2 March - iGoogle Portal - Tab 9

Utopia – you are standing in it!

• Behind on my blasphemy

  9 hours ago

• Red Terror in Soviet Russia I THE GREAT WAR Week 215

  13 hours ago

• Leonardo da Vinci: The Renaissance Man

  14 hours ago

TARPLEY.net

• Report Shows Role of Chinese Communist Cyberwarfare in Attacks on Electricity Grid of India

  United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|March 1, 2021 Report Shows Role of Chinese Communist Cyberwarfare in Attacks on Electricity Grid of India; People’s Liberation Army “Red Echo” Unit Allegedly...

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• House Passes Emergency Pandemic Rescue Package

  House Passes $1.9 Trillion Emergency Pandemic Rescue Package by 219-212 Vote; Measure Includes $15 Federal Minimum Wage, with Pelosi Defying Reactionary Senate Rules; Reforms Can Create 7 Million Jobs and Cut Child Poverty in Half; All...

  3 days ago

• Trump’s Financial Records and Tax Returns Are Now in the Physical Possession of Manhattan DA

  United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|February 25, 2021 Like the Guy Fawkes Gunpowder Plot under the British Parliament in November 1605: Captain Pittman of US Capitol Police Warns Hill Committee...

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Sustainable Pulse

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  Glyphosate Releases DDT and Chlordecone from Soil into Water by Increasing Erosion – New Study

  The toxic pesticide chlordecone was used on banana plantations in the French West Indies until 1993 but continued to pollute the waters surrounding the islands long afterwards. This pollution puzzled researchers, who expected the hydrophobic...

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  COUNT DOWN: How Our Modern World Is Threatening Sperm Counts, Altering Male and Female Reproductive Development, and Imperiling the Future of the Human Race

  In 2017, Dr. Shanna Swan and her research team made an alarming discovery: Western men have experienced a 50% decline in sperm counts over the past 40 years. How did this happen and what does this mean for our future? Dr. Swan came to her conclusions...

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  Major Weedkillers Increase Prevalence of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria in Soil

  The use of weed killers can increase the prevalence of antibiotic resistant bacteria in soil, a new study from the University of York in the UK shows. Herbicides are one of the most widely used chemicals in agriculture and while these compounds...

  7 days ago

sunshine hours

• The Earth is Getting Greener

  The world is getting greener. But if you read the newspapers, you'd never know! https://t.co/F4u1ARDH7o pic.twitter.com/tVJ1hjNjLw— Bishop Hill (@aDissentient) February 24, 2021

  6 days ago

• Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 46 – 2021

            South / North

  14 days ago

• Wind Power?

  BREAKING: Nearly half of Texas' wind power generation capacity has been offline because of frozen wind turbines in West Texas, grid operators report 1/ https://t.co/Qfi25KN37n— Austin Statesman (@statesman) February 14, 2021...

  15 days ago

Stagecraft and Statecraft

• Biden should follow Trump’s lead on China

  Donald Trump’s tough China policy is his most consequential – and constructive – foreign-policy legacy. Unless President Joe Biden pursues a similar approach, the erosion of US global leadership will become inexorable. BRAHMA CHELLANEY, Project...

  24 days ago

• Don’t Isolate Myanmar

  US President Joe Biden’s administration must not ignore how often American sanctions against other countries have worked to China’s advantage. In this light, the US must take a cautious and prudent approach on Myanmar. BRAHMA CHELLANEY, Project...

  a month ago

• Free vaccines and India’s humanitarian diplomacy

  BY BRAHMA CHELLANEY, The Japan Times Large parts of the world are still reeling from the rampaging spread of the coronavirus, with renewed lockdowns in effect in many places. With every stricken country focused on tackling its COVID-19...

  a month ago

Ramani's blog

• Ram Temples Before 4025 BC Thirukkoilur Srirangam Tirupati

  Rama.As the date of birth of Poigai Azhwar is 4025 BC,these temples should have existed before 4025 BC

  a month ago

• Pandyas Chandra Vamsa Royal Emblem Fish By Pururavas

  Pururavas introduced the dynasty's emblem - a pair of fish, and shared his throne and taxes with Indra.

  a month ago

• Six Thousand Year Temple with Rama Chennai Parthasarathi Perumal

  Poigai Azhwar is dated at 4205 BC. The Thiruvaklikkeni temple about which Peyazhwar sung, should therefore be older than Fifth Century BC.

  a month ago

Diane Ravitch's blog

• Go to This Link to See Best Posts of the Day

  Peter Greene is listing the best blog posts of the day here on the NPE website. Don’t miss his selection!

