August 3, 2023 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• 3 signs the US economy is set to zoom past growth expectations (Business Insider)
• U.S. economy will avoid a recession , CBO forecasts (Bloomberg)
• Trump pleads not guilty to federal charges in 2020 election probe  (CBS News)
• Trump charged with additional counts in Mar-a-Lago documents case   (NPR)
• Biden signs executive order to help sexual assault victims in military(10  News)
• DOJ sues Texas Gov. Abbott over Rio Grande buoy barrier (Axios)
• Agriculture appropriations bill in jeopardy amid GOP divisions (The Hill)
• Judge Puts Hunter Biden’s Plea Deal on Hold (New York Times)
• Devon Archer debate focuses on Hunter Biden ‘illusion of access (The Hill)
• States lose federal water funds as lawmakers redirect money to pet projects  (Washington Post)

WORLD

• The Middle East Is Becoming Literally Uninhabitable (Foreign Policy)
• Americans will need a visa to visit Europe starting in 2024. Here's what you should know. (Yahoo News)
• Trying to make the world starve’: Russian drones destroy grain warehouses at Ukraine ports (Guardian)
• Ukraine has recaptured 50% of the territory that Russia seized, Blinken says (Reuters)
• Insight: For migrants, the Darién Gap is hell; for adventure tourists, it's a magnet (Reuters)
  
  
  
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March 25, 2014 (San Diego’s East County)--ECM World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a wide variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• White House plan would end NSA collection of Americans’ phone records (Wash/ Post)
• High court to test limits of religious liberty in Obamacare case (The Hill)
• 14 dead, 176 missing in Washington landslide (USA Today)
• Mountaintops, communities permanently altered in West Virginia (Al Jazeera)

WORLD

• Russia kicked out of G-8 club (The Hill)
• India beats the odds, beats polio (CNN)
• Officials: missing plane went down in Indian Ocean (Washington Post)
• Polish See Shades Of 1939 In Russia's Crimea Grab (NPR)
• If it comes to war with Russia, does Ukraine stand a chance? (BBC The World)
• Moscow signals concern for Russians in Estonia (Reuters)
• Iranians build an American aircraft carrier, sort of (BBC The World)
• Hamas sends threatening text messages to Israelis (JPost)
• NATO says Russia has big force at Ukraine's border, worries over Transdniestria (Reuters)
• Election observers pull foreign staff out of Afghanistan after hotel attack (Reuters)
• After two hearings, Egyptian court issues death sentence verdict for 529 people (+video) (CS Monitor)

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April 3, 2013 (San Diego's East County) -- ECM World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a wide variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• New Visa Would Allow At Least 20,000 Low-Wage Workers To Come To U.S. (NPR)
• Expert: Recent Attacks On Justice Community 'Really Unprecedented' (NPR)
• IRS weighs changes to Obama healthcare investment tax rules (Reuters)
• Fracking’s latest scandal: earthquake swarms (Mother Jones)
• Want a U.S. visa? Got a spare $500,000? (American Public Media)
• Americans On Disability Play An Increasingly Important Role In The Economy (NPR)
• Obama administration moves ahead with sweeping rules requiring cleaner gasoline (Washington Post)

WORLD

• North Korea to restart nuclear reactor in weapons bid (Reuters)
• From The Stone Age To The Digital Age In One Big Leap (NPR)
• Why is the US shifting its missile defense out of Europe? (Christian Science Monitor)
• Vigilantes seize town in Mexico, arrest police (Christian Science Monitor)
• Pope washes women’s feet in break with church law (Yahoo! News)
• How potent are North Korea’s threats? (BBC)
• Al-Qaida linked group doubles size in Syria (Jerusalem Post)
• Putin flexes Russian military muscle in naval exercise (Reuters)
•  Banks score major win in private Libor suits (Reuters)

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