U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with leaders from Armenia and Azerbaijan last Friday to calm the boiling tension in the region over the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The Associated Press reported the U.S.’s top diplomat met with the foreign ministers of the neighboring countries in Washington, D.C. He aimed to get the leaders to agree to...
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NIGERIAN PROTESTS ATTRACT INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION
The weeks-long protests that have broken out in the Nigerian city of Lagos, the most populous city in the African continent, have sparked international condemnation and vows from local police to get the situation under control by employing all means necessary. The protests, which have been violent at times, are focused on police brutality. These...
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DIABETICS MORE AT RISK: TOP RUSSIAN OFFICIAL SAYS
A top Russian official said last week that COVID-19 is especially dangerous for those who suffer from diabetes and pointed to statistics showing these patients are 10.3 times more likely to come down with the virus. “In patients with diabetes, Covid-19 infection is 10.3 times more common,” Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova said, according...
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“SECOND WAVE” IN EUROPE CONSIDERED LESS FATAL
Despite that the number of Europeans being diagnosed with the virus continues to surge, the amount of people dying from the disease is rising at a much slower pace, which is seen as a positive sign. According to a recent report in the Financial Times, there are several reasons the virus now seems to be...
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PENSIONS HIT HARD BY OUTBREAK
The COVID outbreak and its devastating effect on the world economy is expected to have a long-term effect on billions of retirements in the decades to come. Dr. David Knox, Senior Partner at Mercer Retirement Consulting, told the Financial Times last week that the economic recession brought on by the COVID outbreak “has led to reduced pension...
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WISCONSIN COUNTY SEES UPTICK IN SUICIDES
As we have forecast since February, the draconian actions taken by politicians to fight the COVID War, on many levels, would be more deadly than the virus. The number of suicides in Wisconsin’s Dane County last week has surpassed the total number from the previous year, and health experts reportedly see a link between lockdown...
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SCHOOL REOPENINGS NOT SPARKING NEW OUTBREAKS
Researchers announced last week that schoolchildren do not appear to be contributing to new COVID infections, and the majority of available evidence suggests there is only a limited risk of transmission from the young to adults. The New York Times reported data seems encouraging that in-person learning could be safe for young children. Harvard Medical School...
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ILLINOIS: RESTAURANT RUINATION RULES
With restaurant and bar owners in Illinois already going broke or busted, and winter coming and outdoor dining not an option, Governor J.B. Pritzker declared the suspension of indoor dining and bar service and strict rules for gatherings in regions throughout the state. TREND FORECAST: The Sun-Times reported that Pritzker’s office has received blowback from businesses...