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#Peace & Community #European #Middle East #Asia #UN #North America #Oceanian #AfricanSenegal struggles to cope with climate change despite promises of help from other nations
In 2009, a group of wealthy nations committed to helping less developed countries cope with the effects of climate change. But where the $100 billion goes has been tough to verify and critics say the effort has done little to help the people who need it most. With support from the Pulitzer Center, Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on efforts to combat climate change and alleviate poverty in Senegal.
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Musician Nile Rodgers reflects on the roots of his artistry
For decades, legendary photographer Platon has been taking portraits of some of the world’s most prominent people, from heads of state, to movie stars and everything in between. He recently started filming his photo shoots in which he gets his subject talking in a most disarming way. We share Platon’s dialogue with musician Nile Rodgers for our arts and culture coverage, CANVAS.
Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source:RFK Jr. considering 'framework' for Medicaid, Medicare coverage of GLP-1s
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he is considering a “regulatory framework” for Medicare and Medicaid to cover GLP-1 medications to treat obesity. Kennedy said in a CBS News interview that aired Wednesday the high cost of the medication is the biggest hurdle to coverage, but he said he’s considering...
Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source:6 people die in NYC helicopter crash
New York City Mayor Eric Adams says a family of Spanish tourists, including three children, died Thursday in a helicopter crash in the Hudson River.
Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source:Percentage of 'thriving' Americans mired at 5-year low: Gallup
The percentage of “thriving” Americans is at a five-year low, according to a Gallup poll. The poll found 48.9 percent of respondents said they are “thriving,” staying at a five-year low previously recorded in November 2024 and September 2023. Since December 2020, there has not been a percentage of respondents lower than 48.2 percent that...
Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source:CDC officials start planning for the splintering of their agency
Several parts of CDC — mostly those devoted to health threats that aren't infectious — are being spun off into the soon-to-be-created Administration for a Healthy America, the agency official told senior leaders in calls and meetings.
Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source:FDA reverses course on telework after staff reductions threaten basic operations
A spokeswoman for Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the administration is returning to “pre-COVID telework arrangements for reviewers, whose read and write work output is tracked in 15-minute increments to ensure productivity and accountability.”
Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source:Stocks slide as Trump's trade war with China spooks Wall Street
Stocks slid Thursday as President Trump’s escalating trade war with China and concerns about its economic implications continued to rattle Wall Street. All three major stock indexes lost a significant portion of their gains from a Wednesday rally, which came in the wake of Trump’s decision to shift the focus of his sweeping tariff plans....
Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source:RFK Jr.: 'By September we will know what has caused the autism epidemic'
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has launched a “massive testing and research effort” that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said will determine the cause of rising childhood autism rates in the country. During a meeting of President Trump’s Cabinet on Thursday, Kennedy said the process will involve “hundreds of scientists around...
Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source:FDA to phase out some animal testing requirements, possibly replace them with AI models
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Thursday it plans to phase out animal testing requirements for biological products and drugs, instead moving toward alternative testing models such computer simulations and "organoids." The agency said in a release that its animal testing requirements would be "reduced, refined, or potentially replaced using a range of approaches,"...
Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source:Gabbard: '100 people' working 'around the clock' on RFK, MLK assassination files
Director of National Intelligence Tusli Gabbard has been working with over 100 people to scan and release government documents related to the 1968 assassinations of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source:10 Palestinians released from Israeli detention say they suffered abuse
The 10 men, all dressed in grey sweatpants and shirts, were brought by bus to a hospital in the central Gaza town of Deir al-Balah, where they were welcomed by family members.
Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source:TikTok deal in limbo amid trade war
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story How Trump's China tariffs upended TikTok negotiations President Trump’s new tariffs on China have thrown a wrench in efforts to negotiate a deal over TikTok’s divestment from its parent company ByteDance, as Washington and Beijing sink deeper into a trade war. Jeff Chiu, Associated Press After the...
Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source:Trump administration cuts contracts for National Climate AssessmentÂ
The Trump administration is cutting contracts that funded work on the National Climate Assessment — which is published every few years and details how climate change impacts the U.S. — as well as other climate activity. Records show that NASA has canceled several deals with contractor ICF, including those supporting work on the climate assessment...
Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source:Before Trump ramped up tariff threats, inflation was cooling
Consumer prices rose just 2.4 percent in March from a year earlier, the Labor Department said Thursday. Economists warned that the data is mostly backward-looking and likely to be overtaken by the impact of the tariffs that President Donald Trump has left in place, including huge duties on China, even after the 90-day pause of some tariffs announced Wednesday.
Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source:Death toll rises to 221 in Dominican roof collapse
Memorials were taking place Thursday for a merengue star and others killed when a cement roof collapsed at a popular nightclub in the Dominican Republic, as the number of dead surged to 221 and crews completed their search for bodies.
Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source:Siemens executive and family, pilot dead after helicopter crashes in Hudson River off Manhattan
A New York City sightseeing helicopter broke apart in mid-air Thursday and crashed upside-down into the Hudson River, killing the pilot and a family of five Spanish tourists in the latest U.S. aviation disaster, officials said.
Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source:6 dead after helicopter crashes in the Hudson River off Manhattan
A helicopter broke apart in mid-air Thursday and crashed upside-down into the Hudson River between Manhattan and the New Jersey waterfront, killing a family of Spanish tourists, including three children, officials said.
Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source:Ancient jawbone came from mysterious group of human ancestors, scientists say
Discovered in Taiwan, the jawbone is believed to have belonged to an enigmatic group of early human ancestors called Denisovans.
Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source:WATCH: RFK Jr. orders HHS to determine the cause of autism by September
Anti-vaccine advocates, including Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., have for years inaccurately claimed that routine childhood shots may cause autism.
Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source:Pressed for evidence against Mahmoud Khalil, Rubio argues his presence undermines U.S. foreign policy
The two-page memo, which was obtained by The Associated Press, does not allege any criminal conduct by Khalil, a legal permanent U.S. resident and graduate student who served as spokesperson for campus activists last year during large demonstrations against Israel's treatment of Palestinians and the war in Gaza.
Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source:'Ahmad burned in front of the whole world,' says wife of Gaza journalist killed after Israeli strike
Images of journalist Ahmad Mansour appearing to be engulfed in flames flooded social media this week after an Israeli airstrike hit a tent used by local media in southern Gaza.
Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source:Palestinian journalist dies after images of him ablaze after Israeli strike widely shared online
Images of journalist Ahmad Mansour appearing to be engulfed in flames flooded social media this week after an Israeli airstrike hit a tent used by local media in southern Gaza.
Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source:Former Facebook exec tells Senate committee company undermined national security with China
Sarah Wynn-Williams, a former executive at Meta, testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee accusing the company of undermining national security.
Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source:South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung announces presidential bid after Yoon’s ouster
South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung, widely seen as the front-runner in a presidential by-election triggered by the removal of President Yoon Suk Yeol, officially announced his presidential bid.
Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source:Oeuf! U.S. egg prices hit record high despite Trump's claim they're 'much cheaper'
U.S. egg prices increased again last month to reach a new record high of $6.23 US per dozen despite U.S. President Donald Trump's predictions.
Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source:Writer-director James Toback ordered to pay $1.68 billion US in sexual abuse case
A New York jury on Wednesday awarded $1.68 billion US in damages to 40 women who accused writer and director James Toback of sexual abuse and other crimes over a span of 35 years, according to lawyers representing the plaintiffs.
Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source:Pete Hoekstra confirmed as U.S. ambassador to Canada
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Pete Hoekstra, a former ambassador to the Netherlands, to be ambassador to Canada, a position he assumes as traditional close ties have been strained by President Donald Trump's tariff policy and comments about annexation.
Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source:Russian-American Ksenia Karelina released in prisoner exchange
Russia released a dual Russian-U.S. citizen jailed for donating to a charity providing aid to Ukraine, her lawyer said on Thursday, in what the Wall Street Journal described as a swap for a Russian-German national jailed in the United States.
Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source:Kevin O'Leary suggests current market could be 'buying opportunity of a lifetime'
“Shark Tank” investor Kevin O’Leary suggested Wednesday that the current market could be the “buying opportunity of a lifetime.” “It’s a buying opportunity of a lifetime,” O’Leary said in an appearance on the BBC. “Or, it’s free trade in a much better way in six months, you just don’t know, but if you can’t deal...
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:Trump pauses many of his tariffs but raises rate on China
President Trump stunned many by pausing higher tariff rates on most other countries for 90 days. But the president raised tariffs on Chinese imports to 125 percent after Beijing retaliated overnight. This led to a historic day of rallies in the markets after multiple days of steep drops. Lisa Desjardins reports and Amna Nawaz discusses more with economists Simon Johnson and Douglas Irwin.
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:Exclusive: Pence calls Trump’s tariff policy a potential midterm liability for GOP
Former Vice President Mike Pence said the Trump administration’s aggressive use of tariffs poses a potential risk for Republicans in the midterm elections, even as he expressed relief about a walk-back of some of the most severe tariffs on allies. Pence, in an exclusive interview with The Hill, raised concerns about the implementation of a...
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:Trump signs order to make 'showers great again'
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Trump directs repeal of Biden showerhead rule President Trump has ordered his administration to repeal a Biden-era rule restricting water flow from shower heads. iStock “In my case, I like to take a nice shower to take care of my beautiful hair,” Trump said...
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:Moves against fluoride in drinking water alarm health experts
As the Trump administration takes steps to discourage the incorporation of fluoride in drinking water, experts warn the moves may have serious consequences for Americans’ health. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Monday announced it would “expeditiously review new scientific information on potential health risks of fluoride in drinking water.” The move came after a...
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:The next trade battle frontier: Drug tariffs
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story The next trade battle frontier: Drug tariffs President Trump said he will impose “major” tariffs on pharmaceutical imports, even as he backed down from tariffs on goods from most other nations. iStock Drug imports were largely carved...
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