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UK inflation lowest in 3 years. Prime Minister Sunak makes it a focus in election call for July 4 05/22/2024 01:10pm • LONDON (AP) — Inflation in the U.K. fell sharply to its lowest level in nearly three years in April on the back of big declines in domestic bills, official figures showed Wednesday. The drop was widely seen as a trigger for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to call a general election for July 4. The Offi ICC prosecutor's warrant requests for Israel and Hamas leaders ignite debate about court's role 05/22/2024 01:01pm • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The stunning announcement that the International Criminal Court is considering issuing an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for war crimes and crimes against humanity has ignited a fierce debate about the court's future as an independent arb OPINIÓN | La defensa de Trump cierra con un testigo desafortunado 05/22/2024 12:23pm • Nota del editor: Norman Eisen es analista jurídico de CNN y editor de "Trying Trump: A Guide to His First Election Interference Criminal Trial". Fue asesor de la Comisión Judicial de la Cámara de Representantes en el primer juicio político y proceso contra el entonces presidente Donald Trump. La Sites with radioactive material more vulnerable as climate change increases wildfire, flood risks 05/22/2024 12:22pm • Climate change increasingly threatens some of the nation's most sensitive sites, including research laboratories, military facilities and power plants with radioactive material. Extreme heat and drought, longer fire seasons with larger, more intense blazes and supercharged rainstorms that can lead t China sanctions US defense-related companies and executives over Russia, Taiwan 05/22/2024 12:18pm • BEIJING, China (AP) — China on Wednesday sanctioned 12 U.S. defense-related companies and 10 executives over arms sales to Taiwan in retaliation for earlier American sanctions on Chinese companies tied to Russia. The entities include units of Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, General Dynamics and other c UEFA picks Budapest to host 2026 Champions League final but delays 2027 decision on San Siro 05/22/2024 12:10pm • DUBLIN (AP) — UEFA picked Budapest on Wednesday to host the men’s Champions League final in 2026 and delayed giving the 2027 game to Milan amid uncertainty over the future of San Siro. The Puskás Arena and San Siro were the only two candidates for the two finals scheduled to be awarded. The nex Graduating seniors seek degrees in climate change and more US universities deliver 05/22/2024 11:13am • At 16, Katya Kondragunta has already lived through two disasters amped by climate change. First came wildfires in California in 2020. Ash and smoke forced her family to stay inside their home in the Bay Area city of Fremont, for weeks. Then they moved to Prosper, Texas, where she dealt with record- Barbie will make dolls to honor Venus Williams and other star athletes 05/22/2024 11:01am • EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Barbie dolls will honor tennis champion Venus Williams and eight other athletes as part of a project announced by Mattel on Wednesday. The others being depicted as dolls are gymnasts Rebeca Andrade and Alexa Moreno, soccer players Mary Fowler and Christine Sinclair, boxer Sun's magnetic field may form close to the surface. This finding could improve solar storm forecasts 05/22/2024 11:01am • CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — New research indicates the sun’s magnetic field originates much closer to the surface than previously thought, a finding that could help predict periods of extreme solar storms like the ones that slammed Earth earlier this month. The magnetic field appears to generate El gobierno de Biden perdona la deuda estudiantil de otras 160,000 personas 05/22/2024 10:20am • El gobierno de Joe Biden cancelará los préstamos estudiantiles de otros 160,000 personas a través de una combinación de diferentes programas. El Departamento de Educación anunció el miércoles la última ronda de cancelaciones y dijo que condonaría $7,700 millones en préstamos estudianti What is in-flight turbulence, and when does it become dangerous for passengers and crews? 05/22/2024 09:47am • NEW YORK (AP) — The death of a British man and injuries impacting dozens of other people aboard a Singapore Airlines flight that hit severe turbulence Tuesday highlighted the potential dangers of flying through unstable air. The exact cause of the 73-year-old man’s death is under investigatio StealthGas: Q1 Earnings Snapshot 05/22/2024 09:33am • ATHENS, Greece (AP) — ATHENS, Greece (AP) — StealthGas Inc. (GASS) on Wednesday reported earnings of $17.7 million in its first quarter. The Athens, Greece-based company said it had net income of 49 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for stock option expense and non-recurring costs, came to 53 Iran's supreme leader and proxy militias pray for late president and others dead in helicopter crash 05/22/2024 09:30am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's supreme leader and representatives of militia groups he backs in the Middle East prayed Wednesday over the coffins of the country's late president, foreign minister and other officials killed in a helicopter crash earlier this week. Hundreds of thousands o Dutch coalition government dominated by an anti-Islam party struggles to find prime minister 05/22/2024 09:28am • THE HAGUE (AP) — The parties that agreed to form a Dutch coalition dominated by the far right are struggling to find a prime minister and warned Wednesday that the search might leave the Netherlands without a fully functional government for months. Anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders, who convincin Hovnanian: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot 05/22/2024 09:28am • MATAWAN, N.J. (AP) — MATAWAN, N.J. (AP) — Hovnanian Enterprises Inc. (HOV) on Wednesday reported earnings of $50.8 million in its fiscal second quarter. On a per-share basis, the Matawan, New Jersey-based company said it had net income of $6.66. The homebuilder posted revenue of $708.4 million i