New COVID-19 Cases Confirmed In Clare; 650 New Cases Nationally
Quebec health officials say there weren't any COVID-19-related deaths reported across the province in the past 24 hours. To date, just over 176000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in BC, 26,030 of which are second doses.
2/18/2021

Democrats to unveil Biden’s USA immigration reform bill
That could leave the door open to standalone bills focused on providing a pathway to citizenship for various populations. Democrats hold the House, but they need at least 10 Republican votes to reach the 60-vote threshold to pass the Senate .
2/18/2021

Donald Trump declares war on Republican senate minority leader Mitch McConnell
One person close to Mr Trump said his initial version of the statement was more incendiary than what was released publicly. McConnell did not vote to convict Trump of inciting the insurrection in the impeachment trial that followed.
2/18/2021

Victoria's snap Covid-19 lockdown due to end, but uncertainty looms
The total number of cases linked to the Holiday Inn Melbourne Airport outbreak which sparked the lockdown remains at 19. Workplaces, both in the private and public sectors, will be able to hold 50 per cent capacity.
2/18/2021

New Zealand Scolds Ally Australia for Rejecting Accused Islamic State Terrorist
The woman is facing deportation to New Zealand after being caught entering Turkey from Syria with two children. Instead, Australia revoked the woman's citizenship, making her exclusively New Zealand's problem.
2/18/2021

U.S. charges three North Koreans in $1.7 billion hacking spree
The newly-unsealed indictment builds on an earlier criminal case brought in 2018 and adds two additional North Korean defendants. One of the defendants, Park Jin Hyok , was also charged in a complaint about the Sony hack that was unsealed in September 2018.
2/18/2021

US storm toll 21 as Texas freezes
Snow and record cold continued Wednesday in the southwestern state where temperatures are forecast to remain at or below freezing. In Oregon, authorities confirmed Tuesday that four people died in the Portland area of carbon monoxide poisoning .
2/18/2021

Joe Biden Says Vaccines Available For All Americans By End July
My guess is they'll probably be pushing to be open all summer, to continue like it's a different semester. For example, "instead of a classroom of 30 kids in it, you have 3 classes of 10 kids each", he said.
2/18/2021

Government to Allow Municipalities to Ban Handguns
It would also allow municipalities the ability to ban handguns through bylaws restricting their possession, storage and transportation.
2/18/2021

Mary Robinson claims she was ‘horribly tricked’ over Dubai princess
Dixon, who helped secure the release of a British researcher who was jailed in the UAE on spying charges in 2018, urged diplomacy. And they were saying to me, in a way that was very convincing: "We don't want Latifa to go through any further trauma".
2/17/2021