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New taxes on flights could provide poor countries money to fight climate change

New taxes on flights could provide poor countries money to fight climate change

Get weekly climate politics updates from Grist Subscribe to The First 100 This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Taxes on international transport could provide new flows of finance to developing countries to help them reduce greenhouse gas emissions and cope with the impacts of climate breakdown, a group of climate…

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11 Best Practices of a Successful Care Model Transformation Plan

11 Best Practices of a Successful Care Model Transformation Plan

Moha Desai, Principal, Healthcare Strategy & Transformation  Health systems across the country will require a plan to react to government deep spending cuts and revenue shortfalls due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Hospital services have seen a significant downturn in demand in 2020, and the recent resurgence in cases has led to further decreases. The public health emergency has also resulted in…

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Pirlo gives his verdict on Ronaldo's free-kick jinx

Pirlo gives his verdict on Ronaldo’s free-kick jinx

Ronaldo has only scored one free-kick in an official match for Juventus since his arrival from Real Madrid in 2018. Cristiano Ronaldo is working hard in training to end his free-kick jinx and knows he will do it ‘soon’, says Juventus manager Andrea Pirlo. Ronaldo has supplied a sensational 88 goals and 21 assists in only 116 appearances for Juventus. The 36-year-old continues to defy his age and…

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Texas Residents Face Steep Electric Bills After Storm

Texas Residents Face Steep Electric Bills After Storm

Some Texans are getting slammed with high electrical bills following last week’s freezing weather. Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Maria Halkias of the Dallas Morning News. Source link

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SNL Roasted Ted Cruz In A Britney Spears Skit

SNL Roasted Ted Cruz In A Britney Spears Skit

“I’m in a little bit of hot water. Which I’m told is a thing no one in Texas has.” Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard how Senator Ted Cruz deserted Texas and flew to Cancún while his state dealt with freezing temperatures and power outages. Mega / Getty Images After receiving major backlash, Ted claimed he was only traveling to “be a good dad” and accompany his…

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Merrick Garland Vows To Oversee Prosecution Of Capitol Rioters As Attorney General

Merrick Garland Vows To Oversee Prosecution Of Capitol Rioters As Attorney General

Judge Merrick Garland plans to tell senators on Monday that he will prioritize fighting discrimination and domestic extremism as well as upholding the rule of law and the independence of the Justice Department if confirmed as attorney general, according to a copy of his prepared testimony. “If I am confirmed, serving as Attorney General will be the culmination of a career I have dedicated to…

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Maharashtra: Amid COVID-19 surge, night curfew in Nashik from Monday

Maharashtra: Amid COVID-19 surge, night curfew in Nashik from Monday

Nashik authorities said night curfew would be enforced in the district between 11 pm to 5 am from Monday till further orders in view of the rise in COVID- 19 cases. Outbreak protocols will be implemented strictly and those not wearing masks will be fined Rs 1,000, while marriage functions, which seem to be a factor behind the spike, will require police permission and that too with just 100 in…

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Worst Famine World has Seen in Decades Predicted — Global Issues

Worst Famine World has Seen in Decades Predicted — Global Issues

Volunteers teach people living in settlements about COVID-19. This photo was taken in Sana’a, Yemen. At a Security Council briefing yesterday UN Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator said people in Yemen are more worried about hunger than the COVID-19 pandemic. Credit: Dhia Al-Adimi/UNICEF by Samira Sadeque (united nations) Friday, February 19,…

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Americans might still be wearing masks in 2022; world may never reach herd immunity: Live COVID-19 updates

Americans might still be wearing masks in 2022; world may never reach herd immunity: Live COVID-19 updates

Over 90,000 more Americans are likely to die from COVID-19 related causes by June 1, a leading forecasting institute says. The projection comes as the U.S. expects to surpass 500,000 deaths within the next two days and Dr. Anthony Fauci says it’s “possible” that Americans will still be wearing masks in 2022. The University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IMHE) also…

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My Dad Says to Invest My Roth IRA in Silver, Marijuana

My Dad Says to Invest My Roth IRA in Silver, Marijuana

Dear Penny, I’m a 24-year-old single male and recent college graduate. I have a job but no 401(k) match, so my dad suggested I start a Roth IRA. I don’t have any idea how to invest it. My dad says that since I’m young, I need to take risks. He’s suggested some marijuana stocks and silver stocks that he’s made money on. But this seems like it might be too risky to me. My dad doesn’t work in…

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Arkansas' Republican governor says he wouldn't support 2024 Trump run

Arkansas’ Republican governor says he wouldn’t support 2024 Trump run

Hutchinson said in January that he wanted the Trump administration to end, but stopped short of calling for the former president’s resignation. He also called a second set of impeachment proceedings “unworkable.” The governor’s nephew, an Arkansas state senator, has since announced he is leaving the Republican Party due to the direction the GOP has taken. Hutchinson called on the GOP to pivot…

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White House security adviser says response to SolarWinds hack will come in weeks By Reuters

White House security adviser says response to SolarWinds hack will come in weeks By Reuters

© Reuters. Press briefing at the White House in Washington WASHINGTON (Reuters) – White house national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday the United State will respond to the SolarWinds hack that hit several government agencies last year in “weeks, not months,” as the United States investigates the suspected Russian hack. Sullivan was speaking on CBS’s “Face the Nation”…

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Instruments of Conflict, Tools of Power

Instruments of Conflict, Tools of Power

Rights as Weapons: Instruments of Conflict, Tools of PowerBy Clifford BobPrinceton University Press, 2019 Human rights are generally thought of as defensive in nature. That is, they are held up by certain individuals and groups as a means to protect their dignity from the state or other malevolent actors. Moreover, rights are often viewed as either philosophically grounded in principles of human…

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Saab reveals first product made in UAE

Saab reveals first product made in UAE

DUBAI — Swedish company Saab is to unveil its first product developed in the United Arab Emirates at the International Defence Exhibition and Conference, taking place Feb. 21-25. The Rugged Camera Module-Infrared, or RCAM-IR, is a “rugged camera platform, designed to withstand the harshest environments,” according to Anna-Karin Rosén, a managing director at Saab. She added that the real-time…

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Do You Know Your Support Language?

Do You Know Your Support Language?

Finding and giving support is a two-way street, says psychological astrologer Jennifer Freed. Often, Freed finds that it’s not that people are lacking support from one another—it’s that people don’t know how to communicate the kind of support they truly want to receive. Even with the best intentions, when we assume that people automatically know what we need or, worse, when we think everyone…

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Jurgen Klopp is no stranger to the extremes, but evolution is beckoning - Liverpool FC

Jurgen Klopp is no stranger to the extremes, but evolution is beckoning – Liverpool FC

Jurgen Klopp has been here before and is no stranger to the rollercoaster ride that is professional football, but the latest defeat, at the hands of Everton no less, ensures change is needed. The absolute state of this season. Extremes all over the place. Up the Reds, though. Jurgen Klopp is an obsessive and he’ll be playing out all the possible scenarios in his head that will take him and his…

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Organ Transplant Patient Dies After Receiving COVID-Infected Lungs

Organ Transplant Patient Dies After Receiving COVID-Infected Lungs

A Michigan woman contracted COVID-19 and died last fall after receiving a double-lung transplant, doctors said. The organs were infected with the coronavirus, even though the donor initially tested negative and showed no signs of illness. It appears to be the first confirmed U.S. case of donor-to-recipient transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, according to a study published…