for example, are BlackRock's Sustainable Energy Fund, Nordea's Global Climate and Environment Fund and Pictet's Global Environmental Opportunities Fund. "The characterisation of what constitutes a sustainable investment under the SFDR is also a concept that needs further clarifications at European level."

Reality show-ul „Dom-2” este perfect pentru mine, întrucât este un spectacol despre oameni, relații și dragoste. Proiectul a revenit pe micile ecrane în luna aprilie pe canalul „Yu” TV din Rusia, dar fără Olga Buzova. Acesta a dezvăluit pe o rețea de socializare că povestea ei în calitate de concurent și prezentator a luat sfârșit: „Trebuie să merg mai departe! 04/12/2021, viața mea asociată cu reality show-ul „Dom-2” s-a încheiat oficial. ️Emisiunea a început să se difuzeze în 2004 pe canalul TV TNT și a intrat în Cartea Recordurilor Guinness ca fiind cel mai longeviv reality show.

Persons: Olga Buzova, Bonya, Nelly Ermolaeva Organizations: Guinness Locations: Rusia, Republica Moldova

☆ Întâmplare tragică în Rusia: O tânără gravidă a pierdut copilul din cauza unui anestezist beat
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-14 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

O tânără coregrafă, căreia îi venise sorocul să nască, a pierdut sarcina din cauza anestezist băut și a medicului șef care a plecat din tură, abandonându-și pacienta. Totul părea să decurgă normal, tânăra nu simţea dureri, copilul era activ, dar o uşoară sângerare o îngrijora. "M-am întins pe un scaun, iar medicul a început să mă examineze cu o pensă. Medicul a început să se panicheze foarte mult, a cerut o targă şi m-a dus în sala de operație", povesteşte Alena. Imediat, în maternitate a început panica, asistentele au început să caute alţi chirurgi, dar nu au găsit pe nimeni.

Persons: Coregrafa, Alena Locations: Rusia, deşi

„Cel mai lung reality show zilnic din lume despre cum să construiești dragostea pe TNT se încheie. Marele final de două ore al emisiunii va fi lansat pe 30 decembrie”, a declarat sursa agenției. Proiectului va fi înlocuit cu o linie de cinci programe în genul stand-up, au declarat pentru TNT. Toate celelalte trebuie să dispară „, a declarat directorul TNT, Roman Petrenko, ale cărui cuvinte au fost citate în serviciul de presă. Printre gazdele spectacolului se numără Ksenia Sobchak, Ksenia Borodina și Olga Buzova.

Persons: Dom, Petrenko, Olga Buzova, Bonya, Nelly Ermolaeva Organizations: TNT, YouTube Locations: Roman

„Cel mai lung reality show zilnic din lume, despre cum să construiești dragostea, difuzat pe TNT, se încheie. Marele final, de două ore, al emisiunii va fi lansat pe 30 decembrie”, a anunțat serviciul de presă al postului de televiziune, citat de tass.ru. Între timp multe s-au schimbat, iar proiectului ar urma să fie înlocuit cu cinci programe în genul stand-up. „În cei 16 ani de Dom-2, spațiul de televiziune s-a schimbat dramatic – peste patru sute de canale TV au apărut în țară. Toate celelalte trebuie să dispară”, a declarat directorul TNT, Roman Petrenko, citat de serviciul de presă al postului de televiziune.

Persons: Dom, Petrenko, Olga Buzova, Bonya, Nelly Ermolaeva Organizations: TNT Locations: Roman, Republica Moldova

☆ Primele categorii de oameni care...
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-10 | by ( ) www.realitatea.md time to read: +2 min

Potrivit unui comitet independent de experți, persoanele în vârstă și pacienții cu boli preexistente ar trebui să fie vaccinate în primul rând. „Această prioritizare trebuie stabilită de factorii politici de decizie pe baza recomandărilor”, a precizat Thomas Mertens. Orice decizie finală ar trebui să fie luată de „cei care ţin seringa”, a adăugat el. Primele vaccinuri dezvoltate împotriva maladiei COVID-19 ar putea fi autorizate cel mai devreme la începutul anului 2021, potrivit unor experţi. Un vaccin anti-COVID-19 a fost dezvoltat de compania germană BioNTech în colaborare cu un partener american, grupul Pfizer.

Persons: Buyx, Thomas Mertens Organizations: Uniunii Europene Locations: Agerpres, Berlin, Germania, american, Statele Unite

Orice decizie finală ar trebui să fie luată de “cei care ţin seringa”, a adăugat el. Primele vaccinuri dezvoltate împotriva maladiei COVID-19 ar putea fi autorizate cel mai devreme la începutul anului 2021, potrivit unor experţi. Un vaccin anti-COVID-19 a fost dezvoltat de compania germană BioNTech în colaborare cu un partener american, grupul Pfizer. Germania a raportat un număr total de 671.868 de cazuri de infectare cu noul coronavirus de la începutul pandemiei de COVID-19, potrivit Institutului Robert Koch pentru controlul bolilor. Bilanţul deceselor a crescut cu 63 de victime şi a ajuns la o cifră cumulată de 11.352 de victime.

Persons: Buyx, Thomas Mertens, Robert Koch Organizations: Uniunii Europene Locations: Berlin, Germania, american, Statele Unite

Pierderea parțială sau completă a mirosului nu poate fi asociată cu coronavirusul, ci poate fi un simptom al altor boli. Doctorul Alena Paretskaya a avertizat că pierderea parțială sau completă a mirosului nu poate fi asociată cu coronavirusul, ci poate fi un simptom al altor boli. Paretskaya a remarcat faptul că bolile progresive ale sistemului nervos central, precum Alzheimer, pot fi cea mai gravă cauză a anosmiei. Procedând astfel, ea a subliniat că pierderea treptată a mirosului poate fi o parte naturală a îmbătrânirii. "Pe lângă modificările senile, utilizarea anumitor medicamente sau expunerea la substanțe chimice toxice poate provoca o problemă", a remarcat specialistul într-un comentariu pentru Komsomolskaya Pravda.

Persons: Doctorul Alena Paretskaya, Paretskaya, Alzheimer, Pravda Locations: BUCUREȘTI

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