Giorno: 13 Agosto 2021

‘Squad’ Dems hit back as moderates hold $3.5T spending plan hostage for infrastructure vote

Post Content House “Squad” Democrats hit back Friday at their moderate colleagues after nine of them said they will not vote to advance their party’s $3.5 trillion budget resolution until the bipartisan infrastructure bill is signed into law. “You’re not a ‘moderate’ Democrat if you vote against jobs with a livable wage, paid leave, child […]

Report: Job Posts Requiring Applicant COVID Vaccinations Doubles

The number of job postings requiring applicants to have COVID-19 vaccinations has nearly doubled in the past month according to a report from the job search site Indeed. The report shows…

Number of migrant family encounters at border surges by 49% in July, few are expelled

Post Content The number of migrant family units encountered at the southern border increased by nearly 50% in July, with only a fraction of them being removed under Title 42 health protections — part of a broader surge in numbers that Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has called “unsustainable.” There were 82,966 encounters of individuals […]

GOP senators demand hearing on nursing home deaths under blue state governors

Post Content A group of Republican senators are demanding Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., hold a hearing on the nursing home deaths under blue state governors. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, led the charge calling for a hearing on the nursing home deaths in Michigan, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania in a […]

Quel sorriso di Gino Strada dopo la mia liberazione: “Bentornato, ho lottato per salvarti”

Read More Un sorriso. Il primo, dopo 15 giorni e 15 notti. E poi quell’abbraccio forte, caldo, avvolgente mentre le lacrime mi bagnavano le guance e la barba incolta. Quindi poche parole, dolci, quasi pronunciate con un soffio. “Bentornato. Ho lottato per strapparti alla morte, per convincere Dadullah a non tirare fuori il coltellaccio del […]

Coronavirus Italia, il bollettino di oggi 13 agosto: 7.409 contagi e 45 morti

Read More Ecco il bollettino di oggi 13 agosto: 7.409 contagi e 45 morti. Ieri erano stati 7.270 i nuovi casi e 30 i decessi. Il tasso di positività è al 3,28%. VALLE D’AOSTA Nelle ultime 24 ore sono stati rilevati 13 nuovi casi positivi al Covid-19 in Valle d’Aosta. I guariti sono 27. Scendono […]

Israeli army says it downed Hamas drone launched from Gaza on Wednesday

Read More The Israeli army said Friday that it shot down a Hamas drone that crossed over into Israeli territory after being launched from the Gaza Strip two days ago. The Hamas drone the IDF shot down.IDF spokesperson Last week, Israel’s air force attacked Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip in response to incendiary balloons […]

Abraham Accords a year on: Israel’s biggest challenges remain

Read More The Abraham Accords, declared exactly one year ago with much fanfare, are a far cry from the grandstanding and bombastic “deal of the century” in the Middle East that Donald Trump promised to deliver. The Palestinian issue and the reality of 13 million people living between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, […]

First Hong Kong Election Under Revamped System to Be Largely Uncontested

Read More HONG KONG—With the pro-democracy camp almost absent, pro-Beijing candidates are running uncontested for most seats in a Hong Kong election committee tasked with choosing the city’s leader, government announcements showed on Aug. 13. The Sept. 19 vote for the committee is the first election since China overhauled Hong Kong’s electoral system in May […]

China’s Belt and Road Dam Project Leads to Human Rights Disaster in Cambodia: Report

Read More A Chinese dam built in Southeast Asia has destroyed fisheries, farmlands, and ancestral homes, according to a new report released by Human Rights Watch (HWR) on Aug. 5. The U.S.-based nonprofit organization released a 137-page report (pdf) titled “Underwater: Human Rights Impacts of a China Belt and Road Project in Cambodia.” It analyzes […]