Interest rates, poverty and the burden of debt
Read More Last month, the South African Reserve Bank raised interest rates by 75 basis points, thereby increasing the prime lending rate to 10.5%. This was due to third-quarter inflation remaining high at 7.6% and outside the target range of 3% to 6%. This was the seventh consecutive hike, resulting in a cumulative raise of […]
Putin preparing major offensive in new year, Ukraine defence minister warns
Read More Senior Ukrainian officials say Vladimir Putin is preparing for a major new offensive in the new year, despite a series of humiliating battlefield setbacks for Russia in recent months. In an interview with the Guardian, Ukraine’s defence minister, Oleksii Reznikov, said that while Ukraine was now able to successfully defend itself against Russia’s […]
Biden backs adding Manchin’s energy bill to defense legislation despite progressive opposition
Post Content President Biden on Thursday endorsed the idea of attaching Sen. Joe Manchin’s legislation promoting oil and gas drilling to the defense policy bill Congress is hoping to pass before the end of the year. Biden said the West Virginia Democrat’s legislation was needed to promote energy independence and slash costs for American taxpayers. […]
Indiana’s Rep. Jim Banks is ‘strongly considering’ run for Senate in 2024, says he would ‘get in quickly’
Post Content EXCLUSIVE: Republican Rep. Jim Banks of Indiana says he’s “strongly considering” a 2024 run to succeed GOP Sen. Mike Braun, who announced on Monday that he’s bidding for governor of the Hoosier State rather than seek re-election in the Senate. In an exclusive interview with Fox News this week, Banks said that if […]
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker Named NCAA President
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker will take over as the NCAA president on March 1, the organization announced on Thursday. Baker, 66, will succeed Mark Emmert, who has served in the role since 2010. Emmert announced last April that he was stepping down.
Nearly Half of US Christians Say ‘End Times’ Near: Pew Research
A significant portion of U.S. adults and nearly half of the county’s Christians say the world, as we know it, is headed for destruction, according to a Pew Research survey.
Suspected tainted liquor in eastern India leaves at least 31 dead
At least 31 people died and 20 others were hospitalized in serious condition after allegedly drinking tainted liquor sold without authorization in eastern India, a top elected official said Thursday. The deaths occurred Tuesday and Wednesday and the victims belonged to three villages in Saran district of Bihar state where the manufacturing, sale and consumption […]
DOJ must aggressively target alleged Russian agents in effort to stockpile potential swap options, expert says
The Department of Justice (DOJ) indicted five Russian nationals and two Americans with conspiracy and other charges in what appears to be a move aimed at potentially stockpiling some bargaining chips for future swap deals with Moscow. “It’s good to see that the Biden administration started to go more aggressively after the Russian criminals who […]
DRC Tutsis face threats, prejudice amid rebel crisis
Read More Sitting in a small courtyard in Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a Tutsi woman joked darkly that she would be killed if she spoke under her real name. She fled to the city last week after a militia leader known as General Janvier, an opponent of the Tutsi-led M23 […]
Activists file case against Meta over Tigray hate posts
Read More An Ethiopian man whose father was murdered during the country’s war has joined a lawsuit against Meta that is seeking $1.6 billion from Facebook’s parent company for allegedly fanning hate speech in Africa. The case filed in Kenya’s high court on Wednesday by two individuals and a rights group says Meta responded inadequately […]
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