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Biden picks Rhode Island Gov. Raimondo as commerce secretary
President-elect Joe Biden has selected Boston Mayor Marty Walsh as his labor secretary, choosing a former union worker who shares his Irish American background and working-class roots. Sen. Ed Markey tweeted: "Fantastic news". "He sees how union workers have been holding this country together during this crisis, health care workers keeping our hospitals safe, clean, and effective - and efficie... [Full Article...]
Boeing To Pay $2.5 Billion Fine Over 737 MAX
The two were among 189 who died on October 29, 2018, when a Max operated by Indonesia's Lion Air plunged into the Java Sea . The Justice Department announced the settlement almost two years after the second of two crashes that killed 346 people in total. [Full Article...]
China vows to safe guard legitimate rights of companies
The executive order cites the 2014 hack of the Office of Personnel Management, the 2015 data breach of health care company Anthem and the 2017 intrusion into credit-reporting agency Equifax as examples of Chinese operations to steal data about Americans. [Full Article...]
Pelosi Wants Capitol Police Chief to Resign
McCabe was asked by Berman, "The news coming out of the D.C. U.S. Attorney is that he won't rule out prosecuting the president of the United States". Of those, 41 were arrested on Capitol grounds, MPD Chief Robert Contee said during a news briefing Thursday. The president also condemned the violence of his supporters who stormed the nation's Capitol, saying they "do not represent our count... [Full Article...]
How Will the GCC Reconciliation Benefit Its Economies?
Qatar has denied the accusation, saying the Saudi-led blockade aims to infringe on its sovereignty. The UAE's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Anwar Gargash, tweeted late Monday that his country was keen to restore Gulf unity but cautioned: "We have more work to do". [Full Article...]
Trudeau says USA president incited the ‘assault on democracy’ at Capitol
A crowd of pro-Trump demonstrators stormed the Capitol on Wednesday, interrupting lawmakers' certification of Joe Biden's election win by both houses of Congress. "The choices we make as leaders, as politicians, have consequences". He then took a moment to reflect on democracy, including how it's an accomplishment to have a political system where losing sides gracefully concede. [Full Article...]
Pence rushed out of Senate chamber as protesters storm Capitol
Hundreds of US President Donald Trump's supporters stormed the US Capitol on Wednesday in a stunning bid to overturn his election defeat, battling police in the hallways and delaying the certification of Democratic President-elect Joe Biden's victory for hours. [Full Article...]
Iranian leader Khamenei bans imports of US, British COVID-19 vaccines
Iranian officials have said the penalties hindered the country's response to the pandemic . Khamenei's statement reflects decades of tense relations between Iran and the West which have not abated in the waning days of President Donald Trump's presidency. [Full Article...]