STORY: Biden, who was speaking in front of reporters, added, "but I don't want to put too much stock in that because we don't have that much hard evidence."
Biden's comments came after he announced the launch of the largest release ever from the U.S. emergency oil reserve and challenged oil companies to drill more in an attempt to bring down gasoline prices that have soared during Russia's war with Ukraine.
STORY: Veretilnyk’s cat 'Kasus' appears not to share her dream, and his countenance towards their temporary canine guest suggests a cat who was not consulted beforehand.Now Kasus, which means "problem" in Russian, has got his own dilemma in the shape of rescued dog 'Bavaria' the Schnauzer.Bavaria the dog was found by Ukrainian soldiers inspecting homes in an abandoned village in the Kyiv region on Tuesday and brought to the centre where Veretilnyk volunteers to help the military on the frontline.However, irked feline Kasus has taken umbrage and now takes a permanent position on top of her refrigerator."My cat actually never jumped onto the top of the fridge by himself before," Veretilnyk told Reuters on Thursday in her apartment in the same region."Now he's climbed up there, demonstrating acrobatic miracles because of this dog. Although I think the cat is exaggerating the danger he is in a bit, because the dog hasn’t shown any desire to eat him," she joked.Shaggy-haired Bavaria is getting all the love and hugs possible from Veretilnyk during his stay.
NTPC Ltd's $2.81 billion coal-fired power plant, which is currently under construction in India, may face supply issues from Russian entities, India's power minister said on Thursday. The 2,000-megawatt project being built in the eastern state of Bihar depends on Russian entities for materials as well as technical advice, Raj Kumar Singh told parliament. Singh also said that the project faced difficulty in payments and renewal of bank guarantees for Russian entities due to the exclusion of Russian banks from the SWIFT international payments system.
STORY: The New Shepard spacecraft blasted off at 8:59 a.m. CDT, and the crew capsule separated from the six-story-tall rocket a short time later as it soared to an altitude of 66 miles.The crew members experienced a few minutes of weightlessness at the very apex of their brief ride before the capsule fell back to Earth to the desert floor under a canopy of three parachutes, landing safely outside the west Texas town of Van Horn.The flight came two days after it was initially scheduled, with poor weather conditions forcing the mission to be postponed on Tuesday.Unlike Blue Origin's first three crewed flights, which featured passenger rosters including "Star Trek" actor William Shatner, morning TV host Michael Strahan and Bezos himself, nobody on Thursday's flight was particularly famous.
"People were tired of seeing their Twitter regurgitated back to them. ... But people still want stories," the show’s star and creator said.
The "Wonder Woman" actor told his rollicking anecdote on "Jimmy Kimmel Live."
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STORY: Viktor Orban's dream of an unbroken two-decade spell ruling Hungary hangs in the balance in Sunday's (April 3) election, with his close relations with Vladimir Putin under the spotlight. Polls suggest six opposition parties - united against him for the first time - are within striking distance of unseating his nationalist Fidesz party. He now acknowledges the election won't be a walkover.Orban responded to Russia's invasion of Ukraine by posing on billboards as the Hungarian people's protector. He accuses opposition politicians of trying to drag Hungary into the war, a charge they have denied.Earlier this month, he told supporters the Ukraine crisis had raised the election stakes "to the sky", with a choice between, quote, "the pro-peace Right or the pro-war Left. Construction or destruction."Tibor Zavecz, who heads the Zavecz Research think-tank, said foreign policy has shot up the agenda."The nature of the campaign is totally different. I am not saying that local problems in constituencies have disappeared but national politics, and the relationship to the war, the aggression, with Putin, with the decisions of the EU and NATO have become more important than local issues."Opposition leader Peter Marki-Zay has seized the opportunity, telling voters they face a choice between the West and the East, criticizing Orban's closeness to Putin and what he said is an erosion of democratic rights.Fidesz swept elections in 2018 on a fierce anti-immigration campaign that earned Orban praise from former U.S. President Donald Trump and Europe's far right, and set him on a collision course with Brussels.Orban has transformed Hungary into a self-styled "illiberal democracy" with a firm grip over media and loyalists in charge of top institutions.Opinion polls still give Fidesz a narrow lead to win a fourth term. But with about a fifth of Hungary's 8 million voters still undecided, Sunday's vote could go either way.
