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'Make America Healthy Again' report cites nonexistent studies: authors
AFP, Published on 30/05/2025
» WASHINGTON - At least four of the studies cited in a flagship White House report on children's health do not exist, authors listed in the document told AFP Thursday, casting doubt on the paper outlining US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s agenda.
Hiroshima survivors’ group wins Nobel Peace Prize
Reuters, Published on 11/10/2024
» OSLO - The Japanese organisation Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, in a warning to countries that have nuclear weapons not to use them.
Under-fire Harvard president quits
Bloomberg News, Published on 03/01/2024
» Claudine Gay is stepping down as president of Harvard University, ending a brief and tumultuous tenure marred by allegations of plagiarism and a campus controversy over antisemitism.
Four dead in plane crash that sparked Washington alert
AFP, Published on 05/06/2023
» WASHINGTON - US aviation officials on Monday were investigating the fatal crash of an "unresponsive" private plane that strayed over the nation's capital and prompted the scrambling of F-16 fighter jets.
Activists in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine win Nobel Peace Prize
Published on 07/10/2022
» OSLO: Jailed Belarusian activist Ales Byalyatski, the Russian organisation Memorial and the Ukrainian group Center for Civil Liberties have won the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize, highlighting the significance of civil society for peace and democracy.
Kentucky man shoots 6 officers, killing 2
New York Times, Published on 02/07/2022
» Two law enforcement officers were killed, and four other officers were shot Thursday night after a man barricaded in his home opened fire with a rifle in Allen, Kentucky, a rural town so small that it lacks its own police force, authorities said.
Pulitzer Board honours Ukrainian journalists covering Russia's war
AFP, Published on 10/05/2022
» NEW YORK - The Pulitzer Prize Board honoured Ukrainian journalists on Monday for their "courage, endurance and commitment to truthful" coverage of Russia's invasion of their country.
'Rust' producers showed 'indifference' to gun safety: report
AFP, Published on 21/04/2022
» LOS ANGELES - Producers of the movie "Rust" demonstrated "plain indifference" to firearms hazards and repeatedly violated industry safety protocols on the set where actor Alec Baldwin fatally shot a cinematographer, New Mexico health officials said Wednesday.
Driverless car stopped in San Francisco puzzles cops
AFP, Published on 13/04/2022
» SAN FRANCISCO: San Francisco police faced an unprecedented problem recently when an officer stopped a car that was driving at night with no headlights on, only to discover there was no one inside.
Trump 'more likely than not' obstructed Congress - US judge
AFP, Published on 29/03/2022
» WASHINGTON: A federal judge ruled on Monday that former US president Donald Trump "more likely than not" engaged in criminal conduct with his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.