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President Biden's move to ban all Russian oil imports failed to impress ConocoPhillips CEO Ryan Lance, who didn't hold back on his opinion. It's "the stupidest thing you could ever imagine," said Lance during a Q&A moderated by Daniel Yergin at the CERAWeek by S&P Global conference in Houston. He warned that "it is incredibly shortsighted and may actually have the opposite effect of what they think will happen."

The leaders of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates would not come to the phone when President Biden tried to call them to discuss boosting oil exports to offset price hikes linked to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to a report.

Fitch on Tuesday downgraded Russia’ssovereign rating by six notches further into the junk territory to ‘C’ from ‘B’, saying a debt default is imminent.

The anti-grooming bill passed the Florida state Senate by a 22-17 vote. The anti-groomer law banning gender identity indoctrination in Florida's pre-K through third-grade classrooms was approved Tuesday by the state's Senate and sent to Republican Governor Ron DeSantis for signing. House Bill 1557, known as the Parental Rights in Education Bill and dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill by left-wing activists, passed by a 22 - 17 vote. The legislature bans teachers in those grade levels from teaching about sexual orientation or gender identity. The bill also allows parents to sue school districts if the policy is violated. Proponents...

Following Bennett's talks with Putin and Zelensky, Israeli officials say Russia has softened demands, but will likely double down on destructive assault if no capitulation Israel believes Ukraine is at a critical crossroads and must decide between a "difficult" truce offer presented by Russia or risk a new, far more destructive phase in the war, reporters briefed by government officials said Tuesday. Axios and Maariv both reported similar details on Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's recent conversations with both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, as he has attempted to mediate between the sides. Bennett has reportedly not...

Vice President Kamala Harris' stepdaughter, Ella Emhoff, flashed her abs in a cropped jacket on Tuesday while enjoying the last day of Paris Fashion Week. The 22-year-old — who is the daughter of Harris' husband, Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, and his first wife, Kerstin — attended the Miu Miu fall 2022 ready-to-wear show wearing an outfit by the Italian label. The budding knitwear designer struck a pose in a light blue cropped moto-inspired jacket and a pair of baggy high-waisted denim logo pants that cinched her waist with a white drawstring. Her dark curls were worn loose around her shoulders,...

War in Ukraine will push up energy prices and see UK families squeezed even further, a think tank has warned. The Resolution Foundation forecasts that a typical household's income will fall by about £1,000 this year once the effect of inflation is accounted for. That would be the biggest real-terms fall in incomes since the mid-1970s, it added. A government spokesperson said it recognises the pressures households are facing. Many families were already expecting their monthly spend to go up when the energy price cap jumps in April, and National Insurance contributions rise. But Iin a new report, the Resolution...

Former Attorney General William Barr criticized the media on Monday for pushing the "lie" that former President Trump's campaign colluded with Russia in the 2016 presidential election. "You decided when Robert Mueller chose not to analyze whether there was criminality on obstruction, you decided, ‘I’m attorney general, I’m going to make the decision,'" Savannah Guthrie asked Barr during an appearance on NBC's "Today" show. She said Barr "acknowledged" in his new book that he believed it was a "phony scandal" and asked why he decided to take the decision upon himself when "the whole point of the counsel was to...

We’re all human: Scientists create world’s biggest family tree linking 27 million people OXFORD, United Kingdom — The world’s biggest family tree linking around 27 million people has been created by scientists. The genetic model combines thousands of modern and prehistoric genomes, providing new insight into key events in human history. The breakthrough is a major step towards mapping the entirety of human relationships, with a single lineage that traces the ancestry of all people on Earth. The family tree also has widespread implications for medical research, identifying genetic predictors of disease. “We have basically built a huge family tree,...

At least two Iranians in the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps-Quds Force (IRGC-QF), an elite Iranian military group that is also a designated terrorist organization, have allegedly been plotting to assassinate former Trump national security adviser John Bolton, according to a new report. Democrat President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice “possesses indictable evidence against the Iranians but … Biden administration officials are resisting publicly indicting the men for fear that it could derail their drive for a nuclear deal with Iran, currently nearing completion in negotiations in Vienna, Austria,” the Washington Examiner reported. “It is possible but unlikely that there are...

Former three-term New York Gov. George Pataki is leading a delegation to provide humanitarian relief to 200,000 Ukrainian refugees who’ve fled to neighboring Hungary following Russia’s invasion of their homeland. “We have money, food, clothing and medical supplies we can deliver,” Pataki, whose paternal grandparents were from Hungary, told The Post on Tuesday.

On Monday (March 7), the US Department of Defense informed that an Al-Qaeda terrorist would be sent back to his native country of Saudi Arabia for ‘psychiatric treatment’ after spending 20 years in detention at Guantanamo Bay facility. In a press release, the Defense Department stated that the 46-yea-old Mohammad Mani Ahmad al-Qahtani did not represent a ‘significant threat’ to the country anymore. This was determined in an assessment conducted by the Periodic Review Board (PRB) on June 9 last year.

Tuesday, former Vice President Mike Pence said when the time was “right,” he and his family would consider his future political ambitions, including a possible 2024 presidential run. In the meantime, Pence said he was focused on the 2022 midterm elections.

Have you heard about the newest diet, It’s all the rage. It's called the 'Beto' progressive diet and is perfect for low-information voters. It will help you lose your freedoms and improve your dependency on the government. This new low IQ diet will put you in a state of 'Betosis' which will help you shift away from individual freedoms and after a few months you will freely give up your guns. The end goal of a properly maintained Beto diet is to force your mind into this unbalanced mental state so that you will blindly do whatever nanny state tells...

A group of Yellowstone tourists thought they had seen all the national park had to offer. They spent the day Saturday, March 5, in the park and saw wolves, bears, elk, golden eagles and more, Carl Kemp, a person on the tour, said on YouTube. “We turned around to make our way back, when I saw what I thought was a black bear running down the road,” Kemp said. “As soon as it turned, we realized we were in the middle of a once in a lifetime experience.” Read more at: https://www.modbee.com/news/nation-world/national/article259153973.html#storylink=cpy

Unilever PLC said it will stop its advertising and media spending in Russia, as well as suspending all imports and exports of its products into and out of the country. “We will not invest any further capital into the country nor will we profit from our presence in Russia,” Chief Executive Alan Jope said in a statement. The company doesn’t break out its earnings in the region. Kraft Heinz Co. separately said it is suspending all new investments in Russia, as well as all exports and imports of Kraft Heinz products into and out of Russia. Kraft Heinz sells ketchup...

Peter Doocy confronted Jen Psaki over Biden’s push to beg Venezuela and Saudi Arabia to pump more oil so the US can Buy, but refuses to allow oil companies to pump more in the US including opening up the Keystone XL pipeline.

As usual the United States will be left out there alone, being taken advantage of by Europe, as we defend them, while we read in the Fake News how everyone has come together under Biden to fight Russia.

Another Russian general has died, and other senior army officers have either been killed or wounded in fighting in Ukraine this week — only adding to what Kremlin officials are reportedly calling a complete “cluster----.’’ Russian Maj. Gen. Vitaly Gerasimov and some senior officers were struck down in fighting in Kharkiv on Monday, days after Gen. Andrei Sukhovetsky was killed by a sniper, Ukrainian officials said. The blows to the Russian army’s top echelon occurred even before Russian government officials were already calling Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine “a clusterf–k,” a report said.

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