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France’s protesting farmers encircle Paris with tractor barricades, vowing a ‘siege’ over grievances
JOSSIGNY, France — JOSSIGNY, France (AP) — Protesting farmers encircled Paris with traffic-snarling barricades Monday, using hundreds of lumbering tractors and mounds of hay bales to block highways leading to France’s capital to pressure the government over the future of their industry, which has been shaken by repercussions of the Ukraine war. The blockading of major thoroughfares around Paris — host of the Summer Olympics…
Mexico’s economy ekes out 0.1% expansion in 4th quarter, posts growth of 3.1% for 2023
Preliminary figures show Mexico’s economy barely eked out a 0.1% increase in the fourth quarter, bringing estimated growth for 2023 to 3.1% ByThe Associated Press January 30, 2024, 3:44 PM FILE – Construction workers ride on a beam hanging from a crane at the construction site of a residential high rise building in Mexico City, June 17, 2022. Mexico’s economy barely eked out a 0.1%…
Spring a leak? Google will find it through a new partnership aimed at saving water in New Mexico
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New Mexico is teaming up with Google to hunt for leaky water pipes using satellite imagery as the drought-stricken state prepares for a future in which growing demand puts more pressure on already dwindling drinking water supplies. State officials made the announcement Tuesday as they rolled out a 50-year plan that includes nearly a dozen action items for tackling a problem faced…
Elon Musk cannot keep Tesla pay package worth more than $55 billion, judge rules
DOVER, Del. — Elon Musk is not entitled to a landmark compensation package awarded by Tesla’s board of directors that is potentially worth more than $55 billion, a Delaware judge ruled Tuesday. The ruling by Chancellor Kathaleen St. Jude McCormick comes more than five years after a shareholder lawsuit targeted Tesla CEO Musk and directors of the company. They were accused of breaching their duties…
David Rubenstein has a deal to buy the Baltimore Orioles for $1.725 billion, AP source says
Carlyle Group Inc. co-founder David Rubenstein has reached an agreement to buy the Baltimore Orioles for $1.725 billion, according to a person with knowledge of the deal. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Tuesday night because the agreement had not been announced. Rubenstein, a Baltimore native, would take over as the team’s controlling owner, and he’s assembled an investment team…
Californians don’t have to pass a background check every time they buy bullets, federal judge rules
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California residents don’t have to pay for and pass a background check every time they buy bullets, a federal judge has ruled. The Tuesday ruling by U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez took effect immediately. California Attorney General Rob Bonta asked Benitez on Wednesday to delay the ruling to give him time to appeal the decision. It’s unclear if Benitez will grant that…
Live updates | Netanyahu rejects 2 key Hamas demands for any cease-fire
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected two key demands Hamas has made during indirect cease-fire talks, saying Israel will not withdraw from the Gaza Strip or release thousands of jailed militants. During an event Tuesday in the occupied West Bank, Netanyahu again vowed that the war would not end without Israel’s “absolute victory” over Hamas. Meanwhile, Israeli forces working undercover killed three Palestinian militants…
After Teamsters meeting, Trump says of possible union endorsement, ‘Stranger things have happened’
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump met with leaders of the Teamsters Union in Washington Wednesday as he tried to chip away at President Joe Biden’s organized labor support heading into a likely general election rematch. Trump participated in a roundtable with the union’s executive board, its president and members as he works to win over the blue-collar workers who helped fuel his 2016 victory…
Kosovo will impose the use of the euro in minority Serb areas, concerning Western powers
Kosovo authorities say they will impose the use of the country’s currency, the euro, and abolish the use of neighboring Serbia’s dinar in the north where most of the ethnic Serb minority lives ByFLORENT BAJRAMI Associated Press and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press January 31, 2024, 11:46 AM A man withdraws Serbian Dinars from a bank cash machine in northern Serb-dominated part of ethnically divided town…
Cal Ripken Jr. and Grant Hill are part of the investment team that has agreed to buy the Orioles
Cal Ripken Jr. and Grant Hill are part of the investor group that has agreed to buy the Baltimore Orioles, and so are former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and former Baltimore Mayor Kurt Schmoke. The group is headed by Baltimore native David Rubenstein, co-founder of the Carlyle Group. Additional investors were revealed in a news release Wednesday announcing the agreement between Rubenstein and the…