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    • Reality sinks in: Bipartisanship may be dead

      Reality sinks in: Bipartisanship may be dead

      The party-line vote on the pandemic aid package showed the gulf between the parties was too wide to be bridged.

      Dems want more than GOP will accept »
      • Poll: Is U.S. lifting mask mandates too quickly?

        Poll: Is U.S. lifting mask mandates too quickly?

      • Dems get rude awakening about 50-50 Senate

        Dems get rude awakening about 50-50 Senate

      • California's Pacific Coast Highway falling into sea

        California's Pacific Coast Highway falling into sea

      • Violence erupts at massive Colorado street party

        Violence erupts at massive Colorado street party

      • Black women are knitting their way into history

        Black women are knitting their way into history

    • Senegal protests: The country is ‘on the verge of an apocalypse’
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      BBC

      Senegal protests: The country is ‘on the verge of an apocalypse’

      A top Senegalese official whose job is to settle conflicts has said the country is on a dangerous precipice after four days of protests left at least five young people dead. Alioune Badara Cissé, known as the mediator of the republic, urged the authorities to stop threats and intimidation against protesters. The unrest was triggered by the arrest of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko.

      • Senegal shuts schools amid violent unrest
        Senegal shuts schools amid violent unrest
        Reuters
      • Boy killed in Senegal protests as opposition steps up pressure
        Boy killed in Senegal protests as opposition steps up pressure
        Reuters
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      Explosion kills 3 Gaza fishermen, Hamas rocket suspected

      Three Palestinian fishermen were killed Sunday after a blast ripped through their boat off the Gaza shore, officials said, in what appeared to be an explosion caused by a misfired rocket launched by the ruling Hamas militant group. Nezar Ayyash, a spokesman for the local fisherman's association, said the men — two brothers and a cousin — were working off the coast of the southern town of Khan Younis when the explosion happened. The cause of the blast wasn't immediately clear, but there were growing indications that it was the result of a misfired rocket.

    • U.S. Senator Manchin says filibusters could be made more 'painful'
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      Reuters

      U.S. Senator Manchin says filibusters could be made more 'painful'

      Centrist Democratic Senator Joe Manchin, a pivotal vote in the U.S. Senate, on Sunday advocated making the procedural maneuver called the filibuster more "painful" to do, with Democrats concerned about Republicans obstructing President Joe Biden's legislative agenda. Some Democrats have advocated eliminating the filibuster to prevent Republicans from blocking Biden's initiatives. White House Communications Director Kate Bedingfield made clear on Sunday that the president is not calling for ending the filibuster.

      • Joe Manchin Signals Openness To Filibuster Reform As Push For Abolishing It Grows
        Joe Manchin Signals Openness To Filibuster Reform As Push For Abolishing It Grows
        HuffPost
      • Manchin says he’s open to tweaking Senate filibuster rules
        Manchin says he’s open to tweaking Senate filibuster rules
        MarketWatch
    • Aerials show huge blaze after oil facility strike in Syria
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      Associated Press

      Aerials show huge blaze after oil facility strike in Syria

      A suspected missile strike on an oil-loading facility used by Turkey-backed opposition forces in northern Syria sparked a massive blaze across a large area where oil tankers are normally parked, aerial and satellite images show. Syrian opposition groups and at least one war monitor blamed Russia for the strike Friday night near the towns of Jarablus and al-Bab, near the border with Turkey. In a report, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, based in Britain, said Russian warships in the Mediterranean had fired three missiles that struck primitive oil refineries and tanker trucks in the region.

    • Myanmar coup: Party official dies in custody after security raids
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      BBC

      Myanmar coup: Party official dies in custody after security raids

      An official from Aung San Suu Kyi's party has died in custody in Myanmar after being arrested during raids by security forces in Yangon. On Sunday the body of U Khin Maung Latt was released to his family, who were reportedly told that he had died after fainting. The UN says more than 50 people have been killed since the military detained Ms Suu Kyi, Myanmar's democratically elected leader, on 1 February.

