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❗ Oxford English Dictionary chooses 'vax' as 2021 Word of Year
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❗ Oxford English Dictionary chooses 'vax' as 2021 Word of Year
Which words/phrases scooped the accolade in previous years?
2020: 16 words chosen (among them are impeachment, covid-19, Black Lives Matter)
2019: climate emergency
2018: toxic
2017: youthquake
2016: post-truth
2015: face with tears of joy 😂
2014: vape
2013: selfie
2020: 16 words chosen (among them are impeachment, covid-19, Black Lives Matter)
2019: climate emergency
2018: toxic
2017: youthquake
2016: post-truth
2015: face with tears of joy 😂
2014: vape
2013: selfie
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Sleepy Joe living up to his moniker once again, this time at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow 😴
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Greta Thunberg holds court outside COP26: “No more whatever the f*ck they’re doing in there.”
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🇺🇸🌱 President Joe Biden has apologized for the US withdrawal from the Paris climate accord under the Trump administration, while addressing the COP26 summit in Glasgow.
America rejoined the deal in February, soon after Biden took office. In April, the president announced that the country would halve greenhouse emissions by 2030 as part of its new commitment to the Paris agreement.
America rejoined the deal in February, soon after Biden took office. In April, the president announced that the country would halve greenhouse emissions by 2030 as part of its new commitment to the Paris agreement.
⚡ Parkland High School on lockdown amid reports of armed man in area
❗ Biden tests negative for COVID-19 after press secretary Psaki infected, White House says
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🪧🌍 Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has told young protesters rallying outside the UN Conference on Climate Change in Glasgow that change will not come from “inside there,” as politicians are only “pretending to take our future seriously.”
⚡️ Convicted killer Robert Durst indicted on murder charges over 1982 disappearance of wife
The Texas GOP abortion law saga: The US Supreme Court on Monday heard two new challenges to Texas’ hotly-debated, Republican-sponsored abortion law that abortion providers and the US Justice Department argue conflicts with a constitutional right.
A majority of SCOTUS justices now seem willing to allow a challenge by abortion providers to the restrictive law that bans most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, oral arguments have revealed.
Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh characterized the DoJ lawsuit against the Texas law as ‘irregular’ and ‘unusual’, whereas Justice Amy Coney Barrett noted that even if an abortion provider were to win in state court, the injunction would not stop others from bringing additional lawsuits.
A majority of SCOTUS justices now seem willing to allow a challenge by abortion providers to the restrictive law that bans most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, oral arguments have revealed.
Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh characterized the DoJ lawsuit against the Texas law as ‘irregular’ and ‘unusual’, whereas Justice Amy Coney Barrett noted that even if an abortion provider were to win in state court, the injunction would not stop others from bringing additional lawsuits.
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🇺🇸 US nuclear-powered submarine USS Connecticut sustained damages after striking an object out in the Indian Ocean earlier this month, the Navy’s Pacific Fleet has revealed.
The nuclear propulsion plant was not affected and none of the crew’s life is in danger, a Navy message said.
The nuclear propulsion plant was not affected and none of the crew’s life is in danger, a Navy message said.
❌US Climate Envoy and former Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry was reportedly stuck on the wrong side of a street closure in Glasgow, as one passer-by told a police officer: “It’s John Kerry let him through”.
But the officer did not appear to know who the former US Secretary of State was, replying: “I’ll ask.”
Who's a big man now?
But the officer did not appear to know who the former US Secretary of State was, replying: “I’ll ask.”
Who's a big man now?
👀Have the rumors come true? Possible photo of highly secret RQ-180 aircraft surfaces online.
Amid rumors that the RQ-180 had become operable, a new photo was published by Dreamlandresort.com on Sunday, showing what appears to be a stealth drone conducting a test flight above Area 51, the top-secret facility located within the Nevada Test and Training Range.
The aircraft was claimed by the website to have been at an altitude of approximately 70,000 feet (21,336 meters) when the photo was taken.
Amid rumors that the RQ-180 had become operable, a new photo was published by Dreamlandresort.com on Sunday, showing what appears to be a stealth drone conducting a test flight above Area 51, the top-secret facility located within the Nevada Test and Training Range.
The aircraft was claimed by the website to have been at an altitude of approximately 70,000 feet (21,336 meters) when the photo was taken.
🗣 VP Harris was given a not-so-welcoming greeting in New York after a group of protestors chanted “Kamala is a wh*re" during her arrival in the concrete jungle.
Anti-vaccine mandate protesters also yelled “F*ck Joe Biden and de Blasio,” prior to Harris' arrival at a “Celebration Above All” event marking the 30-year anniversary of the American anti-racism National Action Network group.
Anti-vaccine mandate protesters also yelled “F*ck Joe Biden and de Blasio,” prior to Harris' arrival at a “Celebration Above All” event marking the 30-year anniversary of the American anti-racism National Action Network group.
🤦♂️Former US Secretary of State John Kerry is not getting much good luck today after being confused with Hollywood actor Jim Carrey by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro,
“I talked with Jim Carrey [but it’s] something private and unfortunately I can't tell you,” Bolsonaro told reporters on the sidelines of the COP26 summit on Monday.
The climate summit is in danger of being overshadowed by the embarrassing missteps of its high-profile participants.
“I talked with Jim Carrey [but it’s] something private and unfortunately I can't tell you,” Bolsonaro told reporters on the sidelines of the COP26 summit on Monday.
The climate summit is in danger of being overshadowed by the embarrassing missteps of its high-profile participants.