RUSSIA IS BLAMED FOR RISING THANKSGIVING DINNER PRICES IN USA

Tue 22 November 2022:  The ongoing hostilities between Russia and Ukraine are cited by the US Department of Agriculture as one of the key causes of Thanksgiving dinner’s rising cost. A memo by USDA which was released this month mentioned that turkey prices will be higher because of this year’s outbreak of highly pathogenic avian […]

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700 ATTACKS ON UKRAINIAN HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE SINCE RUSSIAN INVASION -WHO

File photo: The remains of the Oskil psychiatric hospital near Izyum (Kharkiv region) that was hit by Russian airstrike (10 March). Tue 22 November 2022:  According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there have been 703 attacks on the country’s medical infrastructure since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine “This is a clear […]

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BRITAIN NEEDS MORE MIGRANTS TO COPE WITH THE RECESSION, SAYS BUSINESS BODY

Tue 22 November 2022:  In the face of rising inflation and shrinking growth, Britain’s main business lobby group said on Monday (November 21) that the country needed more migrant labor to boost productivity. The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) issued its verdict at its annual meeting in Birmingham, Britain’s second largest city. The CBI conference […]

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KAHLO’S DISLIKABLE SELF-PORTRAIT SOLD FOR $8,63 MILLION

Tue 22 November 2022:  The self-portrait of the world-famous Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, which she disliked and trashed, sold for $ 8.63 million at auction. Frida Kahlo had dumped her self-portrait she named “Self-portrait. So ugly” (Autorretrato. Muy feo), drawn in 1933. This piece was put up for sale by an unnamed person at an auction held […]

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UK LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST META OVER DATA COLLECTION FOR TARGETED ADS

Tue 22 November 2022:  A complaint filed in the United Kingdom against Meta, the parent company of the social media platform, accuses the internet giant of gathering user personal information for the purpose of producing targeted A complaint filed in the United Kingdom against Meta, the parent company of the social media platform, accuses the […]

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BRITISH SCHOOLGIRL WHO JOINED DAESH MAY HAVE BEEN A VICTIM OF CHILD TRAFFICKING, COURT TOLD

Mon 21 November 2022:   A British-born woman who went to Syria as a schoolgirl to join Daesh is challenging the UK government’s decision to take away her citizenship, with her lawyers, telling a London court that she was likely “a child victim of trafficking”, Reuters reports. Shamima Begum left London in 2015, aged 15, and travelled with two school […]

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BEZOS WARNS AGAINST BUYING BIG TELEVISIONS, CARS DUE TO RECESSION FEAR

Mon 21 November 2022:  In anticipation of an economic downturn, Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, has advised customers and businesses to put off making significant purchases during the holiday season. In a CNN interview, he gave advice to customers to keep their cash secure and refrain from pointless purchases. He cautioned Americans against buying […]

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DEVELOPED COUNTRIES BIGGEST USERS OF CHILD LABOR IN SUPPLY CHAINS: EXPERT

  Child laborers in the Ivory Coast. (BBC) Mon 21 November 2022:   Child labor has increased in the supply chains of developed countries and blocs such as the European Union, the US, Canada, Japan, Norway and Switzerland, especially due to cruel and illegal business models of corporations, an expert said on the occasion of World Children’s Day. Speaking to […]

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“YOU’RE PLAYING WITH FIRE”: UN CALLS FOR END OF ATTACKS NEAR ZAPORIZHZHIA PLANT

Mon 21 November 2022:  The head of the United Nations’ nuclear inspector has called for an end to the “madness” and condemned what he called targeted strikes on the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine. Over the weekend, the Zaporizhia area of Ukraine, home to the biggest nuclear power plant in Europe, was shaken by […]

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