The price index on personal consumption expenditures (PCE), a key data that guides the monetary policy of the Federal Reserve of USAmarked an increase of 2.4% year-on-year in January, the Bureau of Economic Statistics (BEA) reported this Thursday. The data shows a decrease of two tenths in relation to the interannual PCE of December. In […]
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The Energy Observer laboratory ship prepares to finish its trip around the world
The laboratory ship Energy Observerthe first ship capable of producing its own hydrogen, stops this week in Florida, in the southeast of USA, the last country he will visit before returning to France to close a trip around the world that began in 2020. Since its first expedition, around France in 2017, this boat, covered […]
US expresses concern over new Hong Kong law that would restrict freedoms
USA This Wednesday he expressed his concern about a new national security law of the city of Hong Kong which will come into force this year and could restrict personal freedoms and undermine the ‘one country, two systems’ framework. “We are especially concerned by the Hong Kong authorities’ proposal to adopt broad and vague definitions […]
Donald Trump is eliminated from the primaries in the state of Illinois for insurrection
A Cook County court ordered the Illinois Board of Elections to remove donald trump of the electoral ballots of the primaries of the Republican Party for his role in the assault on the Capitol. The decision was made by Cook County Circuit Judge Tracie Porter, who also issued an immediate stay of her own order […]
Biden and Trump win Michigan primaries, moving closer to a rematch
President Joe Biden and the former president donald trump They won the presidential primaries of their respective parties in Michigan on Tuesday, taking another step towards what seems like an imminent rematch between the two. Biden defeated Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips, his only remaining major challenger in the Democratic primary. But Democrats were also closely […]
Yellen urges coalition to “unfreeze” Russian assets to support Ukraine
The US Secretary of the Treasury, Janet Yellenurged his allies this Tuesday to work on legal formulas to ‘unfreeze’ the value of the Russian assets that they keep blocked, in order to help finance Ukraine. At a press conference in São Paulo, on the occasion of a ministerial meeting of the G20Yellen said that “the […]
Biden envisions a truce agreement between Israel and Hamas next week
Israel and Hamas They could begin next Monday a truce that would extend during the month of Ramadan, the US president revealed. Joe Bidenwho raised the possibility of an agreement that includes the release of dozens of hostages in Gaza. The plan – mediated by Egypt, Qatar, the United States, France and others – seeks […]
US authorities stop the merger of two large supermarket chains
The Federal Trade Commission USA This Monday, it stopped the merger of two large supermarket chains in the country, Kroger and Albertsons, an operation valued at almost US$ 25,000 million, due to its potential effect of increasing the price of products. The regulatory agency (FTC) filed a lawsuit in Oregon state court and noted that […]
Mexican authorities warn of increase in Chinese migrants on the border with California
Mexican authorities warn of an increase in migrants of China who seek to cross USA on the California border, where they pay up to US$41,000 to ‘coyotes’ or traffickers, after detecting almost 9,000 in the last four months. Although for three years the arrival of Chinese migrants seeking asylum in the United States has been […]
Donald Trump challenges millionaire fine in NY civil fraud case
donald trump appealed his sentence for civil fraud in NY for US$454 million, challenging a judge’s ruling that the former president inflated the value of his assets to obtain contracts and soft loans, while building his real estate empire that led him to fame and eventually to White House. Lawyers for the former president filed […]