The strongest demand for Russian caviar was recorded in the US, which became a top-10 biggest consumer of the delicacy last year. “Shipments to the US increased from a modest four tons recorded in 2016 to 28 tons in 2020, marking an enormous growth of 640%,” the bank’s analysts said. …
Read More »GOP reps. demand Fauci testify on Covid-19 origins & request briefing on controversial ‘gain of function’ research
Reps. Steve Scalise (R-Louisiana) and James Comer (R-Kentucky) penned a letter to two Democratic committee heads on Thursday, saying it is “imperative” that Fauci give testimony about “the origins of the novel coronavirus” as well as “the US government’s role in funding research” that may have contributed to creating the …
Read More »Barclays: Reopening economies drive oil demand higher
Despite the possibility of a return of Iranian oil supply and the resurgence of Covid in parts of Asia, global oil demand is “healing” and oil inventories are set to normalize over the next two to three months, the UK bank said in a note on Friday carried by Reuters. Barclays expects the …
Read More »Locals demand justice after death toll in Rio de Janeiro’s most lethal police raid on favela rises to 28 (PHOTOS)
Rio’s Civil Police chief Allan Turnowski told reporters that the dead were drug dealers who “fired at the officers – to kill.” It was initially reported that Thursday’s police raid on the Jacarezinho community left 25 dead, including a drug unit officer who was shot in the head. It was …
Read More »Twitter BANS ‘Trump Desk’ account after Democrats demand censorship
The hashtag, aimed at Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, had over 20,000 tweets on Wednesday, hours after the account @DJTDesk appeared on the platform. The account explicitly said it was “Not Trump Tweeting” but posting content generated by the 45th US president on his own website, called “From the Desk of …
Read More »Congressman and ADL demand CENSORSHIP of ‘anti-Semitic’ article about Democrat-led tax push to help the RICH
‘Congressional Democrats heroic fight to save the rich,’ published on Wednesday by Canada’s National Post, drew the attention of ADL’s Jonathan Greenblatt on Thursday. “Mentioning a member of Congress was in a Jewish fraternity in college in an article about tax policy is wholly irrelevant and plays into classic [anti-Semitic] …
Read More »Oil to hit $80 on largest ever demand jump – Goldman Sachs
Higher demand for travel and acceleration of vaccinations in Europe are set to result in “the biggest jump in oil demand ever, a 5.2 million barrels per day (bpd) rise over the next six months,” Reuters quoted Goldman Sachs as saying in a note to clients. Goldman Sachs continues to …
Read More »Protesters in NYC demand full police abolition, harass diners after jury finds Chauvin guilty for Floyd murder (VIDEOS)
Protesters gathered outside the Barclays Center area in Brooklyn on Tuesday night, hours after Chauvin was found guilty on three counts linked to the death of suspect George Floyd in custody last May, who perished after spending more than nine minutes on the ground pinned under the former officer’s knee. …
Read More »‘Giant step forward’: Biden & Harris demand ‘racial justice’ reforms in George Floyd’s name after Chauvin verdict
“We still have work to do,” said Harris, who spoke first on Tuesday evening. “We still must reform the system.” “America has a long history of systemic racism,” Harris added, arguing that it’s “holding our nation back from realizing our full potential.” Systemic racism “is a stain of our nation’s …
Read More »Million dollar man: Super agent Mino Raiola details in-demand football prodigy Erling Haaland’s eye-watering wage demands
Haaland’s performances this term for Borussia Dortmund have earmarked the 20-year-old Norwegian as football’s most in-demand young talent, leading to speculation that a transfer tug-of-war is about to begin after Raiola and Haaland’s father, former Manchester City player Alf-Inge, embarked on a whirlwind tour in recent days, meeting with a host of …
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