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How China's import cuts importing 8.5 million barrels a day down from 12.5 million and it's large oil reserve will keep oil prices low

07/15/2026

Not covered in the media for Hormuz is the combined response of US, China, India, Japan and the European Union to find alternatives to Hormuz making it less or not relevant to oil prices and oil supplies

07/10/2026

The Constructive Aspects of the situation in July 2026 from the Hormuz Crisis not covered in the Media

06/27/2026

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US public health workers leaving ‘in droves’ amid pandemic burnout

  
The Guardian - 09.23.2021 Original article ›
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The coronavirus variant surge has led to burnout for frontline medical workers in the US. It has been calamitous for the mental health of public health workers in the US. These are the data analysts, policy advisors and other workers in public health departments. Many have quit their job as reported here in The Guardian. A CDC survey of 26,000 public health workers in the US shows about half have problems of mental health. Public health workers have to face problems with elected officials as well as public resentment on issues such as vaccination.

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He Got Fired. Then He Coached His Team to the NCAA Tournament.

  
WSJ - 03.18.2024 Original article ›
Andrew Beaton, Ben Cohen
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Another huge turnaround. This time in college basketball. UC Long Beach coach Jim Monson has coached the basketball team since 2007. In 2012 he took the team to the NCAA tournament. After winning over Michigan and USC he lost 5 games straight after losing a star player from an injury. He offered to resign at the end of the season.The School's athletic director wanted him out the same day. Munson got to stay and won three games straight to the Big West title. Munson says the team was motivated more by what had happened to keep going.

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IMF board clears first review of Bangladesh's $4.7 billion bailout

  
Reuters - 03.19.2024 Original article ›
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$469 million in immediate access to Bangladesh from the IMF and $221 billion for climate change action agenda in Bangladesh as part of $4.7 bailout by the IMF. This plus an addition $1.3 billion from development partners such as India gives Bangladesh time to sort out problems in exchange rate management, manage remitttances from overseas, and increase exports. Import compression and other action helped Bangladesh to generate a $2 billion surplus in the first half of the 2023-2024 fiscal year after large current account deficits in two previous years of the pandemic. 

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China’s Battery Champion Says Geopolitical Tensions Won’t Derail U.S. Expansion

  
WSJ - 03.25.2024 Original article ›
Liza Lin, Rachel Liang
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China's battery company CATL's efforts to license its technology to American companies in the EV vehicle business. Contemporary Amperex Technologies China's largest maker of battery technology sees geopolitical tensions in a different way- business lasts for decades and governments are here for 4-5 years. It sees opportunity in the US and is using a model where American EV makers license technologies from CATL and own the factory in the US that makes the electric batteries. It has done this with Ford Motor which has its own factory and uses a technology licensed from CATL.

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‘Oppenheimer’ Draws Praise in Japan After Long-Delayed Release

  
WSJ - 03.29.2024 Original article ›
Chieko Tsuneoka
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What Japanese find missing in the Oppenheimer movie beyond some misgivings about the atomic bomb from the scientist- failure to depict the effects of the bomb on Hiroshima in 1945. The movie does not show the devastation of Hiroshima, and lacks any reference to the museum in Hiroshima that G7 leaders visited in the recent conference, and that was shown by NHK television showing individual lives of mothers and children during the day of the bombing. Less known also is that prime minister Kishida of Japan is from Hiroshima and has distant relatives in the bombing.

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Cesar Chavez and the United Farmworkers legacy with Julia Chavez Rodriguez

  
Washington Post - 04.02.2024 Original article ›
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Of Julia Chavez Rodriguez Biden says she is the organizer. "It is a little bit in her blood, Cesar Chavez is her grandfather." Julia Chavez Rodriguez is a softspoken Latina who heads the Biden Campaign with the support of the Biden team, O'Malley, Donilon, and Ricchetti. Here she recalls being in the back of meetings, going to rides in Los Angeles, getting arrested at age 9 for leafletting in New Jersey. Julia Chavez 45 years, has worked for a Colorado senator, the Obama administration, Kamal Harris campaign, and now Biden.

