Italy cautious on AstraZeneca vaccine for over-55s
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Popes, chickens and reheated soup: 15 everyday Italian idioms you need to know
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Italian expression of the day: ‘Fa un freddo cane’
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Italian recipe of the week: Lasagna con carciofi fritti
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Asian Americans don’t need ‘Bling Empire’s’ (mis)representation — especially now
In the promo for Netflix’s new reality TV series “Bling Empire,” a diamond-laden and heavily made-up socialite named Christine Chiu brags about her husband, a Los Angeles plastic surgeon. She claims he is a descendant of China’s Song dynasty and would be next in line to be emperor if the dynasty were still in place.…
Pentagon pauses plan to offer Covid vaccine to Guantánamo Bay prisoners
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon announced Saturday they would pause their plan to offer coronavirus vaccinations to detainees at Guantánamo Bay, reversing course just days after they said that the vaccine would be administered to those that wanted it.”No Guantanamo detainees have been vaccinated. We’re pausing the plan to move forward, as we review force protection…
Woman saying she wanted shoot Pelosi ‘in the friggin’ brain’ during Capitol riot arrested
Two women were arrested in connection to the U.S. Capitol riot where one of them posted a video on social media saying they were looking for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi “to shoot her in the friggin’ brain but we didn’t find her,” according to federal prosecutors.Dawn Bancroft and Diana Santos-Smith were arrested in Pennsylvania Friday…
Biden environmental challenge: Filling vacant scientist jobs
Polluting factories go uninspected by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Leadership positions sit vacant at the U.S. Geological Survey’s climate science centers. And U.S. Department of Agriculture research into environmental issues important to farmers is unfinished.The ranks of scientists who carry out environmental research, enforcement and other jobs fell in several agencies — sharply in…
Fighting climate change in America means changes to America
Climate isn’t the only thing changing.What comes next in the nation’s struggle to combat global warming will probably transform how Americans drive, where they get their power and other bits of day-to-day life, both quietly and obviously, experts say. So far the greening of America has been subtle, driven by market forces, technology and voluntary…
EU regulator authorizes AstraZeneca vaccine for all adults
BERLIN (AP) — Regulators authorized AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine for use in adults throughout the European Union on Friday, amid criticism the bloc is not moving fast enough to vaccinate its population.The European Medicines Agency’s expert committee unanimously recommended the vaccine to be used in people 18 and over, although concerns had been raised this week…
