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According to AP, the revised standards for EV tax credits follow lobbying by automakers that had pressed the Biden administration to change vehicle definitions to allow higher priced vehicles to qualify. Tesla CEO Elon Musk met with top aides to President Joe Biden last week to discuss the EV industry and the broader goals of ... Leggi

Biden is expected to devote much of his second State of the Union address to highlighting his efforts over the past two years to create jobs, fight inflation and improve the nation's infrastructure as he gears up for an expected run for reelection, AP reports. After the speech, the president, vice president, and members of ... Leggi

The 70-year-old Martinez is a former treasurer at the federation, AP reports. The French Rugby Federation chose Alexandre Martinez as its interim president on Friday, one week after Bernard Laporte resigned. “I will deal with the current affairs with a clear objective: to reduce the division and fracture currently affecting French rugby “I thank all the members of the (federation) executive committee for their trust. Leggi

Ukraine is steadfastly opposed to letting Russians compete. I think people will understand why this is necessary.”. Her Latvian counterpart, Arturs Krisjanis Karins, called it “morally reprehensible” to allow Russians to compete at the Olympics. “So boycotting is the next step. The prime ministers of the three Baltic countries urged the International Olympic Committee to ban Russian athletes from next year’s Paris Games because of the war in Ukraine, saying Friday a boycott was a possibility. Leggi

Lawyer Willie Kimani was representing a motorcycle taxi operator who was suing Leliman for shooting him at a traffic roadblock. Leliman later started threatening and intimidating the man. A Kenyan former policeman was sentenced to death on Friday for the murder of a human rights lawyer, his client and a taxi driver. The bodies of Kimani, his client Josephat Mwendwa and taxi driver Joseph Muiruri were discovered in the Ol-Donyo Sabuk River, in the east of the country, days after they were reported missing Frederick… Leggi

The jihadis conduct hostage-taking for ransom as a way to fund operations and expand their presence A World Health Organization employee was released in northern Mali after being abducted by unidentified assailants, a spokesperson said Friday. “We are conducting the formalities to bring him back to (the capital),” he said. Dr. Mahamadou Diawara was freed Thursday afternoon and is in Gao town, Abdoulaye Cisse, communication officer for the WHO in Mali told The Associated Press. Leggi

Parliament on Friday published a proposed legal amendment that would disqualify Kasidiaris’ party from election participation on the grounds that its leader has been convicted of serious offences and that the party wouldn’t “serve the free functioning of (Greece’s) democratic constitution.”. Lawmakers are due to vote on the amendment on Tuesday He is currently serving a sentence of 13 years and six months in prison for membership in a criminal organization as a former leading member of Golden Dawn, a political… Leggi

Former pop star Gary Glitter was released from prison in England on Friday after serving half of a 16-year prison sentence for sexually abusing three young girls in the 1970s. “Sex offenders like Paul Gadd are closely monitored by the police and Probation Service and face some of the strictest license conditions, including being fitted with a GPS tag,’’ the Ministry of Justice said in a statement. Leggi

Foden will be in contention to play Sunday when second-place City travels to Tottenham, according to AP. “Yes, I think so,” Guardiola said when he was asked about the 22-year-old playmaker's availability for this weekend. “He has trained well these last two days.” The England international sustained the injury during City's 2-1 loss at Manchester ... Leggi

The unemployment rate dipped to 3.4%, the lowest level since 1969, AP reports. And from December to January, wages rose 0.3%, below the 0.4% increase the previous month Though good for workers, employers’ steady demand for labor has also helped accelerate wage growth and contributed to high inflation. America’s employers added a stunning 517,000 jobs in January, a surprisingly strong gain in the face of the Federal Reserve’s aggressive drive to slow growth and tame inflation with higher interest rates. Leggi

The company, the flagship of India’s second-largest conglomerate, canceled a share offering meant to raise $2.5 billion earlier this week after U.S. Adani denies the allegations, according to AP. Opposition lawmakers blocked Parliament proceedings for a second day Friday, chanting slogans and demanding a probe into the business dealings of coal tycoon Gautam Adani, who is said to enjoy close ties with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Leggi

In base a criteri tecnico sportivi e di qualità di gioco espresso dalle loro squadre, oltre che di comportamento/fair play tenuto durante le gare. Per il calcolo finale sono state considerate le giornate dalla 16ª alla 20ª della Serie A TIM 2022/2023. Luciano Spalletti miglior allenatore del mese di gennaio della Serie A: ecco quando verrà premiato il tecnico del Napoli. Il premio Coach Of The Month di gennaio è stato assegnato all’allenatore del Napoli Luciano… Leggi

Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris announced a judge-led independent probe of the 1998 car bombing in the town of Omagh that killed 29 people, including a woman pregnant with twins, and wounded hundreds more. A court in 2021 ordered the government to investigate in response to a legal challenge by Michael Gallagher, whose son Aiden was killed by the 225-kilogram (500-pound) bomb. Gallagher alleges that intelligence failings allowed a “preventable atrocity” to occur in the busy market town An… Leggi

The bank raised its key rate by half a percentage point, to 4%, resisting the temptation to follow the U.S. Federal Reserve in easing its response to the crisis, according to AP. The British central bank has approved four straight increases of a half-point or more since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine triggered sharp rises in ... Leggi

The suspects are aged between 25 and 41, authorities said. The 52 explosions at cash machines in Germany, all but one of them in the two southern states, started in November 2021 and continued until Jan Nine men suspected of involvement in blowing up dozens of cash machines in Germany and stealing some 5.2 million euros (nearly $5.7 million) have been arrested in the Netherlands and Belgium, German authorities said Thursday. Leggi

Germany, the Netherlands and Britain were among countries that shut down their consulates in the city of around 16 million people this week, AP reports. The German Embassy cited the risk of possible retaliatory attacks following Quran-burning incidents in some European countries. The United States and other countries issued travel warnings urging citizens to exercise ... Leggi

Nancy Faeser has been interior minister since Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-party governing coalition took office in 2021, AP recalls. Germany’s interior minister said Thursday that she plans to run for governor of her home state this fall but remain the country’s top security official in the meantime, a politically risky course that opponents assailed even before the announcement. She leads the local branch of Scholz’s center-left Social Democrats in the central state of Hesse, which will elect a new… Leggi

This confirms, according to AP, that the new weapons will have roughly double the range of any other offensive weapon provided by America. The U.S. will provide ground-launched small diameter bombs as part of a $2.17 billion aid package it is expected to announce Friday, several U.S. officials said. The package also for the first ... Leggi

The 42nd president, now more than two decades out of office, seemed a little rusty at first, fumbling through the papers on the lectern to find his remarks. But then he found his stride and was soon dropping names, citing statistics and spinning yarns about the families whose lives have been affected by the law. ... Leggi

Feinstein has said she will make a decision about her future in the next couple of months. Adam Schiff on Thursday in his 2024 bid for the seat now held by Sen. Neighbors in San Francisco, Pelosi and Feinstein are personally close and have worked together for decades in Washington, suggesting her decision to back Schiff early in the campaign also carried with it a tacit nod from the senator Dianne Feinstein, providing the long-serving incumbent doesn’t seek a seventh term, AP reports. Leggi

According to AP, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was able to solidify Republicans to take action against the Somali-born Muslim in the new Congress although some GOP lawmakers had expressed reservations. Removal of lawmakers from House committees was essentially unprecedented until the Democratic ousters two years ago of hard-right Republican Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia ... Leggi

Malta is the only European Union member elected to the UN Security Council United Nations, New York – (LaPresse) – Permanent Representative of Malta to the United Nations told LaPresse in New York that as her country assumes the presidency of the UN Security Council for the month of February, the focus will be on preventing the use of Children in armed conflicts. There will also be the annual meeting between the United Nations and the European… Leggi

Osthoff told the news site he gave the agents text messages he exchanged with Santos, who at the time was going by the name Anthony Devolder, according to AP. Federal authorities are investigating a military veteran's claim that U.S. Navy veteran Richard Osthoff told Politico on Wednesday that two FBI agents contacted him after he went public last month with his story about his experiences with Santos in 2016. Leggi

Experts in the field welcome both the donation and the attention to the issue of ocean sustainability, pointing out that it receives the least funding of all the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, according to AP. According to the World Economic Forum, about $175 billion a year is needed to protect the oceans, but between ... Leggi

Applications for jobless aid in the U.S. for the week ending Jan. 28 fell by 3,000 last week to 183,000, from 186,000 the previous week, the Labor Department reported Thursday. It was the third straight week claims were under 200,000 and the fifth straight weekly decline, according to AP. Jobless claims generally serve as a ... Leggi

