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      Biden Covid-19 Summit

      Biden Urged to 'Fight Like Hell' for Global Covid Funds as New Summit Announced

      News of the virtual conference comes amid a failure to vaccinate the Global South—where fewer than one in seven people have received even a first shot.

      Brett Wilkins
      Apr 18, 2022

      As the White House on Monday announced the convening of a Second Global Covid-19 Summit next month, a leading public health advocate called U.S. President Joe Biden's response to the crisis "late and anemic," while urging his administration to "fight like hell" for congressionally imperiled funding to combat the ongoing pandemic.

      "Five billion dollars is the bare minimum; far less than what is needed. The White House needs to fight like hell for that money and much more."

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      Mexico Guns

      International Support Grows for Mexico's Lawsuit Against US Gun-Makers

      "I feel very encouraged because this means that what we are doing as a government is worth doing," a Mexican official said. "We are confirming that the missing link in this whole equation of illicit trafficking is the gun companies."

      Brett Wilkins
      Feb 01, 2022

      In a big boost to the Mexican government's historic federal lawsuit against American gun-makers, 13 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, two countries, a coalition of attorneys general, and numerous advocacy groups on Monday filed or joined amicus briefs supporting Mexico's litigation, which seeks to hold weapons manufacturers accountable for the violence they facilitate.

      "The defendant gun manufacturers send guns to Mexico, where transnational drug cartels use them to inflict violence on both sides of the border."

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      12 Years to Save the Planet? Make That 18 Months

      12 Years to Save the Planet? Make That 18 Months

      "The climate math is brutally clear: While the world can't be healed within the next few years, it may be fatally wounded by negligence until 2020."

      Matt Mcgrath
      Jul 25, 2019

      Do you remember the good old days when we had "12 years to save the planet"?

      Now it seems, there's a growing consensus that the next 18 months will be critical in dealing with the global heating crisis, among other environmental challenges.

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