• 02/25/2025

How Severe Is the Housing Shortage? It Depends on How You Define ‘Shortage’

Wall Street Journal Counting the homes we have is straightforward, yet counting the number we need is anything but. https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-severe-is-the-housing-shortage-it-depends-on-how-you-define-shortage-89cdbee7

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Supreme Court Faces Swift New Abortion Test With Mifepristone Case

Wall Street Journal The Justice Department is poised to ask the high court to preserve access to the widely used abortion pill. https://www.wsj.com/articles/supreme-court-faces-swift-new-abortion-test-with-mifepristone-case-b79b2a7e

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Ireland Marks Biden ‘Homecoming’ Over 150 Years After Ancestors Fled

Wall Street Journal The warm embrace of the Irish offers the U.S. president a respite from domestic political tensions. https://www.wsj.com/articles/ireland-marks-biden-homecoming-more-than-150-years-after-his-ancestors-fled-1a5393a3

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Red Cross: Yemen rebels, Saudi coalition begin prisoner swap

Washington Post An exchange of more than 800 prisoners by Yemen’s warring parties has begun https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/14/yemen-war-prisoner-exchange-saudi-arabia-houthis/7bbbcd5c-da93-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

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North Korea Launches Solid-Fueled Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

Wall Street Journal North Korea said that it launched a solid-fueled intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time. The new weapon would require less preparation time to launch and is easier to conceal. The U.S. and South Korea condemned the launch on Thursday. https://www.wsj.com/articles/north-korea-launches-solid-fueled-intercontinental-ballistic-missile-45242781

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China has not created no-fly zone over Taiwan — MFA

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Wang Wenbin said Beijing had only issued a warning regarding a certain “aerospace event” https://tass.com/defense/1604267

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IEA maintains outlook on oil demand growth in 2023 at 2 mln barrels per day

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The agency expects an increase in demand by the end of the year mainly in non-OECD countries, which will account for around 87% of growth https://tass.com/economy/1604265

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Russian Pacific Fleet to practice subs’ combat sustainability in large-scale drills

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. “In order to build up the low-altitude radar field, mobile radar stations shall deploy to new site areas, assume combat duty and organize the issuance of radar data to on-duty air defense forces and capabilities,” Valery Gerasimov said https://tass.com/defense/1604263

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Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry believes Crimea will be liberated both by military and diplomatic means

Pravda Ukraine Ukraine is considering both military and diplomatic ways of liberating Crimea, and it also does not rule out a mixed option. Source: Emine Dzhaparova, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, in an interview with Ukrinform news agency Quote: “It seems to me that today we have both ways – both military and…

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Philippines seeks 330,000 tonnes of rice imports amid dwindling stocks and price rise

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. The state grains agency needs to increase its buffer stocks for emergency relief operations, but ramping up its purchases from local farmers could push domestic prices higher. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3217086/philippines-seeks-330000-tons-rice-imports-amid-dwindling-stocks-and-price-rise?utm_source=rss_feed

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