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For many Americans, the Trump administration’s firing of the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is about the clash between establishment science and the anti-vaccination movement fronted by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. But for President Donald Trump, who has embraced the vaccine skepticism of his MAGA base while touting the…
Witness History looks back at the 2003 discovery of the Homo floresiensis on the Indonesian island of Flores.
A 102-year-old man has become the oldest person to climb Mount Fuji, according to Guinness World Records. Kokichi Akuzawa climbed his country’s tallest peak, reaching the summit at 12,388 feet, on Aug. 5. In doing so he surpassed the previous record, which he set himself when he summited Mount Fuji at the age of 96….
Social platform co-founder Abigail Limuria talks about the anger in Indonesia, where politicians are getting a wage hike
Mukesh Ambani, chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries Ltd., is speaking at an event in Mumbai, India, on March 30, 2024. Indranil Aditya | Nurphoto | Getty Images India’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani, on Friday announced plans to list the country’s largest telecom operator, Reliance Jio Infocomm, by the first half of 2026. Speaking…
A Minneapolis couple who live a block from Annunciation Catholic School and the church where two children were killed and 18 other people were wounded Wednesday recalled the moments after they heard the gunfire from their home. Carla and Pedro Maldonado were in their kitchen when they heard the shots and realized after the second…
The White House has named a replacement for the director of the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a day after its previous leader was forced out of the job. Jim O’Neill currently serves as the deputy to Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, and will replace Susan Monarez after she was in…
Minneapolis church community reeling after deadly school shooting; The legacy of Memphis’ WDIA, America’s first all-Black radio station
Here are the key events on day 1,282 of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Published On 29 Aug 202529 Aug 2025 Here is how things stand on Friday, August 29: Fighting Russian missiles and drones ripped through apartment blocks in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Thursday, killing at least 23 people, including four children, authorities said,…
The Seoul skyline. Mongkol Chuewong | Moment | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed on Friday, breaking ranks from Wall Street gains as investors also assess a slate of economic data in the region. Japan’s Nikkei 225 slid 0.31%, while the Topix lost 0.39% after core consumer prices in Tokyo rose at a slower pace in…
