Prices for food in German grocery stores will keep growing and are set to surge another 10% this year, Germany’s Handelsblatt newspaper reported on Sunday, citing the latest analysis by international insurance company Allianz Trade. In monetary terms, the surge will reportedly total €250 per person per year. The latest …
Read More »Russian gas revenues projected to hit new highs
Russia could earn a record $100 billion from gas sales to European countries in 2022 due to the sharp rise in energy prices, French newspaper Les Echos reported this week, citing Citibank analysts. According to the paper, the projected income from gas sales will be almost twice as much as …
Read More »‘I’d like to thank my BASE’: Trump credits supporters with Youngkin’s projected victory in Virginia, as Pence touts GOP ‘COMEBACK’
“I would like to thank my BASE for coming out in force and voting for Glenn Youngkin. Without you, he would not have been close to winning,” Trump said in a statement shared by spokeswoman Liz Harrington late on Tuesday night. Pence also congratulated the GOP candidate, saying he struck …
Read More »German public TV channel apologizes for showing projected election results 2 days BEFORE voting begins
German broadcaster ARD’s Das Erste (‘The First’) television network gave its viewers an unlikely glimpse into the future on Friday, having shown projected results of the historic election that has not yet taken place. While Germans are only gearing up to elect a new parliament on Sunday, the channel ran …
Read More »Trudeau’s Liberal Party projected to retain power in Canada, but might fall short of majority control
Canada’s ruling Liberal Party is set to receive enough votes in Monday’s federal election for incumbent PM Trudeau to form a government, the CBC News projected shortly after polls closed across the country. While predicting that Trudeau would clinch enough seats to remain prime minister, the Canadian public broadcaster noted …
Read More »2mn UK families at risk of plunging into poverty with lockdowns projected to DOUBLE ‘destitution levels’, study finds
More than a million households totalling 2.4 million people were destitute in the UK at some point over the course of 2019, the research, published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF), concluded. The sobering data marks a 35 percent rise in impoverished households compared with 2017. Some 550,000 children were …
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