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Speaking in a rare, televised address on Wednesday, Putin warned that if the territorial integrity of Russia is threatened, the Kremlin would “certainly use all the means at our disposal to protect Russia and our people. It is not a bluff.”Gavriil Grigorov | Afp | Getty ImagesRussian President Vladimir Putin’s ultimatum to the West drastically increases the risk of a nuclear conflict, analysts and campaigners warned, with world leaders denouncing what they describe as “reckless” and “irresponsible” threats.Speaking in a rare televised address Wednesday, Putin called up extra forces for the war in Ukraine and warned that if the territorial…

Washington CNN  —  A federal judge in Arizona has decided the court can’t block a House January 6 committee subpoena for GOP state chair Kelli Ward and her husband Michael’s cell phone data, a ruling that may deliver more information in the probe about the state-level backing for Donald Trump after his 2020 loss. Judge Diane Humetewa found the court didn’t have power to curtail the House’s investigative steps in response to the Wards suing the committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. The Wards’ phone company received a subpoena in January seeking certain phone records…

UNITED NATIONS: South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida held the first one-on-one talks between their countries’ leaders since 2019 on Wednesday (Sep 21) and agreed on the need to improve relations by resolving issues of dispute. The meeting took place in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. Yoon became president in May and has been keen to improve relations with Tokyo, which have been plagued by disputes stemming from Japan’s 1910-45 colonisation of the Korean peninsula, at a time when both countries face threats from North Korea. Japan has also stressed…

With nearly unlimited access to designers and clothes, it’s always exciting to see what our favorite models decide to wear, especially in those quote, unquote off-duty moments. From dress rehearsals for Vogue World to running around New York City in between fashion shows, we’ve been paying close attention to their looks, and the girls are clearly ready for temperatures to start dropping and for cozy fall dressing.If there were an award for cool-girl layering, we would certainly bestow the honor upon Paloma Elsesser. The 30-year-old model was spotted earlier this month using one of our favorite styling tricks: a crisp…

If you feel like you get every cold going around, you might not be imagining it. Some people are just primed to get colds more easily and frequently than others, experts told TODAY.Most adults get between somewhere between one and three colds per year, but “people vary a lot,” Dr. Otto Yang, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases and of microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, told TODAY.”There are people that feel like they’re sick the whole cold and flu season and other people that seem to be untouched by…

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Retailers and the hospitality sector have praised Kwasi Kwarteng’s decision, set out in the government’s fiscal package on Friday, to reintroduce VAT refunds for overseas tourists visiting the UK.Tourists’ ability to reclaim sales tax on purchases made in the UK was abolished at the start of 2021, the point at which it would otherwise have been extended to visitors from EU countries following Brexit.The luxury sector and businesses operating in central London have been especially critical of that decision, saying it removed billions of pounds of revenue from the wider tourist economy and hindered the sector’s recovery from the coronavirus…

US stocks fell sharply in Friday trading as investors continued to worry about even more rate hikes from the Federal Reserve that could land the US economy in a recession. The Dow (INDU) closed 483 points, or 1.6%, lower in Friday trading. The S&P 500 (SPX) and the Nasdaq (COMP) Composite were down 1.7% and 1.8%, respectively. The Dow fell by more than 800 points at one point, falling more than 20% from its record close of 36,799.65 set on January 4, and entering bear territory. The S&P 500 remains in bear territory. “We are now in another downswing in…

Apple refreshed its iPhone, Watch and AirPods product lines at an online event Wednesday, as well as introducing a new Ultra watch for activity in challenging environments. The Apple Watch Ultra is designed to operate in extreme cold and hot environments, as well as under 130 feet of water. It’s housed in a rugged titanium case and its face is made of tough sapphire crystal. Ultra also has an “Action” button that’s programmable, an 85-decibel siren for emergencies, and its controls are designed for use with gloves. It has three microphones for voice call clarity, even in windy conditions. Apple…

Sterling’s crumbling and gilts are getting butchered after Britain’s embrace of trickle-down splashback economics. At time of pixel, cable’s at about $1.09. FT Alphaville sincerely hope everyone who hoped to travel abroad this year already did so.As UK markets go all Red Wedding, what’s a central bank Governor to do?ING’s Antoine Bouvet and Chris Turner reckon quantitative tightening, after getting the greenlight just yesterday, is now dead in the water (our emphasis):We have written at length before that trading conditions in the gilt market call for the BoE to tread very cautiously when it comes to adding to the selling…