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    • 628 pages of relief bill read aloud because of senator

      628 pages of relief bill read aloud because of senator

      Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., forced the Senate to begin reading the entirety of the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 bill on the Senate floor, further delaying a vote on the legislation.

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      • 'Huge increase in ... risk-taking behavior' on roads

        'Huge increase in ... risk-taking behavior' on roads

      • Undocumented immigrants dealt big blow by SCOTUS

        Undocumented immigrants dealt big blow by SCOTUS

      • Time that officer's knee was on Floyd's neck revised

        Time that officer's knee was on Floyd's neck revised

      • Andrew Cuomo accuser recalls alleged harassment

        Andrew Cuomo accuser recalls alleged harassment

      • Eager to act, Biden and Dems leave GOP behind

        Eager to act, Biden and Dems leave GOP behind

    • Pakistani PM to seek vote of trust from parliament this week
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      Pakistani PM to seek vote of trust from parliament this week

      Pakistan's prime minister said Thursday he will seek a vote of confidence from the National Assembly this weekend to prove that he still has the support of majority lawmakers in the house despite the surprising and politically embarrassing defeat of his ruling party's key candidate in Senate elections. Prime Minister Imran Khan made the announcement in a televised address to the nation, alleging that some lawmakers from his ruling Tehreek-e-Insaf party had been bribed by the opposition to vote for former Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani in the Senate elections on Wednesday. Gilani defeated Hafeez Sheikh, the finance minister in Khan's Cabinet, in the vote, which was seen as a test for Khan who came to power in the 2018 parliamentary elections.

      • Former Pakistan PM wins Senate election in setback to gov't
        Former Pakistan PM wins Senate election in setback to gov't
        Associated Press
      • Pakistan Senate election kicks off as ruling party looks for majority
        Pakistan Senate election kicks off as ruling party looks for majority
        Reuters
    • New Zealand police charge man after threat against mosques attacked in 2019
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      Reuters

      New Zealand police charge man after threat against mosques attacked in 2019

      New Zealand police said on Thursday they had charged a 27-year-old man after he threatened to attack two mosques that were the scene of mass murder by a white supremacist two years ago. Police said an online threat was made this week on the 4chan website against the Al Noor mosque and the Linwoodย Islamic Centre, which were targeted in 2019 in New Zealand's most deadly shooting. Police provided no details on the nature of the threat, but New Zealand media said the threats had included setting off a car bomb on March 15 - the anniversary of the 2019 attack.

      • NZ police arrest two for threat to mosques
        NZ police arrest two for threat to mosques
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      • New Zealand man charged over threats to Christchurch mosques
        New Zealand man charged over threats to Christchurch mosques
        Associated Press
    • Biden's Iran approach praised as deft despite lack of progress
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      Biden's Iran approach praised as deft despite lack of progress

      U.S. President Joe Biden's refusal to offer upfront sanctions relief to Iran may have angered Tehran's clerical rulers but it has won some praise at home despite his failure so far to draw Iran into nuclear talks or deter attacks on U.S. forces in Iraq. "Sensible," said Elliott Abrams, former President Donald Trump's special envoy for Iran, of Biden's unwillingness to give Tehran sanctions relief before any talks on both sides resuming compliance with the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. "Negotiation is always a give and take but we should not pay them just for the pleasure of their company at the negotiating table," Abrams said.

    • 9 of the Best Outdoor Rugs That Literally Ground Any Space
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      Architectural Digest

      9 of the Best Outdoor Rugs That Literally Ground Any Space

      High-traffic areas are about to meet their match Originally Appeared on Architectural Digest

    • Agency cancels Hawaii tsunami watch after huge Pacific quake
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      Associated Press

      Agency cancels Hawaii tsunami watch after huge Pacific quake

      The U.S. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center cancelled a tsunami watch Thursday for Hawaii that was issued after a huge earthquake occurred in a remote area between New Zealand and Tonga. The agency previously cancelled a tsunami warning it had issued for American Samoa. The magnitude 8.1 quake struck the Kermadec Islands region.

      • Pacific quake sets off tsunami, threat lifts in New Zealand
        Pacific quake sets off tsunami, threat lifts in New Zealand
        Associated Press
      • Hawaii tsunami threat has passed in wake of huge earthquake near New Zealand
        Hawaii tsunami threat has passed in wake of huge earthquake near New Zealand
        MarketWatch
    • EU, Italy block AstraZeneca shipment to Australia: sources
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      Reuters

      EU, Italy block AstraZeneca shipment to Australia: sources

      The European Commission and Italy have blocked a shipment of AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine destined for Australia after the drug manufacturer failed to meet its EU contract commitments, two sources said on Thursday. The sources said AstraZeneca had requested permission from the Italian government to export some 250,000 doses from its Anagni plant, near Rome. The Italian government refused and the European Commission supported its decision, the sources said.

