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11.24am GMT
A quick foreign policy snap from Reuters here – the Kremlin said this morning it welcomed the stated intention of president Joe Biden to extend the New Start arms control treaty with Russia, but said that Moscow wanted to see concrete proposals from Washington.
The White House said yesterday that Biden would seek a five-year extension of the arms control treaty that is due to expire in early February, in one of the first major foreign policy decisions of the new administration.
11.17am GMT
Amanda Gorman, the 22-year-old poet who stole the show with her poem The Hill We Climb at the presidential inauguration on Wednesday, has landed yet another book deal, with her forthcoming debuts shooting straight to the top of the charts.
Hours after she stepped off the dais, publisher Penguin Children’s announced that it would be releasing Gorman’s poem as a hardcover book in spring, with plans to print 150,000 copies in the first run, unprecedented even for a whole poetry collection, “due to overwhelming demand”.
Continue reading…Calls to delay Donald Trump impeachment trial as former president appoints defense lawyer BowersUnveiling strategy, Biden says Covid will ‘get worse before it gets better’New executive orders target federal minimum wage and food insecurity188,952 new Covid cases and 3,955 deaths, hospitalizations fall slightly Trump’s second impeachment trial in hands of Republican senatorsSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by email 11.24am GMTA quick foreign policy snap from Reuters here – the Kremlin said this morning it welcomed the stated intention of president Joe Biden to extend the New Start arms control treaty with Russia, but said that Moscow wanted to see concrete proposals from Washington.The White House said yesterday that Biden would seek a five-year extension of the arms control treaty that is due to expire in early February, in one of the first major foreign policy decisions of the new administration. 11.17am GMTAmanda Gorman, the 22-year-old poet who stole the show with her poem The Hill We Climb at the presidential inauguration on Wednesday, has landed yet another book deal, with her forthcoming debuts shooting straight to the top of the charts.Hours after she stepped off the dais, publisher Penguin Children’s announced that it would be releasing Gorman’s poem as a hardcover book in spring, with plans to print 150,000 copies in the first run, unprecedented even for a whole poetry collection, “due to overwhelming demand”. Continue reading…