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Russia’s share in EU trade falls below 2%

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:59:49 GMT

EU trade with Russia has been strongly affected by import and export restrictions imposed by the EU following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.  Both exports and imports have dropped considerably below the level prior to the invasion. Seasonally adjusted values show that Russia’s share in extra-EU imports fell from 9.6% in February 2022 to 1.7% in June 2023, while the share of extra-EU exports fell from 3.8 % to 1.4% in the same period. ​Source dataset: ext_st_eu27_2020sitcIn March 2022, the month following the invasion, the EU experienced a peak trade deficit with Russia caused by high prices of energy products. The deficit amounted to €18.5 billion. This deficit was brought down to €0.4bn by June 2023, remaining under one billion four months in a row in 2023 (€0.1 in March, €0.8 in April and €0.4 in May). The change was heavily influenced by the €18.6bn drop in the monthly value of imports from Russia between March 2022 (€21.9bn) and June 2023 (€3.3bn).  At the same time, the value of...

Horoscopes Sept. 6, 2023: Rosie Perez, knowledge will broaden your scope

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:59:49 GMT

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Idris Elba, 51; Rosie Perez, 59; Jane Curtin, 76; Swoosie Kurtz, 79.Happy Birthday: Take a moment, gather your thoughts and plan what you want to accomplish this year. Consider what’s most important to you and what will contribute to reaching that goal. Turn your attention to what makes you happy and search for how to work more happiness into your daily routine. Knowledge will broaden your scope, allowing you access to what matters most. Your numbers are 6, 13, 21, 28, 34, 39, 45.ARIES (March 21-April 19): Speed things up and take care of unfinished business. What you do will clear the way for something new and exciting. A challenge will lead to better health and an upgrade to your looks and feelings. Love is on the rise. 4 starsTAURUS (April 20-May 20): Talk the talk and walk the walk. The connections you make networking will be what you need to push forward. Time spent evaluating your home and lifestyle will prompt you to make your surroundings ...

Ask Amy: My husband went out of town and never came back

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:59:49 GMT

Dear Amy: A year ago, my mother-in-law’s live-in companion died by suicide. He was 88 and had just gotten a terminal diagnosis.My husband took a three-month leave of absence from his job and went to get his mother moved out of her companion’s house and into her nearby home. (The location is five states away.)Her house is in an upscale neighborhood and is probably worth a substantial amount.My husband had discussed either selling the house and having her move closer to us or getting an assisted-living apartment. (She does need assistance.)I have two grown children and he has three from a previous marriage. We also have grandchildren. They all live close to our town.I cannot retire for at least five more years.Well, my husband got a job in his mother’s town and never left!He remodeled the second bathroom of his mother’s home in the style I wanted our bathroom done. He keeps saying I could come there to live.I have told him that I am not willing to move there. Our home is h...

1 class required to wear masks after COVID outbreak in Montgomery Co. school

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:59:49 GMT

Students and staff in one class at a public school in Montgomery County, Maryland, are being told that they must wear masks for the next 10 days after three “or more” people tested positive for COVID-19.In a letter sent home to parents on Tuesday, Rosemary Hills Elementary School principal Rebecca Irwin Kennedy wrote that KN95 masks would be distributed and students and staff in “identified classes or activities” will be required to mask up while in school for the next 10 days “except when eating or drinking.”The letter states that after a 10-day period, “masks will become optional again.”That period will end on Sept. 11, according to school system spokesperson Christopher Cram.At-home rapid test kits are also being sent home and made available for students. Parents are being asked to report any positive test results to the school attendance office.Kennedy advises that if students develop symptoms similar to the virus, including fever, cough, loss of taste or smell, “they should sta...

ANÁLISIS | Aumentan los enfrentamientos entre Trump y su némesis legal, el fiscal especial Jack Smith

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:59:49 GMT

(CNN) — El fiscal especial Jack Smith no ha terminado con el expresidente Donald Trump y su entorno, a pesar de haberle imputado cuatro cargos criminales por su intento de tumbar las elecciones de 2020 y más de otras tres docenas de acusaciones por su acaparamiento de documentos clasificados en Florida.El enfrentamiento entre el duro fiscal y el acusado más famoso del mundo se intensificó aún más este martes, cuando surgieron nuevos detalles de la creciente investigación de Smith sobre la interferencia electoral. El fiscal especial está investigando ahora cómo se utilizó el dinero recaudado con denuncias infundadas de fraude electoral para financiar intentos de violar el equipo de votación en varios estados ganados por el presidente Joe Biden, informó en exclusiva CNN.Smith reprendió más tarde este martes al expresidente en una nueva presentación judicial, acusándolo de hacer declaraciones diarias que amenazaban con perjudicar al grupo de jurados en Washington, la última señal...

