December 23rd, 2021

• ​Meeting Biden's security adviser, Abbas urges closer US-Palestinian ties
• Poll finds slim majority of Israelis back Bennett meeting Palestinian leader Abbas
• IDF: Palestinian gunman opens fire at troops in Ramallah, is shot dead
• Morocco, Israel mark first anniversary of US-brokered renewal of ties
• Erdogan tells visiting rabbis ties with Israel are 'vital' for regional stability
• Biden said ignoring Bennett's request for phone call, as US officials meet Herzog
• Meeting Bennett on Iran, Biden envoy says US, Israel must develop 'common strategy'
• Herzog: With or without a deal, Iran's nuclear program 'must be neutralized'
• Mike Pompeo: 'We Defended Israel', Brought Iran 'to Its Knees' - Biden Reversing 'Historic Progress'
• Iran Fires Ballistic and Cruise Missiles in Gulf War Games
• Likud to expel 1,000 members, probe 7,000 more, amid intensifying power struggle
• 4,000 US immigrants moved to Israel in 2021, the highest annual figure since 1973
• Syrian war killed 3,700 in 2021, lowest annual toll since outbreak a decade ago
• Libya Delays Presidential Election Amid Concerns of Renewed Conflict
• 'People keep coming': Crisis-hit Turks queue for bread
• Yemen war: Funding crisis forces UN to cut food assistance
• Sri Lanka plans to pay off Iran oil debt with tea
• Putin Blames West for Tensions Since End of Cold War
• Putin threatens "retaliatory military-technical" measures as standoff with U.S. and NATO over Ukraine escalates
• Russian State TV Says the US Will Be "Reduced to Radioactive Ash" If the US Doesn't Meet Russia's Demands Regarding Ukraine
• Putin 'may exploit holidays & take military action while West is distracted' after threatening war over Ukraine
• Putin Gets Early Christmas Gift as Ukraine Cowers From War - Kyiv has granted one of Moscow's greatest desires and charged its pro-European ex-president with treason
• Natural gas prices in Europe explode to all-time highs as major Russian flow stops
• Commentary: China is on the March in Central America
• Germany's head of navy calls China's naval power buildup 'explosive' and a cause of worry
• Air Force hypersonic weapon runs into trouble after a third failed test
• Chile: Indigenous Guerrilla Burns Down 31 Homes After Communist Wins Presidency
• Pope Francis: 'No Country Can Exempt Itself' from Duty to Take in Migrants
• European Union Launches Lawsuit Against Poland For Violating 'Primacy' of EU Laws
• UK's Own 'Let's Go Brandon' Moment as Sports Fans Turn on Boris Johnson
• Durham zeroes in on Clinton campaign, could call some aides to testify, court memo reveals
• Rep. Scott Perry Rejects Invitation to Testify at 'Illegitimate' January 6 Committee
• Dr. Sebastian Gorka Vows 'Political Battle' with January 6 Committee Following Phone Records Subpoena
• Judge rejects bid by former Trump advisor Michael Flynn to block Jan. 6 Capitol probe subpoena
• Proud Boys member pleads guilty in January 6 attack on US Capitol, the first to do so in alleged conspiracy
• New Emails Reveal Evidence of Government Efforts to Suppress Free Speech
• Musk rips Liz Warren after Twitter spat: 'If you could die by irony, she would be dead'
• Elon Musk on why you won't see him on CNN anytime soon: 'I'm not perverted enough'
• Soros-funded Los Angeles DA Gascon blames recall bid on Fox News and Trump voters
• DC radio station took $4.4 million from Chinese Communist Party to broadcast propaganda
• Report: China told Amazon to delete negative reviews of Xi Jinping's book, and the company complied
• Amazon Web Services Suffers Another Outage - Cloud-computing provider incurs at least third disruption this month
• How Your Kids Are Outsmarting All Your Parental Controls - There's a technological arms race over parental controls in our homes - and the kids are winning
• A political fight over 5G could upend air travel: What you should know
• Japanese billionaire urges elites to visit space after ISS trip
• Solar storm warning: NASA predicts 'Earth impact' before Christmas - disruptions expected
