Oil posted its biggest annual rise since 2009 as the rapid Covid-19 vaccine rollout across the world stimulated the reopening of economies, boosting consumption, while oil output remains limited after the pandemic slump. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) advanced 55% for the biggest year-to-date gain in over a decade, …
Read More »Hunter Biden sought $2 million annual retainer from donors to help get Obama-Biden admin to unfreeze Libyan assets – media
Hunter Biden sought the fees in 2015, after the donors requested his help on freeing up assets that the Obama-Biden administration had frozen before Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi was murdered by NATO-backed rebels in 2011, Business Insider reported on Thursday. The media outlet cited recently obtained emails, including one in …
Read More »NRA cancels annual convention in Texas, set to mark group’s 150th anniversary, over Covid-19 concerns
The powerful gun lobby said that it made a “difficult decision” to cancel the show after seeing the “relevant” Covid-19 data for the area, as well as consulting sponsors, exhibitors and medical professionals. “The NRA’s top priority is ensuring the health and well-being of our members, staff, sponsors, and supporters,” …
Read More »WATCH LIVE: Putin makes ‘State of the Union’-style annual address to Russian lawmakers amid diplomatic stand-off with West
The Russian president is required by law to give a report each year on the state of national affairs to the Federal Assembly, a joint session of the two chambers of the Russian parliament. Traditionally, however, the event is more representative, with governors, government members, and other top officials invited. …
Read More »Ex-VP Pence snubs annual conservative conference where his former boss Trump is due to speak, prompting speculations
Matt Schlapp, one of the main organizers for the event, has said Pence’s refusal to speak at the conference is a “mistake.” “His conservative record is well respected, and conservatives want to hear his take on the current threats posed by socialism and this radicalized Democrat party,” he said. Trump’s …
Read More »At least 30 cars TORCHED in Strasbourg, France as rioters go on annual New Year’s violence spree (VIDEOS)
At least 30 vehicles were destroyed amid the arson on Thursday night, according to police sources cited by French daily Le Figaro. “We are already at a certain number of burnt vehicles,” said the office of Josiane Chevalier, the prefect of the Bas-Rhin region, which contains Strasbourg, adding that several …
Read More »WATCH LIVE: Vladimir Putin holds annual year-end press conference
Putin began the tradition of year-end press conferences – which became a sort of less formal state-of-the-nation appearance – back in 2001. From 2004 on, they often turned into marathons, lasting for at least three hours. The record was set in 2008, when the president broadcast live for 280 minutes – …
Read More »The $16 TRILLION bug: Pandemic could cost US economy its entire annual output
While most studies assess the costs of the deadly virus by its impact on the national gross domestic product (GDP), a paper published in the Journal of the American Medical Association earlier this week offered a different approach. The authors of the study – former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers and …
Read More »In six months, Moscow has spent for the improvement of the annual budgets of the 5 largest cities in the country
In the coming months and years expect the world and Russian economy? Which of the Russian regions most attractive for investment and from the point of view of job search, and from the point of view of a “normal” salary? Is there any hope for the return of the national …
Read More »In Kiev there takes place the annual procession of mothers
The procession involved the mothers of the dead soldiers. In the center of Kiev began the annual solemn procession of the mothers, which aims to attract society’s attention to the problems of mothers of dead soldiers ATO / OOS, large families, mothers with cancer patients children. The event was attended …
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