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Frigid temperatures have shut down some of Texas’ wind turbines and solar panels, as well as natural gas infrastructure in the Lone Star state. As a result, millions of residents have been left in freezing conditions without power, resulting in numerous deaths.  Speaking with Fox News host Sean Hannity on …

Earlier this week, a crisis public relations consultant told The Hollywood Reporter that publicists have told their clients to “steer clear of politics, especially anything leaning right.” This, of course, follows the dismissal of Carano from ‘The Mandalorian’ for a social media post that compared the treatment of modern-day conservatives …

The release of a major report last week by the International Energy Agency (IEA) highlighting that India will make up the biggest share of energy demand growth from now until 2040 – ahead of China – comes at just the right time for the US’s new strategy to counter China’s …

Blinken was speaking to US state-funded radio station NPR, where he explained his belief that Washington should work with Moscow on “both fronts,” despite the White House’s view of the Kremlin. In particular, Blinken noted the recently extended New START arms control reduction agreement as an example of mutually beneficial …

During this week’s maneuvers, fleets trained to work together during anti-piracy actions, performed on-the-go supply missions, and conducted traditional naval exercises like gun practice and formation sailing, the Russian military reported. Russia’s Black Sea fleet dispatched the Admiral Grigorovich frigate and the Dmitry Rogachev patrol ship to Karachi to take …

The list was expanded after scientists at Oxford University developed an algorithm to assess people’s risk of severe disease or death based on their ethnicity, BMI, postcode, and their levels of deprivation.  As a social scientist that has researched, lived, and known working-class communities I can look at this list …

“A financial asset is in a bubble when its price has no relationship to its underlying present value or a reasonable expectation of its future value, and investor conviction in price appreciation is high and fear of loss is low,” he wrote on Twitter. “At $50k #Bitcoin is the biggest …

Speaking with CNN’s Anderson Cooper at a town hall event on Tuesday, the US president explained in a rather disjointed way that the United States lacked both vaccines and health workers capable of administering them when he moved into the White House last month.  “The biggest thing though…it’s one thing …

Parler’s new acting chief executive, longtime Tea Party activist Mark Meckler, extended the offer to the current and former president during an interview with Fox News on Tuesday night, saying both are welcome on the site. “What Parler’s really about is being a public square, and a public square is …

The volcano came alive around 4pm local time on Tuesday, according to the Italian Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, while the Volcanic Ash Advisory Center in Toulouse said the blast launched ash over 6 miles (10 kilometers) into the sky, warning of “very strong ash emission.” Though the head of …