Month: July 2022

Ukrainian harvest this year is under the threat to be halved due to the Russian invasion, Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned on Sunday, putting the global food crisis in focus. Zelenskyy noted that Kyiv’s main […]

Torrential Downpours in Kentucky Killed At Least 25

At least 25 people have drowned and many more potential victims are missing in the record floods in eastern Kentucky caused by the devastating rains that swept through the heart of the US Appalachian region. […]

WHO Europe Expects More Monkeypox-Related Deaths

Following the reports of the first fatalities outside Africa – one in Spain and two in Brazil- the European office of the World Health Organization said on Saturday that more monkeypox-related deaths can be expected. […]

Indiana GOP-Controlled Senate Passed a Near-Total Abortion Ban

Despite opposition from abortion rights and anti-abortion advocates, Indiana’s GOP-controlled Senate passed a bill Saturday which would ban abortion at all stages of pregnancy – from the time a fertilized egg implants in a uterus […]

Biden Reinitiates Isolation After Testing Positive for COVID- Again!

US President Joe Biden has tested positive for Covid-19 following several days of returning negative tests and will reinitiate strict isolation procedures, the president’s physician, Kevin O’Connor, informed in a letter on Saturday addressed to […]

Washington Wants EU to Designate Entire Hezbollah a Terrorist Group

In a resolution that the US House Foreign Affairs Committee passed on Friday, the US government called on the EU to designate Hezbollah in its entirety as a terrorist organization, to sanction Hezbollah-affiliated terrorists, and […]

Brazil and Spain Report First Monkeypox Deaths Outside Africa

One Spaniard, whose details were not published, and a 41-year-old man in Brazil have died of monkeypox in the first death cases from the disease outside of Africa, where monkeypox is endemic and deaths often […]

Scores of Russians Killed in Kherson Fighting, Kyiv Claims

More than 100 Russian soldiers were killed, while seven tanks and two ammunition dumps were destroyed during the fighting in the Kherson region – a key link in Moscow’s supply lines – which is in […]

Tesla CEO Files Countersuit Against Twitter Over Takeover Deal

Elon Musk continued the Twitter takeover saga on Friday filing a countersuit against the social media platform as he fights back against its lawsuit demanding Tesla CEO be held to his $44 billion buyout deal […]

US-Mexico Border Wall to Get New Sections Despite Biden’s Denial

The Biden administration approved a plan to complete a section of the US-Mexico border wall near Yuma, Arizona, despite President Biden’s “Not another foot” mantra throughout his 2020 presidential campaign regarding Trump’s border wall construction […]

LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Buttigieg Edges Biden in New Hampshire – Ryan Tops Vance – Michigan, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Georgia

July 29, 2022 John Ganjei

Your Daily Polling Update for Friday, July 29, 2022 BIDEN JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 39%Up 2 from a week ago RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on five polls, ranging from 37% (Reuters, Politico) to 44% […]

Paul Manafort Admits Indirectly Advising Trump’s Campaign in 2020

Paul Manafort indirectly advised former president Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign while in home confinement as part of a seven-year sentence for offenses but kept it a secret in hopes of a presidential pardon. Manafort was […]

Supreme Court Justice Mocks World Leaders’ Criticism of Roe Ruling

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito mocked prominent figures around the world who have condemned and criticized the ruling to overturn Roe v Wade, the landmark 1973 abortion rights decision that nationalized women’s constitutional right to […]

Spirit Ends Frontier Merger Agreement, Continues Takeover Talks with JetBlue

Spirit Airlines ended its merger agreement with Frontier Airlines, months after JetBlue Airways made a rival bid that ultimately marred the planned merger. The announcement ends the ongoing battle over the budget airline. Spirit and […]

Far-Right Sheriff’s Crusade to Prove Trump’s Bogus Voter-Fraud Claims

In rural Michigan, a far-right sheriff has teamed up with a Trump-camp lawyer to chase the former president’s outlandish conspiracy theories about a rigged election. County Sheriff Dar Leaf is a member of a radical […]

Surprise Deal Would Be Most Ambitious U.S. Climate Action

The surprise $369 billion climate and tax package deal would be the most ambitious action plan ever taken by the United States to stop global warming and prevent catastrophic climate disasters. Senate Democrats announced the […]

Washington DC Requests National Guard’s Help to Deal with Migrants

After the arrival of thousands of illegal migrants that are being bused in from Texas and Arizona overwhelmed Washington DC’s resources, the city’s mayor Muriel Bowser appealed to the Pentagon and the White House for […]

Leaked Report Accuses Frontex of Covering Up Greek Pushbacks

A leaked internal review of Europe’s border agency Frontex shows the agency routinely covered up the Greek coastguard’s illegal treatment of migrants, media reports said Thursday. European Anti-Fraud Office’s (OLAF) investigation, which resulted in the […]

CDC Warns of Rare, Deadly Bacteria that Has Emerged in the US

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a health alert on Wednesday over a rare and potentially lethal bacteria strain that was recently detected in the country for the first time and has […]

Whistleblowers Claim FBI Manipulates Domestic Terror Stats

In order to satisfy the Biden administration’s crackdown on the supposed threat of homegrown terror, Republican Representative Jim Jordan has claimed – citing agency whistleblowers – that the FBI may be inflating the statistics and […]

Monkeypox Spread Prompts San Francisco to Declare Emergency

The growing number of monkeypox cases has prompted the mayor of San Francisco to announce a state of emergency on Thursday, stressing the desperate need for vaccines to support the people of San Francisco. Announcing […]

Gunmakers Raked In Billion In Decade of Gun Violence

Gunmakers that have been used in some of the most deadly mass shootings in America made over one billion in profit from selling military-style assault rifles. The House Oversight and Reform Committee made an investigation […]

Tech Resists Bill On Sector

Reigning in the power of big tech companies may have hit a wall in the U.S. Congress. The legislation aimed at curtailing tech power slammed into a wall after the senate majority leader, Chuck Schumer, told […]

Fed Raises Interest Rate Again to Tame Soaring Prices

The United States Central Bank announced another unusually large hike in its interest rates. It comes as the Federal Reserve tries to rein in the soaring prices around the United States as inflation continues to skyrocket. […]

Potential US-Russia Prisoner Exchange for Brittney Griner

American basketball star Brittney Griner may finally return home from Russia in a prisoner swap. The defense team for Brittney Griner gave the prospect of including the WNBA star in a prisoner swap with Russia, where […]

Manchin U-Turns And Agrees to Tax and Climate Bill

Senator Joe Manchin, the West Virginia Democrat infamous for being the stop gate to his own party’s policy goals, made a major U-turn and announced he signed onto a domestic policy bill addressing national debt, […]

FAO: Equivalent of Football Field of Earth Erodes Every 5 Seconds

Around 90 percent of the Earth’s topsoil will be at risk by 2050, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned on Wednesday, calling for more action by countries and partners who signed up […]

Turkey Urged to Reverse Decision Ditching Istanbul Convention

UN rights expert Reem al-Salem has warned Ankara that its decision to ditch the Council of Europe Convention on Protecting and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence would significantly set back efforts to tackle […]

Volkswagen Group to Sell Its Business in Russia

After it announced back in May that it would not resume car production in Russia in the near future, Volkswagen Group, the world’s second-largest car manufacturer, has now reportedly decided to sell its business in […]

German Mayors: Berlin to Rethink Russia Policy, Open Nord Stream 2

Seven mayors from the German island of Ruegen, Germany’s largest island and a popular tourist destination, urged the regional and the federal governments in a letter issued on Wednesday to allow gas imports via the […]