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France's Macron and Ukraine's Zelenskiy held call on Sunday

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:40:51 GMT

Both sides reported that French President Emmanuel Macron (pictured) spoke with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy by phone on Sunday (30 April) to discuss Ukraine's needs in terms of military.Zelenskiy claimed that he and Macron had a meaningful and long conversation during which they co-ordinated their positions regarding the war, and how to end the conflict in Ukraine and Russia.In a video message he gave that evening, he thanked France personally and Emmanuel for their support for our country and people. He also thanked France because it had promised to send arms to Ukraine.The French presidency stated that Macron reaffirmed France’s support for Ukraine in Zelenskiy's presence, and that Macron gave an update regarding European coordination to give Ukraine military assistance.Josep Borrell, the European Union's chief of foreign policy, expressed confidence this week that a plan would be finalised within days by the bloc to purchase ammunition for Ukraine. This was after Kyiv v...

Presale Codes for Old Dominion No Bad Vibes Tour

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:40:51 GMT

It’s Written in the Sand — you should go checkout Old Dominion when they come to a city near you. The popular country crew are going on a cross country jaunt dubbed the “No Bad Vibes” tour, hitting over 40 dates. The tour launches September 7 in Grand Rapids, MI and continues throughout the year, wrapping next January 6 in Kahului, HI, with a date October 27 here in Los Angeles at Crypto.com Arena — see below for all dates. Passwords and presale codes for Old Dominion No Bad Vibes Tour tickets are as follows:Presale codes for Old Dominion No Bad Vibes TourPresale tickets for Old Dominion No Bad Vibes Tour go on sale today, May 2 and we’ve been told the following presale codes and passwords may work. Details are subject to change, and vary by event date:Fan club presale code or password: WHISKEYJAMAmerican Express card presale code or password: INGOLD (you will need an Amex card to make the purchase)Sales for the general public should go on sale this Friday, M...

Single-family home sells for $1.6 million in Pleasanton

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:40:51 GMT

2704 Laramie Gate Circle – Google Street ViewA 1,919-square-foot house built in 1985 has changed hands. The property located in the 2700 block of Laramie Gate Circle in Pleasanton was sold on March 17, 2023, for $1,611,000, or $839 per square foot. The property features four bedrooms, three bathrooms, and a garage. The unit sits on a 7,560-square-foot lot.These nearby houses have also recently been sold:In May 2022, a 2,020-square-foot home on Laramie Gate Court in Pleasanton sold for $2,015,000, a price per square foot of $998. The home has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.On Ross Gate Way, Pleasanton, in March 2023, a 1,825-square-foot home was sold for $1,716,000, a price per square foot of $940. The home has 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.A 2,103-square-foot home on the 4600 block of Ross Gate Way in Pleasanton sold in August 2022, for $1,720,000, a price per square foot of $818. The home has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. 

Ask Amy: She’s not my mom, and her ‘compliments’ rub me the wrong way

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:40:51 GMT

Dear Amy: My friend (who is one year younger) has a habit of telling me she’s “proud” of me for doing big and small things.I bought a house and she said she was proud of me. I said I was going out of town, and she said she was proud of me.I heard her once tell another friend that she thought the friend’s house was “adorable.”I can’t exactly tell if she means to belittle people or if I’m blowing it out of proportion. Thoughts?NOT AdorableDear NOT: My sense is that your friend is unaware that her comments come off as patronizing.“I’m proud of you” may be her stand-in for “I’m happy for you.”I’m unsure of what is so off-putting about calling someone’s house “adorable,” and in that instance you seem to be hypersensitive about your friend’s word choices.Talk to her! Tell her, “I hope you can understand that when you say, ‘I’m proud of you,’ it feels like you are infantilizing me. I don’t think you mean it that way, but I’m letting you know that i...

Harriette Cole: Am I responsible for a belligerent, drunk friend?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:40:51 GMT

DEAR HARRIETTE: I recently went out with a friend of mine. She had a few too many drinks. I asked her not to drive home and offered to call her an Uber, but she was adamant that she was fine to drive.Knowing that wasn’t the case, I persuaded her to let me order her some food in the hope that she would sober up a little bit, but she was still insistent on driving home.The next day, she confessed to me that she had been, in fact, way too drunk to drive, and she felt terrible about it.It really got me thinking about my responsibility in this situation. I didn’t want to be overbearing or aggressive, but at the same time, I felt that I needed to do something to prevent a dangerous situation. She was so insistent on driving, I guess I just got tired of arguing.Do you have any advice on how I should handle a similar situation in the future?Feeling GuiltyRelated ArticlesAdvice | Harriette Cole: My husband has become insufferable about what we should eat Advice | ...

