sarafloyd's articles On wartime Russia rejoins key deal Ukrainian grain exports To world markets Ukrainian grain and other commodities are ready to be shipped and thus Russia agreed an agreement that allows it to rejoin a wartime on Wednesday. Meanwhile, since the Russian invasion eight months ago at around 14 million the U.N.’s refugee chief, put the number of Ukrainians driven from their homes. Filippo Grandi […] November 10, 2022November 10, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked In Russia Brittney Griner meets with US officials On Thursday I met with the U.S. Embassy officials in Russia, WNBA star Brittney Griner, who is facing nine years in a Russian prison, according to State Department spokesman Ned Price. “Despite her present circumstances they saw first hand her tenacity and perseverance. For the immediate release of Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan we […] November 10, 2022November 10, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked US agencies resistant to Afghanistan oversight Since the U.S. withdrawal a government watchdog is offering a grim update on life in Afghanistan while since the Taliban takeover chastising American agencies for rebuffing its attempts to review their efforts in the country. In the troubled nation for over a decade the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), which has been reviewing […] November 10, 2022November 10, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked US agencies resistant to Afghanistan oversight Since the U.S. withdrawal a government watchdog is offering a grim update on life in Afghanistan while since the Taliban takeover chastising American agencies for rebuffing its attempts to review their efforts in the country. In the troubled nation for over a decade the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), which has been reviewing […] November 10, 2022November 10, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked US agencies resistant to Afghanistan oversight Since the U.S. withdrawal a government watchdog is offering a grim update on life in Afghanistan while since the Taliban takeover chastising American agencies for rebuffing its attempts to review their efforts in the country. In the troubled nation for over a decade the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), which has been reviewing […] November 10, 2022November 10, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Nike splits with Kyrie Irving amid antisemitism fallout To release his next signature shoe Nike has suspended its relationship with Kyrie Irving and cancelled its plans, since the Brooklyn Nets guard tweeted a link the latest chapter in the ongoing fallout to a film containing antisemitic material. “With Irving unequivocally say he has no antisemitic beliefs it will halt its relationship, who has been suspended, […] November 10, 2022November 10, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Against Utah police, Gabby Petito’s parents file $50M wrongful death suit Before she was reported missing about a possible domestic dispute weeks later against the police department in Moab, Utah, where the slain travel blogger and her boyfriend Brian Laundrie were questioned, the parents of Gabby Petito had filed a wrongful death lawsuit. Before being filed on Thursday the lawsuit, which was initially announced in […] November 10, 2022November 10, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked IMF fees closer to elimination on war-torn countries To revaluate as it disperses to needy countries like war-torn Ukraine the International Monetary Fund is facing pressure on how it imposes fees on loans, as it is one of the fund’s biggest borrowers. The move comes as close as more countries will need to turn to the IMF, however, as food prices and inflation internationally continue […] November 10, 2022November 10, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Nevada candidates court Asian-American voters With glossy campaign mailers Rochelle Nguyen’s mailbox has been inundated. The materials run the gamut of hot-button topics under discussion in the midterms, because her household includes registered Republicans as well as Democrats. One thing is different in this election, “I can tell you, everything from social media messaging to mailers I’ve never received so […] November 10, 2022November 10, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked As US flies bombers over South N.Korea fires more missiles By launching four ballistic missiles into the sea on Saturday North Korea added to its recent barrage of weapons demonstrations, in a duelling display of military might that underscored rising tensions in the region as the United States sent two supersonic bombers streaking over South Korea. