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China will not sell weapons to either side in the Ukraine war, the country’s foreign minister has said, amid Western fears Beijing was considering providing military assistance to Russia. Beijing has backed Russia politically, rhetorically and economically since the invasion began, yet officially it has maintained it is neutral in the conflict. Meanwhile, Western nations have imposed sanctions on Russia and sought to isolate the country following its invasion of its neighbour. Speaking at a news conference on Friday alongside visiting German counterpart Annalena Baerbock, Quin Gang said: “Regarding the export of military items, China adopts a prudent and responsible...

The January US inflation numbers are out and they were grim. US REAL average hourly earnings fell … again … to -1.8% year-over-year (YoY) from a revised -1.6% YoY in Deember. That makes 22 straight months of negative hourly earning growth. CPI Month-over-month (MoM) was revised upward for December, and increased from 0.1% in December to 0.5% in January. CORE CPI remained unchanged from the upward revision in December to 0.4% MoM. Components of inflation include FOOD AT HOME (up 11.3% YoY), utility (piped) gas service (up 26.7% YoY) and shelter (up 7.9% YoY). So, the middle-class inflation tax (food,...

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Joe Biden’s Deputy Press Secretary TJ Ducklo threatened a Politico reporter for pursuing a story about his romantic relationship with an Axios reporter. People Magazine recently ran a sympathetic article revealing that Ducklo is dating Axios reporter Alexi McCammond, who covered the 2020 Biden campaign. The White House announced that Ducklo would be suspended for one week. The confrontation began on Inauguration Day, January 20, after Palmeri, a coauthor of Politico’s Playbook, contacted McCammond for comment while one of her male colleagues left a message for Ducklo, according to the sources. Ducklo subsequently called a Playbook editor to object to...

President-elect Joe Biden plans to announce a $1,400 personal stimulus check for individuals on Thursday despite voters expecting a $2,000 check as promised. Reuters reports Biden will announce a massive $1.5 trillion spending program which will include $1,400 stimulus checks.

The first case of someone in China suffering from Covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, can be traced back to November 17, according to government data seen by the South China Morning Post. Chinese authorities have so far identified at least 266 people who were infected last year, all of whom came under medical surveillance at some point. Some of the cases were likely backdated after health authorities had tested specimens taken from suspected patients. This is the information that we have from the CDC website: The outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was first reported on December 31,...

They know exactly what they are doing...and they know it is WRONG! The Republicans pulled the same stuff when they were in power and they were voted out in 2006. This should be a lesson to all in both parties. The American people are not stupid. They are paying attention. This is what the tea party is all about. We the people, run this country. You are not leaders. You are representatives. You are public SERVANTS...there to serve and represent US. Us seems a fitting word for U.S. (United States). The last remark in this video says it all. We...