Gov. Reynolds declines request to house migrant children in Iowa
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Reynolds says border surge is ‘not our problem,’ declines federal request for help with child migrants
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Iowa doesn’t have the capacity to take in migrant children in federal custody during a surge of people seeking to enter the United States, Gov. Kim Reynolds said Thursday. U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported more than 172,000 immigrants seeking entry to … Read More
Biden to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan by 9/11
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President Biden has decided to withdraw military forces from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021, the twentieth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, a U.S. official confirmed to CBS News. President Biden is expected to announce Wednesday … Read More
MEPs raise concerns on vaccine ‘travel certificates’
posted in: European Union, News
The EU’s ‘Digital Green Certificate’ aims to ease travel within the bloc this summer (Photo: rudlavibizon) EU commissioner for justice Didier Reynders on Tuesday (13 April) announced that a pilot project for EU-wide vaccine certificates could be launched “in the … Read More
MEPs stall EU-UK trade deal ratification — again
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European Parliament leaders had been expected to announce that the deal would finally be ratified in late April. Leading MEPs on Tuesday once again refused to set a date to ratify the EU-U.K. post-Brexit trade deal, saying they would wait until … Read More
Yellen calls for minimum global corporate income tax
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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Monday urged the adoption of a minimum global corporate income tax, an effort to at least partially offset any disadvantages that might arise from the Biden administration’s proposed increase in the … Read More
Pope Francis Calls For “Global Governance” And Vaccines For All
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Pope Francis has officially called for “global governance” and held up the goal of “universal vaccines” in an April 4 letter—a letter in which God is mentioned only once, but vaccines mentioned three times. The letter was sent to the Spring 2021 virtual meeting … Read More
Iran nuclear chief says Natanz site hit by “terrorist” act – TV
posted in: Middle East, News
DUBAI, April 11 (Reuters) – An accident at Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility on Sunday was the result of a “terrorist” act, the country’s nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi said, according to state TV. He said the international community and the … Read More
Countries worldwide hit new records for virus cases, deaths
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Brazil this week becomes 2nd country after US to report a 24-hour tally of COVID-19 deaths that exceeded 4,000. In this April 7, 2021, file photo, cemetery workers wearing protective gear lower the coffin of a person who died from … Read More
‘Enough prayers, time for some action’: Biden introduces executive orders on gun control
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WASHINGTON – The White House believes the United States is enduring a “gun violence public health epidemic,” so President Joe Biden is taking executive action to address it. Biden spoke from the Rose Garden Thursday morning, announcing new gun control measures that … Read More