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London(CNN) The United States is now the biggest supplier of crude oil to the European Union. In December, 18% of the bloc’s crude imports came from America, EU data office Eurostat said Tuesday. That is a big turnaround. Russia was until recently the bloc’s top supplier of . . .
By Mike Henson BBC Sport in Nazare 1 hour ago Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Since it was first surfed, a little over a decade ago, the Portuguese town of Nazare has become the undisputed home of the world’s biggest wave As he looks out from his balcony, over slumped, drying wetsuits, Andrew Cotton […]
As the race for Los Angeles mayor began to tighten late last year, Karen Bass, the presumptive favorite, received some notes of encouragement from a kindred spirit: Lori Lightfoot, the mayor of Chicago. Ms. Lightfoot had successfully navigated a similar political path in 2019, becoming the first Black woman to be elected mayor of her […]
Monday is the 20th anniversary of the start of the 2003 Iraq war, and naturally noted war critic Joy Reid discussed the matter on Monday’s episode of her MSNBC show. And Reid didn’t mince words, and at one point while discussing the fraudulent justifications deployed to win support for the war, she declared it to […]
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The 95th Academy Awards went off without a hitch — and, as host Jimmy Kimmel made sure to remind us, without “Hitch,” er, Will Smith. Banned from the ceremony after last year’s infamous slap, Smith wasn’t the only prominent celebrity to skip this year’s awards, which took place at the familiar Dolby Theatre in Los […]
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As the race for Los Angeles mayor began to tighten late last year, Karen Bass, the presumptive favorite, received some notes of encouragement from a kindred spirit: Lori Lightfoot, the mayor of Chicago. Ms. Lightfoot had successfully navigated a similar political path in 2019, becoming the first Black woman to be elected mayor of her […]
WASHINGTON, Feb 20 (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, 98, has decided to receive hospice care, the Carter Center said on Saturday. Here are several key events from the Georgia Democrat’s time in office from 1977 to 1981. CAMP DAVID ACCORDS
Retail sales increase 3.0% in January Core retail sales rise 1.7%; December data unrevised WASHINGTON, Feb 15 (Reuters) – U.S. retail sales increased by the most in nearly two years in January after two straight monthly declines as Americans boosted purchases of motor vehicles and . . .