  11 hours ago

• A Grand Virtual Festival to Honor Sir Ken Robinson

  Sir Ken Robinson inspired educators around the world with his vision of child-centered schools that focused on imagination, creativity, the arts, and the joy of learning. Sadly, he died last August at the age of 70. His daughter Kate Robinson...

  13 hours ago

• New Hampshire: Rightwing Commissioner Offers Top Job to DeVos Clone

  Since the 2020 election, Republicans have controlled both houses of the New Hampshire. The governor is Chris Sununu, a very conservative Republican and son of John Sununu, who was chief of staff to George H.W. Bush. In other words, New Hampshire...

  14 hours ago

NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

• No, Forbes, Texas Blackouts Were Not Caused By Climate Change

  By Paul Homewood     Needless to say, it did not take long for the worms to come out of the woodwork and blame the Texas cold weather on global warming:   A record-setting polar vortex, which brought intense cold to a majority of the American...

  17 hours ago

• Carney’s ‘net-zero’ investment firm has billions in coal and oil sands projects

  By Paul Homewood h/t Dennis Ambler We have an early candidate for hypocrite of the year award! .   A Canadian company that employs UN climate finance envoy Mark Carney as vice-chair has invested billions of dollars in fossil fuel projects...

  2 days ago

• A third of top UK firms emit enough CO2 to push up global warming by 2.7C–Latest Guardian Lies

  By Paul Homewood   h/t Cheshire Red   Even by Guardian standards, this has to be one of the most mendacious, not to mention absurd, articles yet:   Three out of 10 of the UK’s biggest public companies emit carbon dioxide at a rate that would...

  2 days ago

NoTricksZone

• JMA Data: Winter Global Warming Left Japan Decades Ago, No Warming In 32 Years

  By Kirye and Pierre The meteorological winter, defined as December 1 to February 28, has just ended and the data for mean winter temperature are available for the Pacific island nation of Japan. The question on everyone’s mind is: Are winters...

  13 hours ago

• New Study: Drought In Western US Is 84% Driven By Internal Variability And 16% By Ocean Cooling

  An assessment of the 1856-2012 drought frequency/intensity along the US West Coast leaves no role for human activity in hydroclimate. Across the globe, no clear precipitation trends have been observed in the last several decades (Nguyen...

  a day ago

• Faulty Hypothesis? NASA ERB Measurements Don’t Show Significant Radiative Budget Differences

  NASA earth radiation budget measurement from satellite data don’t support global warming claims. Analyst blogger Zoe Phin downloaded and analyzed 10 gigabytes of NASA instrumental data on the earth’s radiation budget (ERB) fully...

  3 days ago

NEPC Blog Post of the Day

• Sherman Dorn: What Ed Policy Wonks Might Want to Know About the CDC School Advice, February 2021

  Sherman Dorn: What Ed Policy Wonks Might Want to Know About the CDC School Advice, February 2021 Three and a half weeks into the new administration, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released a new set of guidelines...

  12 hours ago

• Ed Politics: We Need a Democratic Approach to Reimagining Schools—Asking People, Not Billionaires and Ideologues, What They Want

  Ed Politics: We Need a Democratic Approach to Reimagining Schools—Asking People, Not Billionaires and Ideologues, What They Want As soon as Anna Grant’s busy workday at Forest View Elementary School in Durham, North Carolina, ended...

  2 days ago

• Ed in the Apple: Can President Biden Reduce Childhood Poverty?

