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Arizona’s Ducey to Legally Challenge New Vaccine Mandate

October 21, 2021 Dime

Tucson’s city council held a vote to let go of city employees who are refusing to receive the Covid-19 vaccine, Fox News informed. Governor Doug Ducey has condemned the move describing it as unfathomable suggesting […]

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House Committee Backs Criminal Contempt Charges Against Bannon

October 20, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The U.S. congressional committee investigating the January 6 insurgence on the Capitol voted unanimously in favor of holding Steve Bannon in contempt-of-Congress. The longtime aide to former President Donald Trump has refused to comply with […]

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Facebook Pays Millions in Discrimination Settlement

October 20, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Facebook is in the hot seat once again. The social media platform has just shelled out $14 million in order to settle a US discrimination lawsuit. The Justice Department accused Facebook of discriminating against US […]

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Mayorkas Tests Positive for Covid-19 Days after Meeting with Maskless Biden

October 20, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Just days after attending an outdoor event with President Biden, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday morning after going through routine pre-travel protocols since was supposed to travel to Colombia […]

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US Surgeons Successfully Executed First Pig-to- Human Kidney Transplant

October 20, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

NYU Langone Health medical centre’s surgeons have made a scientific breakthrough that may yield in the future a vast new supply of organs for severely ill patients, by successfully attaching a kidney grown in a […]

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New US Special Envoy on Afghanistan’s Appointment Welcomed by the Taliban

October 20, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Afghan Foreign Ministry spokesman Abdul Kahar Balkki has welcomed the appointment of Thomas West as the US Special Presidential Representative on Afghanistan on behalf of the Taliban movement, praising at the same time the outcome […]

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EPA to Ban and Limit Toxic “Forever Chemicals”

October 19, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced an ambitious roadmap to restrict a class of toxic chemicals that are being labeled as “forever chemicals.” The strategy will limit pollution from a group of chemicals […]

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Trump Sues to Keep White House Records about Jan. 6 Insurrection a Secret

October 19, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Former president Donald Trump filed a lawsuit in order to keep the White House records about the Jan. 6 insurrection a secret. The lawsuit, filed to the DC District Court against the House select committing that […]

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Hacker Defaced Trump’s Site, Posted Video of Erdogan, Surah from Quran

October 19, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

In the latest in a series of digital hacker attacks targeting US businesses and political entities, a purported pro-Turkey “hacktivist” has hacked and defaced former President Donald Trump’s website on Monday, Forbes reports. The hacktivist […]

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Migrant Children Transported to Suburban NY under Cloak of Darkness

October 19, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Planes with unaccompanied migrant minors are secretly flown to suburban New York by the Biden administration that tries to quietly resettle migrants across the region, the New York Post reports citing unnamed sources. They claim […]

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US Envoy to Afghanistan Resigns after Washington’s Chaotic Pullout

October 19, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Less than two months after the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan and amid the reports that US State Department will probe the hasty and chaotic evacuation from Kabul, the top US envoy to Afghanistan Zalmay […]

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Washington Urges the UK to Repair Relations with France after AUKUS Row

October 18, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Angry over British PM Boris Johnson’s reluctance to try harder to improve relations with French President Emmanuel Macron after the row over France’s submarine deal with Australia, the US diplomats are urging UK to follow […]

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The First Black State Secretary Colin Powell Dies of COVID Complications

October 18, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

General Colin L. Powell, who served as the United States’ top soldier, diplomat and national security adviser in his four decades of public life, and whose speech at the UN in 2003 paved the way […]

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Evac Flight Takes Over 350 People, Including Americans, Out of Kabul

October 18, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

A senior Qatari government official informed on Monday that in one of the largest evacuation flights from Afghanistan since the Taliban’s hostile takeover, 353 people including an unknown number of Americans set out from Kabul […]

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Escobar: It’s Dangerous for NATO to Share Info with Government in Podgorica

October 18, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Speaking at the last NATO summit, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in charge of the Balkans, Gabriel Escobar, has allegedly expressed fears that it is dangerous to share information with the new Montenegrin government, […]

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US, EU Attempts to Lure Iran Back to Nuclear Talks Not Promising

