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Nigeria: As the U.S. Withdraws Funding, Professor Pate Steps in - What's Next?
[Nigeria Health Watch] "Africa, we really need to change our mindset. Access to aid, we can begin to think of is a thing of the past. We have to focus on two things: attracting investment & mobilising our own domestic resources" -- Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director General World Trade Organisation
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:
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Countries hoping to negotiate away Trump tariffs should think again
Trumpโs appetite exceeds what most nations can offer. He couldnโt care less if negotiations are not completed within the 90-day pause period.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Germany: Berlin doctor charged with 15 counts of murder
Berlin prosecutors have filed charges against a palliative care physician on suspicion of multiple murders in overdosing his patients. The suspect allegedly set fire to some victims' apartments to cover up his crimes.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Sudan: Sudan's Paramilitary Chief Declares Rival Government As War Enters Third Year
[RFI] Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have announced the formation of a rival government in territories under their control - a move timed to mark the second anniversary of a war the United Nations describes as the world's worst humanitarian crisis.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:India's Gandhis charged in money laundering case amid opposition outcry
India's financial crimes agency has accused the Gandhis of illegally acquiring properties of a newspaper.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:U.S. autism numbers rose in 2022, according to new CDC report
A new CDC report suggests autism diagnosis rates continue to rise in the U.S., sparking inflammatory rhetoric from government officials,while experts largely attribute the trend to improved screening and better understanding of the condition.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Are US and China really in a Thucydides Trap?
The so-called Thucydides Trap has become a staple of foreign policy commentary over the past decade or so, regularly invoked to frame the escalating rivalry between the United States and China. Coined by political scientist Graham Allison โ first in a 2012 Financial Times article and later developed in his 2017 book โDestined for Warโ [โฆ] The post Are US and China really in a Thucydides Trap? appeared first on Asia...
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:โComrades and Brothersโ: Is China Pulling Vietnam Back Into Its Orbit?
Despite welcoming China's Xi Jinping with unprecedented pomp, Hanoi will avoid overdependence on any single great power.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Africa: Food Insecurity an Unprecedented Crisis Worldwide
[IPS] Baltimore, Maryland -- Last year, 343 million people were experiencing acute food insecurity, according to the World Food Programme (WFP). That's 10 percent higher than in 2023.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Thai Resort Island at the Center of a Simmering Territorial Dispute With Cambodia
The resumption of maritime boundary negotiations between Bangkok and Phnom Penh has revived a dormant sovereignty dispute over Koh Kood.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:50 years later, Khmer Rougeโs murderous legacy lives on
On April 17, 1975, tanks rolled into the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, to cheering crowds who believed that the countryโs long civil war might finally be over. But what followed was one of the worst genocides of the 20th century. During a brutal four-year rule, the communist-nationalist ideologues of the Khmer Rouge killed between 1.6 [โฆ] The post 50 years later, Khmer Rougeโs murderous legacy lives on appeared first...
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Nigeria: Trump Targets International Students As U.S. Revokes 600 Visas
[Premium Times] About 600 international students in over 90 colleges and universities have had their visas revoked or their legal status terminated in recent weeks.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:The Russians arenโt coming: Peter Duttonโs poor judgment distracts from Australiaโs rare geopolitical opportunity | Allan Behm
As we recover from our infatuation with Anzus, we can now look at Asia and the Pacific as a region in which we can make our own wayNever waste a good beat up, especially when your political opponent calls a non-event a catastrophe. The foreign minister, Penny Wong, the defence minister and deputy prime minister, Richard Marles, and the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, have had a great time punishing the opposition...
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:China wonโt rescue Cambodia from Trumpโs tariffs
Cambodiaโs first-quarter trade and investment data dropped in recent days, putting its US and China relations in statistical relief after Donald Trump imposed new 49% tariffs on the country. According to the General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE), in Q1 2025, Chinaaccountedfor 49.1% of imports worth US$3.7 billion, up almost 31% from the same [โฆ] The post China wonโt rescue Cambodia from Trumpโs tariffs...
