Neurolinguistic programming

JOHANNESBURG - The global COVAX vaccine distribution plan aims to deliver tens of millions of vaccine doses to low-income countries -- many of them in Africa – in the coming months, top global health officials say, describing this as a turning point in the quest to quash the coronavirus pandemic. The world’s largest, fastest, and most ambitious vaccine drive delivered 11 million vaccine doses Tuesday to Angola, Cambodia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Nigeria. Between now and the end of May, said WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the COVAX facility will deliver 270 million doses to 142 participating countries and economies. The global initiative was set up last April to ensure that poorer nations aren’t left out of the worldwide scramble for vaccine access. The program, which is projected to cost about $11 billion, is funded by donor nations, foundations and corporations. It is part of the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator, a global collaboration that works on the … [Read more...] about COVAX Program to Roll Out Tens of Millions of Vaccine Doses Globally

As president, Donald Trump Donald Trump South Carolina Senate adds firing squad as alternative execution method Ex-Trump aide Pierson won't run for Dallas-area House seat House Oversight panel reissues subpoena for Trump's accounting firm MORE repeatedly sought to meet with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani . The two leaders ultimately came remarkably close to speaking in late 2019. Thirty-three years earlier, President Reagan dispatched his aides to meet with a group of moderate Iranian officials. Rouhani, then a 37-year-old senior foreign policy adviser, led the Iranian delegation. Today, as diplomatic grandstanding grinds negotiations over the Iran nuclear agreement to a halt , it is high time for President Biden to take a page from the Reagan-Trump playbook and reach out to Rouhani. ADVERTISEMENT Washington, D.C.’s foreign policy establishment – the sprawling web of stuffy think tank “experts” and op-ed writers affectionately … [Read more...] about It’s time for Biden to channel Trump, Reagan and meet Iran’s Rouhani

Progressive organizations are pressing the Biden administration to swiftly rejoin the Obama-era Iran nuclear deal, warning that coming back into the pact will be more difficult as time goes on. In a letter to the White House on Wednesday, the 32 progressive groups lambasted the Trump administration, which pulled out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in favor of “maximum pressure” strategy that imposed harsh sanctions on Iran. The groups said that approach must be quickly reversed in order to come to a new arrangement with Iran. “The longer the elements of “maximum pressure” remain in effect, the more it will continue to embolden hardliners and make U.S.-Iran diplomacy more difficult. The recent escalation in military activity between the United States and reported Iranian proxies in Syria and Iraq only shows how urgently needed a new course of action is,” they wrote, referencing recent U.S. strikes on an Iranian-backed militia in Syria that had attacked U.S. … [Read more...] about Progressives press Biden to rejoin Iran nuclear deal

The financial strain caused by the coronavirus pandemic has put more than one in three U.S. nonprofits in danger of closing within the next two years, according to a philanthropy study released Wednesday. The report , developed by research group Candid and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy, said that in a worst-case scenario prolonged crises could lead to upwards of 38 percent of 300,000 nonprofits — more than 119,000 — closing their doors. The report examined a total of 20 different scenarios. It found that in the absence of a prolonged crisis in the next two years, just about 4 percent of nonprofits (12,042) would close. The median outcome of all the scenarios was 11 percent (34,472) closing. ADVERTISEMENT The report found that in 2020, more than $20 billion was contributed to COVID-19 relief efforts by corporations, foundations, public charities and high net-worth individuals. Despite these contributions, nonprofits have been strained as more people rely … [Read more...] about 1 in 3 nonprofits in danger of closing due to pandemic: study

President Biden Joe Biden Intercept bureau chief: minimum wage was not 'high priority' for Biden in COVID-19 relief South Carolina Senate adds firing squad as alternative execution method Obama alum Seth Harris to serve as Biden labor adviser: report MORE on Monday announced policy changes to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) meant to target coronavirus relief to the smallest businesses and minority-owned firms. Among the changes, the Small Business Administration is instituting a 14-day period beginning Wednesday and running through March 9 allowing only companies with fewer than 20 employees to apply for assistance through the PPP. “Small businesses are the engines of our economic progress, they’re the glue and the heart and soul of our communities. But they’re getting crushed,” Biden said in remarks at the White House, noting that roughly 400,000 small businesses have closed amid restrictions put in place to lessen the spread of the coronavirus. … [Read more...] about Biden announces policy changes to target COVID-19 aid to smallest businesses