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Indias HDI rank slips two places to 131, still gets UNDP praise
It lays out a stark choice for world leaders - take bold steps to reduce the enormous pressure that is being exerted on the environment and the natural world, or humanity's progress will stall. The next frontier for human development will require working with and not against nature while transforming social norms, values, and government and financial incentives, the report said. [Full Article...]
California Orders 5,000 Body Bags For Hospitals | NewsRadio KFBK
We sort of have been referred to as the calvary on this. Economy said his group already has collected 820,000 signatures of the 1.5 million needed by mid-March to get the recall effort on the ballot. Read the full report here. About 32,300 new COVID-19 cases are reported across the state each day, a number Newsom said was historic, and the positivity rate had risen from 6.9 percent at th... [Full Article...]
Ex-Houston officer accused of assault in bogus fraud claim
But it gets stranger: The day after the ex-cop allegedly held the terrified repairman at gunpoint, convinced of a massive election conspiracy that did not exist, he received a wire transfer for $211,400, according to prosecutors. The truck was found abandoned a few blocks away about 30 minutes after the incident. Woodfill also told KTRK that the centre would not support anything like what Agui... [Full Article...]
European Union court rules states can mandate stunning animals for slaughter
Daniel Schwammenthal of the AJC Transatlantic Institute, based in Brussels, said it "effectively bans ritual and kosher slaughter", adding: "We are shocked by the decision , which is nothing less than a frontal assault on the basic rights and religious freedoms of Jews and Muslims in Europe". [Full Article...]
Sweden failed to protect elderly in COVID pandemic, commission finds
It left schools, restaurants and businesses largely open while appealing to people to physically distance and maintain good hygiene. Sweden "has failed" in its strategy to specifically protecting the elderly amid the COVID-19 pandemic, said an investigative report released Tuesday by the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs. [Full Article...]
AOC: ‘We Need New Leadership in the Democratic Party’
The self-described Democratic socialist said it was time for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to go - but warned of a power vaccum that could be filled by "nefarious forces" who are "even more conservative than the caucuses' current leaders". [Full Article...]
Dart driver arrives to marriage proposal at Pearse Street station
It is then that music begins to play over the PA system and he drops to one knee. Extra.ie first shared the touching moment a man proposed to his train driver girlfriend after it was captured on camera by midwife Clodagh Maher, who was waiting for a train at Pearse Station. [Full Article...]
Federal agencies confirm hack of government networks
A key malicious domain name used to control potentially thousands of computer systems compromised via the months-long breach at network monitoring software vendor SolarWinds was commandeered by security experts and used as a "killswitch" created to turn the sprawling cybercrime operation against itself, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. [Full Article...]