Harris sidestepped questions about the staff turnover and potential for a reset when asked about it by POLITICO, and her office declined to comment for this story. But behind the scenes, advisers have spent weeks researching possible replacements for important posts and feeling out others who passed on roles in the office earlier this year, […]
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Mass NYPD Retirements Expected as Vaccine Mandate Deadline Looms
The New York Police Department (NYPD) is preparing for a “potential mass exodus” over far-left Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Chinese coronavirus vaccine mandate, the New York Post reported on Thursday. According to the report, police officials issued several memos on Thursday for police officers who wish to retire rather than get jabbed and reserved an […]
Deadline looms for French health workers to get compulsory COVID jab
French healthcare workers have until Wednesday (September 15) to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or risk suspension. President Emmanuel Macron announced in a speech earlier this summer that medical professionals and those working with vulnerable people — including nursing homes’ non-medical staff — must get the jab. The demand affects 2.7 people. Official figures released last […]
Planning for Retirement: 5 Smart Savings Strategies when Inflation Looms Ahead
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is often used as a standard way to follow inflation. It measures the average change in prices from one year to the next. When the CPI increases, it’s a sign that overall living costs are on the rise. In May 2021, the CPI for all items increased 5 percent before […]
Housing Supply Shortage Looms in Australia’s Largest State
News South Wales, Australia’s largest state, needs to reform its planning system to boost the supply of houses; otherwise, the state is on track to experience large housing shortages by the second half of this decade, a newly released report by the New South Wales (NSW) Productivity Commission argues. The Productivity Commission White Paper 2021, […]
Netanyahu’s opponents hashing out deal as deadline looms
On Sunday, Naftali Bennett, head of the small, hard-line nationalist Yamina party, said he would work with Lapid to form a broad unity government and “save the country from a tailspin and return Israel to its course.” Lapid has already secured the support of two smaller liberal parties and a secular ultranationalist faction. Bennett and […]
New Intifada Looms as Israeli Politicians Battle for Power
Israel’s political civil war continues with ongoing negotiations to somehow avoid a fifth round of elections for the politically exhausted Jewish people. Rocks, rubber bullets and teargas fly through the Jerusalem air, while hate email and death threats are left on voice mail. Welcome to democracy Israeli style. With Netanyahu failing again to form a […]
Independent impeachment & emoluments scrutiny essential—or Trump II looms
Spare the rod, spoil the neo-fascist right: here, here for commissions, one on truth and lying As my graduate school friend, Jack Palladino, the famed San Francisco private investigator (tragically murdered recently), said, “You don’t know where the critical line is until it gets crossed.” Though Jack meant it positively, a firm believer in good […]
Hospital Strike Looms in Israel
The Media Line — Seven Israeli hospitals will close their doors to nonessential treatments in one week if the government does not find a way to forge a budgetary agreement that will enable them to operate. Hadassah Medical Center and Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem; Laniado Hospital in Netanya, the seaside city north of […]
Republicans begin to turn on Donald Trump as impeachment vote looms
Donald Trump’s staunch Republican allies began to turn on the U.S. president on Wednesday ahead of a vote to impeach him for the second time in the House of Representatives and with just a week to go until he leaves office. A handful of Republicans have already said they will join the effort to impeach […]
Another Israeli election looms — and Netanyahu rides high, Gantz is a loser
Yesterday night, what seemed to be a last and desperate attempt to save Israel from another premature election failed. The vote in parliament was about prolonging the deadline for passing of the budget – not for 2021, but for 2020. Tonight (Tuesday) at midnight is the point at which new elections will automatically be set, […]
UK and EU remain far apart in post-Brexit trade talks as deadline looms
British and EU negotiators are continuing talks over the weekend but remained divided on Sunday. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s office said Sunday that the EU is “continuing to make demands that are incompatible with our independence. We cannot accept a deal that doesn’t leave us in control of our own laws or waters.” The […]
US Congress Works on COVID Aid as Another Shutdown Threat Looms
The US Capitol dome is seen in Washington, US, December 17, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Erin Scott The US Senate held a rare Saturday session as Democrats and Republicans faced a midnight Sunday deadline to complete a $900 billion package of legislation to help Americans struggling after the steep health and economic costs of the coronavirus pandemic. […]
New Elections Seen As A Virtual Certainty As Knesset Dispersal Deadline Looms
Knesset legal officials clarified Wednesday that parliament will automatically dissolve if a state budget isn’t passed by next Tuesday night — 24 hours earlier than the deadline previously assumed — as the unity government appeared set to crumble, sending Israel to its fourth round of elections within two years. Meanwhile unnamed political sources told Channel […]
Charities report huge increase in distribution of food parcels in UK as Christmas looms
Food banks in the UK warn they are set to be busier than ever this winter with the possibility an emergency food parcel could be handed out every nine seconds to people across the country. The Trussell Trust, which supports more than 1,200 food banks across the UK, said its network experienced a 47 percent […]
Europe Bets On COVID-19 Christmas Miracle As Third Wave Looms
LONDON — From behind his Downing Street desk, a self-isolating U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson proclaimed on Monday that an “escape route” from COVID-19 was now finally in sight. “We must hold out against the virus until testing and vaccines come to our rescue and reduce the need for restrictions,” Johnson said. ”‘Tis the season […]
DHS Braces for ‘Potential EMP Attack’ as Presidential Election Looms
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a new report warning about a “potential” electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack against the United States. DHS’s warning published on Sept. 2, 60 days before the U.S. presidential election on Nov. 3, indicates there are “evolving threats against the American homeland, most recently highlighting efforts to combat an Electromagnetic Pulse attack which […]
‘Famine of biblical proportions’ looms over humanity due to Covid-19, UN food chief warns
The Covid-19 pandemic may lead to a calamity of epic scale, with millions facing starvation worldwide, the head of the UN’s hunger-fighting body has warned. “All the data we have, including WFP forecast that the number of people experiencing malnutrition will grow by 80 percent by the end of the year, … points to a […]