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What is COP26? Your quick guide to United Nations climate change summit in Glasgow  USA TODAY Climate change: UN emissions gap report a ‘thundering wake-up call’  BBC News Presidents, prime ministers, activists and royals: Who’s going to COP26, Glasgow’s climate change conference  Yahoo

The founder of the Hastings College of the Law masterminded the killings of hundreds of Native Americans. The school, tribal members and alumni disagree about what should be done now.

Democrats say the tax on billionaire assets would help pay for President Biden’s social spending bill. (Image credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

“Obstetrical emergency departments” are a new aspect of some hospitals that can inflate medical bills for even the easiest, healthiest births. Just ask baby Gus’s parents about their $2,755 ER charge. (Image credit: Rae Ellen Bichell/KHN)

Billionaires Income Tax: What’s in the Senate Democratic plan  NPR Elon Musk rips billionaire-tax plan that could give him $10 billion bill  Business Insider Many progressives grudgingly accepting smaller economic bill  Associated Press Is Biden’s entire agenda about to shrink into nothingness?  The Guardian

A top Pentagon official tells senators that Islamic State wants to launch attacks, and that it isn’t clear if the Taliban can counter the threat.

Brazilian commission votes in favor of recommending criminal charges against Bolsonaro  CNN Brazil senators back criminal charges against Bolsonaro over Covid handling  BBC News Trump endorses Bolsonaro as Brazil’s Senate recommends charges  Yahoo News Trump issues endorsement for Bolsonaro | TheHill  The Hill Brazil

LONDON — The U.S. government is scheduled to ask Britain’s High Court on Wednesday to overturn a judge’s decision that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should not be sent to the United States to face espionage charges. In January, a lower

Coronavirus morbidity in Israel continues to decline, with positivity rate hitting a four-month low and serious cases dropping

Health Ministry director says arrivals who have received Sputnik V shots will need to take a serology test to confirm antibodies