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Dec
24
2022
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By Helen E. Blake
International migration drove US population growth in 2022

International migration drove US population growth in 2022

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International migration drove US population growth in 2022 It is estimated that the U.S. population expanded by 1.2 million people in the year, largely caused by international immigration, and the country now has 333.2 million inhabitants according to figures published today by U.S. Census Bureau. Net international migration -- which is the number of people who are moving to the U.S. minus the number of people who leave --is more than one million people between 2021 and 2022. This was a rise of 168% over prior year's 376.029 international immigrants and every state gained people from outside as per the…
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Dec
24
2022
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By Kevin Bonner
19-year-old victim of an attack at the biggest shopping mall in the US

19-year-old victim of an attack at the biggest shopping mall in the US

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19-year-old victim of an attack at the biggest shopping mall in the US. A 19-year-old was killed on Friday in an incident that resulted in a gunshot in the Mall of America in Minnesota, the nation's largest entertainment and shopping center, police said. At about eight p.m (local time) police were able to hear gunshots from the first level of the Nordstrom store. When they entered the Nordstrom store, they discovered one person shot several times, Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges announced during a news briefing late on Friday evening. Police are working on identifying the suspect. The measures to…
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Dec
22
2022
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By Debbik S.
Biden is playing the China card in the America’s economic expansion

Biden is playing the China card in the America’s economic expansion

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Biden is playing the China card in the America's economic expansion The term "misinformation" has become the latest term in contemporary politics. It usually consists of selectively selected facts that are not contextualized and lead to an opinion that could be untrue or inaccurate.  For instance, the claims of Biden administration officials that Biden administration that President Biden's policies led to one of the fastest economic recovery ever recorded, do not consider the fact that a large portion of the expansion did not result from a well-crafted and comprehensive policy plan instead, it was due to state governments that reopened…
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Dec
22
2022
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By Fredric M. Wiseman
UK economy shrank faster than was initially thought during the third quarter

UK economy shrank faster than was initially thought during the third quarter

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UK economy shrank faster than was initially thought during the third quarter The latest figures released by the Office for National Statistics on Thursday showed a grim future of The U.K. economy, which has been shown to have contracted by more than initially predicted between the months of July between July and September. Gross domestic product decreased by an estimated 0.3 percent during the 3rd quarter 2022 in contrast to the expected 0.2 percent decline due to business investment performing less than expected. The growth figures for the first second quarter of 2022 also reduced, with the figures which show…
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Dec
22
2022
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By Helen E. Blake
General Dynamics Awarded $5.1B US Navy Submarine Contract

General Dynamics Awarded $5.1B US Navy Submarine Contract

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General Dynamics Awarded $5.1B US Navy Submarine Contract General Dynamics has been awarded the $5.1-billion contract to complete the construction of vital parts for the US Navy's upcoming Columbia-class submarines. As part of the deal the company will acquire long-lead material to aid in development and the construction of following five ships of the class. It will also finance the production of the submarine's missile tube as well as improvements to an industrial platform for the submarine. In the words of General Dynamics, the advance purchase of critical submarine components is essential for the achievement of the plan. "This award…
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Dec
21
2022
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By Kevin Bonner
Russia and Iran Refuse to abide by sanctions regarding Caspian Trade Route

Russia and Iran Refuse to abide by sanctions regarding Caspian Trade Route

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Russia and Iran Refuse to abide by sanctions regarding Caspian Trade Route. Russia as well as Iran are constructing a new transcontinental route of trade that runs from the eastern reaches of Europe up to the Indian Ocean, a 3,000-kilometer (1,860-mile) route that is beyond the scope of any outside intervention. Driven from home by US sanctions, Venezuelans hope to find work It illustrates what two world's most sanctioned nations are adapting to western pressures by establishing trade routes that are not subject to interdiction. The route transports goods via railways and rivers that are linked via an international bridge…
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Dec
21
2022
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By Fredric M. Wiseman
Driven from home by US sanctions, Venezuelans hope to find work

Driven from home by US sanctions, Venezuelans hope to find work

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Driven from home by US sanctions, Venezuelans hope to find work. Small nonprofits, faith groups, provide the sole shelter for those who have made it to New Mexico A bank employee aged 20 left her in the country in Venezuela in September, along with her husband and uncle and her uncle, all looking for employment to help provide for their family members. She gave up the idea of pursuing a law degree because her job wasn't paying enough to cover eating and, even though law school tuition is free, however, she was unable to be able to afford the transportation…
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Dec
21
2022
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By Helen E. Blake
US asks court to end asylum limits, with a short delay.

