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Oct 03 2021
News
Fauci says it's 'too soon to tell' if families can gather for Christmas
Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden, was on CBS's "Face The Nation" on Sunday morning when the topic came up of the possibility of lockdowns or other similar pandemic-era measures around the Christmas season.
CBS News host Margaret Brennan asked Fauci whether his office was looking at recommending stricter COVID-19 measures for over the holidays, and whether
The Post MillennialDec 24 2020
Analysis
The U.K. Coronavirus Mutation Is Worrying but Not Terrifying
A new mutated form of the novel coronavirus that appears more transmissible than the original has raised alarm in the U.K. and around the world. It does not appear to cause more severe disease, and the newly available vaccines do seem to protect people against it. Yet on December 19—after an announcement that the variant, dubbed B.1.1.7, had suddenly accumulated 17 mutations and was spreading
Scientific AmericanFeb 02 2021
News
Tokyo Olympics set to proceed 'regardless' of COVID-19 extent
Tokyo 2020 President Yoshiro Mori vowed to hold the Summer Olympics "regardless" of the extent of the coronavirus pandemic after rumors within the country suggested the event would be canceled or postponed.
“We will hold the Olympics, regardless of how the coronavirus (situation) looks,” Mori said on Tuesday. “We must consider new ways of hosting the Olympics."
Japan was plunged
Washington ExaminerFeb 17 2022
Opinion
Only the First Amendment stands between the US and little dictators like Justin Trudeau
In Justin Trudeau's mind, he's always the victim.
Trudeau, the boyish, blackface-wearing prime minister of Canada, views himself as an oppressed underclass. His oppressors are Canadian truckers — working people with concerns about his vaccine mandates and his long-standing border lockdown. He believes that by staging a protest in his capital city of Ottawa, the truckers are committing
Washington ExaminerMar 22 2017
News
Shooting Reported Outside U.K. Parliament
Members of the House of Commons found themselves under lockdown on Wednesday afternoon after reports of a shooting outside the British Parliament.
New York Times (News)Dec 15 2022
Perspectives Blog
Biden Signs Respect for Marriage Act Into Law
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President Joe Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act into law on Tuesday, officially codifying federal protections for same-sex and interracial marriages. At a signing ceremony on the White House lawn, Biden sad the law
AllSides StaffFeb 13 2022
Analysis
As vaccine protests gum up Ottawa, Canada wonders, ‘How did this happen?’
Canada is accustomed to global accolades. But usually they’re from the international left: for its welcome of refugees, for example, or its state-funded health care system.
But now that a “Freedom Convoy” has occupied the capital, with hundreds of trucks occupying downtown and threatening not to leave until vaccine mandates are ended, Canada has found itself feted by the international
Christian Science MonitorOct 16 2020
News
White House officials promote herd immunity declaration signed by fake names: report
White House officials have promoted a declaration supporting herd immunity that has reportedly been signed by fake names, The New York Times reported Tuesday.
In a Monday phone call, White House officials cited the Great Barrington Declaration, which argues that the government should push for herd immunity with more infections among the healthy population, according to two senior
The HillJun 22 2021
News
U.S. Existing-Home Prices Hit Record High in May
U.S. home prices in May experienced their biggest annual increase in more than two decades, as a shortage of properties and low borrowing rates fueled demand.
The median existing-home sales price in May topped $350,000 for the first time, the National Association of Realtors said Tuesday. The figure was nearly 24% higher than a year ago, the biggest year-over-year price increase NAR has
Wall Street Journal (News)Jan 09 2021
Analysis
Climate crisis: 2020 was joint hottest year ever recorded
The climate crisis continued unabated in 2020, with the the joint highest global temperatures on record, alarming heat and record wildfires in the Arctic, and a record 29 tropical storms in the Atlantic.
Despite a 7% fall in fossil fuel burning due to coronavirus lockdowns, heat-trapping carbon dioxide continued to build up in the atmosphere, also setting a new record. The average
The Guardian