Talks between Chicago school leaders and the teachers’ union resume Sunday amid a standoff over remote learning and other COVID-19 safety measures that canceled three days of classes and loomed over the start of another week in the nation’s third-largest district. Disputed issues included testing and metrics to close schools. …
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UK still ready to trigger Article 16 in EU-Northern Ireland row: Truss
The United Kingdom is ready to take unilateral action that would suspend customs checks on goods moving to Northern Ireland, Foreign Secratary Liz Truss said ahead of talks with the European Union. According to Press TV, Truss is due to hold talks with EU Vice President Maros Sefcovic this week …
Read More »Rights group voices concern over ‘enforced disappearance’ under MBS in Saudi Arabia
A human rights group has voiced concern over the unknown fate of dozens of victims of enforced disappearance in Saudi Arabia, saying the kingdom is in a dark era under the rule of the infamous Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. “The Saudi authority still ignores international condemnations and warnings …
Read More »Al-Quds church leader: Israeli extremists threaten Christian presence in city
The Greek Orthodox Patriarch of the occupied al-Quds says extremist Israeli groups are threatening the presence of Christians in the holy city as the Tel Aviv regime continues assaulting places of worship. In a column in the Times of London on Saturday, Theophilos III said he believed the aim is to …
Read More »US sets up refinery in Syria’s Hasakah to increase country’s oil theft
US occupation forces have set up an oil refinery in the northeastern Syrian city of Hasakah, as US military trucks continue to smuggle crude oil from the energy-rich region to Iraqi territory. Syria’s official news agency SANA, citing local sources, reported on Sunday that US forces and the so-called Syrian Democratic …
Read More »Omicron overwhelms hospitals in early hit cities across US
The Omicron variant has overwhelmed hospitals in early hit cities across the United States, with experts saying this could be just the beginning. According to Press TV, since late December, hospitalizations have increased steadily as Omicron quickly overtook Delta as the dominant coronavirus variant in the United States. Among the …
Read More »‘Freedom, freedom’: Anti-vaccine protesters rally across Europe
Protests against COVID-19 vaccine requirements have gathered momentum across western Europe with large demonstrations taking place in France, Denmark, Germany, and Austria, among other countries. More than 100,000 protesters took part in rallies in France to decry controversial government plans to restrict the rights of the unvaccinated and to denounce recent …
Read More »Fire in NYC building leaves 19 people dead, including nine children
Nineteen people were killed, including nine children, and dozens were injured in an apartment fire in the Bronx in New York on Sunday, one of the worst fire catastrophes in the city in 30 years. According to officials, 32 people were hospitalized with life-threatening injuries and some 60 people were …
Read More »US House top Dem. steps up attack on GOP: Legislative continuation of Jan. 6
US House speaker Nancy Pelosi is stepping up attacks on GOP, claiming they are trying to “undermine our democracy” by taking measures amounting to “legislative continuation” of Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump. According to Press TV, the California Democrat made the …
Read More »Independent MP to challenge the constitutionality of the parliament’s first session before the Supreme Court
The Independent MP Basem Khashan on Monday said that he will lodge a complaint at the Federal Supreme Court to challenge the constitutionality of the parliament’s first session held yesterday, Sunday. Khashan told Shafaq News Agency that the complaint file will include videotapes, documents, and evidence that cast doubts on …
Read More »Al-Amiri meets the Prime Minister and discusses with him the political crisis in the country
Today, Monday (10_January_2022), the head of Al-Fateh Alliance, Hajj Hadi Al-Amiri, received Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi in his office in Baghdad, to discuss the political crisis in the country. Al-Amiri’s media office said in a statement received by “Al-Ghadir” website, that “the head of the Al-Fateh Alliance, Hadi Al-Amiri, received …
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