UK PM stands firm on post-Brexit trade, calls for pragmatism

A defaced ‘Welcome to Northern Ireland’ sign is seen on the Ireland and Northern Ireland border reminding motorists that the speed limits will change from kilometres per hour to miles per hour on the border in Carrickcarnan, Ireland, March 6, … Read More

‘Intense’ Iran nuclear talks resume as Germany calls for rapid progress

The sixth round of talks kicked off with a meeting of remaining parties to the deal – Iran, Russia, China, France, Britain, Germany and the European Union – in the basement of a luxury hotel. Iran’s top nuclear negotiator, Abbas … Read More

More COVID-19 deaths have already been reported in 2021 than in all of 2020

More people worldwide have died of COVID-19 so far this year than during all of last year, according to data tallied by Johns Hopkins University. So far, 3.77 million deaths have been reported since the pandemic began — with 1.89 million reported in … Read More

Barack Obama says Biden is ‘finishing the job’ of his presidency

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Former President Barack Obama told Ezra Klein that “Joe and the administration are essentially finishing the job.” —Mark Makela/Getty Images Former President Barack Obama believes President Biden is “finishing the job” of his administration, he revealed in a new interview. … Read More

Top Dems rebuke Ilhan Omar for US, Israel comparison to terrorist groups: ‘no moral equivalency’

Senior Democratic leaders issued a unified statement Thursday, denouncing comments made by Minnesota Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar when she compared U.S. and Israeli “war crimes” to actions by the Taliban and Hamas. The statement was part of an internecine war of words … Read More

Biden embraces Trump policy in backing Arab-Israeli deals

PM Benjamin Netanyahu with former president Donald Trump at signing of peace accords with UAE and Bahrain, Sept. 15, 2020. (Avi Ohayon/GPO) The Biden administration is considering appointing former U.S. ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro to a Mideast role that … Read More

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