Citing a volatile market and an unprecedented situation, the Adani Group said in a statement it decided not to go ahead with its share sale — which was preliminarily sold out as of Tuesday — and will return the proceeds from the offering. Adani-related shares plunged in recent days after Hindenburg Research, a financial research firm with a track record of sending the stock prices of its targets tumbling, accused the group of “brazen” stock market manipulation and accounting fraud, among other financial… Leggi

The finding is contained in a Commerce Department report released by the administration on Wednesday as President Joe Biden convened his competition council for an update on efforts to promote competition and lower prices, according to AP. “You've heard me say capitalism without competition isn't capitalism,” Biden said Wednesday before convening the meeting, “it is ... Leggi

NBC said Wednesday that the James Spader drama will end after its upcoming season, its 10th on the air. It will return for its final run of episodes on Feb. 26. Spader has played the character Raymond Reddington, an FBI informant on old criminal colleagues. This last season, Reddington confronts “unparalleled danger” as some of ... Leggi

The 47-year-old Briton coached Canada in its first men’s World Cup appearance since 1986, AP said. He led New Zealand’s women’s team from 2006-11 and Canada’s women from 2011-18, winning Olympic bronze medals in 2012 and 2016. John Herdman says he will remain as Canada's men's soccer coach. … At the World Cup in Qatar, our men showed the world that they belong at that level “Success at this level will always invite opportunity,” Herdman said in a statement on Wednesday. Leggi

“And this is financed with contributions from the patrons, in this case large American investors who finance at a loss. “The Premier League is a competition that loses billions of pounds in the last few years,” Tebas said. Spanish league president Javier Tebas criticized the high spending of the Premier League clubs in the winter transfer window on Wednesday, saying the “British market is doped.”. Leggi

But DeSantis has proven he usually gets what he wants from the GOP-dominated Legislature, and he’s likely to see little resistance from House and Senate leaders as the governor builds a case for a possible 2024 presidential run. Ron DeSantis promised tax relief Wednesday on children’s books, pet food and even the gas stoves that have become a rallying cry for Republicans while assuring that Florida has plenty of reserves to withstand any economy downturn. Leggi

Across his political committees, including his main campaign account, Trump raised $9.5 million since launching his bid on Nov. It speaks to the potential challenges for Trump as he mounts his third bid for the presidency facing what is likely to be a crowded field of GOP candidates who will also be vying for campaign cash from the party’s donors. 15, according to his campaign, a far cry from the gargantuan sums his campaign boasted of raising in a matter of days — or even hours — back when he was still… Leggi

But that’s just the start, according to investigators who testified as the House Oversight and Accountability Committee held its first hearing in the new Congress on fraud and waste in federal pandemic spending More than 1,000 people have pleaded guilty or have been convicted on federal charges of defrauding the myriad COVID-19 relief programs that Congress established in the early days of the pandemic. Leggi

McCarthy all but invited himself to the White House, pushing to start the conversation before a summer debt deadline. He vowed then to work to return federal spending to 2022 levels — an 8% reduction. Biden has resisted direct negotiations over raising the nation’s legal debt ceiling, warning against potentially throwing the economy into chaos. He also promised to take steps to balance the budget within the decade — an ambitious, if politically unattainable goal President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin… Leggi

Security Council would deal “positively” with the pending request from Haiti’s government for international armed forces despite the U.S. According to AP, the announcement comes a week after U.N. Jamaica’s prime minister said his government is willing to send soldiers and police officers to Haiti as part of a proposed multinational security assistance deployment. and Canada showing no interest special envoy for Haiti Helen La Lime said she hoped that the U. Leggi

Was he not also entitled to the right to be safe? Tyre Nichols ’ family and friends gathered Wednesday for a funeral that blended a celebration of his life with outrage over the brutal beating he endured at the hands of Memphis police and heated calls for police reform. “It was not in the interest of keeping the public safe, because one must ask, was not it in the interest of keeping the public safe that Tyre Nichols would be with us today? Harris said the beating of Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, by… Leggi

Revenue fell 4% to $32.17 billion from $33.67 billion That’s down 55% from $10.29 billion, or $3.67 per share, a year earlier. said it earned $4.65 billion, or $1.76 per share, in the final three months of 2022. Facebook parent company Meta posted lower fourth-quarter profit and revenue on Wednesday, hurt by a downturn in the online advertising market and competition from rivals such as TikTok. But the company’s stock soared in extended trading, as its revenue beat Wall Street’s muted expectations and the Menlo Park, California-based company announced a… Leggi

