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Geo-kleptocracy and the rise of ‘global mafia politics’
“As everyone knows, the oil business in Venezuela has been a bust, a total bust, for a long period of time. … We’re going to have our very large United States oil companies, the biggest anywhere in the world, go in, spend billions of dollars, fix the badly broken infrastructure, the oil infrastructure, and start making money for the country,”…
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Ranking The 25 Best Space Movies Of All-Time
By Joshua Tyler | Updated 7 seconds ago When most people think science fiction, they first think of outer space. But space movies are hard to make, and most SF filmmakers instead opt for something easier and more budget-friendly, like time travel or robots. When a creator takes a risk and gets space sci-fi right, they become a legend. It’s…
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The disruptive force of weight loss drugs: How GLP-1s do more than shed pounds
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know…
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What to know about Jared Kushner’s ‘New Gaza’ plan : NPR
Jared Kushner speaks after the signing of a Board of Peace charter during the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 22. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption toggle caption Evan Vucci/AP DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Loft-style apartments with floor-to-ceiling windows, an off-shore oil and gas rig, advanced industrial zones and park-lined neighborhoods. This is “New Gaza,”…
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Mamdani taps Boston ER doctor to lead NYC health department
Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free New York City newsletter here. The new health commissioner for New York City is a Harvard-educated emergency physician and former White House fellow who has spent the past several years in Boston combining medicine with advocacy work, burnishing a resume that leans more toward health care than public health. At a…
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Father of 5-year-old detained in Minnesota disputes government account
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The father of a 5-year-old boy who was detained by immigration officers and held at a federal facility in Texas denied government accounts Monday that he abandoned his son last month while being pursued by authorities. As the pair returned to Minnesota, Adrian Conejo Arias, who is originally from Ecuador, told ABC News that he loves his…
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Trump cuts tariffs on India to 18 pc, calls PM Modi ‘greatest friend’
President Donald Trump on Monday, February 2, announced to lower reciprocal tariffs on Indian goods from 25 per cent to 18 per cent, following a phone call with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In a post on his social media platform Truth Social, Trump said the decision was taken “out of friendship and respect” for PM Modi and would take effect…
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Markiplier’s movie and its backstory could be a bright spot for cinema.
This article contains spoilers for Iron Lung. This past weekend saw one of the oddest box-office victories in recent times. No, I’m not talking about Melania, the first lady–produced documentary that Amazon reportedly spent $40 million on for the rights alone, with an additional $35 million for the marketing. I’m talking about Iron Lung, a self-financed film by a beloved…
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Higher medicine prices squeeze patients
A broad range of medicines have seen their prices go up by significant margins with one eye drops increasing by as much as 233%, MaltaToday has learnt. Flarex eye drops, used to treat eye inflammation, increased from €5.31 to an eyewatering €17.10 over the span of a few months. Similarly, Otosporin ear drops, used to treat ear infections, increased from…
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The World Says an Effective Goodbye to America
Trump’s erratic behavior has finally convinced just about everyone that the US can no longer be trusted. Listen To This Story It’s becoming increasingly clear — after Donald Trump’s embarrassingly narcissistic, not to mention insulting, performance before an international economic and cultural elite at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland — that the United States can no longer…
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