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Tiers of graves are stacked deep underground in a bloated Gaza cemetery, where Sa’di Baraka spends his days hacking at the earth, making room for more dead.
“Sometimes we make graves on top of graves,” he said.
w/ Wafaa Shurafa for
@AP
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THREAD: Mexico aims to administer 35 mil. doses of the CanSino vaccine by the end of 2021. But today
@penileyramirez
& I revealed that the vaccine packaging and distribution company didn't even exist until after signing a contract with the Mexican gov.
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Mexico's partner in a contract for 35 mil. CanSino vaccines is a Swiss company with four employees, led by a lawyer investigated in the Panama Papers scandal.
The kicker? The company was formed after signing the contract.
My first byline for
@UInvestiga
, with
@penileyramirez
#Exclusiva
Una empresa de 4 empleados en Suiza, propiedad de un empresario investigado en
#PanamaPapers
, envasará 35 millones de dosis de la vacuna china CanSino en México. El contrato se firmó bajo leyes de Singapur. Por
@penileyramirez
y
@FrankelJulia
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I've laid out some of the irregularities in this contract, but there are many more detailed in the article above. Aqui esta la version original del articulo, en espanol:
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The copy of the supply agreement obtained by
@clauocaranza
of
@PODERlatam
— who we partnered with on this report — lists a company called "Latam Pharma" as an intermediary between the Mexican government and CanSino.
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Consulting the Swiss corporate register (below), we found that Latam Pharma:
- has four employees
- is based out of a lawyer's office in Zug, Switzerland
- was not legally incorporated until after it signed the contract with Mexico
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Latam is owned by Luis Doporto Alejandre, a Mexican lawyer who was investigated in the Panama Papers scandal and who has been fined by the Mexican government for monopolistic practices. More on Doporto and his associates here, via
@clauocaranza
:
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A crowd of about 500 students at
@pomonacollege
walked out of class today and are now chanting in support of undocumented and DACA-mented students while the Supreme Court hears oral arguments to decide the future of DACA
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The contract was signed under the laws of Singapore. Legal experts said that this decision evaded provisions that would protect the Mexican gov. They also said the contract establishes no accountability for CanSino if there are manufacturing problems or if a batch is defective.
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This report would not have been possible without the nonstop, fearless investigative work of
@penileyramirez
& the support of our editor,
@GerardoReyesC
. Special thanks also to
@dadams7308
and to all the experts consulted —
@PDiezG
,
@LuluMM
,
@krishna_u
, to name a few.
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When we asked Latam Pharma why the contract was signed in Singapore, they said it was "standard procedure." When we asked the foreign ministry, they referred to the "judicial security" conferred by Singapore's legal system.
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“This has been just the gasoline on the fire for civil war. If it’s coming, North Idaho is the heart of the new confederacy.”
Here's the piece
@Mara_Hop
,
@Malaika_Tapper
and I spent our summers reporting, on A1 of
@IdahoStatesman
today.
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The full version in Spanish is here:
English translation to come!
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@AP
spoke with Palestinian women released back to Gaza after spells in Israeli detention.
Here’s Nabela’s story — 47 days in dizzying transit between facilities, no trial, beatings and interrogations — then a sudden and inexplicable release.
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Palestinians milling around a village square scatter.
Shots take 3 down. Osaid Rimawi, 17, would later die of his wounds. Then, Israeli army jeeps roll in.
The military said the men shot had hurled explosives. Footage
@AP
obtained shows otherwise.
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And militia groups aren't just confined to street corners — they're slinking from the political fringe onto the ballot, gaining ground in all levels of state leadership.
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For residents like Rebecca Schroeder, who've watched warily as armed militia groups gain a foothold in their towns, the area’s history — the leveled Aryan Nations compound lies just seven miles from Coeur d’Alene — doesn’t feel so far away.
Online here:
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Muchisimas gracias a la increible periodista
@penileyramirez
por ensenarme tanto en solo dos semanas, nuestro editor
@GerardoReyesC
, y los expertos con quien hablamos para esta historia —
@PDiezG
,
@LuluMM
, y
@krishna_u
.
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I’m on the subway right now, off to my first day as news intern with
@UInvestiga
. So excited to learn from a group of journalists whose work I deeply admire. Send tips my way at jfrankel
@univision
.net!
