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Category Archives: News
Saturday Podcast: World Headlines From London
Stefanie Bolzen of ‘Die Welt’ on Germany’s federal elections; Lance Price on the papers; Andrew Mueller’s weekly news roundup; and the London Library celebrates a big birthday.
Political Analysis: ‘Brooks & Capehart’ On Climate Summit, Police In America
New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including the president’s ambitious climate goals. policing in America, and investigations into the capitol riot.
News: Top 5 Stories For April 23, 2021 (Reuters)
Five stories to know for April 23: Biden hosts climate change summit, Senate passes bill to fight anti-Asian hate crimes, Daunte Wright funeral, Biden’s tax plan and India’s COVID surge.
1. The United States and other countries hiked their targets for slashing greenhouse gas emissions at a global climate change summit hosted by President Joe Biden, an event meant to resurrect U.S. leadership in the fight against global warming.
2. A hate crimes bill to combat violence against Asian Americans in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic passed the Senate overwhelmingly, a rare bipartisan vote in the evenly divided chamber. The bill passed 94-1, with Missouri Senator Josh Hawley the only no vote. It must pass the House of Representatives, where Democrats hold a clear majority. President Joe Biden has called for passage.
3. Hundreds of mourners filled a Minneapolis church for the funeral of Daunte Wright.
4. Biden will roll out a plan to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans, including the largest-ever increase in levies on investment gains, sources say.
5. A police convoy escorting a tanker carrying oxygen reached a hospital in India’s capital just in time, to the huge relief of doctors and relatives of COVID-19 patients counting on the supply. India reported the world’s highest daily tally of coronavirus infections for a second day on Friday, surpassing 330,000 new cases, as it struggles with a health system overwhelmed by patients and plagued by accidents.
Morning News Podcast: U.S. Climate Summit, Online Meetings & Award Shows
President Joe Biden laid out ambitious emissions targets yesterday, but in order to be taken seriously on climate change, America has some reputation rebuilding to do.
Researchers are starting to understand why online meetings are so exhausting—and are pinpointing the up sides of work lives lived increasingly online. And the waning influence of awards shows such as this Sunday’s Oscars.
Morning News Podcast: India’s Covid-19 Surge, Chad President’s Death
Mass gatherings and in-person voting continue, even as new case numbers smash records and fatalities spiral in public view. We ask how a seeming pandemic success has turned so suddenly tragic.
Chad’s president of three decades has been killed; that has implications for regional violence far beyond the country’s borders. And a deep dive on the international sea-cucumber trade.
News: Top Five Stories For April 21, 2021 (Reuters)
Top 5 news stories for April 21, 2021.
Tourism: Venice To Ban Cruise Ships From Grand Canal & Historic Center
Italian authorities have approved a ban on cruise ships entering the historic centre of Venice.
- Italian authorities have approved a ban on cruise ships entering the historic centre of Venice.
- The country’s culture minister said on Wednesday that the decision came in response to a request from UN cultural body Unesco.
Morning News Podcast: George Floyd Murder Guilty Verdict, Vaccines
A.M. Edition for April 21. WSJ reporters discuss reactions as former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is found guilty in the death of George Floyd.
WSJ’s Sabrina Siddiqui on vaccination challenges in the U.S. And, a soccer league meltdown in Europe. Marc Stewart hosts.
Morning News Podcast: Chauvin Jury Deliberates, European Soccer Wars
The jury is deliberating whether or not to convict former Minneapolis police Derek Chavin over the death of George Floyd.
Presiding Judge Peter Cahill will allow the jury to deliberate every day until 7pm, and if they reach a decision after sunset, the decision will be read the following morning.
- Plus, a strong start to earnings season.
- And, European soccer goes to war.
Guests: Axios’ Nick Halter, Aja Whitaker-Moore and Kendall Baker.