Dr. Fauci was ‘visibly shaken’ during Congressional testimony
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron announced Thursday that France will recognize Palestine as a state, in a bold diplomatic move amid snowballing global anger over people starving in Gaza. Israel denounced the decision. Macron said in a post on X that he will formalize the decision at the U.N. General Assembly in September….
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi wrapped up her first summit talks with U.S. President Donald Trump in Tokyo on Tuesday, with the new Japanese leader pledging to realize “a new golden age” for their countries’ alliance. Security was tight in the capital, with some 18,000 police officers mobilized for the meeting, a crucial test of Takaichi’s…
TOKYO — Japan’s defense ministry is requesting a nearly 12% budget increase that includes two warships with advanced radar and long-range cruise missiles as it further fortifies the nation’s military in the face of North Korean threats and Chinese military advancement. The record 7.7 trillion yen ($52.5 billion) request for the 2024 fiscal year marks…
WASHINGTON, Aug 15 (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department told the U.S. Congress on Thursday that Australia, Britain and the United States now have comparable export-control regimes, a significant step needed to facilitate technology sharing and allow the trilateral AUKUS defense pact to move ahead. AUKUS, formed in 2021 to address shared worries about China’s…
DEC 15 (Reuters) – A federal judicial panel said Monday it would centralize a growing number of lawsuits against Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly alleging patients lost some or all of their eyesight while taking the companies’ blockbuster weight loss drugs before a judge in Pennsylvania. The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, which manages…
A video shows dozens of suspected Hamas terrorists laying down their weapons, after being captured by Israeli troops at a northern Gaza hospital after days of shelling. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) released the footage on X Thursday, showing a throng of men walking single-file with their hands up through an area piled high with rubble under…