Tesla fell off the S&P 500 ESG Index, prompting Elon Musk to call ESG a scam โweaponized by phony social justice warriorsโ โฆ Investors seemed surprised to find out that U.S. shoppers are cutting back on big-ticket items because of inflation โฆ and Indian startups are getting stopped upย
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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Two years into the COVID pandemic, the U.S. is grieving a once unthinkable death toll
