Month: February 2022

Trump’s TRUTH Social Tops Download List, Creating ‘Massive’ Waitlist

President Donald Trump’s social media app, TRUTH Social, reached No. 1 on Apple’s App Store a day after it launched on Monday, iPhone chart data shows. As of Tuesday morning, more than 1.5 billion people had viewed the app in the App Store. More than 401,000 were receiving notices that they were placed on a waitlist…


MacArthur Park Section to Open After Months of Closure

LOS ANGELES—A section of MacArthur Park is reopening to the public on Feb. 22 after being closed for more than four months as crews conducted a $1.5 million improvement project with landscape and general park upgrades. The park’s lakeside portion, which was closed on Oct. 15, 2021, will open at about noon, Councilman Gil Cedillo…


Delta, Omicron Outbreaks Spread in Parts of China

The Chinese regime announced COVID-19 outbreaks in the north, south, east, and west of the country on Feb. 19 that are primarily Delta and Omicron variants. The infected cities include Heihe in northeastern China’s Heilongjiang Province, Huludao in northeastern Liaoning, Suzhou in eastern Jiangsu, Shaoxing in eastern Zhejiang, Wenshan, Honghe, and Ruili in southwestern Yunnan,…


COVID-19 in Mainland China: Mix of Delta and Omicron Variants

The Chinese regime announced COVID-19 outbreaks in the north, south, east, and west of the country on Feb. 19 that are primarily Delta and Omicron variants. The infected cities include Heihe in northeastern China’s Heilongjiang Province, Huludao in northeastern Liaoning, Suzhou in eastern Jiangsu, Shaoxing in eastern Zhejiang, Wenshan, Honghe, and Ruili in southwestern Yunnan,…


Rouble, Russian Stocks Pare Heavy Losses After Putin Sends Troops to Ukraine

MOSCOW—The rouble rebounded from a near two-year low and shares in major Russian banks leapt on Tuesday after Britain announced the first but relatively modest sanctions after Moscow recognized two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine as independent. The rouble on Monday suffered its biggest one-day drop since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic after President…


US Women Soccer Reaches $24 Million Agreement in Equal Pay Dispute

The U.S. women’s national team (USWNT) reached an agreement on Tuesday with the sport’s American governing body over allegations that women soccer players are paid less than their male counterparts, a settlement in which women are promised $24 million to match those of men. The deal stipulates that women players will have $22 million split among them—about…


2 Shooting Suspects Killed When Speeding Vehicle Hits Pole In Anaheim

ANAHEIM, Calif.—Police believe two suspects who were killed in a single-vehicle crash on Feb. 21 were fleeing the scene of a non-fatal shooting in Anaheim. The crash happened shortly after a 12:10 a.m. call to police about shots being fired at a restaurant at 1729 W. La Palma Ave., said Anaheim police Sgt. Steve Pena….


Biden’s Ukraine Burlesque

Commentary So I guess that sending Kamala Harris to Europe in order to prevent Vladimir Putin from attacking Ukraine didn’t work. All the pundits are amazed. Still, to war or not to war, that is the question. Among the many brilliant things that Winston Churchill said, his observation that “To jaw-jaw is always better than…


Scotland to Scrap COVID-19 Vaccine Passports, Mask Mandates

Scotland’s mandatory COVID-19 vaccine passport scheme is to be scrapped next week, with other legal restrictions including mask mandates expected to be ended in March, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced. Addressing the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh on Tuesday, Sturgeon said that the vaccine passport scheme, which required Scots to show their vaccination status before…


Japan Watching Impact of Rate Rises by the West on Its Economy

TOKYO—Japan will watch how rising interest rates in Western nations could affect its economy, the finance minister said on Tuesday, as higher bond yields would boost borrowing costs for the industrial world’s heaviest public debt burden. Shunichi Suzuki made the remark as the parliament’s powerful lower house is set to approve the fiscal 2022/23 budget…