• 6.0 magnitude earthquake hits near La Cruz de Loreto, Mexico
• 5.9 magnitude earthquake hits the South Sandwich Islands region
• 5.4 magnitude earthquake hits near Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits the South Sandwich Islands region
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Tobelo, Indonesia
• Acid rain warning for Tonga after massive eruption at Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai
• Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano on Tonga erupts to 40,000ft
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 20,000ft
• Feugo volcano in Guatemala erupts to 16,000ft
• Manam volcano in Papua New Guinea erupts ot 16,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 13,000ft
• Suwanosajima volcano on Japan erupts to 10,000ft
• Eruption at Piton de la Fournaise volcano, Reunion
• Intense earthquake swarm near Fagradalsfjall, Iceland
• Myanmar jade mine landslide leaves dozens feared missing
• Philippine supertyphoon Rai 'exceeded all predictions' - forecaster
• Philippines' Typhoon Rai death toll rises further as areas remain cut off from help
• December was a 'ridiculously active' month for tornadoes in the US
• Dallas, Houston and OKC set to feel warmest Christmas on record
• In Two Days, Winter Storm Carmel Brings One Month's Worth of Rainfall to Israel
• California Methodist Church Uses Nativity Scene to Feature Climate Change Agenda
• Brawl breaks out between cops, passengers inside Miami airport
• FBI Had Surveillance Squads Inside Portland Protests: Report
• High-Profile L.A. Crimes Spark Rush for Bullet-Proof Cars, Rolex Replicas and Safe Rooms
• Will California ever be safe? The affluent look away while their cities burn
• Democrat US Rep. Mary Scanlon Carjacked and Robbed at Gunpoint in South Philly District in Broad Daylight
• Another One: Illinois Democrat Senator Carjacked, Gunshots Fired in Chicago
• Milwaukee County Residents Demand DA Be Fired After Waukesha Parade Massacre
• Americans Explain Why They're Flocking to Florida: Ron DeSantis 'Is a Law-and-Order Governor'
• Man Charged with Murder, Cannibalism After Body Parts Found in Microwave
• Mother Uses Christmas Card To Announce Her Kindergartener Is Non-Binary
• Champion Snowboarder Backs Genocide Olympics Boycott: 'I Don't Even Want to Be Called an Olympian Anymore'
• Aaron Rodgers Wears Anti-Cancel Culture Hoodie on 'The Pat McAfee Show'
• Journalist Removed From Turning Point USA Conference After Asking Kyle Rittenhouse About Support For Black Lives Matter
• Rumors Spread That ReAwaken America Tour Was Poisoned With Anthrax
• Mexican cartels teaming with Chinese organized crime to ramp up meth and fentanyl production
• Colorado Police Reviewing New DNA Testing Methods in JonBenet Ramsey Case
• GOP Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine Signs 'Born Alive' Abortion Bill
• 'Suicide Pod' Creator Planning Implantable Device That Will Kill You If Not Deactivated
• Life expectancy fell almost 2 years in 2020: CDC
• The Death Business Is Booming - for Now
• 'Humanized' mice provide clue to why COVID hits some harder than others
• COVID can damage sperm for months making it harder to conceive a baby, a new study finds
• In long-awaited milestone, US health regulators authorize Pfizer coronavirus pill
• FDA Authorizes Pfizer's COVID-19 Pill Weeks After Landing $5 Billion Deal With Biden Administration
• Pfizer pill becomes 1st US-authorized home COVID treatment
• The riddle of Japan's dramatic drop in COVID numbers
• November: Japan sees huge drop in cases after it switches to Ivermectin
• Chaos: 13 Omicron Testing Clinics Close in NYC, NJ, Defying Biden's Testing Site Expansion
• Army to announce vaccine that protects against an array of COVID-19 variants
• White House says Biden credit to Trump on vaccine shows COVID-19 fight shouldn't be 'political battle'
• Trump says it's 'very tough' for him to criticize Biden now because he praised Operation Warp Speed's success
• Steve Bannon Says 'War on Unvaccinated' Is Starting, Dismisses 'Mass Vaccinations'
