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Month: April 2026
RFK Jr.’s medical racism is to be expected
Since his confirmation as Health and Human Services Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been a magnet for controversies, ranging from his shakeup of vaccine […]
Trump pardoned nursing home owner who owed almost $19 million to a grieving family
When Amanda Coulson was a child, she visited her mother at work at a hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas. Doris Coulson was a nurse, and […]
Peace Talks Uncertain As US-Iran Cease-Fire Expiration Nears
US President Donald Trump said he does not want to extend a temporary cease-fire with Iran beyond April 22, as Washington waits to see if […]
EU to cut Venice Biennale funding over Russia’s participation, Kallas says
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said Monday that the bloc intends to cut funding to the Venice Biennale following a decision by the art […]
The great unblocking? EU foreign ministers eye sweeping changes as Orbán exits
LUXEMBOURG — In a room long shaped by stalemate and frustration, the mood among EU foreign ministers on Tuesday was notably lighter. Ministers meeting in […]
Who is calling the shots in Iran?
Following the last round of talks between the United States and Iran in Islamabad, Iran’s foreign minister and negotiator Abbas Araghchi declared in a post […]
Our Large Hadron Collider results hint at undiscovered physics
Recent findings from research we have been carrying out at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at Cern in Geneva suggest that we might be closing […]
FBI hit with 20-day deadline to fork over docs related to Kash Patel’s alleged drinking
In a public records request filing submitted on Tuesday, the nonprofit watchdog group Democracy Forward gave the FBI 20 days to produce internal records as […]
Senator rips election-denying lawyer protecting Trump: ‘You assert privilege willy-nilly’
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) called out former DOJ official Jeffrey Clark after Clark insisted that details surrounding a letter aimed at overturning the 2020 presidential […]
Vote Blue No Matter Who: Party Politics as Political Agency
In America today we have a party of ordinary governance and a personality cult party. Those are the two options we are now offered every […]
K Food exports set to take major hit after losing Middle East growth
South Korea’s K Food export growth momentum face a sharp slowdown as the Middle East weakens from the US-Iran conflict…See More
War, Climate Change, and AI Are on the Agenda at This Year’s UN Indigenous Forum
This story is published through the Indigenous News Alliance and originally appeared on Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Hundreds of delegates are arriving at […]
Germany’s largest altnet offered funding as it struggles with €7bn debt
Canadian pension fund Omers and private equity group EQT have jointly offered another €5 billion – they are already investors in the altnet The Canadian […]
7 takeaways from Olly Robbins’ evidence on the Peter Mandelson vetting saga
LONDON — The “Blob” can bite back, it turns out. Days after Keir Starmer sacked him as the Foreign Office’s top civil servant, Olly Robbins, […]
7 people arrested over planned arson attack on UK Jewish community
LONDON — Officers from Counter Terrorism Policing have arrested seven people on suspicion of conspiracy to commit an arson attack targeting the Jewish community. The […]
Treasury Issues Fresh Directive Affecting Processing of April Civil Servants’ Salaries
In the notice, the PS directed immediate compliance, warning that failure to adhere to the directive risked delaying civil servants’ April salaries…See More
Iran-US war: Four scenarios for what’s next as talks stumble
Between an expiring ceasefire and a possible deal lies a range of ways in which the war could proceed, analysts say…See More
What was the Iran nuclear deal Trump dumped in search of ‘better’ terms?
Trump withdrew the US from the JCPOA in 2018, branding it ‘the worst deal ever’ and seeking stronger terms…See More
Trump has a new avenger in chief
Sometimes it feels as if Donald Trump reinvented politics in whole cloth when he descended the Trump Tower escalator in 2015, and the world turned […]