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:China's first-quarter GDP tops estimates at 5.4% as growth momentum continues amid tariff worries
Several investment banks havemoved to slash China's growth forecaststhis year, with most doubting Beijing can achieve the official target of "around 5%" this year.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:South Africa: There Are Taps and Flush Toilets in This Durban Township - but No Water
[GroundUp] Ntuzuma families buy water from nearby KwaMashu
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Japan's antitrust watchdog issues Google 'cease and desist' order over unfair trade practices
Japan's antimonopoly watchdog has issued a cease and desist order against Google for unfair trade practices regarding search services for its Android devices.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:We compared the Labor and Coalitionโs income tax proposals to see who benefits most
In an unexpected twist, it seems neither party is targeting its usual voters with these tax cuts.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Tunisia: Arbitrary Detention Crushes Dissent
Click to expand Image Protest of the National Salvation Front opposition coalition in downtown Tunis, Tunisia, on March 5, 2023, against the arrest of several public figures, including its leaders. 2023 Sipa via AP Images The Tunisian government has turned arbitrary detention into a cornerstone of its repressive policy, aimed at depriving people of their civil and political rights.Following President Kais Saiedโs...
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:This election, disinformation is swirling on Chinese social media. Hereโs how it spreads
Thousands of Chinese Australians get their news on WeChat or RedNote, but thereโs evidence disinformation is circulating unchecked.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:From wound healing to โthe bendsโ, hyperbaric oxygen therapy is an important treatment โ if done safely
Four people have been charged over the death of a 5-year-old boy in a hyperbaric chamber at an โalternative medicine clinicโ in the United States.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:โWHO Warns: U.S. Cuts Cause Severe Health Disruptions in Over 70 Countriesโ
The World Health Organization (WHO) warns that cuts in international health cooperation programs by the United States, have caused serious crises in health systems across more than 70 countries. Related: WHO urges US to resume funding for global health U.S. Health Aid Cuts Deal:a Devastating Blow to Global Health The World Health Organization (WHO) has [โฆ]
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Politics with Michelle Grattan: Warwick McKibbin on trying to model economic certainty in uncertain times
Joining us from Washington DC is Warwick McKibbin, an internationally renowned economic modeller from the ANU whose services are now in high demand.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Why the Coalitionโs tone-deaf diss track was bound to hit all the wrong notes
The recent track attacking Labor proves one thing: the Coalition doesnโt understand hip-hop.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:New speed climbing record set in the Swiss Alps
A climbing pair shatter the record for completing the daunting north faces of a famed trio of Swiss mountains.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Paramilitaries declare rival government in Sudan
The country is experiencing the worst humanitarian crisis in the world two years into a bloody civil war.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:WHO Member States conclude negotiations and make significant progress on draft pandemic agreement
After more than three years of intensive negotiations, WHO Member States took a major step forward in efforts to make the world safer from pandemics, by forging a draft agreement for consideration at the upcoming World Health Assembly in May. The proposal aims to strengthen global collaboration on prevention, preparedness and response to future pandemic threats.In December 2021, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Singapore Announces General Election to Take Place on May 3
Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said that Singaporeans need to decide who they want to lead them into a world that โis becoming more uncertain, unsettled and even unstable.โ
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:MH370: The Devil Is In the Data
Could data gathered by amateur radio operators finally unlock the truth about the doomed Malaysia Airlines flight?
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:MH370: The Devil Is in the Data
Could data gathered by amateur radio operators finally unlock the truth about the doomed Malaysia Airlines flight?
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:CNBC Daily Open: United Airlines offers two earnings estimates, reflecting turbulence in economy
The U.S. carrier kept its original earnings forecast, provided in January, but also issued new figures in the event a recession strikes.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:The Green Healers: Latin Americaโs Living Tradition of Herbal Medicine
In the highlands of the Andes, the dense Amazon jungle, and the dry sierras of Mexico, a quiet revolution in healthcare continues to thrive. Rooted in pre-Columbian wisdom and shaped by centuries of resistance, Latin Americaโs tradition of herbal medicineโknown widely as medicina verdeโremains a vital part of community life. Despite the spread of industrial [โฆ]
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:United Airlines cuts capacity and warns economy is โimpossible to predictโ
Cautious move comes after strongest first quarter since Covid-19
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Kyrgyzstan: Rights Defender Detained
Click to expand Image Rita Karasartova. Private (Bishkek, April 16, 2025) โ Kyrgyz authorities on April 14, 2025, detained a human rights defender, claiming she has ties to a criminal case, Human Rights Watch said today. The activist, Rita Karasartova, was detained for 48 hours in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, with a hearing about extending her detention set for April 16.Karasartova posted on her personal...
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Foreign Affairs Dems press Rubio on Burma earthquake response, USAID cuts
Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) and 18 other Democrats on the House Foreign Affairs Committee pressed the Trump administration to urgently provide aid for those impacted by the deadly Burma earthquake last month. In a Tuesday letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the group addressed their concerns amid the โshutteringโ of the United States Agency...
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source: