Health advocates in Africa worry Trump will reimpose abortion ‘gag rule’ governing US aid – The Associated Press

Donald Trump has chosen Mehmet Oz, best known for starring in his eponymous daytime talkshow for more than a decade and leaning heavily into Trumpism during his failed 2022 run for a Pennsylvania Senate seat, to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The cardiothoracic surgeon, who faced immense backlash from the medical and scientific communities for pushing misinformation at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, will oversee the agency that operates on a $2.6tn annual budget and provides healthcare to more than 100 million people.

“I am honored to be nominated by [Donald Trump] to lead CMS,” Oz posted on X on Tuesday. “I look forward to serving my country to Make America Healthy Again under the leadership of HHS Secretary [Robert F Kennedy Jr].”

‘Bomb cyclone’ brings high winds and soaking rain to north-west US

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Strongest atmospheric river seen by California, Washington and Oregon this season knocks out power and downs trees

California and Pacific north-west brace for an atmospheric river – but what is it?

What was expected to be one of the strongest storms in the north-west US in decades arrived on Tuesday evening, knocking out power and downing trees across the region.

The Weather Prediction Center issued excessive rainfall risks beginning on Tuesday and lasting through Friday as the strongest atmospheric river – a large plume of moisture – that California and the Pacific north-west has seen this season bears down on the region. The storm system is considered a “ bomb cyclone”, which occurs when a cyclone intensifies rapidly.

Pacific island governor backs $800m US military upgrade amid China threat

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Northern Mariana Islands governor says ‘the world is changing in the Indo-Pacific’ as work continues in the US territory on defense development

The governor of the Northern Mariana Islands says an $800m US military upgrade plan which includes a new airfield in the Pacific territory “has to happen” amid concern over China’s recent missile tests in the region.

Tinian, home to about 3,500 people, is one of the three main islands of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, an unincorporated US territory. During the second world war, the US launched a nuclear bomb against Japan from Tinian, and now a major rehabilitation of a deserted airfield and other military upgrades are under way on the island.

Diddy faces more than two dozen lawsuits as he sits in jail

Posted on November 19, 2024 by Admin

Criminal charges against the 54-year-old could land him in prison - and the list of accusers is growing

The makings of a grand Trump deal in the Middle East – POLITICO Europe

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The makings of a grand Trump deal in the Middle East POLITICO Europe
Opinion | How Trump Can Earn a Place in History That He Did Not Expect The New York Times
On genocide, Trump will be no different from Biden Al Jazeera English
How Trump can continue to realign the Middle East in his second term The Hill
President-elect Donald Trump is poised to pick up where he left off The Jerusalem Post

‘Will give $5m for every hostage, choice is yours’: Netanyahu makes rare visit to Gaza – The Times of India

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'Will give $5m for every hostage, choice is yours': Netanyahu makes rare visit to Gaza The Times of India
Netanyahu offers $5 million and safe passage out of Gaza to anyone returning a hostage CNN
Israel is offering $5M and safe passage out of Gaza to anyone who turns over its hostages Yahoo! Voices
Touring Gaza, PM vows Hamas won’t return to power, offers $5 million for hostages The Times of Israel
Netanyahu Offers $5 Million for Each Hostage Freed in Gaza The New York Times

Living in Delhi smog is like watching a dystopian film again and again

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Toxic, deadly, poisonous - these words are back in the headlines as Delhi’s pollution spikes again.

Ipswich man arrested over 1967 murder of Louisa Dunne in Bristol – BBC.com

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Haiti: Doctors Without Borders halts work in Port-au-Prince – DW (English)

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Haiti: Doctors Without Borders halts work in Port-au-Prince DW (English)
Doctors Without Borders halts operations in Haiti’s capital, citing police threats CNN
Haiti: MSF charity halts work in Port-au-Prince over attacks BBC.com
Charity workers pulled out of Haiti’s capital after police threaten to rape and kill them The Telegraph
Haiti: Violence and threats by police force MSF to suspend activities in Port-au-Prince area Doctors Without Borders (MSF-USA)

Trump picks former WWE executive Linda McMahon for education secretary

Posted on November 19, 2024 by Admin

Billionaire and former Senate candidate served in president-elect’s cabinet in first administration

Linda McMahon, co-chair of Donald Trump’s transition team, has been named as the president-elect’s pick for education secretary in his upcoming administration.

In a statement, Trump extolled the “incredible” job McMahon, the billionaire co-founder of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), has been doing as transition team co-chair and said: “As Secretary of Education, Linda will fight tirelessly to expand ‘Choice’ to every State in America, and empower parents to make the best Education decisions for their families. … We will send Education BACK TO THE STATES, and Linda will spearhead that effort.”