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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2023.
- Business and biodiversity: It’s time to broaden our focus beyond just climate change
- Have we reached ‘peak meat’? Why one country is trying to limit its number of livestock
- EVs Made Up 10% of All New Cars Sold Last Year (“The increase, driven by China and Europe, provided relief to a broader car market that suffered from economic worries, inflation and production disruptions.”)
- John Kerry tells AP he backs UAE oil chief overseeing COP28
- Globalization Isn’t Dead. But a Shake-Up Is Building.
- The richest 1% amassed almost two-thirds of new wealth created in the last two years, Oxfam says
- ‘We’re all vulnerable’: One in 10 people will end up with long COVID, new study says
- ‘People aren’t taking this seriously’: experts say US Covid surge is big risk
- ‘Russia’s Rambo’ — once a Putin favorite — says he’d now fight for Ukraine and feels ‘nothing but hatred’ for his home country
- Europe’s warm winter robs Putin of trump card
- As 37 die in apartment strike, Russia seen readying long war (Give Ukraine the weapons it needs to win this war quickly!)
- Ukraine war: Chances of more survivors from Dnipro strike minimal – mayor (Terrorism and war crimes by Russia.)
- Dozens of Russian Draftees Died in a Ukrainian Strike. Putin’s War Machine Rolled On. (Putin doesn’t give a crap about his own soldiers’ lives.)
- Biden’s Delicate Dance With Ukraine Is Becoming Even More Complicated
- U.S. begins expanded training of Ukrainian forces for large-scale combat
- Xi Faces Dilemma as China Quietly Detains Young Covid Protesters
- China’s bid to leave covid behind could determine global economy’s fate (“A critical test looms this month, when workers in coastal factories head back to their rural villages to celebrate the Lunar New Year, potentially igniting a second round of infections in areas where the medical system is less well-developed.”)
- Erdogan Keeps the World Guessing on NATO Expansion (“Six months ago, Turkey agreed to NATO allies inviting Sweden and Finland. But it’s been holding out on ratifying the applications.”)
- Former Russian president says Japanese leader should disembowel himself (What happened to Medvedev? He seems to have completely lost his mind.)
- Christine Lambrecht: German defence minister resigns after blunders
- Yellen to meet with Chinese finance minister in Switzerland
- Cargo ship from Ukraine grounded in Bosphorus strait, traffic halted
- Romanian authorities seize nearly $4 million in assets from Andrew Tate in alleged human trafficking, rape investigation
- Italy’s most-wanted mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro arrested in Sicily
- Siamak Namazi, imprisoned since 2015 by Iran, has begun a hunger strike
- Billionaire Says Australia-to-Singapore Solar Plan Now Unviable
- Higher UK energy bills here to stay, warns oil company boss
- Search resumes as deadly Yeti Airlines crash highlights dangers of flying in Nepal
- Bright Start to Year for Bonds Eases Market Pressures
- Why There (Probably) Won’t Be a Recession This Year
- Biden evokes MLK’s legacy in sermon at Ebenezer Baptist Church
- Biden becomes the first sitting president to deliver a Sunday sermon at MLK’s church
- The states that celebrate both MLK Day and confederate holidays
- Weaponizing MLK’s words in a divided nation
- Martin Luther King Jr.’s Last Sunday Sermon Was on the Perils of Not Being Woke
- Biden is reveling in his stark contrast with the MAGA crazies
- Biden and McCarthy, wary opponents, prepare to work together
- Kevin McCarthy and the Republicans’ Rocky Road Ahead
- The House GOP’s retread tactics have blown up in Republicans’ faces before
- McCarthy weighs in on defense spending cuts amid GOP divisions (“Eliminate all the money spent on wokeism.” OK, McCarthy is unhinged. In fact, there’s no such thing as “wokeism,” let alone in the military budget! LOL)
- Investigations into classified docs should leave Trump more worried than Biden
- House Republicans Want Visitor Logs for Biden’s House—But Not for Mar-a-Lago (In fact, the situation at Mar-a-Lago is a serious national security threat.)
- Harbor City called George Santos a ‘perfect fit.’ The SEC called the company a fraud.
- Records show George Santos made questionable payments to vendors, experts say
- A GOP postmortem: What went so wrong in Pennsylvania?
- Ex-Trump aide Sanders defends critical race theory ban as Arkansas governor (She’s a horrible, horrible person.)
- This Is How Red States Silence Blue Cities. And Democracy.
- Progressives may tank Hochul’s pick to lead New York’s top court. She’s fighting back.
- MSNBC host confronts GOP House candidate over anti-LGBTQ Facebook post (That would be far-right-Republcian Leon Benjamin in VA04. Go Jennifer McClellan!)
- Whether on Voting Rights, Labor Rights, Environmental Protection, or Racial Equity/Economic Justice, Glenn Youngkin Would Have Been (and Is Today) the Antithesis of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Youngkin’s words of praise for Dr. King ring hollow when considering that the Party of Trump strongly opposes everything Dr. King fought for.)
- Missed Opportunity: How Governor Youngkin’s Decision to Block a Ford EV Battery Plant Inflicts Long-Term Harm
- Virginia’s GOP Governor Glenn Youngkin slams ‘maniacal’ decision by SEVEN schools in woke district to hide merit awards from top students to boost ‘equity’, as AG warns move could have cost youngsters college scholarships (Youngkin’s rhetoric sounds completely unhinged. As is this headline in the right-wing “Daily Mail”)
- Column: Community colleges are ready to meet workforce challenges
- Can Virginia lawmakers find a way to fix the state’s ‘weird’ weed laws?
- Video, Highlights: Arlington/Falls Church Commonwealth’s Attorney Forum with Incumbent Parisa Dehghani-Tafti and Challenger Josh Katcher
- Northern Virginia residents are relocating to Richmond in droves
- Hampton Roads had more than 200 homicides last year. Police solved just over half the killings. (“That means no one has been arrested or held accountable in 45% of the region’s 2022 killings.”)
- At Virginia Tech, research is turning food scraps to bioplastic
- Parents wonder how 6-year-old Virginia boy shot teacher after his backpack was searched
- D.C.-area forecast: A mid-January week that’s more like March
