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Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday said that the U.S. and Poland remain “united” in their support for Ukraine, despite the Pentagon’s rejection of the Polish government’s fighter jets proposal.Driving the news: The Pentagon rejected a plan from Poland to deploy the country’s fleet of MiG-29 fighter jets to a U.S. base in Germany, which…Continue Reading

Chart: Axios VisualsWith inflation surging, gold — the traditional hedge on rising prices — has flirted with new record highs. The big picture: The yellow metal is traditionally viewed as a safe haven during times of crisis, especially by investors in emerging markets.Russia is also one of the world’s largest gold producers, and recent sanctions…Continue Reading

Data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; Chart: Axios VisualsInflation continued its relentless surge in February, driving the rate of consumer price increases to a new generational high.The new numbers include precious few signs of inflation abating —and mostly don’t reflect the impact of the Ukraine war on global commodity prices.Why it matters: Wall Street forecasters…Continue Reading

Turns out if you pay people more per hour, they don’t need to work as much. Case in point: People want to work fewer hours than they did before March 2020, according to a working paper published recently by the Chicago Fed.Why it matters: The findings suggest that the labor market is even tighter than…Continue Reading

Data: Axios reporting; Chart: Jared Whalen/AxiosGoogle is plowing ahead with a $5.4 billion acquisition as it fends off a Justice Department lawsuit charging monopolistic practices and inquiries by lawmakers who argue the search giant is already too big.Why it matters: An increasingly hostile regulatory climate over the past five years hasn’t stopped Big Tech giants…Continue Reading

Even if you are not a basketball fan, there’s a good chance you knew something about Brittney Griner before the news broke last week that she had been detained by Russian authorities and was facing drug-smuggling charges.At 6-foot-9, Griner is a dominant force in women’s basketball, both for the Phoenix Mercury and the U.S. national…Continue Reading

SANTIAGO – Chile’s Javier Silva and Jaime Nazar became the first two men to tie the knot in the South American country’s history on Thursday after a law allowing same-sex marriage went into effect.In December, Congress approved legislation guaranteeing legal rights for same-sex couples in a milestone for the conservative nation after a decade-long battle…Continue Reading

This season’s flu vaccine offers meager protection against mild cases of influenza, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday.Against the most common flu strain circulating this season, the flu shot reduced a person’s chance of getting a mild case by 16 percent, which is “considered not statistically significant,” the CDC authors wrote, though…Continue Reading

March 10, 2022, 5:59 PM UTCMariupol has been crushed by Russia’s war.Its streets have been pounded by shells and airstrikes, its people left without water or heat in the freezing winter and its leaders forced to plead for aid that can’t make it through.The deadly Russian strike on a children’s and maternity hospital in the…Continue Reading