Day: January 3, 2024
Some overlooked good news from 2023: Six countries knock out ‘neglected’ diseases
In 2023, six nations were able to eliminate virtually all cases of at least one of the illnesses on the World Health Organization’s priority list of “neglected tropical diseases.” (Image credit: Xavier Vaheed-DNDi, James Gathany/CDC, AFP via Getty Images)
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What’s News: World-Wide
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What’s News: Business & Finance
Read MoreTrump asks US Supreme Court to overturn Colorado ruling removing him from ballot – CNN
Trump asks US Supreme Court to overturn Colorado ruling removing him from ballot CNN Trump Asks Supreme Court to Keep Him on Colorado Ballot The New York Times Trump appeals Colorado and Maine decisions to boot him from ballot. What that means
Read MoreA U.S. judge unsealed the names of dozens of people who appeared in testimony or depositions connected to an old lawsuit filed by one of Jeffrey Epstein’s accusers.
A U.S. judge unsealed the names of dozens of people who appeared in testimony or depositions connected to an old lawsuit filed by one of Jeffrey Epstein’s accusers.
Read MoreAttacks Heighten Fears of a Wider War for the Middle East and U.S.
The killing of a top Hamas leader in Lebanon and mysterious twin explosions in Iran heighten fears of a regional war that could draw in the United States.
Read MoreHistorians meet Biden for a White House lunch, urge him to speak out more forcefully – POLITICO
Historians meet Biden for a White House lunch, urge him to speak out more forcefully POLITICO
Read MoreFirst batch of Jeffrey Epstein case documents released by New York court
Amid great hype, a court began to release a new batch of previously secret court documents late Wednesday related to Jeffrey Epstein, the jet-setting financier who killed himself in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges.
Read MoreHezbollah leader condemns ‘dangerous’ killing of Hamas deputy leader
The leader of Hezbollah has condemned the “dangerous” killing of Hamas’s deputy leader, and warned Israel there will be “no ceiling and no rules” if it wages war on Lebanon.
Read More‘Make Britain great’: right-wing upstarts threaten U.K. Tories
A fringe right-wing political party founded by Eurosceptic populist Nigel Farage is once again posing a headache for Britain’s ruling Conservatives before this year’s UK general election. Reform UK — formerly called the Brexit Party and whose leader admires ex-US
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