The U.S. economy grew by 2.9 percent in 2022’s final quarter, year on year, more than the 2.6 percent predicted by economists but less than the third quarter’s 3.2-percent expansion, showing the economy losing momentum.
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MONEY MARKET FUNDS BULGE WITH NEW CASH
In the four weeks ending 26 January, the world’s money market funds took in $135 billion in new cash, the biggest haul since May 2020 when the funds bagged $175 billion as investors fled stocks and bonds when the COVID War set in, data service EFPR reported.
RUSSIA SENDS WARNING TO ISRAEL OVER DRONE ATTACK, HINTS THAT U.S. WAS INVOLVED
Israel’s reported drone attack on an Iranian military facility last weekend was seen as a significant escalation in its clandestine war with Iran and drew swift criticism from the Kremlin which also expressed suspicions that the U.S. played a role in the attack.
NETANYAHU’S MOVE TO WEAKEN COURTS GROWING
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing new pressures after being accused of trying to erase the country’s system of checks and balances by overhauling the judicial system.
TOP TREND 2023, WWIII: NATO NUT CALLS FOR WEST TO TRANSITION TO ‘WARTIME ECONOMY’
Rob Bauer, the head of NATO’s Military Committee, said in an interview Saturday that countries in the alliance should begin to enter a “wartime economy” in preparation for a “direct clash with Russia.”
TOP TREND 2023, MIDDLE EAST MELTDOWN: ISRAEL RAMPS UP DEADLY RAIDS ON PALESTINIANS; GUNMAN RETALIATES IN FRONT OF SYNAGOGUE
Israeli forces conducted their deadliest raid in occupied territory in years last week—killing 10 Palestinians—as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hardline government attempts to make good on its vow to “subdue” Palestinians “once and for all.”
FAT, DUMB, AND BROKE: HIGH-FAT DIET HINDERS BRAIN’S ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE WITH STOMACH
A newly released study suggests that consistently eating junk food has a deleterious effect on the brain’s ability to communicate with the stomach—which could lead to overeating.
DEADLY FOODS, THE AMERICAN WAY
The Food and Drug Administration issued a draft proposal last week that would require companies to limit the amount of lead in certain baby foods given to children 2 years old and younger after outcry from consumer groups and lawmakers.
TOP TREND, NEW WORLD DISORDER IN SRI LANKA AND PERU
We have been extensively reporting on the New World Disorder trend where people across the globe are taking to the streets to protest the lack of basic living standards, government corruption, crime, and violence.
UNITED IN THE LOVE OF WAR: FRANCE, AUSTRALIA SENDING ARTILLERY SHELLS TO UKRAINE
There is nothing that brings Western countries together like weapons.
France and Australia have maintained an uneasy relationship after Canberra screwed Paris over when it signed an arms deal with the U.S. and the U.K. that comes with a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines.