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NEW YORK CITY, Dec. 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — On Thursday, November 21, 2024, the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) celebrated the achievements of the historic Capital Readiness Program (CRP) at the NASDAQ Tower in Times Square. Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Minority Business Development Eric Morrissette joined Capital Readiness Program awardees as they […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Joe Biden visited Angola last week, one of the highlights was his pledge of hundreds of millions of dollars for an ambitious trans-Africa rail project that would bring copper and cobalt from central Africa to the Atlantic port of Lobito. The project is possible because of the commitment of a […]
US President-elect Donald Trump has picked a leading Covid lockdown sceptic Jay Bhattacharya to be the next director of a key US public health agency. Trump said he had selected the Stanford University-trained physician and economist to lead the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the world’s biggest government-funded biomedical research entity. Bhattacharya became the face […]
Jay Bhattacharya, an unofficial Covid adviser in Trump’s first administration, has been selected as the director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), one of the leading biomedical research institutions in the world. The choice of Bhattacharya, a Stanford economist whose proposal for widespread Covid-19 infection was backed by the White House, signals a return […]
FCC raising scrutiny of submarine cables that handle 98% of world’s internet traffic Commission looks to tighten rules barring companies like Huawei from involvement WASHINGTON, Nov 21 (Reuters) – The Federal Communications Commission voted on Thursday to propose new rules governing undersea internet cables in the face of growing security concerns, as part of a […]
Kennedy vows to tackle chronic disease, corruption, and provide data for informed decisions Concerns among some advocates on his views on vaccines, public health policies Vaccine makers’ shares fall after Kennedy’s appointment announcement NEW YORK, Nov 14 (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump said on Thursday he has selected Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an environmental activist […]
The American model Carré Otis has said she is “elated” her sexual assault lawsuit against the former modeling agency boss Gérald Marie and New York talent agent Trudi Tapscott was revived by a federal appeals court more than two years after a crushing dismissal. “Definitely mixed feelings and really elated,” Otis told the Guardian in […]
CNN — An Israeli MP behind a bill that would prevent the main UN agency in Gaza and the West Bank from working in Israel has accused the US ambassador in Israel of lobbying opposition leaders to block the move. If the bill passes in the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, this week, it will prohibit any Israeli official from […]
President Joe Biden ordered the construction of a temporary pier to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza earlier this year even as some staffers for the US Agency for International Development (USAid) expressed concerns that the effort would be difficult to pull off and undercut the effort to persuade Israel to open “more efficient” land crossings, […]
To play this content, please enable JavaScript, or try a different browser Video caption, ‘You need to be fired’ – Lawmakers lash out at Secret Service director Article information Author, Rachel Looker and Bernd Debusmann Role, BBC News, Washington 23 July 2024, 15:47 BST Updated 1 hour ago US Secret Service director Kim Cheatle has […]