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In mid-May, the Office for National Statistics said that UK’s economy shrank by a record 5.8% from February to March as the COVID-19 crisis escalated and the government ordered a national lockdown to tackle the pandemic. UK Chancellor of the…
The Modi-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is strengthening its positions amid the pandemic, while the country’s opposition is growing increasingly disunited, observes Indian journalist and author Suvam Pal, shedding light on the political landscape in the country and explaining what…
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – French auto manufacturer Renault is struggling with the dire consequences of the coronavirus crisis and literally has to “fight for its existence,” French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire has said in an interview to the Figaro newspaper,…
British and US troops invaded Iraq in 2003 and ousted Saddam Hussein, claiming he possessed weapons of mass destruction. Sanctions against the Iraqi oil industry were immediately dropped and dozens of Western companies rushed in to make money. A barrister…
Sphero, best known as a manufacturer of toy robots, has launched a new spinoff business to develop AI and robotics for military and police use. Sphero recently announced that it is reorganising its public safety department into a new subsidiary…
In winning the Oregon GOP primary for the US Senate Tuesday, Jo Rae Perkins became the seventh Republican congressional candidate who openly supports QAnon, a pro-Trump conspiracy theory that maintains the president is secretly fighting “deep state” operatives and Democratic…