Greenbelt school aims to keep the memory of slain teacher Madame Sylla alive

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:59:49 GMT

Members of the Prince George’s County, Maryland, school community say they’re still in shock, but trying to preserve the legacy of a slain teacher.“Her compassion for youth, her willingness to assist them in and out of the classroom; these are things that won’t be forgotten,” said James Spence, the principal of the Dora Kennedy French Immersion School.He said the Greenbelt community is coming together to keep the memory of their teacher Mariame Toure Sylla — known as Madame Sylla to the countless families she impacted — alive.Just days ago, police informed the community that the 60-year-old French teacher, who had been missing for weeks, had been killed. Families had previously held a vigil, passed out flyers and even canvassed local neighborhoods, searching for the slightest clue of the whereabouts of their beloved missing teacher.Madame Sylla’s body was recovered by detectives, having been decapitated and disposed of around a local park where sh...

M-DCPS Board debates recognition of LGBTQ history month amidst controversy

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:59:49 GMT

The Miami-Dade County Public School Board is scheduled to deliberate on whether the district should officially recognize October as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) History Month. The discussion would revolve around House Bill 1557, dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” law, which is sponsored by a member of the school board. Since Gov. Ron Desantis signed the law it has become a controversial issue, as it prohibits instruction related to sexual orientation and gender identity for students in grades pre-K through 12.The proposal to recognize LGBTQ History Month has ignited a heated debate within the Miami-Dade community. While some individuals and advocacy groups champion the idea as a move towards inclusivity and education, others express grave concerns about the potential violation of the newly established state law.Anthony Verdugo, Executive Director of the Christian Family Coalition, voiced his opposition to LGBTQ History Month. “We want them t...

Summer 2023 was the hottest ever, scientists say

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:59:49 GMT

This summer was the hottest on record “by a large margin,” the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service said today, with a global average temperature of 16.77 degrees Celsius, which is 0.66C above the 1991-2020 average.“Global temperature records continue to tumble in 2023, with the warmest August following on from the warmest July and June leading to the warmest boreal summer in our data record going back to 1940,” said Samantha Burgess, the service’s deputy director. In Europe, average summer temperatures were 19.63C, which is 0.83C above average.That led to a record increase of sea surface temperatures, responsible for triggering marine heat waves all over Europe, including in Ireland and the U.K. in June, and in the Mediterranean region in July and August.Global sea surface temperatures kept rising throughout August, reaching 20.98C, the highest global monthly average on record, Copernicus said. Ocean warming is expected to get worse as El Niño dev...

UK to label Russia’s Wagner Group a terrorist organization

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:59:49 GMT

The U.K. government will categorize Wagner Group as a terrorist organization, under a draft order due before parliament on Wednesday.The proscription order from the U.K. Home Office will make it a criminal offense to be a member of or to support the state-backed Russian mercenary group, according to a statement from the government department. It will also be an offense to use the group’s logo.The move will allow the U.K. to seize Wagner assets as “terrorist property.” Breaching the order could lead to 14 years in prison or a fine of up to £5,000, the Home Office said.Home Secretary Suella Braverman said Wagner is a “violent and destructive organization which has acted as a military tool of Vladimir Putin’s Russia overseas.”“They are terrorists, plain and simple — and this proscription order makes that clear in U.K. law,” she said, adding that Wagner’s operations are a “threat to global security.”The Russian mercenary group was founded in 2014 by Yevgeny Prigo...

Boston woman to be arraigned in violent Lynn crash that injured local teacher

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:59:49 GMT

A Boston woman is set to be arraigned on criminal charges in connection with a violent crash caught on camera involving a stolen car in Lynn on Tuesday that left a local school teacher injured, officials said.The crash at the intersection of Chestnut Street and Essex Street around 7:15 a.m. was recorded on surveillance camera and the video shows a speeding black SUV blow through the intersection and slam into the side of another vehicle before going off the road.The crash came hours after a person told police a masked male stole his car at gunpoint around 8 p.m. Monday, police said. In a statement, Lynn police said officers spotted the suspected stolen vehicle and tried to conduct a traffic stop at 7:13 a.m. Tuesday. After initially stopping, police said the vehicle fled, leading officers on what police described as a “brief pursuit” before the crash.“Two parties fled the suspect vehicle on foot and were apprehended by responding officers,” police said.Lynn Teacher Union Presi...