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Comtex Daily Brief - May 25, 2022
May 25, 2022
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Summary: Details about latest school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, the deadliest shooting in Texas to date; North Korea tests more intercontinental ballistic missiles hours after US President Joe Biden reaffirms commitment to defend allies against North Korean nuclear threats during a trip to Asia; rising food prices globally becomes side effect of war in Ukraine, Russian blockade could potentially cause ‘multi-year’ food crisis in Ukraine if not lifted.
Comtex Daily Brief - May 24, 2022
May 24, 2022
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Summary: NY state assembly approves bill mandating camera surveillance at all NYC subway stations in light of rising deaths and homicides; Snap shares plunge, investors wonder if it’s time to jump ship; 200 bodies were found in a basement in Mariupol, following end of month-long siege.
Comtex Daily Brief - May 23, 2022
May 23, 2022
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Summary: President Biden makes a strong warning against China in case of potential invasion of Taiwan, catching top US administration officials off-guard; Monkeypox cases increase in Europe, disease experts speculate nature of transmission; the largest asteroid to date to travel past the Earth’s orbit this week.
Comtex Daily Brief - May 19, 2022
May 19, 2022
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Summary: How did the Monkeypox outbreak go undetected by health officials in Europe and UK; High demand for chicken breasts means cheaper wings according to Wingstop CEO; Voyager 1’s Aircraft is sending strange signals back to Earth.
Comtex Daily Brief - May 18, 2022
May 18, 2022
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Summary: NATO welcomes Sweden and Finland in applying for membership, expecting to expedite their applications despite Turkey’s reservations; Russia claims Ukrainian troops have surrendered in battered-Mariupol; Congress gains insight into Unidentified Aerial Phenomena for the first time since 1966.
Comtex Daily Brief - May 17, 2022
May 17, 2022
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Summary: The repercussions of "The Great Replacement" theory and how it manifests in acts of violence; internal squabble between the Pentagon and intelligence agencies over revealing information about extraterrestrial activity to Congress; a recap of a recent 3-day international Bitcoin conference hosted in El Salvador, teaching central bankers from developing countries how to integrate Bitcoin into their businesses.
Comtex Daily Brief - May 16, 2022
May 16, 2022
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Summary: Details emerge surrounding recent shooting in Buffalo, NY; scientists hypothesize cause of mysterious rise in child hepatitis cases in US and Europe; how will US airlines make up for current pilot shortage?
Comtex Daily Brief - May 12, 2022
May 12, 2022
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Summary: Coinbase releases dismal first quarter earnings report, raising question of whether customers will lose their crypto if bankruptcy were an option; Finland breaks decades-old neutrality and applies for NATO membership, defying Russian warnings; North Korea orders a strict lockdown for the first time as Omicron makes its rounds.
Comtex Daily Brief - May 11, 2022
May 11, 2022
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Summary: Ukraine blocks flow of Russian oil to rest of Europe, driving up natural gas prices throughout Europe; Elon Musk flirts with the possibility of reinstating Donald Trump’s Twitter account; Bitcoin becoming more difficult to mine.
Comtex Daily Brief - May 10, 2022
May 10, 2022
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Summary: Large tech stocks sell-off following raising of interest rates; investors move toward safer companies; Webb telescope’s newly-released images give a sharper insight into space; Two Mexican journalists gunned down in a rising wave of murders the Mexican government has neglected to address.
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