"What a historic moment," she said. "The first time in our nation’s history, a daughter of immigrants, Kamala Devi Harris takes Marine 2 for the first time to her new home, the Vice President’s Residence."
Tuesday, April 6, 2021
Kamala Harris moves into Naval Observatory residence following renovations
IMF upgrades forecast for 2021 global growth to a record 6%
Thee 190-country lending agency said Tuesday that it expects the world economy to expand 6% for 2021, up from the 5.5% it had forecast in January. It would be the fastest expansion for the global economy in IMF records dating to 1980.
In 2022, the IMF predicts, international economic growth will decelerate to a still strong 4.4%, up from its January forecast of 4.2%.
The agency’s economists now estimate that the global economy shrank 3.3% in 2020 after the devastating recession that followed the coronavirus’ eruption across the world early last spring.
That is the worst annual figure in the IMF’s database, though not as severe as the 3.5% drop it had estimated three months ago. Without heavy government aid that helped sustain companies and consumers during COVID-19 lockdowns, IMF forecasters say, last year’s downturn could have been three times worse.
As states expand COVID-19 vaccines, prisoners still lack access
More than half the country has opened up vaccine eligibility, vastly expanding the ability for most Americans to get the shots, whatever their age or medical conditions. But inside prisons, it’s a different story: Prisoners, not free to seek out vaccines, still lack access on the whole.
Nationwide, fewer than 20% of state and federal prisoners have been vaccinated, according to data collected by The Marshall Project and The Associated Press. In some states, prisoners and advocates have resorted to lawsuits to get access. And even when they are eligible, they aren’t receiving important education about the vaccine.
Monday, April 5, 2021
Police chief: Fired cop broke policy in pinning Floyd
Continuing to kneel on Floyd’sneck once he was handcuffed behind his back and lying on his stomach was “in no way, shape or form” part of department policy or training, “and it is certainly not part of our ethics or our values,” Police Chief Medaria Arradondo said Monday on Day Six of Chauvin’s murder trial.
Arradondo,the city’s first Black chief, fired Chauvin and three other officers the day after Floyd’s death last May, and in June called it “murder.”
Forecasting Biden’s Foreign Policy in Southeast Asia
The day before John F. Kennedy’s inauguration in 1961, he met with an outgoing President Eisenhower. According to the Pentagon Papers, “Eisenhower said with considerable emotion that Laos was the key to the entire area of Southeast Asia, that we should make every effort to persuade member nations of SEATO … to defend the freedom of Laos. President-elect Kennedy … asked if the situation seemed to be approaching a climax. Eisenhower stated that the entire proceeding was extremely confused.”
That is, a shift from countries six decades ago whose governments the U.S. was propping up to those today with which it has increasingly uncertain relations. And, of course, two weeks after that recent imaginary briefing, Myanmar would have been added to the list overnight.
LG Becomes First Major Smartphone Brand to Withdraw From Market Due to Losses
Its decision to pull out will leave its 10 percent share in North America, where it is the No. 3 brand, to be gobbled up by smartphone titans Apple and Samsung Electronics.
The division has logged nearly six years of losses totalling some $4.5 billion (roughly Rs. 33,010 crore), and dropping out of the fiercely competitive sector would allow LG to focus on growth areas such as electric vehicle components, connected devices and smart homes, it said in a statement.
The Best Top Ten Smart Phone to Buy Right Now
In this year 2021, buying the best smart phone means looking for something special that should last you a few past years. Smart phone's upgrade cycles are slowing down for a some reasons below.
For example cost of mobile and purchasing power, it’s getting harder and harder to buy an expensive device. In other words, you don’t have to spend a huge amount to get something big or great, as a bunch of great smart phones are available for round about $800.
It is harder than ever to decide between everything in that range, but for most people, decide to pick for the best phone as the Apple iPhone 11 Pro, 256GB, Space Gray, Fully Unlocked (Renewed).
Russia in the Arctic—A Critical Examination
The saber-rattling in the Arctic and threatening rhetoric are driven by several factors: preparations for the unlikely, but potentially catastrophic contingency of war in Europe, the need to secure its second-strike nuclear capabilities (the bulk of which is based around the Kola Peninsula), and the quest for resources to pay for the proverbial guns and butter as the competition with the West shows no sign of abating. Great-power ambitions and the interests of powerful bureaucratic elites and business interests also play a role.
Calgary church pastor’s video confronting police goes viral
The pastor of a church in Calgary uploaded a video of his encounter with police and other officials from the city there to ensure that the church was following COVID-19 guidelines, and the interaction went viral.
CTV News reported that Pastor Artur Pawlowski—the head of Calgary’s Street Church—was holding a service on Saturday at the Fortress (Cave) of Adullam until these officials entered the building.
