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Trump taps veteran, Fox personality Hegseth for Defense secretary
1 month, 1 week ago

Trump taps veteran, Fox personality Hegseth for Defense secretary

Politico  

The pick is a departure from other national security moves that Trump has made since he was elected president last week. Hegseth, 44, was an early backer of Trump when he ran for president in 2016, at a time when many prominent GOP figures, including Sen. Marco Rubio — Trump’s expected pick to be secretary of State — were highly …

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The reason Diddy faces such legal peril over baby oil freak offs and why he could end up dying in jail
3 months ago

The reason Diddy faces such legal peril over baby oil freak offs and why he could end up dying in jail

Daily Mail  

New York prosecutors aiming to take down Diddy are using a similar playbook to one used to imprison other high-profile sex abusers including R. Kelly and Keith Raniere. Sean 'Diddy' Combs, seen in a court sketch on Tuesday, is facing a slew of charges including sex trafficking and racketeering The charges against Diddy follow a similar playbook to one used …

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How a traveling ‘health train’ has become an essential source of free care in South Africa
3 months, 1 week ago

How a traveling ‘health train’ has become an essential source of free care in South Africa

Associated Press  

JOHANNESBURG — Thethiwe Mahlangu woke early on a chilly morning and walked through her busy South African township, where minibuses hooted to pick up commuters and smoke from sidewalk breakfast stalls hung in the air. For the past 30 years — ever since South Africa’s break with the former racist system of apartheid — the train has carried doctors, nurses …

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Mpox patients lack medicine, food, in east DR Congo hospital
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Mpox patients lack medicine, food, in east DR Congo hospital

The Hindu  

Dozens of feverish patients lay on thin mattresses on the floor of a makeshift mpox isolation ward in east Democratic Republic of Congo, as overstretched hospital workers grappled with drug shortages and lack of space to accommodate the influx. Congo is the epicentre of an mpox outbreak that the World Health Organization declared to be a global public health emergency …

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‘Maruthi Nagar Subramanyam’ movie review: Rao Ramesh shoulders a part fun, overstretched drama
4 months ago

‘Maruthi Nagar Subramanyam’ movie review: Rao Ramesh shoulders a part fun, overstretched drama

The Hindu  

We rarely see a mainstream Telugu film with a middle-aged character at the forefront. Director Lakshman Karya’s Maruthi Nagar Subramanyam, inspired by true incidents,narrates a tale of middle-class woes, laced with humour, centred on the versatile Rao Ramesh. Maruthi Nagar Subramanyam Director: Lakshman Karya Cast: Rao Ramesh, Ankith Koyya, Indraja, Harshavardhan Storyline: Subramanyam, who has been unemployed and hoping for …

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The winter fuel payment is a lifeline for the elderly – we must defend it
4 months ago

The winter fuel payment is a lifeline for the elderly – we must defend it

The Independent  

As a consultant geriatrician, I am extremely concerned with the recent decision to remove winter fuel payments for millions of older people. We have a collective duty of care to protect vulnerable adults, and adjusting the winter fuel payment will do the exact opposite. I am concerned that cutting the winter fuel payment will put further pressure on an already …

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Russia’s Wagner has deadliest loss in Africa’s Sahel, highlighting the region’s instability
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Russia’s Wagner has deadliest loss in Africa’s Sahel, highlighting the region’s instability

Associated Press  

ABUJA, Nigeria — Dozens of Wagner mercenaries were killed by jihadis and rebels over the weekend in northern Mali in what one analyst described on Monday as the largest battleground blow to the shadowy Russian group in years. Approximately 50 Wagner fighters in a convoy were killed in an al-Qaida ambush, which was joined by rebels who were in pursuit, …

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China calls on countries to resist US economic coercion
5 months ago

China calls on countries to resist US economic coercion

China Daily  

BEIJING -- China's Ministry of Commerce on Friday called on relevant countries to resist economic coercion from the US in the semiconductor sector. The ministry said that China hopes relevant countries will adhere to market principles and the spirit of their contracts, resist the economic coercion from the US, and work together to safeguard the stability of global industrial and …

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Alliance has become Frankenstein's monster
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Alliance has become Frankenstein's monster

China Daily  

The flag of NATO. No longer does NATO simply seek to preserve the security and independence of a handful of countries across North America and Western Europe from an ideologically hostile Soviet bloc. Today, NATO supports the aggressive, irresponsible and entirely unjustifiable AUKUS trilateral security partnership of Australia, which has far too small a population base to indulge in such …

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Alliance has become Frankenstein's monster
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Alliance has become Frankenstein's monster

China Daily  

The flag of NATO. No longer does NATO simply seek to preserve the security and independence of a handful of countries across North America and Western Europe from an ideologically hostile Soviet bloc. Today, NATO supports the aggressive, irresponsible and entirely unjustifiable AUKUS trilateral security partnership of Australia, which has far too small a population base to indulge in such …

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UK's new PM Starmer speaks to world leaders, names top team
5 months, 2 weeks ago

