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This week, Democrats discussed a follow-up proposal of at least $2 trillion in new stimulus spending, setting aside the growing federal debt and more concerned about the economy and American families.

By   Feb 21, 2021 12:33 AM EST The $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package from President Joe Biden is speeding toward passage at least before mid-March. But as Congress prepares the huge stimulus package, a few leading left-wing economists had raised an alarm about the possibility of inflation, conjuring up images of the 1970s, when the central bank failed to contain rising rates, wiping out wage increases. Economists fear Biden might cause inflationary pressures (Photo : Rob Kim/Getty Image...

  The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) announced in its monthly report released today that extrajudicial killing claimed the lives of 113 civilians, including 36 children, six women, and three victims due to torture, in Syria in January 2021, with the report further noting that 18 civilians, including 16 children, were killed as a result of mines during the same period.   The 19-page report states that the crime of murder has become widespread and systematic, mainly at the hands of Syri...

Latest politics news from Washington, coronavirus updates & more: What’s trending today Updated Jan 28, 2021; Posted Jan 28, 2021 Members of the House of Representatives must now pass through a security check with metal detectors before entering the chamber, a new safety measure put into place after a mob loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol January 6, in Washington, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP Facebook Share Top st...

What’s new? Efforts to resolve the long-running dispute between Kosovo and Serbia over the former’s independence have foundered. EU-led talks brokered agreement on technical issues but have struggled to address core political questions. Washington’s mid-2020 mediation effort fell apart when Kosovo’s president had to step away because of war crimes charges. Why does it matter? The dispute freezes Kosovo out of the UN and many other international bodies, ensures that both countries ar...

TsukuBlog A Local Perspective on Life in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. Manyoshu Poem Referring to Ancient Ceremony on the First Day of the Mouse (Hatsu Ne no Hi) sheds light on the origins of Mayudama Decorations – and the Okunitama Shrine’s Annual Plow Ceremony 13 January, 2021   This poster from an exhibition of objects preserved at the Shosoin Imperial Treasure House shows the NE NO HI NO METOGI NO HO-KI (bottom right) which was used in the 8th century by the Japanese Empress to ritually br...

Once known as First Month, Snow Month, Frosty Month, Wolf Month, the Roman god Janus, the guardian of gates and doors, is the name we now give to this time of year. January. Two-faced Janus looked back and looked forward, and artist Christo Coetzees Janus looks both ways. It invites us to think about past and future, about where weve been and where were heading. "No one ever regarded the first of January with indifference," says Charles Lamb and this time round, after 2020, 2021 hasnt come quic...

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The hamilton county district attorney. you heard him say at this point he feels it would be premature to rule out whether there were other involved in the act. the alleged shooter traveled to jordan in the middle east several times, once for seven full months. is that when he was radicalized? a neighbor who knew the suspected shooter most of his life and his high school wrestling coach tonight. the defense secretary just announcing enhanced security for the military in the wake of the shooti...