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Joe Biden nominee’s link to 1989 logging sabotage blasted by GOP
BILLINGS: President Joe Biden's nominee to oversee federal lands in the US West is facing Republican pressure to withdraw...
UN Urges ASEAN to Intensify Diplomacy on Myanmar — Radio Free Asia
The U.N. human rights chief urged ASEAN on Friday to intensify efforts to stop violence in post-coup Myanmar, days...
Nevada schools reckon with race, triggering polarization
RENO, NEVADA: Nevada has become the latest flashpoint in a national debate over how to teach students about racism...
Joe Biden to route US border wall funds to military and construction site clean up
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden's administration will return more than $2 billion in funds allotted under his predecessor Donald Trump...
California selects another 15 winners in vaccine lottery
SACRAMENTO: California selected another 15 people on Friday to win $50,000 each just for getting the coronavirus vaccine amid...
US vaccine surplus grows by the day as expiration dates loom
In Tennessee and North Carolina, demand for the Covid-19 vaccine has slowed down so much that they have given...
Hungary: Bill would ban ‘promoting’ homosexuality to minors
BUDAPEST: Hungary's governing conservative party has prepared new legislation that bans showing pornographic material and any content portraying or...
Florida supermarket shooter had recently declared bankruptcy
FORT LAUDERDALE: The gunman who killed a grandmother and her one-year-old grandson inside a Florida supermarket had declared bankruptcy...
Chicago police officer charged in January 6 attack at Capitol
CHICAGO: A Chicago police officer has been charged with breaching the US Capitol and entering a senator's office during...
China Using Law to Curb Dissent, Political Opposition in Hong Kong: UK
Hong Kong and Chinese officials are engaging in sweeping curbs on dissent and political opposition, a U.K. government report...