Author: Cole Hanson

(Washington) US Vice President Kamala Harris received her booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine from Moderna on Saturday, encouraging eligible people to do the same. Posted October 30, 2021 at 1:21 pm Updated at 14:12 “I have received my booster shot and I want to encourage everyone to do so if they qualify,” she said after being vaccinated by a member of the White House medical team. “We’ve said it from the start, they’re free, safe, and they’ll save your life,” she added of vaccines. “The vast majority – I’ve been told over 90% – of people in intensive care…

Local officials and witnesses said Taliban fighters shot dead two wedding guests for playing music, in an act condemned by the Taliban government. • Read also: Cannabis still thrives under the Taliban’s Kandahar • To read also: • To read also: Free thought has been suspended among libraries in Kabul A relative of the victims said Taliban gunmen opened fire on a wedding party in the eastern town of Surkhod after they caught guests listening to Afghan music, killing two people and wounding two others. Young people put the music in a separate room, and three Taliban members arrived and…

(Washington) Heavy flooding hit the eastern coast of the United States on Friday, including coastal areas around Washington, DC and Baltimore. Posted October 29, 2021 at 4:39 pm. The US Weather Service (NWS) warned that the area is experiencing what could be “one of the largest tidal floods in 10 to 20 years,” adding that the damage in some places could be the most severe since Hurricane Isabel in 2003. Federal meteorologists said Friday that tidal or rain flooding and “strong winds and severe thunderstorms capable of potentially devastating storms” are expected in the area around Washington and Baltimore. Several…

Andrew Cuomo, the former New York state governor, said he was indicted in court Thursday for sexual assault of a former employee, another step in a case that forced him to resign this summer. – We learned from a judicial source. • Read also: Andrew Cuomo resigns on sexual harassment charges • Read also: “Eventually the truth will come out.” – Andrew Cuomo “A criminal complaint has been filed against former Governor Andrew Cuomo in Albany City Court,” a New York state court spokeswoman told AFP, adding that it was related to a sexual relationship. The complaint, released by several…

Los Angeles, United States | Last Saturday, the California capital broke its record for days without rain, the next, Sacramento set a historic rainfall record: These extremes are more and more frequent in the American West and portend what climate change has in store for the rest of the world. . from the country. • Read also: When science links climate change and disasters • Read also: When the temperature becomes unbearable “Look when you take a canary to a coal mine and you know the air is poisonous because the canary is dying?” “California is like a canary,” says…

Thursday, October 28, 2021 3:24 p.m. – In a few days, Quebec City will return to Eastern Standard Time. On the night of November 6-7, we will have to turn back our clocks. At 2:00 AM, it will actually be 1:00 AM. winter time This is the moment when Quebec switches to Eastern Standard Time. On the first Sunday in November, Kickers must set the time backwards. During the night of November 6-7 at 2:00 AM, it will be officially 1:00 AM, so you’ll get an hour’s sleep. However, you will also lose 60 minutes of daylight in the late…

Andrew Cuomo, the former New York state governor, said he was indicted in court Thursday for sexual assault of a former employee, another step in a case that forced him to resign this summer. – We learned from a judicial source. “A criminal complaint has been filed against former Governor Andrew Cuomo in Albany City Court,” a New York state court spokeswoman told AFP, adding that it was related to a sexual relationship. Diffusée par plusieurs médias, la plainte datée de jeudi et émanant du bureau du sherif du comté d’Albany, accuses l’ancien gouverneur d’attouchement forcé » le 7 décembre…

Paris, France | As COP26 approaches, AFP Fact Check is reviewing some of the most common claims to question human-caused global warming. • Read also – Climate: When rising temperatures become unsustainable ploy or conspiracy For some, the climate crisis is just a construct for scientists to justify their funding, or even a conspiracy by governments to control people. This may presuppose an organization of unprecedented complexity, coordinated by successive governments in a large number of countries with the complicity of a veritable army of scholars. However, tens of thousands of studies, each time revised and corrected by other scientists,…

(Ottawa) Canada and its international partners must do more to support Afghanistan’s neighbors if they are to help vulnerable Afghans flee their Taliban-controlled country now, a UN official said. Posted on October 27, 2021 at 6:12 PM Mike Blanchfield Canadian Press Kelly Clements, the UN Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees, told the Canadian Press this week that Iran and Pakistan lacked funds to deal with the influx of Afghans who have since attempted to flee the country, and that the Taliban regained power in mid-August. Several former artists and their families are facing reprisals from the Taliban for their support…

(Washington) US White House and Democratic officials engaged in frantic negotiations on Wednesday to resolve lingering differences over Joe Biden’s massive social spending plan before the president travels to Europe. Posted on Oct 27, 2021 at 10:02 AM Updated at 19:04 Delphine Twito and Julie Chapanas France media agency While the day began with the hope of a deal, the possibility of a consensus remains remote early in the evening due to disagreements over how to fund the $1.5 trillion to $2 trillion in social spending. A key senator from the center has signaled his reluctance to plan a new…