Month: July 2021

Pfizer set to seek authorization for a COVID booster shot. Heavy rain floods New York streets and subways. Taliban takes control as the US packs up. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.

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The world’s youngest state was born amid boundless optimism. But poverty is still endemic and ethnic tensions still rule politics; what hope for its next decade? Mass graves found at Canada’s “residential schools” have sparked a reckoning about past abuses of indigenous peoples. And marking 50 years since the final album of Karen Dalton, the forgotten queen of folk.

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Runtime: 22min

The news to know for Friday, July 9th, 2021!

We'll tell you about an updated timeline to get American troops out of Afghanistan and why President Bifen is getting some pushback at home.

Also, will you need a third COVID-19 shot soon? At least one vaccine maker says yes.

Plus, Japan's new state of emergency will affect this year's Olympics, how big companies teamed up to make cars less clean, and this year's National Spelling Bee champion who's breaking barriers.

Those stories and more in around 10 minutes!

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Amid the debates over Big Tech companies and censorship, a new social media platform has emerged to champion free speech.

The platform GETTR officially launched on July 4 with a mission of “fighting cancel culture, promoting commonsense, defending free speech, challenging social media monopolies, and creating a true marketplace of ideas,” according to the platform's website.

GETTR’s promise to users is “you're never going to be censored or deplatformed or cancel-cultured because of your political beliefs,” Jason Miller, a former aide to President Donald Trump and now the company's CEO, said on "The Daily Signal Podcast."

Miller joins the show to explain why GETTR is a unique social media platform and to discuss Trump’s recently announced class-action lawsuit against Facebook, Twitter, and Google over censorship. 

We also cover these stories: 

• Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra says it’s “absolutely our business” to know who has and has not been vaccinated against the coronavirus. 
• The International Olympic Committee and the Japanese government announce that fans will not be allowed to physically attend the Tokyo Olympics, which begin in two weeks, because of COVID-19.
• The former ethics chief under President Barack Obama speaks out against the current White House ethics plan for the sale of Hunter Biden’s art. 

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