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Air Transport Association Chief Warns Flights to Get More Expensive: ‘Without a Doubt’

The cost is air travel is going to continue increasing with flight prices expected to soar, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) chief has warned. IATA director-general Willie Walsh warns that flight prices will keep rising due to skyrocketing fuel prices. Walsh, who previously served as CEO of Aer Lingus…

Face-Recognition Technology Puts SoftBank Between China and US

A SoftBank-owned company is thriving by offering face-recognition technology that is fuelled by a blacklisted Chinese firm. The company is offering the tech to the likes of Mastercard and Visa and gives an opportunity for the Japanese conglomerate, fraught with geopolitical and privacy risks. Japan Computer Vision Corp. (JCV), owned…

Economist Who Correctly Predicted Inflation Is Now Predicting More to Come

The economist who correctly predicted today's inflation is now warning that there's more to come. Hundreds of economists employed by the Federal Reserve were apparently blindsided by the current wave of inflation. Meanwhile, there were economists who got their predictions right. Not only have they got the overall inflation number…

Working from Home to Be a Legal Right in the Netherlands

Lawmakers in the Netherlands have moved to make working from home a legal right, according to reports. The move would make the European country one of the first in the world to enshrine remote work flexibility in the law. The Dutch Parliament approved the measure earlier this week, Bloomberg is…

US Sanctions Network for Selling Iranian Oil to China

The United States government has sanctioned an international network of companies accused of violating oil sanctions placed on Iran. The network allegedly sold Iranian oil to China and other countries in east Asia. In a press release, the Treasury Department said it imposed sanctions on the companies. They are accused…

Biden’s Inflation-Tackling Just ‘Theater,’ Top Republican on Ways and Means Committee Warns

The top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee has warned that Democrat President Joe Biden’s efforts to tame soaring inflation are nothing more than a “political gimmick” and “theater.” Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX), the Republican Leader on the House Committee on Ways and Means, argues that Biden's proposals—like rolling…

Trump Reveals What Inflation Would Be like If He Were Still President

President Donald Trump has declared that the Biden administration's decades-high inflation would have never happened on his watch. Trump discussed the economy in his Fourth of July message as many American households are battered by soaring everyday costs. In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump wished his 3.4…

Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Truckers’ Challenge to California’s Anti-Freelancing Law

The Supreme Court turned away a challenge to California’s “radical” worker-classification law that virtually outlaws freelancing. The law bans independent contracting, including independent trucking, and clamps down on the so-called gig economy. The ruling has the effect of ending a temporary stay preventing enforcement of the law, known as AB5,…

Biden Admin to Give Ukraine Another $820 Million in Military Aid

Democrat President Joe Biden's administration has announced a new security assistance package that will send another $820 million in military aid to Ukraine. The assistance comprises of $770 million in Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) funds plus an authorization of a Presidential Drawdown (PDA) of security assistance valued at up…

Biden Official: Paying High Gas Prices Helps Preserve ‘Liberal World Order’

A senior Biden administration official has defended high gas prices by arguing that drivers are helping to preserve the "liberal world order." On Thursday National Economic Council Director Brian Deese defended Democrat President Joe Biden’s remarks that U.S. drivers should expect to pay higher prices at the pump until the…