“This is one of the most dynamic price increases since the 70s. Then the price level was about the same, but then it was associated with global financial changes. For 40 years there has not been such a rise in prices that we are now observing,” INFOLine CEO Ivan Fedyakov …
Read More »‘Big reality check’: Fans row after Raducanu loses to world no.100 in first match after US Open triumph – with Moscow calling next
Raducanu, 18, was catapulted to fame when she became the first qualifier ever to win a major title when she captured the women’s crown in New York last month. The Canadian-born starlet – who has a Chinese mother and Romanian father but has lived in the UK since the age …
Read More »Shame on colleges preparing American kids for the ‘real world’ by teaching them to become master snitches
It says a lot about how far the one-time ‘land of the free’ has declined that college students are being trained in how to act as members of a digital Stasi, suppressing all stirrings of rebellion among their classmates. Campus authorities reward the rats for turning their peers in over …
Read More »US is only country in the world still hanging on to chemical weapons, Russia says, after Washington unveils ‘Novichok’ questions
On Tuesday, Moscow’s embassy in Washington issued a fiery statement after the US and 44 other countries presented a series of answers from Russia over the incident as part of a missive passed over to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). Navalny and his German doctors insist …
Read More »‘Pandora papers’: New leaks reveal how world leaders use offshore companies to dodge millions of dollars in taxes
Obtained from 14 offshore banking institutions and analyzed by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), the ‘Pandora Papers’ reveal the financial chicanery of more than 100 billionaires, 35 current and former world leaders, and 300 public officials. The first round of information, handed to a select list of international …
Read More »245 days and counting: Melbourne surpasses Buenos Aires and sets world record for most time spent in lockdown
Melbourne residents endured their 245th day under restrictions on Sunday evening, the country’s national broadcaster ABC reported, adding that it is now the longest cumulative lockdown for any city in the world. Argentina’s capital was under continuous lockdown between March and November 2020. This was then followed by a short …
Read More »Russian chess queens beat India to win World Women’s Team Championship
Competing under the banner of the Chess Federation of Russian (CFR) in the tournament in the Catalan town of Sitges, Russia ran out winners 2.5-1.5 in the first game and 3-1 in the second to see off their Indian rivals. The CFR team was represented by stars Aleksandra Goryachkina, Alexandra Kosteniuk, …
Read More »Sopranos fans of the world rejoice, ‘The Many Saints of Newark’ is… an absolute triumph
Dum, dubba dum, dubba dum, dubba dum… that rolling bass at the start of The Sopranos TV show was a cast-iron guarantee. It meant strict quality control, a promise that a genius had his hand gripped tight to the tiller – upon the characters, upon the plot and upon the …
Read More »Cenk Uygur calls out Joe Rogan – can the UFC pundit & world famous podcaster handle himself in a fight?
Uygur has been a frequent critic of Rogan, particularly throughout the Covid-19 pandemic where the Rogan has used his incredibly popular podcast to espouse a host of alternative views regarding the potential of mandatory vaccinations and governmental overreach. Rogan also recently indicated that he was taken a battery of different …
Read More »Moscow ranks among top four cities in world to live, work & do business, as report labels Russian capital a ‘cultural gold mine’
However, in a major new analysis of the best places across the world to move to, spend money or take up a job, the Russian capital has come out in fourth place, losing out only to the metropolises of London, Paris and New York. The report, produced by research consultancy …
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