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Alice Hill, Council on Foreign Relations, on Climate Resilience after Covid-19
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How will the climate agenda change under the new Biden administration? Listen to Jason Mitchell talk with Alice Hill, Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment at the Council on Foreign Relations and former special assistant to President Obama, about how the White House will govern on climate through regulation and executive orders; what opportu…
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The Most Persistent and Lethal Threat (i.e. White people being White) (Why It Matters/Fueled by the minds at the Council on Foreign Relations)
The Most Persistent and Lethal Threat (i.e. White people being White) (Why It Matters/Fueled by the minds at the Council on Foreign Relations) https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/rqr4he/WIM_White-Nationalism_MASTER.mp3 https://cfrwhyitmatters.podbean.com/e/the-most-persistent-and-lethal-threat/By Why It Matters/Fueled by the minds at the Council on Foreign Relations
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‘Not a city in Israel without violations’: Police break up more than 100 parties, issue 2,500 fines on Purim holiday
Numerous people across Israel flouted the nationwide curfew on the first day of the Purim holiday, with police breaking up over 100 parties, issuing thousands of fines and making dozens of arrests. Celebrated for three days, Purim is the one of the merriest Jewish holidays, with costume parties and big feasts with family and friends. Read more 50% …
India’s newspapers have joined the offensive against Google, urging it to raise the ad revenue share for publishers to 85 percent. The tech giant has recently faced demands to pay local outlets for news in multiple countries. The bold demand was produced on Thursday by the Indian Newspaper Society (INS), which brings together print media houses of …
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German police target far-right crime gangs in early morning op, one day after raiding major Islamist group
German authorities have raided a far-right crime network, in their second major operation in two days. More than 500 officers, including special units, targeted 27 homes and business premises. Ten arrests have been made. The detained were aged between 24 and 55, and were members of a far-right network allegedly involved in drug and weapons traffick…
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A fair, green and digital recovery - brought to you by Portugal
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On January 1, Portugal took over from Germany at the helm of the Council of the EU’s rotating presidency and the government set out three priorities for this presidency captured in its slogan “Time to deliver: a fair, green and digital recovery”. What is needed for a fair and inclusive climate and digital transition? What will the biggest short-ter…
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‘Why are we waiting?’ French PM’s Covid-19 inaction questioned as government set to review plans for 3-week Paris lockdown
The French government has said it will review plans, submitted by Paris’s deputy mayor on Thursday, to lock down the capital for three weeks, after the PM placed the city and 19 other departments under “reinforced surveillance.” “The proposal of the town hall will be studied, that’s why we are doing a consultation,” government spokesman Gabriel Att…
A German radio host has invoked the wrath of K-Pop fans around the world after comparing the group BTS to Covid-19 and saying they deserve a 20-year vacation in North Korea for daring to cover Coldplay’s song ‘Fix You’. Firebrand host of station Bayern3, Matthias Matuschik, reportedly compared the Korean pop idols, whom he referred to as “these lit…
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Europe must hurry up with Covid-19 health certificates or Apple & Google could get there first, EU Commission president warns
As the EU remains divided on how exactly Covid-19 health passports should be implemented, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen urged members to hurry to find a European solution, warning that Big Tech might step in first. European leaders got together for a large two-day video conference on Thursday, discussing the outstanding issues the bloc …
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US strike in Syria at Biden's orders destroys 'multiple facilities' of 'Iranian-backed militia' - Pentagon
The US has targeted Iran-backed militia in Syria, the Pentagon confirmed, adding that the airstrikes were approved by US President Joe Biden and intended as reprisal for rocket attacks on US bases in Iraq. “At President Biden’s direction US military forces earlier this evening conducted airstrikes against infrastructure utilized by Iranian backed m…
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EU declares head of Venezuela’s diplomatic mission ‘persona non grata’ in tit-for-tat after expulsion of European envoy
The European Union has declared Venezuela’s chief diplomat at the bloc “persona non grata,” calling the move retaliation after Caracas expelled the EU’s ambassador in protest over a new round of sanctions from Brussels. “The Council today agreed that the head of the Mission of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to the European Union be declared p…
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U.S. Assumes UNSC Presidency, Intelligence Report Investigates Khashoggi Killing, and More
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The United States assumes the presidency of the UN Security Council, with Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield newly confirmed as the U.S. permanent representative to the United Nations; the U.S. intelligence community releases a report on the Jamal Khashoggi killing; and a political crisis deepens in the country of Georgia.…
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February 25, 2021 - Donald Trump's tax returns in the hands of New York district attorney
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Simon's live report for Radio New Zealand's "Morning Report" with Susie Ferguson anchoring.By Simon Marks Reporting
Paris Deputy Mayor Emmanuel Grégoire has said that his administration will likely place the French capital under a harsh three-week lockdown to curb Covid-19, and he doesn’t care what President Emmanuel Macron thinks. A curfew is currently in place in Paris to slow the spread of Covid-19, but Grégoire said it’s “not enough to settle the curve.” Spe…
