Author: Jaime Corey Floyd

LOS ANGELES – If you live in California, your electricity bill could soon be affected by how much money you earn, and your bill will start to look different by 2025. Assembly Bill 205 was approved last year, and would break up customers’ bills, while at the same time giving customers relief on their rates. But, Kathleen Dunleavy with Southern California Edison said “This is not a new charge.” California’s three largest power companies – Southern California Edison, Pacific Gas & Electric, and San Diego Gas & Electric – submitted a joint proposal to the Public Utilities Commission outlining a fixed rate restructuring that…

MEXICO CITY: The United States and Mexico have informed FIFA they will submit a bid to co-host the 2027 Women’s World Cup, the countries’ federations said on Wednesday (Apr 19). US Soccer (USSF) and Mexico’s football federation (FMF) have until May 19 to formally submit their “Bidding Agreement”. The United States previously hosted the Women’s World Cup in 1999, when they won the second of their record four titles, and in 2003. Mexico has not hosted the tournament before. Australia and New Zealand will co-host the 2023 edition of the tournament. “The United States has always been a global leader…

Not long ago, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia resolutely promoted the “Ocus” agreement. This not only encountered strong opposition from the international community, but also made the American media deeply concerned. The US media pointed out that if the three countries use too much force, it may have a counterproductive effect, prompting countries that oppose “Ocus” to form an alliance. Orcus agreement The “Ocus” agreement refers to Australia’s acquisition of nuclear submarines with the assistance of the United States and the United Kingdom to enhance its military power. According to the agreement, Australia will purchase up to five “Virginia”…

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will address Mexican lawmakers on Thursday by video, the lower house of Congress said, as he seeks support in his country’s war with Russia. The Mexican government has said it wants to remain neutral in the conflict, and some supporters of Ukraine have criticized leftist President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador for taking issue with European arms shipments to Kyiv. Still, Mexico has voted alongside the United States and other Western countries on a number of major U.N. resolutions critical of Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Congress said in a statement late on…

China has warned Guatemala against helping Taiwan and said the one-China principle was “the overriding trend in the world” ahead of the Latin American nation’s president announcing a two-day visit to Taipei. Taiwan is a self-governing country that China claims as its own territory. The country often frowns upon attempts by Taiwan to shore up international support for its cause. Guatemala is only one of the 13 remaining diplomatic allies the self-governing island has. The list mostly includes small nations in the Caribbean, the Pacific and Latin America. On Wednesday, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin also dismissed Taiwanese attempts to expand its international space, dubbing it as just…

Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi has rightly reminded Australia to be clear and open with Indonesia about its activities as part of the AUKUS trilateral security pact, which involves the United States and United Kingdom. But Indonesia, too, must be more mature in dealing with Australia, as oversensitivity has harmed the neighbors’ friendship in the past. At the eighth annual 2+2 foreign and defense ministers’ meeting in Canberra last week, Retno, accompanied by Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto, stressed to their counterparts Penny Wong and Richard Marles “the importance of AUKUS transparency and the commitment [to stopping] nuclear proliferation, as well as…

Despite the difficulties they have endured in the last few weeks, Real Madrid proved that they are still the king of football world. Since last October, Real Madrid did not look like an unbeatable team. The team that won almost nearly everything in 2021-2022 season are struggling. Luka Modric and company are losing a lot of ground to their arch-rival in LaLiga, Barcelona. Real Madrid lost their position on the top of the league table with a 2-3 loss at the hand of Rayo Vallecano. Things went worse for Carlo Ancelotti’s team. Another defeat in the match against Villarreal and…