Friday, 30 April 2021

India doesn't want to shut down its economy again. It may get crushed anyway

India's government locked down the country last year to avoid an out-of-control Covid-19 outbreak that so many of the world's countries had endured. The plan was largely successful, but it crippled India's economy in the process.


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Defense secretary lays out vision of future in first major speech

In his first major policy speech, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin laid out a vision of warfare starkly different from how "the last of the old wars" of the past two decades were fought, urging the military to move toward a faster, more innovative approach capable of acting at the "speed of war."


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Michael Cohen makes prediction about Trump and 2024

CNN's Alisyn Camerota spoke to Trump's former personal attorney Michael Cohen about federal investigators executing a search warrant on the home and office of Rudy Giuliani.


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70% of Republicans believe falsehood that Biden was elected without enough votes

Amid a flurry of changes to voting rules and regulations across the country, the American public is divided over whether the bigger problem with elections in America is that it is too hard to vote or that it is too easy to cheat, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS.


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A partnership made in the MAGAverse: Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene team up to battle political opposition

Republican Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Matt Gaetz of Florida have a lot in common. As each lawmaker increasingly finds themselves at the center of controversy, they often go out of their way to show public support for each other, raising concerns about the message they're projecting for the future of a party searching for its footing in the wake of the 2020 election.


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Crush at religious festival in Israel's Mount Meron kills 45 people

Hundreds of buses stretched over miles of winding road were ferrying thousands of worshipers off Mount Meron in northern Israel on Friday after 45 people were killed and some 150 others injured in a crush at a mass Jewish gathering overnight.


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John King: CNN poll shows a 'damning' piece of Trump's legacy

John King breaks down the latest CNN poll numbers, which demonstrate some Americans still question the legitimacy of Biden's presidency.


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