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San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer is out of office and in the mix to challenge Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. But his record as mayor is remarkably checkered for a potential 2022 GOP gubernatorial candidate in the nation’s largest state, where only two Republicans have won statewide office this century a Hollywood action hero as governor in 2003 and 2006 and a tech titan (who has since left the party) as insurance commissioner in 2006.
Faulconer replaced disgraced former Mayor Bob Filner in 2014 and easily won re-election in 2016. Then his second term was rocky. Now the former San Diego State University student body president, public relations executive and city councilmember has a history at City Hall that will be cherry-picked by admirers and critics alike to paint a portrait of a mayor who did well in trying circumstances or one who was in over his head. He deserves praise for how he helped the city’s homeless population and how he managed the pandemic. Yet in major way
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December 31st 2020 at 09:25:48 GMT +0300
US Presidential-elect Joe Biden at a past event in New Castle, Delaware. Biden has said it may take years for many American’s to be vaccinated against Covid-19. [Reuters]
The first known US case of a highly infectious coronavirus variant discovered in Britain has been detected in Colorado as President-elect Joe Biden warned it could take years for most Americans to be vaccinated against Covid-19 at current distribution rates.
Biden’s prediction of a grim winter on Tuesday appeared aimed at lowering public expectations that the pandemic would be over soon after he takes office on January 20, while putting Congress on notice that he wants to significantly increase spending to expedite vaccine distribution, expand Covid testing and help reopen shuttered schools.
Chinese aggression wrecks celebratory year to mark 70 years of Sino-India diplomatic ties
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The 70 commemorative events, aimed at improving all aspects of the bilateral ties including trade, culture and military exchanges remained a non-starter as China went into a lockdown mode to arrest the spread of the disease which first emerged in Wuhan.
In this file image, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping can be seen
BEIJING: It was meant to be a year of grand celebrations to mark 70 years of diplomatic relations between China and India, but the Chinese aggression in eastern Ladakh in May has profoundly disturbed bilateral ties, carefully developed after the 1962 war.
More weakness seen as dollar posts worst year since 2017 By Karen Brettell
FILE PHOTO: U.S. dollar banknote is seen in this picture illustration
NEW YORK (Reuters) -The dollar posted its biggest yearly loss since 2017 on Thursday, capping off a manic year that saw the currency serve as a safe haven in March when panic over the spread of COVID-19 in the United States peaked, before dropping on unprecedented Federal Reserve stimulus.
The greenback soared to a three-year high of 102.99 against a basket of currencies in March, before ending the year at 89.96, down 6.77% on the year and 12.65% from its March high.
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