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Roberta Metsola, first woman elected to repeat term in the European Parliament

Roberta Metsola, first woman elected to repeat term in the European Parliament

Roberta Metsola won broad support on Tuesday for a new term as President of the European Parliament, becoming the first woman to win a second term at the head of the EU assembly. Metsola, a Maltese lawmaker who in 2022 became the first woman in 20 years to head the European Union’s legislative body, She ...

Trump names Ohio Senator JD Vance as his vice presidential running mate

Trump names Ohio Senator JD Vance as his vice presidential running mate

Donald Trump, who has officially received the Republican nomination for the race for the White House, selected James David Vance, a Republican senator from Ohio, as his running mate on Monday.elevating a politician who once criticized the former president in acidic terms but has since become one of his staunchest defenders. The news, published on ...

YPF Luz announces construction of solar park with an investment of US$170 million

YPF Luz announces construction of solar park with an investment of US$170 million

The “El Quemado I” Photovoltaic Solar Park, in Mendoza, will allow YPF Luz to reach 915 MW of renewable installed capacity The unit of electricity of the pArgentine state oil company YPF Light announced on Monday that it will invest around US$170 million to build a solar park in the central province of MendozaThe project ...

After the assassination of Donald Trump, the presidential race in the US is darkening

After the assassination of Donald Trump, the presidential race in the US is darkening

In a country already on edge, the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump enraged his supporters and halted the Democratic campaign and raised fears of further political violence in the run-up to the November elections. Trump’s Republican allies painted him as a hero on Saturday, seizing on the image of him with a bloody ...

Who is Thomas Mathiew Crooks?, the young man who shot candidate Donald Trump

Who is Thomas Mathiew Crooks?, the young man who shot candidate Donald Trump

The FBI has identified the shooter of former President Trump as a white man from Pennsylvania who goes by the name of Thomas Mathiew Crooks, 20. This is a man from Bethel Park (Pennsylvania), an hour away and in the same state where the rally was held. attacked Trumpwho has been wounded in the right ...

El-Erian says US policy threatens Fed rate cuts

El-Erian says US policy threatens Fed rate cuts

The chances of a Federal Reserve interest rate cut in September are dimmed by The threat of an inflationary policy shock after the US elections, according to Mohamed El-Erian. “There are two factors that make a September rate cut difficult for this Fed,” El-Erian, president of Queens’ College, Cambridge, told Bloomberg Television on Friday. “One ...

Wells Fargo's second-quarter profit fell on deposit costs

Wells Fargo’s second-quarter profit fell on deposit costs

Wells Fargo’s second-quarter profit fell as the bank spent more to retain deposits amid intense competition for customers’ money, the lender said Friday. Banks are now facing the consequences of higher interest rates for longer as more customers are reluctant to take out new loans at high costs. Banks are also having to pay more ...

William Ruto dismisses most of Kenya's cabinet after deadly riots

William Ruto dismisses most of Kenya’s cabinet after deadly riots

Kenyan President William Ruto has sacked most of his cabinet after deadly protests against his plan to raise more than $2 billion in new taxes,and indicated that he will turn toward a government that could include members of opposition parties. Ruto has retained his deputy and a senior political appointee, who also deals with foreign ...

US inflation met June targets and fell more than expected

US inflation met June targets and fell more than expected

U.S. consumer prices unexpectedly fell in June, with the annual increase being the lowest in a year. which reinforced the view that the disinflationary trend is back on track and brings the Federal Reserve one step closer to reducing interest rates. The Consumer Price Index, or CPI, fell 0.1% last month after remaining unchanged in ...

Amazon says carbon emissions will decline 3% in 2023

Amazon says carbon emissions will decline 3% in 2023

Amazon.com Inc. says its carbon emissions fell for the second year in a row in 2023 as the company reduced spending on new warehouses and cloud computing data centers. The e-commerce giant’s greenhouse gas emissions fell 3% last year to 68.82 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent. The reduction was driven by a 13% ...