Five stories you need to know for March 18, 2021
Reuters, 18 Mar 2021
5 stories to know for March 18: Atlanta spa shooting suspect, Biden vs Putin, Blinken meets Chinese officials, the U.S. border crisis and the House hearing on Asian-hate crimes
1. The suspect in the fatal shooting of eight people at day spas in and around Atlanta was arraigned. Six Asian women were killed in the attacks. The suspect, 21-year-old Robert Aaron Long, appeared to have frequented the spas targeted in the shootings and that he headed towards Florida afterwards, perhaps to carry out further shootings. Officials indicated he had issues with sexual addiction and the shootings may have not been motivated by racial hatred. A Stop Asian Hate movement is gaining steam in the U.S.
2. A House of Representatives committee will hold a discrimination hearing amid increased Asian-American hate crimes in the United States. Six Asian women were killed in Atlanta shooting on March 17th. Several victims have been identified, including Daoyou Feng Xiaojie Tan Xiaojie Yan.
3. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas insisted there is no ‘’border crisis’’ as the U.S. grapples with an influx of arrivals at the Mexico border and Biden tries to reverse strict Republican border policies.
4. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the U.S. is weighing options for North Korea. Blinken and Chinese officials are holding talks in Alaska following his meetings in South Korea. North Korea warned the U.S. not to create a ‘stink’ in the region.
5. Biden vowed Russia's Putin will 'pay a price' for election meddling. Meanwhile, Russia says it wants an apology from the U.S. after Biden called Putin a killer.
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1. The suspect in the fatal shooting of eight people at day spas in and around Atlanta was arraigned. Six Asian women were killed in the attacks. The suspect, 21-year-old Robert Aaron Long, appeared to have frequented the spas targeted in the shootings and that he headed towards Florida afterwards, perhaps to carry out further shootings. Officials indicated he had issues with sexual addiction and the shootings may have not been motivated by racial hatred. A Stop Asian Hate movement is gaining steam in the U.S.
2. A House of Representatives committee will hold a discrimination hearing amid increased Asian-American hate crimes in the United States. Six Asian women were killed in Atlanta shooting on March 17th. Several victims have been identified, including Daoyou Feng Xiaojie Tan Xiaojie Yan.
3. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas insisted there is no ‘’border crisis’’ as the U.S. grapples with an influx of arrivals at the Mexico border and Biden tries to reverse strict Republican border policies.
4. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the U.S. is weighing options for North Korea. Blinken and Chinese officials are holding talks in Alaska following his meetings in South Korea. North Korea warned the U.S. not to create a ‘stink’ in the region.
5. Biden vowed Russia's Putin will 'pay a price' for election meddling. Meanwhile, Russia says it wants an apology from the U.S. after Biden called Putin a killer.
#Biden #StopAsianHate #Putin #US #border #Mayorkas #Blinken #China #Alaska #NorthKora #Atlantaarea #AtlantaShootings #Hatecrimehearing #Asianhatecrimes #RobertAaronLong #Spashooting #HomelandSecurity #Denuclearization #HouseofRepresentatives #JoeBiden #News #Reuters
More top stories:
-Putin says 'it takes one to know one' after U.S. president's killer remark
-Keep using AstraZeneca COVID shots to save lives, WHO tells Europe
-Mexico authorities seize fake batch of Russian Sputnik V vaccine: RDIF
-U.S. weekly jobless claims unexpectedly rise
-EXCLUSIVE Google’s privacy push draws U.S. antitrust scrutiny - sources
-U.S. House poised to pass immigrant protections for 'Dreamers,' farm workers
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