Year: 2022

Russian President Vladimir Putin has made Russia’s seizure of the Crimea peninsula a centerpiece of his 22-year rule. But a series of clandestine attacks by Ukrainian forces have tested security in Crimea, marking a whole new […]

Saudi Arabia Unveils Plans for Massive Real Estate Project “The Line in NEOM”

Saudi Arabia has unveiled the world’s most futuristic city plans, planning to build a 100-mile-long metropolis as a utopian-like “linear” city powered by 100 percent clean energy. The real estate mega project in Neom, Saudi […]

TikTok to Clamp Down on Paid Political Posts Ahead of Midterms

TikTok is preparing for the upcoming U.S. midterm elections in November. Part of that is going to be a new update to their policy on political advertising, which will prevent creators from posting paid political messages […]

Liz Cheney May Run for President After Republican Primary Defeat

Republican congresswoman Liz Cheney announced she is considering her own presidential run in an all-out effort to prevent former president Donald Trump from winning another term in the White House. Cheney lost her Republican primary […]

Singapore Warns US Against ‘Sleepwalking’ Into War with China

As the US-China tensions are rising in the wake of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan earlier this month, Singapore’s prime minister-in-waiting has warned that Washington and Beijing are increasing the risk of stumbling […]

As Fear of Instability Grows, Germany Returns Troops to Bosnia

As concerns mount instability from the Ukraine war could spread to the Western Balkans, Germany has deployed troops with the European Union’s peacekeeping mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) for the first time in a […]

Australian Court Sides with Google in Defamation Suit

An Australian court sided with Google on a defamation lawsuit Wednesday ruling that the US tech giant is not a publisher of a defamatory article but a search engine. Australia’s High Court has ruled Google […]

Judge Rejects Plea Agreement in Submarine Secrets Case

A West Virginia federal court’s judge has rejected the plea agreements that had called for specific sentencing guidelines in a case involving an alleged plot to sell secret data on American nuclear-powered warships involving a […]

Study Founds Increased Leukemia Risk for Children Near Fracking Sites

A new study published in Environmental Health Perspectives on Wednesday has found that children in Pennsylvania living near fracking sites at birth are exposed to two to three times higher risk of leukemia during early […]

More than 1 Million People Have Top Secret Clearance

There have been many illuminating facts coming out of the F.B.I.’s raid of former president Donald Trump’s Florida residence Mar-a-Lago last week. Some questions remain unanswered, such as, what documents did Trump have and why […]

Trump Blamed for Anti-FBI Violence

Former President Donald Trump issued something between a threat and a warning, saying “terrible things are going to happen” as he faces the blame for violence and threats directed at FBI agents. “The country is […]

Rudy Giuliani is Target of Georgia Criminal Probe in Election Interference

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and lawyer for former president Donald Trump is a target of criminal investigation as a Georgia grand jury investigates Trump and his supporters’ efforts to overturn the 2020 […]

Trump is Continuing His Midterm Election Revenge Spree

Trump’s campaign to oust anyone who supported his impeachment, or did not support his attempt to overturn the legitimate 2020 election, is in full speed as primary elections continue. Ousting congressional Republicans not to Trump’s […]

Covid Vaccine Approved in the UK for Dual-Variant Booster Shots

A vaccination designed to target two strains of Covid will be offered as part of the booster program this autumn in the United Kingdom after the new shot was approved by British regulators. The booster […]

Putin: US Prolongs Ukraine Conflict, Uses Ukrainians as Cannon Fodder

Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the US on Tuesday of intentionally trying to drag on the conflict in Ukraine for as long as possible and of fueling conflicts elsewhere in the world, including Taiwan. Speaking […]

Three Foreign Mercenaries Face Death Sentence in Ukraine’s Donetsk

Five foreign nationals captured fighting with Ukrainian forces were charged on Monday as being mercenaries by a Russian-backed separatist court in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk with three of them potentially facing the death penalty. Under the […]

DOJ Firm Against Unsealing Trump Warrant Affidavit

Unsealing the law enforcement affidavit the FBI used to obtain a search warrant for raiding former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate would jeopardize the ongoing investigation, the Justice Department said on Monday urging the federal […]

Apple Corporate Employees Must Work In Office 3 Days a Week

The US tech giant Apple has set September 5 as the deadline for its corporate employees to return to the office for at least three days a week after COVID-19 increasing has put on stand-by […]

CIA Sued for Spying by Assange’s Legal Team and Journalists

The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has been sued along with its former director Mike Pompeo for violating the constitutional rights of a group of US journalists and lawyers by allegedly spying on them while […]

Pharmaceutical Drugs Are Reaching Record Highs This Year

Drug makers are launching new medicines at sky-high prices in 2022, new analyses have found, highlighting their pricing power even as Congress moves to slash the $500-billion-plus annual bill for prescription drugs. Some pharmaceutical manufacturers […]

Fallout and a Divided GOP from the FBI’s Raid of Trump

The fallout continues from the F.B.I.’s raid of former president Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence. Deep fissures within the Republican party’s support for Trump, and support for law enforcement, have become more and more visible after […]

China Announces New Drills Around Taiwan as US Delegation Visits Island

China has announced more military drills around Taiwan. The announcement comes as Taiwan’s president met with members of a new U.S. congressional delegation today, in a further sign of support among American lawmakers for the self-governing […]

UN Resuming Talks on High-Seas Treaty

The United Nations is resuming talks aimed at finally completing a high-seas treaty to protect the world’s high seas, a vital yet fragile resource covering nearly half the planet. NGOs and affected countries say the […]

Brittney Griner Lawyers Appeal Nine-Year Russian Jail Sentence

Lawyers for American basketball star Brittney Griner filed an appeal against her nine-year prison sentence in Russia for drug possession. Griner was arrested in February at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport after vape canisters with cannabis oil […]

Man Kills Himself After Crashing His Car, Shooting Near US Capitol

An unidentified 29-year-old Delaware man killed himself early Sunday morning after driving his car into a US Capitol barricade, after which he got out and began shooting indiscriminately into the air. US Capitol Police said […]

Moscow to End Relations with US if Russian Assets Seized

The head of the North American Department at the Russian Foreign Ministry, Alexander Darchiev, said on Saturday that Moscow’s bilateral relations with Washington could be completely destroyed by any possible seizure of Russian assets by […]

US Evacuated 800 Americans from Afghanistan since Taliban Takeover

Since the Taliban swept to power in Afghanistan last August and US troops officially left the country, more than 800 American citizens have been evacuated from the country by the US government, the data provided […]

Rushdie’s Suspected Attacker Had Contact with Iran’s IRGC

Hadi Matar, the man that was arrested for the nearly lethal assault on prominent author Salman Rushdie, has allegedly been in contact with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) prior to the stabbing. News organization […]

Sen. Paul Wants Espionage Act Repealed Following Mar-a-Lago Raid

In the wake of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s raid of former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate, Mar-a-Lago, Republican Senator Rand Paul called for a repeal of the Espionage Act on Saturday night. Noting that […]

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August 14, 2022 John Ganjei

Your Daily Polling Update for Sunday, August 14, 2022 BIDEN JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 42%Up 3 from July 29 RON’S COMMENT: Biden’s approval rating has perked up a bit. Today’s average is based on five polls, […]