Year: 2022

This black diamond is literally from out of this world. The auction house Sotheby’s unveiled today in Dubai a 555.55-carat black diamond called “The Enigma.” It’s believed to have come from space. Sotheby’s believes that the […]

Oil Hits Seven-Year High With Rise in Regional Tensions

Oil prices have climbed up to their highest level in the past seven years, with an increase in tensions caused by a Houthi attack on the United Arab Emirates causing an increase in supply chain […]

Global Heating Linked to Early Birth and Damage to Babies’ Health

How is the climate crisis affecting the health of babies, infants, and fetuses? Six new studies have found that the increase in heat from global warming has been linked to fast weight gain in babies, […]

Trump Rally Attendees Lash Out On Social Media

Some of former President Trump’s supporters were left infuriated over the weekend when they were forced to wait for hours before leaving his rally in Arizona. After Trump left the stage, people in attendance said […]

Alibaba’s Cloud Unit Screened for National Security Risks by the US

As the US government ramps up scrutiny of Chinese tech companies’ dealings with firms in the United States, the e-commerce giant Alibaba’s cloud business has found itself under review by the Biden administration trying to […]

US to Return to Iraq Two Valuable Stolen Artifacts

Iraq foreign ministry announced on Tuesday it will receive back from the US authorities two stolen artifacts dating back more than 4,000 years this week, without providing more details about the pieces or how they […]

Yemen Bombed by Saudi Jets in a Reprisal for Abu Dhabi Drone Strike

Saudi state media have announced on Monday evening that the Saudi- led coalition F-15 fighters have bombed the Yemeni capital, targeting and destroying two ballistic missile launchers the Houthis allegedly used in the strike against […]

Moscow Claims Embassy in Ukraine Works Normally After Evac News

The Russian embassy in Kyiv is operating in a standard way, the Russian Foreign Ministry has claimed on Tuesday following a New York Times report that Moscow had begun evacuating the families of envoys in […]

Appeals Court Ruling Leaves Texas Abortion Ban in Effect

A deeply divided federal appeals court has left in place the strictest abortion ban in the country by rejecting the Texas abortion clinics’ plea to send their challenge against the state’s controversial law back to […]

Recruitment of Veterans by Right-Wing Extremists May Increase

A top US lawmaker has warned that violent right-wing extremist groups are targeting veterans and that the issue could get even worse if not directly effectively combatted. Mark Takano, a Democrat and the Chair of […]

Texas Scientists’ Developing New Patent-Free Covid-19 Vaccine

Scientists in Texas are developing a new Covid vaccine using an old conventional method that will make the vaccination cheaper and more accessible. The vaccine, called Corbevax, is unique because the team behind it will […]

Teenagers Arrested in UK for Texas Synagogue Siege

Two teenagers have been arrested in the British city of Manchester after the FBI said an armed British man traveled to Texas and took four hostages inside of a synagogue. President Joe Biden called the synagogue […]

Lucid to Build Its EVs Factory in Saudi Arabia in 2025-2026

The US electric car manufacturer Lucid Motors intends to build its first factory in Saudi Arabia by 2025 or 2026 and it’s turning all its attention to details that are now being negotiated with Kingdom’s […]

Ukraine President to Host Senators Visiting to Reaffirm US Support

Amid the continuously escalating tensions between Ukraine – which continues to face an increasingly belligerent Moscow – and Russia, a bipartisan group of senators will meet with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky and other Ukrainian officials […]

Ukraine Identified as Kremlin’s ‘Red Line’ in NATO-Russia Relations

Despite pledging the opposite, NATO has used its ‘open door policy’ over the past few years to absorb several former Warsaw Pact countries, and its “gradual invasion” into Ukraine has brought it next to Russia’s […]

Abu Dhabi Tanker Blast Caused by Drone Attack Kills Three

One Pakistani and two Indian nationals were killed and six other people were injured Monday morning in an explosion involving three petroleum tankers situated at the Musaffah ICAD 3 area – near an ADNOC storage […]

Prolonged ‘Twindemic’ Threatens Europe as Flu Returns

After it almost disappeared last year in Europe being knocked out by the COVID-19 pandemic, influenza, the virus that globally kills about 650,000 a year, is now returning with galloping speed in the EU, raising […]

Novak Djokovic Deported After Losing Australia Visa Battle

Tennis star Novak Djokovic has officially lost his visa battle with Australia. Djokovic has been deported from Australia after his last-ditch court bid to be allowed to stay in the country to participate in the […]

North Korea Fires 4th Missile Launch This Year

North Korea fired its fourth missile launch in 2022, firing two projectiles into the ocean. South Korea’s military said that it marked the fourth launch in the past month, with an apparent goal of demonstrating […]

January 16, 2022 John Ganjei

LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Biden Issue Ratings – Michigan Governor – North Carolina Senate, Presidential Primary

Your Daily Polling Update for Sunday, January 16, 2022 BIDEN JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 41%Down 1 from Jan. 8 RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on four polls, ranging from 35% (Quinnipiac) to 45% (Reuters, Economist). […]

Youngkin Appoints CRT Critics to Senior Education Positions

Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin has appointed two critics of the CRT (critical race theory) to senior positions in the Virginia Department of Education, keeping his campaign vow to outlaw the program, Fox News informed. Jillian […]

Tim Scott Slams President Biden Saying Aggressive Language a Sign of Leadership Weakness

Sen. Tim Scott slammed President Joe Biden in a video released on Saturday, arguing that the president’s increasingly aggressive language against his political foes is a symptom of leadership weakness, Fox News informed. Scott said […]

Kevin McCarthy Highlights Republican Objectives if GOP Retakes House

Kevin McCarthy, the Republican House Minority Leader, highlighted several objectives for his party if they are to retake the House in the 2022 midterm elections, Fox News informed. The GOP agenda, according to a source […]

Cotton’s Bill Will Separate Prisoners by Birth Gender

Under a plan submitted last week by Republican Tom Cotton of Arkansas, a prisoner’s gender at birth, not their gender identification, would determine where they would be kept, Fox News informed. The legislation came as […]

Glenn Youngkin Inaugurated as New Virginia Governor

Glenn Youngkin, a Republican, was inaugurated as the next governor of Virginia on Saturday, offering an upbeat message about empowering parents, defeating Covid-19, and providing economic relief to those families and companies that were aggressively […]

US, China Agree on Releasing Oil Reserves

China has agreed to use crude oil from its national strategic stockpile during the Chinese New Year celebrations as part of a plan in which the US is teaming up with other major oil consumers […]

US Changes Mind About Supporting TurkStream Israel Competitor

The US will shift its attention from the East Mediterranean Gas Pipeline (EastMed), which could connect fields off the coast of Israel and Cyprus with Greece and Italy, to transmission channels for electricity generated by […]

Nuland: US Prepared for Multiple Scenarios in the Case of Russian Invasion of Ukraine

The administration of US President Joe Biden has prepared 18 different scenarios in the event of a Russian invasion of Ukraine, US undersecretary for political affairs Victoria Nuland said in an interview for the Financial […]

US Prepares to Block Import of Rare Earth Metals From China

US senators have drafted a bill that would ban US companies from buying rare earth metals from China. According to Reuters, the bill aims to ban such purchases after 2026. The only supplier of these […]

Saudi Arabia Intends to Mine Uranium and Use It for Commercial Purposes

Saudi Arabia has large uranium reserves and will use them for commercial purposes, Saudi Energy Minister Abdulaziz bin Salman Al Saud said at the World Mining Conference, which opened on Wednesday in Riyadh, local media […]