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said around noon flew about […] November 10, 2022November 10, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked With no heat, water or power Kyiv prepares for a winter If Russia keeps striking the country’s energy infrastructure and that means having no electricity, water or heat in the freezing cold cannot be ruled out, Ukraine’s capital, the mayor of Kyiv, is warning residents that this winter they must prepare for the worst. “To avoid this we are doing everything. For the city to be […] November 9, 2022November 9, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Kyiv region after Russian retreat still struggles 6 months Handsome rooms, a hand-carved wooden bed and a chest of drawers he intended to leave to his grandchildren on his phone Vadym Zherdetsky shows photos of how it once looked, standing amid the wreckage of his home. In February when Russia invaded Ukraine, on the outskirts of the capital two missiles struck the house in […] November 9, 2022November 9, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Putin-linked businessman admits to US election meddling In U.S. elections on Monday Kremlin-connected entrepreneur Yevgeny Prigozhin admitted that he had interfered and would continue to do so, for the first time confirming the accusations that he has rejected for years. “As we know how to do”, Carefully, precisely, surgically and in our own way, in remarks posted on social media Prigozhin boasted. […] November 9, 2022November 9, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Amid heavy Russian shelling Power blackouts hit Ukraine In the aftermath of Russia’s devastating strikes on energy infrastructure on Saturday in Kyiv and seven other regions of the country Ukraine’s state electricity operator announced blackouts. With missiles and drones the move comes as Russian forces continue to pound Ukrainian cities and villages, inflicting damage on power plants, water supplies and other civilian targets […] November 9, 2022November 9, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Trump assails judge in NY fraud lawsuit Against him and his company Donald Trump is lashing out at the judge handling the New York attorney general’s fraud lawsuit, calling him “vicious, biased, and mean” just days before the case’s first court hearing in a social media post. Until after the midterm elections on Nov. 8 as a politician he shouldn’t be forced […] November 2, 2022November 2, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked First weekly Wall Street rally marks win streak since summer On Wall Street Friday Technology stocks led a broad rally, capping another strong week for the market, as investors welcomed solid profits from Apple and other companies. Since August posted its first back-to-back weekly gains and the S&P rose 500 2.5%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite climbed 2.9% and the Dow Jones Industrial average rose 2.6%. […] November 2, 2022November 2, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Lula defeats Bolsonaro to again become Brazil’s president On Sunday the leftist defeated incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in an extremely tight election that marked an about-face for the country after four years of far-right politics, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has done it again: after first winning the Brazilian presidency twenty years. The election authority said that with more than 99% of the votes […] November 2, 2022November 2, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Ballot paper shortage could cause problems on Election day As midterm voting gets underway a paper supply crunch is testing the preparedness of U.S. election officials in America’s democratic process and exposing a key vulnerability. An estimated 30 million pounds of paper the 2022 election cycle will use, according to industry experts. During the pandemic have pinched national stockpiles, leaving little room for error, […] November 2, 2022November 2, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked As US warns over nukes North Korea fires missiles toward sea As the U.S. military warned the North that the use of nuclear weapons “will result in the end of that regime, on Friday North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea in its first ballistic weapons launches in two weeks”. In a statement Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said that from the North’s […] November 2, 2022November 2, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Biden attacks Republicans on economic plans Until midterm Election Day with less than two weeks, President Joe Biden is doubling down on the message that a Republican-run Congress would be worse for the U.S. economy. Biden said as he delivered remarks on Thursday at Onondaga Community College in Syracuse, New York “If I had asked you and we were just walking […] November 2, 2022November 2, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Kanye West to buy conservative social media platform Parler After getting locked out of Twitter and Instagram for antisemitic posts the rapper formerly known as Kanye West is offering to buy right-wing friendly social network Parler shortly. For his opinions with no gatekeeper legally known as Ye, the acquisition of Parler would give West control of a social media platform and a new outlet. […] November 2, 2022November 2, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked With flu than white adults, Black, Hispanic adults more likely to be hospitalized According to new federal data, Racial and ethnic minorities are more likely to be hospitalized with the flu in the United States. Through the 2021-22 flu seasons excluding the 2020-21 season and flu vaccination coverage from the 2010-11 season through the 2021-22 season a new report looked at data from 2009-10 published by the Centres […] November 2, 2022November 2, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked In Southern Sudan UN says renewed tribal clashes kill 13 Since last week renewed tribal clashes in southern Sudan have killed at least 13 people and injured more than two dozen others in the latest violence to hit the chaotic nation in recent months, the U.N. said Monday. The main factions of the sprawling