The 2021 BRIT awards was dominated by successful women in the music industry. From Taylor Swift to Dua Lipa, here are the women who took over and made history over the awards show.
WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - Partly reflecting a spike in prices for used cars and trucks, the Labor Department released a report on Wednesday showing U.S. consumer prices increased by much more than
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The prevalent forest fires in Northwestern Michigan this week, largely due to carelessness during the extremely dry spell, have given the state forces considerable trouble in Wexford County the last few days but now are fairly well under control. Edward Thalman, the state deputy fire warden who has been directing the battle against the Wexford and Manistee fires, today issued a statement of warning calling the attention of all settlers, tourists and fishermen to exercise the utmost caution in setting fires during this dry time. Parties camping along the public highways are asked to aid the department in saving property by extinguishing with care all camp fires. Among the fires which Deputy Thalman has been called on to fight are the following in Wexford: Tuesday, by aid of a large number of volunteers, a bad fire was extinguished in Henderson, where the District No. 2 School was saved. Several hundred cords of wood and bolts were saved on the farm of Deputy Sheriff Smit
Portugal Inflation Rises More Than Estimated
LISBON (dpa-AFX) - Portugal s consumer prices inflation rose more than estimated in April, final data from Statistics Portugal showed on Wednesday.
The consumer price index rose 0.6 percent year-on-year in April, following a 0.5 percent increase in March. In the initial estimate, inflation was 0.5 percent.
The core CPI, which excludes energy and unprocessed food products components remained unchanged at 0.1 percent yearly in April, as initially estimated.
On a monthly basis, consumer prices rose 0.4 percent in April, after a 1.4 percent increase in the previous month, in line with initial estimated.
The EU measure of harmonized index of consumer price, or HICP, decreased 0.1 percent annually in April, reversing a 0.1 percent growth in the prior month, as estimated.