• Tony Blair: 'Undiplomatic' to Call Unvaccinated People Idiots
• Christian groups appeal to Justice Kavanaugh to intervene in OSHA vaccine mandate case
• 'Blatant Religious Discrimination': US Military Approves Zero Religious Exemptions to Vaccine Mandate
• Jabs 4 Jesus? Refusing Vaccination Goes Against Christianity, Says Archbishop
• Vatican Decries 'Parallel Pandemic' Caused by Lockdowns
• World's Children Bearing Brunt of COVID Pandemic, Vatican Studies Say
• Another Surge in the Virus Has Colleges Fearing a Mental Health Crisis
• Washington, D.C. Becomes First Major City to Impose Vaccine Mandate on Students
• Teachers stage 'sick out' after Pennsylvania high school student dies of COVID
• Freudian Slip? WHO Director Says Covid Boosters Are Being Used to "Kill Children" in Slip-Up During Press Conference
• 19 CityMD Urgent Care Clinics in New York City Close Due to Staffing Shortages Caused by Vaccine Mandates
• U.S. Hospitals Pushed to Financial Ruin as Nurses Quit During Pandemic
• New York Lawmaker Pulls Public Health Detainment Bill, Blames 'Conspiracy Theorists'
• Thailand reinstates mandatory COVID-19 quarantine over Omicron concerns
• Chinese City Locks Down 13 Million Residents To Fight Covid Outbreak
• UK to Offer Homeless Accommodation in Exchange for Getting Vaccinated
• Get Jabbed, Win Cash Prizes: NYC Offers $100 Booster Shot Payments
• WHO says vaccine booster programs will prolong Covid crisis: 'No country can boost its way out of the pandemic'
• W.H.O. Says Cancel Christmas Now or 'Grieve Later'
• Nolte: Biden's and Fauci's Calls for Segregated Christmas Undermine Confidence in Vaccine
• COVID Christmas: Officials advise masks at home, canceling gatherings, shunning unvaxxed
• Bill Gates predicts 'the worst part of the pandemic' is coming - Gates said he's canceling his holiday plans as omicron cases surge
• New Years in Jeopardy in UK as 'Circuit Breaker' Lockdown Looms
• New York City weighs fresh restrictions for Times Square New Year's Eve celebration
• Outrage after DC Mayor Bowser's new COVID vaccine order: 'Will kill businesses not viruses'
• Hollywood Awards Season in Danger of Cancellation, Again, Due to Omicron Variant
• Democrats Urge Health Officials to Require Vaccination or Negative Test for Domestic Flights
• Flight passengers at least twice more likely to catch Covid amid Omicron spread
• Delta Air Lines Just Issued Major Warning About Flights This Month - The company says there could be some difficulties in the coming weeks over CDC Covid guidlines for breakthrough cases
• Fauci says the US is considering changing its 10-day isolation period guidelines for vaccinated people who test positive for COVID-19
• Nolte: Clueless Media Shocked America 'Tunes Out' Omicron's 'Ominous Threat'
• Concerns grow over Biden's cough following speech on COVID response
• Nearly $100 billion pilfered from pandemic relief funds, roughly 100 arrested, Secret Service
• Israel scrambles to avoid paralyzing economy ahead of Omicron 'tsunami'
• Omicron casts a new shadow over economy's pandemic recovery
• Peter Navarro: White House 'Has No Clue About Basic Economics'
• Rep. Mace: Biden Waited Too Long to Address Supply Chain
• "I Say No" - Biden When Asked if Vaccine Mandate for Truckers will Worsen Supply Chain Crisis
• Ron Klain shares New York Times piece to suggest supply crisis is 'overhyped narrative'
• Biden says government averted US holiday supply chain 'crisis'
• Food Banks Contend With Supply Chain
• Grinch hits candy cane makers with sugar shortage, twisted supply chain
• Elizabeth Warren Is Now Blaming Grocery Conglomerates For Skyrocketing Food Prices
• Aging Germany Is Running Out of Workers, Putting Europe's Largest Economy at Risk
• Progressives demand Biden act alone to implement agenda after Manchin kills massive spending bill
• 20 companies are spending billions to boost their stock prices
• Wall Street Ends Crazy Year With Existential Angst And Big Bonuses
• Forget 2020, half of Americans now think 2021 was worst year of their lives!