      • Australia asks European Commission to review Italy's vaccine block
        Australia asks European Commission to review Italy's vaccine block
        Reuters
      • EU to extend COVID-19 vaccine export controls as AstraZeneca shipment blocked: sources
        EU to extend COVID-19 vaccine export controls as AstraZeneca shipment blocked: sources
        Reuters
    • Iran to meet with UN technical experts over uranium find
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      Associated Press

      Iran to meet with UN technical experts over uranium find

      Iran has agreed to sit down with international technical experts investigating the discovery of uranium particles at three former undeclared sites in the country, the head of the U.N. atomic watchdog said Thursday, after months of frustration at Tehran's lack of a credible explanation. The agreement came as three of the remaining signatories to the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran โ€” France, Germany and Britain โ€” backed off the idea of a resolution criticizing Iran for its decision to start limiting access by International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors to current facilities. IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi told reporters in Vienna it was not up to him to say whether Iran's move to hold talks with his technical experts was linked to the decision of the so-called E3 group, but suggested it was difficult to separate the political side of Iran's nuclear program from the technical side.

      • US supports Iran's mtg with UN technical experts
        US supports Iran's mtg with UN technical experts
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      • U.S., Europeans scrap plan to censure Iran at UN nuclear watchdog meeting
        U.S., Europeans scrap plan to censure Iran at UN nuclear watchdog meeting
        Axios
    • U.S. bomber flies over Baltic states in show of solidarity: U.S. Air Force
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      Reuters

      U.S. bomber flies over Baltic states in show of solidarity: U.S. Air Force

      A long-range U.S. bomber flew over the capitals of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia on Wednesday in a show of solidarity with NATO allies, the U.S. Air Force said, amid Western concerns over a more assertive Russia. "This mission sends a clear message that our commitment to our NATO allies is unshakeable," Gen. Jeff Harrigian, U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa commander said in a statement. Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia were once ruled from Moscow but are now part of both NATO and the European Union.

    • Biden supports making a temporary $3,000 payment to parents in the stimulus bill permanent going forward
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      Business Insider

      Biden supports making a temporary $3,000 payment to parents in the stimulus bill permanent going forward

      Biden supports making a temporary boost to a tax credit for parents permanent, a Democratic aide said. Senate Democrats want to make this permanent and to give families the option of monthly checks. President Joe Biden told House Democrats on Wednesday that he supported making the temporary beefed-up child tax credit in his stimulus plan permanent, a Democratic aide briefed on the call told Insider.

      • Stimulus checks: White House agrees to tighten eligibility rules for $1,400 direct payments
        Stimulus checks: White House agrees to tighten eligibility rules for $1,400 direct payments
        Yahoo Finance
      • Biden's COVID-19 relief plan includes a child tax credit boost popular with Democrats but a 'nightmare' to Republicans
        Biden's COVID-19 relief plan includes a child tax credit boost popular with Democrats but a 'nightmare' to Republicans
        USA TODAY
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      California serial killer dubbed the 'I-5 Strangler' was strangled, autopsy says

      A California serial killer who authorities say strangled and raped at least seven women was fatally choked himself in a state prison, officials said Wednesday.

    • Turkey not necessarily seeking return to F-35 project: defence industry chief
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      Reuters

      Turkey not necessarily seeking return to F-35 project: defence industry chief

      Turkey is not necessarily aiming to return to the U.S. F-35 fighter jet programme from which it was removed over its purchase of Russian defence systems, the Turkish defence industry chief said on Wednesday. He said the primary goal was for Turkey to get compensated for its losses. Ankara had ordered more than 100 F-35s and has been making parts for it but was removed from the programme in 2019 after it acquired Russian S-400 missile defence systems, which Washington says threaten the jets.

    • Northern Irish loyalist paramilitaries withdraw support for 1998 peace deal
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      Reuters

      Northern Irish loyalist paramilitaries withdraw support for 1998 peace deal

      Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary groups have told British Prime Minister Boris Johnson they are temporarily withdrawing support for the 1998 peace agreement due to concerns over the Brexit deal. While the groups pledged "peaceful and democratic" opposition to the deal, such a stark warning increases the pressure on Johnson, his Irish counterpart Micheรกl Martin and the European Union over Brexit. Northern Ireland's 1998 peace deal, known as the Belfast or Good Friday Agreement, ended three decades of violence between mostly Catholic nationalists fighting for a united Ireland and mostly Protestant unionists, or loyalists, who want Northern Ireland to stay part of the United Kingdom.