US asks court to end asylum limits, with a short delay.

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US asks court to end asylum limits, with a short delay. Texas sent National Guard troops to the border as well as San Diego businesses anticipated a flood of Christmas shoppers from Mexico as tens of thousands asylum seekers at the border were waiting for a Supreme Court ruling that could permit them to get into the United States. It was reported that the U.S. government asked the Supreme Court not to lift the restrictions before christmas, and made the document filed the day following the Chief Justice John Roberts issued a temporary order to hold the restrictions of the…
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Dec
21
2022
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By Kevin Bonner
US Postal Service pledges move to an all-electric delivery fleet

US Postal Service pledges move to an all-electric delivery fleet

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US Postal Service pledges move to an all-electric delivery fleet. A significant boost for President Joe Biden's commitment to remove gas-powered vehicles from the federal fleet that is swarming and the U.S. The Postal Service said Tuesday it will significantly increase the number of electric-powered delivery trucks and will switch to electric power when new purchases are made in 2026. The post office announced it will spend nearly $10 billion to modernize its fleet of old vehicles, which includes installing a new charging infrastructure in hundreds of post offices across the country and buying at least 66,000 electric delivery vehicles…
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Dec
20
2022
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By Helen E. Blake
Japanese officials inspect US Navy bases for PFAS remediation

Japanese officials inspect US Navy bases for PFAS remediation

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Japanese officials inspect US Navy bases for PFAS remediation Japanese officials from the government inspected the water processing facilities in the Naval Air Facility Atsugi on Monday, three months following the time when toxic organic substances were released into a waterway at the base. A torrential rain in Atsugi in September. 24 caused an hangar control system to fail, leading to the emission of fluorine organic compound known as PFAS to a small stream that flows through the entire base of 26 miles to the southwest of Tokyo according to the Monday news release of Kanagawa prefecture as well as…
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Dec
20
2022
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By Kevin Bonner
US to prohibit the use of the TikTok App on Government Devices

US to prohibit the use of the TikTok App on Government Devices

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US to prohibit the use of the TikTok App on Government Devices US steps to limit the usage of TikTok - the video short application that is accused of posing a security threat and source of misinformation have been going on this week. On Tuesday morning, lawmakers included a plan to prohibit government employees from using this Chinese app on devices used by the government in a major spending bill. The Senate passed last week the bill authored by Republican Senator Josh Hawley to bar federal employees from accessing the app, operated by ByteDance and accessible on devices used by…
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Dec
19
2022
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By Kevin Bonner
California Institute of Technology and Technology Innovation Institute announce major collaboration

California Institute of Technology and Technology Innovation Institute announce major collaboration

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California Institute of Technology and Technology Innovation Institute announce major collaboration. California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and Technology Innovation Institute (TII) announced today a global strategic partnership that will collaborate on the most important research areas. The three-year, multi-million dollar partnership is a full exchange of researchers, enabling both parties to conduct inter-disciplinary research in the fields of autonomous systems quantum algorithms as well as low precision AI biotechnology, propulsion systems. This partnership is also expected to be focused on sustainable technology to help reduce environmental hazards. The cooperation on autonomous systems subjects brings together the knowledge of the TII's…
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Dec
19
2022
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By Fredric M. Wiseman
Mayor Adams would like New Yorkers to be able to judge him on his crimes.

Mayor Adams would like New Yorkers to be able to judge him on his crimes.

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Mayor Adams would like New Yorkers to be able to judge him on his crimes. On a wintery evening, Miraida Gomez saw a routine task go horribly wrong. As she sat next to her infant, she waited at the back of a car while her husband picked up her prescription from an establishment situated on East 198th Street in Bedford Park. She grew up away from Bronx street that was lined with neon-lit storefronts , bodegas on the corner. The normality of the setting was to soon be forever broken first by gunshots and later by the screams of her…
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Dec
17
2022
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By Fredric M. Wiseman
Austria central bank predicts mild recession then 0.6% growth in 2023

