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Photo : YONHAP News Anchor: South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Thursday that his country will provide a more rigorous target for reducing carbon emissions. In a climate summit hosted by U.S. President Joe Biden, the South Korean president also promised that his government will no longer finance the construction of coal power plants overseas. However, some of the world’s biggest emitters are still reluctant to join Biden’s climate initiative.   Kim Bum-soo has more.  Report: President Moon Jae-in has announced that South Korea will boost its original...

Hopi Reservation Extends Lockdown Order Hopi officials have extended a reservation-wide lockdown order for another month amid continuing COVID-19 transmission. The reservation reported a positivity rate of 25.6 percent among residents who tested for the virus; officials say they’ve seen 115 active cases over the last two weeks. Hopi authorities also reported a 95.5 daily case rate per 100,000 people — a higher case rate than that of Arizona. Officials say the surge was in part caused by residents who traveled to different villages and reportedly left the reservation. The extended lockdown...

Facebook to Block Events Near U.S. Capitol: Inaugural Update Bloomberg 1/15/2021 Bloomberg News © Bloomberg The U.S. Capitol at sunrise in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. President Trump's unprecedented second impeachment heads to the Senate, where his fate rests with Republican leader McConnell, who now has more leverage than ever over the president in his final week in office. (Bloomberg) -- Facebook Inc. said it will block users from creating events near the U.S. Capitol. Several key bridges to Washington will close on Tuesday, a day before the inau...

Facebook to Block Events Near U.S. Capitol: Inaugural Update Bloomberg 1/15/2021 Bloomberg News © Bloomberg The U.S. Capitol at sunrise in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. President Trump's unprecedented second impeachment heads to the Senate, where his fate rests with Republican leader McConnell, who now has more leverage than ever over the president in his final week in office. (Bloomberg) -- Facebook Inc. said it will block users from creating events near the U.S. Capitol. Several key bridges to Washington will close on Tuesday, a day before the inau...

California's secretary of Labor and Workforce Development Julie Su to be nominated as Biden's Labor secretary. "We strongly support Julie Su for the position of Secretary of Labor and urge President-Elect Biden to nominate her to fill this critical vacancy in his administration," the CAPAC said in a statement released Wednesday. "Not only would Julie bring greater diversity to the Cabinet, but she is also the most qualified person for the job." Appointed by California Governor Gavin Newsom in 2019, Su was previously the Labor Commissioner of California under former Governor Jerry Brown ...