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New India-born World Bank chief: Real change or rebranding?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:48:52 GMT

BENGALURU, India (AP) — The incoming president of the World Bank was born in India and forged his early business success there, a fact supporters say gives Ajay Banga valuable insight into the challenges faced by the developing countries the bank is supposed to help.But not everyone is sure that Banga, who has spent most of the last two decades in the U.S. corporate world, can be counted on to shake up the bank in the way some think it should be.U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen talked up Banga’s credentials this week on the sidelines of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund’s spring meetings in Washington. Banga, currently vice chairman at private equity firm General Atlantic, has more than 30 years of business experience, including as CEO of Mastercard and on the boards of the American Red Cross, Kraft Foods and Dow Inc. “He has the right leadership and management skills, background, and financial expertise to lead the World Bank at a critical moment in its...

How the EU aims to boost consumer protection 

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:48:52 GMT

Find out about new EU rules on product safety to boost consumer protection and adapt it to new challenges such as the green transition and the digital transformation, Society.Updated product safety rulesIn March 2023, MEPs approved revised rules on product safety of non-food consumer products, designed to address safety risks associated with new technologies and the rise of online sales. They replace the existing General Product Safety Directive, which dates back to 2001.Improving safety assessmentsThe new rules aim to guarantee that all products placed on the market are safe for consumers. Vulnerable consumers, including children and people living with a disability, will be protected by stricter safety requirements for products marketed towards them.The new product safety rules  improve recall rules extending the obligations of economic operators  give market surveillance authorities more power  oblige online marketplaces to cooperate with authorities to prevent risk...

Nurtleu Murat appointed Kazakhstan minister of foreign affairs

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:48:52 GMT

By the Decree of the President of Kazakhstan Nurtleu Murat (pictured) was appointed as Deputy Prime Minister - minister of foreign affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan. He was dismissed from the post of Head of the Staff of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Man found stabbed to death on Long Beach train, suspect at large

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:48:52 GMT

Police are searching for a suspect after a man was found stabbed to death on a train in Long Beach Wednesday.Long Beach officers responded to reports of a stabbing on the Metro Blue Line on the 100 block of East 1st Street around 3:38 p.m.When authorities arrived, they found an adult male victim “suffering from apparent stab wounds to the body.”A male suspect fled the scene before police arrived, officials said.A man was found stabbed to death on a train in Long Beach on April 12, 2023. (KTLA)vA man was found stabbed to death on a train in Long Beach on April 12, 2023. (KTLA)A man was found stabbed to death on a train in Long Beach on April 12, 2023. (KTLA)A man was found stabbed to death on a train in Long Beach on April 12, 2023. (KTLA)A man was found stabbed to death on a train in Long Beach on April 12, 2023. (KTLA)The victim was transported to a local hospital where he later died from his injuries, police confirm."Downtown Long Beach Station remains closed due to police investi...

Appeals court partially freezes Texas judge’s order that would have suspended FDA approval of medication abortion pill

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:48:52 GMT

A federal appeals court late Wednesday night froze parts of a Texas judge’s order that would have suspended the US Food and Drug Administration’s approval of a medication abortion drug.But the court only partially granted the request by the Justice Department and the drug’s manufacturer to put US District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s ruling on hold, with the panel effectively making the drug harder to obtain.Last Friday, Kacsmaryk issued a ruling that would have halted the FDA’s 23-year-old approval of the drug, mifepristone. Under the appeals court’s new order, the approval will stay in effect and the drug will remain on the market while an expedited appeal plays out.Related ArticlesNational News | Editorial: Abortion pill ruling further erodes trust in federal courts National News | Gov. Newsom says California will stockpile pills for abortion following Texas judge ruling National News | Justice Department appeals judge’s ruling on abo...

