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Associated PressBiologists defy Cyprus' ethnic divide to protect environment
There’s something regal in the sprightly step and curious gaze of the long-horn sheep that roam the hills near Varisia, an abandoned village inside a U.N. buffer zone that cuts across ethnically divided Cyprus. The endangered Mouflon sheep that’s endemic to the eastern Mediterranean island nation is one of many rare plant and animal species that have flourished in this no-man’s land, which stretches for 120 miles (180 kilometers) and divides the island's breakaway north from its internationally recognized south. This unlikely refuge has been embraced by two environmental scientists, one Greek Cypriot and one Turkish Cypriot, as an open-air laboratory where complex politics and physical divisions can be put aside to focus on the overriding concern of protecting the parched country’s fragile ecosystem.
- Business Insider
Pfizer is ramping up vaccine production and will meet its goal of 300 million doses 2 weeks early, its CEO says
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said on Twitter that his company was ramping up production of its COVID-19 vaccine.
- The Independent
Democrats to unveil bill adding four new justices to the Supreme Court
The bill aims to expand the number of Supreme Court justices from nine to 13
- Reuters
Fighting kills, injures nearly 1,800 Afghans in first three months of 2021: U.N.
Nearly 1,800 Afghan civilians were killed or wounded in the first three months of 2021 during fighting between government forces and Taliban insurgents despite efforts to find peace, the United Nations said in a new findings on Wednesday. Fighting has increased in several parts of Afghanistan in recent weeks while the peace process between both warring sides has made no progress despite international calls to reduce violence. It comes a crucial time for Afghanistan as President Joe Biden plans to withdraw the remaining 2,500 U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, 2021, twenty years to the day after the al Qaeda attacks that triggered America’s longest war.
- The Independent
Elizabeth Warren rips into CEO of student debt collecting company to his face: You should be fired
Nearly 80 per cent of borrowers’ loans would be forgiven if executive action is taken to cancel $50,000 of debt per individual
- The Independent
CEO who Fox News called 'socialist' for $70k minimum wage says company is now worth $10billion
The company’s revenue has tripled since the change was implemented
- Associated Press
US troop pullout will leave behind an uncertain Afghanistan
The Biden administration’s surprise announcement of an unconditional troop withdrawal from Afghanistan by Sept. 11 appears to strip the Taliban and the Afghan government of considerable leverage and could ramp up pressure on them to reach a peace deal. The Taliban and Afghan government can no longer hold the U.S. hostage — the Taliban with escalating violence and the Afghan president with dragging his feet on a power-sharing deal with the insurgents that doesn't include him as president — because Washington made it clear that U.S. troops are leaving, no matter what.
- The Independent
‘It should be murder’: Brooklyn Center reacts to manslaughter charges against Daunte Wright shooting officer
‘I would be happy if they just take another look to see if there’s anything else than can be brought. That is what happened with George Floyd’
- The Telegraph
China tops list of US's biggest threats for first time
The US has for the first time designated China as its number one threat, with the intelligence community revealing on Wednesday that it is opening investigations into Beijing “every 10 hours”. Spy agency leaders told a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing that China is an "unparalleled priority”, citing the country’s regional aggression and cyber capabilities. “I don't think there is any country that presents a more severe threat to our innovation, our economic security and our democratic ideas,” Christopher Wray, FBI director, said in his testimony. “And the tools in their toolbox to influence our businesses, our academic institutions, our governments at all levels are deep and wide and persistent. “We have now over 2,000 investigations that tie back to the Chinese government,” he added. “I can assure the committee that's not because our folks don't have anything to do with their time."
- INSIDER
7 details you may have missed in the latest 'Fast & Furious 9' trailer
A new "Fast 9" trailer teases the return of some characters from "Tokyo Drift" and the bucket list item Helen Mirren has been waiting years to do.
- Business Insider
A Taliban leader told the BBC 'we have won' after Biden announced the US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan
President Joe Biden plans to pull all US troops out of Afghanistan by September 11, 2021, likely leaving the country's government vulnerable.
- The Independent
Man who shot elephant seal in head as it rested on beach sentenced to prison
Jordan Gerbich killed marine mammal ‘as a kind of grotesque test’ after friend told him to
- Business Insider
Mitch McConnell dodged a question about Trump calling him a 'dumb son of a b----'
"What I'm concentrating on is the future. What we are confronting here is a totally left-wing administration," McConnell said instead.
- The Independent
Before and after photos show Caribbean island completely covered in volcanic ash
The La Soufriere volcano has erupted multiple times since Friday, and the damage to St Vincent is shocking
- Associated Press
Anunoby, Siakam rally Raptors past Spurs 117-112
OG Anunoby scored 22 points, Pascal Siakam had 20 points and 11 rebounds and the short-handed Toronto Raptors beat the San Antonio Spurs 117-112 on Wednesday night. The Raptors had to go big because they were almost out of guards, and it worked in their favor. Anunoby moved down to the two-guard spot, and the Raptors got good production from newcomers Khem Birch and Eddie Gillespie at the big positions.
- BBC
Afghans face pivotal moment as US prepares to 'close the book'
Could the US decision to pull its troops from Afghanistan by 11 September lead to civil war?
- Business Insider
GOP Senator says 'sweet spot' on bipartisan infrastructure deal is less than half of what Biden wants
Sen. Shelly Moore Capito said a package could total up to $800 billion, and suggested some of it could paid for with unused stimulus money.
- Business Insider
Hundreds of American companies signed a new statement opposing voting-restriction laws - here's who signed and who didn't
Companies including Netflix, Starbucks, and Amazon signed the statement, though The New York Times reported that Delta and Coca Cola refuesd.
- USA TODAY
'The progress Afghanistan has made ... will all be for naught,' retired general fears
A retired general predicts what the next year will be like in Afghanistan, given US troop withdrawal. It's grim.
- Business Insider
Trump mocks Mitch McConnell for being 'helpless' to stop Biden packing out the Supreme Court
Former President Donald Trump issued a new attack on Senate Minority Mitch McConnell after labeling him a "dumb son of a b---h" earlier this week."