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Apply to work at the extraordinary
@IdahoStatesman
this summer! Speaking from experience, this is not an opportunity you’re going to want to pass up...
Hello come be an intern in our
@IdahoStatesman
newsroom this summer!!!! We're a great crew and you'll get unmatched Real Journalism Experience.
I would love to talk to you about this role (DM or email) if you have questions!!!!
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Crazy that after only two semesters of college-level journalism with
@TSLnews
, I was able to to personally interview Obama adviser and foreign policy guru
@brhodes
to talk 2020, international leadership, and
#suspendpitzerhaifa
.
Read my piece here: .
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“I just want a fair chance to demonstrate my competence that doesn’t require me to subject my own health or carry home a disease that could literally kill my children."
Despite nearly 4,000 reported COVID cases in Idaho last week, the state bar exam is moving forward in person.
As the Idaho State Bar moves forward with plans to hold an exam in late July, recent law school graduates say they’re being forced to choose between their health and their professional futures.
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@ChristinaLords
was my fierce, extraordinary editor last summer at the
@IdahoStatesman
. She was just fired
after advocating for a basic investigative resource — Excel.
Please, if you care about local news, read the thread below and & call on
@mcclatchy
to reinstate Christina.
🧵 Today, the journalists of the Idaho News Guild sent a letter to
@mcclatchy
management to formally protest the abrupt and inappropriate firing of editor Christina Lords.
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The formidable
@jasperdavidoff
, with a ginormous add-up-the-SSNs-of-all-your-classmates sized investigative piece for
@TSLnews
today.
If you read anything today, make it this.
#EXCLUSIVE
: 7C employees’ Social Security numbers, including those of student workers, were stored on a server exposed to a “critical vulnerability” for four months last summer, when outsiders with malicious intent could have hacked in and stolen the data.
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After five weeks,
@pomonacollege
students finally get an answer on grading policy. The faculty voted to implement a universal pass/no record policy, departing from the other Claremont schools which have all adopted policies involving letter grades.
My latest scoop for
@TSLnews
.
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Silver City, nestled into the Owyhees on a bumpy mountain road, actually isn't a ghost town — in its well-worn houses live a few families who stayed around after WWII. Now, their town is being forced onto the beaten path.
TLDR: I learned about ATVs for this story so pls read it
When the mines closed down in Silver City, only a few families in the sleepy ghost town stayed. Now, their descendants say COVID-19 has led a new wave of visitors to “discover” their town.
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Suyapa Portillo Villeda, PZ professor of Chicano/Latino studies, chokes back tears talking about the mother of Pomona alum Cristian Padilla Romero, who is currently being detained by ICE: “ICE is playing psychological games...but they will not break us, not today, not ever.”
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Many weeks combing through the FEC database later ... the story’s finally out! Read the data analysis project we’ve been doing at
@TSLnews
here (& understand why I’ve looked like an overcaffeinated crazy person for the last two days or so).
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Nora Ghaith-Sub Laban has lived in her home in Jerusalem’s Old City for 75 years. Today - after a four decades-long legal battle - police expelled her family from the property, locking the door and taking the key.
I reported on the eviction for
@AP
.
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Breaking:
@PomonaCollege
@PomonaAdmit
to join the UC system and other higher education institutions in suspending standardized testing requirements for prospective applicants. My latest for
@TSLnews
.
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I think this headline may be my crowning achievement both in journalism (and in life).
Read the full piece here -- -- to find out why I spent my Thursday repeatedly attempting to infiltrate our on-campus student health center ...
I think this is one of my favorite
@TSLnews
front pages we’ve made in my four years here. Plus, good to see
@FrankelJulia
’s byline back above the fold where it belongs.
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Students pass around Cristian Padilla Romero’s press release regarding the actions of ICE against his mother.
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Violence from Israeli shepherding outposts has emptied 3 Bedouin villages this summer.
As settler shepherds gain control of new lands, the map of the West Bank is shifting — and the prospect of Palestinian statehood, advocates say, is diminishing.
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Student newspapers across the country (like us at
@TSLnews
) work tirelessly to follow journalistic ethics and produce unbiased, necessary content--even in the face of intense campus criticism.
Thank you
@thecrimson
for standing up for good reporting.
I’m appalled that Harvard students wouldn’t understand the basic journalistic practice of calling a subject for comment. A free press hinges on that tenant.
