BERLIN—Swiss voters narrowly approved on Sunday a proposal to ban face coverings, both the niqabs and burqas worn by a few Muslim women in the country and the ski masks and bandannas used by protesters. The measure will outlaw covering one’s face in public places like restaurants, sports stadiums, public transport or simply walking in […]
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Former President Donald Trump reportedly said Saturday that he will campaign against Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) in 2022. “I don’t know where other people will be next year, but I know where I will be—in Alaska campaigning against a … senator,” he said in a statement obtained by various media outlets. The former president appears
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Democrats rejected all but three Republican amendments to the $1.9 trillion relief bill, which cleared the Senate in a partisan vote on March 6. One Republican amendment to be adopted as part of the marathon vote-a-rama session that lasted more than 24 hours was amendment #1092 on reducing the unemployment insurance plus-up from $400 to
Commentary “The climate transition presents a historic investment opportunity,” says BlackRock CEO Larry Fink. “What the financiers, the big banks, the asset managers, private investors, venture capital are all discovering is: There’s a lot of money to be made in the creation of these new [green] jobs,” chimes in presidential climate envoy John Kerry. Fink concedes that the economy
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Over half of all Londoners would like to get out of the national lockdown by the end of May, a poll commissioned by the recently launched Reclaim Party suggests. Laurence Fox, the founder of the Reclaim Party, announced on Saturday his candidacy for London Mayor, and said he aims to spark “a full debate within
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President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Sunday altering the way the federal government handles elections, including by increasing voting and voter registration access for criminals in prison and on probation. “The order will direct the Attorney General to establish procedures to provide educational materials related to voter registration and voting, and to the
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Major trade unions in Burma (also known an Myanmar) called on members to shut down the economy from Monday to back a campaign against last month’s coup, raising pressure on the junta as its forces cracked down on protesters and occupied hospitals in the main city Yangon. Witnesses reported sounds of gunfire or stun grenades
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LONDON—The reopening of England’s schools to all pupils on Monday will mark the first step back toward normality and is only possible because of the efforts of the public to bring COVID-19 infection rates down, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said. Johnson announced a roadmap for lifting lockdown measures that sees schools open first, followed
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Commentary The concept of the “Great Reset” isn’t new but had always been dismissed as a conspiracy theory or an academic notion that would never actually be implemented. The theory moved beyond the realm of conspiracy theory when it became the primary theme of the annual World Economic Forum meeting in January 2021. In Canada,
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A group of Republican lawmakers called on the White House to reinstate former President Donald Trump’s national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border. “There is a crisis at our southern border. It is critical that our leaders recognize the severity of the circumstances and respond accordingly,” the lawmakers said in a letter to President Joe Biden,