March 22, 2023 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Everything you should know about potential Trump indictment (Politico)
• Feds spend $2.4 million on cloud seeding for Colorado River (AP)
• Fed raises rates by a quarter point (CNN)
• Special education clash: Supreme Court sides unanimously for student with disability (USA Today)
• Takeaways from America’s second-largest bank failure (CNN)
• Biden Wants to Expand a Federal Agency’s Power to Go After Failed Bank Execs (GovExec)
• Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell warns inflation fight will be long and bumpy  (NPR)
• Trump attorney ordered to testify before grand jury investigating former president (CNN)
• Is DeSantis darkening Florida's sunny open-records laws?  (AP)
• Some Wells Fargo Customers Report Missing Deposits — Here's What We Know (NBC San Diego)

WORLD

• War crimes court seeks Putin arrest over deportation of Ukraine's children (Reuters)  
• Mexico kidnapping: A twisted moral code explains cartel's apology (BBC)
• Russia turns to high-tech hypersonic missiles in latest attack on Ukraine (CBS)
• Deadly Matamoros kidnapping has sparked fear among Black migrants, aid workers say (Dallas News)
• Civil society curbs in Russia, China a concern -UN rights chief  (Reuters)

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February 25,  2023 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• White House announces additional Russia sanctions, Ukraine aid on anniversary of invasion (The Hill)
• Georgia grand jury recommended indictments for more than a dozen people in Trump probe, foreperson says (NBC)
• Biden declares ‘Kyiv stands’ in surprise visit to Ukraine (AP)
• Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump Subpoenaed in Jan. 6 Investigation (New York Times)
• Train that derailed in Ohio highlights cost-cutting strategy in rail industry  (CBS News)
• What we know so far about the Chinese spy balloon and the other objects the U.S. shot down (CBS)
• US says China balloon could collect intelligence signals (AP)
• Off camera, Fox hosts doubted 2020 election fraud claims (AP)
• Police identify MSU shooting suspect, say all victims were students (NBC)
• Nikki Haley announces run for president, challenging Trump (AP)
• Students walk out after told to limit Black History program (AP)
• Trump: I Was Right to Trust Putin Over US Intelligence Officials (Hill Reporter)
• Governor's office in Pennsylvania makes a criminal referral in Ohio train derailment   (NPR)
• Former Arizona AG sat on records, refuting election fraud  (AP)

WORLD

• Russia is suspending its participation in New START nuclear weapons treaty, Putin says (CNN)
• Russian lawmakers endorse suspension of nuclear pact with US  (AP)
• Earthquake death toll tops 33,000; Turkey starts legal action (Reuters)
• No tents, no aid, nothing: Why Syrians feel forgotten (BBC)
• Russia has 97% of army deployed in Ukraine: UK (Newsweek)
• US renews warning it'll defend Philippines after China spat (AP)
• Nicaragua's vote to strip opponents of citizenship (AP)
• Indian tax authorities raid BBC after critical Modi documentary  (NPR)

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January 2, 2023  (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Fierce winter storm still taking a toll: 28 dead; thousands without power; flight cancellations mount. (USA Today)
• Zelenskyy's address to Congress puts him in a category with Churchill, Netanyahu and Mandela (Politico)
• Migrants dropped near Vice President’s house on frigid New Year’s Eve (CBS)
• Three Washington state electric substations vandalized (AP)
• Former Trump White House aide told Jan. 6 panel Mark Meadows burned documents a dozen times during the transition period (CNN)
• The full January 6 report is out. Here are the key details and recommendations  (NPR)
• Fox News' Sean Hannity admits he knew Trump lost 2020 election  (NPR)
• IRS mandatory presidential audit policy goes under spotlight (AP)