  Ed in the Apple: Can President Biden Reduce Childhood Poverty? Last summer the presidential campaign was in full swing and while were sheltering in place; candidate Biden released his education policy platform, As president, Joe Biden will...

  5 days ago

Victor Davis Hanson Private Papers

• Was COVID-19 Our Neutron Bomb?

  Victor Davis Hanson // American Greatness In the 1970s and 1980s, furor arose over our possible use of the “neutron bomb” that macabrely would “kill people, but not destroy property.” The logic of the perverse weapon was that on allied...

  15 hours ago

• The illustrious Stanford Left turns against three of its own not on the Left. @VDHanson

  15 hours ago

• West’s ‘wokeness’ helped Russia to redefine a ‘prisoner of conscience’

  An article by my Hoover colleague Dr. Paul Gregory in The Hill By forcing the standards of “wokeness” on a Western institution like Amnesty International, the Kremlin has weakened Russian dissident Aleksei Navalny as he begins his...

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The Moderate Voice

• Biden withdraws Tanden’s nomination to be White House budget chief

  By Nandita Bose and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden on Tuesday withdrew the nomination of Neera Tanden to be his budget director after she ran into stiff opposition over tweets that upset lawmakers, in the first Capitol...

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• GRAB ‘EM BY THE CUOMO (Cartoon and Column)

  Goddammit, Andrew Cuomo. Stop making me draw cartoons about you. When I drew a cartoon on the scandal of Cuomo covering up the number of nursing home deaths from covid, liberals came at me. I got a lot of “but what about Trump?” and “you’re...

  7 hours ago

• Crunch Time: Donate to The Moderate Voice’s Fundraiser

  The Moderate Voice needs your help. It is crunch time: ad revenues are way down (not unusual for most weblogs, the bulk of which have vanished from several years ago due to shrinking ad revenue and Google’s robot changing blog rankings in some...

  12 hours ago

Marginal REVOLUTION

• Causes of the sex drought

  Among young men, declines in drinking frequency, an increase in computer gaming, and the growing percentage who coreside with their parents all contribute significantly to the decline in casual sex. The authors find no evidence that trends...

  9 hours ago

• Tuesday assorted links

  1. Berk’s deep dive into the male/female seminar questions paper.  For women there is a hostile question every twelve seminars, so might they, at least in this regard, be treated in a more friendly manner than I have been?  And what is the...

  12 hours ago

• Canada Moves to First Doses First

  The Canadian province of British Columbia has moved to First Doses First (as I suggested they would) with a four month (not three as in Great Britain) delay on the second dose. Quebec is already using FDF. I believe that the rest of Canada will...

  16 hours ago

Lloyd Lofthouse

• Why did America’s Founders include this Oath in the U.S. Constitution?

  U.S. Constitution: Article II, Section 1, Clause 8: “Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation:–I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President...

  9 days ago

• Republican Leader: The Election Is Over

  Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Trevor Potter is a Republican who was former chairman of the Federal Election Commission and president of the Campaign Legal Center. He writes here about efforts by Trump and his surrogates to promote…...

  2 months ago

• Don’t Give Employers a COVID Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card!

  Originally posted on GFBrandenburg's Blog: This is by David Sirota and Julia Rock, published in The Guardian. “Support from Democratic lawmakers for the liability shield legislation comes after the same healthcare lobby group that drafted...

  3 months ago

MintPress News

• Engaging the World: The ‘Fascinating Story’ of Hamas’s Political Evolution

  As Moscow continues to cement its presence in the Middle East, Hamas sees a rare opportunity to break away from US-Israel imposed isolation. The post Engaging the World: The ‘Fascinating Story’ of Hamas’s Political Evolution appeared...

  9 hours ago

• Chris Hedges: The Age of Social Murder

  The ruling elites, despite the accelerating and tangible ecological collapse, mollify us, either by meaningless gestures or denial. The post Chris Hedges: The Age of Social Murder appeared first on MintPress News...

  14 hours ago

• Sovereign 2: Could Cuba’s Covid Vaccine Break Big Pharma’s Grip on Production?

