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Prime Minister Ariel Henry

mercredi 15 septembre 2021 à 02:00

*Haiti chief prosecutor calls for [Prime Minister Ariel Henry] to be charged in [President Moise]'s killing.* The reason is that Henry had phone calls with a suspect who is on the lam.

Strangely, President Moise appointed Ariel Henry as prime minister a few days before he was shot.

Global farm subsidies

mercredi 15 septembre 2021 à 02:00

*90% of global farm subsidies damage people and planet, says UN.*

The harmful subsidies are generally for producing meat and dairy products. The harm includes damage to health, global heating, destruction of wildlife habitats, and ruin of small farms.

World vaccination target

mercredi 15 septembre 2021 à 02:00

*Biden to propose target of vaccinating 70% of world in a year.*

This is somewhat of a speedup over current targets. Any speedup in vaccinating the world is an improvement for all of humanity, but what we really need is to vaccinate nearly everyone so that the virus will more or less disappear.

Not safe for refugees

mercredi 15 septembre 2021 à 02:00

The UN's commission for Syria says that Syria is not safe for returning refugees to.

Most pivotal bill in years

mercredi 15 septembre 2021 à 02:00

Rebecca Solnit: *Congress is on the cusp of passing the most pivotal bill in years — if we make them.*