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US review of Covid origins due Tuesday
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said a review on the origins of the Covid-19 sought by US President Joe Biden is expected to be complete by Tuesday’s deadline but it will take a “few days” to put together an unclassified version for the public. Biden in May gave aides a 90-day deadline to find answers to the origin of the coronavirus as the US intelligence agencies pursued various theories, including the possibility of a laboratory accident in China.
US sanctions Eritrean army chief over rights abuses in Tigray
The United States imposed sanctions on Monday on Eritrea’s army chief General Filipos Woldeyohannes over human rights abuses in Ethiopia’s war-scarred Tigray region. The move by the US Treasury Department against the chief of staff of the Eritrean Defense Forces comes amid reports Eritrea has deployed reinforcements to parts of Tigray as fighting escalates.
White House says US working on offering vaccines to Afghan refugees
Biden, UK’s Johnson discuss Afghan evacuation plans: White House
US President Joe Biden discussed Afghanistan evacuation efforts with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday, emphasizing the importance of close coordination in handling the current crisis as well as Afghanistan policy, the White House said.
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The United States is racing against the August 31 cut-off date to airlift up to 100,000 evacuees out of Afghanistan amid a looming confrontation with the Taliban over extending the deadline. President Joe Biden said on Sunday that the US may push back the date for American withdrawal in order to complete the evacuation, which picked up momentum over the weekend amid continuing chaos at the Kabul airport, but the Taliban dispensation put its foot down saying it sees the August 31 deadline as inviolable. Read more
Biden administration defends eviction ban at US Supreme Court
President Joe Biden’s administration on Monday asked the US Supreme Court to leave in place a COVID-19 pandemic-related federal ban on residential evictions while the justices consider a challenge by landlord groups to the ban’s legality. Read more
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US sanctions senior Eritrean defense official for rights abuses
Focus must stay on Afghan evacuation
Vice President Kamla Harris
NYC mandates vaccinations for public school teachers, staff
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