  "A successful coronavirus vaccine from Cuba would help to break the global control of the market by the big pharmaceutical companies in the US and Europe.” -- Antiguan Barbudan diplomat Sir Ronald Sanders The post Sovereign 2: Could Cuba’s...

  a day ago

Made from Truth and Lies

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  instagram cross-post

  The Creation Of Adam. Michelangelo (1512) Original is here on instagram. Original post on Dreamwidth - there are comments there.

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  Interesting Links for 02-03-2021

  A journalist, the N word, and the New York Times(tags:journalism racism )Tomahawk Steakhouse staff told to loan the firm 10% or they could be sacked(tags:restaurant food money OhForFucksSake UK )TV (and movies) that cancel each other out(tags:funny...

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  To be, or not to be - language usage I'm not used to

  There was a link I shared a while back about places where Scottish and English varied.And I knew there was one which always bothered me, but I couldn't remember what it was. And then I remembered just now!The usage I encounter sometimes is "The...

  19 hours ago

www.gurukalehuru.com

• The Devaluation of Gold

  I haven’t actually paid too much attention to the CPAC conference. Trump spoke. Lots of very conservative people were there. No real surprises that I’ve heard of. So, I probably wouldn’t be commenting on it at all except OMG, that …...

  a day ago

• What’s in a Name? Potato.

  Farewell, Mr. Potato Head. Well, that may be a bit of an exaggeration. They’re changing the name of the product to Potato Head, so it will be in a box that has Potato Head in really big letters, but there … Continue reading →...

  3 days ago

• Senate Parliamentarian?

  When I read that the Senate Parliamentarian had advised against a $15 an hour minimum wage being included in the current ‘budget reconciliation’ bill, which I put in single quote marks because I imagine that is a misnomer, a euphemism …...

  4 days ago

Fragments from Floyd

• IF Power is Out on a Three Dog Night

  The wife and I are living under the jurisdiction of a new Energy Domain: new to solar panels, new to heat pumps and new to Generac propane generators. We are not so new to power outages, and wondering about “best practices” if, say, the power...

  2 months ago

• Space is a Crowded Place

  Space satellites may soon have to be capable of parallel parking if it gets any more crowded. And it definitely WILL!

  2 months ago

• Digital Maps to Nature Literacy

  TOOLS TO MEET OUR NEEDS We create tools to work for us: to dig foundations, to hoist steel girders for bridges, to record our words and thoughts for others or capture a likeness of another in a silver emulsion of an early photograph. Over the course...

  2 months ago

2 March -iGoogle Portal - Tab 8

 

• 8 Common, Long-Lasting Effects of Narcissistic Parenting 

  Living in the shadow of a narcissistic parent can stunt the development of our personality in many ways. To be raised by a narcissistic parent can make any child feel that they are not good enough. Here are eight common effects of narcissistic...

  18 hours ago

• How to Reprogram Your Subconscious Mind to Reach Your Goals

  About 97% of your brain belongs to your subconscious mind. Therefore it is way more powerful than your conscious mind. Your subconscious mind is the gatekeeper of your comfort zone. That is why you also need to focus on your subconscious mind...

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• The 12 Laws of Karma Explained

  Karma can be defined as good or bad luck, viewed as resulting from one’s actions.  Karma is a lifestyle that encourages positive thinking and positive actions. It is not meant to punish you. It’s there to help you learn. How else are you...

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Have You Heard

• Learning to Earn

  TweetThe idea that more education is the way to help workers get ahead is a cherished American principle. In fact, this “human capital” view of education dates all the way back to another period of roaring inequality in the US: the Gilded...

  6 days ago

• School Ratings, Rankings and Wrongdoing

  TweetSchool ranking season is on us once again, which means that Have You Heard co-host Jack Schneider is in a lather. Episode #106 is devoted to demystifying the “brutal pessimism” of school rankings and ratings, from higher education...

