Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: Anglo-Iranian aid worker removed ankle monitor but faces new court date
Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been under house arrest for almost a year due to the coronavirus pandemic. His five-year term was due to end on Sunday. “I’m still trying to figure out what’s going on – but the news is mixed,” Richard Ratcliffe told CNN. The ankle tag of the first case is deactivated, but Nazanin was […]
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Asian American man attacked, robbed amid disturbing trend
A 67-year-old victim was assaulted and robbed in San Francisco. It is the latest in a series of assaults on Asian Americans that have escalated during the Covid-19 pandemic across the United States.
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Germany should have led the world to deal with the pandemic. But experts call Merkel’s vaccine response a disaster
Germany should have led the world to deal with the pandemic. But experts call Merkel’s vaccine response a disaster
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The feeling of mortality among young people is changed by the Covid-19 pandemic
We’ve missed loved ones and weddings and funerals, dance recitals and baseball playoffs, more “firsts” and simple pleasures than we can even count at this point. We learned to laugh with our eyes, through masks, 6 meters away. As I sit here with hoodies with holes in them, I know there are lessons from last […]
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How Democrats miscalculated Manchin and then won him back
How Democrats miscalculated Manchin and then won him back
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NASA’s amazing new images from Mars
NASA is providing an update on the Perseverance rover’s “premieres” and milestones so far, as well as what follows.
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Black mother sprayed with pepper in front of her toddler, police say
The incident is the latest involving Rochester police officers that has drawn widespread criticism and condemnation. Bodycam footage from the February 22 incident shows an officer, responding to a shoplifting complaint, confronting a woman, who is seen holding the toddler. The woman continues to show the officer the inside of her purse, insisting she hasn’t […]
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Joe Manchin: How Democrats miscalculated West Virginia senator and then won him back
Manchin told his colleagues he knew nothing about this tax provision. Still, Democratic leaders believed Manchin had been on board since their core senators contacted him and informed party leaders that he was with them. They had told the White House things were going well. But Manchin disagreed, making it clear that he was not […]
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China faces huge climate and technological challenges in its bid for global leadership
This year “Two sessions” meeting – the most important annual event on the Chinese political calendar – is particularly noteworthy as Beijing will ratify its 14th Five-Year Plan, a general outline of the goals until 2025 that policymakers have been working on for months. The meeting started last Thursday and will run for most of […]
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Jack Dorsey offers to sell first tweet as NFT
Twitter CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey gestures while interacting with students at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in New Delhi on November 12, 2018. Prakash Singh | AFP | Getty Images Jack Dorsey appears to be offering to sell the very first tweet as a non-fungible token, or NFT. The CEO of Twitter share […]
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