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US President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vaccine skeptic, to be his health and human services secretary. “For too long, Americans have been crushed by the industrial food complex and drug companies who have engaged in deception, misinformation, and disinformation when it comes to public health,” Trump wrote on his […]

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Israel’s warfare in Gaza is consistent with the characteristics of genocide, a special UN committee said Thursday, accusing the country of “using starvation as a method of war”. Israel’s warfare practices in Gaza “are consistent with the characteristics of genocide”, the UN Special Committee to investigate Israeli practices said, pointing to the “mass civilian casualties […]

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Canada on Wednesday closed the door on a promised major regularization of undocumented migrants, dampening residency hopes for thousands of people following a period of policy uncertainty. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had pledged an ambitious program aimed at regularization. But polls have shown a discernible shift in public opinion after years of broad support for Canada’s […]

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The Republicans were declared the majority party in the US House of Representatives Wednesday, completing a clean sweep of Congress and the White House in last week’s elections and handing incoming president Donald Trump vast legislative power. After more than a week of vote counting, CNN and NBC projected that Trump’s party had reached the […]

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President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday nominated Senator Marco Rubio as secretary of state, brushing aside critics in his party and putting the outspoken hawk in charge of US foreign policy. Rubio, the son of Cuban immigrants to Miami and vociferous opponent of Latin American communists, China and Iran, would be the first Hispanic as the […]

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US President-elect Donald Trump named Florida lawmaker Matt Gaetz as his attorney general Wednesday, rewarding the loyalty of a staunch ally who has defended the Republican in his legal battles and impeachment fights. “Few issues in America are more important than ending the partisan Weaponization of our Justice System,” Trump posted on social media. “Matt […]

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South Korea’s spy agency said Wednesday that North Korean soldiers were “engaging in combat” in Russia’s Kursk region, hours after US officials confirmed Pyongyang’s troops were now actively fighting for Moscow against Ukraine. “The National Intelligence Service has assessed that North Korean troops dispatched to Russia have moved to the Kursk region over the past […]

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