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On Thursday, the Vermont senator paid tribute to Sen. Elizabeth Warren who dropped out of the Democratic race this week, emphasizing how she had campaigned for many of the same issues that he believed in. Sanders said that he and Warren shared similar views on income inequality, a wealth tax, “Medicare for All,” and how the political system was funded. Sanders told reporters: “Senator Warren has been very strong in making it clear that we have a corrupt political system in which billionaires are buying elections and right now, what you’re seeing, is Wall Street opening up its check book to Joe Biden....

The Belgium midfielder is out of contract at the end of 2017-18 and was linked with a move to Besiktas’ fellow Super Lig giants Galatasaray ahead of this season. Man U 9/2 to beat Newcastle 2-0 Jose Mourinho swiftly shot down those rumours, although speculation briefly reignited last week when footage on social media showed a man matching Fellaini’s distinctive appearance spending time in Istanbul. It later transpired it was Fellaini’s brother Mansour caught on camera, but Metin Albayrak, a member of Besiktas’ executive board, has confirmed the club are keeping tabs on the 29-year-old....

The report examined three different scenarios for the effects of slow-onset climate change, such as water scarcity, decreased crop yield and rising sea levels, and also considered measures taken for climate action and development. The report says these scenarios could result in millions of what it calls “climate migrants” by 2050, the AP said. A best-case scenario, with low-level emissions and inclusive, sustainable development, would still see 44 million people displaced from their homes....

What is a coffee subscription service? In simple terms, a subscription service means paying a monthly or annual fee for a service rather than a one off payment. If you do not pay the fee, you do not have access to the service. Food and beverage subscription services are popular with Americans. According to Vantiv’s consumer survey partnership January 2017, 52 percent of Americans have an active coffee or tea service—of these respondents, 59 percent were millennials....

On July 14, 2020, CDC published findings in the Journal of the American Medical Association confirming that cloth face coverings are a helpful tool to fight against COVID-19. According to the article, face masks, particularly when used universally within communities, were found to reduce the spread of the disease which has affected over 3.5 million people in the U.S. In a press release, CDC Director Dr. Robert R. Redfield says: “We are not defenseless against COVID-19....

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Texas local election officials have been quoted in media outlets in recent days saying ballots have been returned to voters for corrections. However, some officials have expressed concern that many flagged vote-by-mail ballots will be sent back to voters too late for them to fix before the upcoming March 1 primary. The primary is the first major election held in Texas since the controversial Senate Bill 1 was signed into law by Abbott....

Tsui is a prominent member of the Preparatory Committee, 150 power brokers appointed by Beijing to map out Hong Kong’s future after the handover on July 1, 1997. Of the 96 members who live in Hong Kong (the rest are mainlanders), about half own major companies. Tycoons are the heart and soul of the committee: Chinese businessmen who got rich under the British and now need mainland friends to stay rich....

Trichomoniasis and HPV are just part of what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calls a “hidden epidemic.” The number of people infected with genital herpes has risen by 30 percent since the late 1970s. And though syphilis and gonorrhea have declined sharply in recent decades, they remain more prevalent in the United States than anywhere else in the developed world. The medical cost of the STD epidemic tops $8 billion a year–and that doesn’t include out-of-pocket expenses or lost wages....

The White House is gingerly backing away from Falwell, and this week denied Falwell’s claim that President Bush had endorsed his appeal. But the larger conservative movement has done little or nothing to repudiate the founder of the Moral Majority, and he’s still in business. Talk about double standards. In case you missed it, here’s part of Falwell’s “Blame America” message of Sept. 13: “When we destroy 40 million little innocent babies, we make God mad....

Stef Wertheimer is a gruff, 74-year-old, self-educated multi-millionaire who escaped the Nazis when he was a boy. He founded ISCAR Ltd., a large toolmaker, served in the Israeli parliament and was a close friend of the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Here’s an example of how his mind works: In 1967, French President Charles de Gaulle put an embargo on sales of all French weapons to Israel. So Wertheimer started manufacturing engine blades....

THE OTHER HALF–the part that advocates “preemption” and explains the demise of such long-held concepts as “containment” and “deterrence”–will, after a period of uncomfortable adjustment, hold up under scrutiny and reorder the world for the new century. In other words, the Bush Doctrine manages to be both dangerous and visionary at the same time. First, the dangers. White House aides told The New York Times that President Bush edited the new “National Security Strategy of the United States” heavily “because he thought there were certain sections where we sounded overbearing and arrogant....

Over the past decade the Emirate has moved at warp speed, with fantastical project after project competing for headline space around the world. Upcoming developments include Falcon City, a mixed-use mega-property that re-creates some of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world, and the Snowdome, which promotional materials describe as “a gigantic indoor ski dome project that will comprise a ski dome, residential towers, hotels, a shopping mall, restaurants, coffee shops and other retail outlets....

The American division of YouGov, an international research and analytics firm, conducted a survey among 3000 adult U.S. citizens over one week in mid-July, asking for their personal opinions on all 45 U.S. presidents to ever serve (note that Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms). Those surveyed were given a list of presidents in the order in which they were in office, with the instructions, “For each of the following US presidents, please say whether you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of them....

The nursing home announcement—which came earlier this month from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)—closely followed decisive action by state leaders to ensure health care workers are vaccinated. This is not a partisan policy. Gov. Charlie Baker (R-Mass.) is requiring vaccination for staff in long-term care facilities, Gov. Larry Hogan (R-Md.) has a vaccinate-or-test requirement for hospitals and nursing homes and Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) announced workers across all health care settings must be vaccinated or face regular testing....