The currency has bounced back to almost its full value since before the West imposed economic sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.
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California governor rejects parole for Manson family member
Leslie Van Houten, now 72, is serving a life sentence for helping the cult leader and others kill Los Angeles grocer Leno LaBianca and his wife, Rosemary, in August 1969.
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Prosecutor: Brit’s brutality uncommon even for Islamic State
A federal jury in Virginia is told that the ISIS leader on trial for terrorist acts that resulted in the gruesome deaths of four American hostages had a reputation for outsize brutality.
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Stocks fall, breaking a four-day winning streak on Wall Street
Technology stocks were among the biggest weights on the broader market Wednesday.
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Russia war ends era of globalization that kept inflation low
In addition, the widening rupture between the world’s democracies and its autocracies has further darkened the global economic outlook.
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U.S. growth in fourth quarter revised lower to 6.9%
But economists forecast that growth could fall to as low as 0.5% in the first three months of this year and may even slip into negative territory.
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Germany warns on Russian gas, Poland to end oil imports
Berlin and Paris also call on companies and households to conserve energy following demands by Russia that deliveries should be paid in rubles.
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Bruce Willis, diagnosed with aphasia, steps away from acting
Renowned for films like ‘Die Hard,’ ‘Pulp Fiction’ and ‘The Sixth Sense,’ the 67-year-old Hollywood star has a disease that causes loss of the ability to understand or express speech.
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Justice Thomas’ wife has long been outspoken partisan
Virginia Thomas has repeatedly maintained that her political activities posed no conflict of interest with the work of her husband.
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Justices decide for themselves when to step aside from cases
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ wife implored then-President Trump’s White House chief of staff to act to overturn the 2020 election results, according to a report in The Washington Post.