October 17, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

A senior EU official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said on Sunday that Tehran’s new hardline administration is not yet ready to engage in Vienna after the delicate EU mission to Iran failed to […]

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American Christian Missionaries Kidnapped by an Armed Gang in Haiti

October 17, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Up to 17 American Christian missionaries and their family members have reportedly been kidnapped on Saturday by a gang in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, Fox News reports quoting a voice message an organization with […]

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German Businesses to Ban Unvaccinated Customers Even for Essentials

October 16, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

As Germany’s neighbors wrestle with protests against vaccination mandates, the central German state of Hesse have upped the pressure on the unvaxed by allowing all businesses to block them access even to basic necessities, setting […]

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Faced with Raging Migrant Crisis, DHS to Reinstate ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy

October 16, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Biden administration was ordered by a federal judge to enforce and implement the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) after the court responded to the lawsuit filed by Texas and Missouri claiming that the termination of the […]

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Psaki Accused of Violating Hatch Act by Ethics Watchdog

October 16, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

After apparently endorsing Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe during a press briefing, White House press secretary Jen Psaki was blasted on Friday by a government watchdog group for alleged violating of the Hatch Act, The […]

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Riyadh, Washington Discuss Iran Nuclear Deal

October 15, 2021 Bojan Stojkovski

An exchange of views on Iran’s nuclear program took place in Washington between Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, Saudi media reported. The parties […]

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Washington Wants to Expand the Nuclear Deal with Iran

October 14, 2021 Bojan Stojkovski

The Biden administration sees a need to expand the nuclear deal with Tehran based on existing agreements, US special envoy for Iran, Robert Malley said on Wednesday. “Our position is clear. We believe that the […]

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Saudi Arabia Invites Russia to Cooperate on Gas Market

October 14, 2021 Bojan Stojkovski

Saudi Arabian Energy Minister Prince Abdel Aziz bin Salman wants Russia to consider the possibility of cooperation on the gas market, said Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak. “He offered to think about this issue, […]

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US Urges Russia to Remove “INF Treaty violating” Missiles from Europe

October 14, 2021 Bojan Stojkovski

The Kremlin should remove all missiles stationed in the EU that are threatening the INF Treaty, US President’s Special Representative for Nuclear Nonproliferation Jeffrey Eberhardt said. The diplomat also explained how US President Joe Biden […]

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US Leads Global Bitcoin Hash Rate Distribution Following China Repression

October 13, 2021 Bojan Stojkovski

Following radical Chinese crackdown on bitcoin mining, the United States is now the top country in terms of hash rates. The US currently accounts for over a third of total bitcoin mining, with Kazakhstan and […]

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Pandemic Will Give Russia and China an Edge over US in Military Sphere

October 13, 2021 Bojan Stojkovski

Representatives of the US Army have published the results of large-scale studies, according to which the coronavirus pandemic could give Moscow and Beijing a military advantage over Washington, Forbes reported. Forbes says that the consequences […]

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Over 100 Houthis Killed in International Coalition Airstrike in Yemen

October 13, 2021 Bojan Stojkovski

According to official information from Sana’a, the international coalition led by Saudi Arabia reported on Monday that over the past 24 hours its forces launched 33 airstrikes on Houthi positions in the province of Marib […]

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Saudi Arabia Calls For a Nuclear-free Middle East

October 13, 2021 Bojan Stojkovski

Saudi Arabia reiterated calls to rid the Middle East of nuclear weapons, Saudi media reported. The Saudi government has also confirmed that it attaches great importance to the implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention, Acting […]

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Pelosi Suggests Democrats Might Cut Biden’s Economic Plan

October 12, 2021 Dime

Nancy Pelosi, the House Speaker said on Monday that the Democrats might cut entire portions of US President Joe Biden’s economic plan in order for it to be pushed through United States Congress, CNBC informed. […]

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Governor Abbott Signs Order Banning Any Entity of Imposing Vaccine Mandate

October 12, 2021 Dime

Greg Abbott, the Governor of Texas introduced an executive order with which he bans any entity from enforcing a mandate for Covid-19 vaccines, Fox News informed. Abbott issued a press release on Monday saying that […]

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