pro-democracy movement have made progress in internationally backed talks and the […] November 1, 2022November 1, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Recession is ‘possible but not inevitable’, Buttigieg says Despite sharp increases in interest rates meant to cool the economy with year-over-year inflation barely easing in the latest Consumer Price Index report, a recession is “possible but not inevitable”, on Sunday, Pete Buttigieg Transportation Secretary said. If the threat of recession worried him Buttigieg was asked in an interview on “This Week”. Buttigieg told […] November 1, 2022November 1, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked For Unification Church problems Japan PM orders probe In an apparent move to calm the public outrage over his governing party’s cozy ties with the controversial group Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida ordered an investigation on Monday into the Unification Church, in the wake of Shinzo Abe’s assassination which were revealed. During an outdoor campaign speech in July former Prime Minister Abe was […] November 1, 2022November 1, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked From Hurricane Michael lessons being applied to Ian recovery With an even stronger hurricane the state’s Panhandle had its own encounter, four years before Category 4 Ian wiped out parts of southwest Florida, Michael. The Category 5 storm all but destroyed one town, fractured thousands of homes and businesses and in damage did some $25 billion. As south Florida residents wonder what their area […] November 1, 2022November 1, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked As West mulls rebuilding plan German president visits Kyiv Since the start of Russia’s invasion on Tuesday Germany’s president arrived in Kyiv for his first visit to Ukraine, for Ukrainian rebuilding when the war eventually ends as Western countries mulled a massive plan. “With drones, cruise missiles and rockets it was important to me in this phase of air attacks to send a signal […] October 29, 2022October 29, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked UK prime minister becomes Rishi Sunak, who faces economic crisis On Tuesday, Rishi Sunak became Britain’s third prime minister of the year and now must turn his attention to taming an economic crisis that has left the country’s finances unable to afford food and energy bills in a precarious state and millions of Britons struggling. The U.K.’s first leader of colour, Sunak, with King Charles […] October 29, 2022October 29, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked LA police investigating if racist recording taped illegally The police chief said on Tuesday that Los Angeles detectives are investigating whether a recording last year that captured city councilmembers’ racist remarks was made illegally. Earlier this month the recording’s disclosure unleashed a growing scandal in the nation’s second-largest city just weeks before Election Day. Along racial lines in Los Angeles the councilmembers’ bigoted […] October 29, 2022October 29, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked As $44B deal deadline looms Musk lugs sink into Twitter HQ To acquire Twitter later this week into the company’s headquarters on Wednesday Elon Musk, the billionaire, strolled carrying a porcelain sink and tweeting “Entering Twitter HQ – let that sink in!” To take Twitter private, Musk’s $44 billion deal reached a Friday deadline, although the video he posted offered no evidence that the acquisition is […] October 29, 2022October 29, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked He briefed Trump on foreign contacts, Barrack says Against charges of illegal lobbying at his trial on Tuesday Former President Donald Trump’s longtime friend Tom Barrack continued to defend himself, with United Arab Emirates officials as he tried to help Trump better understand Middle East issues telling jurors that he briefed then-candidate Trump on his interactions. By illegally lobbying the Trump campaign and […] October 28, 2022October 28, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Southeast Australia lashed by heavy rain, flood warnings issued As heavy rain lashed southeast Australia thousands more lost power and a man was missing on Thursday, Hundreds of homes were evacuated, Flood warnings were issued. With catchments soaked by months of above-average rainfall New South Wales and Victoria, and the island state of Tasmania were rising dangerously, Rivers across Australia’s most populous states. By […] October 18, 2022October 18, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Further inflaming tensions, NKorea fires missile and shells On early Friday North Korea fired an additional ballistic missile and 170 rounds of artillery shells toward the sea and near the tense border with South Korea flew warplanes, recent barrage of weapons tests further raising animosities triggered by the North’s. From its rivals the North Korean moves before it seeks to win greater concessions […] October 18, 2022October 18, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Stocks mount biggest comeback in years By a worse-than-expected report on inflation as stocks roared back from steep morning losses, on Thursday Wall Street staged its biggest comeback in years. A stunning reversal after earlier being down as much as 2.4% and touching its lowest level in nearly two years, the S&P 500 jumped to a gain of 2.6%,. From […] October 18, 2022October 18, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Social