      • Myanmar protests, after death of Suu Kyi official
        Myanmar protests, after death of Suu Kyi official
        Reuters Videos
      • Unions call for total strike in Myanmar; Suu Kyi party official dies in custody
        Unions call for total strike in Myanmar; Suu Kyi party official dies in custody
        Reuters
    • India sets up holding center for Rohingya in Kashmir
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      Associated Press

      India sets up holding center for Rohingya in Kashmir

      Authorities in Indian-controlled Kashmir have sent at least 168 Rohingya refugees to a holding center, police said Sunday, in a process that they say is for the deportation of thousands of the refugees living in the region. The move began Saturday following a directive from the region's home department to identify Rohingya living in the southern city of Jammu, said Inspector-General Mukesh Singh. “All of them are illegally living here and we have begun identifying them,” Singh said.

    • Austria suspends AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine batch after death
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      Reuters

      Austria suspends AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine batch after death

      Austrian authorities have suspended inoculations with a batch of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine as a precaution while investigating the death of one person and the illness of another after the shots, a health agency said on Sunday. "The Federal Office for Safety in Health Care (BASG) has received two reports in a temporal connection with a vaccination from the same batch of the AstraZeneca vaccine in the district clinic of Zwettl" in Lower Austria province, it said. One 49-year-old woman died as a result of severe coagulation disorders, while a 35-year-old woman developed a pulmonary embolism and is recovering, it said.

    • McManus: McConnell wants to use the filibuster to block Biden's agenda. Here's how Biden can outfox him
      Politics
      LA Times

      McManus: McConnell wants to use the filibuster to block Biden's agenda. Here's how Biden can outfox him

      Now the measure, in all likelihood, will go to the Senate to die. Under the rules of the 100-member Senate, it takes 60 votes to end debate and move most bills to a vote. A filibuster used to mean a senator actually had to stand and speechify, refusing to give up the floor and thus keeping a bill from coming to a vote.

    • Pro-democracy protest in Thailand passes without violence
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      Associated Press

      Pro-democracy protest in Thailand passes without violence

      Demonstrators from Thailand's student-led pro-democracy movement held a peaceful protest Saturday outside Bangkok's Criminal Court to bring public attention to the plight of several of their detained leaders. The movement, a coalition of several groups, was launched last year with demands for Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha and his government to step down, the constitution to be amended to make it more democratic and the monarchy to be reformed to make it more accountable. There were several protest marches Saturday, but the main one was held by a new faction of the student-led anti-government movement that calls itself REDEM — short for Restart Democracy — whose last demonstration on Feb. 28 ended in disarray amid violence.

    • Russia scores points with vaccine diplomacy, but snags arise
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      Associated Press

      Russia scores points with vaccine diplomacy, but snags arise

      Russia's boast in August that it was the first country to authorize a coronavirus vaccine led to skepticism at the time because of its insufficient testing. Six months later, as demand for the Sputnik V vaccine grows, experts are raising questions again — this time, over whether Moscow can keep up with all the orders from the countries that want it. Slovakia got 200,000 doses on March 1, even though the European Medicines Agency, the European Union's pharmaceutical regulator, only began reviewing its use on Thursday in an expedited process.

      • EU regulator urges caution on Sputnik COVID-19 vaccine
        EU regulator urges caution on Sputnik COVID-19 vaccine
        Reuters
      • Vaccine diplomacy: Putin seeks to leverage Sputnik V to build Russia’s global influence
        Vaccine diplomacy: Putin seeks to leverage Sputnik V to build Russia’s global influence
        MarketWatch
    • French billionaire politician killed in helicopter crash
      World
      Reuters

      French billionaire politician killed in helicopter crash

      French billionaire Olivier Dassault was killed on Sunday in a helicopter crash, a police source said, with President Emmanuel Macron paying tribute to the 69-year old conservative politician. Dassault was the eldest son of late French billionaire industrialist Serge Dassault, whose namesake Dassault Aviation, builds the Rafale war planes and owns Le Figaro newspaper. "Olivier Dassault loved France.

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      Yahoo News Video

      Accountant faces pressure to turn on Trump in criminal probe

      When lawyers asked Donald Trump more than a decade ago to identify who estimated values on some of his signature properties, he pointed to his longtime accountant, Allen Weisselberg.

    • B-52s again fly over Mideast in US military warning to Iran
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      Associated Press

      B-52s again fly over Mideast in US military warning to Iran

      A pair of B-52 bombers flew over the Mideast on Sunday, the latest such mission in the region aimed at warning Iran amid tensions between Washington and Tehran. The flight by the two heavy bombers came as a pro-Iran satellite channel based in Beirut broadcast Iranian military drone footage of an Israeli ship hit by a mysterious explosion only days earlier in the Mideast. While the channel sought to say Iran wasn't involved, Israel has blamed Tehran for what it described as an attack on the vessel.

