Новости за 24.06.2024

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The share of supercommuters is rising across the nation.

European Union regulators are accusing Apple of breaking new rules on digital competition by imposing rules in its App Store marketplace that prevent app makers from pointing users to cheaper options on other venues. The European Commission said Monday that according to the preliminary findings of its investigation, the iPhone maker had breached the 27-nation bloc’s Digital Markets Act. The rulebook is a sweeping set of regulations aimed at preventing tech giants from cornering digital markets. The... Читать дальше...

Russia’s southern region of Dagestan is holding the first of three days of mourning following a rampage by Islamic militants that killed 19 people, most of them police, and attacked houses of worship in apparently coordinated assaults in two cities. Sunday’s violence was the latest that officials blamed on Islamic extremists in the predominantly Muslim region in the North Caucasus. It also was the deadliest in Russia since March, when gunmen gunmen opened fire at a concert in suburban Moscow, killing 145 people. Читать дальше...

Greek authorities say a group of 77 migrants has been rescued off a crippled sailing yacht after a large overnight operation in the southern Aegean Sea. Nobody has been reported missing or injured following the rescue between the islands of Amorgos and Astypalaia. Greece's coast guard says three of its vessels, four merchant ships and two smaller private boats took part in the operation. The passengers were rescued on a route typically used by smuggling gangs to ferry migrants from Turkey to Italy. Читать дальше...

It's officially summer. To celebrate the season, imagine yourself in one of these five amazing beach homes.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is announcing new steps to increase access to affordable housing as still-high prices on groceries and other necessities and high interest rates have dramatically pushed up the cost of living in the post-pandemic years.

Planned Parenthood will spend $40 million ahead of November’s elections to bolster President Joe Biden and leading congressional Democrats. It is betting that voters angry at Republican-led efforts to further restrict access to abortion can be the difference in key races around the country. The political and advocacy arms of the nation’s leading reproductive health care provider and abortion rights advocacy organization shared the announcement with The Associated Press prior to its official release Monday. Читать дальше...

America's Republican-leaning red states are winning at drawing in new residents from blue states—but, locals don't like it one bit.

South Korean officials say the death toll from a factory fire has increased to 16.

A fire at a lithium battery manufacturing factory near South Korea’s capital has killed at least nine people. Four were injured and 15 are missing. The fire occurred in Hwaseong city, just south of Seoul, A fire official said most of the missing people were foreign nationals including Chinese. South Korean media reported that much of the blaze had been put out. The cause of the fire wasn’t immediately known. A total of 102 people were working at the factory before the fire occurred.

The forced U.S. troop withdrawals from bases in Niger and Chad and the potential to shift some troops to other nations in West Africa will be key issues as the top U.S. military officer meets with his counterparts at a conference. Gen. CQ Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrived in Botswana Monday as the U.S. faces a critical inflection point in Africa. Increasingly, military juntas that overthrew democratic governments in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger are reassessing their ties to the... Читать дальше...

Iran and Bahrain have agreed to talk about how they might resume bilateral relations after more than eight years. The report Monday from Iran's state-run IRNA news agency said Iran’s acting foreign minister Ali Bagheri Kani and Bahraini counterpart Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani met in Tehran during the Asian Cooperation Dialogue. Both sides agreed on creating a framework to start talking about the requirements for resuming diplomatic relations. Bahrain cut relations with Iran after Saudi Arabia severed diplomatic ties with Tehran. Читать дальше...

The viability of a U.S.-backed proposal to wind down the 8-month-long war in Gaza was cast into doubt after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would only be willing to agree to a “partial” cease-fire deal that would not end the war. His comments, made in an interview with a pro-Netanyahu Israeli TV channel late Sunday, sparked an uproar from families of hostages held by Hamas. Netanyahu’s comments did not deviate dramatically from what he has said previously about his terms for a deal. Читать дальше...