"People will freak out when they hear," the anti-abortion activist reportedly said.
STORY: Lined up in London's Hyde Park, around 170 horses and personnel of the ceremonial unit had their "horsemanship, turnout and State Ceremonial uniform" checked by the Major General, according to a news release.Regularly seen at high profile royal events, from the opening of parliament to ''trooping the colour'' - a large parade to mark the Queen’s official birthday - the unit have high standards to live up to. This quality check is done at the start of the ceremonial season.''Every year is important, but this year is extra important, not least we haven't had a Queen's birthday parade for two years...And it's Her Majesty's jubilee year. So yes, a very important year for us,’' Lieutenant Colonel James Shaw, Brigade Major of the Household Division told Reuters.
Investigation by independent Russian journalists casts doubts over president’s health
The “Emo Girl” musician said the Foo Fighters drummer “made us feel so confident in ourselves and loved” during his last encounter with Hawkins.
STORY: Spring sowing has just begun across western Ukraine, but with war raging in the country the prospects of completing it successfully look bleak for Ukrainian farmers LIKE Taras MandziukHe owns a family farm near Lviv. He's facing a shortage of pesticides and herbicides, along with rising prices. "There was a significant increase in the cost of fertilizers - more than 100% on methods we use to protect our crops, because they are mainly pegged to the U.S. dollar. Diesel fuel has increased in price by about 60%, and has a huge influence on us.”Mansziuk farms wheat, soybeans, and other crops. He expects to make difficult decisions if things get worse in the coming weeks.“Of course, the current situation at home doesn’t allow us to do our job properly, grow the wheat, feed our people, feed Europeans, and the whole world. // This isn’t just our war and our problem.”Ukraine was the world's fourth largest grain exporter last year, International Grains Council data shows. And the crisis there comes as food prices around the world have already been spiking for months amid global supply chain problems. The U.N. said last week that world food prices hit a record high in February, and have risen by over 24% in a year.“My main problem here is the lack of understanding of what will happen tomorrow. But everyone has this problem and we have to struggle with this somehow and try to overcome it.”Ukraine's new agriculture minister said last week that global food prices would continue to rise if the situation in Ukraine did not change.
The newly signed law seeks to "stigmatize, silence, and erase LGBTQ people in Florida's public schools," according to the federal lawsuit.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Senior U.S. officials fanned out this week to press world leaders to keep piling pressure on Moscow or join the campaign of sanctions and other measures, as the war in Ukraine enters its fifth week and the initial economic shock to Russia seems to be ebbing. Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo met with senior officials in London, Brussels and Paris, and will finish the week in Berlin; the deputy national security adviser for international economics, Daleep Singh, pressed Indian officials in New Delhi, and Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed the Ukraine war with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan in Morocco. The effort comes as the initial impact of unexpectedly tough sanctions on Russian banks, oligarchs and companies begins to wear off somewhat, and the United States considers its next economic steps to isolate Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott praised the former Olympian as a "trailblazer in the LGBTQ+ community" in a statement announcing her hiring.
The announcement that Bruce Willis was stepping back from acting because of cognitive difficulties came as no surprise to people who have worked with the action hero, reports said.
Speaking to reporters on Thursday, President Biden said he is “a little skeptical” of reports that Russian President Vladimir Putin is withdrawing forces from the Ukrainian capital, saying, “There is no clear evidence that he’s pulling all of his forces out of Kyiv.”
With financial support from the NGO World Central Kitchen, Polish restaurateurs are cooking and serving free hot meals to Ukrainian refugees who are arriving in Poland to escape the war. Chef Maciej Labunski's restaurant, which personally serves the meals at the Przemysl train station, has already provided tens of thousands of meals in the past month.
Chris Rock's professionalism after being assaulted by Will Smith on live television was what allowed the Oscars to go on, the show's producer said in comments broadcast Friday.
The Kremlin on Friday offered to "explain" Moscow's actions in Ukraine to French actor Gerard Depardieu after he denounced Russian President Vladimir Putin's "crazy, unacceptable excesses".