WORLD

• Missiles rain down on Ukraine as Putin gives combative New Year speech (Washington Post)
• Turkey, Saudi Arabia decry Taliban university ban for women  (A)
• Taliban orders NGOs to ban female employees from coming to work (Reuters)
• Ukrainian drone hits bomber base inside Russia (Reuters)
• German double agent passed Ukraine intelligence to Russia, had access to NSA info (Washington Examiner)
• As Russia bombs Ukraine’s infrastructure, its own services crumble (Washington Post)
•  Bloody property disputes a dark side of Mexico real estate (AP)
• North Korea has hacked $1.2 billion in crypto and other assets  (NPR)
• S. Korea launches jets, fires shots after North flies drones (AP)
• China sends 71 warplanes, 7 ships toward Taiwan in 24 hours (AP))
• Sudden Russian death syndrome (The Atlantic)

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December 5, 2022 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Senate passes landmark protections for same-sex marriage (The Hill)
• Trump calls for the termination of the Constitution in Truth Social post (CNN)
• Stewart Rhodes and fellow member of Oath Keepers found guilty of sedition (CNN)
• Hawaii's Mauna Loa, the world's biggest active volcano, erupts after 38 years (NPR)
• McConnell says there’s ‘widespread agreement’ among leaders on need for omnibus (The Hill)
• Olivia Pichardo is the first woman to make roster of Division I baseball team  (NPR)
• Supreme Court hears challenge to Biden rules narrowing ICE immigration arrests (CBS)
• Trump Owed Hidden Debt While In Office (Forbes)
• Owing nearly $1.5B to Sandy Hook families, Infowars host Alex Jones files for personal bankruptcy (PBS)
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• China clamps down on ‘zero covid’ protests, loosens some pandemic measures  (Washington Post)
• A ‘barbed wire curtain’ rises in Europe amid war in Ukraine (AP)
• NATO vows more help for Ukraine as Russia attacks on multiple fronts (Reuters)
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• U.S. Pledges $53 Million to Help Fix Ukraine’s Electrical Grid  (New York Times)
• Scotland cannot hold an independence referendum without UK government approval, top court rules (CNBC)
• Twin blasts near bus stops shake Jerusalem, killing a teen and hurting 18 other people  (NPR)
• Georgians alarmed at the arrival of tens of thousands of Russian exiles  (NPR)
• For Afghans who fought against the Taliban, life is fraught under their rule  (NPR)

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November 13, 2022 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Judge vacates Biden's student debt forgiveness plan  (NPR)
• Social Security recipients get 8.7% cost-of-living increase, the highest in more than 40 years (CNN)
• After clinching Senate, Dems eye the unthinkable: Holding the House (Politico)
• How Joe Biden and the Democratic Party defied midterm history (CNN)
• Election deniers lose races for key state offices in every 2020 battleground (Washington Post)
• Making history: Record 12 women form cohort, will simultaneously serve as governors in 2023  (USA Today)
• Putin-linked businessman admits to US election tampering (AP News)
• Hawaii’s big island gets warning as huge volcano rumbles (AP)
• Jan. 6 panel subpoenas Trump, demanding historic testimony (AP)
• Emails show Trump knowingly pressed false voter fraud claims, judge says (Reuters)
• The number of Venezuelan migrants attempting to get into the U.S. is soaring  (NPR)
• U.S. Supreme Court rebuffs fetal personhood appeal  (Reuters)
• Mississippi River is near record low from drought and Gulf saltwater is a threat  (NPR)

WORLD

• Ukrainians celebrate soldiers retaking Kherson, Russia's latest defeat (Reuters)
• Analysis: World has 9 years to avoid critical climate change threshold (The Hill)
• UN votes to condemn Russia’s annexation of Ukrainian regions  (Intellinews)
• UN finds Russia responsible for 'vast majority' of potential war crimes in Ukraine (Reuters)
•  Leak exposes Mexico military corruption, including collusion with drug cartels  (NPR)
• Flooding in Nigeria claims 500 lives, displaces 1.4 million  (Washington Post)
• Leaders of democracies increasingly echo Putin in authoritarian tilt (Washington Post)
• Mexico scraps daylight saving time except along border (AP)
• China Has Opened Up Secret Police Stations in These Countries (Newsweek)
• Saudis in US targeted as kingdom cracks down on dissent (AP)

