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The "cost of living crisis" along with increased consumption of craft beer cited as reasons for the decline in use of French wine.
As a result the French government allocating 200 million euros (216 million US dollars) to destroy surplus wine and support wine producers...BBC NEWS
Higher electricity costs like the 46 percent higher cost for electricity supplied here in York County Pennsylvania by Metropolitan Edison this year cited by discount retailer Dollar Tree in reporting a rough quarter.
Dollar Tree also noting higher gasoline costs and increased theft in its stores.
The company gross profit margin this quarter 29.8 percent down from 32.7 percent last quarter.
Dollar Tree, which also owns Family Dollar stores, plans drastic measures to reduce 'shrink' including putting some merchandise behind the counter and discontinuing other merchandise completely...CNN
Drug store chain Rite Aid heading for bankruptcy in the coming weeks.
The Wall Street Journal reporting that a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing is set to deal with the company's 3.3 billion dollar debt load along with lawsuits filed by governments over the distribution of opioids by Rite Aid...REUTERS
12 KILLED AND 80 INJURED IN A STAMPEDE AT A STADIUM IN MADAGASCAR.
THERE WERE SOME 50,000 PEOPLE ENTERING THE STADIUM FOR THE OPENING CEREMONIES OF THE INDIAN OCEAN ISLAND GAMES...ANI NEWS INDIA
The new military government in Niger expelling ambassadors from three countries.
Ambassadors from France and Germany as well Nigeria given 48 hours to leave...REUTERS-GLOBAL NEWS CANADA...TASS RUSSIA...(BFM-TV France provided additional information)
A US Marine Corps pilot dead following last night's crash of an F-18 Hornet warplane crashed near the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego...USNI NEWS
THE LEGER POLL TAKEN FOR THE NEW YORK POST SHOWS PRESIDENT TRUMP LEADING BOTH THE REPUBLICAN AND GENERAL ELECTION CONTESTS IN 2024.
TRUMP AT 61 PERCENT TO NINE PERCENT FOR RON DESANTIS AND FIVE PERCENT FOR VIVEK RAMASWATHY.
AND IN A MATCHUP WITH JOE BIDEN ITS TRUMP 44 PERCENT AND BIDEN 41 PERCENT.
OTHER POLLS TAKEN IN THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CONTEST SHOW TRUMP WITH A COMFORTABLE LEAD OVER RON DESANTIS AND OTHER OPPONENTS...REAL CLEAR POLITICS LATEST POLLS
"I really think I'm gonna have to cause you harm--physical harm"
Part of the voicemail messages left by Joseph Morelli for Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene early year.
Morelli sentenced to three months in prison after he pled guilty to 'interstate threats'...THE HILL
A woman is dead in Canada after she was denied an organ transplant.
Sheila Lewis denied the transplant because she did not get the COVID vaccine (shots)....REBEL NEWS CANADA X SOCIAL MEDIA
A REPORT FROM 'AXIOS' CLAIMS THAT JOE BIDEN WILL PROBABLY INVITE ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU TO A MEETING.
THIS MEETING BETWEEN BIDEN AND NETANYAHU AT THE WHITE HOUSE MIGHT POSSIBLY HAPPEN DURING THE THIRD WEEK OF NEXT MONTH...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
CHINA'S DEFENSE MINISTRY WARNING THAT FURTHER US MILITARY SUPPLIES TO TAIWAN WON'T CONTAIN CHINA OR PREVENT CHINESE EXERCISE OF SOVEREIGNTY OVER TAIWAN.
SPOKESMAN ZHANG XIAOGANG COMMENTING AFTER THE US ANNOUNCEMENT OF 500 MILLION DOLLARS MORE MILITARY AID TO TAIWAN.
THE NEW AID INVOLVES ENHANCEMENTS IN SEARCH AND TRACKING SYSTEMS FOR F-16 FIGHTERS...TASS RUSSIA
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 247.48 points or .73 percent.
The NASDAQ was 126.67 points higher or .94 percent.
At 412 pm New York Time the price of oil climbing higher at 80 dollars and five cents a barrel up one dollar...MARKETWATCH
In Idaho a federal judge ruling against a state law that kept restrooms use in schools across the state consistent with the sex (gender) of students at birth...IDAHO DISPATCH
AFTER BEING CONVICTED OF CORRUPTION CHARGES TWICE AND BEING TAGGED A 'DEFENDER' OF RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN, FORMER FRENCH PRESIDENT NICOLAS SARKOZY IS TO BE PUT ON TRIAL FOR A THIRD TIME.
SARKOZY NOW ACCUSED OF TAKING MONEY FROM LIBYA'S FORMER RULER MUAMMAR GADDAFI TO FUND HIS 2007 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN...NEWS AGENCIES-FRANCE 24...
JUST DAYS AGO MR. SARKOZY CAME UNDER FIRE FOR DEFENDING IN PART RUSSIA'S VIEWS REGARDING UKRAINE. HE WAS ACCUSED OF 'DEFENDING PUTIN'...THE GUARDIAN UK
In Denmark the government will present a proposed law banning the burning of the Quran and other religious texts.
The government responding after Quran burning incidents in the country led to rioting in Muslim countries...ASSOCIATED PRESS
In Hawaii Maui County officials suing Hawaii Electric claiming the utility should have shut off electrical service to prevent wildfire damage...BBC NEWS
THE US WILL BEGIN TRAINING UKRAINIANS TO FLY AND MAINTAIN F-16 WARPLANES IN OCTOBER.
TRAINING WILL BE CONDUCTED AT BASES IN ARIZONA AND TEXAS...VOICE OF AMERICA
In Russia President Vladimir Putin denying any involvement in the plane crash that killed Wagner Private Military Contractor founder Yevgeny Prigozhin...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS...
The United States already out with a "preliminary assessment" claiming it was 'very likely' that Prigozhin was targeted...TIMES OF ISRAEL
THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
42 UKRAINIAN DRONES BROUGHT DOWN EARLY THIS MORNING OVER BLACK SEA NEAR CRIMEA
Russian air defenses destroyed drones over the Black Sea near Sevastopol early this morning...TASS RUSSIA...Russia's defense ministry says that 42 drones were used in attempts to attack Crimea early this morning with 9 shot down and 33 downed by electronic means...TASS RUSSIA
In other news...
British Museum director Hartwig Fischer quitting.
His resignations follow revelations that treasures were stolen from museum.
In his statement Fischer saying the museum did not respond fully when informed of thefts in 2021.
Police are conducting an investigation right now and have questioned an individual in connection with the missing treasures...BBC NEWS
DUTCH BREWER HEINEKEN HAS PULLED OUT OF RUSSIA. THE BEER MAKER TAKING A 325 MILLION DOLLAR HIT.
IT SOLD IT BUSINESS IN RUSSIA FOR ONE EURO (ONE DOLLAR AND EIGHT CENTS)...AL JAZEERA
In the airline industry good news for Air New Zealand with a 412 million NZ dollar annual net profit ($243,780,400). This follows three years of COVID related losses.
But CEO Greg Foran also putting out the word that prices of airline tickets will remain at their higher levels since COVID.
The best that can be done to contain any additional price increases or perhaps offer a little price relief would be the expected delivery of new airliners with more passenger seats in them...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND
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