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The New York Times
- Emily Oster Fought to Reopen Schools, Becoming a Hero and a Villain June 22, 2021The economist Emily Oster offers loads of data-driven advice about children and Covid-19. Many parents live by her words. Others say she’s dangerous.
- California Plans Rent Forgiveness Using Federal Stimulus Surplus June 22, 2021The state is poised to embark on an ambitious, complex effort to cover the unpaid rent of low-income renters who struggled during the pandemic.
- Many Parts of the U.S. Needed Persuading to Get Vaccinated. Not South Texas. June 22, 2021In the Rio Grande Valley, it is people’s exposure to death and disease, not offers of free beer or million-dollar prizes, that is driving vaccine rates higher.
- Why Do Some Catholic Bishops Want to Deny Joe Biden Communion? June 21, 2021Here is what is at the root of efforts by conservative U.S. bishops to prohibit the country’s second Catholic president from receiving communion.
- How We Talk About Race and Gender June 22, 2021The way some Americans talk about these issues is changing. We want to hear what you think about these changes.
- Senate Committee Holds Hearing on D.C. Statehood June 22, 2021Senator Tom Carper, Democrat of Delaware, pushed for the Homeland Security Committee to hold the hearing, just the second on the topic in the chamber’s history.
- Why the Hollywood Elite Are Giving to Los Angeles Schools June 22, 2021Tuesday: A group including George Clooney is set to start a film and television school in the city’s public school district.
- Priorities USA Will Pour $20 Million Into Voting Rights Efforts June 22, 2021Priorities USA, one of the largest liberal super PACs, is hoping to counteract Republican-driven voting restrictions through both digital ad campaigns and legal efforts.
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- China stepping up use of secret detention without trial, report warns June 22, 2021Rights activists say country has built one of world’s most far-ranging systems of forced disappearanceChina has ramped up its use of secret detention without trial, creating one of the most far-ranging systems of forced disappearance in the world, human rights activists warn in a report.Tens of thousands of people have been subjected to “residential surveill […]
- Vatican urges Italy to stop proposed anti-homophobia law June 22, 2021Law calls into question church’s ‘freedom of organisation’ and threatens ‘freedom of thought’, letter claimsThe Vatican has made an unprecedented intervention urging the Italian government to change a proposed law that would criminalise homophobia over concerns it will infringe upon the Catholic church’s “freedom of thought”.A letter delivered by the British […]
- Death of Romany man knelt on by Czech police compared to that of George Floyd June 22, 2021Video footage challenges official claims that the cause of death was unrelated to man’s arrestVideo footage of a police officer kneeling on the neck of a Romany man who later died in an ambulance is being shared among Czechs on social media, leading many to compare his treatment to that of George Floyd.The video, shot on 19 June, shows three police officers […]
- ‘Shameful’: Uefa blocks LGBTQ+ rainbow stadium protest in Munich June 22, 2021Lighting display planned for Germany’s Euro 2020 match with Hungary to protest at country’s discriminatory lawMunich’s mayor has attacked the “shameful” decision by Uefa to quash his city’s plans to illuminate its Allianz Arena in rainbow colours in support of LGBTQ+ rights for Germany’s Euro 2020 match against Hungary on Wednesday.European football’s govern […]
- Spanish government pardons nine jailed Catalan leaders June 22, 2021Prime minister says controversial decision represents constitution’s ‘spirit of co-existence and harmony’Spain’s prime minister has called for a new “era of dialogue and understanding” as his Socialist-led government pardoned nine Catalan independence leaders for their roles in the illegal, failed push for regional secession four years ago that plunged the c […]
- UK foreign secretary urged to raise arrest of activists during Cambodia visit June 22, 2021Dominic Raab due to hold talks with Prak Sokhonn as part of efforts to expand diplomatic and trade ties in south-east AsiaHuman rights groups have called on the British foreign secretary, Dominic Raab, to intervene over the detention of three young environmental activists when he meets Cambodian leaders on Wednesday in efforts to build trade ties between the […]
- Two Catholic churches destroyed by fire on First Nations reserves in Canada June 22, 2021• Blazes occurred on National Indigenous Peoples Day• Graves found at former Christian residential school last monthTwo Catholic churches on First Nations reserves in western Canada have been destroyed by overnight fires that investigators are treating as suspicious.Early Monday morning, fires consumed both the Sacred Heart church, on territory of the Pentic […]
- EU to lift its ban on feeding animal remains to domestic livestock June 22, 2021Allowing processed animal protein feed for pigs and poultry, barred since BSE crisis, will address non-EU competition, says CommissionA ban on farm feed made of animal remains introduced during the BSE crisis is to be lifted in the EU to allow cheap pig protein to be fed to chickens over fears that European farmers are being undercut by lower standards elsew […]
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- Spain pardons Catalan leaders over independence bid June 22, 2021Nine separatists were jailed over a failed 2017 independence bid, but the pardons are controversial.
- Angela Merkel receives Moderna as second jab after AstraZeneca shot June 22, 2021Experts believe mixed dosing of Covid vaccines could be a good idea but it too early to say for sure.
- UN Afghan envoy Deborah Lyons alarmed at Taliban gains June 22, 2021The insurgents are lining up to seize key cities once foreign troops leave, the UN envoy warns.
- Roma street death was 'No Czech Floyd' say police June 22, 2021The Czech government backs police after a video shows an officer subduing a man by kneeling on his neck.
- Turkmenistan's capital tops list of most expensive cities for expats June 22, 2021The annual report ranks 209 cities based on the cost of expenses such as housing, transport and food.
- Billie Eilish sorry for mouthing anti-Asian slur in resurfaced video June 22, 2021The singer said she's "appalled" by a clip which has been shared recently on TikTok.
- Vatican protests against 'unprecedented' Italian bill on homophobia June 22, 2021The Church says the bill would stifle Catholic freedoms, but advocates say safeguards are in place.
- Greece killing: Helicopter pilot appears in Athens court June 22, 2021Babis Anagnostopoulos wears a bullet-proof vest to court after admitting he suffocated his wife.
