The climate change lobby will be toasting today’s launch of a whopping 1,000-page report detailing the UK’s pathway to hitting its 2050 net-zero emissions target, but the release does give rise to one unanswered question: who is actually footing the bill to turn Britain into a green utopia? Because while …
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The former US president is apparently concerned that Hillary will seek a divorce because she no longer needs him now that she is no longer running for election to any office. The Sun newspaper cites a lifelong friend of both Clintons in reporting that any further embarrassing revelations about Bill’s …
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The party did not change its view on NATO due to the relative merits of the alliance, but to bring Sweden’s defense policy in line with that of neighboring Finland. It is not a member either, but maintains a “NATO option” stance that could see it join up at a …
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The EMA confirmed earlier on Wednesday that it had been the subject of a cyberattack, but did not provide further details and said it would not do so while an investigation into the hack was ongoing. In a joint statement, Pfizer and BioNTech said they were informed on Wednesday by …
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The Starship serial number 8 (SN8) took off from the SpaceX site in Cameron County on Wednesday evening. At first everything went well, with the vehicle launching successfully, reaching the apogee and flipping over to begin its descent… only to end in a fiery crash as it just missed the …
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Over the last nine months, the 651 billionaires who call the US home have increased their wealth by a whopping $1.06 trillion, according to a report published Tuesday by Americans for Tax Fairness and the Institute for Policy Studies. Far from being negatively impacted by the pandemic-related economic shutdowns, the …
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The son of nominal President-elect Joe Biden issued a statement on Wednesday, saying that the US Attorney’s Office in his home state of Delaware notified his lawyers that “they are investigating my tax affairs.” He added that he expects a “professional and objective review” to demonstrate that he handled his …
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The FTC lawsuit was announced on Wednesday, as New York AG Letitia James made public that 47 of her colleagues from 45 states – as well as the District of Columbia and Guam – were launching a separate antitrust challenge before a DC federal court. Any efforts to “stifle competition, hurt …
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Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt led his colleagues from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, and West Virginia in filing the amicus brief to the US Supreme Court on Wednesday. The amici “have a strong interest in ensuring …
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State Rep. Cynthia Johnson (D-Detroit) made a name for herself last week, when she scolded a Republican member of the State House for allowing Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani to question witnesses in a hearing on alleged voter fraud. Johnson accused Giuliani’s witnesses of “lying,” objected to them being sworn in, …
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