A possible attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels has targeted a ship further away from nearly all of the previous assaults they’ve launched in the Gulf of Aden. The attack happened Monday morning some 450 kilometers southeast of Nishtun, a town in the far reaches of Yemen that’s close to the border with Oman. That's according to the British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center. The ship saw explosions, but its crew was reportedly safe. Suspicion immediately fell on the Houthis, who did not immediately claim the assault. Читать дальше...

The Conference Board on Tuesday issues its consumer confidence index for June. The Commerce Department issues its final reading of first-quarter economic growth Thursday. The Commerce Department on Friday delivers May data on consumer spending and inflation.

Today in History

Today is Saturday, July 6, the 188th day of 2024. There are 178 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:

On July 6, 1957, Althea Gibson became the first Black tennis player to win a Wimbledon singles title as she defeated fellow American Darlene Hard 6-3, 6-2.

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In 1483, England’s King Richard III was crowned in Westminster Abbey.

In 1777, during the American Revolution, British forces captured Fort Ticonderoga (ty-kahn-dur-OH’-gah). Читать дальше...

Today in History

Today is Friday, July 5, the 187th day of 2024. There are 179 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:

On July 5, 1996, Dolly the sheep, the first mammal cloned from an adult somatic cell by scientists at the Roslin Institute at the University of Edinburgh, was born.

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In 1687, Isaac Newton first published his Principia Mathematica, a three-volume work setting out his mathematical principles of natural philosophy. Читать дальше...

Today in History

Today is Thursday, July 4, the 186th day of 2024. There are 180 days left in the year. This is Independence Day.

Today’s Highlight in History:

On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was adopted by delegates to the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia.

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In 1802, the United States Military Academy officially opened at West Point, New York.

In 1817, construction of the Erie Canal began in Rome, New York. Читать дальше...

Today in History

Today is Wednesday, July 3, the 185th day of 2024. There are 181 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:

On July 3, 1863, the pivotal three-day Civil War Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania ended in a major victory for the North as Confederate troops failed to breach Union positions during an assault known as Pickett’s Charge.

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In 1775, Gen. George Washington took command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts. Читать дальше...

Today in History

Today is Tuesday, July 2, the 184th day of 2024. There are 182 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:

On July 2, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law a sweeping civil rights bill passed by Congress prohibiting discrimination and segregation based on race, color, sex, religion or national origin.

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In 1776, the Continental Congress passed a resolution saying that “these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be... Читать дальше...

Today in History

Today is Monday, July 1, the 183rd day of 2024. There are 183 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:

On July 1, 1867, Canada became a self-governing dominion of Great Britain as the British North America Act took effect. Called Dominion Day until 1982, the national holiday is now known as Canada Day.

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In 1863, the pivotal, three-day Civil War Battle of Gettysburg, resulting in a Union victory, began in Pennsylvania. Читать дальше...

Today in History

Today is Sunday, June 30, the 182nd day of 2024. There are 184 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:

On June 30, 1934, Adolf Hitler launched his “blood purge” of political and military rivals in Germany in what came to be known as the “Night of the Long Knives.”

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In 1918, labor activist and socialist Eugene V. Debs was arrested in Cleveland, charged under the Espionage Act of 1917 for a speech he’d made two weeks... Читать дальше...

Asian shares are mostly lower after U.S. stocks coasted to the close of their latest winning week on Friday, even as Nvidia’s stock cooled further from its startling, supernova run. U.S. futures and oil prices dropped. The yen weakened to 159.93 per dollar during morning trading. The S&P 500 slipped 0.2% Friday, but it remained near its all-time high set on Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged less than 0.1% higher and the Nasdaq composite fell 0.2%. Nvidia dragged on the market again... Читать дальше...

African countries have some of the world's highest rates of cervical cancer. Growing efforts to vaccinate more young girls for the human papillomavirus are challenged by the kind of vaccine hesitancy seen for some other diseases. Misinformation can include mistaken rumors that girls won't be able to have children in the future. Some religious communities must be told that the vaccine is “not ungodly.” More than half of Africa’s 54 nations have introduced the vaccine in their immunization programs... Читать дальше...