Blinken opened Thursday’s summit with a series of charges against Beijing, voicing “deep concerns” about alleged “economic coercion” against US allies, rights abuses within China and the threat the country poses to the “rules-based order that maintains global stability.” The secretary’s aggressive tone was soon matched by China’s top diplomat, …
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Former US president Donald Trump made one last effort to prove he was sincere about prying the US military loose from its two-decade engagement in Afghanistan when he signed an executive order demanding all remaining troops be pulled from the country before the year’s end – just days after November’s …
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Among the country’s departments – or regions – targeted by health chiefs in the latest restrictions is Alpes-Maritimes on the French Riviera, which contains the city of Nice and was already put under weekend lockdown last month. Non-essential retailers in the 16 areas will be forced to close and …
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Asked by reporters on Thursday whether Biden would consider the offer from his Russian counterpart, spokeswoman Jen Psaki answered in the negative, saying she did not have any news about a future meeting, virtual or otherwise, and that the president’s schedule is full. “I’ll have to get back to you …
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“The government’s priority remains to vaccinate as many people as possible as quickly as possible,” Draghi said in a statement, after the European Medicines Agency (EMA) found no overall risk of blood clotting linked to the jab. The French prime minister and the health ministers of Latvia, Lithuania and Cyprus …
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The Kentucky senator demanded Fauci explain why Americans who’d already been sick with Covid-19 and recovered, or received the vaccine should be “wearing masks well into 2022” during a Senate hearing on Thursday. Insisting there “no scientific studies arguing or proving that infection with Covid does not create immunity,” Paul …
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The official said the number of youths detained after attempting to cross the border had soared to 14,000 during a Thursday press briefing, noting that they are divided between facilities run by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the US Border Patrol. While the official argued that …
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US President Joe Biden’s election heralds a return to business as usual, where Wall Street and large corporations dictate domestic policy whilst the State Department and Pentagon spearhead America’s imperialist ambitions abroad. The US establishment and its allies can cool their nerves. In contrast to Donald Trump, who was accused …
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Today senior US and Chinese officials are meeting for the first time under the Biden administration in Alaska, but the welcome is likely to be as cold as the weather in Anchorage. Both sides have a long list of grievances and demands as a prerequisite for any improvements in relations, …
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McCammond, who was due to take up the lead role at Teen Vogue on Wednesday, has been forced to step down after staffers at the ultra-woke outlet complained about a bevy of offensive tweets she had posted a decade ago mocking Asians and LGBTQ people. Readers and at least two …
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