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A preliminary look at violence and murder rates for 2021 shows that the American people have much more than just a pandemic to contend with. In Portland, Oregon, for example, which is experiencing a soft sort of anarchy to this day following the killing of George Floyd on May 25 …

An internal email sent to NASA employees on Tuesday – leaked to The Intercept’s Ken Klippenstein – asks the space agency’s employees to volunteer to care  for “children without legal immigration status.”  The greatest need is in the area of “youth care” and “conducting and translating intake information.” The four …

The impressive year-on-year surge, to nearly 53 billion cubic meters, is reportedly due to the cold (in European terms) winter season. In March, the shipments totaled 18.2 billion cubic meters, reaching an all-time high, the company said. Germany, the biggest importer of Russian gas, nearly tripled its purchases in the …

Worse, the real numbers are likely higher. Three CBP officials familiar with the data told the Washington Post that “nearly 1,000 people per day” are sneaking past border agents overwhelmed by the need to process arriving families and unaccompanied minors. By the end of March, more migrants crossed the US-Mexican …

Hours after Araujo’s resignation was reported in the media – but not officially confirmed by Alvorada Palace – Azevedo e Silva announced he would be stepping down “knowing the mission was accomplished” and thanking Bolsonaro for the opportunity to serve.  While Azevedo’s resignation came as somewhat of a surprise, Araujo’s …

Turkey is expected to see an increase in tourist flows of up to 70% in 2021, according to Firuz Baglikaya, who heads the Association of Turkish Travel Agencies (TURSAB), as immunization against coronavirus picks up the pace in Turkey and around the world. “More than 400 million people have been …

As Democrats prepare to introduce an ambitious immigration reform bill on behalf of President Joe Biden, which would offer a pathway to citizenship for 11 million illegal immigrants living in the US, a crisis is unfolding at the country’s border with Mexico. Illegal crossings this year are set to surpass …

They call him Dr Doom. And today – as on many other days – it‘s not hard to see why. Almost all the news on the Covid front is good. Cases (so defined) are down from 60,000 a day in January to less than 5,000, the lowest level since September. …

Last month alone, outbound shipments spiked 154.9 percent year-on-year, marking a record monthly surge for Chinese exports. The sharp increase in exports, which was much higher than economists’ predictions, is partly explained by the low base from 2020, when exports fell over 17 percent as the government imposed lockdowns to …

Speaking to the Bundestag in Berlin on Thursday, the chancellor said Germany needed to maintain strict control to prevent mutations such as those found in the UK, Brazil and South Africa from wrecking Europe’s largest economy. The variants have been found so far in 13 of the 16 German states. …