NewsHuffPostJustice Department Announces Sweeping Probe Into Phoenix Police
Attorney General Merrick Garland announced an investigation into whether the Arizona city and its police department have violated civil rights laws.
NewsReutersU.N. concerned about unused vaccines, can help if governments ask
The United Nations is concerned about situations where COVID-19 vaccines have gone unused, a U.N. spokesman said on Thursday, stressing that the world body can only help get doses into arms at the request of governments. The COVAX vaccine sharing program has so far delivered 186.2 million doses to 138 countries, according to data from the U.N. children's agency UNICEF. COVAX aims to secure 2 billion doses for low and middle income countries by the end of 2021.
NewsReutersU.S. to Iran's Raisi: seize opportunity for diplomacy now
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Thursday urged Iran's new President Ebrahim Raisi to return to talks on both nations resuming compliance with the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, repeating the U.S. stance that the window for diplomacy would not stay open forever. With the rise of Raisi, who took the oath of office on Thursday, all branches of power within the Islamic Republic will be controlled by anti-Western hardliners loyal to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Iran has been negotiating with six major powers to revive a deal abandoned three years ago by then U.S. President Donald Trump, who said it was too soft on Tehran.
NewsReutersRanks of Mexican poor swell to reach nearly half the population
Mexico's poverty rate grew to nearly 44% at the end of last year, government data released on Thursday showed, worsened by an economic slump as the coronavirus pandemic led to steep budget cuts, business closures and layoffs. Some 3.8 million more Mexicans fell below the official poverty line in 2020 to reach a total of nearly 56 million, compared with the end of 2018 when President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador took office on a pledge to prioritize the needs of the poor. Mexico's population of about 126 million is the largest among Spanish-speaking countries, second only to Brazil in Latin America.
PoliticsHuffPostRepublicans Resurrect Bill To Give States The Keys To Federal Lands
The legislation, sponsored by seven industry-funded Republicans, would give states authority over all oil, gas and coal development on public lands.
NewsHuffPostYelp Will Let You Search For Businesses That Require Vaccination
The site will note which establishments require their workers to be vaccinated and which require people entering to be vaccinated.
NewsAFP NewsCanada's Quebec province to introduce vaccine passport
Quebec announced Thursday it will introduce a vaccine passport, the first in Canada, to counter a fourth wave of the coronavirus and the spread of the Delta variant.
NewsHuffPostThe Eviction Moratorium Will Continue, But Extra Unemployment Benefits Will Not
Democrats have no desire to extend benefits for 7.5 million facing a September cutoff.
NewsHuffPostRichard Trumka, AFL-CIO President, Dies At 72
As AFL-CIO president, Trumka served as the face of American labor over the past decade.
NewsHuffPost'Now Is The Time To Be Vigilant': NOAA Adds More Storms To Hurricane Forecast
The 2021 Atlantic season is predicted to have 15 to 21 named storms, three to five of which could become major hurricanes.
PoliticsHuffPostCDC's New Eviction Moratorium Is Already Under Legal Attack
Real estate groups have called on a federal judge to halt the newly instated protections for vulnerable renters.
NewsHuffPostHuman Rights Campaign Staff Rip Their President Over Ties To Andrew Cuomo
“When are you resigning?” one employee asked Alphonso David, Cuomo’s former counsel, in a tense meeting at the LGBTQ rights group.
NewsReutersTigrayan forces take control of Ethiopia's Lalibela, a UN World Heritage Site - eyewitnesses
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) -Forces from Ethiopia's Tigray region have taken control of the town of Lalibela, whose famed rock-hewn churches are a United Nations World Heritage Site, and residents were fleeing, two eyewitnesses told Reuters on Thursday. Lalibela, also a holy site for millions of Ethiopian Orthodox Christians, is in the North Wollo Zone of the Amhara region in Ethiopia's north. In recent weeks fighting has spread from Tigray into two neighbouring regions, Amhara and Afar, forcing around 250,000 people to flee.
ScienceAFP NewsJapanese scientists develop freeze-dried mouse sperm postcards
Good news: Scientists won't have to worry about their mouse sperm vials breaking in transit ever again.
NewsAFP NewsIsrael doing world a 'great service' with Covid booster shots: PM
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Thursday that Israel was doing the world a "great service" by administering Covid vaccine booster shots, despite the World Health Organization's plea for a moratorium.
ScienceReutersAtlantic Ocean currents weaken, signalling big weather changes - study
The Atlantic Ocean's current system, an engine of the Northern Hemsiphere's climate, could be weakening to such an extent that it could soon bring big changes to the world's weather, a scientific study said on Thursday. The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is a large system of ocean currents which transports warm water from the tropics northwards into the North Atlantic. Climate models have shown that the AMOC is at its weakest in more than a 1,000 years.
ScienceAFP NewsKeeping Earth cool: Is the 1.5C target 'mission impossible'?
Can humanity drag down greenhouse gas emissions fast enough to prevent Earth's surface from warming more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above mid-19th century levels?
BusinessAFP NewsModerna says Covid vaccine durable for at least six months
Moderna said Thursday that protection from its Covid-19 vaccine remained strong for at least six months, and the variant-specific boosters shot it is testing generated a "robust" antibody response to Delta.
NewsReutersFirst resettled Afghan refugees and families arrive in Canada
The first group of Afghan interpreters, embassy staff and families that Canada is resettling amid threats of Taliban reprisals have arrived, Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino said on Thursday. Many Afghans who worked with Canada and other NATO countries fear Taliban violence as U.S. forces depart. Canada announced last month that it would resettle the Afghans amid what it called a dynamic and deteriorating situation.
NewsAFP NewsBiden offers Hong Kongers in US safe haven
President Joe Biden announced Thursday that Hong Kong citizens currently in the United States who fear for their safety amid the political crackdown back home will receive temporary safe haven.
NewsAFP NewsNotorious Afghan warlord returns to fight for besieged home
Infamous warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum has returned to Afghanistan as the Taliban inch closer to taking control of his longtime stronghold in the north and fight for control of a string of cities elsewhere.
LifestyleHuffPostHaving A Messy House Doesn’t Make Me A Bad Person ― Or A Bad Mom
"Being messy isn’t a character failing."
NewsAFP NewsChina restarts coal mines to meet surging power demand
China's top planning authority has allowed shuttered coal mines to restart production as the country works to meet surging power demand while forging ahead with ambitious climate goals.
NewsReutersMexico president confirms plan to host Venezuela talks
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico will host talks between the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and the political opposition, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador told reporters on Thursday, the first time a Mexican official has confirmed the negotiations. "What we're looking for is that there's dialogue and agreements between the parties," said Lopez Obrador, declining to provide more details. It was not clear where in Mexico the talks would be held.
NewsReutersNavalny's allies say Russia not able to track new form of donations
Allies of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny introduced on Thursday a new way to accept online donations from Russia, using U.S. payments processor Stripe, so that authorities could not track and punish their supporters. The announcement came via multiple social media accounts of Navalny's team, which is largely based outside Russia, the day after a Russian court rejected an appeal against a decision to label their Anti-Corruption Foundation an "extremist" group.
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