Scott, who is the nation s lone Black Republican senator, touched on the national conversation around systemic racism while giving the GOP s rebuttal to Biden s speech before Congress on Wednesday night. America is not a racist country, the junior senator from South Carolina said, adding that he is an African American who has voted in the South his whole life. It’s wrong to try to use our painful past to try to dishonestly shut down debates in the present.
In an excerpt from an exclusive interview with TODAY s Craig Melvin that appeared on NBC Nightly News Thursday, Biden was asked if America is a racist country.
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In a high-tech war game on Sunday, the U.S. Pacific Fleet sent stealthy robot boats and flying drones to spot a target barge plying the waters off Southern California.
Scott, who is the nation s lone Black Republican senator, touched on the national conversation around systemic racism while giving the GOP s rebuttal to Biden s speech before Congress on Wednesday night. America is not a racist country, the junior senator from South Carolina said, adding that he is an African American who has voted in the South his whole life. It’s wrong to try to use our painful past to try to dishonestly shut down debates in the present.
In an excerpt from an exclusive interview with TODAY s Craig Melvin that appeared on NBC Nightly News Thursday, Biden was asked if America is a racist country.
Huawei Carrier Congress 2021 kicks off to bolster Bangladesh s digital growth Xinhua | Updated: 2021-04-30 16:58 A visitor uses his mobile phone while passing by the stand of Huawei during an industry expo in Beijing. [Photo provided to China Daily]
DHAKA Chinese telecoms giant Huawei has started a special event titled Huawei Carrier Congress 2021 in Bangladesh with industry stakeholders from the country and elsewhere in the South Asia region.
The event was virtually inaugurated Thursday by Mustafa Jabbar, Bangladeshi minister of Posts and Telecommunications.
The congress which will last until almost the end of May aims to exchange views about technology trends and other aspects that may influence the tech world in the coming days.