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February 24, 2025 1:59 PM

Countries make fresh attempt at $200 billion nature finance deal

Countries gather in Rome this week for a second crack at figuring out how to generate $200 billion a year to help preserve the world's biodiversity – and give a shot in the arm to global cooperation as the United States draws back. Moves by Donald...

February 24, 2025 9:42 AM

Trump eliminating 2,000 USAID positions in the US, notice says

President Donald Trump’s administration on Sunday said it was placing all but a handful of USAID personnel around the world on paid administrative leave and eliminating some 2,000 of those positions in the U.S., according to a notice sent to agency...

February 21, 2025 10:28 AM

Trump loyalist Kash Patel confirmed as new FBI director

The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate confirmed Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s pick for FBI director, on Thursday, putting a Trump loyalist atop the nation's most prominent law enforcement agency at a time of growing upheaval. Patel was c...

February 14, 2025 5:32 PM

Kennedy clinches top US health job despite anti-vaccine views

Robert F. Kennedy Jr, a vaccine critic who has pledged to tackle chronic disease, was named U.S. Health Secretary on Thursday after overcoming resistance from the medical establishment and members of Congress with promises to limit his role in vaccin...

February 14, 2025 5:34 PM

India, US to work on ties with ‘more speed’ now, says PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that U.S. President Donald Trump made an "immense personal contribution" to strengthening the relationship between the two countries during his first term, and both sides will "work with more speed" durin...

 

Last updated on: 19th Sep 2025