Month: January 2023

UK PM Sunak Refuses to Sack Tory Chairman Zahawi as Probe Into Tax Row Continues

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has rejected calls for Conservative Party chairman Nadhim Zahawi to be removed from his post as the ethics investigation into his tax affairs continues. Sunak ordered the investigation on Jan. 23 following calls from opposition parties for Zahawi to quit after he paid a penalty to HM Revenue and Customs…


Wall Street Opens Lower on Intel Warning, Inflation Data Limits Fall

Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower on Friday after Intel’s bleak outlook dragged chipmakers lower, though data showing easing inflation spurred hopes of a policy shift from the Federal Reserve, helping limit losses. The S&P 500 opened lower by 6.71 points, or 0.17 percent, at 4,053.72, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped 41.94 points, or 0.36…


Colorado Appeals Court Rules Against Baker in Case Over Gender-Transition Cake

A baker who won a U.S. Supreme Court case over religious freedom violated a state anti-discrimination law when he refused to make a cake celebrating a gender transition, the Colorado Court of Appeals ruled on Jan. 26. Lawyers for the baker, Jack Phillips of Masterpiece Cakeshop, have already announced they plan to appeal against the…


FDA Quietly Changes End Date for Study of Heart Inflammation After Pfizer COVID Vaccination

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has changed the end date for a key study on post-vaccination heart inflammation without notifying the public. Pfizer was supposed to complete a study on the occurrence of subclinical myocarditis, or heart inflammation, after receipt of its COVID-19 vaccine. The completion date was listed by the FDA in…


China Can No Longer Economically Surpass the United States: Experts

News Analysis China, the world’s most populous country, has reached a turning point in history as it recently announced its first population decline in 60 years. China analysts predict severe problems for the world’s second-largest economy owing in part to its shrinking population. According to Beijing critics, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has spent decades…


‘What Happens in Vegas Will No Longer Stay in Vegas’: Four Casinos Face Lawsuit for Allegedly Fixing Room Prices

A class-action lawsuit filed Wednesday against four of the largest gaming and hospitality companies in Las Vegas alleges that the businesses engaged in “an illegal price-fixing scheme to raise the cost of hotel rooms.” Rainmaker, a platform that is said to be used by roughly 90 percent of hotels in the Vegas strip, collects real-time…


Modern Cannons Smashed The Medieval Castle—So They Invented This Insane Defensive Structure

The defensive fortifications of medieval times have surely inspired floorplans for the “perfect castle” in the minds of many a young nerd—replete with battlements, parapets, turrets, arrow slits, a keep, and of course murder holes. As with all technologies though, including castle fortifications, they tend to go obsolete with new developments. With the advent of…


[PREMIERING NOW] William Bouguereau: A Defender of God-Given Art

The 19th-century artist William-Adolphe Bouguereau saw art, just like his predecessors Michelangelo, Da Vinci, and Rafael, as a divine calling. He not only excelled in the use of techniques and colors, but also produced over 800 delicate works of art during his lifetime that were greatly cherished all over Europe and the United States. Even…


Housing Market Shows Signs of Life as Pending Home Sales Rise for First Time in 14 Months

The U.S. housing market showed a sign of early recovery, as pending home sales of rose for the first time in 14 months. Pending home sales rose 2.9 percent in December, the first month-over-month increase since October 2021, according to data from Redfin on Jan. 25. The decline in pending sales also eased for the…


Most Former Presidents, Vice Presidents Say They Turned Over Classified Documents

Most living former presidents and vice presidents are asserting they turned over all materials with classified markings when they left office but won’t say if they will conduct fresh searches after documents with such markings were found at the homes of President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump, and former Vice President Mike Pence. All…