    • China boosts defense spending by 6.8% amid debt, pandemic
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      Associated Press

      China boosts defense spending by 6.8% amid debt, pandemic

      China is increasing its defense spending by 6.8% in 2021 as it works to maintain a robust upgrading of the armed forces despite high government debt and the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. A national budget report issued Friday said China would spend 1.355 trillion yuan ($210 billion) on defense in the coming year. The military budget has dipped during periods of slower economic growth, but has also been dropping steadily from the double-digit percentage increases over years as the increasingly powerful military matures and rapid expansion of what is already the world's second largest defense budget is no longer required.

    • Rudy Giuliani, who helped lead Trump's bogus election-fraud conspiracy theory, is being mocked after warning of the dangers of misinformation
      Politics
      Business Insider

      Rudy Giuliani, who helped lead Trump's bogus election-fraud conspiracy theory, is being mocked after warning of the dangers of misinformation

      Rudy Giuliani warned of "the dire consequences of misinformation on social media." Giuliani has long promoted right-wing misinformation on social media. Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump's former personal attorney, was pilloried on Wednesday after he warned in a podcast of the dangers of online misinformation.

    • Nasdaq ends sharply lower after Powell comments
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      Reuters

      Nasdaq ends sharply lower after Powell comments

      Wall Street ended sharply lower on Thursday, leaving the Nasdaq down nearly 10% from its February record high, after remarks from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell disappointed investors worried about rising longer-term U.S. bond yields. A decline of 10% from its February record high would confirm the Nasdaq is in a correction. The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield spiked to 1.533% after Powell's comments, which did not point to changes in the Fed's asset purchases to tackle the recent jump in yields.

    • EU says it expects financial services deal with UK, but trust an issue
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      Reuters

      EU says it expects financial services deal with UK, but trust an issue

      Britain and the European Union are on course to agree a deal on regulatory cooperation in financial services this month, but the UK's actions in Northern Ireland makes it harder to build trust, the bloc's financial services chief said on Thursday. "We are on track," Mairead McGuinness told a Politico event. The British government unilaterally extended a grace period for checks on food imports to Northern Ireland, a move Brussels said violated terms of Britain's divorce deal.

      • European markets downbeat as row brews between UK and EU over Northern Ireland
        European markets downbeat as row brews between UK and EU over Northern Ireland
        Yahoo Finance UK
      • EU vows legal response as UK moves unilaterally on Northern Ireland
        EU vows legal response as UK moves unilaterally on Northern Ireland
        Reuters
    • Photos show North Korea may be trying to extract plutonium
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      Associated Press

      Photos show North Korea may be trying to extract plutonium

      North Korea may be trying to extract plutonium to make more nuclear weapons at its main atomic complex, recent satellite photos indicated, weeks after leader Kim Jong Un vowed to expand his nuclear arsenal. The 38 North website, which specializes in North Korea studies, cited the imagery as indicating that a coal-fired steam plant at the North's Yongbyon nuclear complex is in operation after about a two-year hiatus. This suggests โ€œpreparations for spent fuel reprocessing could be underway to extract plutonium needed for North Korea's nuclear weapon,โ€ the website said Wednesday.

    • Exiled Saudi critics say Biden's refusal to sanction MBS over Khashoggi's death puts them in danger
      World
      INSIDER

      Exiled Saudi critics say Biden's refusal to sanction MBS over Khashoggi's death puts them in danger

      The Biden administration did not sanction Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed over the 2018 murder of Jamal Khashoggi. Saudi critics Omar Abdulaziz and Iyad el-Baghdadi said this emboldens MBS to continue his crackdown. "I am actually less safe now than I was before," el-Baghdadi told The Guardian.

      • Khashoggi's fiancรฉe calls for MbS sanctions
        Khashoggi's fiancรฉe calls for MbS sanctions
        Reuters Videos
      • White House criticized for not directly sanctioning Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman for role in Khashoggi murder
        White House criticized for not directly sanctioning Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman for role in Khashoggi murder
        USA TODAY
    • China says will deter Taiwan independence but seek peaceful ties
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      Reuters

      China says will deter Taiwan independence but seek peaceful ties

      China will resolutely deter any separatist activity seeking Taiwan's independence but is committed to promoting the peaceful growth of relations across the Taiwan Strait and China's "reunification", Premier Li Keqiang said on Friday. China, which claims democratic Taiwan as its own territory, has increased its military activity near the island in recent months, responding to what it calls "collusion" between Taipei and Washington, Taiwan's main international backer and arms supplier. Speaking at the opening of the annual meeting of China's parliament, Li said Beijing stands by the "one China" principle, which states that Taiwan is part of China.

