❗️Sony has decided to suspend all software and hardware shipments to Russia, the PlayStation Store will be also unavailable for Russian users, media reported.
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📝 White House reporters’ revolt after Psaki briefing ends early
The White House press briefing ended early after one final shouted question about whether the US intended to get oil from Venezuela.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced on public TV a ‘vigorous reactivation’ of discussions with the country’s opposition, describing the meeting as “respectful, cordial, very diplomatic.” This came on the heels of the revelation that a high-level US delegation had flown to Caracas over the weekend.
The two countries have had no formal diplomatic relations since January 2019, when the US attempted to overthrow the government of President Nicolas Maduro. After the unsuccessful coup attempt, Washington slapped crushing sanctions on the Latin American nation, which boasts the world’s largest proven oil reserves.
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The White House press briefing ended early after one final shouted question about whether the US intended to get oil from Venezuela.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced on public TV a ‘vigorous reactivation’ of discussions with the country’s opposition, describing the meeting as “respectful, cordial, very diplomatic.” This came on the heels of the revelation that a high-level US delegation had flown to Caracas over the weekend.
The two countries have had no formal diplomatic relations since January 2019, when the US attempted to overthrow the government of President Nicolas Maduro. After the unsuccessful coup attempt, Washington slapped crushing sanctions on the Latin American nation, which boasts the world’s largest proven oil reserves.
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⚡️Japanese copier manufacturer Epson suspends cooperation with Russia and Belarus
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❗️🔨Caterpillar, a manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, is suspending operations in Russia
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🇺🇸🇺🇦💻The US charged a Ukrainian national for multiple ransomware attacks including last year's hack of Kaseya, the Justice Department said in a press release.
"A man charged with conducting ransomware attacks against multiple victims, including the July 2021 attack against Kaseya, made his initial appearance and was arraigned today in the Northern District of Texas," the release said on Wednesday. "According to an August 2021 indictment, Yaroslav Vasinskyi, 22, accessed the internal computer networks of several victim companies and deployed Sodinokibi/REvil ransomware to encrypt the data on the computers of victim companies."
Vasinskyi, a Ukrainian national, was taken into custody in Poland before being extradited to the US on March 3, the release added.
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"A man charged with conducting ransomware attacks against multiple victims, including the July 2021 attack against Kaseya, made his initial appearance and was arraigned today in the Northern District of Texas," the release said on Wednesday. "According to an August 2021 indictment, Yaroslav Vasinskyi, 22, accessed the internal computer networks of several victim companies and deployed Sodinokibi/REvil ransomware to encrypt the data on the computers of victim companies."
Vasinskyi, a Ukrainian national, was taken into custody in Poland before being extradited to the US on March 3, the release added.
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🇺🇸😅 Lynn Ballard, a South Carolina councilman, was spotted wearing a t-shirt with the Confederate flag on it at a community event for Black and Hispanic kids (definitely not the best choice of outfit).
The man is now facing angry calls to resign, though he claims he had no idea what he was wearing at the time.
“I didn’t even know there was a damn Confederate flag on there,” Ballard told media. “The shirt says ‘Used but not used up’ and it shows a guy restoring an old motorcycle."
Well, maybe he just picked the first thing when he opened the closet...
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The man is now facing angry calls to resign, though he claims he had no idea what he was wearing at the time.
“I didn’t even know there was a damn Confederate flag on there,” Ballard told media. “The shirt says ‘Used but not used up’ and it shows a guy restoring an old motorcycle."
Well, maybe he just picked the first thing when he opened the closet...
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🇷🇺🏨 Hilton and Hyatt stop development of new hotels in Russia, Bloomberg reports
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💉 A look inside the 1st ‘safe injection sites’ in the US
New York City’s new, privately run “overdose prevention centers” are a bold and contested response to a storm tide of opioid overdose deaths nationwide.
Supporters say the sites — also known as safe injection sites or supervised consumption spaces — are humane, realistic responses to the deadliest drug crisis in U.S. history. Critics see them as illegal and defeatist answers to the harm that drugs wreak on users and communities.
In their first three months, the sites in upper Manhattan’s East Harlem and Washington Heights neighborhoods halted more than 150 overdoses during about 9,500 visits — many of them repeat visits from some 800 people in all. The sites are planning to expand to round-the-clock service later this year.
Supervised drug-consumption sites go back decades in Europe, Australia and Canada.
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New York City’s new, privately run “overdose prevention centers” are a bold and contested response to a storm tide of opioid overdose deaths nationwide.
Supporters say the sites — also known as safe injection sites or supervised consumption spaces — are humane, realistic responses to the deadliest drug crisis in U.S. history. Critics see them as illegal and defeatist answers to the harm that drugs wreak on users and communities.
In their first three months, the sites in upper Manhattan’s East Harlem and Washington Heights neighborhoods halted more than 150 overdoses during about 9,500 visits — many of them repeat visits from some 800 people in all. The sites are planning to expand to round-the-clock service later this year.
