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Canada halting arms shipments to Israel: govt official
Canada will halt all arms shipments to Israel, a government official told AFP on Tuesday, a decision that has drawn the ire of Israel as it faces growing international scrutiny over its war in the Gaza Strip.
The besieged Palestinian territory is facing a mounting humanitarian crisis, and months of war have pushed hundreds of thousands of Gazans to the brink of famine.
"Bomb" from Washington: Blockade for Ukraine and Israel
They are pushing for stricter immigration control measures at the US-Mexico border.
The aid package was voted 49 to 51 by senators, meaning the $110.5 billion aid package fell short of the 60 votes needed in the 100-member Senate to open the way for debate.
Schultz defends Starbucks’ tough union stance
Longtime Starbucks leader Howard Schultz defended the coffee chain's confrontational approach to unionization on March 29, while insisting it had not violated U.S. labor law in countering the campaign.
The hearing, which got contentious at some points, was convened by progressive Senator Bernie Sanders, focusing on what the independent from Vermont called "illegal union busting."
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Moderna rebuked over plan to hike COVID vaccine to $130
Moderna's chief executive on March 22 defended the U.S. company's plan to quadruple the price of its lifesaving COVID vaccine to as much as $130 per dose as soon as government stockpiles run out.
Biden clinches Democratic nomination for race against Trump
Joe Biden said on June 5 he had secured the delegates needed to clinch the Democratic nomination and face Donald Trump in November's U.S. presidential election.
"Folks, tonight we secured the 1,991 delegates needed to win the Democratic nomination," the former vice president said on Twitter.
Bernie Sanders endorses former rival Joe Biden for president
Bernie Sanders endorsed Joe Biden's presidential campaign on April 13, encouraging his progressive supporters to rally behind the presumptive Democratic nominee in an urgent bid to defeat President Donald Trump.
Sanders drops 2020 bid, leaving Biden as likely nominee
Sen. Bernie Sanders ended his presidential bid on April 8, making Joe Biden the presumptive Democratic nominee to challenge President Donald Trump in a general election campaign that will be waged against the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic.
Biden and Sanders criticize Trump on coronavirus, tout their own crisis leadership
Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders blasted President Donald Trump's handling of the coronavirus outbreak during a Democratic debate on March 15, and touted their own approaches to dealing with a widening crisis that has upended the daily life of Americans.
Bernie Sanders says he's moving ahead with his Dem campaign
While acknowledging his deficit in the Democratic race, Bernie Sanders said on March 11 he's pressing ahead with his presidential campaign at least long enough to debate Joe Biden this weekend and try to force him to answer questions about economic inequality and the country's fraying social safety net.
Joe Biden has another big primary night, wins 4 more states
Joe Biden decisively won Michigan's Democratic presidential primary, seizing a key battleground state that helped propel Bernie Sanders' insurgent candidacy four years ago. The former vice president's victory there, as well as in Missouri, Mississippi and Idaho, dealt a serious blow to Sanders and substantially widened Biden's path to the nomination.