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Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr,
RFK Jr cancels $500m in funding for mRNA vaccines for diseases like Covid
WASHINGTON — The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) plans to cancel $500m (£376m) in funding for mRNA vaccines being developed to counter viruses that cause diseases such as the flu and Covid-19.That will impact 22 projects being led by major pharmaceutical companies, including Pfizer and Moderna, for vaccines against bird flu and other viruses, HHS said.Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, a vaccine sceptic, announced he was pulling the funding over claims that "mRNA technology poses more risks than benefits for these respiratory viruses".Doctors and health experts have criticised Kennedy's longstanding questioning of the safety and efficacy of vaccines and his views on health policies.The development of mRNA vaccines to target Covid-19 was critical in...
August 06, 2025

RFK Jr cancels $500m in funding for mRNA vaccines for diseases like Covid

A sign at a BP Plc petrol station in London, UK, on Monday, Aug. 4, 2025
BP says it makes biggest oil and gas find in 25 years
SINGAPORE – Energy giant BP says it has made its largest oil and gas discovery this century as it shifts its focus away from renewable energy and back to fossil fuels.The UK-based firm said on Monday that it is conducting tests at the site in deep water off Brazil's east coast. The discovery could play a major role in BP's plans to increase crude oil production.Company executive Gordon Birrell says the discovery is "BP's largest in 25 years" and that the firm will explore building a production hub there.In February, BP slashed its planned investments in renewable energy and said it would spend billions of dollars more a year on its oil and gas operations, as it aims to boost investor confidence.BP said it had found a roughly 500-metre area of oil and gas at the...
August 05, 2025

BP says it makes biggest oil and gas find in 25 years

Jair Bolsonaro
US condemns house arrest of Brazil's ex-president Jair Bolsonaro
SAO PAULO – Brazil's Supreme Court has ordered that the former right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro be put under house arrest.He is standing trial over allegations he plotted a coup, which he denies.The judge in charge of investigating Bolsonaro, Alexandre de Moraes, said the decision was because Bolsonaro hadn't complied with restraining orders put on him last month.In response to the order, Bolsonaro's legal team denied breaching any restraining order and said they would appeal the ruling, according to Reuters news agency.In a statement on X, the US state department said it "condemns" the court order and "will hold accountable all those aiding and abetting sanctioned conduct".Donald Trump has used Bolsonaro's trial, which he calls a...
August 05, 2025

US condemns house arrest of Brazil's ex-president Jair Bolsonaro

Gene Wu, a Democratic state lawmaker in Houston, says he and others are 'walking out on a rigged system'
Democrats flee Texas to block Republican redistricting map backed by Trump
WASHINGTON — Democratic state lawmakers have fled Texas in a bid to stop a vote on a new congressional map that would heavily favour Republicans.The redistricting, unveiled by Texas' majority Republicans last week and backed by President Donald Trump, would create five new Republican-leaning seats in the US House of Representatives.Two-thirds of the 150-member Texas legislature must be present in order to hold a vote. Fifty-one Democratic lawmakers have fled, most of them to Illinois, denying Republicans the required quorum.They said they plan to stay away for two weeks until the end of a special legislative session convened by Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott.The session is being held to approve the redistricting, as well as provide disaster relief for last month's deadly...
August 04, 2025

Democrats flee Texas to block Republican redistricting map backed by Trump

Police released a photo of Michael Brown, the suspect in the shooting, fleeing after he opened fire
Manhunt intensifies for Montana shooting suspect as four victims named
WASHINGTON — Police have named four people killed in a shooting at a bar in the US state of Montana as a manhunt for an army veteran suspected of the attack entered its third day.Barmaid Nancy Lauretta Kelley, 64, and three customers - Daniel Edwin Baillie, 59, David Allen Leach, 70, and Tony Wayne Palm, 74 - died as a rifle-wielding assailant opened fire at the pub in the city of Anaconda on Friday morning.Police said the suspect, 45-year-old Michael Paul Brown, fled to the nearby foothills afterwards.Authorities have offered a reward of $7,500 (£5,650) for any information that will lead to his capture."This is an unstable individual who walked in and murdered four people in cold blood for no reason whatsoever," Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen told a news conference...
August 04, 2025

Manhunt intensifies for Montana shooting suspect as four victims named

Donald Trump announces new tariffs
Trump announces new tariffs across the globe
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump signed an executive order that imposed new tariffs on dozens of countries, which will go into effect in seven days, a deadline that has been delayed by a week so that the tariff schedule could be updated.To many, the tariff hikes do not come as a surprise, as Trump initially announced them in April. He had set a minimum 10% tariff on every country in the world and additional levies on dozens deemed the worst offenders, citing deficits and unfair trade practices with the US.Trump delayed the deadline of the tariff implementation, dubbed "Liberation Day," several times, allowing trading partners to negotiate.Some of them were able to negotiate an agreement and even reach tariff-reducing deals.A 15% tariff rate for the EU, for example, was...
August 01, 2025

Trump announces new tariffs across the globe

People stand at Baron viewpoint as a loud speaker announces the need to evacuate the area as a precaution in case of a tsunami in Valparaiso, 30 July, 2025
Chile and New Zealand maintain tsunami warnings as threat subsides in most places
WELLINGTON — Tsunami warnings remained in place in New Zealand and Chile on Thursday, one day after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Russia sent waves across the Pacific.Parts of Russia, Japan, Hawaii and the US West Coast were on alert throughout Wednesday, but warnings have been lifted as the danger appeared to be subsiding in most places.Authorities in New Zealand renewed an advisory late in the afternoon that urged people to stay out of the water and away from beaches.Officials said rebounding tsunami activity from South America meant that strong and unusual currents could continue for another 24 hours, a directive from authorities said.Emergency management officials said coastlines of New Zealand were experiencing strong currents and wave surges in the early hours of...
July 31, 2025

Chile and New Zealand maintain tsunami warnings as threat subsides in most places

Judge Alexandre de Moraes has been leading an investigation into former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro
Trump hits Brazil with 50% tariffs and sanctions judge in Bolsonaro case
SAO PAULO — US officials said on Wednesday that they will sanction Brazilian Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes, accusing him of authorising "arbitrary pre-trial detentions" and suppressing "freedom of expression".Judge Moraes has been leading the investigation into allegations that Brazil's former right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro and his allies plotted a coup after he lost the 2022 election.Bolsonaro has denied those allegations and has called Judge Moraes a "dictator".Shortly after the sanctions were announced, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order that raised tariffs on Brazil to 50%.Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Brazil was willing to negotiate with the US on trade, but called sanctions targeting de Moraes an...
July 31, 2025

Trump hits Brazil with 50% tariffs and sanctions judge in Bolsonaro case

The aircraft involved in the incident was an Airbus A330-900, pictured here in 2024
Delta flight makes emergency landing after turbulence injures 25 people
MINNEAPOLIS — A Delta Airlines flight made an emergency landing at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on Wednesday after dozens of people were injured during "significant" turbulence.Flight 56 bound for Amsterdam took off from Salt Lake City airport at 16:30 local time (23:30 BST), before being diverted to Minneapolis. It landed just over two hours into its nine-hour flight time, at around 19:45 local time (01:45 BST)Medical personnel met the Airbus A330-900 to "evaluate customers and crew" after it arrived in Minneapolis, with 25 passengers then transported to local hospitals for care.In a statement, Delta said that it is "working with customers to support their immediate needs".There were 275 passengers and 13 crew members on board.In the US, there...
July 31, 2025

Delta flight makes emergency landing after turbulence injures 25 people

Firefighters battle a fire after an explosion in an industrial area in Fremont, 29 July
Three killed after explosion at Nebraska biofuels plant
FREMONT — Two girls and an adult missing since a huge explosion ripped through a biofuels plant in Nebraska have been confirmed dead, officials said Wednesday, as firefighters continue to battle smoke and flames smouldering in the wreckage nearly a day later."My heart hurts," Fremont Mayor Joey Spellerberg said. "It's a tragedy. We pray for all the families involved."At a news conference, Spellerberg said the two children were waiting for an employee to get off work at Horizon Biofuels so they could go to a doctor’s appointment.He wasn't sure of their exact ages but said both were under age 12. Authorities are not releasing their names at this time.The blast at around noon on Tuesday shredded the top of the plant's tower, exposing mangled concrete and...
July 31, 2025

Three killed after explosion at Nebraska biofuels plant

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