Myanmar has been in chaos since the army took power from Suu Kyi’s government on Feb. 1, 2021, detaining her and other officials and responding to pro-democracy protests and dissent with brutal force, displacing hundreds of thousands of people.
“There’s no cause for retaliation here. Just because countries around the world are taking prudent health measures to protect their citizens, that’s what you’re seeing from us and others,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on Tuesday.
Three of the last five popes have been made saints, but only around a third of all pontiffs have been canonized in the Church’s 2,000-year history.
“We’re having ongoing conversations; they’ve actually been more productive in the last two hours than they’ve been in a long time,” Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) said Tuesday.
Human smuggling and trafficking continue to be a deep source of concern at the border, with many defenseless children and migrants being taken by cartels and exploited.
The cuts amount to 6% of Amazon’s roughly 300,000-person corporate workforce and represent a swift turn for a retailer that recently doubled its base pay ceiling to compete more aggressively for talent.
As of Jan. 5, the national average for gas sits at $3.28 per gallon, according to AAA, up from $3.16 one week ago, though still lower than last month’s average of $3.40.
The “atmospheric river” — an airborne current of dense moisture flowing from the ocean — was expected to persist, drenching much of California with heavy rains at a rate of 1 inch per hour, the National Weather Service said, with dangerous, gale-force gusts forecast throughout the day.
“Personally, I think playing is going to be tough. But there’s people that want to play, and there’s people that don’t. Personally, I probably want to play. I think getting back to as normal as you can as fast as you can is how I deal with these kind of things. But like I said, everybody has a different way of dealing with it,” Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow said about playing against the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday.
President Biden on Wednesday said the U.S. is considering sending Bradley Fighting Vehicles to Kyiv.
