QUIT — A flood in Ecuador left at least 18 dead, including some swept away by the current when a group of people was on a sports field in an upper area of the capital, the Risk Management Secretariat reported Tuesday. In a Twitter message, the agency reported that there were “14 people dead, three houses […]Read More
While in Kyiv, Ukraine on a congressional trip with the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01) met with Barrington native Michael Druckman, who currently serves as the Resident Program Director for Ukraine at the International Republican Institute (IRI), and Providence native and Classical High School graduate David Gehrenbeck, Counselor for Political Affairs […]Read More
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan effort in the U.S. Senate has come together to produce what the chairman of the body’s Foreign Relations Committee has dubbed “the mother of all sanctions” to be levied against Russia in the event of a new invasion of Ukraine. According to committee chairman Robert Menendez, senators are on the cusp of […]Read More
U.S.-based pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and its German partner, BioNTech, announced Tuesday they have begun a clinical trial of a new version of their COVID-19 vaccine specifically designed to protect against the omicron variant of the coronavirus. The companies said in a joint statement that it will test the new vaccine as both a primary and […]Read More
WASHINGTON — The United States will soon ship more than 2 million doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to the African nations of Kenya and Morocco, the White House told VOA on Wednesday. “As the president has said, America will be the arsenal of vaccines in our fight against COVID-19,” a White House official told VOA. […]Read More
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman David N. Cicilline (D-RI), senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, departed for a congressional delegation to Brussels, Belgium and Kyiv, Ukraine. The bipartisan delegation, led by Representative Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, includes Representatives Ami Bera (D-CA), Colin Allred (D-TX), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Tom Malinowski (D-NJ), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Mark Green […]Read More
Paris fashion week has launched with a mix of digital and in-person shows as the industry adapts as best it can to the latest Covid restrictions in France. The industry is determined to get back to the catwalks after nearly two years during which most brands were forced online. London cancelled its menswear show this month […]Read More
BEIJING, CHINA — China on Monday canceled plans to sell tickets to the public for the Winter Olympics in Beijing, as the number of COVID-19 cases in the country reached its highest point since March 2020. Organizers said last year there would be no international spectators at the Games – partly due to China’s weeks-long quarantine […]Read More
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01), Chair of the LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus, today joined with President Joe Biden at the White House to mark World AIDS Day. “This World AIDS Day, as we remember those lost to this awful disease, we must recommit ourselves to ending the stigma, to ensuring health equity, and leading […]Read More
The Dominican Republic clinched the sixth and final berth in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games baseball competition with an 8-5 win over Venezuela on Saturday in the final game of the WBSC Baseball Final Qualifier played in Puebla, Mexico. The Caribbean team recovered from a three-run deficit in the second inning to secure the country’s […]Read More
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