6,500 Migrant Workers have died in Qatar as it Gears up for World Cup
According to reporting in The Guardian, more than 6,500 migrant workers from India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka have died in Qatar since it won the right to host the World Cup 10 years ago. They were the labor behind an expansive building scheme that includes seven soccer stadia, roads, a new airport, hotels, transportation systems and a new city that will host the World Cup Final…
https://defector.com/we-know-just-how-much-qatars-world-cup-dream-cost/
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Report to Blame MBS for the Murder of Journalist
The Biden administration will release an intelligence report Thursday that concludes that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved the 2018 killing Jamal Khashoggi, three U.S. officials familiar with the matter said….
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Police to South Dakota AG: ‘His Face Came Through Your Windshield‘
In a two-part interview, a video recording of which was released by the South Dakota Department of Public Safety, investigators question South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg about a pair of broken glasses found inside his vehicle…
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/24/politics/south-dakota-jason-ravnsborg-car-crash/index.html
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Republicans Are Least Likely to Want COVID Vaccine
Americans of all ages, education levels, genders, races and political parties say they’re more likely than not to get the coronavirus vaccine — except Republicans….
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Dem Rep Posts Trans Flag Across from Marjorie Taylor Greene’s House Office
Rep. Marie Newman (D-Ill.) said Wednesday she installed a trans pride flag outside her office after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R.-Ga.), who works in a neighboring office, called an LGBTQ rights bill “an attack on God’s creation”….
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Arrest Made in ‘Panama Papers’ Murder
The confession of a partially blind hitman in the heinous murder of Maltese muckraker journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia has kicked off a slew of new arrests in the complicated case….
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Biden Administration Reopens Trump-era Facility for Migrant Children
The Biden administration reopened a temporary facility for unaccompanied migrant children in Carrizo Springs, Texas, on Monday, the Washington Post reports….
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Texas’s Deregulated Electricity Costs Consumers Extra $28B
Texas’s deregulated electricity market has raised costs to consumers by $28 billion since 2004, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis published Wednesday….
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US Urges China to Stop Actions in Japanese Waters
The US Department of Defense has urged China to stop sending government ships into Japan’s territorial waters around the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea…
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210224_08/
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DeJoy’s Old Company Awarded ‘Christmas’ Contract
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s old company, XPO Logistics, was awarded a temporary “Christmas” contract to help move mail during the holiday season, according to a list of U.S. Postal Service contracts obtained by CREW….
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Conspiracy Theory Claims Texas Weather ‘Government-Generated‘
But one of the stranger responses to the disaster was the spread of viral conspiracy theory videos on TikTok, Facebook and Twitter claiming that the severe snow was actually “fake” and “government generated” as part of a sinister plot instigated by shadowy “elites”, presumably intentionally plunging Texas into its present state of chaos….
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/texas-snow-conspiracy-theory-tiktok-b1805616.html
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Kushner’s Times Square Center Moves Toward Foreclosure
A Times Square retail property owned by Kushner Cos., the family company of former presidential adviser Jared Kushner, is a step closer to foreclosure, according to loan documents…
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PostmasterGen DeJoy Apologizes for Unacceptable Mail Delays
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy apologized before the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday for the persistent delays in the U.S. Postal Service’s mail delivery amid the peak holiday season … Asked by Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.) how much longer he planned to stay in the job, DeJoy responded tersely: “Long time. Get used to me”….
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FDA: Johnson & Johnson’s Single-Dose Vaccine is Effective Against COVID
Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose vaccine protects against COVID-19, according to an analysis by U.S. regulators Wednesday. The analysis sets the stage for a final decision on a new and easier-to-use shot to help tame the pandemic…
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-vaccine-johnson-and-johnson-effective-single-dose-fda/
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New York Prosecutors Looking at Don Jr. in Trump Business Probe
Investigators with the [Manhattan] D.A.’s office have been expanding their criminal probe into Trump’s business empire, asking questions and grilling witnesses — as recently as in the past few days — not only about Trump but particularly about his eldest son, Don Jr., and Allen Weisselberg, one of the former president’s most trusted officers, The Daily Beast has learned…..
https://defector.com/we-know-just-how-much-qatars-world-cup-dream-cost/