2 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Wall Street Journal: Putin OKs introduction of sales tax to prop up Russia’s economy
The Wall Street Journal: Putin OKs introduction of sales tax to prop up Russia’s economy
Putin this week approved the introduction of a sales tax, aiming to prop up regional budgets amid economic turbulence exacerbated by Western sanctions, a person close to the government’s economic bloc said.
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2 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on How The West Sees Africa
How The West Sees Africa
Ahead of the US-Africa Summit this week, and given that President Obama explained “Africa also happens to be one of the continents where America is most popular,” we thought the following map of just what the West thinks of Africa would be helpful…
h/t @Rykov
2 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Wall Street Journal: What’s the matter with the tea party in Kansas?
The Wall Street Journal: What’s the matter with the tea party in Kansas?
Tea-party groups have shown little force in Kansas this year, leaving Senate incumbent Pat Roberts the clear favorite in the Republican primary this Tuesday.
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2 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Wall Street Journal: First Ebola patient arrives in U.S.
The Wall Street Journal: First Ebola patient arrives in U.S.
The first of two Americans infected with Ebola in Liberia arrives in Atlanta to receive treatment for the deadly illness.
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2 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Wall Street Journal: Colorado ballot to feature vote on fracking
The Wall Street Journal: Colorado ballot to feature vote on fracking
Coloradans are poised to vote on multiple ballot measures related to fracking and other forms of energy development this fall, setting up a bitter and expensive election fight
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2 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Wall Street Journal: Tropical storm Bertha rains on Puerto Rico
The Wall Street Journal: Tropical storm Bertha rains on Puerto Rico
Tropical storm Bertha pushes just south of Puerto Rico on Saturday, as it unleashes heavy rains and strong winds across the region, knocking out power on some islands in the eastern Caribbean.
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2 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Russia Accuses US Of Fabricating Satellite Images, Creating "Wall Of Propaganda" To Incite Other Countries
Russia Accuses US Of Fabricating Satellite Images, Creating "Wall Of Propaganda" To Incite Other Countries
It was ten days ago when on the heels of Russia’s 30-minute detailed presentation of what it believes happened to MH-17, the US government released a satellite trajectory map of what it says was the flight’s path and the site from which the missile was shot as well as various other satellite images “proving” the missile that took down t