The World Health Organization said Thursday that there is “no evidence” that the coronavirus is transmitted through food. Researchers in China are investigating the problem, and the international agency is following its findings, said Dr. Mike Ryan, Executive Director of the WHO Emergency Program, during a press conference at Geneva’s …
Read More »Shares could melt as they did in the Roaring 20s, says strategist – we all know what happened next
Mark Twain once said, “History does not repeat itself, but often rhymes.” Ed Yardeni, chief investment strategist at Yardeni Research, applies those words to what, for most observers, should feel like a unique climate for playing the market these days. But that is not necessarily the case, according to Yardeni. …
Read More »Fact check: Pence makes wildly dishonest claims about jobs
Apparently Wednesday night on Sean Hannity’s show on Fox News, Pence said, “We’ve been creating more jobs over the last three months than Joe Biden and Barack Obama in their eight years in office.” Facts first: The time frame of Pence’s ‘last three months’ is absurd: he is worried about …
Read More »Justice Department seizes millions in cryptocurrency from terrorist groups
The funds of ISIS, al-Qaida and the al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, would probably be used by the groups to buy weapons and become attackers, according to Justice officials. “Two million dollars is a lot of equipment they can buy, a lot of weapons, a lot of training …
Read More »US report on Russia could undermine Trump’s hope for Durham probe
Trump and allies, including Attorney General William Barr, have questioned whether the Russians showed a preference for Trump in 2016. But the U.S. intelligence assessment released last week makes it clear that the Russians are doubling down on their pro- Trump efforts to undermine Joe Biden’s 2020 campaign. The shadow …
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