Supervised drug-consumption sites go back decades in Europe, Australia and Canada.
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🇺🇸🇹🇷 Biden and Erdogan are scheduled for a phone call at 10:00 a.m. EST (3:00 p.m. GMT) on Thursday to dicuss the latest developments regarding Russia 🇷🇺 & Ukraine 🇺🇦, the White House says
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🇺🇸🇺🇦US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his Ukrainian counterpart discussed by telephone their coordinated effort to provide Ukraine with additional security and humanitarian assistance, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said in a readout.
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🇪🇺🇺🇦 EU leaders in Versailles say that accelerated procedure regarding Ukraine's bid for membership unlikely to be used
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💊 OxyContin maker seeks approval for latest settlement plan
OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma will ask a federal judge Wednesday to approve a nationwide settlement that will transform the company into a public trust and contribute up to $6 billion from members of the Sackler family, with most of the money going toward efforts to ease the nation’s overdose and addiction crisis.
Also under the new plan, a longer list of company documents would now be made public. Family members also agreed not to resist if educational and cultural institutions to which they’ve donated want to remove their name.
Other drugmakers and distributors involved in the opioid industry have faced similar lawsuits from state and local governments, Native American tribes and other entities.
Last month, drugmaker Johnson & Johnson and wholesalers AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson announced they were finalizing settlements worth a combined $26 billion. Most of that money is required to be used to fight the crisis.
OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma will ask a federal judge Wednesday to approve a nationwide settlement that will transform the company into a public trust and contribute up to $6 billion from members of the Sackler family, with most of the money going toward efforts to ease the nation’s overdose and addiction crisis.
Also under the new plan, a longer list of company documents would now be made public. Family members also agreed not to resist if educational and cultural institutions to which they’ve donated want to remove their name.
Other drugmakers and distributors involved in the opioid industry have faced similar lawsuits from state and local governments, Native American tribes and other entities.
Last month, drugmaker Johnson & Johnson and wholesalers AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson announced they were finalizing settlements worth a combined $26 billion. Most of that money is required to be used to fight the crisis.
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⚡️🇪🇺🇺🇸 The draft declaration of the EU summit in Versailles says that after decades of relying on the US as Europe's ultimate security backstop, the EU wants to sharply increase defense spending now and make Europe more independent in producing microprocessors, pharmaceuticals and food
It also says that the bloc will gradually stop buying oil, gas and coal from Russia, there is no exact time frame
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It also says that the bloc will gradually stop buying oil, gas and coal from Russia, there is no exact time frame
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📈Inflation plan upends thinking on jobs sent overseas
President Joe Biden has a solution for high inflation that seems counterintuitive: Bring factory jobs back to the U.S. This challenges a decades-long argument that employers moved jobs abroad to lower their costs by relying on cheaper workers. The trend has contributed to the loss of 6.8 million U.S. manufacturing jobs since 2000, but it also translated into lower prices for consumers and put downward pressure on inflation in ways that kept broader economic growth going.
Biden says the federal government can pursue two courses on inflation. It can either pull back on support and cause wages and growth to cool, or it can get rid of the pressure points that can lead to inflation when emergencies and uncertainties occur by having more goods manufactured in the U.S.
Biden’s plan however would take several years to implement, and the consumer price report is expected to show that annual inflation rose to nearly 8% last month.
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President Joe Biden has a solution for high inflation that seems counterintuitive: Bring factory jobs back to the U.S. This challenges a decades-long argument that employers moved jobs abroad to lower their costs by relying on cheaper workers. The trend has contributed to the loss of 6.8 million U.S. manufacturing jobs since 2000, but it also translated into lower prices for consumers and put downward pressure on inflation in ways that kept broader economic growth going.
Biden says the federal government can pursue two courses on inflation. It can either pull back on support and cause wages and growth to cool, or it can get rid of the pressure points that can lead to inflation when emergencies and uncertainties occur by having more goods manufactured in the U.S.
Biden’s plan however would take several years to implement, and the consumer price report is expected to show that annual inflation rose to nearly 8% last month.
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❗️🇺🇸🚚 Organizers with The People’s Convoy said they would not circle the Beltway on Wednesday due to the rain in the metro area, according to social media reports
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🇺🇸🛫 Houston, we got a problem! 😱
A plane carrying former US president Donald Trump was forced to make an emergency landing on Saturday evening following an engine failure over the Gulf of Mexico, Politico reports.
The aircraft safely returned to New Orleans Lakefront Airport, where Trump boarded another jet that sent him on his way.
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A plane carrying former US president Donald Trump was forced to make an emergency landing on Saturday evening following an engine failure over the Gulf of Mexico, Politico reports.
The aircraft safely returned to New Orleans Lakefront Airport, where Trump boarded another jet that sent him on his way.
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❗️Following Playstation, Nintendo suspends shipments to Russia
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