Dianne Feinstein asks to be ‘temporarily’ replaced on Judiciary amid some party pressure to resign from the Senate

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:48:52 GMT

Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Wednesday night that she had asked to be “temporarily” replaced on the Senate Judiciary Committee while she is recovering from shingles, but the California Democrat remained committed to returning to the Senate amid some pressure from her party to step down.“I understand that my absence could delay the important work of the Judiciary Committee, so I’ve asked Leader Schumer to ask the Senate to allow another Democratic senator to temporarily serve until I’m able to resume my committee work,” the 89-year-old Feinstein said in a statement.Feinstein said she had expected to return to Washington “by the end of the March work period,” but that her return had been “delayed due to continued complications related to my diagnosis.” She planned to return, she said, “as soon as possible once my medical team advises that it’s safe for me to travel.”The statement came after a rare instance of lawmakers urging a member of their own party to step down from Congress. Calif...

River y Boca, el clásico eterno y más grande de Argentina, atrae más allá de sus fronteras

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:48:52 GMT

(CNN) — “El Monumental es simplemente increíble… mi lugar favorito es River Plate”, dijo Emiliano “Dibu” Martínez y los hinchas del Millonario estallaron de júbilo.A los pocos días, el guardameta que fue una de las figuras en el tricampeonato que consiguió la selección argentina en el Mundial de Qatar agregó lo siguiente: “Cualquier hinchada en Argentina podría ser la mejor… Pero creo que la hinchada de Boca está por encima”, logrando el regocijo de los hinchas xeneizes.Las declaraciones del portero del Aston Villa significaron en los fans de Boca y de River algo así como tirar un fósforo encendido en hierba seca. Y es que el duelo sobre quién es el equipo más grande del país está siempre latente en los hinchas de los dos colosos argentinos.Análisis: Boca le gana el superclásico a River (2022)Ambos bandos esgrimen distintos argumentos, intentando sentenciar el pleito. Los cuales van desde los títulos obtenidos, la cantidad de seguidores, el ...

Corte de apelaciones bloquea parcialmente fallo que pone en riesgo acceso a píldora abortiva

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:48:52 GMT

Un tribunal federal de apelaciones bloqueó la noche del miércoles parte de un fallo emitido la semana pasada por un juez designado por el expresidente Donald Trump que pone en peligro el acceso a la píldora abortiva mifepristona, y la decisión dejó una incertidumbre considerable sobre el acceso al medicamento.La Corte de Apelaciones del Quinto Circuito accedió a la solicitud de emergencia del Departamento de Justicia para frenar la parte de la decisión emitida por el juez de distrito de EEUU Matthew Kacsmaryk, quien suspendió la aprobación original de la mifepristona por parte de la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos (FDA, por sus siglas en inglés), que data de 2000.Pero el panel de tres jueces dijo que parte de la decisión de Kacsmaryk, que suspende los cambios que la FDA hizo al uso aprobado del medicamento en 2016, podría entrar en vigencia. El panel también determinó que el hallazgo de la agencia en 2021 de que la mifepristona puede distribuirse por correo también se det...

Federal appeals court preserves access to abortion drug, but under tighter rules

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:48:52 GMT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Federal appeals court preserves access to abortion drug, but under tighter rules.Source

Jeremy Hunt says UK outlook ‘brighter than expected’ despite GDP flatline

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:48:52 GMT

LONDON — Chancellor Jeremy Hunt insisted the U.K.’s economic outlook is “brighter than expected” despite official figures showing no growth in February.The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics estimate that the U.K. economy saw no month-on-month growth in gross domestic product (GDP) in February. The opposition Labour Party’s Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves said in a statement that the U.K. was now “lagging behind on the global stage with growth on the floor.”February’s flatline followed growth of 0.4 percent in January, and means the U.K. economy continues to avoid a recession, defined in the U.K. as two quarters of declining GDP in a row. In the three months to February, GDP grew by 0.1 percent.Hunt, the U.K.’s top finance minister who was brought in to revamp the British economy after a market rout under his predecessor, said: “The economic outlook is looking brighter than expected — GDP grew in the three months to...