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Month: February 2021

Asamblea Nacional de Nicaragua aprueba ley que, según el músico Carlos Mejía Godoy, le confisca su obra

(CNN Español) — La Asamblea Nacional aprobó este viernes una ley que declara los símbolos del Ejército Defensor de la Soberanía Nacional (EDSN) como Patrimonio inmaterial de la Nación. El EDSN fue organizado y liderado por Augusto Cesar Sandino, y estaba integrado por jóvenes, campesinos y obreros que se oponían a la ocupación militar estadounidense

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Biden administration says 2 million Covid vaccine doses have been delivered after winter storms delay shipments

The Biden administration has partially caught up on its delayed vaccine shipments, having delivered about 2 million of the 6 million doses backlogged by the deadly winter storms in Texas and other states, administration officials said Sunday. “We can’t control Mother Nature, no one can, but we can certainly contingency plan,” White House press secretary

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Biden lies less than Trump, fact-checkers say. But he’s not perfect

Fact-checkers are entering a new era under President Joe Biden’s administration. While Biden isn’t perfect, his claims are “more like a smattering” of false statements compared to “the daily avalanche” that came from former President Donald Trump, CNN’s fact-checker Daniel Dale said on “Reliable Sources.” Like most politicians, Biden exaggerates and embellishes at times. Dale

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Biden’s polling is steadier than Trump’s

Poll of the week: A Quinnipiac University poll finds that President Joe Biden’s job approval rating stands at 52% to a disapproval rating of 38% among registered voters. Biden’s average approval rating is 55% and his average disapproval rating is 39%, which makes for an average net approval rating of +16 points. What’s the point:

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Violent protests over rapper’s arrest and accusations of police brutality rock Catalonia for fifth day

Angry protesters have now gathered in multiple Spanish cities for five consecutive nights, demonstrating over the dramatic arrest of rapper Pablo Hasel earlier in the week. Thousands gathered in Barcelona on Saturday, including families and elderly protesters at the city’s Plaça Universitat, where a rally began peacefully. After passing another square, called Plaça Urquinaona, police

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Vaccine trials have underrepresented people of colour for past decade, study finds

Click here for updates on this story     Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (CTV News) — Scientists from across the U.S. and Puerto Rico are urging for more diversity in vaccine clinical trials after their new study exposed a decade’s worth of disparity from 2011 to 2020, and could have impacted vaccination rates among minorities. The research, published Friday

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Bill Gates: Tradeoffs in Texas lead to deaths

In an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Bill Gates said deaths during Texas’ winter freeze were preventable, caused by the state’s decision not to weatherize its energy. Gates pushed back on Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s claim that frozen wind turbines were to blame for the massive power failure. Gates said America’s dependence on renewable energy

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Firefighters contain fire inside a commercial building in Beaumont

https://twitter.com/CALFIRERRU/status/1363478019462037505?s=20 Firefighters knocked down a fire inside a commercial building in Beaumont early Sunday morning. The fire was reported just after 4:45 a.m., near the intersection of Michigan Avenue and Oak Valley Parkway. Firefighters say they responded to the fire burning in the back corner of a 1,500 square foot building. It was put out

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