Month: September 2021

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to a year in prison over illegal campaign funding in 2012. Sarkozy, 66, was found guilty for spending tens of millions of euros more on his unsuccessful […]

Potential Government Shutdown Looms

A potential government shutdown looms ahead of tonight’s deadline for Congress to pass a short-term spending bill. Congress must vote on a bipartisan resolution for funding through early December before the funding expires midnight tonight. […]

Wayne Couzens Given Rare Whole-Life Sentence for Sarah Everard’s Murder

Wayne Couzens has been sentenced to life-in-prison, a rare sentencing in the UK, for his kidnapping, raping and murdering of Sarah Everard in March. Couzens, who was a serving Metropolitan police officer, abused his powers […]

Merck Enriches Rare Disease Drugs Portfolio, Buys Acceleron for $11.5 Bln

In an effort to broaden its portfolio with potential treatments that could bring in fresh revenue, Merck & Co is buying Cambridge-based drugmaker Acceleron Pharma Inc for about $11.5 billion in a transaction expected to […]

Purchasing Russian S-400 Was Worth Tensions with US, Erdogan Says

Ankara’s decision to purchase the Russian S-400 air defense systems was worth the tensions it caused with the United States, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in an interview with The New York Times, stressing […]

DHS to Scrap MPP Once the Supreme Court’s Injunction is Lifted

Despite the fact that the Supreme Court upheld in August a lower court decision requiring the agency to re-implement the so called “remain in Mexico” immigration program, DHS informed on Wednesday it intends to issue […]

Expo 2020 Dubai Kicks Off with Star-Studded Opening Ceremony

With a star-studded opening ceremony with an audience of 3,000 people that will feature top acts like world-famous tenor Andrea Bocelli, and will be streamed live to more than 430 locations across the UAE and […]

Kim Jong-un Dismisses US Talks Offer as Cover for Hostile Policy

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has blamed Washington for offering talks with Pyongyang as a cover for its hostile policy it’s sticking to, particularly pointing that the military threat from the US was still there. […]

YouTube to Ban All Vaccine Misinformation from Its Platform

YouTube announced Wednesday that it will be banning misleading and inaccurate content about vaccines in order to stop the spread of misinformation. The platform said that its current community guidelines already prohibit the sharing of […]

Generation Alpha Will Face 7 Times More Extreme Climate Events

Children born today are likely to face seven times more extreme weather events than their grandparents. New research published in Science, an academic journal, estimates how many extreme climate events will happen in the future […]

R Kelly Found Guilty of All Counts in Sex Trafficking Trial

R. Kelly has been found guilty of all charges of sex trafficking brought against the singer. Nine charges were brought against Kelly by eleven accusers, all of whom took the stand during the six week […]

UK Gas Crisis Unfolds

Over the weekend in the UK, thousands of gas stations ran out of fuel amid fears of a nationwide shortage. This crisis, hoped to be a short-lived weekend issue, now is feared to be a […]

Taliban Warned the US Against Future Drone Ops in Afghan Airspace

Taliban spokesman and Deputy Minister of Information and Culture, Zabihullah Mujahid, pointed on Wednesday that the United States is violating Afghanistan’s airspace by its drones and stressed that these violations must be corrected and prevented, […]

Whistleblower to Testify at Senate Hearing on Facebook’s Toxic Effects

Both Democrat and Republican senators have shown interest in hearing what the Facebook Inc. whistleblower scheduled to testify at a Senate hearing next week has to say on the toxic effects on young users the […]

Pew Poll Shows GOP Voters Not So Interested in Prosecuting Jan. 6 Rioters

While most Americans still believes it is important to find and prosecute people that participated in the Jan. 6 riot at the US Capitol the House select committee investigates, its number has dropped since March. […]

Blinken Accuses Russia of Blocking OSCE Human Rights Meeting in Warsaw

Washington has accused Russia on Tuesday of obstructionism in the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) after a meeting on Human Rights was blocked by Moscow’s decision. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken […]

