International

Exclusive: Pfizer begins to export U.S.-made COVID-19 shots, first doses sent to Mexico

Published by Reuters By Carl O’Donnell (Reuters) – Pfizer Inc’s shipment of COVID-19 vaccine to Mexico this week includes doses made in its U.S. plant, the first of what are expected to be ongoing exports of its shots from the United States, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday. The vaccine shipment, […]

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India infections top 18 million as gravediggers work round the clock

Published by Reuters By Alasdair Pal and Francis Mascarenhas NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) – India’s total COVID-19 cases passed 18 million on Thursday after another world record number of daily infections, as gravediggers worked around the clock to bury victims and hundreds more were cremated in makeshift pyres in parks and parking lots. India reported 379,257

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International

No requirement to respect elections rigged by dictators

Secretary of State Antony Blinken, with regard to elections in South America, tweeted earlier this month: “I recall @POTUS saying: ‘Democracy is fragile. That it must always be defended. That we must be ever vigilant.’ Elections are the first step. We must respect results and hold leaders accountable to sustain our democracies.” [Shoshana Bryen]

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China ‘closing in fast,’ Biden warns Congress, as he asks for trillions in spending

Published by Reuters By Trevor Hunnicutt and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden proposed a sweeping new $1.8 trillion plan in a speech to a joint session to Congress on Wednesday, pleading with Republican lawmakers to work with him on divisive issues and to meet the stiff competition posed by China. The Democratic

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USA

Some Jewish Race Car Stories You May Not Have Known

If it had not been for a nice Yiddishe fellow, Siegfried Marcus, there would not have been the internal combustion engine. Greta Thunberg would be thrilled today.  No cars, no CO2 or sulfur emissions to cause global warming and give the antisemites something else to hate the Jews over.  [Jerry Klinger]

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US disagrees that Israel carrying out ‘apartheid’

Published by AFP Washington (AFP) – The United States on Wednesday voiced disagreement with Human Rights Watch’s allegation that Israel is committing “apartheid” against the Palestinians but said it was committed to condemning abuses. “It is not the view of this administration that Israel’s actions constitute apartheid,” a State Department spokesperson said. President Joe Biden’s

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‘New York Post’ Reporter Quits After Being ‘Ordered’ To Falsely Write Kamala Harris’ Book Was Given To Migrant Children

Published by uPolitics.com The New York Post pulled, edited and later republished a story falsely claiming that copies of Vice President Kamala Harris‘ book were included in care packages for migrant children in Long Beach, California. The reporter who wrote the story soon after resigned from the Post saying she was “ordered to write” the article, knowing it was an

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USA

Vital medical supplies reach India as COVID deaths near 200,000

Published by Reuters By Shilpa Jamkhandikar, Rupam Jain and Sanjeev Miglani NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Vital medical supplies began to reach India on Tuesday as hospitals starved of life-saving oxygen and beds turned away coronavirus patients, and a surge in infections pushed the death toll close to 200,000. A shipment from Britain, including 100 ventilators

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Biden’s first 100 days: COVID-19, jobs, foreign policy, immigration, guns and dogs

Published by Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden completes 100 days in office on Friday, April 30. Judging a president’s performance after 100 days in office is an American political tradition that historians say began with Franklin Roosevelt’s first term in 1933, when he embarked on a rapid-fire rollout of measures to counter

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USA

New York man charged with attempted murder in attack on Chinese immigrant

Published by Reuters By Rich McKay (Reuters) – A New York City man was arrested and charged on Tuesday with attempted murder in what police have classified as a hate crime against a Chinese immigrant, authorities said. The victim, identified by police as 61-year-old Yao Pan Ma, was attacked in the East Harlem neighborhood of

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USA

ADL: 2,024 Antisemitic Incidents in U.S. in 2020

Antisemitic incidents remained at a historically high level across the United States in 2020, with a total of 2,024 incidents of assault, harassment and vandalism reported to ADL (the Anti-Defamation League). While antisemitic incidents declined by 4 percent after hitting an all-time high in 2019, last year was still the third-highest year for incidents against American Jews since ADL started tracking such data in 1979. [ADL Press Release]

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