Month: June 2021
Biden expands Trump’s list of Chinese companies banned from US investment – CNN
Biden expands Trump’s list of Chinese companies banned from US investment CNN Biden prohibits U.S. investment in 59 Chinese companies allegedly tied to military, surveillance CNBC Biden Expands Trump-Era Ban on Investment in Chinese Firms Linked to Military The New York Times One
Read MoreTwo Israeli film directors competing at Cannes
New flicks from award-winning Nadav Lapid and Eran Kolirin will feature at renowned French event
Read MoreSurge In Traffic Deaths In 2020 Linked To Drivers’ Risky Behavior During The Pandemic
Safety regulators say a 7% spike in deaths last year, the biggest increase in 13 years, may have come from drivers speeding and taking other risks on less-congested roads. (Image credit: Mark J. Terrill/AP)
Read MoreSome fear Republicans’ post-Trump actions are eroding democracy
To advocates of democracy, the persistence of Republicans’ election denial shows how the party is increasingly open to bucking democratic norms. That’s raising the prospect that Republicans might take the extraordinary step of refusing to certify future elections if they
Read MoreDissident Belarusian journalist appears to praise President Lukashenko in new video
Dissident journalist Roman Protasevich has been filmed appearing to praise Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko in a new video.
Read MoreInternational Committee Of The Red Cross Director On Hurdles To Aid Gaza And Israel
NPR’s Ari Shapiro speaks with Robert Mardini, the director-general of the International Committee of the Red Cross, about the situation in Gaza and Israel after the 11-day war in May.
Read MoreIsraeli and European police arrest suspects in Israel-run investment fraud
On May 11, police in several countries carried out arrests and searches in connection with the allegedly fraudulent websites: Tradorax, Tradervc, Kayafx, Kontofx and Libramarkets
Read MoreIran foreign minister cheers Netanyahu being sent ‘to the dustbin of history’
Mohammad Javad Zarif publicly celebrates Israeli premier’s potential ouster, says he has ‘joined the disgraceful journey of his anti-Iran co-conspirators’
Read MoreHundreds rally near homes of Yamina’s Shaked, Orbach, urge them to oppose gov’t
At rally, far-right party leader Smotrich says many of those present ‘feel betrayed’; Likud MK on coalition: The ‘greatest fraud’ ever in Israel
Read MoreBiden offers to keep 2017 Trump tax cuts intact in infrastructure counteroffer to GOP – USA TODAY
Biden offers to keep 2017 Trump tax cuts intact in infrastructure counteroffer to GOP USA TODAY Opinion | How Joe Manchin Could Make the Senate Great Again The New York Times Biden offers tax concession in infrastructure talks with key Republican The Washington
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