Month: March 2021

Trump administration steps up pressure on China with threat of more tariffs

Washington — President Trump has escalated U.S. trade tensions with China, threatening to again raise tariffs — this time on essentially all remaining Chinese imports, CBS News’ Nikole Killion reports from the White House.  U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said on Friday Mr. Trump “ordered us to begin the process of raising tariffs on essentially…

By HotelSalesCareers March 17, 2021 Off

House passes latest DREAM Act, hoping to place millions of immigrants on path to citizenship

Washington — With a handful of Republican votes, House Democrats passed the latest version of the DREAM Act, an ambitious expansion of a nearly two-decades-long legislative effort that would place millions of young undocumented immigrants and immigrants with temporary status on a pathway to U.S. citizenship. The Democratic-led chamber approved the sweeping immigration bill, dubbed…

By HotelSalesCareers March 17, 2021 Off

Human civilization faces “existential risk” by 2050 according to new Australian climate change report

A new report by Australian climate experts warns that “climate change now represents a near- to mid-term existential threat” to human civilization. In this grim forecast — which was endorsed by the former chief of the Australian Defense Force — human civilization could end by 2050 due to the destabilizing societal and environmental factors caused…

By HotelSalesCareers March 16, 2021 Off