July 20th, 2021

• ​Biden hosts Jordan's king amid tough choices in Mideast
• Biden praises Jordan king in White House meet expected to broach Abraham Accords
• Abdullah seeks to revive two-state solution, bury 'Jordan is Palestine'
• PA accuses Bennett of inciting religious war over Temple Mount
• Commentary: Israel's PM is playing with fire on the Temple Mount
• Ben & Jerry's to end ice-cream sales in occupied Palestinian territories
• Meretz MK: Ben & Jerry's decision a result of settlement expansion, land grabs
• Ben & Jerry's Boycott of 'Occupied Palestinian Territory' Met with Swift Backlash - 'Israel-Obsessed Fake Humanitarianism'
• Syria says Israeli airstrikes target northern Aleppo region
• IDF shells Lebanon after two rockets fired at northern Israel
• Roadside bomb kills 30 in bustling Baghdad market
• US said to weigh sanctions on Iran's oil sales to China if nuke talks fail
• General Petraeus Slams Biden's 'Hasty' Withdrawal From Afghanistan - "I fear that we will look back and regret the decision to withdraw"
• U.S. to begin housing Afghan refugees at Virginia military base
• Russia says it successfully test-fired Zircon hypersonic cruise missile
• Rights group in Russia shuts down amid government crackdown
• China is buying up American farms. Washington wants to crack down.
• Philippines Challenges Chinese Warship in South China Sea
• Haiti's acting prime minister Claude Joseph to step down amid power struggle after president's assassination
• El Salvador 'House of Horrors' killings shock nation numbed to violence
• Chicago shootings: 56 shot, 11 fatally, in weekend violence across city
• The Atlanta police exodus continues apace
• First US Capitol rioter convicted of a felony gets 8 months in prison after DOJ says stiffer sentence could stop future attacks
• Trump slams 'RINO' Maricopa County for denying auditors access to routers
• Speaker of Georgia House demands investigation into Fulton County election irregularities
• Georgia House Speaker Calls for Forensic Audit After Findings in Fulton County Election
• Georgia Voting Official Makes Excuses For Residents Who Illegally Voted in 2020
• Fulton County Commission Chair Says All Georgia Counties Should be Investigated for Potential Fraud
• Texas GOP Pushes Independent Audit Of Elections Through State Legislature
• Houston Area Republican Proposes Forensic Audit of 2020's General Election in 13 Texas Counties
• Flashback: Democrats voiced the same concerns as GOP about voter fraud just three years ago
• Democrat Introduces House Bill to Block Trump From Becoming Speaker
• Emails Confirm Hunter Biden Wrote Facebook's Adam Connor and Had Him Remove Account that Attacked Him
• Investigation: Governments Around the World Infected Phones with 'Pegasus' Spyware
• UN rights chief alarmed by reported use of powerful spyware
• European leaders blast use of Israeli spyware to target activists, reporters
• Israel: If NSO Group violated export permits, 'appropriate action' will be taken
• Governments Used Spyware to Surveil Journalists and Activists. Here's Why Revelations About Pegasus Are Shaking Up the World
• Edward Snowden calls for spyware trade ban amid Pegasus revelations
• U.S. and Allies Blame China for Wave of Recent Cyber Attacks in Coordinated Statements
• 4 Chinese nationals charged with targeting U.S. companies in hacking campaign
• Malicious iPhone Wi-Fi attack is now more dangerous than ever
• Japan Sets New 319 Terabits Per Second Internet Speed Record
• 5.8 magnitude earthquake hits the Bismarck Sea
• 5.7 magnitude earthquake hits near Lorengau, Papua New Guinea
• 5.7 magnitude earthquake hits near Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Nago, Japan
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Lorengau, Papua New Guinea
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 28,000ft
• Sabancaya volcano in Peru erupts to 13,000ft
• Ruiz volcano in Colombia erupts to 19,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 16,000ft
• Nevados De Chillan volcano in Chile erupts to 15,000ft
• Karymsky volcano on Kamchatka, Russia erupts to 13,000ft
• Sinabung volcano in Indonesia erupts to 12,000ft
• Two dams in China's Inner Mongolia collapse after torrential rain
• "No one was prepared": Death toll from flooding in western Europe nears 200
• Angela Merkel's successor caught laughing on camera while visiting devastating German flood scenes
• 'Out of Control': Wildfire Ravaging Oregon Is Now the Size of Los Angeles
• 5 shot, one killed by gunman near scene of fatal Arizona fire: cops
• Watch as swarms of mosquitoes transform into a mosquito 'tornado'
• Red Tide Has Killed at Least 791 Tons of Fish in Florida
• Afraid that its athletes may eat contaminated ingredients from Fukushima, South Korea created its own Olympic food program. Japan is not impressed.
• Senate Democrats propose requiring women to register for military draft
• 3 arrested in Georgia after allegedly assaulting boy, shaving word 'gay' into his scalp
• School Can Require Christian Teacher to Use Transgender Pronouns and Names, Judge Rules
• Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue features transgender cover model for first time
• CDC Scrambles After Rare Case of Monkeypox Turns Up in Texas
• 'We're not in a war': White House tamps down tensions with Facebook over virus misinformation
• 'Facebook isn't killing people' - Biden walks back attack over vaccine lies
• Biden Goes on Bizarre Rant, Says People Who Spread Misinformation Should 'Look In The Mirror'
• The Rockefeller Foundation Commits $13.5 Million in Funding to Strengthen Public Health Response Efforts
• Bill Gates and George Soros join buyout of UK Covid testing company
• French Police Lay Down Shields Join 100,000 Protesters Marching Against Vaccine Passport
• Covid vaccination centres vandalised in France
• Holocaust survivor slams French protesters for comparing vaccine to Nazi horrors
• White House turns up heat on COVID 'disinformation dozen'
• Bernie Sanders: Republican Party All About 'Conspiracy Theories' and 'Anti-Science Vaccine Rejection'
• Sticks, Not Carrots: Vaccines Must Be Forced, Says Indiana University Health Chief
• CDC Whistleblowers Tell Top Doctor Vaccine Injections Already Killed 50,000 Americans
• In UK, Up to 40% of People Being Admitted to Hospital for COVID Have Been Fully Vaccinated
• Florida Rep. Vern Buchanan tests positive for Covid despite being fully vaccinated
• Unvaccinated Americans are the least worried about the Delta variant, poll finds
• 'Heartbreaking': Texas church cancels kids event after 80 test positive for COVID-19 at youth camp
• Pediatrics Group Contradicts CDC, Says All Children, Staff Should Wear Masks in School
• NYC councilman wants mask mandate reinstated
• Olympic athletes test positive in Tokyo days before Games
• Virus surge fears, UK leader's quarantine, mar 'Freedom Day'
• Nike manufacturing in Vietnam grinds to a halt due to COVID-19, creating another supply chain challenge
• Stocks, crude, and crypto dip as Delta fears grip the markets
• Dow tumbles 700 points for its worst drop since October as investors fear a Covid resurgence