The gang that kidnapped a group of 17 American and Canadian missionaries in Haiti has asked for US$1 million each for their release, a top Haitian official said Monday, according to the Wall Street Journal.

US & Canada

Latin America

Politics

Port-au-Prince

Washington DC

Ottawa, Ontario

BBC News

Reuters

CTV News

New York Times

Haiti gang wants US$17 million ransom for kidnapped American, Canadian missionaries: report

The World Bank mishandled sexual harassment complaints brought by multiple women against a senior official, according to the bank's labour tribunal.

Business

World Bank

North America

sexual assault

sexual harassment

Washington

NDTV

IBTimes

Channel News Asia

Bangkok Post 

France24

World Bank mishandled sexual misconduct charges: Report

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill may continue using race as a factor in its admissions process, a federal judge ruled on Monday, rejecting the argument of a conservative nonprofit legal group that is trying to dismantle college affirmative action policies across the country.



Education

University student

racism

US Supreme Court

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Chapel Hill

Yahoo News

Washington Times

University of North Carolina defeats challenge to race-based admissions policies

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is planning to allow mixing and matching of booster shots of COVID-19 vaccines in the country, the New York Times reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the agency's plans.

Vaccinations

Vaccines

Coronavirus

Pandemic

Times of India

The Guardian

The Hindu 

U.S. FDA to allow mixing and matching of COVID-19 boosters

After negative feedback from within the party, the initial proposal to test the property tax in some 30 cities has been cut short. China has experimented

Taxes

Asia

Economy

Xi Jinping

Beijing

Wall Street Journal

Businesshala

In Tackling China’s Real-Estate Bubble, Xi Jinping Faces Resistance to Property-Tax Plan

At a July global climate gathering in London, South African environment minister Barbara Creecy presented the world’s wealthiest countries with a bill: more than $750 billion annually to pay for poorer nations to shift away from fossil fuels and protect themselves from global warming.



Climate Change

pairsonnalites.org

To Strike a Climate Deal, Poor Nations Say They Need Trillions From Rich Ones

The Biden administration is expected to announce that its top envoy for Afghanistan is going to step down, according to two sources who have been told about the State Department's plans in recent days.

evacuations

Zalmay Khalilzad

Middle East

Taliban

Joe Biden

Biden Administration

News18 India

U.S. Envoy to Afghanistan Talks With Taliban Is Stepping Down

A trading frenzy in shares of GameStop Corp. shares earlier this year raised a number of questions for regulators but didn’t expose major weaknesses in stock-market infrastructure, the Securities and Exchange Commission said Monday.

Wall Street

Money

Finance

Stock markets

GameStop

The Independent

abc News

GameStop Trading Frenzy Tested Resilience of Markets, SEC Says

"the museum’s perspective is that the current docent corps’ demographics do not meet the need of the strategic plan"

Chicago, IL

Chicago

The Daily Wire

Hot Air

The Federalist

Art Institute of Chicago volunteers lose their positions to promote equity and diversity

President Joe Biden on Friday said those who refuse subpoenas from the House select committee investigating the January 6 riot at the US Capitol should be prosecuted by the Justice Department.

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