Last night the White House announced the United State’s intent to pull its troops out of Northern Syria. The decision comes after “President Donald J. Trump spoke with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey by telephone” about Turkey’s “moving forward with its long-planned operation into Northern Syria. The United States…
Breast Cancer Death Rates Down 40% Since 1989
October 6, 2019
A new report from the American Cancer Society found that “death rates from breast cancer in the United States dropped 40% between 1989 and 2017.” Leading author of the report, Carol DeSantis, says they “can’t say for sure what the reasons are for the” decline, but it could be “a sign that…
Anti-Government Protests Spread Across Iraq; Reports of More than 40 Killed So Far
October 4, 2019
Anti-Government protests spread across Iraq this week, with reports of citizen deaths having “reached at least 42”. Citizens of Iraq took to the streets of Baghdad starting on Tuesday this week “demanding economic reforms, jobs, reliable public services, accountability, prudent and impartial governance, and an end to corruption.” The United…
Stock Market Falls as Slowing Manufacturing Numbers Cause Recession Fears
October 3, 2019
The stock market continued its three week dip yesterday as the S&P 500 fell 1.8% following the release of contracting manufacturing numbers. The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) reported a PMI, or Purchasing Manufacturer’s Index, of 47.8% for the month of September, contracting 1.3% from August’s PMI of 49.1%. The…