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Brexit: Boris Johnson Defeated as MP's Take Control

  
BBC News - 09.04.2019 Original article ›
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Britain's parliament voted 328 to 301 to take control of the agenda on Brexit. This includes 21 rebel Conservative Party MP's including Mr. Hammond and Ken Clarke. This means parliament can now set the January 2020 new date to replace October 31, 2019, as the date for Brexit. A new general election would also be called in the event that Labour party cannot form a new unity government under Mr. Corbyn. A no confidence motion on the minority government of Mr. Johnson would be the next step after putting off Brexit to January 2020.

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Watch: Nirmala Sitharaman buys vegetables from Chennai market

  
The Indian Express - 10.08.2022 Original article ›
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This picture of Indian finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman picking out vegetables on a visit to the vegetable market and talking to vegetable vendors in Mylapore, Chennai, will be remembered for a long time for its casual feeling and simplicity. This is not just the Sitharaman as cabinet minister- this is also with Modi one of the proponents of the free rations food program that provided 5 kilograms of rice or wheat to 800 million Indians, with vegetables and lentil dhals, during the pandemic. This is what built the resilience of the world's largest section of humanity during the pandemic.

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An Energy CEO on the Winding Path to a Green Grid - The Journal. - WSJ Podcasts

  
WSJ - 08.19.2022 Original article ›
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WSJ's Kate Linebaugh talks to Pedro Pizzaro CEO of Edison electric utility company in California on the impact of president Biden's $369 Climate bill on California's energy needs. He describes what his company is doing today with the wild fires, and how the Biden bill will help the transition to renewables in a state that requires 100% renewables by 2045. His company Edison is at 35% renewables today. By 2045 energy use will increase by about 60% in California and he is looking ahead to that future.

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Anthony Albanese: Australia's new PM sworn in ahead of Quad meeting

  
BBC News - 05.23.2022 Original article ›
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About a third of Australians voted for the Greens party and several smaller parties. There was a definite trend in favor of tackling climate change after the fires and other extreme weather events in Australia in 2021. Scott Morrison's coalition gained 54 seats compared to 74 for Labour, with 76 needed for a majority. Labour had set a much higher target for reducing carbon emissions than the Morrison coalition with Labour setting 43% reduction in emissions compared to 26% for Morrison coalition by 2030. Australians decided climate change has to be tackled aggressively.

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Biden Warns Putin Invasion of Ukraine to Be Met With Economic Response and More

  
WSJ - 12.07.2021 Original article ›
Vivian Salama, Alex Leary In Washington, Ann M. Simmons In Moscow
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President Biden and Russian president Putin held a two hour virtual meeting on December 7, to discuss Ukraine. Biden stated that the US would take action to support defense arrangements in Ukraine, Poland, Romania, and other Eastern European countries, if Russia invaded Ukraine. He urged Russia to return to diplomatic talks to settle differences over Ukraine. US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan described the virtual meeting in this way- "There was a lot of give and take. No finger wagging. But the president was crystal clear about where the United States stands on all of these issues." 

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Downing Street Christmas party crisis: Poll blow for Tories as trust in Boris Johnson falls

  
The Times - 12.09.2021 Original article ›
Steven Swinford, Political Editor | Oliver Wright, Policy Editor | Henry Zeffman, Chief Political Correspondent
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For the first time the public in Britain believes the Labour party under Keir Starmer can do better than the Conservatives under Johnson to improve healthcare, give respect and dignity to workers and families lost in the last two decades, improve incomes, and tackle the pandemic. Labour now is up by 4 points and Conservatives down by 3 points in a YouGov poll done for The Times. Following the lead of Scholz in Germany with the SPD in alliance with the Greens, and Biden in the US, Britain is faced with a real choice for the future.

