Новости за 16.02.2023

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is traveling to Northern Ireland to meet with local political leaders. This offers hope that the U.K. and European Union may be nearing a settlement of the post-Brexit trade dispute that has brought economic headaches and political turmoil to the region. Sunak and Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris are making the trip Thursday as part of an effort to talk with people on all sides of the issue. Sunak's office says the idea is to ensure any solution resolves “the practical problems on the ground... Читать дальше...

The Gaels, who lead the MAAC, shot 37 of 49 from the floor to narrowly miss the NCAA Division I record of 76.2 percent set by Vanderbilt against Alabama on Feb. 4, 2007. The previous MAAC best was former member Holy Cross' 72.4 percent against Iona on Jan. 31, 1990.

Stormo, a preseason second-team all-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference selection, is still second on the Saints at 13 points per game and third with 5.2 per contest. Some of his most important rebounding work is simply boxing out defenders, allowing players such as Michael Baer or Jared Billups to get the rebound.

Call it the Goldilocks consumer. Defying high inflation and sharp interest rate hikes, Americans keep spending — a trend that, if sustained, could keep the economy humming just enough to help avoid a much-predicted recession. Surveys show that consumers on average don’t expect today’s still-high inflation to last for very long. That confidence could lead them to moderate their spending habits and wage demands, which would help slow inflation over time. If the combination lasts, it could make it easier... Читать дальше...

Several employees at a Tesla factory in Buffalo, New York have been fired after launching union organizing efforts two days ago, according to Tesla Workers United. The group said in a statement on Thursday that workers received an email around 7 p.m. on Wednesday updating them on a new policy that prohibits them from recording workplace meetings without all participants’ permission. TWU said that the policy violates federal labor law and flouts New York’s one-party consent law to record conversations.

Stocks are sinking on Wall Street on worries that inflation is remaining hotter than feared. The S&P 500 was 1.1% lower Thursday after a report showed inflation at the wholesale level slowed by less last month than economists forecast. Treasury yields rose as traders upped their bets for how high the Federal Reserve will raise rates to combat inflation. Higher rates hurt the economy and weigh on financial markets. A suite of mixed data reports on the economy also dented hopes that the Fed could... Читать дальше...

Wholesale prices in the United States reaccelerated in January, indicating that inflation pressures continue to underlie the U.S. economy despite longer-term signs of improvement. From December to January, the government’s producer price index jumped 0.7%, driven up in part by a 5% surge in energy prices. That surge compared with a 0.2% drop from November to December, and it was nearly twice the increase that economists had been expecting. The producer price data can provide an early sign of how fast consumer inflation will rise. Читать дальше...

India’s tax officials are searching the BBC offices in New Delhi and Mumbai for a third straight day seeking information about the organization’s business operations amid allegations of tax evasion. Some news staff members were questioned overnight, but the tax officials restricted themselves to the company's business executives and their offices on Thursday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s critics questioned the timing of the searches, which came weeks after the BBC aired a documentary critical of Modi in the U.K. Kanchan Gupta... Читать дальше...

A devastating earthquake that toppled buildings across parts of Turkey and neighboring Syria has revived a longstanding debate locally and in neighboring Cyprus about a large nuclear power station being built on Turkey’s southern Mediterranean coastline. The plant’s site in Akkuyu, located some 210 miles (338 kilometers) to the west of the epicenter of the Feb. 6 quake, is being designed to endure powerful tremors and did not sustain any damage or experience powerful ground shaking from the 7.8 magnitude earthquake and aftershocks. Читать дальше...

China has imposed trade and investment sanctions on U.S. military contractors Lockheed Martin and Raytheon for supplying weapons to Taiwan, stepping up efforts to isolate the island democracy claimed by the ruling Communist Party as part of its territory. The Ministry of Commerce announced Thursday the companies were barred from importing goods into China or making new investments in the country. It wasn’t clear what impact the penalties might have on Lockheed Martin or Raytheon. The United States... Читать дальше...

Authorities say two sheriff’s deputies who have been suspended for five days for their role in the arrest of Tyre Nichols failed to keep their body cameras activated after they went to the location where Nichols had been beaten by five Memphis police officers. Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner said late Thursday that deputies Jeremy Watkins and Johntavious Bowers each violated multiple policies after they reported to the location of Nichols’ violent arrest on Jan. 7. Nichols had fled a traffic stop... Читать дальше...

Residents of the Ohio village upended by a freight train derailment packed a school gym to seek answers about whether they are safe from toxic chemicals that spilled or were burned off. Hundreds of worried people gathered Wednesday in East Palestine to hear officials say again that testing so far shows the air there is safe, and that air and water monitoring will continue. Residents still worry about the huge plumes of smoke they saw and persisting odors, and they wonder if there are lingering health risks. Читать дальше...