    • Chinese exports surge as global demand recovers from virus
      World
      Associated Press

      Chinese exports surge as global demand recovers from virus

      China's exports surged 60.6% over a year earlier in the first two months of 2021, after factories reopened and global demand started to recover from the coronavirus pandemic. Exporters benefited from the relatively early reopening of China's economy after the ruling Communist Party declared victory over the disease last March while foreign competitors still face anti-virus controls. Forecasters say the Chinese export surge should decelerate as demand for masks and other medical supplies eases and overseas competitors return to global markets.

      • China’s exports surge as global demand recovers from coronavirus
        China’s exports surge as global demand recovers from coronavirus
        MarketWatch
      • China’s Exports Surge From 2020 Lockdown as Demand Booms
        China’s Exports Surge From 2020 Lockdown as Demand Booms
        Bloomberg
    • Rights groups call for investigation into killings of Philippine activists
      World
      Reuters

      Rights groups call for investigation into killings of Philippine activists

      Human rights groups called on the Philippine government to investigate what they said was the use of "lethal force" during police raids on Sunday that left at least nine activists dead. The raids in four provinces south of Manila resulted in the death of an environmental activist as well as a coordinator of left-wing group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan, among others, and resulted in the arrest of four others, activist groups said. "These raids appear to be part of a coordinated plan by the authorities to raid, arrest, and even kill activists in their homes and offices," Human Rights Watch Deputy Asia Director Phil Robertson said in a statement.

    • Pope Francis prayed in ruined churches destroyed by the Islamic State during a historic first Papal visit to Iraq
      World
      Business Insider

      Pope Francis prayed in ruined churches destroyed by the Islamic State during a historic first Papal visit to Iraq

      Pope Francis prayed to crowds in the Iraqi city of Mosul on Sunday, calling for peace and tolerance. More than 1 million Christians have fled Iraq since the start of the 2003 Iraq War and the rise of IS. As part of a historic visit to Iraq, Pope Francis has led prayers amid the ruins of churches destroyed by the Islamic State.

      • 'Peace more powerful than war', Pope Francis says in Iraq's ruined city of Mosul
        'Peace more powerful than war', Pope Francis says in Iraq's ruined city of Mosul
        Reuters
      • In Mosul, Pope releases dove and prays for dead
        In Mosul, Pope releases dove and prays for dead
        Reuters Videos
    • At Dubai airport, travelers' eyes become their passports
      Technology
      Associated Press

      At Dubai airport, travelers' eyes become their passports

      Dubai's airport, the world's busiest for international travel, can already feel surreal, with its cavernous duty-free stores, artificial palm trees, gleaming terminals, water cascades and near-Arctic levels of air conditioning. It's the latest artificial intelligence program the United Arab Emirates has launched amid the surging coronavirus pandemic, contact-less technology the government promotes as helping to stem the spread of the virus. Dubai's airport started offering the program to all passengers last month.

    • Sunshine State dims for Dems amid election losses, cash woes
      Politics
      Associated Press

      Sunshine State dims for Dems amid election losses, cash woes

      Democrats may delight in their brightening prospects in Arizona and Georgia, and may even harbor glimmers of hope in Texas, but their angst is growing in Florida, which has a reputation as a swing state but now favors Republicans and could be shifting further out of reach for Democrats. As the jockeying begins to take on Gov. Ron DeSantis and U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio in 2022, Democrats' disadvantage against Republicans is deeper than ever, as they try to develop a cohesive strategy and rebuild a statewide party deep in debt and disarray. Former President Donald Trump's brand of populism has helped power a GOP surge in Florida, where Trump defeated now-President Joe Biden by more than 3 percentage points last fall — more than doubling the lead he had against Hillary Clinton.

    • Yemen's Houthis attack Saudi oil heartland with drones, missiles
      World
      Reuters

      Yemen's Houthis attack Saudi oil heartland with drones, missiles

      Yemen's Houthi forces fired drones and missiles at the heart of Saudi Arabia's oil industry on Sunday, including a Saudi Aramco facility at Ras Tanura vital to petroleum exports, in what Riyadh called a failed assault on global energy security. Announcing the attacks, the Houthis, who have been battling a Saudi-led coalition for six years, also said they attacked military targets in the Saudi cities of Dammam, Asir and Jazan. The Saudi energy ministry said an oil storage yard at Ras Tanura, the site of an oil refinery and the world's biggest offshore oil loading facility, was attacked with a drone coming from the sea.