Pawlowski—who filmed the encounter—addresses the officials in a stairwell outside the sanctuary.
"Get out of this property immediately," he says. "I don’t want to hear anything…out immediately."
Most of the officials don’t engage Pawlowski, but an unidentified woman seems to try and explain their presence. Pawlowski was not having it.
Sunday, April 4, 2021
Child among three dead in NSW South Coast car crash
A young child is among three people dead after a car crashed and hit a tree on the NSWSouth Coast early this morning.
At 4.30am, emergency services were called to the Princes Highway, Lake Tabourie, near Ulladulla, after reports that a crash had taken place.
The driver, a woman, and two of her passengers – a man and a young child – died at the scene.
Police have yet to identify the bodies.
The fourth person inside the car, a male passenger, was airlifted to hospital in a serious condition.
Police have established a crime scene which is continuing to be investigated to determine the cause of the crash.Teenager stabbed in the buttocks during Sydney brawl
Police are hunting a man who allegedly stabbed a teenager in a brawl near Sydney's CBD overnight.
The fight broke out around midnight as police say a large group of people left a party boat that docked opposite the Star Casino on Pirrama Road, Pyrmont.
The 18-year-old victim was treated for three stab wounds to his buttocks before being taken to St Vincent's Hospital for surgery.
A crime scene was set up and police have appealed for the public to help identify a man who may be able to help with their investigations.
He is described as being of Mediterranean/Middle Eastern appearance and aged in his mid-20s.Eight injured as boat explodes on Hawkesbury River at Brooklyn
Eight people have suffered injuries, including four in a critical condition, after a boat exploded on the Hawkesbury River in Sydney's north on Sunday afternoon.
The vessel erupted in flames at a marina off Dangar Road at Brooklyn just after 5pm.
NSW Ambulance said 12 crews were dispatched to the scene along with a specialist medical team, a Toll Ambulance Rescue Helicopter and a Westpac Ambulance Rescue Helicopter.
'Troublemaker for the next surge': Top doctor warns of new COVID-19 virus killing the young in their thousands
As COVID-19 vaccines are rolled out around the world, a top doctor is warning of a new virus strain that is killing the young in their thousands.
Brazil is swamped by new virus cases, with a warning to Australia that this variant is far more dangerous than anything seen before.
The new variant has overwhelmed the country to the point gravediggers are exhuming old tombs to make space for the more than 300,000 dead.
"The entire country has no ICU beds left. The deaths are soaring exponentially … like through the roof," Dr Eric Liang Feigl-Ding, an epidemiologist from Harvard, told 9News.
Piney Point Live Updates: Full breach could send 'as much as a 20-foot wall of water' surging out
At the press conference with Gov. Ron DeSantis, Manatee County Acting Administrator Scott Hopes said that if there is a full breach of the walls at the damaged Piney Point reservoir, models show that "as high as a 20-foot wall of water" could surge into the area.
"So if you are in an evacuation area and you have not heeded that, you need to think twice and follow the orders," Hopes said.
Gov. Ron DeSantis diverts COVID-19 vaccine from Manatee and other counties to FEMA sites
Gov. Ron DeSantis diverts COVID-19 vaccine from Manatee and other counties to FEMA sites
11,000 doses will instead go to FEMA sites, which will remain open through May
The state of Florida has diverted 11,000 doses of the COVID vaccine slated for Manatee County to federal vaccination sites.
The move comes just days before the county is due to ramp up vaccinations to include any adult who wants it.
Along with Manatee, the state stopped this week’s shipment of COVID-19 vaccine shots to nearly four dozen county and local sites, Department of Health records show – the same week Gov. Ron DeSantis announced he would extend the life of four federal vaccination sites.
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Yacht clubs, golf courses, gated communities: Florida’s pop-up vaccine clinics raise ethical concerns
When Florida threw open the door for seniors to get COVID-19 vaccines, hundreds camped out overnight, some bundled up in lawn chairs in the January cold to score a shot.
Thousands more waited in digital lines for their number to come up in county-run vaccine pools.
'Antithetical to the Gospel': Ex-Arkansas Gov. Huckabee slammed for racist tweet in attack on MLB, corporations
Former Arkansas governor and Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee came under criticism Saturday for a tweet attacking Major League Baseball and several corporations that many found bigoted and insensitive.
"I’ve decided to 'identify' as Chinese. Coke will like me, Delta will agree with my 'values' and I’ll probably get shoes from Nike & tickets to @MLB games. Ain’t America great?" Huckabee wrote.
Will Biden cancel student loan debt? As college costs spiral, here's what he's considering
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration entered the White House with an eye toward relieving the strain of student loan debt, particularly amid the added financial burden of the coronavirus pandemic.
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