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Spain set a maximum air-conditioning temperature of 27 degrees Celsius (80.6 Fahrenheit) in stores and many public indoor settings starting Wednesday, as an energy savings law took effect in light of Russia’s “threats” to interrupt natural gas supply to Western Europe. “Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the threats of a partial or total…

New York CNN Business  —  Coca-Cola’s latest experimental, limited-time flavor is here. It’s called … wait for it … Dreamworld. And it tastes like … dreams? “We wanted to create a dream-inspired drink that was recognizably Coca-Cola but with additional cues that bring to…

Athens — An air and sea rescue operation was underway Wednesday after around 50 people went missing when a migrant boat sank in the Aegean Sea, the Greek coastguard said. The vessel foundered at dawn off the islands of Karpathos and Rhodes after setting sail on Tuesday from Antalya, southern Turkey, heading for Italy. "According to the…

Comment on this storyComment*Flood Watch* from 2pm through this evening. A somewhat subjective rating of the day’s weather, on a scale of 0 to 10.4/10: About 5 degrees cooler than yesterday, but with a better chance of more numerous storms. Thankfully this tiresome pattern is about to break.Today: Mostly to partly sunny, scattered p.m. storms…

Construction of a pump track at Quidi Vidi Lake is slated to begin this week. The city describes a pump track as a “progressive circuit” where riders use an up and down pumping motion to propel themselves forward instead of pedaling, thus developing biking and riding skills. It is suitable for bikes,…

In Minnesota, meanwhile, Rep. Ilhan Omar, a member of the progressive "squad," survived a surprisingly close contest for her Minneapolis-based House seat.In Vermont, state Senate President Pro Tempore Becca Balint is on a path to become the first woman to represent the state in Congress. And in Connecticut, Gov. Ned Lamont and Sen. Richard…

A federal appeals court panel ruled Tuesday that House Democrats are entitled to review Donald Trump’s tax returns for 2015 to 2020, rejecting several legal arguments by the former president, who has sought for years to keep his financial records private.The decision by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit was a…

The coronavirus pandemic has caused a major decline in the number of new marriages in Japan, with there expected to be some 150,000 fewer newly wedded couples than expected in the three years to the end of 2022, a recent study showed. The fall, believed to be a result of several factors including fewer opportunities to…

A recently published study from Deutsche Bank’s International Private Bank (IPB) found that many German family-owned businesses fare better in complex crises like the Covid pandemic. Why is that and what can other companies learn from them? The analysis, conducted by the IPB’s Head of Investment Banking…

A year since the Indian hockey teams regained space in the national consciousness with exceptional performances at the Tokyo Olympics, the Birmingham Commonwealth Games (CWG) have served a reminder that sports isn’t a mathematical equation with a single definite solution. But, an unsure science with every permutation and process throwing up new…