  20 days ago

• Reopening a Can of Worms

  TweetHave You Heard wades into the pitched debate about reopening schools. We hear from an epidemiologist, then tour the land to talk to parents and teachers who are trying to navigate an impossibly complex situation. Have You Heard · #105...

  a month ago

Chicago Boyz

• Picking Up The Pieces

  Well, two weeks ago we were freezing our butts off. Two days ago, we are having to run the AC because it turned warm, muggy, and humid. And today it’s cold and rainy again. Welcome to Texas. Don’t like the weather? Wait five minutes or a week...

  a day ago

• Worthwhile Reading

  Vitaliy Katsenelson writes worthwhile content for those interested in investing, art, classical music, and philosophical thoughts about life in general.  See his recent post about coveting and envy. Doggedness, canine and human. A piece...

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Centinel2012

• TRUMP MAKES A “HOLE IN ONE” WITH CPAC SPEECH

  Re-posted from GrrrGraphics.com MAR 1, 2021 AT 12:09 PM The legitimate President, Donald J. Trump, made a triumphant return with his first public speech since the election was stolen.  The crowd was enthusiastic and chanted the now...

  9 hours ago

• Spinning Turbines, or Not!

  Tony Heller Feb 17, 2021 The wind turbines have shut down in Texas, and now green energy scamsters are spinning the truth to place the blame on somebody else. YouTube shut me down for two weeks and has made it … Continue reading →...

  10 hours ago

• The LEFT Always Seeks to Suppress All Freedom & they Have Now Canceled Justice Thomas for his Vote

  Armstrong Economics Blog/Tyranny Re-Posted Mar 2, 2021 by Martin Armstrong The oppression by the left is always detrimental to freedom, for they do not believe in any freedom whatsoever — freedom must always conform to their vision of society...

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The BRAD BLOG

• Haaland's Historic Interior Nomination Becomes 'Proxy Fight' Over Much More: 'BradCast' 3/2/2021

  As Washington State's Democratic Senator Maria Cantwell suggested last week, the phony GOP uproar over Rep. Deb Haaland (D-NM)'s nomination by Joe Biden to become the first Native American Secretary of the U.S. Interior Department is a 'proxy...

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• 'Green News Report' - March 2, 2021

  IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Water crisis persists in Texas and Jackson, Mississippi, two weeks after extreme winter storm; Latinos disproportionately exposed to worst water in US, new study finds; US House passes Biden's COVID relief bill...

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• Post-Surge: 'We're Screwing it Up All Over Again': 'BradCast' 3/1/2021

  Plummeting COVID rates and FDA approval of a brand new, one-shot vaccine seem like very good news! And it is...if it weren't for our propensity to screw it all up again, as our guest on today's BradCast explains. [Audio link to today's full show...

  a day ago

bluebird of bitterness

• It’s a dog’s life

  Fred arrived at the movie theater a few minutes late, after the movie had already started. As his eyes adjusted to the darkness, he noticed a dog sitting next to its owner in the row ahead of him. The dog seemed to be watching the movie with great...

  11 hours ago

• How to have a good time with things you probably have lying around the house

  15 hours ago

• Monday chuckles

   

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BlackListed News

• Merck To Manufacture Johnson & Johnson Single Shot Vaccine Amid Efficacy Questions

  Update (0910ET): In a promising development for anyone fearful of vaccine supply issues, The Wall Street Journal reports that Merck will help produce Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot Covid-19 vaccine. According to administration...

  a day ago

• Paid Social Media Influencers To Spread Law Enforcement's Version Of George Floyd's Killing

  Much has been written about police departments using taxpayer dollars to create their own Public Relations (PR) departments. But this latest twist might leave you screaming for justice for George Floyd's killers...

  a day ago

• Reasons Why Bill Gates Is Now America’s Biggest Farmland Owner

  The inflation hedge is definitely a part of it, but my guess is that future production of dangerous frankenpHood is the main driver.

  2 days ago

Research Digest

• Companies Undermine “Sacred” Values Like Environmentalism When Co-opting Them For Profit Or Prestige

  By Emma Young. When companies used such values for corporate gain, people felt those values were less sacred.