CIA Evacuated Its Serbia-Based Officer Affected by Havana Syndrome

CIA has evacuated one of its intelligence officers from Serbia after he demonstrated an array of neurological symptoms consistent with the infamous Havana Syndrome in recent weeks as more cases of the mysterious neurological condition […]

Negligence at WHO Contributed to Congo Sex Abuse, Investigation Shows

The World Health Organization was horrified to learn Tuesday from the report of the independent investigators’ probe it mandated that it is the agency to blame for clear structural failures and individual negligence in the […]

President Joe Biden will visit every 9/11 location where hijacked planes crashed in 2001 to pay tribute to those who were killed in the attack, commemorating the 20th anniversary of tragic event.

Over 53% Americans Distrust Biden& Gov. on Covid-19 Information

Covid-19 pandemic has obviously stricken a significant blow on President Biden trust among Americans, the Axios/Ipsos Coronavirus Index released Tuesday shows According to the survey data, 53% of Americans said they have no much trust […]

September 28, 2021 John Ganjei

LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Infrastructure Bill – Debt Default – Virginia – Tuesday Trivia

Your Daily Polling Update for Tuesday, September 28, 2021 BIDEN JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 44%Down 2 since Thursday RON’S COMMENT: This is the worst average job rating we’ve reported on President Biden…. Today’s average is based […]

Convicted Russian Hacker Alexei Burkov Deported from the US to Russia

Russian cybercriminal Alexei Burkov, who was serving nine years sentence for cybercrimes in a US jail since June 2020, was deported by the United States and detained on Tuesday at Moscow airport Reuters reports quoting […]

Murder Rate in the US Increased Nearly 30% in 2020, FBI Alarms

FBI’s Uniform Crime Report released on Monday shows the murder rate in the United State has increased almost 30% in 2020, the largest increase in modern US history since such data started being collected in […]

Oath Keepers Leaked Membership List Shows US Army, Gov. Email Addresses

The transparency collective Distributed Denial of Secrets (DDoSecrets) shared on Monday Oath Keepers militia’s membership list featuring more than 160 official US government and military email addresses, reportedly leaked after the far-right group was allegedly […]

Saudi Aramco Signs $12 Bln Energy Venture Deal with ACWA, Air Products

A consortium consisting of Saudi Aramco and three other partners – Air Products, ACWA Power and Air Products Qudra- has finalized acquisition and project financing agreements for a $12 billion project that will produce hydrogen […]

US to Send Over 1.5 Mln Pfizer COVID Jabs to Egypt through COVAX

Biden administration official said Monday the United States will send over 1.5 million doses of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine to Egypt through COVAX, Al Arabiya English reports. This 1,612,260 doses donation is part of the initial […]

Biden Tries to Save Obama-Era Policy DACA, Make it Bulletproof

In an attempt to revitalize Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy, US President Joe Biden is shoring up its legal status, which migrant advocates claim is in no way a permanent fix to […]

Days Ahead of Shutdown Deadline, Senate GOP Block Gov’t Funding

Republicans in the Senate have expressed unwillingness on Monday to avoid an impending government shutdown, voting against the temporary measure House Democrats approved last week to keep the government funded through early December, The Hill […]

EU Says TTC Will Boost Its Influence, Set Rules for 21st Century

Underscoring the global concerns about China’s growing power, the EU’s trade and digital chiefs Valdis Dombrovskis and Margrethe Vestager stressed on Monday that the US-EU Trade and Technology Council (TTC) will give Europe more influence […]

Americans Horrified by CIA’s Alleged Assassination Plans for Assange

Horrified journalists, political analysts and press organizations are shocked by Yahoo News’ report that claimed the CIA under Trump’s CIA Director Mike Pompeo had planned assassinating or kidnapping WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. According to the […]

DPRK’s Envoy to UN Says US Poses Military Threat to North Korea

North Korea’s envoy to the UN, Kim Song, blamed the United States for posing a constant military threat to DPRK and stressed it has to stop the ongoing joint combat drills with South Korea in […]