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US Military Police walk past Afghan refugees at the Ft. McCoy Army base on September 30 in Ft. McCoy, Wisconsin. The fort is one of eight military installations across the country that is temporarily housing the tens of thousands of

Top Democrats signaled a deal is within reach on President Joe Biden’s big domestic bill but momentum fizzled and tempers flared late Wednesday as a paid family leave proposal fell out and a billionaires’ tax appeared scrapped, mostly to satisfy

President Joe Biden is traveling to Capitol Hill to pitch House Democrats on a dramatically scaled back domestic policy package.

India’s government is asking Facebook for details about how it monitors and removes inflammatory content on its platform in the country, following reports that say Facebook researchers had determined the company’s services contain inflammatory content in India.

The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs is expected to hold a hearing Thursday about how social media platforms amplify domestic extremist content.

Businesses have urged Beijing to implement a plan to end the strict pandemic regime, warning of the increasing economic toll, as much of the world has begun opening borders.

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BEIJING (Reuters) – A few border cities in northeastern China started to tighten COVID-19 measures, restricting travel and limiting gatherings in public spaces, and some declared a “pre-war” mode of vigilance and monitoring, as China combats an outbreak hitting mainly

First feminists, then the middle class — now Mexico’s largest university is under attack from President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who accuses it of aligning itself with “neoliberals” who plundered the nation. Lopez Obrador has repeatedly criticized the National Autonomous