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September 22, 2022 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

General national news

• Can anything stop blockbuster US job growth? Why it keeps rolling despite slowing economy, recession worries (USA Today)
• How Biden helped avert a rail strike – and another economic crisis  (The Hill)
• Student loan borrowers in 7 states may be taxed on their debt cancellation (NPR) The founder of Patagonia is giving his company away  (NPR)
• The Most Alarming Case On The Supreme Court’s Docket You Haven’t Heard Of (Talking Points)
• Students whose families make less than $100K will get free tuition at Princeton(NPR)

Trump and Jan. 6 controversies

• Appeals court allows DOJ to resume review of classified records in Trump case(The Hill)  
• Material on foreign nation’s nuclear capabilities seized at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago (Washington Post)
• Two-thirds of independents say they don't want Trump to run for president(NPR)
• Biden warns Trump and his closest followers are trying to undermine American democracy in combative speech(CNN)
• Judge Unseats Official Who Trespassed at Capitol on Jan. 6  (New York Times)
• Newly obtained surveillance video shows fake Trump elector escorted operatives into Georgia county's elections office before voting machine breach (CNN)
• Judge dismisses Trump suit against Hillary Clinton(ABC News)

WORLD

• U.S. Watching for Warning Signs Putin Is Preparing Nuclear Attack (Newsweek)
• Queen Elizabeth II dead at 96 after 70 years on the throne (AP News)
• Amid Ukraine’s startling gains, liberated villages describe Russian troops dropping rifles and fleeing (Washington Post)
• For Russia's Putin, military and diplomatic pressures mount (AP)
•  Ukraine's counteroffensive has some Russian officials calling for Putin to resign(NPR)
• UN nuclear watchdog calls for ‘security protection zone zone' around the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia power plant(NBC)
• U.S. unfreezes billions of Afghanistan's money aiming to stabilize its economy (NPR)
• China ambassador: U.N. report on Xinjiang has 'closed door of cooperation' (Reuters)
• Xi, Putin hold summit in Uzbekistan as the Ukraine war dominates  (NPR)
• Hungary is no longer a full democracy, says European parliament (Guardian)
• Mass grave more than 440 bodies found in Izium, Ukraine (Reuters)

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August 3, 2022 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• U.S. kills Al Qaeda chief in Afghan drone strike (International Business Times)
• Trump didn't act and didn't want to, plus 4 other takeaways from Jan. 6 hearing  (NPR)
• Kansas voters protect abortion rights in first major post-Roe test (The Hill)
• GOP Support Among Seniors, a Key Trump Base, Drops Dramatically: Poll (Newsweek)
• Justice Dept. investigating Trump’s actions as part of Jan. 6 criminal probe (Washington Post) 
• At least 37 dead in Kentucky flooding with hundreds unaccounted for  (CBS News)
•  Biden administration task force reunites 400 migrant families separated under Trump (NBC News)
• Election deniers are running to control voting. Here's how they've fared so far (NPR)
• First on CNN: Secret Service identified potential missing text messages on phones of 10 individuals (CNN)
• Half of G.O.P. Voters Ready to Leave Trump Behind, Poll Finds (New York Times)
• Steve Bannon found guilty of contempt of Congress (CNN)

WORLD

• Russia hits Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odesa in wake of grain deal  (NPR)
• Pope Francis: Pontiff says he is 'deeply sorry' to Canadian residential school survivors (BBC)
• The last 'Arab Spring' democracy is dangling by a thread (CNN)
• China hits Taiwan with trade restrictions after Pelosi visit (CNN)
• Putin Pulling Russia From International Space Station, Cutting One of Last Remaining Ties With U.S. (Newsweek)
• Iraq protests: Sadr's followers pledge an open-ended sit-in at Parliament  (NPR)
• Russian Troops Deserting Posts As Kyiv Makes Use of U.S. Weapons: Pentagon (Newsweek)

