RFK Jr. Stands Firm On Health Shake-Up Amid Ouster Calls
US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy on Thursday defended his decision to fire a top government scientist, insisting the move was “absolutely necessary,” even as Democrats demanded his resignation over sweeping steps to curb vaccines. The heated Senate hearing, marked by shouting matches and partisan clashes, followed the ouster of Sue Monarez, the now-former director […]
Lisbon In Mourning After Funicular Crash Kills 16
Lisbon awoke Thursday to a city draped in grief. Bouquets and handwritten notes lined the cobbled street where the Gloria funicular, a century-old emblem of the capital, jumped its tracks the night before and slammed into a building, leaving 16 dead and dozens wounded. Officials confirmed that the dead include both locals and foreign visitors. […]
Florida Moves To Dismantle Vaccine Mandates, Breaking Precedent
Florida officials announced Wednesday that the state will move to abolish all vaccine mandates, a step that would make it the first in the nation to undo a decades-old public health practice long upheld by courts. At a news conference in Tallahassee, Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo called vaccine requirements “wrong and drips with disdain […]
Ex-Peru Leader Toledo Gets 13-Year Term For Corruption
Alejandro Toledo was once the face of Peru’s democratic renewal, the Stanford-trained economist who rose from poverty to defeat the autocrat Alberto Fujimori in the early 2000s. This week, the same man was handed a 13-year prison sentence for laundering millions in bribes — his second conviction in less than a year. A court in […]
US Job Market Shows Strains As Hiring Slows, Layoffs Rise
Warning lights on the American labor market, faint for months, are now flashing brighter. Fresh figures released Thursday suggest the slowdown in hiring that began this summer may be hardening into something more worrisome. New claims for unemployment benefits rose to their highest level in 11 weeks. Private businesses sharply curbed hiring in July. And […]
RFK Jr. Faces Calls To Resign From HHS Employees
More than a thousand current and former employees of the Department of Health and Human Services have called on Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to resign, saying his leadership has imperiled public health and driven the agency into turmoil. In a letter delivered Wednesday to Kennedy, Congress, and the White House, staff accused him of […]
Court Restores $2 Billion In Federal Grants To Harvard
A federal judge has struck down the Trump administration’s decision to strip Harvard University of billions in federal research grants, ruling that the move violated the Ivy League school’s First Amendment rights. The case centered on a freeze ordered in April, when the administration revoked roughly $2 billion in funding and accused Harvard of tolerating […]
UN Chief Mourns Pakistan Flood Victims, Pledges Aid
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday voiced sorrow over catastrophic floods in northern Pakistan, where weeks of monsoon rains have left hundreds dead and millions more uprooted. “The Secretary-General is profoundly saddened,” his spokesman, Stéphane Dujarric, said in a statement, noting that more than 400 people have been killed. Entire communities have been submerged, […]
Woman Arrested In Kebbi After Baby Found Buried Alive
Police in Kebbi State have arrested a 20-year-old woman accused of burying her newborn daughter alive, in a case that has shocked a rural community and underscored concerns about child protection in Nigeria. According to the Kebbi State Police Command, the incident occurred on June 25 in Kamba, a border town in Dandi Local Government […]
Tech Giant Google Hit With $425m Penalty Over App Privacy
A United States federal jury has ordered Google to pay about $425 million after finding that the company unlawfully tracked smartphone app activity even when users had switched off personalization settings. The ruling in San Francisco closes a four-year class action lawsuit accusing the tech giant of surreptitiously harvesting and monetising consumer data in defiance […]
Huthi Retaliation Prompts Israel To Intercept Missiles
The Israeli military said on Wednesday it intercepted two missiles fired from Yemen, hours after Huthi rebels vowed to retaliate for the killing of their prime minister in an Israeli airstrike last week. In two separate statements issued nearly 10 hours apart, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed that both projectiles were intercepted and that […]
UK Imposes Airspace Restrictions For Trump State Visit
Police have confirmed that “significant airspace restrictions” will be in force as part of a major security operation during US President Donald Trump’s upcoming state visit to the United Kingdom. The restrictions, which apply to aircraft including drones, will cover Windsor Castle between 17 and 19 September, where King Charles III and Queen Camilla will […]