Good evening. Here’s today’s briefing.
- Today, January 7th, is Christmas Day for Russian Orthodox Christians around the world around the world. The newly formed Ukrainian church will also partake in the celebrations. https://lamundi.news.blog/2019/01/05/ukraines-orthodox-church-has-gained-independence-from-the-russian-orthodox-church/
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg will not be on the bench on the first day of arguments of 2019 due to a recent surgery.
- Los Angeles will endure a teachers’ strike soon, and the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is trying to do everything to prepare for it. https://lamundi.news.blog/2019/01/07/los-angeles-teachers-strike-is-imminent/
- A Vermont editorial urges Bernie Sanders not to run in 2020, making it a bigger punch since it’s from his own state.
- Airport lines are getting longer, as a result of TSA workers calling in sick in protest of not being paid during the government shutdown. https://lamundi.news.blog/2019/01/06/the-government-shutdown-what-you-need-to-know/
- Kevin Spacey has appeared in court on sexual assault charges.
- Millions will go without food stamps due to the shutdown. https://lamundi.news.blog/2019/01/06/the-government-shutdown-what-you-need-to-know/
- The Saudi woman trapped in a Bangkok airport on Sunday has boarded a flight chartered by the UNHCR, the United Nations’ Refugee Agency.
- French protesters are facing a government tired of relentless (and sometimes unsanctioned) protests, not to mention seven weeks of unrest. French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said that 80,000 members of security forces would be deployed in anticipation of another wave of anti-government protests. The protests started when a new fuel tax was announced in November.
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