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As U.S. Nears 800,000 Virus Deaths, 1 of Every 100 Older Americans Has Perished

  
NYTimes.com - 12.13.2021 Original article ›
Julie Bosman, Amy Harmon, Albert Sun
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This NYT report looks at age 65+ years and the death toll from coronavirus. Recently the deaths among people over 65 and older in US have accelerated. The last 100,000 deaths since September happened over a 11 week period, and is similar to surge last winter. About 87% of people over 65 are vaccinated in the US, yet the deaths among unvaccinated and the breakthrough cases are still happening. Overall about 75% of the 800,000 deaths in the US from the coronavirus have happened for age 65 and over, almost one in a hundred.

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BJP's 3-1 sweep sets tone for Lok Sabha showdown: 10 key takeaways from election results | India News - Times of India

  
The Times of India - 12.03.2023 Original article ›
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The effects of the Modiji development guarantee and "Sab Ka VIkas, Sab Ka Saath," in the Indian states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhatisgarh. In the Hindi speaking heartland and the northwest and west including Gujarat and Maharashtra it gives a new momentum to development efforts for the modernization of India. This helps set the roadmap for development  through 2024 and the years ahead. Compared to China the problems in India are how to integrate scheduled castes and scheduled tribes in a complex social fabric into the economic development efforts.

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Public Trust in Government: 1958-2023

  
Pew Research Center - U.S. Politics & Policy - 12.15.2023 Original article ›
Pew Research Center
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Trust in government in the US was highest under FDR, Truman, Eisenhower and LBJ, right upto the escalation of the Vietnam War and remained above 70 percent. It changed in the seventies and hit new lows ever since to the 40% level since the 1980's through the Reagan, Bush, Clinton administrations. The 2009 financial crisis caused by banks led to a drop to 16%. It dropped to 20% under Obama and Trump administrations. By 2023 it remains at about 20%. Graphs in Pew Research show how it has changed over time.

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The nation’s capital, built on water, struggles to keep from drowning

  
Washington Post - 12.19.2023 Original article ›
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Most people do not know that the site of the nation's capital was a land of wetlands, marshes and creeks when George Washington chose it as the site for a new capital. Rock from quarries filled the wetlands to create the fill site compacted for the National Mall. Engineers working on a new museum worry about the land where the Washington Monument stands, for the Federal Triangle area, a low lying are between the White House and the Capitol. The Post looks at this area in this exceptional report on the nation's capital.

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Written in the wood

  
Washington Post - 12.20.2023 Original article ›
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A warning written in wood. Scientists for years have looked at rings of long life pine trees to understand the earth and climate. This pine deep in the Sonoran desert started life about 200 years ago. The rings each tell the story through the industrialization of America, the destruction of native communities, the entry of Arizona as 48th state in 1912, the two wars fought and won. Only the ring for 2023 is different after scorching heat, it stopped growing midway, says this report in The Washington Post about climate change that is real in 2023.

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Medical Frontiers- The Culprit Behind Osteoporosis

  
NHK WORLD - 12.22.2023 Original article ›
Nhk Japan
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This NHK video shows what bones look like under a microscope and the role of isoclytes that generate small amounts of acid to decrease bone and isoblasts that help generate new bone to replace old bone tissue. Every 5 or 6 years humans have entirely new bones. Japanese researchers show the role of FM1 in disrupting malignant isoclyte cells to prevent osteoporosis. Four exercises are shown including heel raise, weight on one leg with leg raise, squat using chair and correct walking. Soy isoflavones and kiwi help reduce osteporosis say researchers at Japan's Agriculture University.

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Trump Won New Hampshire, but There Are Warning Signs for November

  
WSJ - 01.24.2024 Original article ›
Aaron Zitner, Dante Chinni, Jack Gillum
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The WSJ looks at Republican voters from the Iowa and New Hampshire primaries. It finds that about 20% of Republican voters will not vote for the former president Mr.Trump. It also finds that about 65% of voters who are Independent did not support Mr. Trump in the 2 primaries. Mr. Biden is seen as losing about 10% of Democratic voters. A look at 2020 shows former president Trump has lost support among Independents and skeptical Republicans by 2024 stemming from disapproval of the uncertainty and chaotic nature of the presidential years 2016-2020.

