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Aug 20 2019
News
Kashmir
On August 5, “India… revoked the special status of Kashmir, the Himalayan region that has long been a flashpoint in ties with neighboring Pakistan, moving to grasp its only Muslim-majority region more tightly.” (Reuters)
The left is critical of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s support for Hindu nationalism and worries about the rights of Kashmiris.
“Since [Modi’s] 2014
The Flip SideAug 18 2021
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Twitter asks users to flag COVID-19 and election misinformation
Twitter introduced a new test feature Tuesday that allows users to report misinformation they run into on the platform, flagging it to the company as “misleading.” The test will roll out starting today to most users in the U.S., Australia and South Korea.
In the new test, Twitter users will be able to expand the three dot contextual menu in the upper right corner of a tweet to select “
TechCrunchMay 23 2021
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CDC studying reports of heart inflammation in young Covid vaccine recipients
Some teenagers and young adults who received Covid-19 vaccines have experienced heart inflammation, a US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory group said, recommending further study of the rare condition.
In a statement dated 17 May, the CDC’s advisory committee on immunisation practices said it had looked into reports that a few young vaccine recipients, predominantly
The GuardianDec 02 2019
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Trump Has Built a Wall of Bureaucracy to Keep Out the Very Immigrants He Says He Wants
Samir came to the United States from India in 2006 as a graduate student. He got a master’s degree in environmental engineering, and after a few internships where he picked up programming skills, he was hired in 2010 by UnitedHealthcare, a Fortune 500 insurance company based in Minnesota. He loved his job streamlining its claims process. “There were days where I worked three days nonstop, no
Mother JonesSep 17 2021
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Padilla, Paul introduce bipartisan bill to protect 200,000 "Documented Dreamers"
Sens. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Wednesday introduced a bill that seeks to provide a pathway to citizenship for the country's 200,000 "Documented Dreamers."
Why it matters: Documented Dreamers are children of long-term visa holders who often wait years for a green card and face deportation if they don't receive legal immigration status after turning 21, when they
AxiosJul 02 2021
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As worries emerge about the delta variant and the J&J shot, health officials — and, so far, the research — say the vaccinated are still protected
The delta variant is already the most dominant strain of the virus in some U.S. states, and that’s putting some Americans easing back into “normal” life on edge.
This variant, which was first identified in India in December, now makes up nearly half of COVID-19 cases in some regions and one-quarter of cases in the U.S., based on virus samples that have been sequenced, according to
MarketWatchJul 07 2020
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TikTok Safety Concerns
This Abridge News topic aggregates four unique arguments on different sides of the debate. Here are the quick facts to get you started:
THE QUICK FACTS
TikTok, a video-sharing social media platform owned by Beijing startup ByteDance, is under fire for its alleged ties to the Chinese government and weak data privacy standards.Last week, India announced a ban on Abridge NewsOct 14 2019
Opinion
Three Nations That Tried Socialism and Rejected It
Israel, India, and the United Kingdom each lifted itself from economic stagnation by switching to free-market policies.
Socialists are fond of saying that socialism has never failed because it has never been tried. But in truth, socialism has failed in every country in which it has been tried, from the Soviet Union beginning a century ago to three modern countries that tried but
National Review (News)Jul 26 2021
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White House: US to maintain Covid foreign travel restrictions
The US does not intend to lift Covid-19 travel restrictions for non-Americans, the White House has said.
The decision comes amid pressure from airlines and tourism industry lobbyists to lift the sweeping ban before the end of the summer travel season.
The decision was due to a rise in infections, the Delta variant's transmissibility and a recent advisory against travel to the UK
BBC NewsApr 26 2021
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US to share up to 60m vaccine doses amid pressure to lead global virus fight
The US will share up to 60m doses of AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine with other countries, the White House has announced, amid intensifying pressure for it to lead the global fight against the pandemic.
The pledge came as Joe Biden spoke with Narendra Modi, the prime minister of India, which is reportedly running out of Covid-19 vaccines just as a deadly second wave continues to
The Guardian