Biden signs order to ramp up refugee admissions and plans to allocate 125,000 spots next fiscal year

President Biden issued an executive order on Thursday to increase refugee admissions and allow the U.S. to set a goal of providing safe haven to 125,000 people around the world fleeing violence, conflict, and persecution during his first full fiscal … Read More

AOC, Sanders, and Blumenauer press Biden to declare a ‘climate emergency’

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In his first 15 days in office, President Joe Biden canceled the Keystone XL pipeline, pledged to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies from the federal government, and started the process of unwinding Trump’s disastrous environmental legacy. And now a trio of Democratic lawmakers wants … Read More

World faces around 4,000 COVID-19 variants as Britain explores mixed vaccine shots

A dose of Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is prepared by a member of the Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service at Basingstoke Fire Station, in Basingstoke, Britain Feb. 4, 2021. PHOTO BY ANDREW MATTHEWS /Pool via REUTERS LONDON — The world faces around 4,000 … Read More

Trump will not testify in ‘unconstitutional’ Senate impeachment trial

Former President Trump will not testify in his Senate impeachment trial, Fox News has learned. “The President will not testify in an unconstitutional proceeding,” Trump senior adviser Jason Miller told Fox News Thursday. The former president’s legal team fired back at Impeachment … Read More

Iran’s president claims ‘big victory’ in legal efforts to end US sanctions

Rouhani applauds UN court’s decision to hear case filed in 2018 over the legality of sanctions reimposed by Trump. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani delivers a speech before the heads of banks, in Tehran, Iran, January 16, 2020. (Office of the … Read More

Not just Navalny: economic pain also behind Russian protests

MOSCOW (Reuters) – The trigger for some of the biggest protests to sweep Russia in years was the arrest of opposition politician and Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, who was detained on his return to the country last month after surviving … Read More

Majority of Germans think coronavirus has has little to no effect on their lives

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A recent survey has found that the majority of people in Germany feel that the coronavirus pandemic has had little to no effect on their lives. The survey also found that support for the government’s handling of the crisis has … Read More

Germany reports 14,211 new coronavirus cases, 786 deaths in latest update today

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The overall virus situation continues to abate in general New cases continue to level off at a lower plateau it seems, with active cases across the country now easing further to ~201,600 – the lowest since the start of November. … Read More

After Eleven Days in Office, President Biden Has Yet to Call Israel’s PM Netanyahu

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Then-Vice President Joe Biden with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel, March 2016. Photo: US Embassy Tel Aviv/Wikimedia Commons. i24 News – Newly installed US President Joe Biden has still to call Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, 11 days into … Read More

The Global Food Trade Has Been Upended by a Container Crisis

 Some food prices could go up if costs are passed to consumer  Three in four containers leaving Los Angeles to Asia are empty Supply Lines is a daily newsletter that tracks Covid-19’s impact on trade. Sign up here, and subscribe to our … Read More

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