President Joe Biden says the leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, was killed during an overnight raid by U.S. special forces. 

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Max Kapustin, assistant professor of policy analysis and management at Cornell University’s Brooks School of Public Policy, comments on new steps proposed by the Biden administration to address rising gun-related crime.

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Arthur Wheaton, an expert on the automotive industry and director of labor studies at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, comments on a new electric vehicle battery swapping policy in India.

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Mary Nichols, a senior visiting fellow at the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability and a former chair of the California Air and Resources Board, comments on efforts in California to help oil industry workers transition to green jobs.

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China claims the U.S. plans to pay athletes to 'sabotage' the Beijing Winter Olympic Games.

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The Russian government said this week that the U.S. rejection of demands over Ukraine has left “little optimism” for a resolution of the crisis. Tensions have soared with Russia over concerns that Moscow is planning to invade Ukraine.

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Following an announcement from the E.P.A. that it will bolster enforcement and monitoring of air and water quality in disadvantaged communities, Cornell University scientists, Jerel Ezell, Catherine Kling, and John Albertson offered their critiques of the new approach and signaled what the development could mean for the future of air quality monitoring technology. 

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The Federal Reserve is expected to issue a new policy statement Wednesday with a timeline for hiking interest rates to combat inflation. Robert Hockett and Erica Groshen are available for interviews on the Fed’s announcement.

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Pfizer and BioNTech have begun a clinical trial for an Omicron-specific Covid-19 vaccine candidate. But Dr. Luis Schang, a virologist at Cornell University, says while it makes sense to develop a specific vaccine against Omicron, we should not lose sight of what is already available.

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The Biden Administration appears on the cusp of sending American troops to NATO allies in the Baltics and Eastern Europe as tensions mount with Russia over concerns that Moscow is planning to invade Ukraine.

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