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Link: https://www.activistpost.com/2022/09/rent-in-u-s-hits-record-high-for-17th-month-in-a-row.html
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Rents rose by double-digit percentages in all size categories in July compared to a year ago, with monthly rents for studios up 14.3% to $1,555; one-bedrooms, up 12.2% to $1,745; and two-bedrooms, up 11.7% to $2,103. The South and Northeast have seen the largest rent increases. Miami, where rents were up 26.2% from a year ago, saw the biggest increase among the 50 largest US cities for the 10th-straight month. Miami was followed by New York, Boston, Chicago, and Orlando.
Link: http://www.yourdestinationnow.com/2022/09/left-in-dark-european-businesses-forced.html
Small businesses are being forced to shut down for good, as energy costs multiply to unsustainable levels The energy crisis in Europe has driven electricity prices up 250 percent over the past twelve months. It’s about to get much worse, as the winter season draws near. In the United Kingdom, Britons are bracing for energy bill increases of 80 percent.
Link: https://nypost.com/2022/09/01/californians-asked-not-to-charge-electric-cars-amid-heat-wave/
California residents asked not to charge their electric vehicles to conserve energy amid a brutal heatwave days after the state announced a plan to ban sales of new gas-powered cars by 2035.
Gibson’s, a restaurant and bakery near Oberlin College, can now collect $36 million from Oberlin for defamation over racism claims, according to a court ruling. The Ohio Supreme Court made the ruling — the decision was 4-3.
Link: https://www.rt.com/news/561991-poland-germany-wwii-reparations/
Polish leaders have provided a new assessment of the damage the country sustained at the hands of Germany during World War II, evaluating it at 6.2 trillion zlotys ($1.32 trillion). Warsaw believes Germany is capable of paying the bill, and insisted the move would serve “true Polish-German reconciliation,” which would be based on “truth.”; the current estimate of damages may not be final.
“The sum that was presented was adopted using the most limited, conservative method, it would be possible to increase it,” Polish lawmakers previously estimated the damages sustained during WWII at $850 billion in 2019,
thousands of Xcel customers in Colorado tried adjusting their thermostats Tuesday, learned they had no control over the temperatures in their own homes .the temperature was locked due to an “energy emergency.”22,000 people lost control of temperatures in their homes for hours
Link: https://www.rt.com/news/561598-tiktok-car-theft-challenge/
A car-theft challenge on TikTok that has gone viral in recent weeks has caused a massive increase in vehicle thefts in the Chicago area. The videos, spreading under the hashtag ‘Kia Boyz’ teach TikTok users to steal older Hyundai and Kia car types using nothing but the tip of a phone charger or USB cable. Chicago area alone has suffered an increase of 767% in Kia and Hyundai thefts thanks to the challenge, police say Police urged Kia and Hyundai owners to stay “alert,” always remove their ignition keys when the vehicle is not being used and park it in a “well-traveled and well-lit area.”
After Mark Zuckerberg leaked news that the FBI had instructed Facebook to censor posts about Hunter's laptop, the FBI immediately called Zuckerberg to tell him to censor any posts about that censorship."We cannot have news about us censoring people get out there uncensored," said FBI director Christopher Wray.
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer announced a new drug to fix the side effect from their last new drug, which was developed to fix the side effect from the one before that. Pfizer had initially released the medication "Pytriq" to treat mild cases of seasonal allergies. "Our studies showed excellent results, with less runny nose and cough. However, about half of the people on Pytriq experienced the sudden, violent explosion of their spleen," explained medical director Allan Watson. "Luckily, we developed a drug called 'Splenapril' which stopped the spleens from exploding. However, within days of starting Splenapril, people developed absolutely gargantuan hemorrhoids.
Link: https://www.rt.com/news/561657-nigeria-bans-white-models/
Nigerian ads will have to rely solely on local models and voiceover artists in future, the African nation’s government announced this week. The policy changes will come into force on October 1. “All advertisements, advertising and marketing communications materials are to make use of only Nigerian models and voiceover artists,” the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON) said in a statement on Tuesday. Current advertising campaigns using foreign talents will be allowed to continue but no new permits for similar campaigns will be issued by the relevant authorities
Link: https://www.rt.com/business/561638-france-germany-electricity-prices-spike/
Price for electricity in two key EU markets saw enormous increases on Friday, forcing the bloc’s leaders to call an emergency meeting to discuss the power-supply crisis The surge is fueling inflation across the continent, putting finances of households and businesses under growing threat. risk of a recession and projected winter energy shortages in the region.
Price of natural gas in Europe is approximately six times higher than last year…already starting to see very large protests in a number of different countries; workers in France, Spain and Belgium go out on strike in the public transport, health and aviation sectors, pushing for higher wages to help them cope with rocketing inflation. officials in Europe concerned about potential shortages and blackouts;.energy crisis forcing some big companies to significantly curtail activity
Amid continued blackouts and great political unrest, the Pakistani government has threatened protesters with having their digital IDs blocked so they can’t access their bank accounts.
A federal appeals court on Friday struck down a Biden administration statute that forced doctors to perform medical procedures, including gender-transition procedures, against their religious beliefs.
Link: https://www.activistpost.com/2022/08/ev-charging-stations-shut-down-to-conserve-power-in-china.html
Electric vehicles (EVs) have been associated with high costs and other significant issues. Problems with EV charging stations have been reported too China, government recently closed numerous EV charging stations to conserve power during a historic heat wave.
Link: https://www.rt.com/business/561588-energy-prices-germany-historic-highs/
Benchmark electricity prices have soared by more than 860% in the last year, according to Bloomberg German benchmark power prices for next year soared above €800 per megawatt hour on Friday, nearly 10 times higher than the same period last year, Bloomberg reports. Costs have been smashing records on an almost daily basis as the winter heating period approaches.
Link: https://www.rt.com/business/561583-uk-energy-prices-surge/
British households will see energy prices surge by 80% starting from October, the government regulator Ofgem announced Friday. The annual price cap is set to be increased from the current level of £1,971 ($2,323) to £3,549 ($4,183). According to Ofgem Chief Executive Jonathan Brearley, the hike will have a “massive impact” on families across the country, with another rise likely to come in January, reflecting high volatility in energy markets.
Link: https://www.rt.com/news/561570-los-angeles-cancels-term-homeless/
Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) in a Twitter post this week that such labels as “the homeless” and “homeless people” need to be replaced by more “inclusive” terms, including “people living outside” and “people who are unhoused.to get rid of the “negative stigma” around homelessness and “emphasize personhood over housing status,” the authority said.
Youtube recently removed the rule barring claims that the vaccines do not reduce the risk of contracting COVID-19. YouTube recently also removed the rule barring claims that masking was ineffective and actually destructive to children. YouTube banned users and censored their contact for over a year for stating this obvious fact. Now they don’t.
Joe Biden was heckled at a campaign rally in the D.C. suburb of Rockville, Maryland Thursday evening by a man who yelled, “You stole the election Earlier Biden spoke at a fundraiser in nearby Bethesda, Maryland where he accused President Trump and his supporters of “semi-fascism.”
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