    • 'Lesson fully received': An 18-year-old charged in the Capitol riot says he was 'wrong' and begged a judge to release him
      U.S.
      INSIDER

      'Lesson fully received': An 18-year-old charged in the Capitol riot says he was 'wrong' and begged a judge to release him

      The youngest suspect charged in the Capitol riots wrote a letter begging a judge to release him. Bruno Joseph Cua, 18, previously boasted on Instagram of storming the Capitol and fighting inside. Bruno Joseph Cua, 18, faces a slew of federal charges related to the January 6 insurrection, including assault on a federal officer, engaging in physical violence, violent entry or disorderly conduct, and civil disorder.

      • ‘I will not step one foot out of line’: 18-year-old charged in Capitol riot begs for release
        ‘I will not step one foot out of line’: 18-year-old charged in Capitol riot begs for release
        The Independent
      • 18-year-old Capitol rioter wants to go home to his ‘loving family’ who drove him to DC
        18-year-old Capitol rioter wants to go home to his ‘loving family’ who drove him to DC
        NY Daily News
    • China tells Biden to reverse 'dangerous practice' on Taiwan
      World
      Associated Press

      China tells Biden to reverse 'dangerous practice' on Taiwan

      China's foreign minister warned the Biden administration on Sunday to roll back former President Donald Trump's “dangerous practice” of showing support for Taiwan, the island democracy claimed by Beijing as its own territory. The claim to Taiwan, which split with the mainland in 1949, is an “insurmountable red line,” Wang Yi said at a news conference during the annual meeting of China's ceremonial legislature. The United States has no official relations with Taiwan but extensive informal ties.

    • World
      Reuters

      Libyan MPs arrive at Sirte to debate unity government

      Scores of Libyan parliament members from both sides of the divided country arrived in the frontline city of Sirte on Sunday for a session this week to debate a proposed unity government. The parliament has been split - as have most state institutions - since soon after it was elected in 2014, as Libya broke between warring factions in the east and west. It is meeting this week to debate giving confidence to a government announced by Abdulhamid Dbeibeh, who was designated as prime minister last month through a political dialogue held in Geneva by the United Nations.

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      Italian prosecutor seeks life for US accused

      An Italian prosecutor on Saturday (March 6) demanded life sentences for two young Americans being tried on murder charges, after a policeman was killed following a botched drug deal in Rome. Finnegan Lee Elder, who was 19 at the time, has admitted to stabbing Mario Cerciello Rega in July 2019, while his friend Gabriel Christian Natale-Hjorth, then 18, was tussling with another police officer. Under Italian law, anyone who participates even indirectly in a murder can face murder charges.

    • Thousands of people who visited a COVID-19 vaccination site in California received the wrong dosage, report says
      U.S.
      Business Insider

      Thousands of people who visited a COVID-19 vaccination site in California received the wrong dosage, report says

      An estimated 4,300 people received less of the Pfizer vaccine than they should have, KTVU reported. Too little of the vaccine was administered due to a problem with new syringes, the media outlet said. California health officials have said patients will be informed "immediately" if they need a booster.

    • A judge questioned the 'QAnon Shaman' about his '60 Minutes+' interview that was billed to the jail as a call with his lawyer
      U.S.
      INSIDER

      A judge questioned the 'QAnon Shaman' about his '60 Minutes+' interview that was billed to the jail as a call with his lawyer

      A federal judge questioned the "QAnon Shaman" and his lawyer over a "60 Minutes+" interview. The judge asked whether the lawyer attempted "subterfuge" in arranging the interview. A federal judge on Friday questioned the self-described "QAnon Shaman" and his lawyer following his appearance this week on 60 Minutes+, pressing them about whether they went through the necessary channels to set up an interview.

    Should humans be next to explore Mars?
    • “Taking humans to Mars would require an investment astronomically out of kilter with the possible benefits.”

    • “Can a Mars settlement be a freer society than we enjoy on Earth? Maybe.”

    • “What we learn...may spark the next revolution that will make life in 2071 beyond anything we can imagine right now.”

    • “Our presence on Mars could jeopardize one of our main reasons for being there — the search for life.”

    • “The future of geologic investigation of other worlds lies with highly improved versions of our Mars rovers.”

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