April 2nd, 2021

• Abbas said to refuse call from Blinken, wants to hear from Biden first
• In speech to Jewish Israel, Abbas crowns himself new leader of country's Arabs
• Ra'am leader Abbas calls for Arab-Jewish coexistence, based on respect, equality
• Likud MK on Ra'am's Abbas: represents Arabs who want to live in peace
• Islamist turned Israeli kingmaker offers olive branch to rightist Jews
• Islamist who could hold keys to Israeli gov't pleads for Jewish-Arab cooperation
• Netanyahu's far-right allies seethe after Islamist MK's call for cooperation
• Top ultra-Orthodox rabbi said to prefer coalition that relies on Arabs over left
• Netanyahu ordered to attend Monday court hearing, but can skip testimony
• After call with Israelis, Gaza activist tortured by Hamas, forced to divorce
• UK sentences antisemite to jail for Holocaust denial for first time
• Israel Signs Multi-Million-Dollar Strategic Accord With Morocco
• 'Israel's enemies eyeing a country unable to get act together'
• Egypt issues stark warning against Ethiopia over stalled Nile dam talks
• Yasser Abbas: Will there be armed conflict over Nile dam dispute?
• Egypt expects $1 billion in damages over stuck ship in Suez
• Iran, World Powers to Discuss US Return to Nuclear Deal, Compliance
• Hopes rise of breakthrough on US return to Iran nuclear deal
• Iran said enriching uranium with 4th batch of advanced centrifuges
• Biden Trimming Forces Sent to Mideast to Help Saudi Arabia
• 'Black market' emerges to dodge unofficial Turkish-Saudi trade blockade
• Pakistan, India peace move silences deadly Kashmir frontier
• The West waits for Putin's next move as Russia-Ukraine tensions rise
• Russian FM says relations with West have 'hit the bottom'
• Maria Butina, Russian who conspired to infiltrate U.S. groups, visits Navalny in jail, with video cameras in tow
• U.S. says any approach to North Korea will have to be in 'lockstep' with allies
• Taiwan Train Derails, at Least 4 Dead, Many Injured
• Chinese Drones Spotted Gathering Intel Around Taiwan Islands
• Japan Is Finding It Harder to Stay Quiet on China's Abuse of Uyghurs
• Facing Boycotts H&M and Nike Are Learning the New Price of Doing Business in China
• Beijing Accelerating Plans to Replace US Dollar as World Reserve Currency: Chinese Professor
• Cuba erects giant concrete flag in front of US embassy
• More Than a Million Illegal Immigrants Expected to Cross Border in 2021: Official
• DHS Secretary Condemns Human Smugglers, Says Migrant Children Face 'Grave Risk'
• Video of Smugglers Tossing Migrant Kids Over Border Wall Alarms Press Secretary
• 80 Unaccompanied Minors Surrender to Border Patrol in Arizona Desert
• Report: Biden's Immigration Policies Leave Empty Beds at Detention Centers Costing Taxpayers $1 Million a Day
• Florida's DeSantis Calls on Biden to Resume Trump Immigration Policies
• Rep. Michael Burgess: Biden 'Lost the Will' to Enforce Laws
• Biden's judicial nominees prove 'liberal dark money groups' control his administration: legal expert
• Report: Big Tech Employees Donated 12 Times More to Democrats than Republicans
• Psaki doubles down on Biden's Georgia voting comments after major fact-check
• Corporate giants bow to pressure in Georgia voting law backlash
• Delta and Coca-Cola face backlash from Republicans after opposing Georgia voting law
• Delta Airlines slammed by Cotton for 'praising' Georgia election law CEO spoke out against
• Marco Rubio: Delta's 'woke corporate hypocrites' rip Georgia for its voting law but stay mum about their genocidal Chinese Communist 'business partners'
• Nolte: Woke Gestapo at Coke and Delta Wage War Against Voter Integrity Laws
• Georgia governor hits back after Delta CEO criticizes state election law as 'unacceptable' - "The last time I flew Delta, I had to present my photo ID"
• Georgia House Strips Delta Air Lines of Tax Break After CEO's Criticism of Voting Integrity Law
• MLB discussing options for Atlanta All-Star game following Georgia voting law
• Biden says he'd 'strongly support' MLB moving All-Star game out of Atlanta over Georgia election law
• Why Hollywood may be staying surprisingly quiet about Georgia's new voting law
• Texas state Senate passes election integrity bill, targeting mail-in-ballots
• Texas Senate Passes Election Integrity Measure to Make It 'Easy to Vote and Hard to Cheat'
• Report: Zuckerberg-Funded CTCL Spent $36 Million in Urban Counties of Texas in 2020 Election
• Arizona Senate Hires 4 Firms to Audit 2.1 Million Ballots From 2020 Election
• Foreign billionaire conspired to violate election law in straw donor scheme
• NPR Corrects Article That Claimed Hunter Biden Laptop Story 'Discredited by U.S. Intelligence'