Security recipients expected to get benefit boost They’ll get in their benefits next year millions of Social Security recipients will learn soon just how high a boost. On Thursday the increase to be announced, in 40 years expected to be the largest, is fuelled by record high inflation and is meant to help cover the higher cost of food, fuel and other […] October 18, 2022October 18, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked NYC niches out from COVID’s shadow, in-drawn out recovery Whether workers who fled Manhattan’s office towers during the pandemic would finally return in a rush, too, last month as kids returned to school, people watching New York City pull itself out of COVID-19’s shadow wondered. At least part time, more workers did return to their offices, as the summer ended, limited data suggests. But […] October 18, 2022October 18, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked FDA confirms Adderall shortage in the US On Wednesday, the Food and Drug Administration confirmed that a nationwide shortage of the immediate release formulation of amphetamine mixed salts, after weeks of individual reports of frustration with getting Adderall prescriptions filled, commonly referred to by the brand name Adderall. Adderall is a stimulant medication that can treat ADHD. It requires a prescription, supply […] October 18, 2022October 18, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked To occupy Ukraine Vladimir Putin ‘miscalculated’ Russia’s ability US President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that he believes his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin is a normally rational actor who badly misjudged his prospects of occupying Ukraine. For what he has described as an “off-ramp” as his administration looks, the President spoke out in a rare televised interview for Putin to de-escalate his invasion […] October 18, 2022October 18, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked World’s 1st space tourist signs up for flight around moon He’s signed up for a spin around the moon aboard Elon Musk’s Starship, the world’s first space tourist who wants to go back only this time. To the International Space Station it’s a chance to relive the joy of his trip, for Dennis Tito, 82, now that he’s retired with time on his hands. To […] October 17, 2022October 17, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Europe turns to Africa to replace Russian natural gas in bid Africa’s western coast may only be 80% complete a new liquefied natural gas project off, but has drawn visits from the leaders of Poland and Germany already the prospect of a new energy supplier. 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On wartime Russia rejoins key deal Ukrainian grain exports To world markets Ukrainian grain and other commodities are ready to be shipped and thus Russia agreed an agreement that allows it to rejoin a wartime on Wednesday. Meanwhile, since the Russian invasion eight months ago at around 14 million the U.N.’s refugee chief, put the number of Ukrainians driven from their homes. Filippo Grandi […] November 10, 2022November 10, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
In Russia Brittney Griner meets with US officials On Thursday I met with the U.S. Embassy officials in Russia, WNBA star Brittney Griner, who is facing nine years in a Russian prison, according to State Department spokesman Ned Price. “Despite her present circumstances they saw first hand her tenacity and perseverance. For the immediate release of Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan we […] November 10, 2022November 10, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
US agencies resistant to Afghanistan oversight Since the U.S. withdrawal a government watchdog is offering a grim update on life in Afghanistan while since the Taliban takeover chastising American agencies for rebuffing its attempts to review their efforts in the country. In the troubled nation for over a decade the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), which has been reviewing […] November 10, 2022November 10, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
US agencies resistant to Afghanistan oversight Since the U.S. withdrawal a government watchdog is offering a grim update on life in Afghanistan while since the Taliban takeover chastising American agencies for rebuffing its attempts to review their efforts in the country. In the troubled nation for over a decade the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), which has been reviewing […] November 10, 2022November 10, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
US agencies resistant to Afghanistan oversight Since the U.S. withdrawal a government watchdog is offering a grim update on life in Afghanistan while since the Taliban takeover chastising American agencies for rebuffing its attempts to review their efforts in the country. In the troubled nation for over a decade the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), which has been reviewing […] November 10, 2022November 10, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Nike splits with Kyrie Irving amid antisemitism fallout To release his next signature shoe Nike has suspended its relationship with Kyrie Irving and cancelled its plans, since the Brooklyn Nets guard tweeted a link the latest chapter in the ongoing fallout to a film containing antisemitic material. “With Irving unequivocally say he has no antisemitic beliefs it will halt its relationship, who has been suspended, […] November 10, 2022November 10, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Against Utah police, Gabby Petito’s parents file $50M wrongful death suit Before she was reported missing about a possible domestic dispute weeks later against the police department in Moab, Utah, where the slain travel blogger and her boyfriend Brian Laundrie were questioned, the parents of Gabby Petito had filed a wrongful death lawsuit. Before being filed on Thursday the lawsuit, which was initially announced in […] November 10, 2022November 10, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
