US aircraft carriers enter South China Sea amid tensions between Taiwan, China

U.S. aircraft carriers on Sunday entered the South China Sea to begin operations amid heightened tensions between China and Taiwan.

The U.S. Navy Carrier Strike Groups Carl Vinson and Abraham Lincoln will engage in operations aimed at strengthening maritime integrated-at-sea operations and combat readiness, according to a statement from the Navy.

The training will be conducted in accordance with international laws, the statement said.

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/navy/591015-us-aircraft-carriers-enter-south-china-sea-amid-tensions-between-taiwan

America orders all family of personnel at US Embassy in Ukraine to leave from today and UK follows by starting staff withdrawal amid warnings of Russian invasion

UK follows by starting staff withdrawal amid warnings of Russian invasion

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10435297/US-orders-family-personnel-Embassy-Ukraine-leave.html

Top Jan. 6 Investigator Fired From Post at the University of Virginia

(Paywalled)

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/23/us/politics/jan-6-investigator-fired-university-of-virginia.html

Will it ultimately be Hunter’s lucrative and shady AF business dealings in Ukraine that gets us into a war with Russia?

https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1485618298234494978

Virginia's new Republican attorney general fired a top Jan. 6 investigator from his university post

Attorney General Jason Miyares, who took office on January 15, dismissed Tim Heaphy as UVA's counsel. Both the attorney general's office and the university confirmed the news in Sunday statements published by the Associated Press, The New York Times, and The Washington Post.

Counsel for public colleges and universities in Virginia are typically appointed by the state's attorney general, the AP noted.

https://www.businessinsider.com/jan6-investigator-tim-heaphy-fired-uva-by-republican-virginia-ag-2022-1

Trump’s social media venture becomes best-performing SPAC ever

The outstanding performance comes despite the regulatory risks facing the merger. The shares ended trading at $73.12 on Friday, way above their $10 initial public offering price. That infers a valuation on the combined entity of close to $13 billion, including debt.

https://www.rt.com/business/546949-trump-best-performing-spac/

Dow falls more than 700 points in 7th straight down day, S&P 500 pullback reaches 10%

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/23/stock-market-futures-open-to-close-news.html

$130 billion wiped off crypto markets in 24 hours as bitcoin, ether drop to multi-month lows

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/24/bitcoin-ether-fall-as-130-billion-wiped-off-cryptocurrency-markets-.html

Four AGs sue Google for allegedly tracking you without permission

The bipartisan group of attorneys general from the District of Columbia, Indiana, Texas and Washington allege in separate lawsuits filed Monday that Google deceived users from at least 2014 to 2019 by leading them to believe that turning off Location History settings would make the service stop tracking their locations. But, the AGs allege, a user’s location could still be tracked by Google unless they also turned off settings in the Web & App Activity section.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/24/google-sued-by-4-attorneys-general-over-location-tracking.html

>>15449253

Calling it.

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