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An IDF spokesperson just said on a call with international media that Gazan civilians fleeing Israeli airstrikes should exit through the Strip’s sole pedestrian crossing to Egypt.
Just minutes after the call, the IDF announced the crossing was closed.
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Thanks
@Calcollegemedia
for the honorable mention for a non-breaking News story in
@TSLnews
(and the creative spelling) at the
@acpress
awards banquet tonight!
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And today, a new generation of
@TSLnews
writers will take to Twitter ... watch out world (and throw them a follow)
@MaggieLind7
@chloeemandel
@AllisonFitz4
@MargotRosenbla1
@benjamindmjones
Sidenote:
@jasperdavidoff
's account is being deactivated.
We taught our
@TSLnews
reporters how to tweet and I’m not sure what we’ve unleashed on the world.
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Student organizer Esteban Mogollon PZ ’22 issues message to 5C administrators: “we know how you treat undocumented students, and we’ve had enough. ... we won’t stop until all these campuses become sanctuary campuses where we feel loved and protected ... this is where we belong.”
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If Scripps' admitted class of 2023 sticks to the college's average yield rate of 33.75%, over 20 more students will enroll than is expected. Despite this, Scripps is not expanding housing for next year—could another housing crisis be on the horizon? My latest for
@TSLnews
.
This week’s top story: Just two years removed from admitting a huge class that prompted a housing crisis, forcing dozens into off-campus apartments, is Scripps about to repeat its mistake?
@FrankelJulia
and
@ClauerHaidee
investigate.
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In her own words,
@marwilliamson
may not be the "wacko crystal lady" she's been made out to be.
Read my article on Williamson's return to her alma mater (
@pomonacollege
!!) for
@TSLnews
last night.
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As a Pomona student and reporter, I've always been able to count on faculty meetings being open and transparent. Today, I was removed from a faculty Zoom meeting while reporting on a critical grading policy vote.
Discouraged and disappointed.
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Under heavy U.S. pressure, Israel says it is ramping up aid to Gaza dramatically. So why hasn't the surge in aid materialized?
One key reason: Kerem Shalom, U.N. officials say, is only operating at partial capacity.
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I had the opportunity to interview
@brhodes
Tuesday, prior to his talk at
@pomonacollege
. We discussed the
@pitzercollege
Haifa controversy, shaping the narrative of the Obama White House, and the future of American leadership. Story to come!
@TSLnews
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Though the planned suspension is year-long, the suspension will give
@PomonaAdmit
the chance to evaluate whether to drop the testing requirement permanently, according to Dean of Admissions Seth Allen.
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Down with Arial!!
#thepeopleunitedwillneverbedefeated
.
@TSLnews
staffers at 1:15 a.m. agonizing over, then celebrating font choice for next day's A1 headline, colorized
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“By Tuesday morning, administrators had completely lost control of campus.... We knew we couldn’t rely on the school for safety at that point.”
For
@TSLnews
, I spoke with 5C students evacuated from Hong Kong after violent clashes moved to their campuses.
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Two babies born Oct. 7 in Gaza.
Their mothers planned for the first days of their newborns’ lives - celebrations, clothes, doctor’s visits.
“I was preparing him for another life, a beautiful one, but war changed all of these features.”
for
@AP
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The piece I was lucky enough to work on with
@okapifilm
is finally out! Check it out for a healthy dose of quantum physics knowledge--special thanks to physicist
@Seanmcarroll
for making it all digestible.
#somethingdeeplyhidden
#newshourweekend
#manyworlds
There is a controversial theory in quantum mechanics known as "many worlds." It describes how with every decision you make, an entirely new universe springs into existence.
@okapifilm
spoke with physicist
@seanmcarroll
about his new book on the topic.
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Held hostage in Gaza, Sharon told her girls that the near-constant sounds of bombardment overhead were just thunderstorms, and the militants guarding their door were their protectors.
Now, when it rains, the girls ask, “Mommy, where are the booms?”
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Students at
@pomonacollege
will have to wait a bit longer for a final decision on grading policy for the rest of the semester. After removing students & reporters from their meeting today, faculty delayed a final decision until Friday.
My latest with
@HeeterMaria
for
@TSLnews
.
#BREAKING
:
@pomonacollege
faculty failed to come to a consensus on a new grading policy at today's faculty meeting, but voted down an A/no record/incomplete proposal. They will reconvene on Friday.
