Joe Biden campaigned on a platform to restore America’s standing in the world by repairing ties with our allies, create greater domestic equity through improvements in the Affordable Care Act and aggressive efforts to advance the interests of women and minorities, and accelerate U.S. efforts to reduce greenhouse gases. The …
Read More »Europe Markets: European stocks climb as foreign investors chase bargains
People walk past a sign encouraging social distance in a shopping street in Solihull, central England on September 14, 2020. oli scarff/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images European stocks rose on Monday, as foreign investors went shopping for bargains in a flurry of activity. Down 3.6% last week in its worst performance since …
Read More »The Wall Street Journal: Amazon bans sales of foreign plant seeds to U.S. amid mystery mailings
Amazon.com Inc. is barring foreign sales of seeds into the U.S. after thousands of suspicious packets, many postmarked from China, arrived at households around the world this summer. The move by Amazon comes as the mystery seeds led U.S. officials to raise alarms about the ease with which seed sales …
Read More »U.K. foreign secretary criticized for saying taking a knee comes from ‘Game of Thrones’
Dominic Raab, the U.K. foreign secretary, has been criticized after saying that taking the knee comes from the “Game of Thrones” TV series. Raab, who led the country while Prime Minister Boris Johnson was hospitalized with COVID-19, also said the gesture “feels to me like a symbol of subjugation, subordination.” …
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