Despite the seemingly divergent figures, the decline in the core measure points to inflation coming under control.
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North Korea’s Kim vows full support for Russia’s ‘just fight’ in visit with Putin
North Korea may have tens of millions of aging artillery shells and rockets based on Soviet designs that could give a huge boost to the Russian army in Ukraine, analysts say.
Searchers race to recover bodies in Libya as death toll from flooding hits 5,100
Two dams in the mountains above Derna collapsed during a storm, sending floodwaters roaring down the Wadi Derna river and through the city center, sweeping away entire city blocks.
American researcher doing well after rescue from deep Turkish cave
Mark Dickey says his nine-day ordeal was a ‘crazy, crazy adventure.’
Five former officers charged with federal civil rights violations in Tyre Nichols beating death
Tadarrius Bean, Desmond Mills, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin and Justin Smith have pleaded not guilty to state charges of second-degree murder and other alleged offenses.
North Korea’s leader in Russia to meet Putin
Kim Jung Un is expected to seek military and economic aid, though there’s also speculation he badly needs energy and food supplies as well.
CDC panel recommends updated COVID vaccines. Shots could be ready this week
Experts worry that immunity from previous vaccinations and infections is fading in many people, and a new shot would save many lives.
Ukrainian pilots could be flying F-16s in 3 months, Air National Guard chief says
The U.S. could have the first Ukrainian pilots trained on F-16 fighter jets before the end of the year, though it will be longer than that before they are flying combat missions
What’s ahead now that Republicans are opening an impeachment inquiry into Biden
Democrats have reiterated that the Justice Department investigated an unverified bribery allegation against Joe Biden when Trump was president and found ‘insufficient evidence’ to pursue it further.
Hurricane Lee swirls through open waters on a path to Atlantic Canada
Still north of Puerto Rico, Lee was generating dangerous surf and rip currents, conditions that are expected to spread to the U.S. East Coast.