The US economy unexpectedly declined by an annualized rate of 1.4% during the first three months of 2022, the Department of Commerce said on Thursday, while noting that consumers and businesses kept spending despite the slowdown. According to the report, the first quarter was hampered by a slower restocking of …
Read More »Far-right presidential candidate gets unexpected ally
France’s far-right presidential candidate Eric Zemmour has got a major pre-election boost upon welcoming to his ranks prominent conservative lawmaker Guillaume Peltier. Peltier, formerly a member of the National Front and deputy leader of the Republicans party (LR), announced on Sunday that he was withdrawing support for LR nominee Valerie …
Read More »Unexpected impact of pandemic on US teens revealed
The drop in substance use among teenagers was reported in the annual Monitoring the Future survey commissioned by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). More than 32,000 eighth, 10th, and 12th graders enrolled in 319 public and private schools across the US participated in the survey. Children aged 13 …
Read More »Biden doubles funding for ‘unexpected needs’ of Afghan refugees as ex-interpreter abandoned by Pentagon gets BEHEADED by Taliban
Biden overrode his own June 11 decision to commit an amount “not to exceed $46 million” for the purpose, according to a White House announcement on Friday. While the wording reflects the statutory requirements of the 1962 law under which the funding is provided, Biden explicitly mentioned “victims of conflict, …
Read More »US health officials admit unexpected heart problems in teens, but insist mRNA Covid-19 vaccines are SAFE & EFFECTIVE
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) met on Wednesday to discuss reports of heart conditions among the very young, following vaccinations with the mRNA-based jabs produced by Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna. Citing the CDC’s vaccine adverse events (VAERS) database, the committee …
Read More »That was unexpected: Amazon, Barnes & Noble memory-hole Fauci’s book amid email revelations
Searches for ‘Expect the Unexpected: Ten Lessons on Truth, Service, and the Way Forward’ on both Amazon US and Barnes & Noble booksellers returned “page not found” results on Wednesday. No official explanation was offered by either company. Fauci’s publisher, National Geographic Books, said in a statement that the book …
Read More »Alexey Navalny remanded in custody for 30 days after unexpected hearing in police station one day after arriving back in Russia
The decision means that he will be detained for 30 days awaiting trial. Navalny is accused of breaking the terms of his probation, following a three-and-a-half year suspended sentence he recieved in 2014. That conviction relates to a fraud case involving the French cosmetics brand Yves Rocher. The hearing was …
Read More »Unexpected side effect? Australia scraps Covid-19 vaccine development after trials lead to false positives for HIV
The drug, created by the University of Queensland (UQ) and biotech firm CSL, triggered a “robust” immune response to SARS-COV-2 in phase 1 trials, but it also led to some unfortunate complications involving another dangerous virus. Antibodies that were shielding participants from a Covid-19 infection were also leading to false …
Read More »New rules of inspection: why is an unexpected joy of motorists
New rules of inspection: why is an unexpected joy of motorists TASS news Agency of Russia © Vitaly Belousov/TASS As it may sound blasphemous, but thanks to the epidemic have managed to solve some problems that previously seemed intractable. A clear example of this change in the law on inspection, …
Read More »The head of Huawei made an unexpected confession
The founder of Huawei signed a Declaration of love to the iPhone In an interview with Chinese state TV channel, the founder and CEO of Huawei Ren Zhengfei, admitted that he regularly buys the iPhone for themselves and their families, writes the Chronicle.info with reference to Internetua He stated that …
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