So far Britain has banned Russian ships and aircraft from the UK, imposed restrictions on a number of Russian banks, successfully lobbied for Russia's removal from the Swift banking system, and personally sanctioned at least five oligarchs with known links to the Kremlin.

Samsung's goal with the Galaxy A53 5G is clear: to bring high-end features to a more affordable device. It has a multi-lens camera system that includes a 64-megapixel main camera, a 12-megapixel ultrawide camera, a 5-megapixel macro camera and a 5-megapixel depth sensor. 

Prices increased 0.4% from March to April, up from a 0.1% rise from February to March. Compared with a year earlier, prices climbed 4.9%, down slightly from March´s year-over-year increase. The April data provided some evidence of cooling inflation, a sign that sent stock prices higher in morning trading.

Grocery prices fell for a second straight month. And the cost of many services, including airline fares and hotel rooms, plunged.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal health advisers are recommending that a decades-old birth control pill be sold without a prescription. The unanimous vote on Wednesday by a Food and Drug Administration panel paves the way for what could be the 1st birth control pill available over the counter.

Frans Timmermans, the European Commission's first vice-president, said on Thursday that Britain was being left behind by the EU in the strength of its sanctions against Russian moneymen and their businesses

The changes would help shore up a key trust fund that pays for Medicare, which provides health care for older adults. According to the White House, the changes would keep the fund solvent until the 2050s, about 25 years longer than currently expected.

Instead, the Galaxy A53 5G runs on Samsung's Exynos 1280 chip, which is said to be a middle-range processor with gaming performance similar to the Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G, according to blog SamMobile. That's the same chip inside the Galaxy A52S 5G, a variant of the A52 that launched in the United Kingdom last year. But the Exynos 1280 was built using a 5-nanometer manufacturing process just like the processor inside the iPhone 13 and Pixel 6. A smaller nanometer measurement typically means more transistors, which should result in more power and energy efficiency. 

area. Beijing is accused of widespread human rights abuses in the region and detaining more than a million Uyghur and other Muslim minorities in re-education camps -- allegations that officials veheme

His comments came as officials in France seized an £86million superyacht linked to Rosneft chairman Igor Sechin - a close ally of the Russian President - in the Mediterranean port of La Ciotat close to Marseille.

Google will begin its AI transition in search cautiously, starting with a waitlist available only in the U.S. to people who want to test the new approach. Other AI improvements are coming to Gmail, Photos and the conversational chatbot, Bard.

(AP) - Google has disclosed plans to infuse its dominant search engine with more advanced artificial-intelligence technology. The effort is in response to one of the biggest threats to its long-established position as the internet´s main gateway. The gradual shift in how Google´s search engine runs is rolling out three months after Microsoft´s Bing search engine started to tap into technology similar to that which powers the artificially intelligent chatbot ChatGPT.

For Apple, the iPhone SE is a cheaper way to draw new shoppers into services such as iMessage, Apple TV, Apple Arcade and the full App Store. Samsung, meanwhile, is trying to provide premium features for less money.

The battle for Kyiv is now underway as Russian tanks this morning pushed to within just a few miles of the city outskirts, analysts and witnesses said, though initial assaults to the west and east were repelled as Putin's forces face a long and bloody campaign to try and take the capital.

Kremlin troops launched two attacks on Kyiv late Wednesday and earlier today - one via the besieged western city of Irpin and another through the eastern district of Brovary, with video showing the moment Russian tanks and armoured vehicles were bombarded with artillery in a devastating ambush and forced to turn back. 

(AP) - Imagine being able to make a bet with this level of specificity: the Yankees´ Aaron Judge will hit a home run on the fourth pitch he sees in a given at bat, which will be a curveball spinning at a certain speed. While it´s incredibly unlikely to win, it´s the kind of thing that could be offered soon to sports bettors around the United States.

has approved more than $42 billion in federal student loan debt forgiveness for more than 615,000 borrowers over the past 18 months. It´s part of a program aimed at getting more people to work in public service jobs. The Public Service Loan Forgiveness program is open to teachers, librarians, nurses, public interest lawyers, military members and other public workers.

It cancels a borrower´s remaining student debt after 10 years of public interest work, or 120 monthly payments. Stringent rules meant that many applicants were rejected, but a recent waiver made it easier for people to apply and get their debt forgiven.