Thu 11 August 2022: Calling the top of the current wave of inflation has been a painful exercise for economists and central bankers, who have been proven wrong time and again during the past year. But data on Wednesday, which showed that some measures of inflation had cooled in the world’s two largest economies, was likely to […]
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Thu 11 August 2022: Ukraine has accused Russia on Wednesday of killing at least 13 people and wounding 10 with rockets fired from around a captured nuclear power plant in the centre of the country, in the knowledge it would be risky for Ukrainian forces to return fire. “The cowardly Russians can’t do anything more […]
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Wed 10 August 2022: Russian authorities have raided the home of a former state TV journalist who quit after making an on-air protest against the war in Ukraine, according to her lawyer. Dmitry Zakhvatov told the independent news site Meduza that authorities had also launched a case against Marina Ovsyannikova under a new law, enacted […]
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Wed 10 August 2022: China, which Russia has sought as an ally since being cold-shouldered by the West over its invasion of Ukraine, has called the United States the “main instigator” of the conflict. In an interview with Russian state news agency TASS published on Wednesday, China’s ambassador to Moscow accused Washington of backing Russia […]
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Wed 10 August 2022: Dozens of US race and food activists recently accused the federal government of ‘dietary racism’ in its school lunch program, claiming that the USDA is forcing millions of non-white lactose intolerant children to drink cow’s milk. Organizations have complained to the USDA’s Equity Commission that the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) […]
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Wed 10 August 2022: Ukraine on Wednesday called on the European Union and G7 countries to stop issuing visas to Russian citizens, citing what he said was their support for the invasion of Ukraine. “Russians overwhelmingly support the war on Ukraine. They must be deprived of the right to cross international borders until they learn […]
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Wed 10 August 2022: Gucci, the well-known Italian fashion house, announced on Twitter that some of its retail outlets in the United States will now accept ApeCoin as payment. The Bored Ape Yacht Club has created one of the most well-known digital currencies, ApeCoin. Select Gucci boutiques in the United States now accept @ApeCoin payments […]
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Wed 10 August 2022: Several explosions at a Russian air base in Crimea may have been the result of partisan sabotage, a top Ukrainian official has speculated. Kyiv denied responsibility for the attack in the Russian-occupied area that left at least one person dead and eight injured. Another theory put out by Mykhailo Podolyak, an […]
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Wed 10 August 2022: On Tuesday, the World Health Organization expressed remorse for the death of monkeys in Brazil amid fears of monkeypox infection. In less than a week, 10 monkeys in Sao Jose do Rio Preto, in the state of Sao Paulo, have been poisoned, according to a report published on Sunday by the […]
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Tue 09 August 2022: US President Joe Biden has signed the ratification documents to accept Sweden and Finland into NATO, bringing the northern European countries closer to becoming members of the alliance. Biden said the US was the 23rd country to formally approve the countries’ membership bids. The US Senate had overwhelmingly backed expanding NATO […]
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