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Photo Credit: TwitterEmirati singer Walid Al-Jasem during a visit to Jerusalem, December 4, 2020 {Repsoted from the JCPA website} For generations, residents of the Middle East have been left behind because of old conflicts, hostility, lies, and deception. So many things have set them back, like the lies that Jews and Arabs are enemies and [...] Published December 16, 2020 at 03:35AM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

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Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove will resume crisis talks over the plans for up to three households to mix between December 23 and 27 with leaders of the devolved administrations on Wednesday morning.A UK Government source acknowledged the four UK nations may take differing approaches, but insisted there would be no change in the law [...] Published December 15, 2020 at 07:33PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

In another time when American democracy was facing a threat from a loose cannon in the White House, two young reporters named Woodward and Bernstein said they knew they were on to something when they could “smell the fear.”Richard Nixon’s low-level minions were afraid to talk to the Washington Post’s B-team in those early days of [...] Published December 15, 2020 at 05:45PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

<!-- --> Welcome to Coronavirus Government Global Briefing, Mandarin Premium’s coverage of local and global COVID-19 policy news. Canada hits supply chain issues, emphasises First Nations groups in vaccine roll-out As the world begins to roll-out COVID-19 vaccines — both those that have and have not officially passed Phase 3 trials — countries are grappling with issues [...] Published December 15, 2020 at 03:40PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

BEIJING -- Chinese President Xi Jinping is probably the only national leader in the world who has managed to consolidate power despite facing the threat of the novel coronavirus.Helped by the Chinese Communist Party's authoritarian one-party rule, he will continue to wield power as the country's supreme leader over the next five years.Xi's extended reign [...] Published December 15, 2020 at 11:59AM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

(The Center Square) – A technical error left the Green Party’s presidential candidate off the ballot in Pennsylvania, handing former Vice President Joe Biden yet another competitive edge against President Donald Trump, Senate Republicans said on Monday.It’s tactic long used by the Democratic Party, the GOP legislators said, to keep liberal voters aligned behind their [...] Published December 15, 2020 at 05:10PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

Hello, A personal support worker in Ontario is the first person in Canada to receive a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Anita Quidangen was one of five staff members from a Toronto nursing home that got a shot today. Quebec will start giving doses of the vaccine to people at long-term care homes in that [...] Published December 14, 2020 at 12:36PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

Editor’s Note: Weekly Tax is a weekly version of POLITICO Pro’s daily Tax policy newsletter, Morning Tax. POLITICO Pro is a policy intelligence platform that combines the news you need with tools you can use to take action on the day’s biggest stories. Act on the news with POLITICO Pro.IT’S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN: With that, [...] Published December 14, 2020 at 09:06AM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

An Obama-era nuclear deal that was scrapped amid escalating tensions between the Trump administration and Iran could soon be revived, according to U.S. President-Elect Joe Biden, who has vowed to restore the pact.The deal, which initially lifted sanctions off Iran in exchange for a limit on their nuclear capabilities, has been a smoke point in [...] Published December 13, 2020 at 04:39PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

One of the lead vehicles in a Sunday afternoon rally for President Donald Trump at the intersection of U.S. 41 and Veterans Blvd. by the Port Charlotte Town Center mall. Thousands of people drove as part of the “Trump Train” rally, beginning in Sarasota, traveling south to Fort Myers and then back north to the [...] Published December 13, 2020 at 04:35PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

Bob Marley sang, sometimes the “heart says follow through ... the waitin' feel is fine” but sometimes “I don't wanna wait in vain for your love, cause if summer is here, I'm still waiting there, winter is here, and I'm still waiting there...” I was about to start college when Turkey signed the Ankara Agreement [...] Published December 13, 2020 at 03:07PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

By DAVID BILLERAssociated PressRIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Before dawn on Dec. 1, Leonardo de Carvalho Leal prepared to leave his family behind in the Brazilian city of Ponta Grossa, in Parana state. His mother overwhelmed him with goodbyes and gifted him a bracelet she said had brought her luck. He fiddled with it on [...] Published December 13, 2020 at 12:30PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

The world is struggling to cope with Covid-19 and misinformation is the disease’s greatest ally, but Russia’s first global news network is – literally – having a laugh.As the global death toll from the virus reached 69 million and Russia hit 25,000 cases a day, RT (formerly Russia Today) marked its 15th anniversary by releasing [...] Published December 13, 2020 at 12:24PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

Boris Johnson is said to be leaving “no stone unturned” in his quest to get a deal with the European Union.The terms offered by the European Union on a trade deal continue to be “unacceptable” to the UK, according to a Government source – with time running out to strike an agreement.Talks between chief negotiators [...] Published December 12, 2020 at 04:09PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

Back in 1979, band leader Charlie Daniels wrote these lines:“The Devil went down to Georgia.  He was lookin’ for a soul to steal.“He was in a bind ’cause he was way behind.  He was willing to make a deal.”In December of 2020, the Devil once again journeyed to that southern bastion of Republicanism:“The Devil went [...] Published December 12, 2020 at 04:07PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

Protesters, mostly maskless, gathered in D.C. from across the country this weekend to show their support for President Trump and express their refusal to accept the 2020 presidential election results. At one point, the crowd chanted “Destroy the GOP!” to express their anger with the party for failing to keep Trump in the White House. [...] Published December 12, 2020 at 03:39PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

How low has the Party of Lincoln fallen? In answering this question, it is instructive to look at the example of Kevin McCarthy, a seven-term California congressman who, since 2019, has served as the House Minority Leader. Until Donald Trump appeared on the scene, McCarthy wasn’t regarded as particularly conservative—at least by the standards of [...] Published December 12, 2020 at 05:54PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

China vowed to nearly triple its wind and solar capacity during the next decade, as President Xi Jinping joined other world leaders at a UN climate summit focused on new emissions targets.Mr Xi’s statement was the most consequential at a virtual summit that included more than 70 heads of state, hosted by Boris Johnson of [...] Published December 12, 2020 at 02:10PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

Adolf Hitler addressing a rally of SA Troops, Dortmund, Germany, 1933.. Photo: Universal Images Group/Getty Images By Tunku Varadarajan Dec. 11, 2020 5:52 pm ET In the very first sentence of “Strongmen,” its author, Ruth Ben-Ghiat, declares that her book “reflects a lifetime of thinking about authoritarian rulers.” This revelation of an extensive personal timeline [...] Published December 11, 2020 at 05:10PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .