Chaos erupts in Seattle, Portland on inauguration day
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India Begins Covid-19 Vaccine Exports to Brazil, Morocco
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A nurse administers a shot of the Covishield vaccine, developed by Oxford-Astrazeneca Plc. and manufactured by Serum Institute of India Ltd., at a vaccine center in the Bandra Kurla Complex hospital in Mumbai, India, on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021. India … Read More
Biden’s pledge to suspend deportations may be behind migrant caravan
posted in: News, Refugee Crisis America
Migrant caravan member cites Biden’s pledge to suspend deportations for 100 days as reason for traveling to US A migrant traveling with a caravan that left Honduras on Friday told a reporter he was headed to the U.S. because soon-to-be … Read More
‘The Situation is Catastrophic’: Inside France’s Brutal Evictions of Refugees
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The conditions faced by refugees in northern France are now “more precarious than ever,” humanitarian charities say. “They came with chainsaws and cleared that whole area,” said Jamal, a 24-year-old Sudanese refugee who fled war in Darfur, gesturing at the … Read More
Migrant caravan member cites Biden’s pledge to suspend deportations for 100 days as reason for traveling to US
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Biden promised pathway to legal permanent residency for those here illegally. A migrant traveling with a caravan that left Honduras on Friday told a reporter he was headed to the U.S. because soon-to-be President Joe Biden is “giving us 100 days to get to … Read More
Will Brexit Be a Barrier for Retooling the Economy?
posted in: News, United Kingdom of Great Britain
Britain’s problem is low productivity. EU membership could have helped. The ghost haunting the British economy is low productivity. A study covering 2007–2016 shows a productivity growth per year of 0.1 percent, below Germany, France, and Spain and at par with … Read More
At least 96 killed, nearly 70,000 displaced as quake, floods hit Indonesia
posted in: Earthquakes, Famines, Pestilence, Disasters, News
The quakes have forced about 28,000 people to take shelter in 25 evacuation centres in the city of Mamuju.PHOTO: AFP JAKARTA (XINHUA, AFP) – The death toll from a strong earthquake and floods in the central parts of Indonesia has … Read More
Biden outlines 10-day blitz of executive actions to nullify Trump era
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Washington: In his first hours as president, Joe Biden plans to take executive action to roll back some of the most controversial decisions of his predecessor and to address the raging coronavirus pandemic, his incoming chief of staff said on Saturday. … Read More
Biden’s plans for digital government set an example the UK and Europe must be willing to follow
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Joe Biden seems set on transforming US administration (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) This week, days before Joe Biden had even stepped foot in the White House as US President, he showed a greater commitment to digitally-enabled government than most … Read More