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June 13, 2022 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Senators strike bipartisan gun deal, heralding potential breakthrough (Washington Post)
• 31 Patriot Front members were arrested near an Idaho Pride event  (NPR)
• 22 mass shootings. 374 dead. Here’s where the guns came from (AP)
• Biden lays out plan to fight inflation (The Hill)
• U.S. to drop COVID testing for incoming international air travelers (Reuters)
• Texas school shooting victims take action against gun maker (Reuters)
• U.S. marks Memorial Day weekend with at least 11 mass shootings (Washington Post)
• Biden calls on Congress to act on gun control, saying 'too many' schools have become 'killing fields' (NBC)
• Guns overtake cars as leading cause of death for U.S. youth (San Jose Mercury)
• NEW INDICTMENT: Proud Boy leader faces even more serious charges for January 6th coup plot (Washington Press)

WORLD

• Handguns: Canada proposes total freeze on ownership (BBC)
• Russia's war is ravaging Donbas, Ukraine's beleaguered heartland. Here's what the region means to Putin (CNN)
• Violence erupts in Jerusalem during controversial flag march (CNN)
• The EU moves to bar insurance on ships carrying Russian oil. It'd be a big blow (NPR)
• Iran now has enough uranium for nuclear weapon, UN watchdog reportedly says (Forbes)
• Russia has blocked 20 million tons of grain from being exported from Ukraine  (NPR)

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April 11, 2022 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

Misc. national news

• Congress votes to revoke Russia's trade status, ban Russian gas and oil (10 News)
• President Biden taps oil reserves to control US gas prices (10 News)
• Baby Formula Shortage, Partially Prompted by Recall, Leads Stores to Ration (Newsweek)
• Native American tribe gets its land back after being displaced nearly 400 years ago (CNN)

January 6 investigation

• Washington Post and CBS News: White House records of January 6 show more than seven-hour gap in Trump's calls (CNN)
• Judge: Trump Likely Committed Crimes Related to Election (US. News & World Reports)
• Biden's Justice Department wants to hire 131 more lawyers to prosecute January 6 cases (Business Insider)
• Justice Dept. Widens Jan. 6 Inquiry to Range of Pro-Trump Figures (New York Times)

WORLD

Ukraine war

• Russia has defaulted on its foreign debt, says S&P (CNN)
• West pledges to punish Russia over civilian killings in Bucha (Reuters)
• Mariupol mayor says 31,000 residents deported at 'gunpoint' to Russian 'filtration camps,' evacuations stalled (Yahoo News)
• UN assembly suspends Russia from top human rights body (KPBS)
• Talks resume as Ukraine denies hitting depot on Russian soil (10 News)
• Russian Troops Suffer ‘Acute Radiation Sickness’ After Digging Chernobyl Trenches (Daily Beast)
• Ukraine claims control over Kyiv region as Russia looks east (Reuters)
• Russ­ian oli­garch Ro­man Abramovich and Ukrain­ian peace ne­go­tia­tors suf­fered symp­toms of sus­pected poi­son­ing af­ter a meet­ing in Kyiv ear­lier this month (Wall Street Journal)
• With Ukraine farmers on frontlines, U.N. food chief warns of 'devastation' (Reuters)

Other world news

• Emmanuel Macron to face Marine Le Pen in French presidential election runoff (CNN)
• Here's why Mexico's president is launching a vote to recall himself (NPR)
• China tightens restrictions and bars scholars from international conferences  (NPR)
• U.N.: 1 out of 4 of the world's population live in areas affected by violence  (NPR)
• Gunman kills 5 in mass shooting spree in central Israel  (NPR)

