G7 agrees to price cap on Russian oil
The G7 agreed to a price cap on Russian oil Friday as Moscow countered with its own plans to halt energy flows to Europe amid an already fraught European energy situation. The group of seven advanced global economies agreed that they would refuse to ship oil from Russia if it is sold at a price higher than the price cap, an attempt to curb Russian profits from the sale of the fuel. “Today we confirm our joint political intention to finalise and implement a comprehensive prohibition of services which enable maritime transportation of Russian-origin crude oil and petroleum
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The AFL-CIO on Friday launched an organizing drive that will aim to connect more than 100,000 volunteers with nearly 8 million voters ahead of November’s midterms. The mobilization effort is the largest in the history of the labor federation, which represents over 12.5 million workers. AFL-CIO volunteers will meet with workers in person and send a flurry of texts, phone calls and digital messages in a bid to shore up support for pro-union candidates. The AFL-CIO aims to translate a wave of organizing around the country and strong public support for unions int
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Our government faces tumultuous times characterized by attacks on the legitimacy of the nation’s electoral process, a lack of public trust, serious threats against the FBI and law enforcement, and a recent revival of a proposal that tens of thousands of career federal civil servants should be converted into patronage employees. The increasingly commo
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