An Arizona Senate subcommittee passed six more pieces of legislation on Jan. 31 aimed at shoring up the state’s electoral process following a disputed 2020 election and ballot audit and recount in Maricopa County. The bills were passed by the Senate Committee On Government along party lines, with the committee’s Republican majority edging out Democrats…
Arizona Senate Committee Passes Election Integrity Bills—Includes Class 5 Felony for Voting In More Than One Place
Arizona Senate Committee Passes More Election Integrity Bills
An Arizona Senate subcommittee passed six more pieces of legislation on Jan. 31 aimed at shoring up the state’s electoral process following a disputed 2020 election and ballot audit and recount in Maricopa County. The bills were passed by the Senate Committee On Government along party lines, with the committee’s Republican majority edging out Democrats…
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to Visit Australia for Quad Meeting
January 31, 2022
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Australia will host the next Quadrilateral Security Dialogue with America, India, and Japan in February as it seeks to “actively shape and influence” the Indo-Pacific region and counter China’s ambitions. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will join India’s Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, and Japan’s Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi in Melbourne, Australia for the next…
Conflicting Calls for Energy Focus As Federal Budget Looms
January 31, 2022
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A peak oil and gas lobby group has asked the federal government for more tax incentives for the industry in the next federal budget amid calls from conservation groups to abolish fossil fuel subsidies. The Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA), which represents the interests of the oil and gas industry, wants the Australian government…
Erin O’Toole to Face Leadership Review by Caucus as One Third Want Him Gone, Says MP
OTTAWA—Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole will face a vote on his leadership with one former caucus supporter now saying more than one-third of them want him gone. The Canadian Press has confirmed that Ontario MP Scott Reid, chair of the party’s caucus, has informed MPs that he received written notice with signatures from at least 20…
Commons Ethics Committee Wants Cellphone Data Collection Halted Over Privacy Concerns
January 31, 2022
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OTTAWA—The House of Commons ethics committee has called for a halt to the Public Health Agency of Canada’s plans to collect data from millions of mobile phones as a way to understand travel patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic. The committee passed a motion Monday calling on the federal government to suspend plans to extend the…
Lockdowns Had ‘Little to No Public Health Effect,’ Analysis of 24 Studies Concludes
Lockdown measures used by governments worldwide to reduce the death toll from the pandemic had little or no impact on COVID-19 mortality, according to three researchers who analyzed 24 studies. The researchers, led by Steve Hanke, the co-founder of The Johns Hopkins Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and the Study of Business Enterprise, screened 18,590…
New Drug for Seriously Ill COVID-19 Patients Shows Promise Under Right to Try Act
New information collected under the federal Right to Try Act shows promise for the new drug ZYESAMI, now in clinical trials for the treatment of serious cases of COVID-19. The information was collected by a hospital in the U.S. southwest, drug developer NRx announced in a news release Jan. 26. ZYESAMI, developed by the Radnor,…
Australia’s Waiting List for Non-Essential Surgeries ‘Growing and Increasingly Critical’: Experts
The Australian Medical Association and the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) are urging the government to immediately address the “growing and increasingly critical” backlog of elective surgeries, pushed back due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The call comes as the new Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) data shows Australia are waiting longer than…
Influencer Wife of Footballer Among Shooting Dead
A shooting at a concert in Paraguay on Sunday left two people dead including former model and influencer Cristina ‘Vita’ Aranda. Aranda, 29, is the wife of footballer Ivan Torres, a player for the Olimpia club in Paraguay. She had three young children. The other person killed in the shooting was identified by local media…
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