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March 13, 2022 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Biden OKs $200M in Ukraine Military Aid, Russia Warns It Can Hit Shipments (Newsweek)
• U.S. grants temporary protected status to tens of thousands of Ukrainian immigrants already in the United States (Washington Post)
• MLB lockout ends as MLBPA, owners reach agreement: Live updates, reaction to baseball's return (CBS)
• Monitoring the Arctic in Russian invasion of Ukraine (Indian Country Today)
• Former National Security Advisor John Bolton says 'Putin was waiting' for Trump to withdraw the United States from NATO in his second term (Business Insider)
• Pence says there’s no room in the GOP for ‘apologists for Putin’ in veiled swipe at Trump (Washington Post)

WORLD

• Russia strikes military base near Polish border as it steps up its offensive, Ukraine says (Reuters)
• Russia’s bombing of maternity and children’s hospital an ‘atrocity,’ Zelensky says (CNN)
• Ukraine Official Says Russia Won’t Collect Soldier Corpses, Burning The Ones It Has (Knewz)
• Ukraine: Russia has attacked schools and hospitals, says deputy PM (BBC)
• As Russia Pounds Ukraine, NATO Countries Rush In Javelins and Stingers ((New York Times)
• Ukraine accuses Moscow of breaking ceasefire in Mariupol (Reuters)
• Putin likens Western sanctions to war as Russian assault traps Ukrainian civilians (Reuters)
• Big brands and oil ban punish Russia as Moscow makes new pledge on Ukraine refugees (Reuters)
• Mastercard, Visa, suspend operations in Russia after invasion (10 News)
• Russia’s Military Chief Promised Quick Victory in Ukraine, but Now Faces a Potential Quagmire (Wall Street Journal)
• Russians Rush to Leave as Sanctions Bite, Dissent Is Suppressed (Wall Street Journal)
• More than 4,500 antiwar protesters arrested in one day in Russia, group says (Washington Post)

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February 18, 2022 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Supreme Court will weigh Biden’s bid to scrap ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy (Los Angeles Times)
• Donald Trump Has to Face Jan. 6 Claims Holding Him Civilly Liable: Judge (Newsweek)
• The Fed is setting out to kill inflation. Brace for collateral damage. (Politico)
• White House warns of the extensive sanctions Russia could face if it invades Ukraine (CNN)
• Keep track of your Venmo, PayPal and other payment app transactions in case the IRS comes asking (Washington Post)
• White House records taken by Trump contained classified information, National Archives confirms (NBC)
• McConnell denounces RNC’s censure of 2 House Republicans; McCarthy dodges the question (Los Angeles Times)
• MLB cancels first week of spring training games; daily negotiations to begin Monday (USA Today)
• Pence rebuked Trump -- and received an outpouring of GOP support in response (CNN)

WORLD

• Shelling intensifies in eastern Ukraine amid concern Russia's creating a pretext for an invasion (CBS)
• All the Beijing snow is human-made -- a resource-intensive, 'dangerous' trend as planet warms (CNN)
• Canadian police arrest 2 leaders of protesting truckers (NPR)
• Biden tells U.S. citizens to leave Ukraine, saying military wouldn't rescue them  (NPR)
• 2022 Olympics: Russia's Kamila Valieva struggles in free skate, fails to medal amid doping scandal (The Athletic)
• Exclusive: U.S. could prosecute Russians in Valieva doping case - USADA chief (Reuters)

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January 20, 2022 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Supreme Court blocks Biden’s workplace vaccine rules, allows requirement for health-care workers (Washington Post)
• The Supreme Court Just Denied Trump’s Request Regarding Jan. 6 Records (Mother Jones)
• Manchin, Sinema join with GOP in rejecting attempt to change filibuster rules, effectively killing Democratic voting bill (Washington Post)
• Oath Keepers leader and 10 others charged with 'seditious conspiracy' related to US Capitol attack
• New FEMA program would place homeless disaster survivors in apartments instead of trailer parks (Washington Post)
• Atlanta D.A. Requests Special Grand Jury in Trump Election Inquiry (New York Times)
• RNC moves to require presidential candidates to skip traditional commission debates (The Hill)
• Supreme Court’s Gorsuch refused to wear mask despite request over Sotomayor’s Covid concerns, report says (CNBC)

