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UK inflation hits 41-year high of 11.1% as Hunt readies budget
LONDON, Nov 16 (Reuters) – Surging household energy bills and food prices pushed British inflation to a new 41-year high in October, according to data published a day before finance minister Jeremy Hunt announces tax hikes and spending cuts to control price growth. Consumer prices rose by 11.1% in annual terms last month, the highest …
Bipartisan group of lawmakers readies two stimulus bills in effort to secure deal
Negotiators are hoping by advancing both of these measures they will draw Democratic and Republican leaders into the negotiations to speed the process along and ultimately lead to a final package. The two bills show how far the bipartisan group of negotiators took the process but also the limits of their effort, as they weren’t …
IU Health Bloomington readies for COVID-19 vaccinations of front line workers
Posted: Dec 9, 2020 / 04:29 AM EST / Updated: Dec 9, 2020 / 04:30 AM EST BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — In the coming weeks COVID-19 vaccines will be given out at 50 Indiana hospitals to front line health care workers. It will also be administered to the staff at long term care facilities. “I think …
WA readies for possible leadership spill; Gladys Berejiklian won’t quit over relationship furore; Melbourne lockdown under attack; New health alerts for NSW
A legal case challenging the validity of Melbourne’s coronavirus lockdown is being filed in the High Court of Australia as the state remains under some of strictest restrictions in the world. “This is not what we signed up for and is inconsistent with a free society, representative democratic government and civilised living,” hospitality business owner …
Trump readies thousands of attorneys for election fight
In total, it means the Republican Party will have thousands of people on hand to shape every element of voting — both on Election Day and in the days after. It’s a massive undertaking — one the RNC calls its largest election-year legal effort ever. And it’s one that could determine the winner of the …
Acrimony and impasse: Pelosi alleges Republicans don’t give ‘a damn’ about unemployed as Trump readies executive actions
The messy back and forth came just hours before Pelosi, Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D.-N.Y.) and top White House officials are set to meet in the Capitol for another round of talks. Enhanced unemployment benefits expired last week for more than 30 million Americans and an eviction moratorium also expired. The small business …
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Readies First Astronaut Launch by Private Firm
With the scheduled launch of two NASA astronauts into orbit Wednesday, SpaceX aims to propel the U.S. into a historic new era of commercially led space exploration. No company has flown commercially developed hardware carrying humans and rendezvoused with the international space station. If successful, it would be a resounding achievement for Space Exploration Technologies …
Laptops for takeout or delivery: Student technology program readies for spring quarter
Education | Learning | News releases | Technology | UW and the community | Video March 27, 2020 Narrow boxes, stuffed with bubble wrap and precious cargo, awaited shipping labels. Laptops, zipped up tight in black bags, lay in neat rows. And an assortment of spray cleaners, paper towels and disinfecting wipes collected on a …
Uber readies yet another new effort for DFW: self-driving technology
DALLAS — Uber – already putting a spotlight on the Dallas area – is adding a cutting-edge technology to Dallas. The ride-sharing company will begin an effort to gather data for mapping the North Texas city, the first step toward possible self-driving tests, according to Sarah Abboud, communications manager at the company. Uber …
Mars mission readies tiny chopper for Red Planet flight
Image copyright NASA-JPL/Caltech Image caption The rover was turned upside down so engineers could attach the helicopter Engineers preparing the next American Mars rover have installed one of its most exciting experiments – a chopper. The mini-helicopter is regarded as a bonus on the 2020 mission. It will be the first such aircraft deployed on …