Month: March 2022

The Taliban’s sudden U-turn on their promise to allow for girls to receive an education in Afghanistan has derailed a plan by the United States to help the new regime to diplomatic recognition. Last week, […]

Syrian Eyewitness Details Crimes Against Humanity

A key eyewitness to crimes against humanity in Syria committed by the Assad regime and by their supporters, Russia, is speaking out for the first time. The witness has been given the codename “The Gravedigger” due […]

Biden to Propose Minimum Tax on Households Worth Over $100 Million

President Joe Biden will propose a minimum tax of 20 percent on households that are worth more than $100 million. A fact sheet released over the weekend by the White House budget office also shows […]

Moscow Says Russia Will Not Supply Gas to Europe for Free

After the G7 nations refused Russia’s demand that unfriendly countries must pay in roubles for its gas due to the series of EU and US-imposed sanctions on Russia, Kremlin said on Monday it will not […]

ISIS Claims Responsibility for Sunday Murder of Two Israeli Policemen

Two Israeli police officers were shot dead on Sunday in the northern city of Hadera in an attack for which ISIS took responsibility on Monday. Israel’s authorities pointed out that the attack came as Israeli […]

Taliban Impose Obligatory Beard for Government Employees

Government employees in Afghanistan will be unable to enter offices from now on and would eventually be fired if they were did not meet the dress codes imposed by Taliban authorities. All government employees were […]

Marijuana Legalization Bill Scheduled for House Voting

House Democrats are set to pass a bill that would remove marijuana from the federal controlled substances list and eliminate criminal penalties associated with the drug at the federal level. The Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and […]

The Risk of War in the Baltics is Real, Ex-NATO General Says

The former Deputy Chief of Staff of NATO in Europe General, Sir Richard Shirreff, is convinced that there’s a significant risk of war in the Baltic countries which might be the destination that the Kremlin […]

Shanghai to Lock Down Each Half of City for Mass Covid Testing

China is battling the biggest Covid outbreak in the country since the original Wuhan outbreak. Shanghai said it will lock down half of the city in different turns in order to begin testing the population […]

Biden’s Off-the-Cuff Remarks on Putin Sends Shock Waves

President Joe Biden declared that Russian President Vladimir Putin is a “butcher.” At that moment, Putin’s missiles began to fall on Lviv, Ukraine. Experts say that the targeting of Lviv seems hardly coincidental. Biden was […]

Zurich Insurance Changes Logo to Drop Z Symbol to Support Ukraine

Switzerland’s largest insurer Zurich Insurance Group has temporarily removed its original logo on social media, which featured a big white Z against a blue circle after the letter has become a symbol of support for […]

White House Claims Biden Not Calling Regime Change in Russia

The White House claimed on Saturday that the US president is not seeking “regime change” in Russia after Joe Biden declared in a major speech previously this week that the Russian President Vladimir Putin cannot […]

Azerbaijan Violated Nagorno-Karabakh Ceasefire, Moscow Accuses

Russian Defense Ministry accused on Saturday the Azerbaijani military of violating the November 2020 ceasefire agreement in Nagorno-Karabakh, publicly assigning for the first time the blame for violating the 2020 deal though incidents between the […]

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy Accuses Russia of Fueling Nuclear Arms Race

Speaking at the Doha Forum on Saturday, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pointed out that Russia is fueling a dangerous arms race bragging about its nuclear weapons and its ability to destroy not only a certain […]

Iran Nuclear Deal Very Close, EU’s Borrell Says

Iran and world powers are very close to signing an agreement on reviving their 2015 nuclear deal, which would curb Tehran’s nuclear program in exchange for lifting tough US sanctions on its economy, a top […]

Houthis ‘Hostile Operation’ Targeted Aramco Facility in Jeddah

The hostile operation by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militia on the Aramco oil facility in Jeddah on Friday targeted a petroleum products distribution station and resulted in a fire in two tanks, the Arab Coalition said […]

EU Strikes LNG Deal with the US in Its Effort to Ditch Russian Gas

As Europe tries to reduce its dependency on Russian fossil fuels and to get rid of them, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and US President Joe Biden announced on the joint press conference […]

Heatwaves Push Australia’s Great Barrier Reef in 6th Mass Bleaching

The intense sun from marine heatwaves caused by climate change is the reason behind the sixth mass bleaching event Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is suffering, scientists said Friday noting that bleaching was most severe through […]

Anne Frank Burning Z-Symbol is New Symbol of the Russia-Ukraine War

Anne Frank, dressed in a blue dress with a blue and yellow ribbon around her neck, and with a candle in her hand burning the Z symbol of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, is the […]

Study Shows Neuropathy Issues in Almost a Third of COVID Patients

A study conducted at Washington University shows that almost one-third of people who tested positive for COVID-19 in the first year of the pandemic suffered from peripheral neuropathy. Peripheral neuropathy, which can be either short-term […]

The Solomon Islands Confirm Security Talks with China

China and the Solomon Islands are creating a partnership to tackle security threats and ensure a safe environment for investment as It diversifies security relations. The security pack would be a huge inroad for China […]

Ukraine Says 300 Civilians Died in Theater Attack, Hunger Grips Cities

When Russian forces bombed a theater in Mariupol last week, it was unknown how many civilians were killed. Ukrainian authorities said today that about 300 civilians were killed in the strike, making it the deadliest […]

Uber Makes Peace with New York City Taxis

Uber will now list all New York City taxis on its app, bringing to an end a decade of animosity between the two sides. You can now call for an Uber and have a classic […]

Biden: U.S. Will ‘Respond’ to Russia if Putin Uses Chemical or Biological Weapons

President Joe Biden said that the U.S. and NATO would respond “in kind” if Russia uses weapons of mass destruction in Ukraine. Biden said that the nature of the response would depend on the nature […]

Ginni Thomas pressed Trump Chief of Staff to Overturn Election

Virginia Thomas, a conservative activist married to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, repeatedly pressed the White House chief of staff to then-president Donald Trump, Mark Meadows, to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Thomas urgently […]

Florida Republicans to Bar Free Legal Help for Election Officials

Legislation that Florida’s Republican-controlled Legislature passed this month and is expected to be signed into law by GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis envisages cutting off free legal assistance to election officials which, as critics argue, amounts […]

UN Official Describes Palestinians’ Plight as Apartheid

Israel was accused of the crime of apartheid in the Occupied Palestinian Territories by the UN-appointed investigator tasked with investigating human rights abuses in Palestinian territories occupied since 1967. Michael Lynk, the independent expert appointed […]

‘Unprecedented’ Food Crisis Threatens the World, G7 Leaders Warn

In a bid to prevent the Ukrainian conflict from turning into a global food crisis, G7 leaders have called for an extraordinary session of the Council of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The communique […]

EU Blame Russia for Breach of Contract for Demanding Rouble Payments

Moscow’s demand for all unfriendly countries to pay in roubles when buying its oil and gas could breach supply contracts, leaders from some European Union member states warned on Thursday. The unfriendly countries include all […]

LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Brown Jackson Confirmation – Ukraine – Schools – Economic Expectations – New York

March 24, 2022 John Ganjei

Your Daily Polling Update for Thursday, March 24, 2022 BIDEN JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 41%Same as a week ago RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on five polls, ranging from 40% (Reuters) to 45% (Fox News). […]