French president Emmanuel Macron is joining several African leaders to kick off a planned one billion dollars project to accelerate the rollout of vaccines in Africa, after the coronavirus pandemic exposed gaping inequalities in access to them. The launch of the African Vaccine Manufacturing Accelerator, which will provide financial incentives to vaccine manufacturers, offered a […]
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is joining several African leaders on Thursday to kick off a planned $1 billion project to accelerate the rollout of vaccines in Africa, after the coronavirus pandemic exposed gaping inequalities in access to them. The launch of the African Vaccine Manufacturing Accelerator, which will provide financial incentives to […]
A push to try to close a minimart in Pittsburgh’s Allentown neighborhood seems to have stalled. Allentown neighbors say Adan Market 2 on East Warrington Avenue has been a hotspot for crime. For the last several months, they and city leaders have been calling on the DA to shut the minimart down. “We’ve had neighbors […]
Jun. 18—U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich led the charge Tuesday for a ban on bump stocks, saying the gun accessory is nothing more than a deadly device tailor-made for mass shootings. “I know there are those who say, ‘Guns don’t kill people; people kill people,’ ” Heinrich, a Democrat from New Mexico, said on the Senate […]
US Dollar vs Japanese Yen Technical Analysis The U.S. dollar has rallied a little bit during the early hours on Tuesday again, as we continue to see traders truly punish the Japanese yen for a lack of interest rates and swap coming from Japan. After all, you get paid to hang on to this pair. […]
Under the terms of the deal between IFC and Epic Group, the debt financing package includes a $70 m sustainability-linked loan and a $30m green loan – IFC’s first green loan with sustainability-linked features in the manufacturing sector. The funding will support Epic Group’s expansion in Bangladesh, including upgrading its washing and wastewater treatment facilities, […]
Assembly Democrats are fracturing over California legislative leaders’ decision to make changes to some retail theft bills that are designed to derail a controversial November ballot initiative aimed at toughening laws against such crimes. Some hardline progressive Democrats already disagreed with the legislation, but now moderates have joined them. “I don’t support the amendments,” said […]
Jun. 17—Four Montgomery County organizations testified in an Ohio Senate committee last week in support of Ohio’s recently unveiled blueprint of how the state plans to spend a $700 million pot of money that has been set aside to fund local projects across the state. Montgomery County projects are set to receive $28 million from […]
Paul Pressler, a former Texas judge who altered the Southern Baptist Convention twice, first when he led a fundamentalist takeover of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination and second when he faced sexual abuse allegations, has died at 94. Pressler, who died June 7, was a symbol for both the Religious Right’s marriage with Republican politics, […]
Paul Pressler, a former Texas judge who altered the Southern Baptist Convention twice, first when he led a fundamentalist takeover of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination and second when he faced sexual abuse allegations, has died at 94. Pressler, who died June 7, was a symbol for both the Religious Right’s marriage with Republican politics, […]
Paul Pressler, a former Texas judge who altered the Southern Baptist Convention twice, first when he led a fundamentalist takeover of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination and second when he faced sexual abuse allegations, died June 7. He was 94. Pressler was a symbol for both the Religious Right’s marriage with Republican politics, then of […]
The Biden campaign plans to mark the two-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision that guaranteed the federal right to abortion by barnstorming the country with messaging and events aimed at contrasting President Joe Biden’s views with those of former President Donald Trump, according to information shared […]