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Hamas demands Israel release its highest-profile Palestinian prisoner, Marwan Barghouti. If the gambit is successful, it would be a massive achievement for the militant group.
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Chants include “que vivan los estudiantes,” “abajo Trump,” and “sin papeles y sin miedo”
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After Biden sanctioned 4 violent WB settlers, thousands of donors raised >$100,000 for them on prominent crowdfunding sites — a crucial way settler outposts have raised money over the years.
Now, those involved in such operations may face US penalties.
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Conversations held at a whisper, meals of pita bread, plastic chairs pushed into makeshift beds.
Relatives of the newly-freed hostages say their loved ones lost significant weight in Hamas captivity & are sensitive to sunlight.
New for
@AP
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When Mujahid Abadi stepped outside to see if Israeli forces had entered his uncle’s neighborhood, he was shot twice. Hours later, beaten and bloodied, he found himself strapped to the searing hood of an Israeli military jeep.
Latest, w/
@mayaalleruzzo
A Palestinian was shot, beaten and tied to an Israeli army jeep. The army says he posed no threat
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Palestinian-American Samaher Esmail was released on bail yesterday by an Israeli military court. Charged with incitement for Facebook posts, she must stay in the West Bank until her trial concludes.
Advocates call the US gov’s response tepid.
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@Kellen_Browning
@TaylorLorenz
@sheeraf
@nytimes
so it was clearly you who put "stans" in the headline, right?
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Evidence has emerged that several Israelis may have been killed by friendly tank fire on October 7 in Kibbutz Be'eri.
Their loved ones have demanded a military investigation. Thus far, the request has gone unanswered.
@AP
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THREAD: In our newest
@UInvestiga
investigation, we reveal that leading energy giants,
@TheAESCorp
and
@InterEnergyG
, took part in an energy deal in Panama with businessmen whose companies have been linked to drug trafficking and corruption. (1/?
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Go student journalists!
I can’t get over how cool it is that a school newspaper got this.
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While I condemn
@thedailynu
's decision to apologize for basic journalistic practice, I do think their apology demonstrates to the larger journalism community the pressure student journalists are beginning to come under on college campuses from their own student bodies (1/2)
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For the first time since the 2005 Gaza disengagement, Israels rabbis are working through Shabbat to identify the dead. New for
@AP
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"The father of Abu Shujaa, the Islamic Jihad commander, says his son has become a local celebrity, with children gathering around him whenever he makes a rare public appearance. 'The children are obsessed,' he said."
@jackjeffery50
&
@jalalbwaitel
for
@AP
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A mix of Pomona professors and student organizers are speaking and leading chants.
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These belongings were left in the hamlet of Ein Samiya after Palestinians hastily fled in July, citing settler violence.
No one has returned to the village since, and the EU-funded schoolhouse was demolished last week by Israeli authorities.
Stunning work by
@mayaalleruzzo
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Profiled Rachel Edri, Israel's newest folk hero, who avoided near-certain death at the hands of Hamas militants by turning to a time-tested piece of motherly wisdom: the men might be hungry
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@Kellen_Browning
@meeshfitz
@MabelLui
would like to make clear to the twitter community that
@Kellen_Browning
cares more about Survivor than he does the longevity of
@TSLnews
...
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Israel is currently holding the highest number of “administrative detainees” — people jailed on secret charges and held without trial — in its prisons since 1989.
99% of them are Palestinians.
For
@APMiddleEast
:
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Last week, Israel launched its most devastating attack on the West Bank in nearly two decades, ravaging the Jenin refugee camp. Today, President Mahmoud Abbas visited the camp for the 1st time since 2005.
His visit lasted under two hours.
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We must redefine how journalistic objectivity is understood. We must "peel back layers of racist politicization, layers which make supporting Black lives seem like a political stance rather than an irrefutable necessity."
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Two 17yo Palestinian-Americans, killed a month apart in the WB in eerily similar circumstances - shot while driving on dirt roads near their villages.
U.S. investigators now probe the deaths, reflecting a lack of faith in Israel to properly investigate.
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This story is the culmination of a months-long investigation. It was an honor to work with and learn from
@GerardoReyesC
in the process. Thanks also to
@dadams7308
for editing. Here's the original version, in Spanish: (7/?