Austria central bank predicts mild recession then 0.6% growth in 2023

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Austria central bank predicts mild recession then 0.6% growth in 2023. Austria will be in a "mild" recession by the end of the year, and then at the start of 2023, the central bank announced on Friday, anticipating that growth in gross domestic product next year will be at 0.6 percent, higher than the forecasts of other analysts. Two major economic think-tanks, Wifo and IHS, issued economic forecasts for an increase in the GDP range of 4.7%-4.8 percent this year, and 0.3%-0.4 percent in the next year. Austria's National Bank released its own forecast. The Austrian National Bank produced its…
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Dec
17
2022
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By Helen E. Blake
Bangladesh a strategically important partner for the US

Bangladesh a strategically important partner for the US

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Bangladesh a strategically important partner for the US. US Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs (SCA) Afreen Akhter has stated that"the United States sees Bangladesh as an "truly significant Strategic partner" and is looking ahead to working with Bangladesh over the next fifty years to build better relations. She stated that over the last 50 years, relations between the United States and Bangladesh have witnessed tremendous progress between peoples, governments and economies. People-to-people connections between these two countries are in-depth, she said. US court finds former Chávez treasurer guilty of collecting bribes The Bangladeshi…
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Dec
17
2022
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By Kevin Bonner
US court finds former Chávez treasurer guilty of collecting bribes

US court finds former Chávez treasurer guilty of collecting bribes

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US court finds former Chávez treasurer guilty of collecting bribes A day following her conviction, US Judges on Friday announced details of the method which revealed that an ex Hugo Chavez aide and her husband took home more than US$100 million in bribes. Chavez's former advisor Claudia Diaz was found guilty on Thursday by an US tribunal of tax evasion as a result of the payment of bribes by a mogul of the media to authorize high-value foreign exchange trades while she was head of Venezuela's National Treasury Office. Diaz, along with her husband Adrian Velasquez, accepted the bribes of…
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Dec
16
2022
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By Helen E. Blake
Twitter bans some journalists who cover Elon Musk

Twitter bans some journalists who cover Elon Musk

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Twitter bans some journalists who cover Elon Musk. Reporters from The New York Times, CNN and the Washington Post are among those who discovered themselves shut out of account on Thursday night. A Twitter spokesperson told the tech site The Verge that the ban was due to the sharing of live data about location. The incident comes after Mr. Musk promised to sue the proprietor of the profile which tracks his plane. The list of journalists banned include the Intercept's Micha Lee, Mashable's Matt Binder, and independent reporters Aaron Rupar and Tony Webster. A spokesperson from The New York Times…
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Dec
14
2022
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By Patsy S. Nielsen
A new AI technology measures the noise of upstairs neighbors

A new AI technology measures the noise of upstairs neighbors

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A new AI technology measures the noise of upstairs neighbors. People can't sleep well due to the noise of their upstairs neighbors. These sleepless nights are common in South Korea due to the loud upstairs neighbors. Living in an apartment unit means that you have to deal with the noise of the neighbors on a daily basis. Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT) President Kim ByungSuk has announced a new method for predicting the footsteps of upstairs residents. It uses a convolutional neural networks(CNN) model based upon vibration signals. CNN models are used in many computer vision…
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Dec
14
2022
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By Debbik S.
Scientists record the first sound recording of Mars dust devils

Scientists record the first sound recording of Mars dust devils

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Scientists record the first sound recording of Mars dust devils. Convective vortices laden with dust are common on Mars' surface, especially at Jezero Crater, where the Perseverance Rover landed. They serve as an indicator of atmospheric turbulence, and provide an important lifting mechanism for Martian dust cycles. The Perseverance rover was the first to land on Mars with a working microphone. Scientists have now used it to record the first audio recording of an extraterrestrial whirlwind. Roger Wiens is a professor of Earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences at Purdue University's College of Science. He said that sound can teach us…
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Dec
14
2022
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By Fredric M. Wiseman
Some pressure is relieved by a slowdown in US Inflation

Some pressure is relieved by a slowdown in US Inflation

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Some pressure is relieved by a slowdown in US Inflation. The latest indicator that prices are cooling is the slowing of inflation in the United States last month. This is despite the continuing pressures on American households. The government announced Tuesday that consumer prices increased 7.1% in November compared to a year ago. This was a sharp decline from the October peak of 7.7% and June's record high of 9.1%. This was the fifth consecutive decline. The consumer price index rose 0.1% when it was measured from month-to-month, giving a more current snapshot. Core inflation, which excludes volatile energy and…
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