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U.S Senate vote protects PEPFAR funds
Health-E News
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July 17, 2025
PEPFAR, the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, has been hailed as “the most important and consequential contribution to public health”, providing HIV treatment to around 20 million people around the world. In January, U.S President...
U.S. Immigrant Rights Groups Sue Federal Government over ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
teleSUR
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Immigrant rights groups filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, highlighting serious concerns about restrictions on legal representation and the treatment of those held at “Aligator Alcatraz”. (FILE). U.S. President Donald Trump. Photo:...
Trump says U.S. might adhere to 25% 'reciprocal' tariffs on Japan
Korea JoungAng Daily
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July 17, 2025
Published: 17 Jul. 2025, 12:53 Updated: 17 Jul. 2025, 14:37 U.S. President Donald Trump is seen leaving after signing the ″Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act,″ during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on July 16 in...
U.S. deports immigrants to the kingdom of Eswatini, where they have no ties
Global News
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July 16, 2025
The United States sent five immigrants it describes as “barbaric” criminals to the African nation of Eswatini in an expansion of the Trump administration’s largely secretive third-country deportation program, the U.S. Department of Homeland...
Trump’s bid to cancel $9B nears Senate vote
Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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July 17, 2025
Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump's request to cancel about $9 billion in foreign aid and public broadcasting spending is nearing passage in the Senate, an...
U.S. forces team partnering with SDF in peactime to react to crises
The Asahi Shimbun
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A new U.S. Forces Japan (USFJ) team is seeking a closer working relationship with the Self-Defense Forces in peacetime to ensure that both countries “seamlessly coordinate in a contingency,” its director said. “In order to respond in a time of...
U.S. Senate considers revoking funding for public radio
KGET - California
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July 16, 2025
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — In June, the house voted to cut $9.4 billion from a variety of federal programs in a 214-212 vote. $1.1 billion was set to go to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, or CPB, which funds and supports public radio...
INTERVIEW/ Eiji Hashimoto: Nippon Steel chooses U.S., not China, to return to top of industry
The Asahi Shimbun
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Nippon Steel Corp.’s acquisition of U. S. Steel required nerves of steel, which Eiji Hashimoto, the company’s chairman and chief executive officer, known as the “iron negotiator,” has in abundance. Last year, the company’s bid for the storied U.S....
Democrats' Confidence in U.S. Institutions Sinks to New Low
Gallup
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July 17, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans' average confidence in major U.S. institutions is unchanged since last year, with a near-record-low 28% of U.S. adults expressing "a great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in nine institutions tracked consistently...
Rupee rises 12 paise to 85.80 against U.S. dollar in early trade
The Hindu
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July 17, 2025
Image for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images The rupee rose 12 paise to 85.80 against the U.S. dollar in early trade on Thursday (July 17, 2025) amid a drop in global crude oil prices and a hope of a breakthrough in the...
New U.S. assessment finds American strikes destroyed only one of three Iranian nuclear sites
NBC News
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July 17, 2025
WASHINGTON — One of the three nuclear enrichment sites in Iran struck by the United States last month was mostly destroyed, setting work there back significantly. But the two others were not as badly damaged and may have been degraded only to a...
RuPaul’s Drag Race star shares ‘bittersweet’ move out of United States
Pink News
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July 17, 2025
Xunami Muse shares ‘bittersweet’ move from the United States (World of Wonder) RuPaul’s Drag Race star Xunami Muse has shared that she has moved back to her home country of Panama, after discussing her experience as a DACA immigrant on season 16....
Lee appoints former KCCI chairman to lead special delegation to U.S.
Yonhap News Agency
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July 17, 2025
SEOUL, July 17 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung has appointed Park Yong-maan, former chairman of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), as the chief of a special delegation to the United States, the presidential office said Thursday...
Google Slammed of Helping Pakistan Censor Journalists and Silence Free Speech at U.S. Hearing
PhoneWorld
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July 17, 2025
Google is facing serious criticism after an international human rights expert slammed the company at a U.S. congressional hearing for helping enforce online censorship in Pakistan. Speaking at the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, lawyer Jared...
Public Health Expert Warns U.S. HIV Funding Cuts Could Set Back Global Progress | IAS 2025
Managed Healthcare Executive
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July 16, 2025
The recent U.S. pullback from funding global HIV prevention programs through the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has sparked concern among public health experts. One of those speaking out is Mulugeta Gebregziabher, Ph.D., a...
Chinese Hackers Breached U.S. National Guard Network for Nine Months
Information Security Buzz
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July 17, 2025
A Chinese state-backed hacking group infiltrated a U.S. Army National Guard network and stayed there, undetected, for most of 2024. The group, known as Salt Typhoon, is believed to have operated inside the network of an unnamed U.S. state from...
Media: Ukraine's Ex-defense Minister May Not Be Appointed Ambassador To The United States
Charter 97
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3 Olga Stefanishina Umerov will have a different task. As of the morning of July 17, the most likely candidate for the post of Ukraine's ambassador to the United States is acting Justice Minister Olha Stefanyshyna. Kiev is waiting for a...
The leaning axis: Iranian proxies are bent but not broken after U.S.-Israeli strikes
The Insider
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Meanwhile, internal issues are distracting Iraq’s Shia militias. The country is preparing for elections, and the government in Baghdad has done its best to keep these groups from entering a new war with Israel, lest Iraqi territory become the same...
Kospi opens lower amid U.S. tariff concerns
Korea JoungAng Daily
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July 17, 2025
Published: 17 Jul. 2025, 11:22 Currency traders watch monitors near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in central Seoul on July 17. [AP/YONHAP] Seoul shares...
Despite U.S. Sanctions, ICC Refuses Relief For Netanyahu; Arrest Warrant Upheld Over 'War Crimes'
The Times of India
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July 17, 2025
Donald Trump Hints at India Trade Deal, Says 'Very Close' As August 1 Looms Large for Tariff Talks US President Donald Trump has sparked fresh speculation over a possible trade deal with India, saying 'maybe', but adding that negotiations are in...