News
-
Israel Is Quietly Annexing the West Bank
There is no shortage of volatility in the Middle East. In the wake of protests in Iran, Washington has threatened to strike; violence in Gaza continues despite a cease-fire; Hezbollah is rearming in Lebanon; and factional rivalries are destabilizing Syria. But the next front to explode may be one that policymakers keep treating as an afterthought—the West Bank. Since Hamas’s…
Read More » -
Trust in US health agencies appears to be eroding
NEW YORK (AP) — Since Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services one year ago, he has defended his upending of federal health policy by saying the changes will restore trust in America’s public health agencies. But as the longtime leader of the anti-vaccine movement scales back immunization guidance and…
Read More » -
Bitcoin Promotion Error Sparks Regulatory Reckoning in South Korea
Key takeaways A simple data-entry error allowed 620,000 nonexistent BTC to appear in user accounts for 20 minutes because trades update a private database first, with onchain settlement happening later. Around 1,788 BTC worth of trades were executed before the exchange locked everything down. What could have been dismissed as a harmless error turned into a serious operational and regulatory…
Read More » -
Patients on this drug are burdened by cost. How CT wants to bring prices down
After Bonnie had part of her thyroid removed, weight gain accompanied the aftermath of the procedure. The Connecticut resident, who asked that her full name not be used, tried the obesity drug Zepbound, losing 60 pounds over two years. She said the drug was critical in helping her to lose weight, but that it alone did not cause her to…
Read More » -
10 Family Fantasy Movies That Are Perfect From Start to Finish
Trying to find a little bit of magic in everyday life is a noble pursuit. Whether it’s reminiscing about fabled princes and princesses of old, reading a novel about young wizards, or flying past the second star to the right. Fantasy is a magnificent genre that takes what is and imagines what could be. Kids and family movies are perhaps…
Read More » -
Trump’s NATO Dilemma | Foreign Affairs
Last November, Matthew Whitaker, the U.S. ambassador to NATO, startled a gathering of European officials at the Berlin Security Conference by remarking that he looked forward to the day when Germany would tell the United States, “We’re ready to take over the supreme allied commander position.” Despite Whitaker’s acknowledgment that such a moment was not imminent, his comments nonetheless shocked…
Read More » -
Unpersuaded by Netanyahu, Trump insists on going ‘jaw-to-jaw’ with Iran and Hamas
WASHINGTON, DC — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu famously sees Winston Churchill as his model of wartime leadership. A bust of Britain’s World War II prime minister keeps a stern and watchful eye over his office, and the premier regularly invokes Churchill in his landmark speeches, especially in his addresses to the US Congress. (Netanyahu surpassed Churchill as the world leader…
Read More » -
Imran Khan reports vision loss in jail, alleges health care denial
Islamabad: Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan is reportedly facing a loss of vision in his right eye and has complained about denial of health services in jail while showing satisfaction with the security and food being provided, it has emerged. Advocate Salman Safdar, who was appointed amicus curiae to visit Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail, formally submitted to the Supreme…
Read More » -
SC refuses Haryana’s jungle safari plan, says no one can touch Aravallis
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday, February 12, said it will not allow “anyone to touch the Aravallis”, refusing to permit the Haryana government to submit a detailed plan on jungle safari till a definition of “Aravalli range” is clarified by experts. A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi said that…
Read More » -
Thousands flooding out of scam compounds in Cambodia find little help
BANGKOK (AP) — One recent night, Youga was grateful when he finally slept in a bed, even though it had neither pillow nor blanket. For two days, the African man said, he slept on the street after he reached Cambodia’s capital, Phnom Penh, following his escape from a scam compound in O’Smach, which borders Thailand in the north. He had…
Read More »