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Russian warships arrived in Cuban waters Wednesday as part of planned military exercises that experts said were a symbolic show of force in reaction to continued U.S. support for Ukraine and a reflection of growing ties between Russia and Cuba.The group of four ships poses no real threat, U.S. officials said, despite tensions between the United States and Russia over the war in Ukraine. The group includes the nuclear submarine Kazan and the frigate Admiral Gorshkov and contains no nuclear weapons.The warships, which carried out military exercises before their arrival in the Caribbean, will remain in Havana until June 17 while the crew meet officials and visit cultural and historical sites, the Cuban Foreign Ministry said.Capable of engaging in surface warfare, using land-attack missiles a...

The European Union said Wednesday it would impose additional tariffs of up to 38% on electric cars built in China, a move that would help level the playing field for automakers in Europe.The tariffs, expected for months, come on top of existing 10% duties, but the level of their impact has been disputed. Some European automakers say they will start a trade war, but other experts have said they will not stop China's dominance in the industry.Instead, they argue that incentives to make low-emission cars more attractive to drivers would be needed if the European Union hopes to reach its goal of banning the sale of new internal combustion engine vehicles in 2035.What does this mean for consumers?Industry experts predict that increased tariffs on electric vehicles from China will hurt cons...

Saudi Arabia has already launched a hostile takeover of professional golf. He has invested billions of dollars in world football. Now he wants to own professional boxing too.An ambitious and expensive Saudi plan that would reshape the economy, structure and future of boxing is in the final stages of approval, according to two people with direct knowledge of the plan.Saudi Arabia's giant sovereign vehicle, the Public Investment Fund, would finance the project. The fund is holding final negotiations on the distribution of the initial investment – ​​said to amount to $2 billion – that the plan would require, according to the two people involved in the planning. Both people declined to be identified because the project does not have final approval.The Public Investment Fund, known as P...

Morrie Markoff, a supercentenarian blogger and scrap metal sculptor believed to be the oldest man in the United States and whose brain was donated for research into so-called super-aging, died June 3 at his home in downtown Los Angeles. Angeles. He was 110 years old.He had two strokes in recent weeks, his daughter, Judith Markoff Hansen, said, confirming his death.People who live to 110 years or older are considered supercentenarians, and the Gerontology Research Group, in Los Angeles, lists more than 150 of them worldwide.Mr. Markoff, born in New York on January 11, 1914, six months before the start of World War I, joined the club this year and was considered the oldest living man in the United States after his death, in January of Francis. Zouein, aged 113, in California.As of April, ...

The European Union said on Wednesday that Chinese manufacturers will face tariffs of up to 38% on electric vehicles imported into the bloc, in what EU leaders said was an effort to protect the region's manufacturers from unfair competition.The blockade will impose provisional duties ranging from 17.4% to 38.1% for three major Chinese manufacturers, including BYD, Geely and SAIC. Other Chinese automakers face tariffs of 21% or 38.1%, depending on their cooperation with the European Union in its investigations into the matter.The move to raise tariffs has been criticized by several European automakers who fear it could raise prices, scare customers and lead to costly retaliation from China.The European Union defended the action, saying in a statement that an investigation had found that...

Kadınlar için takılar, kişisel tarzlarını ve zarafetlerini ifade etmenin önemli bir yoludur. Vovoyo'nun kadın kolyeleri, zarif tasarımları ve özenle seçilmiş malzemeleriyle dikkat çeker. Her bir kolye, kadının güzelliğini ve zarafetini ön plana çıkaran özel bir parçadır. Vovoyo'nun kadın kolye koleksiyonunda, her zevke ve tarza uygun bir seçenek bulmak mümkündür. Siz de tarzınıza uygun bir kolye seçerek, günlük kombinlerinizi tamamlayabilir ve her ortamda şıklığınızı konuşturabilirsiniz. Çocuk Kolyeler: Sevimli Detaylar, Eğlenceli Tasarımlar Çocuklar için takılar, sadece süs değil aynı zamanda eğlenceli ve sevimli birer oyun arkadaşıdır. Vovoyo'nun çocuk kolyeleri, renkli ve eğlenceli tasarımlarıyla çocukların ilgisini çeker. Her bir kolye, çocuğun hayal dünyasını zenginleştiren özel...

Elon Musk on Tuesday dropped his lawsuit against OpenAI, the maker of the online chatbot ChatGPT, a day before a state judge in San Francisco was expected to consider whether it should be dismissed.The lawsuit, filed in February, accused the artificial intelligence start-up and two of its founders, Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, of violating OpenAI's founding agreement by prioritizing commercial interests over the public good.A multibillion-dollar partnership that OpenAI signed with Microsoft, Musk's lawsuit argued, represented an abandonment of the company's commitment to carefully develop artificial intelligence and make the technology available to the public.Musk had argued that the founding contract stipulated that the organization should instead focus on building artificial...

Hezbollah said Tuesday that Israeli forces killed one of its commanders in an attack in southern Lebanon, fueling concerns about the conflict escalating on another Israeli front.The commander, Taleb Abdallah, also known as Abu Taleb, was among the highest-ranking Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon that Israel has killed since the Hamas-led attack on Israel on October 7 sparked war in the Gaza Strip and inflamed tensions along the northern part of Israel. confine.Abdallah's role in Hezbollah was not immediately clear. But the group has not referred to a dead fighter as “commander” since January, when Wissam Hassan al-Tawil, a commander of the group's Radwan unit, was killed in an attack. In a clear indication of Abdallah's seniority, Hezbollah published a photo of him with al-Tawi...

The Biden administration on Tuesday proposed removing medical debt from the credit reports of more than 15 million Americans, making it easier for them to qualify for auto, home and small business loans.The proposed rule, which will go through a public comment period, would not take effect immediately. It would ban health care providers from sharing medical debt with loan providers and prohibit those providers from considering medical information when it comes to making loans.Vice President Kamala Harris said the move would improve “the financial health and well-being of millions of Americans.”“One of the most significant consequences of carrying medical debt is the damage it does to a person's credit score,” Ms. Harris said. “Medical debt makes it harder for millions of Americans to...

Investors made clear on Tuesday the depth of their concerns over President Emmanuel Macron's gamble to call a new election in France, driving up the nation's borrowing costs, pushing down stock prices and prompting ratings agency Moody's to warn that it could downgrade French sovereign debt as a risk. increase in political instability.Macron's dissolution of Parliament's lower house on Sunday, after his party was beaten by Marine Le Pen's far-right party in European Parliament elections, has sparked concerns that the government could reach a stalemate . The turmoil has focused attention on France's fragile finances and the prospect of a legislative deadlock that could undermine the government's ability to deal with it.“This decision will not alleviate the ...