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Russian and Belarusian trucks formed a 50-mile queue at the Polish border while trying to leave the EU ahead of a ban deadline
A line of trucks en route to a border crossing point seen in Kybartai, Lithuania, on Saturday. Paulius Peleckis/Getty Images ...
Europe’s reliance on Russian gas imports has become a problem amid the Ukraine war. Now, it’s looking to Africa for alternatives.
Europe is under pressure to cut off Russian energy sources amid the the Ukraine war. Andrea Ronchini/NurPhoto/Getty Images EU countries ...
Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, says he doesn’t own a home right now and rotates around friends’ spare rooms
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, said in a video interview shared Monday that he doesn’t own a home and ...
Putin said ‘the time is not now’ when asked about a ceasefire in Ukraine or meeting Zelenskyy, Italian prime minister says
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said Russian President Vladimir Putin’s goal in Ukraine “has not been the search for peace.” ...
Talking to Putin is ‘just a waste of time,’ said Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi expressed his frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday L: Antonio Masiello/Getty Images, R: ...
Americans’ appetite for fish is helping fund the invasion of Ukraine — despite an import ban on Russian seafood
An Atlantic pollock sits on ice at the Portland Fish Exchange in Portland, Maine on Thursday, May 5, 2016. Robert ...
McCarthy says Biden should have aided Ukraine sooner, despite condoning Trump withholding aid to the country in 2019
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA). Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images House Minority Leader McCarthy suggested Russia “probably” wouldn’t have invaded Ukraine ...
The amount of data Elon Musk would have access to if he privatized Twitter ‘cannot be compared to anything that has ever existed’: report
Musk acquired a 9.2% stake in Twitter. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images Researcher Shoshana Zuboff told The Washington Post that ...
58 years, 2 navies, one war: A short history of one of the world’s longest-serving aircraft carriers
A Sea Harrier takes off of Indian aircraft carrier INS Viraat during an exercise off of Goa, September 29, 2005. ...
Get all the healthcare coverage you need with the Digital Health Briefing from Insider Intelligence
Healthcare has finally begun to embrace digital transformation after years as a stubborn holdout. The coronavirus pandemic has only accelerated ...
GOP congressman who voted to impeach Trump says death threats will be ‘a detriment getting good people to run’
Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., speaks during the Problem Solvers Caucus press conference in the Capitol on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020. ...
The F-35 was ‘designed precisely’ to fight and win in the kind of war happening in Ukraine, former test pilot says
A US Air Force F-35 over Poland, February 24, 2022. US Air Force/Senior Airman Joseph Barron Russia’s war on Ukraine ...
Costco is getting rid of its special COVID-19 shopping hours for vulnerable customers, including seniors, healthcare workers, and first responders
Wu Xiaoling via Getty Images Costco is ending its special COVID-19 shopping hours it made available during the pandemic. The ...
25 Bold Predictions for 2021
2020 was defined by the coronavirus pandemic. While in many ways the world was brought to a halt, digital transformation ...
Florida Department of Education rejects 54 math textbooks, citing ‘references’ to critical race theory
Florida Commissioner of Education Richard Corcoran speaks during a bill signing ceremony at the St. John the Apostle School in ...
Ukrainian foreign minister says Mariupol ‘doesn’t exist anymore’ as officials estimate 21,000 civilian losses
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba is seen after a NATO foreign ministers meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium April ...
Elon Musk says the interests of Twitter’s board members are ‘simply not aligned with shareholders’ as the company continues its push to prevent a takeover by the billionaire
JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images Elon Musk says the economic interests of Twitter’s board member’s are “simply not aligned with ...
McCarthy says Russia ‘probably’ wouldn’t have invaded Ukraine if Biden administration had sent arms sooner
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California. Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images McCarthy says Russia “probably” wouldn’t have ...
Zelenskyy says he thinks President Joe Biden should visit Ukraine as ‘the leader of the United States’
In this image from video provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office and posted on Facebook early Saturday, March 12, ...
Ukraine intercepted a phone call of a Russian soldier’s wife granting him permission to rape Ukrainian women: ‘Just wear protection.’
A stock image of a woman using a cellphone. Getty Images Ukrainian security services intercepted a phone call between a ...
Roman Abramovich is reportedly trying to revive peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, days after $7 billion of assets with suspected ties to the oligarch were frozen
Alexey Nikolsky/Sputnik/AFP, Mason/Getty Images, Laurent Van der Stockt for Le Monde/Getty Images Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich is trying to revive ...
Kevin McCarthy says he sees an ‘opportunity’ to become House speaker if Republicans flip the chamber in 2022
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA). Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images McCarthy said he sees an “opportunity” to become the next speaker ...
Millions of people who left the US job market last year plan to stay away in an act of ‘long social distancing,’ fanning the flames of inflation
Around three million people who left the workforce during the pandemic still don’t want to return, blaming virus fears. AP ...
Trump stopped taking phone calls after GOP blowback from JD Vance endorsement in Ohio Senate race: report
Ohio Republican Senate candidate JD Vance speaks to reporters following a GOP debate at Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio, ...
Zelenskyy says negotiations could end if Ukrainian fighters in Mariupol are killed by Russian forces, calls situation in city ‘inhuman’
A heavily damaged building is seen in Mariupol, Ukraine, on April 13, 2022. AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov, File Zelenskyy said negotiations ...
German food minister says Western countries need to send more weapons into Ukraine to avert a global famine: report
A scene in Ukraine following Russia’s invasion. Vadim Zamirovsky/AP Germany’s agricultural minister said Ukraine needs to be stocked with weapons ...
Archeologists to open mysterious sarcophagus discovered underneath Notre Dame Cathedral during post-fire excavations
A picture shows a lead sarcophagus discovered in the floor of Notre Dame Cathedral, in Paris, on March 15, 2022. ...
NC Gov. Cooper set a goal of 1.25 million electric vehicles by 2030. Is that possible?
The state currently has only about 36,000 zero-emission vehicles on the road. What has to happen for North Carolina to ...
NC car dealers say they’re ‘all in on EVs,’ but they’ll continue to resist direct sales
Dealers are spending millions to train employees and install new equipment for electric vehicles. Powered by WPeMatico
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Gov. Roy Cooper set a goal of 125 million electric vehicles on the road in North Carolina by 2030. Will ...
