US House to pass Equality Act Republicans say threatens freedoms
LGBTQ protections will be enshrined in US law if bill survives a steep climb to 60 votes in the Senate. The US House of Representatives looks set to pass legislation enshrining LGBTQ protections in the nation’s labour and civil rights laws on Thursday as Republican and Democratic lawmakers feud over protections for transgender individuals. The […]
Brazil’s COVID deaths pass 200,000 as cases continue to rise
Brazil’s COVID-19 death toll passed 200,000 on Thursday amid a surging second wave, dousing optimism that 2021 will bring respite anytime soon for a country whose government’s erratic handling of the pandemic has drawn scathing criticism. The new coronavirus has now killed 200,498 people in Brazil, according to health ministry figures – the second-highest toll […]
US Congress poised to pass COVID relief bill
The $900bn stimulus package is aimed at boosting the economy and includes direct payments to Americans. The United States Congress is moving quickly towards passage on Monday of a $900bn emergency spending bill responding to the COVID-19 pandemic after months of partisan conflict. The COVID-19 relief bill provides $284bn for loans to small business to […]
Stimulus mess: US House set to pass one-week gov’t funding bill
The administration of United States President Donald Trump is back in the middle of Capitol Hill’s confusing COVID-19 negotiations, offering a $916bn package to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that would send a $600 direct payment to most Americans but eliminate a $300-per-week employment benefit favoured by a bipartisan group of Senate negotiators. The offer arrived […]
Israeli legislators pass draft proposal to dissolve Parliament
The vote is a significant step towards plunging Israel into its fourth national election in less than two years. Israeli legislators have passed a preliminary proposal to dissolve Parliament with support from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s main coalition partner in a significant step towards plunging the country into its fourth national election in less than […]
Biden calls on US Congress to pass emergency COVID-19 aid #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
United States President-elect Joe Biden is pushing for Congress to enact billions of dollars in emergency COVID-19 assistance before the end of the year, as new infections are surging across the country. Saying there is “a lot of work to do”, Biden met in-person on Friday with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader […]
Johnson locks down England as UK COVID-19 cases pass 1 million #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ordered England back into a national lockdown after the United Kingdom passed the milestone of one million COVID-19 cases and a second wave of infections threatened to overwhelm the health service. The UK, which has the biggest official death toll in Europe from COVID-19, is grappling with more than 20,000 […]
Why a Perfect Spiral Football Pass Doesn’t Break the Laws of Physics #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
They, too, were intrigued. “I played football in New York City a long time ago,” said Dr. Price; he attended Stuyvesant High School, which, like Caltech, is known for its high-achieving academics and not its athletics. “I aspired to be mediocre. Never quite got there.” Dr. Moss was a classmate and teammate of Dr. Gay’s […]