Month: December 2021
Hong Kong Pro-Democracy News Site Closes After Police Raid and Arrests
(HONG KONG) — A vocal pro-democracy website in Hong Kong shut down Wednesday after police raided its office and arrested seven current and former editors, board members and a journalist in a continuing crackdown on dissent in the semi-autonomous Chinese
Read MoreAmanda Gorman Releases End-Of-Year Poem—New Day’s Lyric
(NEW YORK) — Amanda Gorman is ending her extraordinary year on a hopeful note. The 23-year-old poet, whose reading of her own “The Hill We Climb” at President Joe Biden’s inauguration made her an international sensation, released a new work
Read MoreUS appoints envoy to defend Afghan women’s rights
Washington (AFP) – The United States on Wednesday appointed an envoy to defend the rights of Afghan women, signaling a key priority as the Taliban ratchet up restrictions. Rina Amiri, an Afghan-born US scholar and mediation expert who served at
Read MoreHow the Pandemic Could Finally End the Mommy Wars
What does it mean to be a good mother? For most of my life, I’ve received conflicting answers to this question. Growing up, my parents revered mothers like mine, who walked away from a career in medicine to stay at
Read MoreStatement by NSC Spokesperson Emily Horne on President Biden’s Upcoming Phone Call with President Vladimir Putin of Russia – The White House
Statement by NSC Spokesperson Emily Horne on President Biden’s Upcoming Phone Call with President Vladimir Putin of Russia The White House
Read MoreWatch: TIME’s Best Short Documentaries of 2021
This year, many of us turned to film to be transported outside the confines of our homes. With that in mind, at TIME we commissioned documentaries that took viewers on journeys—whether inside the mind of a beloved pet, along for
Read MoreNew COVID-19 Cases in U.S. Rise to Highest Levels on Record
(CHICAGO) — More than a year after the vaccine was rolled out, new cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. have soared to the highest level on record at over 265,000 per day on average, a surge driven largely by the
Read MoreFrance puts pressure on the unvaccinated as it again breaks its COVID-19 case record
France’s government is forging ahead with efforts to increase pressure on unvaccinated people to get coronavirus jabs.
Read MoreHolmes jury resumes deliberations after closed-door meeting
The jury weighing fraud charges against former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes will resume their lengthy deliberations amid some intrigue raised by a closed-door meeting among her attorneys, federal prosecutors and the judge presiding the case.
Read MoreThe best thing Donald Trump has done in years – CNN
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