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02/20/2024

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U.S. vetoes UN resolution demanding immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza

“The U.S. ambassador to the UN told the council that the resolution will hamper efforts to reach a hostage deal between Israel and Hamas.”

It's the third time the U.S. has vetoed a resolution related to the war in Gaza.

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“The United States will announce a major sanctions package against Russia on Friday, a White House official said. It is intended to hold President Vladimir Putin accountable for his two-year war on Ukraine.”

The White House will announce a major sanctions package against Russia on Friday, US National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said on Tuesday.

02/20/2024

“Ten days after South Carolina, another 20 states vote. I mean, this isn’t Russia. We don’t want someone to go in and just get 99% of the vote,” Haley said. “What is the rush? Why is everybody so panicked about me having to get out of this race?”

Nikki Haley's allies are bracing for a big loss in her home state’s primary election in South Carolina on Saturday.

02/20/2024

“For some of the Taliban fighters who swept into the capital in 2021, life in a big, modern city is enticing.”

For some of the Taliban fighters who swept into the capital in 2021, life in a big, modern city is enticing.

02/20/2024

“WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s fight to avoid facing spying charges in the United States may be nearing an end following a protracted legal saga in the U.K. that included seven years of self-exile inside a foreign embassy and five years in prison.”

“Assange faces what could be his final court hearing in London starting Tuesday as he tries to stop his extradition to the U.S. The High Court has scheduled two days of arguments over whether Assange can ask an appeals court to block his transfer. If the court doesn’t allow the appeal to go forward, he could be sent across the Atlantic.”

UK's High Court will hear two days of arguments next week over whether Assange can make his pitch to an appeals court to block his transfer to the U.S.

02/20/2024

“Russia is entering its third year of war in Ukraine with an unprecedented amount of cash in government coffers, bolstered by a record $37 billion of crude oil sales to India last year, according to new analysis, which concludes that some of the crude was refined by India and then exported to the United States as oil products worth more than $1 billion.”

Russia is entering its third year of war in Ukraine with an unprecedented amount of cash in government coffers, bolstered by a record $37 billion of crude oil sales to India last year, according to new analysis, which concludes that some of the crude was refined by India and then exported to the Uni...

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Pat Benatar in high school, 1971.

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Paul Newman and Clint Eastwood, 1972.

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An immigrant family arriving at Ellis Island in 1904.

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U.S. foreign policy experts assessed the likelihood and impact of thirty potential conflicts that could emerge or escalate in 2024.

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02/20/2024

Navalnaya steps up to lead fight vs. Putin as morgue retains her husband’s body

Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Alexei Navalny, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most formidable opponent, vowed on Monday to carry on her husband’s crusade against the Russian regime, striving to build “a free, peaceful, happy Russia, a beautiful Russia of the future, which my husband dreamed of so much.”

Navalnaya, 47, made her announcement in a video statement on YouTube, in which she accused Russian authorities of fatally poisoning Navalny in the Arctic prison where he died suddenly on Friday at age 47.

“Putin did not only murder the person, Alexei Navalny,” she said, clad in black and her voice occasionally trembling during the dramatic video address. “He wanted, along with him, to kill our hope, our freedom, our future.”

As his family struggled to reclaim Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s remains, his wife, Yulia Navalnaya, traveled to Brussels and said she would continue his work.

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“Capital One announced it’s acquiring Discover Financial Services for $35.3 billion in an all-stock deal, giving the bank a leg up in the competitive credit card market.”

Capital One announced it’s acquiring Discover Financial Services for $35.3 billion in an all-stock deal, giving the bank a leg up in the competitive credit card market.

02/19/2024

“Like the other Founding Fathers, George Washington was uneasy about the idea of publicly celebrating his life. He was the first leader of a new republic — not a tyrant.”

“And yet the nation will once again commemorate the first U.S. president on Monday, 292 years after he was born.”

“The official designation is as Washington’s Birthday, although it has come to be known informally as Presidents Day. Arguments have been made to honor President Lincoln as well because his birthdate falls nearby, on Feb. 12.”

“A small number of states, including Illinois, observe Lincoln’s birthday as a public holiday, according to the Library of Congress. And some commemorate both Lincoln and Washington on Presidents Day.”

“But on the federal level, the day is still officially Washington’s Birthday.”

The holiday marks George Washington's birthday, but has now become a day of big shopping sales and an overall consumerism bonanza.

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