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Jul 13 2022
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U.S. Inflation Hits New Four-Decade High of 9.1%
U.S. inflation reached 9.1% in June, its highest rate in nearly 41 years, the Labor Department said.
The consumer-price index’s pace for June eclipsed May’s annual rate of 8.6% that led Federal Reserve officials to shift to a faster pace of benchmark interest-rate increases, according to meeting minutes released last week.
Core prices, a measure that strips out volatile food and
Wall Street Journal (News)Feb 17 2022
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Biden: ‘Every indication’ Russia prepared to attack Ukraine
U.S. President Joe Biden warned Thursday that Russia could still invade Ukraine within days and Russia expelled the No. 2 diplomat at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, as tensions flared anew in the worst East-West standoff in decades.
NATO allies accused Russia of misleading the world by saying it was returning some troops to their bases but instead moved in thousands of new ones. The
Associated PressMar 09 2022
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Why Gulf states find it hard to turn on the oil spigot for Biden
Oil tides have changed. Gulf states’ reluctance to help out on the Ukraine crisis is an indicator of a major shift in strategic thought tilting toward Russia and away from their longtime ally, the U.S.
For years, when prices at the pumps skyrocketed or an economic crisis loomed, American presidents knew just who to call.
Now with the Ukraine war sending oil prices to over $130 a
Christian Science MonitorJun 08 2015
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How China could have hacked the U.S. government in 10 steps
The four million federal workers who may have had their personal information hacked likely woke up this morning with a dominating question: How did this happen?
U.S. investigators believe Chinese hackers are responsible for the massive security breach at nearly every federal government agency, a law enforcement source and another US official told CNN on Thursday. The national security
CNN (Online News)Mar 07 2022
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TikTok Is Gripped by the Violence and Misinformation of Ukraine War
Bre Hernandez used to scan TikTok for videos of makeup tutorials and taco truck reviews. Since Russia invaded Ukraine, the 19-year-old has spent hours each day scrolling the app for war videos, watching graphic footage of Ukrainian tanks firing on Russian troops and civilians running away from enemy gunfire.
“What I see on TikTok is more real, more authentic than other social media,”
New York Times (News)Jan 01 2021
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Hunter Biden Laptop Lawsuit Gives Twitter Unpleasant Legal Choices
On Monday, attorneys for the owner of the Delaware-based computer shop who serviced Hunter Biden’s laptop filed suit in a Florida federal district court against Twitter for defamation. John Paul Mac Isaac’s lawsuit alleges Twitter defamed him by labeling him a hacker in an attempt to justify its censorship of The New York Post’s bombshell story exposing the younger Biden selling access to his
The FederalistMar 04 2022
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Ukraine’s lesson for the world: Democracy matters
Democracies worldwide have looked weak and divided, recently. In Europe, Ukraine’s fight for its freedom has put steel in their spines.
The wanton force being hurled by Russian President Vladimir Putin against Ukraine is not just a deepening humanitarian tragedy, nor even just a security challenge that is uniting most of the world in opposition and outrage.
It is also proving to
Christian Science MonitorMar 22 2022
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Ukraine says it retook control of a town near Kyiv from Russia as heavy fighting continues around the capital
Ukraine's army said it had retaken control of a town near Kyiv after Russia's invasion.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine said on Facebook on Tuesday that Makariv, west of Kyiv, was back under Ukrainian control, writing that the "state flag of Ukraine was raised over the city of Makariv."
This means that Ukraine can stop Russia surrounding the city from the northwest, The Associated
Business InsiderApr 07 2022
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A New Surge of Ukrainians at U.S. Border
More than 2,000 Ukrainians have made their way to the U.S. border from Mexico over the past 10 days, joining desperate migrants from around the world in what officials expect could become a major border surge as pandemic restrictions are lifted and the continuing fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine reaches America’s shores.
The sudden arrivals in Tijuana present an immediate
New York Times (News)Feb 10 2022
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Russia and Belarus hold joint military exercises as diplomatic talks ramp back up
Russia and Belarus began 10 days of joint military drills Thursday amid ongoing diplomatic efforts to defuse the crisis over fears that the Kremlin is planning an incursion into Ukrainian territory.
The military drills, called "Allied Resolve-2022," began in Belarus and will end February 20, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced Thursday in a statement.
"The purpose of the
CNN (Online News)