At question is whether Murdaugh said “I did him so bad" or “They did him so bad” as he sobbed and spoke to state agents during a recorded interview three days after Murdaugh’s wife and son were killed. State Law Enforcement Division Senior Special Agent Jeff Croft testified he was “100% confident” Murdaugh said “I." ... Leggi

The law, known as “only yes means yes,” made verbal consent, or the lack thereof, the key component in cases of alleged sexual assault, according to AP. For the first time since the controversial law entered into force almost four months ago, the coalition government’s socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez publicly spoke about a correction to the text. “The Law on Sexual Freedom has had an unwanted consequence, the reduction of sentences in some cases. Leggi

The news agency underlines however that there were no signs that larger nations like the U.S. and Britain have changed their stance of refusing to provide warplanes to Kyiv after almost a year of battling Russia's invading forces. “Ukraine needs fighter jets ... missiles, tanks. We need to act,” Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu said ... Leggi

Still, his arrival has left GOP leadership frequently anwering questions about the congressman rather than on their priorities for the coming months Santos has faced numerous calls for his resignation and is facing multiple investigations by prosecutors over his personal and campaign finances and lies about his resume and family background. Santos was assigned to two fairly low-profile panels, the House Committee on Small Business and to the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee. Leggi

Harris will be joined by former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, a senior adviser to the president for public engagement, and Mitch Landrieu, a White House senior advisor and infrastructure implementation coordinator, who is a former mayor of New Orleans, Allen said Vice President Kamala Harris plans to attend the funeral of Tyre Nichols, who died three days after he was beaten by Memphis police officers just minutes from his home, the White House said Tuesday. Leggi

Many victims were smashed against metal fences, trampled on or suffocated in the crush, AP recalls. 's worst sports disaster which saw 97 people killed during a crush of soccer fans at an overcrowded stadium. Policing got it badly wrong,” said Chief Constable Andy Marsh, the College of Policing’s chief executive officer, said as the body published a response to a 2017 report into the experiences of victims’ families. Leggi

“To our knowledge no government agency in any ongoing investigation has concluded that any wrongdoing occurred,” Tesla said in the filing Tuesday with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Austin, Texas-based electric vehicle maker cautioned that if the government decides to pursue an enforcement action, it could possibly have a material adverse impact on its ... Leggi

Tyre Nichols era un uomo di 29 anni di Memphis, in Tennessee, che la sera del 7 gennaio è stato fermato per un controllo da alcuni poliziotti dopo avere commesso una violazione del codice stradale. Tyre Nichols è morto tre giorni dopo, in ospedale, per le conseguenze di un pestaggio subito proprio quella sera. A picchiarlo a morte, hanno confermato i video registrati dalle telecamere stradali e dalle bodycam indossate dagli agenti, sono stati i cinque poliziotti che lo… Leggi

Rudolph said information on disciplinary action taken against Hemphill was not immediately released because Hemphill was not fired and the department typically releases information about officers who are relieved of duty after an investigation ends. A sixth Memphis Police Department officer has been disciplined for his involvement in the brutal beating and arrest of Tyre Nichols, a department spokeswoman said Monday. Leggi

“Sabato sera nella mia città, Cosenza – dice Antoniozzi – si è sfiorata la tragedia con una rissa a colpi di tubi metallici tra ragazzi. Le immagini sono già diventate già virali. Cinque ragazzi che prendono a calci per terra un uomo inerme. Il video dell’aggressione ha già fatto il giro dei social. “Il fatto di Scalea è gravissimo – prosegue Antoniozzi – e mi auguro che la Procura di Paola identifichi al più presto gli autori di tanta violenza e chieda pene esemplari” Si assiste a un’escalation assurda di… Leggi

Il 29enne afroamericano di Memphis ha perso la vita dopo le percosse subite dagli agenti. Nella chiesa Mt. Si tratta dell’afroamericano di 29 anni morto nella città del Tennessee a causa delle percosse degli agenti. Dopo la celebrazione della messa un gruppo di persone ha marciato in protesta fino alla stazione di polizia. I dimostranti hanno osservato tre minuti di silenzio, il tempo in cui i poliziotti hanno malmenato il ragazzo che era stato fermato per un’infrazione stradale Olive Cathedral… Leggi