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February 25, 2021 - AS IT BROKE: Trump's accountants deliver his financial records to Manhattan District Attorney
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Israel suspends sending its Covid vaccine doses to other countries amid legal scrutiny & defense minister's objections
The office of Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has halted the sending of Covid-19 jabs to other countries after the move sparked questions from the state attorney general and angered Defense Minister Benny Gantz. The suspension was announced on Thursday, shortly after Israel's attorney general, Avichai Mandelblit, asked National Security Adviser Meir …
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February 25, 2021 - US pharmaceutial firms report progress against Covid-19 variant first identified in South Africa
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February 25, 2021 - Trump's tax returns finally handed over to New York prosecutors
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February 25, 2021 - US Saudi relations hang in the balance as Biden administration prepares to release intelligence report into Khashoggi murder
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Amid a slow vaccine rollout in the European Union, several of the bloc’s member states say they were contacted by middlemen who offered to sell them some 900 million doses of Covid-19 jabs, EU anti-fraud agency OLAF has revealed. The "alleged intermediaries" were asking for a total of 12.7 billion euros for the vaccines which they claimed to posses…
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February 25, 2021 - AS IT BROKE: Reports that Trump's tax returns and financial records are now in the hands of New York prosecutors
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Fast food giant McDonald’s has reportedly set up a team of ‘intelligence analysts’ to monitor and gather data on employees suspected of being members of the ‘Fight For $15’ movement, which seeks a minimum wage hike. The damning revelation on the alleged in-house espionage practiced by McDonald’s was published by Vice’s Motherboard on Wednesday. The…
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February 25, 2021 - US poised to declassify Khashoggi report with huge impacts on US-Saudi relations
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Major police raids carried out around German capital after Islamist group, which called for death of Jews, outlawed by authorities
More than 800 officers were on duty as police in Berlin and Brandenburg carried out 26 raids across the region to enforce a ban on a Salafist group which was advocating terrorist attacks and the killing of Jews. Berlin Interior Senator Andreas Geisel told a news conference on Thursday that 19 members of the Jama’atu Berlin were targeted during the …
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Hungary broke EU law on treatment and processing of migrants, says top European court’s advocate general
The EU’s advocate general has delivered a damming opinion on Hungary’s treatment and processing of migrants following its 2018 reforms, noting that Budapest failed to fulfill its obligations under European law. “By imposing criminal penalties on organizing activities intended to enable persons to initiate the international protection procedure who …
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India and Pakistan agree to stop firing across disputed Kashmir border in move towards ‘sustainable peace’
The Director Generals of Military Operations (DGsMO) of India and Pakistan have announced that they agreed to stop firing across the Kashmir border in an attempt to secure sustainable peace in the region. A ceasefire between India-administered and Pakistan-controlled Kashmir has technically been in place since 2003. However, both countries have reg…
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Legal immunity & state assets as collateral: Latin American govts ‘held to ransom’ by Pfizer during vaccine talks, report says
A number of Latin American countries have reportedly experienced extremely aggressive negotiating tactics by US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, which has demanded full immunity from any civil claims and state assets as a guarantee. The questionable negotiating tactics by the pharmaceutical giant have been highlighted in a fresh report by the UK-based …
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China denies it made US diplomats take anal swab tests for Covid-19 despite Washington saying Beijing admitted testing ‘error’
The Chinese Foreign Ministry has said it has no knowledge that US diplomats were being subjected to “undignified” anal probing in order to test for Covid-19 in China, refuting reports published by Vice on Wednesday. “To my knowledge... China has never required US diplomatic staff stationed in China to conduct anal swab tests,” Foreign Ministry spok…
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Mafia-type gangs, not foreign powers, hacked French hospitals, says minister, as some doctors continue to work with pen and paper
The French minister for digital transformation has said mafia-type gangs from Eastern Europe are probably behind a spate of attacks on French hospitals and laboratories during the pandemic, rather than foreign state actors. “Concerning the hospitals, in all likelihood, it is not foreign powers, but rather Mafia-type organizations – often situated i…
Facebook announced in a blog post on Thursday that it has removed Instagram and Facebook accounts used by Myanmar’s military to communicate with the public in the wake of a coup by the armed forces in the Asian nation. The social media company said it was left with no choice but to ban the accounts following the “deadly violence” in the country aft…
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February 24, 2021 - Biden signs Executive Order to confront US supply chain crisis
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February 24, 2024 - Tiger Woods won't face criminal charges over car accident that left him hospitalized
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Simon's live update on Tiger Woods' condition and the latest on the investigation into Tuesday's accident in California. For LBC News with anchor John Stratford.By Simon Marks Reporting
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Israeli PM urges Biden to keep Trump's sanctions on International Criminal Court to stave off war crimes investigation – media
Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly urged US President Joe Biden to maintain his predecessor’s sanctions against the International Criminal Court, arguing that even if he disagrees with them, the US and Israel must stick together. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu personally called up Biden last week to request he keep the Trump administration’s sanct…
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Police pelted with stones, garbage dumpsters set alight in Catalonia’s 9th night of riots over jailed rapper Pablo Hasel (VIDEOS)
Riots have continued in the Spanish region of Catalonia for a ninth consecutive night as demonstrators voice their anger over the arrest of rapper Pablo Hasel for insulting the monarchy and glorifying terrorism on Twitter. Protesters pelted police with bottles and stones and torched refuse containers in the town of Vilanova i La Geltrú, in the prov…
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France's Dunkirk area to join Nice in weekend lockdown amid 'deteriorating' Covid-19 situation - health minister
From this Friday, the city of Dunkirk and the surrounding area will enter a weekend lockdown similar to that in Nice, France's Health Minister Olivier Veran has announced while warning of an uptick in Covid-19 cases nationwide. "The epidemic situation is deteriorating in our country," Veran said during a televised news briefing on Wednesday from Du…
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February 24, 2021 - Biden to sign executive order to confront supply chain crisis besetting US industry
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‘Preacher without a face’: ISIS’ ‘chief recruiter’ in Germany sentenced to over 10yrs in prison following years-long trial
A man described as the head of Islamic State’s (IS, formerly ISIS) recruiting network in Germany has been sentenced to 10 and a half years in a high-profile case that took more than three years to try. An Iraqi man identified as Ahmad Abdulaziz Abdullah A., also known as Abu Walaa, has been sentenced to 10 and a half years in prison by a regional c…
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February 24, 2021 - AS IT BROKE: Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine takes big step towards FDA emergency authorization
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Simon's live report for LBC News on the latest analysis of the J&J vaccine, plus other stories making headlines in the US today. The anchor is Jim Diamond.By Simon Marks Reporting
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Poland outlaws face coverings and scarves in favor of masks, ramps up regional restrictions as British Covid-19 variant spreads
The Polish government has banned the wearing of face coverings and scarves as an acceptable means of protecting oneself against Covid-19, as the third wave of the virus gathers momentum in the east European state. “Until now, we had the opportunity to use alternatives to masks. But now we want to stop using them. A face covering can be used in addi…
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Facebook says it ‘erred on the side of over-enforcement’ when blocking news content in week-long standoff in Australia
Social media giant Facebook said Wednesday it “inadvertently” blocked some content including a large swathe of charity and state health pages when it imposed a week-long ban on news in a standoff over Australia’s new media code. The admission of error comes a day after Facebook agreed to reverse its prohibition on Australian news content after the …
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February 24, 2021 - Biden administration says US wants to rejoin UN Human Rights Council
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F. Gregory Gause III, department head and professor of international affairs and John H. Lindsey ’44 Chair at Texas A&M University’s Bush School of Government and Public Service, leads a conversation on America’s role in the Middle East.By podcasts@cfr.org
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‘At least $1bn’ of Iran’s frozen assets to be released by South Korea after Tehran meets with Seoul
Iran’s Central Bank says the country expects to receive at least $1 billion dollars of frozen Iranian assets being held by South Korea in accordance with US sanctions on Tehran, after Seoul agreed to release some of the funds. “In the meeting with the South Korean envoy, we stressed how Iran could use its resources,” Governor of the Central Bank of…
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China’s Foreign Ministry has hit out at the UK, lamenting its use of the UN Human Rights Council to “spread false information” after London accused Beijing of systematically violating the human rights of minority groups. “Britain’s so-called adoption of a resolution on this issue is obviously an ulterior motive. Its purpose is to confuse and discre…
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Venezuelan lawmakers back expulsion of EU ambassador after Brussels slaps sanctions on Caracas officials
Venezuela’s National Assembly has backed a move to kick the EU’s ambassador to Caracas out of the county and rejected Brussel’s decision to sanction 19 Venezuelan officials for “undermining democracy” and human rights abuses. “I vote with both hands for the European Union representative to be declared persona non grata,” Assembly Speaker Jorge Rodr…
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Bobi Wine’s fight against a military dictatorship
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Tommy and Ben discuss the line between legitimate criticism of Israel and antisemitism, and how people like Mike Pompeo lie and blur that line to shut down policy debates, a former Trump aide’s claims about the origin of Covid-19, Biden’s moves to re-enter the Iran nuclear deal, US-Egypt policy, Australia’s attempts to regulate big tech, allegation…
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Home addresses, social security numbers & sensitive medical data on 500,000 French patients leaked online after hack – reports
Sensitive medical records on nearly 500,000 patients in France have been stolen in a major cyber attack on dozens of healthcare labs, landing online after an alleged dispute between the hackers, according to media reports. A file containing names and contact details on 491,840 people has made the rounds online since at least earlier this month, acc…
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February 23, 2021 - First hearings begin into January 6th Congressional insurrection
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Simon's live report for CNA with Julie Yoo and Adam Bakhtiar.By Simon Marks Reporting