Europe’s inflation inches up ahead of interest rate decision

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:40:51 GMT

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Europe’s painful inflation inched higher last month, extending the squeeze on households and keeping pressure on the European Central Bank to unleash another large interest rate increase.Consumer prices in the 20 countries using the euro currency jumped 7% in April from a year earlier, just down from the annual rate of 6.9% in March, the European Union statistics agency Eurostat said Tuesday. Food prices eased a little, falling to an annual 13.6% from March’s 15.5%, while energy prices rose a more modest 2.5%.Core inflation, which excludes volatile food and fuel, slowed slightly but was still high at 5.6%, underlining the expectation that the ECB will press ahead with its campaign to beat inflation into submission with rate hikes. The question is: How quickly will the bank go? Analysts say the ECB’s meeting Thursday in Frankfurt could end in an increase of a quarter- or a half-percentage point. A quarter-point hike would be a moderation in the b...

Inflation in European countries using the euro currency inches higher to 7% in April as squeeze on households extends

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:40:51 GMT

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Inflation in European countries using the euro currency inches higher to 7% in April as squeeze on households extends.Source

Agentes de la patrulla fronteriza de EE.UU. buscan a sospechoso de tiroteo masivo en Texas, dice una fuente, mientras las autoridades buscan pistas sobre su paradero

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:40:51 GMT

(CNN) — Mientras investigadores de Texas se apresuran a encontrar al hombre acusado de disparar fatalmente a 5 personas, incluida una madre y su hijo de 9 años, en una casa de Texas, los agentes de la patrulla fronteriza de EE.UU. están atentos al fugitivo en caso de que intente de huir a México, le dijo a CNN una fuente policial familiarizada con la investigación.Las autoridades publicaron este lunes nuevas imágenes del fugitivo, identificado por los investigadores como el ciudadano mexicano Francisco Oropesa, en un cartel de búsqueda. El cartel muestra varios de los tatuajes distintivos del sospechoso y advierte que está “armado y es peligroso”.Oropesa, de 38 años, está acusado de llevar a cabo la masacre el viernes pasado después de que le pidieran que dejara de disparar su rifle cerca de la casa de una familia vecina en Cleveland, una ciudad de unos 8.000 habitantes al noreste de Houston, en Texas.Las víctimas, todas de nacionalidad hondureña, fueron identificadas como Son...

Buried treasure, including nearly 200 Roman coins, found in Italy

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:40:51 GMT

(CNN) — Archaeologists in Livorno, Italy, are putting together the pieces of a great mystery that began with a stunning find.While hiking in a cleared area of a Tuscan forest northeast of Livorno, a member of the Livorno Paleontological Archaeological Group spotted a few glimmering coins in the dirt in November 2021. Upon closer inspection and excavation, researchers determined that the find included 175 silver Roman denarii coins. Nearly all were in good condition, making this one of the few hoards of ancient coins found intact, according to the group.But the discovery prompted a number of questions: Whose treasure was it? Who were they hiding it from? And why didn’t they come back for it?The archaeological group, along with the archaeologist official for the provinces of Pisa and Livorno, Dr. Lorella Alderighi, has spent more than a year measuring, weighing and documenting the coins, according to a news release posted on its Facebook page. Now, the researchers think th...

Hints of peaking EU inflation signal ECB rate hike slowdown

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:40:51 GMT

The European Central Bank looked on course to slow its campaign of interest rate hikes after fresh data released Tuesday showed inflationary pressures easing a little, as the economy responded to an aggressive tightening of monetary policy over the last year. Core inflation in the eurozone, which strips out volatile food and energy components, fell for the first time in 10 months in April, edging down to 5.6 percent from 5.7 percent in March. That bolstered hopes that it has now peaked — even though headline inflation broke a five-month falling streak by ticking back up to 7.0 percent due to strong food and service prices. Both numbers were broadly in line with market expectations.The strength of core inflation — still over twice the ECB’s medium-term target of 2 percent — makes another interest rate hike at this Thursday’s governing council meeting all but inevitable, but a larger hike seems less likely.ECB board member Isabel Schnabel told POLITICO in April that she want...