IMF fees closer to elimination on war-torn countries To revaluate as it disperses to needy countries like war-torn Ukraine the International Monetary Fund is facing pressure on how it imposes fees on loans, as it is one of the fund’s biggest borrowers. The move comes as close as more countries will need to turn to the IMF, however, as food prices and inflation internationally continue […] November 10, 2022November 10, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Nevada candidates court Asian-American voters With glossy campaign mailers Rochelle Nguyen’s mailbox has been inundated. The materials run the gamut of hot-button topics under discussion in the midterms, because her household includes registered Republicans as well as Democrats. One thing is different in this election, “I can tell you, everything from social media messaging to mailers I’ve never received so […] November 10, 2022November 10, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
As US flies bombers over South N.Korea fires more missiles By launching four ballistic missiles into the sea on Saturday North Korea added to its recent barrage of weapons demonstrations, in a duelling display of military might that underscored rising tensions in the region as the United States sent two supersonic bombers streaking over South Korea. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said around noon flew about […] November 10, 2022November 10, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
With no heat, water or power Kyiv prepares for a winter If Russia keeps striking the country’s energy infrastructure and that means having no electricity, water or heat in the freezing cold cannot be ruled out, Ukraine’s capital, the mayor of Kyiv, is warning residents that this winter they must prepare for the worst. “To avoid this we are doing everything. For the city to be […] November 9, 2022November 9, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Kyiv region after Russian retreat still struggles 6 months Handsome rooms, a hand-carved wooden bed and a chest of drawers he intended to leave to his grandchildren on his phone Vadym Zherdetsky shows photos of how it once looked, standing amid the wreckage of his home. In February when Russia invaded Ukraine, on the outskirts of the capital two missiles struck the house in […] November 9, 2022November 9, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Putin-linked businessman admits to US election meddling In U.S. elections on Monday Kremlin-connected entrepreneur Yevgeny Prigozhin admitted that he had interfered and would continue to do so, for the first time confirming the accusations that he has rejected for years. “As we know how to do”, Carefully, precisely, surgically and in our own way, in remarks posted on social media Prigozhin boasted. […] November 9, 2022November 9, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Amid heavy Russian shelling Power blackouts hit Ukraine In the aftermath of Russia’s devastating strikes on energy infrastructure on Saturday in Kyiv and seven other regions of the country Ukraine’s state electricity operator announced blackouts. With missiles and drones the move comes as Russian forces continue to pound Ukrainian cities and villages, inflicting damage on power plants, water supplies and other civilian targets […] November 9, 2022November 9, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Trump assails judge in NY fraud lawsuit Against him and his company Donald Trump is lashing out at the judge handling the New York attorney general’s fraud lawsuit, calling him “vicious, biased, and mean” just days before the case’s first court hearing in a social media post. Until after the midterm elections on Nov. 8 as a politician he shouldn’t be forced […] November 2, 2022November 2, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
First weekly Wall Street rally marks win streak since summer On Wall Street Friday Technology stocks led a broad rally, capping another strong week for the market, as investors welcomed solid profits from Apple and other companies. Since August posted its first back-to-back weekly gains and the S&P rose 500 2.5%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite climbed 2.9% and the Dow Jones Industrial average rose 2.6%. […] November 2, 2022November 2, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Lula defeats Bolsonaro to again become Brazil’s president On Sunday the leftist defeated incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in an extremely tight election that marked an about-face for the country after four years of far-right politics, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has done it again: after first winning the Brazilian presidency twenty years. The election authority said that with more than 99% of the votes […] November 2, 2022November 2, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Ballot paper shortage could cause problems on Election day As midterm voting gets underway a paper supply crunch is testing the preparedness of U.S. election officials in America’s democratic process and exposing a key vulnerability. An estimated 30 million pounds of paper the 2022 election cycle will use, according to industry experts. During the pandemic have pinched national stockpiles, leaving little room for error, […] November 2, 2022November 2, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
