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An army official says two of the three soldiers shot at a firing range on a Japanese army base have died

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:45 GMT

TOKYO (AP) — An army official says two of the three soldiers shot at a firing range on a Japanese army base have died.Source

Los trabajadores están históricamente estresados y poco comprometidos, según estudio

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:45 GMT

(CNN) —¿Aburrido en el trabajo? ¿Molesto con tu jefe? No eres el único.Una nueva encuesta de Gallup publicada este martes revela que los trabajadores de todo el mundo están históricamente estresados, poco comprometidos con su trabajo y cada vez más peleados con sus jefes. El informe de Gallup “State of the Global Workplace 2023” examinó cómo “los empleados se sienten acerca de su trabajo y sus vidas, un importante indicador de la resiliencia y el rendimiento de la organización”.Los resultados de la encuesta revelaron que el 59% de los trabajadores están “renunciando en silencio”, es decir, no están comprometidos; y el 18% están “renunciando en voz alta”, que es el acto de estar activamente desvinculado (pero todavía empleado). Gallup calcula que el bajo nivel de compromiso está costando a la economía mundial casi US$ 9 billones.Gallup preguntó a los empleados qué mejoraría de sus puestos de trabajo, y la mayoría de las respuestas, quiz...

Denver weather: Isolated storms Wednesday, dry-up ahead

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:45 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Denver's weather will stay stormy for a few more days before dry weather moves in by Sunday and into next week.Storms will be more isolated for the next few days than lately, meaning several areas will get missed by the rain.Weather tonight: Drying out Scattered rain showers will push through the Front Range Tuesday afternoon with drier conditions by the evening. Denver will see partly cloudy skies overnight with temperatures in the low 50s.Weather tomorrow: Warming upSunshine will return on Wednesday with temperatures heating up to the mid-70s. There will be a 10% chance for a few isolated storms on Wednesday afternoon. Denver has already exceeded the average rainfall for June Storms are not expected to turn severe on Wednesday but could bring small hail, moderate rainfall and lightning. Looking ahead: Dry SundayStorm chances will continue Thursday through Saturday with temperatures in the low to upper 70s.After a wet few weeks, dry weather will finally retur...

Man shot by attempted car thieves in Aurora, police say

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:45 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Police were investigating a shooting Tuesday night in Aurora, where they say a man was shot during an attempted car theft.It happened just before 10 p.m. in the 18000 block of East Kentucky Avenue, according to the Aurora Police Department. The area is east of South Buckley Road, near East Alameda Parkway. 2 killed in road rage shooting on I-25 Police say the man "interrupted what appeared to be a group of teens trying to steal his vehicle." He was shot in the leg and hospitalized in stable condition. The suspects ran off.Officers were in the area to look for the suspects, talk to witnesses and get surveillance video.Police asked anyone with information on the shooting to call Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867 (STOP).

POLITICO Pro Central Banker: Fed decisions — AT1 revival — BoE woes

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:45 GMT

Our one-stop source for central banking & monetary policy news.View in your browser or listen to audioBy GEOFFREY SMITHwith BEN MUNSTER, CARLO BOFFA and IZABELLA KAMINSKASNEAK PEEK— Federal Reserve set to pause tightening cycle as CPI eases.— ECB still expected to hike at policy meeting on Thursday.— Gilts tumble as UK labor market stays red hot.POLICY TICKERECB 3.75% ⇡ — BOE 4.5% ⇡ — FED 5.35% ⇡— SNB 1.5% ⇡— BOJ -0.10% ⇣— RBA 4.10% ⇡— PBOC 3.65%⇣— CBR 7.5% ⇣ — SARB 8.25% ⇡Good morning, everyone, and especially to you cricket lovers. The Ashes are nearly upon us, and the thrill of anticipation is almost enough — but not quite enough — to make your average Englishman forget that he’s living in a nightmarish wage-price spiral that ratchets higher every month. May’s labor market report showed average earnings rising at their fastest pace ever (outside of the pandemic), making more rate hikes from the Bank of England inevitable. Gilts had a wretched day.Despite that, BoE Govern...

