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Davos Officials: Impending Food Shortages Are ‘Going to Be Hell on Earth’
(Headline USA) If Ukraine's supplies remain off the market, the world could face a food availability problem in the next 10 to 12 months, and “that is going to be hell on earth,” World Food Program Executive Director David Beasley told the Associated Press in Davos.
The managing director of...
Facebook, Instagram to Release More Details about Targeted Ads Before Election
(Headline USA) Facebook parent Meta said it will start publicly providing more details about how advertisers target people with political ads just months ahead of the U.S. midterm elections.
The announcement follows years of criticism that the social media platforms withhold too much information about how campaigns, special interest groups...
Head of UN’s World Food Program Urges Billionaires to Step Up as Global Famine Looms
(Headline USA) The head of the U.N.’s World Food Program is telling billionaires it’s “time to step up” as the global threat of food insecurity rises with Russia's war in Ukraine, saying he’s seen encouraging signs from some of the world's richest people, like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos.
Agency...
Snapchat’s Dire Profit Warning Sends Big-Tech Stocks Tumbling
(Headline USA) Social media has had a rough 2022 with lingering questions about advertising spending, political ads and a $44 billion takeover of Twitter that may or may not be happening, depending on which Elon Musk tweet you read.
Add in an authoritarian push to censor and suppress opinion or...
POLL: Most Americans See Economic Crisis as Bigger Priority than Ukraine
(Headline USA) Americans are becoming less supportive of punishing Russia for launching its invasion of Ukraine if it comes at the expense of the U.S. economy, a sign of rising anxiety over inflation and other challenges that have been exacerbated by the failings of the Biden administration's policies, according...
Hyundai Recalls 239K Accents and Elantras Due to Exploding Seatbelts
(Headline USA) Hyundai is recalling 239,000 cars in the U.S. because the seat belt pretensioners can explode and injure vehicle occupants. Three injuries have been reported, two in the U.S. and one in Singapore.
In a letter to the Korean automaker, government regulators said that the driver’s and front passenger’s...
Fraud Recovery Sleuths Share Lessons of Stolen COVID Relief Funds
(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) Fraud recovery officials at the FBI and Secret Service explained the challenges of recouping billions of dollars in stolen taxpayer funds since the government began distributing massive suns of emergency pandemic relief, Just the News reported.
"I've never seen anything of this magnitude," said National Pandemic...
Stock Market Flirts with Bear Market; Americans Fear Recession
(Headline USA) The stock market came back from a midday drop on Friday, the day ending with the S&P 500 Index 18.6% below the record high set in early January, The Center Square reported.
A bear market would have begun if the decline reached 20%.
The stock market tumble is a...
Unemployment Benefits Back on the Rise, Even as Job Market Remains Robust
(Headline USA) In what would seem a contradiction in terms, except for free government money being involved, more Americans applied for jobless aid last week, but the total number of Americans collecting unemployment benefits is at a 53-year low.
Applications for unemployment benefits rose by 21,000 to 218,000 for the...
Mayor Pete’s Supply-Chain Failures Hit Home w/ Baby Formula Shortage
(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has stated in a radio show that he, too, is being affected by the baby formula shortage, Townhall reported.
In an interview with CBS News's Face the Nation, Buttigieg discussed his experience attempting to find formula for his adopted twins, Penelope Rose...
BLM’s 1st IRS Filing Does Little to Quell Charges of Impropriety
(Headline USA) While its Marxist origins may renounce the corrupting economic forces of capitalism, Black Lives Matter appears to have leaned into it, taking advantage of strong consumer demand for an outlet to manufacture white and corporate guilt into social justice causes, and turning a simple-but-catchy slogan into a...
Bird Flu Fuels Food Shortages …. and a New Wave of Medical Skepticism
(Headline USA) Brad Moline, a fourth-generation Iowa turkey farmer, saw this happen before. In 2015, a virulent avian flu outbreak nearly wiped out his flock.
Barns once filled with chattering birds were suddenly silent. Employees were anguished by having to kill sickened animals. The family business, started in 1924, was...
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