Texas Freeze, Italy Rebuilding and Yardi Gras: Political Focus

U.S. President Joe Biden launched his immigration initiative in what may be one of the toughest legislative challenges of his term, while in Texas, Arctic temperatures triggered an energy crisis that left millions of people without electricity and water.

Italy’s new prime minister, Mario Draghi, called on his compatriots to help rebuild their country from the devastation wrought to lives and the economy by the Covid-19 crisis. In Australia, Facebook fired a warning shot to governments around the world when it stopped providing users with access to news in protest against a new law that would make it and Google pay publishers for articles.