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Month: September 2021

The White House released a new multibillion-dollar plan for improving preparedness for pandemics or other biological threats

White House releases new plan to better respond to future pandemics or other biological threats

By Sam Fossum and Maggie Fox, CNN The White House on Friday released a new multibillion-dollar plan for improving preparedness for pandemics or other biological threats, comparing it to the ambitious Apollo moon shot program of the 1960s and 1970s. “We need better capabilities, also, because there is a reasonable likelihood that another serious pandemic

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UN chief: mercenaries and foreign fighters must leave Libya

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief is again urging countries to withdraw all foreign fighters and mercenaries from Libya, saying they continue to operate throughout the conflict-stricken North African country in violation of last October’s cease-fire agreement “with no discernible abatement of their activities.” Secretary-General Antonio Guterres

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The week in 13 headlines

By Sonnet Swire, CNN This week, President Biden’s infrastructure agenda took a backseat as the last US troops left Afghanistan and Hurricane Ida devastated both the Gulf Coast and the Northeast, while the Supreme Court allowed a restrictive new abortion law to stand in Texas — effectively outlawing most abortions sought in the state. Monday

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En Texas ahora se pueden portar armas abiertamente en público sin un permiso o capacitación. La policía dice que la nueva ley les dificulta su trabajo

Mariana Toro (CNN) — Una nueva ley a favor de las armas en Texas que entró en vigencia en septiembre de 2021 permite que la mayoría de los texanos que poseen legalmente un arma de fuego la porten abiertamente en público sin obtener un permiso o capacitación. Según los expertos, la medida hará que sea

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