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UE aprueba nuevas sanciones contra Venezuela

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Live Updates: Power Comes Back in Texas, but Water Systems Are Crippled

The end of frigid conditions across Texas is in sight on Friday, but many residents who fled their homes this week in search of warm beds and showers of any temperature are only now discovering the extent of the winter storm’s destruction.

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Live Updates: Misery Deepens in Texas as a New Storm Threatens the East Coast

The lack of power and safe water for millions of people in Texas may be compounded on Thursday by a band of foul weather stretching from the Rio Grande to New York. Days of glacial weather have left at least 38 people dead nationwide, made many roads impassable, disrupted vaccine distribution and blanketed nearly three-quarters of the continental United States in snow.

THE GUARDIAN

Rio Tinto to pay out record $9bn in dividends for 2020

The world’s second largest mining company reported a 20% rise in underlying profit to $12.4bn. The better-than-expected profits followed an increase in commodity prices, particularly iron ore and copper, amid interruptions to global supply partly caused by the pandemic.

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Live Updates: Biden Plans to Promote Stimulus Proposal and Vaccinations

President Biden is set to seize the spotlight this week after weeks of attention on former President Donald J. Trump’s impeachment trial. Mr. Biden is beginning a more public sales pitch for his domestic agenda, with his first set of work trips outside Washington.

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Biden Takes Center Stage With Ambitious Agenda as Trump’s Trial Ends

WASHINGTON — President Biden’s allies say that with the distraction of the impeachment trial of his predecessor now over, he will quickly press for passage of his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan before moving on to an even bigger agenda in Congress that includes infrastructure, immigration, criminal justice reform, climate change and health care.

Nueva publicación del OLAG: 8 reflexiones sobre el futuro del sistema del poder y la competencia.

Con textos de Silvia Federici, Armando Bartra, Gustavo Esteva, Ana Esther Ceceña, Márgara Millán, Gonzalo Fernández, Raúl Ornelas y Daniel Inclán

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Trump Impeachment Trial Live Updates: Final Day of Arguments for the Prosecution

The House impeachment managers are set to conclude their oral arguments on Thursday in the Senate trial of former President Donald J. Trump, a day after they delivered a dramatic presentation that showed in graphic detail the storming of the Capitol by Trump supporters.

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What to Watch For in the Impeachment Trial on Wednesday

WASHINGTON — House Democrats will lay out the case for convicting former President Donald J. Trump on Wednesday as the Senate forges ahead with what could well become the fastest presidential impeachment trial in history.

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What to Watch For as Donald J. Trump’s Impeachment Trial Begins