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Delta Covid variant first found in India spreads to 62 countries, hot spots form in Asia and Africa, WHO says

The P.1 variant, now named Gamma, which was first detected in Japan in people who had traveled from Brazil, has spread to 64 countries, according to the WHO. Even countries with high vaccination rates are seeing a rise in cases over the last week or two, “so no one is out of the woods,” Dr. Mike Ryan, executive director of the WHO’s Health Emergencies Program said in a Q&A hosted by the WHO on Wednesday across social media platforms. In Bahrain, where about 55% of the population is inoculated with at least one dose, Covid cases have been spiking since the beginning of May, reaching the highest level of daily reported cases since the beginning of the pandemic, according to Our World in Data. “Relaxation of public health and social measures, increased social mobility, virus variants and inequitable vaccination are a very dangerous combination,” Maria Van Kerkhove, the WHO’s Covid-19 technical lead, said in explaining some of the recent surges. The Western Pacific region is reporting
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Assault on Capitol ‘incited by the president,’ says former DHS secretary

  KEY POINTS Former Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said that the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6 was “incited” by President Donald Trump, and criticized him for fueling the ‘Big Lie’ that the Nov. 3 election was stolen from him. An internal Homeland Security report leaked in 2009 warned that right-wing extremism was on the rise and that it could lead to violence. Napolitano said that white nationalists have only become more dangerous since the report.  WATCH NOW VIDEO 03:44 Former DHS Sec. Napolitano on the rise of right-wing extremism in the U.S. Former Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told CNBC’s  “The News with Shepard Smith ” that the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6 was “incited” by President Donald Trump, and criticized him for fueling the “Big Lie” that the Nov. 3 election was stolen from him. “He hasn’t said what would be the most helpful, which is, that he lost the election fair and square and that it is time for the peaceful transition of power as
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Google backs Biden immigration efforts, covers fees in threatened 'Dreamer' program

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OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc’s Google said it would support President-elect Joe Biden’s efforts to pass a new U.S. immigration law and would help cover application fees for immigrants seeking lawful work under a threatened government program. Google said on Wednesday it would pay for the application fees of about 500 young immigrants seeking employment under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. It comes as Google and other big U.S. employers transition from four years of criticizing outgoing President Donald Trump for restricting immigration policy and undermining the companies’ ability to hire foreign-born workers. Click Here Click Here Click Here Click Here Click Here Click Here Click Here Click Here Click Here Click Here Click Here Click Here Click Here Click Here Click Here Click Here Click Here Click Here Click Here Click Here Click Here Click Here Click Here Click Here Click Here Click Here Click Here Click Here Click Here C
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Fiat Chrysler unveils new three-row Jeep Grand Cherokee SUV

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  2021 Jeep Grand Cherokee L Fiat Chrysler DETROIT — Fiat Chrysler is expanding its popular Jeep Grand Cherokee lineup with a new three-row model, which the company believes will widen the vehicle’s appeal in an increasingly competitive SUV market. The Grand Cherokee L marks the fifth-generation of the SUV since its debut nearly 30 years ago. A three-row Jeep has been more than a decade in the making. Jeep exited the segment in 2010 after lackluster sales of a vehicle called the Commander. “There is high-demand in a Grand Cherokee three-row. We know we are going to do extremely well,” Christian Meunier, Jeep’s global president, said during a media briefing. “We are going to improve our leadership a lot.” The 2021 Grand Cherokee L is recognizable as a Jeep but features a new exterior design with horizonal LED daytime running lights, a wider seven-slot grille and other design elements that debuted last year on the company’s Grand Wagoneer SUV concept. It is built off a new Fiat Chrysler
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British Army Helps Clear Backlog of Virus-Stranded Drivers

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  A mother and child look at the line of trucks parked up on the M20, part of Operation Stack in Ashford, Kent, England, Friday, Dec. 25, 2020. Thousands wait to resume their journey across The Channel after the borders with France reopened. Trucks inched slowly past checkpoints in Dover and headed across the Channel to Calais on Thursday after France partially reopened its borders following a scare over a rapidly spreading new virus variant. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)  THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BY PAN PYLAS,  Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Around 1,000 British soldiers were spending Christmas Day trying to clear a huge backlog of truck drivers stuck in southeast England after France briefly closed its border to the U.K., then demanded coronavirus tests from all amid fears of a new, apparently more contagious, virus variant. Recommended Videos Powered by  AnyClip Trump pardons 15, including two convicted in Mueller probe 47K 17 Play Video NOW PLAYING Trump pardons 15, including two conv
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