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WSJ News Exclusive | U.S. Secretly Alerted Iran Ahead of Islamic State Terrorist Attack

  
WSJ - 01.25.2024 Original article ›
Michael R. Gordon, Vivian Salama, Warren P. Strobel
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The Biden administration has limited the conflict in the Middle East through maintaining relations with the government in Tehran. Now more than ever there is a need for the kind of stable well thought out policy in the long term interests of all nations including the US, Europe, China and India for a peaceful solution to conflicts- this is being pursued by the Biden administration. It is possible because president Biden has focused on economic growth for all and extracted America from the entanglements in the Middle East in Iraq and Afghanistan that have undone previous presidents and US development.

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Jurel and Gill steer India to fourth Test victory over England and series win

  
The Guardian - 02.26.2024 Original article ›
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Superb batting performances by Dhruv Jurel and Shubman Gill as India win by 5 wickets against England in the 4th Test at Ranchi. Ashwin with 5 wickets and Kuldeep with four keep England's batting effort subdued at 145 runs in the second innings, losing the last 7 wickets for just 35 runs. India is now up 3-1 in the Test series. The test also brings up remarkable new bowling and batting talent for India and England in the form of Hartley and Bashir for England, and Jurel and Jaiswal for India.

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Google Mired in Controversy Over AI Chatbot Push

  
WSJ - 02.27.2024 Original article ›
Miles Kruppa
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Google AI tools Gemini is shown as failing when it comes to civics and democratic form of government. It is in these vital issues for a democracy that widely used tools can fail particularly in AI, and which makes them hazardous. Ai tools shown here are not able to differentiate between good leaders and bad leaders who caused major wars in the 20th century. Humans and human thinking process and sentiment are essential for democracies to function, for people to exercize their rights and fulfill their responsibilities so that a good state can serve its citizens.

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The U.S. Wants American-Made Chips. Can Intel Deliver? - The Journal. - WSJ Podcasts

  
WSJ - 06.09.2023 Original article ›
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WSJ covers Intel's efforts to turn itself into a contract chip manufacturer with large investments under Pat Gelsinger are covered in this report in the WSJ. Intel wants to be the second largest contract chip manufacturer serving companies such as Tesla, Nvidia, and others. By making chips only for its needs Intel lost ground to companies in the foundry business such as Samsung and Taiwan Semiconductor. Gelsinger who was with Intel in the early days has rejoined Intel to regain its leadership role in computing, and has the support of president Biden with the CHIPS Act.

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The Guardian view on China’s Covid U-turn: from all-out war to all but nothing | Editorial

  
The Guardian - 12.13.2022 Original article ›
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By lifting all covid restrictions China makes a dramatic U turn in December 2022 from its zero covid policies. This Guardian editorial looks at the implications of the new policy. Testing booths are being dismantled. Quarantine rules and travel restrictions are significantly relaxed. The primary covid tracking app is scrapped.  The turnaround is truly astonishing in its speed says The Guardian. Because older people are less vaccinated than in other countries and the smaller effectiveness of domestic vaccines this still has risks when it is being done so suddenly that the health system has little time to prepare.

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Qatar's defunct women's team watches on with envy – DW – 12/15/2022

  
dw.com - 12.15.2022 Original article ›
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Monika Staab, a German coach, heads the women's soccer training in Saudi Arabia. She trained Qatari women soccer players before going to Saudi Arabia. Here she is shown training Saudi players. The entry of Morocco into the world soccer semifinals has created new enthusiasm in the Arab world that women's soccer is next big thing in soccer. Qatar is also emerging as a destination for European soccer teams to train during the winter including Bayern Munich. There is Paris St Germain Academy in Qatar which also trains female soccer players. 

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