IRS Releases Inflation Adjustments for 2023 Taxes: Here’s What It Means for You

  Backlink: THE EPOCH TIMES As the cost of living has soared for Americans battling against chronic inflation, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) may be bringing some welcome relief. The federal agency announced on Oct. 18 a string of new annual inflation adjustments that will impact the 2023 tax year, potentially bringing a boost to your paycheck, particularly if your salary […]

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After Liz Truss’s Resignation, UK Opposition Leader Demands Immediate Election

  Backlink: NDTV UK opposition leader Keir Starmer on Thursday demanded an immediate general election after Prime Minister Liz Truss announced her resignation following just six weeks in charge. “The Tories cannot respond to their latest shambles by yet again simply clicking their fingers and shuffling the people at the top without the consent of […]

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Xi Jinping worried that China’s demographic decline will hurt its economy at 20th CCP Congress

  Backlink: THE BL On October 16, President Xi Jinping said China would implement policies to increase its birth rate, as policymakers worry that a population decline will harm its economy. Xi said in a speech to the 20th National Communist Party Congress, which takes place every five years in Beijing. “We will establish a […]

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‘Feet of people of this country are used to kneel’: Chaos in Zhengzhou, latest COVID outbreaks

  Backlink: THE BL COVID outbreaks have recently hit Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan. According to a government notice, except for COVID testing, Zhongyuan district required its almost 1 million residents to stay at home starting Monday. As a result, chaos has unfolded in Zhengzhou. On October 16, a series of videos uploaded on Youtube showed a […]

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Top NIH Official Was Unaware of Boston Lab’s New COVID Research With ’80 Percent’ Kill Rate in Mice

  Backlink: THE EPOCH TIMES A National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases official said the agency will further evaluate a controversial Boston University-commissioned preprint study that developed a COVID-19 hybrid that killed “80 percent” of lab mice, saying the team involved didn’t clear the work with the federal agency.       […]

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In This Maharashtra Village, Monkeys Are ‘Landowners’

  Backlink: NDTV At a time when land disputes are common among people, monkeys in a village in Maharashtra’s Osmanabad district have been bestowed the rare honour of having 32 acres of land registered in their name. People in Upla village of Osmanabad hold the simian residents in high regard by feeding them whenever they […]

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Boston University Defends Controversial Study on COVID Hybrid Strain With ’80 Percent’ Mortality Rate in Mice

  Backlink: THE EPOCH TIMES “The Omicron S-bearing virus robustly escapes vaccine-induced humoral immunity, mainly due to mutations in the receptor-binding motif… while Omicron causes mild, non-fatal infection, the Omicron S-carrying virus inflicts severe disease with a mortality rate of 80 percent,” the preprint study said.     […]

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Chinese diplomat turns thug, shocking British politicians

  Backlink: THE BL On the opening day of the CCP’s 20th National Congress, several Hong Kong protesters gathered outside the Chinese Consulate General in Manchester, UK to protest Xi Jinping’s re-election. Then a group of people from the embassy vandalized protest banners and beat protesters.       […]

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US Farmers Receive $800 Million in Loan Relief From Agriculture Agency

  Backlink: VISIONTIMES U.S. farmers in economic distress have received nearly $800 million in loan relief from the Department of Agriculture (USDA) using funds from the Inflation Reduction Act, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Deputy Secretary Jewel Bronaugh announced on Tuesday, Oct. 18. The new law allocates $3.1 billion for USDA to make loan adjustments […]

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Applications Open for Biden’s Billion-Dollar Student Loan Forgiveness Program Despite Mounting Lawsuits

  Backlink: THE EPOCH TIMES Tens of millions of Americans across the country are now eligible to apply for student loan cancellation under President Joe Biden’s loan forgiveness program despite a number of lawsuits opposing the scheme.       […]

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Russian Fighter Jet Crashes Into Apartment Building Across Bay From Ukraine

  Backlink: NEWS WEEK The incident occurred on Monday in Yeysk, a small port town in the Krasnodar Krai region of western Russia with a population of around 90,000. The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed the story to the state-run Tass press agency, reporting that the aircraft involved in the crash was a Su-34 fighter jet. […]

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NATO Begins Nuclear War Games Amid Russia Tensions

  Backlink: THE EPOCH TIMES NATO has begun its week-long annual nuclear exercises in Europe as Russia plans its own nuclear war games around the same time and as tensions simmer over the Russia–Ukraine conflict. Fourteen of NATO’s 30 member countries are taking part in the exercises, which the military alliance said would involve up […]

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Exclusive: EU ministers to discuss Iran drones to Russia, future sanctions, sources say

  Backlink: REUTERS European foreign ministers will on Monday discuss the transfer of Iranian drones to Russia and could come to a political agreement on future sanctions related to such activity, two diplomats said on Friday. Ukraine has reported a spate of Russian attacks using Iranian-made Shahed-136 drones in recent weeks. Iran denies supplying the […]

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