Tag: USA

(USA) The assault on the US Capitol opens a new chapter in domestic terrorism (Daniel L. Byman, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2021/01/19/the-assault-on-the-u-s-capitol-opens-a-new-chapter-in-domestic-terrorism/

(USA) Digital fingerprints are identifying Capitol rioters (Darrell M. West, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2021/01/19/digital-fingerprints-are-identifying-capitol-rioters/

(USA/Global Economy) Four Ways Biden Can Boost the Global Economy (Project Syndicate)

Jayati Ghosh, Executive Secretary of International Development Economics Associates, is a member of the Independent Commission for the Reform of International Corporate Taxation. The US is nowhere...

(USA) After ‘1/6’ the myth of US democracy lies in tatters (Middle East Eye)

Hamid Dabashi Capitol riots should disabuse Americans of the fatal illusion that they are immune from their own violent manhandling of the world around them https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/beyond-911-world-after-16-highlights-myth-us-democracy

(USA/Bahrain/Israel) Trump awards Bahrain king legion of merit on last day in office (Middle East Eye)

King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa was given the US award after Bahrain normalised relations with Israel https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/bahrain-trump-king-legion-merit-last-day-normalisation

(USA/Twitter/Marjorie Taylor Greene) Twitter suspends QAnon-linked Republican lawmaker’s account (The New Arab)

Marjorie Taylor Greene, a newly elected Republican congresswoman, has been temporarily suspended on Twitter for 'multiple violations' https://english.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2021/1/18/twitter-suspends-qanon-linked-republican-lawmakers-account

(USA/Nord Stream 2) US to slap sanctions against Nord Stream 2 pipe-layer Fortuna on Tuesday (TASS)

The US government intends to introduce sanctions against the Fortuna vessel involved in the construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline and KVT-Rus company,...

(USA/Russia/China) Trump orders to restrict purchase of unmanned aircraft systems from Russia and China (TASS)

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday restricting the purchase of unmanned aircraft systems from the so-called "adversary countries," namely Russia,...

(Koreas/USA/Russia) Russia sees no moves from North Korea now that could fuel tensions in the region – Lavrov (TASS)

Pyongyang has made no moves as of yet that could escalate tensions on the Korean Peninsula, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told a press conference...

(USA/Education) When it comes to student success, HBCUs do more with less (Dick Startz, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/brown-center-chalkboard/2021/01/18/when-it-comes-to-student-success-hbcus-do-more-with-less/

(Hondurans/USA) ‘I was so scared’: Guatemalan forces disperse migrant caravan (Sandra Cuffe, Al Jazeera)

Military and police forces in Guatemala cleared thousands of United States-bound migrants and asylum seekers off a highway on Monday after blocking their advance...

(USA/Pandemic) Biden team says US won’t lift COVID travel ban after Trump order (Al Jazeera)

US President-elect Joe Biden’s spokeswoman quickly dismissed Donald Trump’s announcement on Monday that a COVID-19 ban on travellers arriving from much of Europe and...

(USA/China/WHO/Pandemic) US urges China to allow WHO team to interview Wuhan front liners (Al Jazeera)

The United States urged China on Monday to allow an expert team from the World Health Organization (WHO) to interview “caregivers, former patients and...

(Canada/Alberta/USA/Keystone) Alberta leader asks Biden to ‘show respect’, hold Keystone talks (Al Jazeera)

The premier of Canada’s oil-rich province of Alberta is calling on United States President-elect Joe Biden to “show respect for Canada” and negotiate the...

(USA) Trump and un-Americanism (Asma Barlas, Al Jazeera)

Watching the spectacle of US President Donald Trump’s supporters breaching the Capitol on January 6 in an effort to stop the Congress from certifying...

(USA) Pandemic reveals tale of 2 Californias like never before (Politico)

California has long been a picture of inequality, but the pandemic has widened the gap in ways few could have imagined. https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/17/california-pandemic-inequality-459849 By MACKENZIE MAYS