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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, December 27.
- Biggest climate toll in year of ‘devastating’ disasters revealed
- BP criticised over plan to spend billions more on fossil fuels than green energy (“Company’s oil and gas investments for 2023 will be as much as double those on renewables” Absolutely unacceptable.)
- Russian foreign minister gives Ukraine ultimatum (“Sergei Lavrov says Ukraine must fulfill Moscow’s proposals regarding its four occupied territories or the Russian military would take action, state-run media says” Whatever.)
- Russian City Mourns Its Lost Soldiers, but Doesn’t Resent Putin’s War
- Ukraine Latest: Zelenskiy Sees Gain in East; Austria Warns of Blackout
- China ends Covid quarantine for travellers in January
- ‘A sea change’: Biden reverses decades of Chinese trade policy
- China’s COVID-19 Surge Raises Odds Of New Mutant Coronavirus Variant
- Chinese Public Shows Mixed Emotions About Covid Zero Ending
- Taiwan to extend conscription to one year, citing rising China threat
- Scoop: U.S. Jewish leaders warn Israeli officials over incoming right-wing government (This incoming government is an utter disgrace, by far the worst ever in Israeli history.)
- Israeli doctors reject Netanyahu ally’s anti-LGBTQ remarks
- South Korea Sends Drones to Kim Jong Un’s Airspace in Unprecedented Move
- S. Korea launches jets, fires shots after North flies drones
- In the Bahamas, a Lingering Sympathy for Sam Bankman-Fried
- In Afghanistan, the lights go out for women
- Growing vaccine hesitancy fuels measles, chickenpox resurgence in U.S.
- From Climate Exhortation to Climate Execution (“The Inflation Reduction Act finally offers a chance for widespread change.”)
- Is the Inflation Storm Letting Up? (“So we’ve had some seriously encouraging inflation news. There are still reasons to worry, and the news isn’t solid enough to justify breaking out the Champagne. But given the season, I am going to indulge at least in a glass or two of eggnog.”)
- At least 50 people have died across the U.S. in ‘once-in-a-generation storm’
- US Natural-Gas Supplies Constrained as Extreme Cold Freezes Pipes
- Southwest Near Standstill as Over 80% of Flights Scrapped or Late
- Hitting back at Trump, Biden gears up for more clashes with GOP
- As Trump’s star wanes, rivals signal presidential nomination campaigns
- Time is running short for McCarthy to lock up Speakership
- GOP’s `anti-woke’ crusade splits corporate America
- ‘Mike Pence’ 2024 White House filing was apparent prank
- DeSantis’s request for COVID vaccine probe denounced by health experts
- Democrats call for George Santos to resign over ‘whopping lies’
- George Santos Admits to Lying About College and Work History
- Rep.-elect George Santos acknowledges ‘résumé embellishment’ but answers little on finances
- Liar Rep.-elect George Santos admits fabricating key details of his bio
- ‘Enough Really Is Enough’: Arizona Governor-Elect Katie Hobbs Seeks More Than $500,000 in Sanctions for Kari Lake and Her Lawyers
- Biden approves New York emergency declaration over “blizzard of the century”
- More than 14,000 in Washington state lose power after energy station attacked
- Opinion/Editorial: Abortion bans bring legal consequences
- Eight things to know about the growth of Virginia’s immigrant community (“In some census tracts in Fairfax County, immigrants now constitute a majority. In parts of Southwest Virginia, the immigrant population is almost zero.”)
- Video: Aaron Rouse Releases New TV Ad “Deciding Vote” (“Republicans in Richmond are trying to pass a new ban on abortion in Virginia and Kevin Adams—he wants to join them.”)
- Average Virginia gas prices drop below $3 a gallon
- New Virginia legislation to protect personal data goes into effect Jan. 1
- Virginia nursing homes are struggling to stay staffed
- Frozen pipes are bursting, shutting businesses down in central Virginia
- New Virginia Libertarian chair says party is alive and well
- Conservation group in contract to buy James River island
- Timeline: How the U-Va. shooting unfolded
- ‘The weight of being a Black student feels so heavy right now’
- D.C.-area forecast: Sunny and steadily warmer before chance of rain New Year’s Eve
