Month: June 2022

Democrats Would ‘Love Nothing More’ Than to Remove Americans’ Right to Possess Guns: GOP Lawmaker

Democrats would “love nothing more” than to take away the right of every American to possess a gun, a Republican House lawmaker has said amid gun control bills passed by the Senate and the House this month. The Senate’s legislation, the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, passed on a 65–33 vote on June 23. House Republican…


NASA: Give Us Back Our Moon Dust and Cockroaches

BOSTON—NASA wants its moon dust and cockroaches back. The space agency has asked Boston-based RR Auction to halt the sale of moon dust collected during the 1969 Apollo 11 mission that had subsequently been fed to cockroaches during an experiment to determine if the lunar rock contained any sort of pathogen that posed a threat…


Pacific Stalemate: China Refuses to Back Down on ‘Beyond Reproach’ Trade Sanctions

Australian and Chinese diplomatic relations appear to have stalled after the Australian government continued to remain stalwart in the face of Beijing’s refusal to back down on punitive trade sanctions imposed on Australia which, the Chinese regime called “beyond reproach.” Speaking at a press conference on June 22, the spokesperson for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)…


Second Amendment Supporters Question Bipartisan Gun Control Bill

The U.S. Senate passed a bipartisan bill hailed as the most significant federal gun control legislation in decades Thursday night, but what’s in it has Second Amendment advocates concerned. With emotions running high after horrific mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, school last month, Joe Biden and Democrats called for gun law…


Australia’s Fruit and Vegetable Shortages Will Not End Until September

Australian consumers will have to bear with the current fruit and vegetable shortages for another six weeks before seeing improvements, while supply will not return to normal until September. Ash Salardini, the acting chief executive of the National Farmers’ Federation, said the cause of empty supermarket shelves could be traced back to the extreme weather…


Australian State Police to Be Given New Powers to Tackle Organised Crime

Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) government has announced new reforms aimed at dismantling organised crime in the state through new police powers to target unexplained wealth and the use of dedicated encrypted devices used by criminals to stay under the radar. The new legislation will extend police powers to target and confiscate unexplained wealth, stop…


Inflation Is Causing More Americans to Be Nervous About Their Savings

Rapidly rising high inflation rates are causing Americans to feel insecure about dipping into their emergency savings, according to a June 23 survey from Bankrate.com. The rise in everyday living expenses due to inflation throughout the country has forced Americans to reassess their household budgets. Inflation in May hit a 40-year historic high, forcing the Federal Reserve…


A Life Coach’s Personal Playbook

Ignore your oppressive to-do list, life coach Kristen Glosserman says. Replace it with a shorter, more powerful and encouraging “do list” each day. Make one of the items on it your “commit”: If you accomplish nothing else, at the end of the day you’ll have completed this commitment. Make it something you’ve been avoiding, and…


G-7, NATO Leaders to Address Challenges Posed by Beijing: US Senior Official

The Chinese regime is expected to be a key issue in the upcoming G-7 and NATO summits a senior U.S. official said on Wednesday. “Ukraine is not causing us to take our eye off the ball on China. In fact, I think quite the opposite,” said an unnamed senior U.S.administration official in Washington in a…


G7, NATO Leaders to Address Challenges Posed by Beijing: US Senior Official

The Chinese regime is expected to be a key issue in the upcoming G7 and NATO summits a senior U.S. official said on Wednesday. “Ukraine is not causing us to take our eye off the ball on China. In fact, I think quite the opposite,” said an unnamed senior U.S.administration official in Washington in a…