The law bans the sale of Confederate flags, swastikas and other so-called hate symbols – a restriction that would require the government to determine what speech is hateful. Announcing the bill on Tuesday, the governor argued that the legislation will “safeguard New Yorkers from the fear-instilling effects of these abhorrent …
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“It’s breathtaking, isn’t it?” wrote Sergey Kud-Sverchkov on his VK page above a short video of the spacewalk. The four-minute clip shows Kud-Sverchkov and ISS-64 Expedition Commander Sergey Ryzhikov working on dismantling parts of the ‘Pirs’ (Pier) module during a November 18 spacewalk that took 6 hours and 47 minutes. This …
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News outlets across the US trumpeted Buttigieg as the ‘first out Cabinet member’ on Wednesday as Joe Biden appointed the former Democratic presidential candidate as his secretary of transportation. The president-elect has made a point of checking as many ‘diversity’ boxes as possible with cabinet appointments, seemingly in a bid …
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The digital currency was trading more than six percent higher, at $20,627 as of 14:15 GMT. It had been holding steady just below the $20,000 mark for most of the last three weeks. Bitcoin has gained more than 180 percent this year. Analysts attribute the surge to increased demand from larger investors (such as …
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The 7.95 billion euro ($9.67 billion) European Defence Fund (EDF) is being established for the 2021-2027 period, and around a third of the money will be used on research projects. The rest of the funds will be allocated to develop defense technologies, according to a statement by the European Council. …
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“This movie about a pandemic, made entirely during the pandemic, is not something anybody needs right now…or ever,” reads a review of ‘Songbird’ from The Ringer, which promises the movie will “make you sick.” ‘Songbird’, shot in June and released digitally today, is one of the most notable releases of …
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RDIF, which finances the development of Sputnik V, announced the deal on Thursday. The vaccine for Argentina is going to be produced by the fund’s international partners in India, China, South Korea and other countries. The contract would allow the South American nation, which has seen some 1,480,000 Covid-19 cases …
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Netanyahu made the announcement during a press conference with Health Minister Yuli Edelstein on Wednesday, where he said he would be the first in the country to take the jab. He also noted that health authorities would work to roll out tens of thousands of doses per day and begin …
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Biden officially announced Austin as his pick for Defense Secretary on Wednesday, calling the former general “the right person for this job…at this moment in our nation’s history.” Austin, a four-star general, would be “the first African-American at the helm of the Defense Department in well over 200 years,” Biden …
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Margaret Keenan, from Northern Ireland, received the vaccine on Tuesday morning. The retired jeweller will take a second dose of the drug in three weeks, and is expected to have full immunisation by early January. Footage shows a health worker administering the jab as Keenan sits in a large armchair. …
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