• Sharyl Attkisson: How Propaganda Replaced Journalism and the Dangers of Third-Party 'Fact-Checkers'
• Supreme Court's pro-Facebook ruling could unleash "flood" of robocalls
• Facebook Disputes Claims It Fuels Political Polarization And Extremism
• House Democrats Ask Biden to Take Executive Action on 'Concealable Assault-Style Firearms'
• Minneapolis businesses in George Floyd Square 'autonomous zone' to receive $1M bailout
• Charlottesville can remove Confederate statues, Virginia Supreme Court rules
• 6.5 magnitude earthquake hits the Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
• 6.0 magnitude earthquake hits the Fiji region
• 5.6 magnitude earthquake hits the Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
• 5.4 magnitude earthquake hits near Sarangani, Philippines
• 5.4 magnitude earthquake hits the Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits the South Sandwich Islands region
• Weak earthquake reported in northwest Louisiana this morning
• Sabancaya volcano in Peru erupts to 26,000ft
• Popocateptl volcano in Mexico erupts to 20,000ft
• Ruiz volcano in Colombia erupts to 19,000ft
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 19,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 15,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Pacaya volcano in Guatemala erupts to 11,000ft
• 17th paroxysmal eruptive episode at Etna forces closure of Catania International Airport, Italy
• Evacuation orders issued for North Dakota city in response to wildfire
• Where billions of cicadas will emerge this spring (and over the next decade), in one map
• Controversial test flight aimed at cooling the planet cancelled
• Matt Gaetz case gets more bizarre as extortion claim involves search for missing ex-FBI agent Robert Levinson
• Matt Gaetz Reportedly Showed Off Naked Photos of Women He Slept With to Members of Congress
• Report: Nearly 80% of Women and Girls Crossing into the US by Way of Mexico Are Raped or Assaulted
• Same-sex marriage around the world, 20 years after Dutch first
• Anti-LGBT faction's coalition demands include downgrading gender equality
• Arkansas legislature votes to ban transgender treatments for youth
• CNN Blasted as 'Propaganda' for Asserting 'It's Not Possible' to Know Sex at Birth
• 'Star Wars' Gets 'Trans Non-Binary' Characters
• The Satan Shoe saga ends with the 666th sneaker unsold
• Sao Paulo exhumes old graves to make space for surging COVID-19 burials
• Experts giving COVID 'lab leak' theory second look after mainstream media cried it was 'debunked'
• Some of America's wealthiest hospital systems ended up even richer, thanks to federal bailouts
• Biden to religious leaders: Urge skeptical congregations to get COVID-19 vaccine
• White House asks governors for help with Johnson & Johnson vaccine to boost confidence
• FDA Probes Cause of Failed Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 Vaccine Batch
• Company producing J&J vaccine had history of violations
• UK regulator found total of 30 cases of blood clot events after AstraZeneca vaccine use
• Africa CDC says India vaccine woes could be 'catastrophic'
• Taiwan And Palau Launch Coronavirus Travel Bubble
• Macron's 'Waterloo'? French president comes under attack for lockdown U-turn
• Ontario imposes four-week provincewide 'shutdown' to combat spike in COVID-19 cases
• Cover your mouth! Most people feel they're being judged if they sneeze, cough in public now
• Americans still afraid to go to live sporting events - even if 'literally everyone' has been vaccinated or tested negative for the virus: poll
• Pandemic sharpens inequalities, could fuel unrest, IMF warns
• Smallpox 'virus squads' and mandatory vaccinations upheld by the Supreme Court
• Pa. must convince rural residents 'freedom' hinges on COVID-19 vaccine, health secretary says
• CNN analyst urges Biden administration to tie vaccinations to Americans' 'freedoms'
• Vaccine 'passports,' incentives raise fears over privacy and discrimination
• International Air Transport Association announces development of COVID vaccine passport app
• Marjorie Taylor Greene: Fire Fauci and ban vaccine mandate and passport
• Sen. Paul calls out Dr. Fauci for wearing multiple masks after being fully vaccinated
• Former Trump chief of staff wants to know why Dr. Fauci isn't saying something about the COVID dangers of the border crisis
• U.S. jobless claims rise to 719K as virus still forces layoffs
• White House moves to reshape role of US capitalism
• A hint of what's to come for dying malls: Phoenix mall owner sells out as property is rezoned for other uses
• Mortgage Firms Warned to Prepare for a 'Tidal Wave' of Distress