Month: June 2022

UK Business Groups Warn of ‘Incredible’ Damage Caused by Rail Strikes

British business groups have warned that the ongoing rail strikes will cause “incredible” damage to the UK economy as firms brace themselves for serious disruption. The Rail, Maritime, and Transport Workers’ union (RMT) has started a three-day nationwide industrial action. It said it wants to “shut down” the country’s railway network in what union leaders…


Florida Man Arrested for Distributing $230 Million Worth of Adulterated HIV Medication

Lazaro Hernandez, 51, of Miami, was arrested on June 17 for allegedly distributing millions of dollars worth of adulterated drugs for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that were eventually distributed to patients throughout the United States. Hernandez and co-conspirators established licensed wholesale drug distribution companies in New York, Florida, Connecticut, and New Jersey to distribute “adulterated and…


Kellogg Breaking Up Into 3 Separate Companies, Shares Jump

Kellogg has announced plans to split up into three separate companies by spinning off its North American cereal and plant-based businesses in hopes of enhancing “performance and value.” The Michigan-based Kellogg Company said in a statement Tuesday that its board has approved a plan to divide its business into three independent public companies, “each better…


UK Shopper’s Annual Grocery Bills to Rise by £380 Amid Soaring Inflation

British shoppers will see their annual grocery bills jump by £380 ($467) this year as food price inflation hits a 13-year high, new figures suggest. According to the latest data from research firm Kantar, grocery price inflation jumped to 8.3 percent over the four weeks to June 12, up from 7 percent in May and…


Russia Becomes China’s Top Crude Oil Supplier; Nobel Peace Prize Auctioned to Aid Ukrainian Children | NTD Daybreak

China is taking advantage of the cheaper prices caused by strict Western sanctions on Russian oil. Russia has now passed Saudi Arabia as the lead supplier of crude oil for Chinese imports. 2021 Nobel peace prize co-winner Dmitry Muratov, pledged to donate $500,000 of his prize money to charities. Muratov put the prize up for…


Wimbledon Urged to Cut Ties With HSBC Over Its Support of Hong Kong’s National Security Law

Wimbledon has come under pressure to drop HSBC as a sponsor over the bank’s support of the national security law in Hong Kong. In a letter to the tennis championship’s Chief Executive Sally Bolton, lawmakers from the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Hong Kong asked Bolton to reconsider Wimbledon’s involvement with HSBC, which they said had “repeatedly…


Stephen Colbert Responds for First Time After Staffers Arrested Near US Capitol

TV host Stephen Colbert on June 20 downplayed his staff members breaking the law, resulting in their arrests. Staffers with “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” were taken into custody on June 16 at a U.S. House of Representatives building that is connected to the U.S. Capitol. According to the U.S. Capitol Police, the crew had been…


LIVE: Protesters Gather at Supreme Court Ahead of Expected Rulings

Protesters gather at the Supreme Court ahead of expected rulings and action on pending appeals. Warning: this live event may contain profane language and graphic images. * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” Follow EpochTV on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/EpochTVus Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/EpochTV Truth Social: https://truthsocial.com/@EpochTV Gettr: https://gettr.com/user/epochtv…


Wall Street Climbs at Open After Bruising Week

U.S. stock indexes opened higher on Tuesday as investors returned from a long weekend to scoop up shares of megacap growth companies and banks that were hammered in a rout last week on worries over a global economic downturn. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 185.91 points, or 0.62 percent, at the open to 30,074.69….


Pence Says Democrats Using Jan. 6 Hearings to Distract From Their ‘Failed Agenda’

Former Vice President Mike Pence has reflected on the state of America in an interview with Fox News where he said the Democrats are using the Jan. 6 hearings to distract from their “failed agenda.” Pence noted that the Democrats were focused on the Jan. 6 hearings “at a time when we have inflation at a…