San Diego City Council votes to approve homeless encampment ban

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:45 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- San Diego City Council on Tuesday voted 5-4 passing an unsafe camping ordinance, or homeless encampment ban, which has drawn polarized opinions. A majority of the 220 people who signed up to give their public comment on the ordinance spoke out against it. Council chambers were packed and two overflow rooms were also filed as Tuesday's afternoon meeting began at 1 p.m.However, city leaders including San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria, Councilmember Stephen Whitburn, who brought the ordinance to council, have been vocal in their support of the ordinance. “How can the city proceed with criminalizing the homeless when we don’t have enough beds," one person said during public comment.“Encampments are unsafe and unsanitary, we cannot allow them to proliferate, period," Gloria said.Gloria held a press conference with several city leaders, downtown residents, business owners and others to voice their support on the ordinance before the City Council meeting began Tuesday.If passed...

Long-awaited Vietnam energy plan aims to boost renewables, but fossil fuels still in the mix

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:45 GMT

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Power outages are leaving Vietnamese homes and businesses without power for hours at a time, as a prolonged drought and high temperatures strain the fast-growing economy’s capacity to keep up. A long-anticipated plan meant to fix the energy crunch and help achieve ambitious climate change goals will offer some relief but may not go far enough in weaning the country off of fossil fuels, experts say. The need for progress is evident. Streetlights have been turned off in some major cities and businesses have been told to cut energy use. Amid severe drought, two out of the three largest hydroelectric reservoirs in Vietnam have almost completely stopped operating. “It is a big headache for us,” said Nguyen Thanh Tam, deputy director of Hoa Long printing company in Hanoi. “We need power to operate the machines.”The national energy plan, called Power Development Plan 8 or PDP8, aims to more than double the maximum power Vietnam can generate to some 150...

As conditions for Syrians worsen, aid organizations struggle to catch the world’s attention again

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:45 GMT

BAR ELIAS, Lebanon (AP) — Six months after she got the call informing her that her U.N. assistance would be cut, Najwa al-Jassem is struggling to feed her four children and pay rent for their tent in a Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa Valley.She once received food rations and cash that covered most of their modest monthly expenses. The family now only gets the equivalent of $20 a month, which just covers the rent for their cramped tent.Her husband gets only sporadic day labor and “my kids are too young for me to send them to work the fields,” she told The Associated Press in the camp near the town of Bar Elias. “We’re eating one meal a day.”Aid agencies will struggle to draw the world’s attention back to the plight of Syrians like al-Jassem on Wednesday at an annual donor conference hosted by the European Union in Brussels for humanitarian aid to respond to the Syrian crisis. Funding from the two-day conference will also go toward providing aid to Syrians within the wa...

Stock market today: Asian stocks mixed after US inflation cools

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:45 GMT

BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Wednesday after a cooler reading on U.S. inflation buoyed hopes the Federal Reserve will postpone a possible interest rate hike.Shanghai, Tokyo and Sydney rose while Hong Kong and Seoul declined.Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index gained 0.7% to a 14-month high after government data Tuesday showed U.S. consumer inflation eased to 4% over a year earlier in May from the previous month’s 4.9%. It was less than half last June’s peak of 9.1% but still double the Fed’s 2% target.That reinforced hopes the Fed will avoid announcing another rate hike when its monthly meeting ends Wednesday. Two Fed board members have said the U.S. central bank should put off another hike while it studies the impact of previous increases.“The Fed will see this as a window of opportunity to pause,” Clifford Bennett of ACY Securities said in a report.The Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.2% to 3,241.57 and the Nikkei 225 in Tokyo advanced...

Federal assistance sought for northeastern vineyards, orchards hit by late frost

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:45 GMT

SHELBURNE, Vt. (AP) — Vineyards and apple orchards across the Northeast are still gauging damage from a late-season frost in May that wiped out a third to most of the crop for some growers who say it’s the worst frost damage they have ever seen.Some states are seeking federal disaster declarations, which would make low-interest loans and other programs available to affected growers, while agriculture officials across the region are contemplating together asking the U.S. Department of Agriculture for direct aid to farmers.In southern Vermont, Scott Farm Orchard lost up to 90% of its apple crop when the temperature dipped to 25 degrees Fahrenheit (-3 degrees Celsius) for five hours on May 18. At the northern end of the state, Shelburne Vineyards in Shelburne, Vermont, lost about 50% of its grape crop, which is potentially a half-million dollar revenue loss, according to head wine grower and vineyard manager Ethan Joseph. To make up for lost production, Shelburne Vineyards plans to buy...