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The energy and food crisis is far worse than most Americans realize
May 22, 2022 04:49Experts are warning of the worst global food crisis since WWII. It is a crisis that will have its severest impacts on the poorest countries, and poor people in relatively wealthy countries, especially those already experiencing food insecurity.
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'This is robbery': Chevron profits quadruple and Exxon's double amid Russia- Ukraine crisis
May 04, 2022 09:10Chevron and ExxonMobil announced Friday that their profits surged during the first quarter of 2022, prompting fresh calls for a windfall tax as the U.S.-based oil giants continue to exploit Russia- Ukraine crisis to hike prices at the pump and lobby for more drilling.
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‘Homes for Ukraine’ whistleblower says UK refugee scheme is ‘designed to fail’
Apr 28, 2022 04:57A whistleblower working on Britain’s 'Homes for Ukraine' scheme has revealed that he and his colleagues “don’t know what we’re doing”, and says the scheme has been “designed to fail” in order to manage numbers entering the UK.
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Boris Johnson's Ukraine jaunt and what it says about Britain
Apr 24, 2022 05:15Make no mistake about it, the war in Ukraine has been weaponized by Boris Johnson regime for political gain at home, evidenced in his attempt to make turn Ukraine into some holy cause that will, if it continues along the present trajectory, take Britain and by extension NATO perilously close to direct military confrontation with Russia.
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Pentagon contractors seizing new gold rush to cash in on Russia- Ukraine crisis (2)
Apr 23, 2022 14:48Even before hostilities broke out, the CEOs of US major weapons firms were talking about how tensions in Europe could pad their profits.
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Pentagon contractors seizing new gold rush to cash in on Russia- Ukraine crisis (1)
Apr 22, 2022 14:01Even before hostilities broke out, the CEOs of US major weapons firms were talking about how tensions in Europe could pad their profits.
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Top Tories say Rishi Sunak’s hopes of becoming UK’s prime minister are over
Apr 11, 2022 00:36UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is believed to be considering a ministerial reshuffle in the summer or autumn. There are known to have been tensions between No 10 and No 11 after the Chancellor of Exchequer Rishi Sunak offered only lukewarm support to Johnson at the height of the scandal over lockdown-busting parties, before Russia’s special operation in Ukraine.
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Corporate profits reached record high of nearly $3 trillion in 2021
Apr 07, 2022 03:10As working-class Americans struggled with high inflation, corporate profits soared to a record high in 2021, reaching nearly $3 trillion.
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‘Ready to fight’: How a Russian uranium ban would threaten Native American tribes
Mar 30, 2022 04:08Russian uranium ban would shift US uranium production into overdrive – posing environmental and spiritual threats to Indigenous communities who live near the mines.
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Flood of Ukrainian refugees: Shadow of ‘crisis of century’ over EU
Mar 17, 2022 10:26The Europeans, as longtime allies of the United States who have played a significant role in the Ukraine crisis through their actions and stances, now find themselves facing a large population of Ukrainians. They have to give shelter to the displaced Ukrainians despite domestic economic problems and the coronavirus pandemic.