  17 hours ago

• Americans Simultaneously Hold Both Positive And Negative Stereotypes About Atheists

  By Emily Reynolds. Participants believed atheists to be fun and open-minded, at the same time as finding them immoral.

  2 days ago

• Phone Fears And Dolphin Directions: The Week’s Best Psychology Links

  Our weekly round-up of the best psychology coverage from elsewhere on the web In 2001, Air Transat Flight 236 lost…

  5 days ago

Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places

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  The Man Who Built 40 Castles Around a Little German Town

  You notice the castles the minute you arrive in Gerbstedt, a quiet little town in Germany’s Saxony-Anhalt state, an hour’s drive from Leipzig. Elaborately constructed miniature castles, replete with tiny windows, shrubs, and dwellers...

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  Leave Only Footsteps and Take Your Poop When Visiting Japan's Lush Iriomote Island

  Picking through overhanging palm leaves and tiptoeing over mangrove roots, the sound of gushing water rumbles into earshot, drowning out the chirp of tropical birds and insects. The rainforest clears, revealing a crystalline rock pool...

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  Niigata Rice Cracker Museum & Bakauke Inari in Niigata, Japan

  A rice cracker notable for its banana-like shape, bakauke is a very popular snack in Japan. It comes in flavors like soy sauce with seaweed, soy sauce and sesame, and mild curry. The cracker was introduced in 1990 by Befco, then known...

  12 hours ago

Accidental Deliberations

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  Tuesday Night Cat Blogging

  Slumbering cats. 

  an hour ago

• Tuesday Afternoon Links

  This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Rob Gillezeau discusses how public health measures offer better results even in sheer economic terms than allowing an excess of activity which causes community spread. Joan Greve reports on the CDC's...

  10 hours ago

• Monday Morning Links

  Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Karl Leffme interviews Jake Lytle about the movement to unionize marijuana-related work in Chicago. And Jay Greene and Eli Rosernberg report on an all-too-rare expression of support for unionization...

  2 days ago

2March - iGoogle Portal - Tab 7 - MSM

 

WIRED

• Twitch's First Transparency Report Is Here—and Long Overdue

  The decade-old streaming platform has for the first time detailed its efforts to safeguard its user base in one place.

  8 hours ago

• Six-Word Sci-Fi: Stories Written By You

  Here's this month's prompt, how to submit, and an illustrated archive of past favorites.

  8 hours ago

• Strap on a HoloLens and Step Into the AR Conference Room

  Microsoft’s new Mesh software platform helps faraway coworkers meet up and interact in mixed reality. The results are, well, still mixed.

  9 hours ago

NYT > Home Page

• Enough Vaccine Will Be Available for Every U.S. Adult by May 31, Biden Says

  The first detailed studies of the so-called P.1 variant show how it spread in the Amazonian city of Manaus. Here’s the latest Covid-19 news.

  3 hours ago

• Biden Administration Announces First Sanctions on Russia in Navalny Case

  The action came as the administration declassified an intelligence finding that the F.S.B., one of Russia’s leading intelligence agencies, was responsible for the poisoning of Aleksei A. Navalny.

  3 hours ago

• Biden’s Picks for Financial Regulator Jobs Emphasize Transparency and Fairness

  Nominees to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau faced questions about the limits of their power but said they wouldn’t shy from flexing it.

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India News, Latest News in India, Live News India, India Breaking News - Ti

• 23 inmates of T’gana old-age home stage a miraculous recovery

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• Six-term BJP MP succumbs to Covid

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• Congress accuses governor of shielding Manipur government

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BBC News - UK

• Contraception: Should the pill be sold over the counter?

  Reaction to the idea on social media has been mixed. Here's what doctors and pharmacists have to say.

  an hour ago

• Covid vaccine being tested in patients with low immunity

  The race is on to find out if those with cancer and other conditions can be protected as the UK unlocks.

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• The 'LitterCam' that's watching you

  AI software can now match footage of motorists throwing rubbish with their car's number plate and issue an automatic fine .

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