President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping have pledged cooperation and “a readiness to build consensus” in a virtual discussion of more than 3 hours.
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Biden on infrastructure bill: “Historians are going to look back at this moment and say, that’s the moment America began to win competition of 21st century.”
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Discussing significance of $1.2 trillion US infrastructure package, in combination with proposed $1.85 trillion budget for social/environmental programs
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Kurdish-controlled northeast Syria is facing a water crisis amid drought and Turkey’s reported limitation of supplies: “We can’t find any source.”
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Jordan’s plan for “normalization” with Syria’s Assad regime reportedly includes proposals for tcurbing of Iranian influence and the withdrawal of US forces.
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Physicians for Human Rights documents mass detention of Syria’s health care workers by Assad regime in 2011-2012, analyzing 1,685 cases of 1,644 personnel.
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