Tag: Politics and Government

Stolen at Birth, Chilean Adoptees Uncover Their Past

Growing up in Minnesota, Tyler Graf knew almost nothing about his birth…

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Saule Omarova, Biden’s Pick for Key Banking Regulator, Backs Out

Republicans in Congress mimicked the lobbyists’ criticisms, saying Ms. Omarova’s academic work…

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Sweden Finally Chose a Prime Minister. She Lasted About 7 Hours.

It seemed like a new era was dawning in Sweden on Wednesday…

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Austria Imposes Lockdown Amid Europe’s Covid Surge

Vaccination rates in most of Western Europe are higher, but the levels…

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Thousands in Austria Protest Covid Lockdown and Vaccine Mandate

VIENNA — Chanting “freedom” and “resistance,” thousands of Austrians marched through the…

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First Known Covid Case Was Vendor at Wuhan Market, Scientist Says

A scientist who has pored over public accounts of early Covid-19 cases…

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Austria to Target the Unvaccinated in New Lockdown

Austria on Monday began a targeted lockdown against unvaccinated people, confining adults…

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Ocasio-Cortez Isn’t Wavering. Are New Yorkers on Her Side?

As the No. 6 subway train creaked toward an elevated Bronx station…

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Germany’s Fourth Covid Wave: ‘A Pandemic of the Unvaccinated’

BERLIN — The University Hospital of Giessen, one of Germany’s foremost clinics…

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Election Results in Virginia Prove Things Can Get Worse for Democrats

HOT SPRINGS, Va. — The increasingly liberal politics of Virginia had been…

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Reeling From Surprise Losses, Democrats Sound the Alarm for 2022

But Representative Sean Patrick Maloney, the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign…

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Eric Adams Is Elected Mayor of New York City

Eric Leroy Adams, a former New York City police captain whose attention-grabbing…

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