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In the crowd, a mix of 5C students, professors, administrators and Claremont community members
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@thedailynu
And in this moment—when we are starting to feel isolated on our campuses just for doing our jobs—professional journalists should stand in solidarity with their younger counterparts.
If student publications make mistakes, the response should be to educate rather than criticize.
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In Feb., Mexico approved the CanSino vaccine despite data showing a lower-bound confidence interval of 5%, way less than the 30% required by WHO.
Now,
@UInvestiga
reporter
@penileyramirez
wants to find out why. But the doctor running CanSino clinical trials won't see her.
El jefe del ensayo clínico de la vacuna Cansino en México citó a nuestra reportera
@penileyramirez
para explicar el proceso de investigación. Tras dos horas de espera nos han dicho que el departamento de prensa de la
@SSalud_mx
no autorizó la entrevista y que no nos atenderá.
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At a press conference today, Mexican president
@lopezobrador_
responded to our
@UInvestiga
report published yesterday about the government's contract with CanSino. He said the vaccine operation isn't being coordinated by the Mexican government — they only acquired the vaccines.
Sobre la
#CanSino
y la investigación de
@penileyramirez
, el presidente
@lopezobrador_
dijo:
"Esta empresa ha cumplido y tiene una planta produciendo y no está entregando vacunas en tiempo y en forma y actuando de forma responsable".
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At the same press conference, foreign minister
@m_ebrard
defended the practice of signing the contract under Singapore law. He echoed the responses
@penileyramirez
received from Latam Pharma last week, which said this was "standard procedure."
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From Jenin City, for
@AP
-- the UN's main food assistance program slashed aid to 60% of beneficiaries in the West Bank and Gaza, its largest-ever cuts in the region. Families cut from aid said they're no longer sure where their next meal will come from.
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My superhero mother
@incacola68
has been working nonstop since Feb. for the NYC Health Dept. COVID-19 response. Back then-when so few were preparing for the pandemic-she urged the creation of models to predict the outbreak's toll on NYC. Now she's producing the data in this piece
Breaking News: New York City’s coronavirus death toll soared past 10,000 after officials added more than 3,700 people who had never tested positive for the virus but were presumed to have died of it.
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Count the rings of the gnarled olive trees dotting Mohammed Mousa’s land in the West Bank village of Nilin: They’ve been here centuries, far before the Palestinian family’s livelihood came to depend on the whims of Israeli occupation…
@AP
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Israeli forces kill three Palestinians in the West Bank just a day after Netanyahu’s coalition passed the first portion of a key overhaul which, critics say, could facilitate settlement expansion and full annexation of the territory.
The Israeli military said it shot and killed three alleged Palestinian gunmen in the northern occupied West Bank, the latest bloodshed in one of the most violent stretches of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in years.
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Watching her guide ambitious investigative coverage and innovate new ways to make stories accessible to more Idahoans, Christina quickly became a role model of mine. More importantly, she’s an irreplaceable editor whose work is vital to her community. This is a devastating blow.
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@Kellen_Browning
@jasperdavidoff
@marcrod97
@PaneyLope
Long live the Oxford comma!! (Back me up
@j_dingdingding
@SteadyJensen
)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has ordered the military to prepare a plan to evacuate of Rafah — over half the strip’s population — ahead of an expected Israeli invasion of the southern Gaza town.
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Here’s our English translation:
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100 years ago the Hawaiian homes program began, aiming to return lands seized by a US-backed coup to Native Hawaiians. But federal policies trap equity in the walls of homesteads, obstructing true return of the land.
W/
@malaika_tapper
for
@CivilBeat
.
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With attention on Gaza, the West Bank has quietly experienced the deadliest week on record since the UN began recording data. 55 Palestinians have been killed this week, as soldiers crack down and Ben-Gvir arms settlers.
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@k_talerico
Aww thanks Kate! You've been the best and I'm so lucky to have met you — have an absolutely amazing time in France
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Read more about the Mexico's CanSino approval process here:
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@nicoleMfoy
@IdahoStatesman
Nicole! Thanks for all the extraordinary work you did at the Statesman -- it was such an honor to learn from you last summer. I know you'll continue to do impactful, important reporting no matter where you go & I wish you all the best.
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A battered truck and the testimony of a lone survivor indicate that 17-yo American-Palestinian Tawfic Abdel Jabbar was shot and killed by apparent Israeli fire while driving, conflicting with the account provided by Israeli police.
Investigation for
@AP
.
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