Somalia has one of the highest rates of female genital mutilation (FGM) in the world. According to the latest Somali Health and Demographic Survey, 99 per cent of women between the ages of 15 and 49 have been subjected to this extremely harmful and unacceptable practice.
Haiti plunged deeper into a constitutional crisis on Monday, with rival claims to the presidency, allegations of a coup attempt and police deployed to the Supreme Court.
The U.S. political system is designed for demonization and gridlock. Countries with proportional representation and parliamentary systems promote coalitions and cooperation among rivals.
Biden administration’s U.S. Attorneys purge will spare Delaware’s David Weiss (Hunter Biden probe) and John Durham (Russia origins probe), @evanperez and @ChrisCarrega report: https://t.co/AfHXUOKJM5
It's hilarious to see GOPers try to brand this investigation into Trump's grotesque Mafioso attempt to use GA's Secty of State to steal the election as "partisan." Sorry kids, Raffensperger is a Republican, he's just not in the freakshow fascist cult. https://t.co/Ed5c6nHry0
Richard Shelby, who just announced he won't seek re-election, has been a Republican senator for 27 years.
But he was originally elected in 1986 as a Democrat in a midterm wave that cost the GOP Senate control and that also brought Tom Daschle and Harry Reid to the Senate: pic.twitter.com/22325gzRCK
As surgeon general, @VIVEK_MURTHY would be barred for 1 year from matters affecting his consulting clients, including: @CarnivalCruise @Airbnb @EsteeLauder
& companies he advised or was on the board of:
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One month ago, the President of the United States used the power of his office to incite & direct a violent insurrection against our government, based on white supremacy and baseless conspiracies, all to overturn a free & fair election.
Arthur Hayes is wanted by U.S. authorities, and insiders wonder whether he and his partners are villains—or victims of a two-tiered justice system that favors big banks over brash outsiders. https://t.co/6wQqYsanT3
A couple weeks ago, most people hadn’t ever heard of WallStreetBets, the edgelord Reddit hangout for renegade investors and amatuer traders. Now it’s blown up to over 8.5 million users, and a war has broken out between the old mods and the new for control over the community and its future.
In recent days, hundreds of migrant families have been released into the United States by Border Patrol agents. Thousands more are hoping for a chance to enter under looser policies.
...USTR also noted that South Korea's trade minister -- whom the Trump administration supported -- had abandoned her bid to head the WTO earlier Friday. Yoo Myung-hee consulted with the United States -- her primary backer -- and other major countries and "decided to renounce her candidacy", South Korea's trade ministry said in a statement. The process to name a successor for Roberto Azevedo, who stepped down last August, had been deadlocked for months...
Layoffs have shifted from temporary to permanent as the pandemic has dragged on, @jeannasmialek writes. Everything from conference centers and hotels to tollbooths are downsized or streamlined. https://t.co/85FqcYyz6w dealbook
From my former colleague Ruy Teixeira, one of the sharpest Dem analysts: "Did the Democrats misread Hispanic voters in 2020? Judging from the election results, it certainly seems so."https://t.co/bh6iQTs7xm
