CNN pundit defends Tlaib’s retweet of anti-Israel slogan ‘From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free’ — Fox News

CNN con­trib­u­tor Peter Beinart offered a staunch defense of Rep. Rashi­da Tlaib, D‑Mich., after she was accused of shar­ing anti-Israel rhetoric on Twit­ter.  On Sun­day, Tlaib com­mem­o­rat­ed the Inter­na­tion­al Day of Sol­i­dar­i­ty with the Pales­tin­ian Peo­ple in part by retweet­ing an illustration

Coronavirus live news: former French president dies of Covid complications; global deaths near 1.5m — The Guardian

Key events Show 7.14pm EST19:14 New Zealand con­firms nine new cas­es in man­aged iso­la­tion facil­i­ties 6.54pm EST18:54 Lil­ly to sup­ply 650,000 more dos­es of bam­lanivimab to US gov­ern­ment 6.45pm EST18:45 Glob­al death toll nears 1.5m 6.35pm EST18:35 For­mer French pres­i­dent dies of Covid com­pli­ca­tions 6.29pm EST18:29 Sum­ma­ry Live feed Show 7.14pm EST19:14 New Zealand confirms…

Iranian Arms, Fighters Bolster Maduro Government in Venezuela, U.S. Says — The Wall Street Journal

Iran is just one U.S. adver­sary back­ing Venezue­lan Pres­i­dent Nicolás Maduro, said Adm. Craig Fall­er.  Pho­to: Miraflo­res Palace/EPA/Shutterstock WASHINGTON—Iran has sent arms and dis­patched para­mil­i­tary oper­a­tives to help Venezuela Pres­i­dent Nicolás Maduro main­tain his hold on pow­er, the top U.S. mil­i­tary com­man­der for Cen­tral and South Amer­i­ca said Wednes­day. “We see a grow­ing Iran­ian influence…