As US warns over nukes North Korea fires missiles toward sea As the U.S. military warned the North that the use of nuclear weapons “will result in the end of that regime, on Friday North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea in its first ballistic weapons launches in two weeks”. In a statement Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said that from the North’s […] November 2, 2022November 2, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Biden attacks Republicans on economic plans Until midterm Election Day with less than two weeks, President Joe Biden is doubling down on the message that a Republican-run Congress would be worse for the U.S. economy. Biden said as he delivered remarks on Thursday at Onondaga Community College in Syracuse, New York “If I had asked you and we were just walking […] November 2, 2022November 2, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Kanye West to buy conservative social media platform Parler After getting locked out of Twitter and Instagram for antisemitic posts the rapper formerly known as Kanye West is offering to buy right-wing friendly social network Parler shortly. For his opinions with no gatekeeper legally known as Ye, the acquisition of Parler would give West control of a social media platform and a new outlet. […] November 2, 2022November 2, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
With flu than white adults, Black, Hispanic adults more likely to be hospitalized According to new federal data, Racial and ethnic minorities are more likely to be hospitalized with the flu in the United States. Through the 2021-22 flu seasons excluding the 2020-21 season and flu vaccination coverage from the 2010-11 season through the 2021-22 season a new report looked at data from 2009-10 published by the Centres […] November 2, 2022November 2, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
In Southern Sudan UN says renewed tribal clashes kill 13 Since last week renewed tribal clashes in southern Sudan have killed at least 13 people and injured more than two dozen others in the latest violence to hit the chaotic nation in recent months, the U.N. said Monday. The main factions of the sprawling pro-democracy movement have made progress in internationally backed talks and the […] November 1, 2022November 1, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Recession is ‘possible but not inevitable’, Buttigieg says Despite sharp increases in interest rates meant to cool the economy with year-over-year inflation barely easing in the latest Consumer Price Index report, a recession is “possible but not inevitable”, on Sunday, Pete Buttigieg Transportation Secretary said. If the threat of recession worried him Buttigieg was asked in an interview on “This Week”. Buttigieg told […] November 1, 2022November 1, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
For Unification Church problems Japan PM orders probe In an apparent move to calm the public outrage over his governing party’s cozy ties with the controversial group Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida ordered an investigation on Monday into the Unification Church, in the wake of Shinzo Abe’s assassination which were revealed. During an outdoor campaign speech in July former Prime Minister Abe was […] November 1, 2022November 1, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
From Hurricane Michael lessons being applied to Ian recovery With an even stronger hurricane the state’s Panhandle had its own encounter, four years before Category 4 Ian wiped out parts of southwest Florida, Michael. The Category 5 storm all but destroyed one town, fractured thousands of homes and businesses and in damage did some $25 billion. As south Florida residents wonder what their area […] November 1, 2022November 1, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
As West mulls rebuilding plan German president visits Kyiv Since the start of Russia’s invasion on Tuesday Germany’s president arrived in Kyiv for his first visit to Ukraine, for Ukrainian rebuilding when the war eventually ends as Western countries mulled a massive plan. “With drones, cruise missiles and rockets it was important to me in this phase of air attacks to send a signal […] October 29, 2022October 29, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
UK prime minister becomes Rishi Sunak, who faces economic crisis On Tuesday, Rishi Sunak became Britain’s third prime minister of the year and now must turn his attention to taming an economic crisis that has left the country’s finances unable to afford food and energy bills in a precarious state and millions of Britons struggling. The U.K.’s first leader of colour, Sunak, with King Charles […] October 29, 2022October 29, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
LA police investigating if racist recording taped illegally The police chief said on Tuesday that Los Angeles detectives are investigating whether a recording last year that captured city councilmembers’ racist remarks was made illegally. Earlier this month the recording’s disclosure unleashed a growing scandal in the nation’s second-largest city just weeks before Election Day. Along racial lines in Los Angeles the councilmembers’ bigoted […] October 29, 2022October 29, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
