"Mellon, who lives primarily in Wyoming, keeps a low profile despite his prolific political spending. Mr. Mellon donated millions to Mr. Kennedy’s presidential campaign and has also given money to his anti-vaccine group, Children’s Health Defense." 🎁

Food inflation is being driven by a handful of products. Butter, milk, beef, chocolate and coffee accounted for about 40 per cent of the increase in the UK over the past year.

"Comparison between the BBC's results earlier this year and this study show some improvements but still high levels of errors. Gemini performed worst with significant issues in 76% of responses, more than double the other assistants, largely due to its poor sourcing performance."

Eurostar has revealed plans to run double-decker trains with 1,080 seats through the Channel Tunnel. Fifty trains from Alstom will increase its fleet size by about a third. The €2bn (£1.74bn) deal was confirmed on Wednesday. www.bbc.com/news/article...

"Ripping apart the White House just like he's ripping apart the Constitution"

The oldest VW Beetle prototype is on the road again. It was built as one of 30 test vehicles in 1937 by Porsche and Mercedes. After 3 so-called V-models, this was the first functional prototype of what would later become the VW Beetle. Maximum speed is 66 mph, but it gets bumpy over 50 mph.

"Tariffs have pushed down German exports to the United States, which fell 7.4% in the first eight months of the year compared with 2024 to 99.6 billion euros. In August, exports to the U.S. fell 23.5% year-on-year, showing that the trend is accelerating." www.reuters.com/world/china/...

#NoKings #Venice

"Frankly, it looks exactly as cold and distant as you would expect if you were to design it yourself. And that's not meant as a compliment. Setting the toxic CEO aside for the moment."

"The study findings reinforce recent research showing no greater COVID-19 vaccination-related risks for mothers or babies."

"The number of people terminated across NCHS’s four divisions (data analysis, informatics, operations, and planning) adds up to about 100, including all eight who had remained in the planning branch after earlier cuts"