UK's new PM Starmer speaks to world leaders, names top team

Hindustan Times  

Keir Starmer set to work as Britain's new leader Friday, speaking with world leaders and appointing his ministerial team after his Labour party's landslide general election victory ended 14 years of Conservative rule. UK's new PM Starmer speaks to world leaders, names top team Starmer named Rachel Reeves the UK's first woman finance minister and appointed David Lammy as foreign …

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Soldiers among 11 killed by separatist militants in southeast Nigeria
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Soldiers among 11 killed by separatist militants in southeast Nigeria

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Militants enforcing a separatist lockdown …

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Mali says it killed extremist commander who took part in one of worst attacks on US forces in Africa
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Mali says it killed extremist commander who took part in one of worst attacks on US forces in Africa

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A senior Islamic State group …

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Revealed: The £16.2m taxi and hotel bill to send prison staff around the country to plug gaps
8 months ago

Revealed: The £16.2m taxi and hotel bill to send prison staff around the country to plug gaps

The Independent  

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Bill Maher gives blunt reality check to liberals who believe Canada is a Utopia: ‘There’s only one problem…’
8 months, 1 week ago

Bill Maher gives blunt reality check to liberals who believe Canada is a Utopia: ‘There’s only one problem…’

Hindustan Times  

Is Canada an ideal country that Americans should look to for guidance? On Friday night, the Real Time host Bill Maher gave a blunt reality check to citizens of the United States who love Canada. Bill Maher blasts liberals who think Canada is a Utopia Maher told his audience that once, “Canada was where all the treasured goals of liberalism …

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In Mali, Russian Wagner Mercenaries Are Helping the Army Kill Civilians, Rights Groups Say
8 months, 3 weeks ago

In Mali, Russian Wagner Mercenaries Are Helping the Army Kill Civilians, Rights Groups Say

News 18  

The Russian mercenary group known as Wagner is helping government forces in central and northern Mali carry out raids and drone strikes that have killed scores of civilians, including many children, rights groups said in reports published this week that span the period from December to March. In an example of a raid carried out by Russian-backed government forces in …

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Claims Russian Wagner mercenaries are killing civilians in Mali
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Claims Russian Wagner mercenaries are killing civilians in Mali

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Russian mercenary group Wagner …

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In Mali, Russian Wagner mercenaries are helping the army kill civilians, rights groups say
8 months, 3 weeks ago

In Mali, Russian Wagner mercenaries are helping the army kill civilians, rights groups say

Associated Press  

DAKAR, Senegal — The Russian mercenary group known as Wagner is helping government forces in central and northern Mali carry out raids and drone strikes that have killed scores of civilians, including many children, rights groups said in reports published this week that span the period from December to March. In an example of a raid carried out by Russian-backed …

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Juntas ruling Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso agree to create a joint force to fight worsening violence
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Juntas ruling Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso agree to create a joint force to fight worsening violence

The Independent  

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Juntas ruling Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso agree to create a joint force to fight worsening violence
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Juntas ruling Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso agree to create a joint force to fight worsening violence

Associated Press  

BAMAKO, Mali — A joint security force announced by the juntas ruling Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso to fight the worsening extremist violence in their Sahel region countries faces a number of challenges that cast doubt on its effectiveness, analysts said Thursday. Gen. Moussa Salaou Barmou said in a statement after meeting with his counterparts Wednesday that the joint force …

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Will my son resent me for sending him to a state school - and paying for his sister's posh prep?
10 months, 1 week ago

Will my son resent me for sending him to a state school - and paying for his sister's posh prep?

Daily Mail  

'Freddie, Ruby and James would like to invite you to their Charlie & The Chocolate themed birthday party,' the invitation reads. I expect most parents at my daughter's new prep school won't be worrying about the cost of birthday presents, but I know my standard £10 Amazon Gift Card isn't going to cut it this time. The state school my …

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ANDREW NEIL: At over £50bn a year, Britain is the world's 6th biggest defence spender. So why are our forces so badly equipped and humiliatingly hollowed out? The answer is that MoD bureaucrats are gu
10 months, 2 weeks ago

ANDREW NEIL: At over £50bn a year, Britain is the world's 6th biggest defence spender. So why are our forces so badly equipped and humiliatingly hollowed out? The answer is that MoD bureaucrats are gu

Daily Mail  

Britain will this year spend more than £50billion on its military, making us the sixth-largest defence spender on the planet and the biggest in Europe. Nuclear deterrent: HMS Vanguard returns to the Clyde Naval Base in Scotland The Royal Navy’s pride and joy, new aircraft carriers HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales. So let’s begin with something very …

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Britain’s military not prepared for an all-out war, MPs warn
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Britain’s military not prepared for an all-out war, MPs warn

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The military is “consistently overstretched”, with the “unrelenting pressure” on personnel exacerbating the crisis in …

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Thousands of prisoners being ‘set up to fail’ with release into revolving door of homelessness and jail
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Thousands of prisoners being ‘set up to fail’ with release into revolving door of homelessness and jail

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Without somewhere to live, we are setting people up to …

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