As $44B deal deadline looms Musk lugs sink into Twitter HQ To acquire Twitter later this week into the company’s headquarters on Wednesday Elon Musk, the billionaire, strolled carrying a porcelain sink and tweeting “Entering Twitter HQ – let that sink in!” To take Twitter private, Musk’s $44 billion deal reached a Friday deadline, although the video he posted offered no evidence that the acquisition is […] October 29, 2022October 29, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
He briefed Trump on foreign contacts, Barrack says Against charges of illegal lobbying at his trial on Tuesday Former President Donald Trump’s longtime friend Tom Barrack continued to defend himself, with United Arab Emirates officials as he tried to help Trump better understand Middle East issues telling jurors that he briefed then-candidate Trump on his interactions. By illegally lobbying the Trump campaign and […] October 28, 2022October 28, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Southeast Australia lashed by heavy rain, flood warnings issued As heavy rain lashed southeast Australia thousands more lost power and a man was missing on Thursday, Hundreds of homes were evacuated, Flood warnings were issued. With catchments soaked by months of above-average rainfall New South Wales and Victoria, and the island state of Tasmania were rising dangerously, Rivers across Australia’s most populous states. By […] October 18, 2022October 18, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Further inflaming tensions, NKorea fires missile and shells On early Friday North Korea fired an additional ballistic missile and 170 rounds of artillery shells toward the sea and near the tense border with South Korea flew warplanes, recent barrage of weapons tests further raising animosities triggered by the North’s. From its rivals the North Korean moves before it seeks to win greater concessions […] October 18, 2022October 18, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Stocks mount biggest comeback in years By a worse-than-expected report on inflation as stocks roared back from steep morning losses, on Thursday Wall Street staged its biggest comeback in years. A stunning reversal after earlier being down as much as 2.4% and touching its lowest level in nearly two years, the S&P 500 jumped to a gain of 2.6%,. From […] October 18, 2022October 18, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Social Security recipients expected to get benefit boost They’ll get in their benefits next year millions of Social Security recipients will learn soon just how high a boost. On Thursday the increase to be announced, in 40 years expected to be the largest, is fuelled by record high inflation and is meant to help cover the higher cost of food, fuel and other […] October 18, 2022October 18, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
NYC niches out from COVID’s shadow, in-drawn out recovery Whether workers who fled Manhattan’s office towers during the pandemic would finally return in a rush, too, last month as kids returned to school, people watching New York City pull itself out of COVID-19’s shadow wondered. At least part time, more workers did return to their offices, as the summer ended, limited data suggests. But […] October 18, 2022October 18, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
FDA confirms Adderall shortage in the US On Wednesday, the Food and Drug Administration confirmed that a nationwide shortage of the immediate release formulation of amphetamine mixed salts, after weeks of individual reports of frustration with getting Adderall prescriptions filled, commonly referred to by the brand name Adderall. Adderall is a stimulant medication that can treat ADHD. It requires a prescription, supply […] October 18, 2022October 18, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
To occupy Ukraine Vladimir Putin ‘miscalculated’ Russia’s ability US President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that he believes his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin is a normally rational actor who badly misjudged his prospects of occupying Ukraine. For what he has described as an “off-ramp” as his administration looks, the President spoke out in a rare televised interview for Putin to de-escalate his invasion […] October 18, 2022October 18, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
World’s 1st space tourist signs up for flight around moon He’s signed up for a spin around the moon aboard Elon Musk’s Starship, the world’s first space tourist who wants to go back only this time. To the International Space Station it’s a chance to relive the joy of his trip, for Dennis Tito, 82, now that he’s retired with time on his hands. To […] October 17, 2022October 17, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Europe turns to Africa to replace Russian natural gas in bid Africa’s western coast may only be 80% complete a new liquefied natural gas project off, but has drawn visits from the leaders of Poland and Germany already the prospect of a new energy supplier. About 15 trillion cubic feet (425 billion cubic meters) of gas the initial field near Senegal and Mauritania’s coastlines is expected […] October 17, 2022October 17, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
