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Jul 26, 2021 08:26 PM EDT
The White House stated on Monday that the U.S. would not remove any current travel restrictions at this time, owing to worries about the highly transmissible COVID-19 Delta variant and the increasing number of U.S. COVID-19 infections.
(Photo : Spencer Platt/Getty Images) International or Foreign travels will remain restricted due to the Delta variant.
Biden Administration Formed Working Groups
In a recently published article in The Hill, last month, the Biden administration established working groups with Canada, Mexico, the European Union, and the United Kingdom to determine when international travel restrictions should be lifted.
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Feb 04, 2021 10:23 AM EST
(Photo : Getty Images: Pool / Pool) The White House reported that to speed up their vaccination campaign, they would open more community vaccination centers, using colleges, universities, and stadiums in many hard-hit states.
The White House reported that to speed up their vaccination campaign, they would open more community vaccination centers, using colleges, universities, and stadiums in many hard-hit states.
As the U.S. government aims to significantly expand its efforts to vaccinate the nation s population against the COVID-19-causing virus, it has planned to extend its vaccination campaign by building more centers and facilities.
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Feb 03, 2021 10:26 AM EST
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos will depart his post later this year, handing the helm over to the company s top cloud executive, Andy Jassy. Bezos will become Amazon s Executive Chairman of the Board.
The transition will take effect, the company said, in the second half of 2021.
Bezos, 57, created Amazon in 1994 and has since turned the one-time online bookstore into a global mega-retailer in various categories, from electronics to food to streaming. In January of last year, under Bezos leadership, Amazon reached a $1 trillion market cap; it is now worth more than $1.6 trillion. Being the CEO of Amazon is a deep responsibility, and it s consuming. When you have a responsibility like that, it s hard to put attention on anything else, Bezos said in a letter to Amazon Staff on Tuesday.
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Feb 03, 2021 11:54 AM EST
The UN Security Council disagreed on a joint statement condemning the coup in Myanmar but said talks would continue.
The 15-member council considered a UK-drafted statement wherein the envoy of the UN Security Council to Myanmar said that the country should collectively send a strong signal in favor of democracy.
The virtual meeting followed Aung San Suu Kyi s arrest and other top politicians by the military in a series of early morning raids on Monday. Armed Forces Leader Min Aung Hlaing took control after.
The army stated that its coup was legitimate and was vowed to hold new elections. Arguing with the poll last November was illegitimate without evidence. For one year, a state of emergency will remain in effect, they added.
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Feb 02, 2021 01:57 AM EST
US Unions and Environmentalists are now on the opposite sides of a dispute between Canada and the United States over significant pipeline projects.
The US is the largest oil and gas producer in the world. President Joe Biden s administration intends to maneuver the US economic structure in the direction of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. His preliminary measures in that direction included the cancellation of the Keystone XL (KXL) crude oil pipeline allowance and reduced oil and gas leasing.
Nevertheless, Biden s supporters reaction highlights the issue of balancing the effect of the transfer of power on entirely different societies.