Tesla fell off the S&P 500 ESG Index, prompting Elon Musk to call ESG a scam “weaponized by phony social justice warriors” … Investors seemed surprised to find out that U.S. shoppers are cutting back on big-ticket items because of inflation … and Indian startups are getting stopped up
U.S. President Joe Biden said on Monday he would be willing to use force to defend Taiwan, capping a series of critical comments about China while in Asia that an aide said represented no change in U.S. policy toward the self-ruled island.
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A million lives lost
Two years into the COVID pandemic, the U.S. is grieving a once unthinkable death toll