    • U.S. DOJ declined to investigate Trump transport chief after inspector general review
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      Reuters

      U.S. DOJ declined to investigate Trump transport chief after inspector general review

      The U.S. Justice Department declined to investigate or prosecute then-Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao after the inspector general's office referred allegations of potential misuse of office for review, a report made public on Wednesday said. The report included allegations that Chao directed staff to research or purchase personal items for her online using her personal credit card or performed other personal errands for her or her father. The report focused largely on Chao's actions related to her family's shipping business, the Foremost Group, which was founded by her father and whose current chief executive is her sister.

      • Elaine Chao Used Cabinet Office For Personal Gain, Inspector General Finds
        Elaine Chao Used Cabinet Office For Personal Gain, Inspector General Finds
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      • Report shows IG asked for criminal probe into Elaine Chao over ethics concerns
        Report shows IG asked for criminal probe into Elaine Chao over ethics concerns
        Yahoo News Video
    • Another Trump on the ballot? Lara Trump eyes Senate seat
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      Associated Press

      Another Trump on the ballot? Lara Trump eyes Senate seat

      A Trump may be on the ballot next year โ€” but not Donald Trump. The former president's daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, is eyeing the North Carolina Senate seat being vacated by Republican Richard Burr. While many in the state are skeptical she will move forward, an entrance into the race would set up a crucial test of whether Donald Trump's popularity among Republicans, which remains massive more than a month after leaving office, can translate to others.

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      Reuters

      U.S. calls German warship's plan to sail South China Sea support for rules-based order

      The United States on Wednesday hailed plans by NATO ally Germany to sail a warship across the contested South China Sea, calling it welcome support for a "rules-based international order" in the region, something Washington says is threatened by China. German government officials said on Tuesday a German frigate would set sail for Asia in August and, on its return journey, become the first German warship to cross the South China Sea since 2002. "The United States has a national interest in the maintenance of peace and stability, respect for international law, lawful unimpeded commerce, and freedom of navigation and other lawful uses of the sea," a spokeswoman for the U.S. State Department said.

    • House passes sweeping voting rights bill over GOP opposition
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      Associated Press

      House passes sweeping voting rights bill over GOP opposition

      House Democrats passed sweeping voting and ethics legislation over unanimous Republican opposition, advancing to the Senate what would be the largest overhaul of the U.S. election law in at least a generation. House Resolution 1, which touches on virtually every aspect of the electoral process, was approved Wednesday night on a near party-line 220-210 vote. It would restrict partisan gerrymandering of congressional districts, strike down hurdles to voting and bring transparency to a murky campaign finance system that allows wealthy donors to anonymously bankroll political causes.

      • House approves massive voting and ethics bill over GOP opposition
        House approves massive voting and ethics bill over GOP opposition
        MarketWatch
      • House Democrats pass election reforms as GOP moves to change voting laws
        House Democrats pass election reforms as GOP moves to change voting laws
        Good Morning America
    • South Carolina officials may soon force death-row inmates to decide if they want to be executed by lethal injection, electric char or a firing squad
      U.S.
      INSIDER

      South Carolina officials may soon force death-row inmates to decide if they want to be executed by lethal injection, electric char or a firing squad

      The bill still has to be passed in the House of Representatives. The new bill, which will go to the House of Representatives for consideration, would force death row inmates to choose one of three ways to die: lethal injection, electrocution, or firing squad, The Washington Post reported.

      • South Carolina bill would add firing squad to execution options
        South Carolina bill would add firing squad to execution options
        CBS News
      • South Carolina Senate Adds Firing Squad to Execution Methods
        South Carolina Senate Adds Firing Squad to Execution Methods
        National Review
    • The man who saves forgotten cats in Fukushima's nuclear zone
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      Reuters

      The man who saves forgotten cats in Fukushima's nuclear zone

      A decade ago, Sakae Kato stayed behind to rescue cats abandoned by neighbours who fled the radiation clouds belching from the nearby Fukushima nuclear plant. So far he has buried 23 cats in his garden, the most recent graves disturbed by wild boars that roam the depopulated community. Kato leaves food for feral cats in a storage shed he heats with a paraffin stove.

      • Wider Image: The man who saves forgotten cats in Fukushima's nuclear zone
        Wider Image: The man who saves forgotten cats in Fukushima's nuclear zone
        Reuters
      • The pet whisperer of Fukushima
        The pet whisperer of Fukushima
        Reuters Videos
    Should humans be next to explore Mars?
    • โ€œTaking humans to Mars would require an investment astronomically out of kilter with the possible benefits.โ€

    • โ€œCan a Mars settlement be a freer society than we enjoy on Earth? Maybe.โ€

    • โ€œWhat we learn...may spark the next revolution that will make life in 2071 beyond anything we can imagine right now.โ€

    • โ€œOur presence on Mars could jeopardize one of our main reasons for being there โ€” the search for life.โ€

    • โ€œThe future of geologic investigation of other worlds lies with highly improved versions of our Mars rovers.โ€

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