The foreign affairs committee of China's ceremonial parliament is accusing American lawmakers of trampling on the sovereignty of other nations after the United States passed a measure condemning a suspected Chinese spy balloon's intrusion into U.S. airspace. The Chinese statement issued Thursday repeated Beijing's insistence that the object was an unmanned civilian weather research balloon. The U.S. has dismissed that claim citing the balloon's flight route and payload of surveillance equipment. On Wednesday... Читать дальше...

A U.S. judge has slapped a Las Vegas lawyer with a $335,000 penalty for pressing a bid to force international soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo to pay millions of dollars more than a hush money settlement he paid to a Nevada woman who claimed Ronaldo raped her in Las Vegas in 2009. U.S. District Judge Jennifer Dorsey blasted attorney Leslie Mark Stovall for “bad-faith lawyering” and held Stovall personally responsible to pay Ronaldo's attorneys. Stovall and associates didn't immediately respond Wednesday to telephone and email messages. Читать дальше...

North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un attended groundbreaking ceremonies for new housing and farming projects in the capital, Pyongyang. The projects are part of his push for domestic achievements as the country’s economic isolation deepens amid his defiant pursuit of nuclear arms. North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency said Kim broke ground Wednesday for the construction of a huge greenhouse farm in the outskirts of the capital, Pyongyang. He also attended a ceremony marking the start of... Читать дальше...

Ford Motor Co. says it has suspended production and halted shipments of the F-150 Lightning electric pickup after a battery caught fire during a pre-delivery quality check. Production at Ford’s Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Michigan, has been stopped until at least the end of next week. The fire was discovered Feb. 4 and production halted a day later. The automaker says in a statement issued Wednesday night it has no reason to believe electric pickups already in use by customers are affected by the battery issue. Читать дальше...

Police in El Paso, Texas, say one person has been killed and three other people have been wounded in a shooting in a shopping mall. El Paso police spokesperson Sgt. Robert Gomez says one person has been taken into custody in connection with Wednesday's shooting. No immediate information was given about that person. Gomez says the three people who were wounded have been hospitalized. Their conditions were not known. Wednesday’s shooting happened in a busy shopping area and across a large parking lot... Читать дальше...

The Ohio village upended by a train derailment and the intentional burning of some hazardous chemicals on board has invited residents to a meeting to discuss lingering questions. Norfolk Southern, the railroad operator, said it wouldn't attend the gathering Wednesday out of safety concerns caused by what it termed “increasing physical threats" to employees. There are still concerns about the huge plumes of smoke, persisting odors and reports of contaminated water in the area. Officials are assuring people the air is safe and it's OK to return... Читать дальше...

A Nevada judge says it's up to the University of Texas at Dallas whether to ban a woman from attending classes on campus while she serves house arrest in Texas ahead of trial in a Las Vegas-area stabbing that drew international attention. But the judge decided Wednesday that Nika Nikoubin can’t book singing and dancing at venues away from home in Frisco, Texas, without prior approval. A UT Dallas police detective asked for a ban, citing the fatal mass shooting this week at Michigan State University. Читать дальше...

The small Mexican airline Aeromar has announced it is closing down due to financial problems. The regional carrier operated 21 routes in Mexico and flew to McAllen and Laredo in Texas and Havana, Cuba. Aeromar said in a statement Wednesday that it had not been able to recover from the global downturn in travel caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The airline operated a fleet of about ten ATR turboprop airplanes. Aeromar was the second Mexican carrier to go broke as a result of pandemic. In 2020, the low-cost carrier Interjet ceased operations.

U.S. health advisers say the overdose-reversal drug naloxone should be made available as an over-the-counter medication. It's the latest government proposal to increase use of the medication against the opioid overdose crisis. The nasal spray version, Narcan, is already available without a prescription in all 50 states. But switching it to over-the-counter status would allow it to be sold in vending machines, supermarkets and other locations. The positive vote by an Food and Drug Administration advisory... Читать дальше...

As racial justice activists in Missouri celebrate the overturned conviction of Lamar Johnson, they’re questioning why other inmates with credible innocence claims aren’t getting the chance to make their cases in court. A 2021 Missouri law allows prosecuting attorneys to request a hearing before a judge in cases of possible wrongful convictions. In the year-and-a-half since, just two hearings have occurred. A judge in Kansas City in November 2021 overturned the conviction of Kevin Strickland, who... Читать дальше...