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“We’re all Palestinians now,” some say, as people around the world are under Covid-19 lockdown and rendered jobless. While the reference is apt, Palestinians in Gaza have been under the most severe lockdown in the world for 14 long years.   As 2021 has gone on, it has become increasingly clear …

Three individuals were detained for public violence offences, seven for defying police orders, and the rest for flouting the government’s Covid-19 restrictions, local news site NL Times reported, citing a police spokesperson. Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema reportedly helped officers break up the protests in the central Museum Square, before riot …

“We’re celebrating International Women’s Day by defending women’s sports,” Noem said Monday on Twitter, minutes after the South Dakota Senate passed the state’s Women’s Fairness in Sports legislation. “I’m excited to sign this bill very soon.” South Dakota’s bill was passed after Mississippi lawmakers approved similar legislation last week. Mississippi …

Effective on March 16, bars, restaurants, theaters and gyms will be allowed to resume normal operations, and the statewide mask mandate will end, Gordon said on Monday in a statement. Masks will continue to be required in schools, and residents are encouraged to keep wearing face coverings in indoor public …

Biden announced on Monday the nominations of US Air Force General Jacqueline Van Ovost to head the Transportation Command and Army Lieutenant-General Laura Richardson to lead the Southern Command. “We need little girls and boys both … to know this is what generals in the US armed forces look like,” …

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the Temporary Protected Status designation on Monday, allowing some 320,000 eligible migrants to stay in the US for another 18 months while citing “extraordinary” conditions in the Latin American nation that prevent citizens from returning home. “The living conditions in Venezuela reveal a …

Over the weekend, the Wall Street Journal quoted an unnamed State Department official to claim that Russia is using four websites “linked to” intelligence agencies to “inject false narratives” about Western vaccines against Covid-19 that “can be amplified” by other media.  Asked about this on Monday, White House spokeswoman Jen …

“In order to lead this great state as governor, you need to have credibility and trust,” Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay said on Monday in a press briefing. “Unfortunately, we feel the governor has lost that and now has lost the ability to lead. We’re introducing this (resolution) because the …

“We took the site down to investigate a security breach,” Gab announced on Monday afternoon via their Twitter account. Users trying to log into Gab were greeted with an “internal error” message and told to try again.  “Banks are banning us. Hackers are attacking us. Journalists are libeling us. Why?” …

Supreme Court judge Edson Fachin ruled on Monday that the 13th Federal Court of Curitiba, which had convicted Lula of money laundering and corruption, actually had no jurisdiction over the cases. The judge annulled all sentences handed to the 75-year-old in relation to ‘Operation Lava Jato’ (Car Wash) – a …