WORLD

• Prince Andrew loses military titles and use of HRH (BBC)
• Analysis: Russian troop build-up sparks unintended NATO renewal (Reuters)
• Quebec will impose a tax on the unvaccinated  (NPR)
• Canada: Unvaccinated father loses right to see his child (BBC)

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December 23, 2021 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Why Christmas Gifts Are Arriving on Time This Year (New York Times)
• Deadly tornadoes leave path of destruction across six states: ‘It’s unlike anything I’ve ever seen’ (Washington Post)
• Biden backs exception to filibuster for voting rights bill (The Hill)
• Deadly Collapse at Amazon Warehouse Puts Spotlight on Phone Ban (Bloomberg)
• Operation Whistle Pig: Inside the secret CBP unit with no rules that investigates Americans  (Yahoo News)
• Unruly behavior on flights could result in revoked TSA Pre-check, the FAA says  (NPR)
• Biden says ground troops ‘not on the table’ but Putin would face ‘severe’ sanctions for Ukraine invasion (Washington Post)
• Biden resists shutdowns as Omicron threat rises (The Hill)
• Derek Chauvin pleads guilty to violating George Floyd's rights (Reuters)

WORLD

• Biden signs bill punishing China for Uyghur abuses  (The Hill)
• Mexican cartels turning to meth and fentanyl production  (NPR)
• Putin says Russia has 'nowhere to retreat' over Ukraine (Reuters)
• Taliban chief bans forced marriage of women in Afghanistan (10 News)
• Pro-Beijing candidates sweep Hong Kong elections  (NPR)
• 'Biblical' flooding in South Sudan displaces hundreds of thousands (CNN)
• Kidnapped missionaries escaped their captors in Haiti, aid group says  (NPR)
• One of suspected killers of Saudi journalist Khashoggi arrested in France - RTL (Reuters)

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November 24, 2021 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Biden releasing oil from strategic petroleum reserve to help lower gas prices (CBS)
• Biden hopes fines on lingering cargo containers ease congestion at major U.S. ports (CNBC)
• January 6 committee flexes its power as Bannon indictment serves as a warning to other reluctant witnesses (CNN)
• US announces big hike in Medicare premiums (CNN)
• Jury finds all 3 defendants guilty of murder in Ahmaud Arbery's death  (USA Today)
• Rittenhouse acquittal magnifies divisions in a polarized America (Washington Post)
• This Colorado 'solar garden' is literally a farm under solar panels(NPR)

WORLD

• Indigenous voices stir debates at COP26 climate meeting (Indian Country Today
• French couple who said windfarm affected health win legal fight (The Guardian)
• Austria brings back COVID-19 lockdown, this time for the unvaccinated (Reuters)
• Singapore’s Unvaccinated Will Have to Foot $18,000 Covid Bills Now (Bloomberg)

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October 10, 2021 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Garland taps FBI in response to ‘disturbing spike’ in threats against educators (Yahoo news)
• Covid is killing rural Americans at twice the rate of people in urban areas (NBC)
• Who wants what out of Congress’s fiscal battles?  (Washington Post)
• Biden to restore three national monuments cut by Trump (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• U.S. appeals court reinstates Texas abortion law, two days after it was halted (Reuters)
• Biden declines Trump request to withhold White House records from Jan. 6 committee (NBC)
• 1 In 7 People Are 'Some Other Race' On the U.S. Census. That's A Big Data Problem (NPR)

WORLD

• Extremists target African village leaders in wave of assassinations (Reuters)
• Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov win Nobel Peace Prize (CNN)
• Afghanistan: Deadly attack hits Kunduz Mosque during Friday prayers (BBC)

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