The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced last week that it will update the warning label on Ozempic—the diabetes drug popular for weight loss—due to the risk of intestinal blockage while on the drug.
Tag: oct 3 2023
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FORD, GM PAID AVERAGE TAX RATE OF 1 PERCENT ON PRE-TAX INCOME
The top car makers in the U.S.—faced with widespread strikes since 15 September—paid a combined tax rate of just 1 percent on pre-tax income on $42 billion in profits, and insist that they do not have the funding to increase pay for workers by 40 percent over four years and improve retirement standards.
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HIGHEST NUMBER OF YOUNG AMERICANS ARE LIVING AT HOME IN DECADES
A newly released survey by Harris Poll for Bloomberg found that about 45 percent of Americans from 18 to 29 are living at home with their families—a number not seen since the 1940s.
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SHITTYIT’: REP. JAMAAL BOWMAN CLAIMS HE ACCIDENTALLY PULLED FIRE ALARM IN HOUSE OFFICE, DON’T BELIEVE YOUR LYING EYES
Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., claimed that he accidentally pulled a bright red fire alarm inside the Cannon House Office Building on Saturday while the House debated a stopgap funding measure.
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ISRAEL CARRIES OUT AIRSTRIKES ON GAZA AS TENSIONS IN REGION SIMMER
The Israeli military said it carried out airstrikes on targets in Gaza last week—after protests broke out by Palestinian workers after Israel closed the Erez crossing to prevent their entry into the country.
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GERMANY TRIES TO TAKE CONTROL OF ASYLUM SEEKERS, IMPLEMENTS NEW BORDER CHECKS
Germany announced last week that it will increase border controls to help deal with the influx of new asylum seekers entering the country from Poland and the Czech Republic, which has been a source of contention in EU countries.
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SLOVAKIA VOTES FOR PM WHO WANTS TO END SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE
Robert Fico, the two-time former prime minister in Slovakia, watched his populist SMER party outperform in the country’s parliamentary election, paving the way for its leader to form a coalition government and regain control of the country.
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NO PEACE, ONLY WAR: U.S. HOUSE SHOOTS DOWN AMENDMENT THAT WOULD HAVE BANNED TRANSFER OF CLUSTER BOMBS TO UKRAINE
An amendment to the 2024 military spending bill that would have banned the U.S. from providing Ukraine with cluster bomb munitions was defeated in a vote last week as the Biden administration continues its effort to arm Kyiv in its war against Russia.
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MEDVEDEV: NUMBER OF ‘IDIOTS’ IN NATO GROWING AS U.K., GERMANY CONSIDERS ESCALATORY MEASURES
Medvedev, the former Russian president and close associate to Vladimir Putin, took to X on Sunday to lash out at reports that the U.K. is considering sending troops inside Ukraine to train Kyiv’s forces, and Germany may approve its long-range Taurus missiles.
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UKRAINE COUNTEROFFENSIVE A BLOODY FAILURE
As we had forecast for months, and as 20 June 2023 Trends Journalcover illustrated, Ukraine’s counteroffensive would fail.