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President Joe Biden faced increased pressure on Friday to stem gun violence amid a rash of mass shootings across the United States, but he faces an uphill battle to significantly change the country’s permissive firearms laws. The day after an attacker killed eight people and himself at a FedEx Corp facility in Indianapolis, Biden insisted he could tackle the problem while also pushing a sweeping jobs package and working to rein in the coronavirus pandemic. “This has to end. It’s a national embarrassment,” Biden said at a White House news conference alongside Japanese Prime Minister Yo...

US mass shootings ‘a national embarrassment’: Biden Al Jazeera English © President Joe Biden again called on Congress to take up gun control legislation [Andrew Harnik/AP Ph... President Joe Biden again called on Congress to take up gun control legislation [Andrew Harnik/AP Photo] President Joe Biden faced increased pressure on Friday to stem gun violence amid a rash of mass shootings across the United States, but he faces an uphill battle to significantly change the country’s permissive firearms laws. The day after an attacker killed eight people and himself at a Fed...

By Syndicated Content By Andy Sullivan and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden faced increased pressure on Friday to stem gun violence amid a rash of mass shootings across the United States, but he faces an uphill battle to significantly change the country's permissive firearms laws. The day after a shooter killed eight people and himself at a FedEx Corp facility in Indianapolis, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki called on Congress to take action. "There's more we can do and must do," she told a White House briefing. "We can't give up just because it's hard...

The Good Men Project Become a Premium Member We have pioneered the largest worldwide conversation about what it means to be a good man in the 21st century. Your support of our work is inspiring and invaluable. Friday Essay: The ‘Great Australian Silence’ 50 Years On While we now have important interventions into Aboriginal history that amplify Australia’s uncomfortable past, such as Lyndall Ryan’s massacre map and the Uluru Statement from the Heart, those reverberations continue to cause anxiety. It’s 50 years since the anthropologist W.E.H. Stanner gave the 1968 Boyer Lectures — ...

Ashutosh Jain AN under-fire consultant has left the University of Morecambe Bay Hospitals Trust, it has been confirmed. Ashutosh Jain was criticised for errors that played a role in the deaths of patients being treated by the trust which runs Furness General and Westmorland General hospitals. He is among three urologists who have come under fire due to failures in patient care, with an external inquiry looking into concerns that date back to 2001. Coroners ruled clinical errors made by Mr Jain and former colleagues Kavinder Madhra, and Muhammad Naseem contributed to the deaths of two...