Year: 2022

More than 36,000 pharmacy technicians will start this week with a larger income after the US largest retailer Walmart said it is raising the average hourly pay for its store and Sam’s Club pharmacy technicians […]

Zakharova: West ‘Shot Itself in the Head’ with Energy Sanctions

Trying to limit the oil and gas imports from Russia due to the Ukraine conflict, the West had shot itself in the head, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday. While Europe has […]

Canberra Formally Commits to Reduce Greenhouse Emissions by 43%

In an effort to fulfill a key election pledge, the new Australian government formally committed on Thursday to a more ambitious greenhouse gas reduction target of 43% by the end of the decade. The 2030 […]

Russia Captured US Fighters in Ukraine, State Department Investigates

The two Americans that were fighting alongside Ukrainian forces north of Kharkiv and have been missing for nearly a week, sparking fears that they may have been captured by Russian forces, were indeed captured, the […]

UK Rwanda Asylum Flight Canceled after 11th Hour Intervention

The United Kingdom canceled a flight at the last minute that was scheduled to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda last night after the European Court of Human Rights intervened. The European Court of Human Rights […]

Takeaways from Tuesday’s Elections

Voters in South Carolina, Nevada, Texas, Maine, and North Dakota have chosen their nominees on Tuesday for this year’s midterm elections. Former President Donald Trump was at the center of many of these primary elections. In […]

New Abortion Study Shows 1 in 5 Pregnancies in US Aborted

Abortions have increased in the United States after there was a long decline according to a new study. Both the number and rate of abortions increased from 2017 to 2020 after there was a long decline. […]

Crypto Currency Hits Massive Trouble as Coinbase Lays Off 18% of Staff

Coinbase announced it will be laying off almost a fifth of its workforce. It comes amid a collapse in crypto prices. Eighteen percent of Coinbase’s full-time jobs will be cut according to an email to all […]

EU Launches Legal Action against UK Over Northern Ireland Deal after Brexit

The European Union launched new legal proceedings against the United Kingdom over its failure to implement parts of the post-Brexit deal it agreed with the bloc over the Northern Ireland Protocol. Earlier this week, the […]

IMD Report Ranks Saudi Arabia 7th Most Competitive Economy in G20

Switzerland-based International Institute for Management Development (IMD) has ranked the kingdom of Saudi Arabia as the seventh most competitive economy among G20 countries in the World Competitiveness Yearbook 2022. Denmark was ranked top, followed by […]

FDA Advisory Panel Greenlights Moderna Jab for Kids, Teens 6 to 17

Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine has been granted on Tuesday authorization to expand the use in children and teenagers ages 6 to 17 by the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) advisory panel of outside experts. The panel […]

The US Pressured Facebook into Suspending Slovak Politician’s Page

A group of US congressmen has pressured Facebook to act against hate speech in Slovakia, sending a letter to Meta company and forcing Facebook to suspend the page of Slovak opposition member Ľuboš Blaha. In […]

Energy Transactions with Sanctioned Russian Banks Allowed by the US

The US Treasury Department has extended on Tuesday the sanctions waiver allowing third-party purchases of Russian oil, natural gas, and other energy commodities until 5 December via transactions with Russian banks. According to the document […]

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June 14, 2022 John Ganjei

Your Daily Polling Update for Tuesday, June 14, 2022 BIDEN JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 39%Down 1 from May 31 RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on six polls, ranging from 35% (Quinnipiac) to 43% (Economist). Biden’s […]

Bear Market Hits Wall Street

The S&P 500 closed in the bear market territory after dropping more than 20 percent below its record high earlier this year. The 2022 stock sell-off intensified on Monday, with the S&P 500 tumbling to fresh […]

The US Quietly Urges Russia Fertilizer Deals to Unlock Grain Trade

The United States has quietly been pushing companies to ramp up the Russian fertilizer trade as global food costs rise and food shortages loom. The U.S. government is quietly pushing companies to buy and carry […]

Trump’s Inner Circle Testifies His Election Claims Were Bogus

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection on the Capitol accused former president Donald Trump of lying purposely to the public in order to stay in power and raise money from sympathetic […]

Google Engineer Says AI System May Have Its Own Feelings

Does one of Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) systems have feelings? A Google engineer says the Language Model for Dialogue Applications (Lamda) AI system has its own sentient mind. Google has rejected the claim and said there […]

White House Press Secretary Dismisses Reports of Concerns Over Biden’s Reelection

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre dismissed reports that there are concerns over whether President Joe Biden should seek reelection. Jean-Pierre waved off questions over Biden’s age or stamina, in particular, saying that it was not […]

Turkey Won’t Change Stand on NATO Expansion at the Summit

The office of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that Ankara maintains its opposition to NATO expansion that includes Sweden and Finland and that position will be reiterated by the president at the […]

Sullivan Discusses Managing Competition with Top China Official

As the Biden administration looks to manage competition between the United States and China, the White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan met on Monday with Yang Jiechi, Director of the Chinese Office of the […]

Global Life Expectancy Reduced by 2,2 Years by Particulate Pollution

The global life expectancy has been reduced by 2.2 years by particulate air pollution compared to a hypothetical world that meets international health guidelines, the University of Chicago’s 2022 Air Quality Life Index shows. The […]

DeWine Signed Bill Allowing Ohio Schools to Arm Employees

Ohio GOP Gov. Mike DeWine signed into law on Monday the bill that as of this fall allows Ohio school districts to begin arming employees. Before an employee can go armed, he must go through […]

Swedish Institute Warns About Increasing Nuclear Weapon Stocks

The number of nuclear weapons is likely to increase in the next decade though there was a slight decline in stocks between January 2021 and January 2022, shows the forecast that the Stockholm International Peace […]

UN Thanks Saudi Arabia for $10m Donation to Rescue Yemen Oil Tanker

The United Nations thanked the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for donating $10 million in order to rescue a decaying Safer oil tanker in Yemen. The United Nations aims to defuse a potentially catastrophic environmental issue. […]

House Panel to Scrutinize Conspiracy Theories That Led to Capitol Attack

The House select committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection on the Capitol will reconvene today. Today’s focus is to scrutinize the conspiracy theories that led a group of former president Donald Trump’s supporters […]

Should Biden Run in 2024? There are Some Democrat Whispers of ‘No’

There are whispers that some Democrats are quietly worrying about Biden’s leadership, and his ability to fight former President Donald Trump a second time around. Some Democratic lawmakers and party officials are frustrated with President […]

31 Patriot Front Members Arrested Near Idaho Pride Event

Thirty-one members of the white supremacist group Patriot Front were arrested near an Idaho pride event after they were found packed into the back of a U-Haul truck with riot gear. Local authorities said that the […]

Senate Negotiators Announce a Deal on Guns

The Senate announced a framework for a bipartisan response to recent multiple mass shootings in the U.S., marking a noteworthy but ultimately limited breakthrough that offers modest gun curbs and stepped-up efforts to improve school […]

The Visit to Saudi Arabia to Focus on More Than Energy, Biden Says

After three Israeli officials told Axios that US President Joe Biden is expected to visit Israel and the Palestinian Authority on July 14 and 15 before traveling on to Saudi Arabia, the White House confirmed […]