More than two-thirds of the corona vaccines distributed in the United States remain unused so far, US health officials said Monday. Governors of New York and Florida have already announced that they will punish hospitals for not using the available vaccines quickly enough. The federal government has now distributed […]
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Pelosi Re-Elected As Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
Nancy Pelosi was re-elected as President of the US House of Representatives on Sunday. The 80-year-old Democrat won by a narrow majority in the new US Congress’s first session because five Democratic party members did not support her. Still, it was enough to beat her Republican opponent Kevin McCarthy. […]
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Growing Concern in the US About British Variant Coronavirus
The spread of a new variant of the coronavirus in the United States is of great concern among experts. That extra contagious variant has now surfaced in two states: California and Colorado. The vaccination of Americans is now going less smoothly than had been hoped. Experts warn that the […]
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Biden: Trump Vaccination Plan is Far Behind
US President-elect Joe Biden vowed on Tuesday that he would do his utmost to fight Covid-19 once he takes office. He said in a speech about the corona crisis from his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware, that President Donald Trump’s vaccination campaign is inadequate. “The Trump administration’s distribution plan is […]
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Spain and UK Still Negotiating Gibraltar After Brexit
Negotiations between the Spanish and British governments on post-Brexit trade have run up against a hurdle, namely arrangements around Gibraltar, said Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha González Laya. The southernmost tip of the Iberian Peninsula has been British since 1713. Madrid and London are still negotiating law enforcement around the […]
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Nikkei Starts Higher to Last Week of 2020
The Japanese stock market started the last week of the troubled 2020 corona year with a profit on Monday. The news that US President Donald Trump has nevertheless signed the corona support package for the US economy caused investors relief. The further roll-out of the corona vaccine in Europe […]
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All Top Tennis Players Have Registered for the Australian Open
The world’s top ten men and women in professional tennis have registered for the Australian Open. The organization reported this. Roger Federer is also there, the twenty-time grand slam winner who is recovering from knee surgery. The American Serena Williams, who is still chasing the record of 24 grand […]
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Israel to the Polls for the Fourth Time in Two Years
Israelis must go to the polls for the fourth time in two years next spring. The Likud and Blue and White coalition parties failed to reach a budget agreement on Tuesday. The current Knesset will, therefore, be dissolved automatically. A bill to give the parties of Prime Minister Benjamin […]
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Trump: US Government Only Needs to Build Beautiful Buildings
With just under a month to go in the White House, US President Donald Trump has decided with a presidential decree that the federal government can only build “beautiful” buildings. Trump prefers the neoclassical architectural style. The final version of the decree is a milder version of the draft […]
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British Government Meets Today for Crisis Talks
Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his government are holding crisis talks on Monday as more and more countries are banning flights from the United Kingdom. Freight transport is high on the agenda, his spokeswoman said. In connection with the more contagious corona variant that the country has in its […]