The Trump administration is placing U.S. Agency for International Development direct-hire staffers around the world on leave, except those deemed essential.
USAID direct hires put on leave worldwide, except those deemed essential
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Trump won’t rule out deploying US troops to support rebuilding Gaza, sees ‘long-term’ US ownership
President Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu are set to meet Tuesday as the Israeli prime minister faces competing pressure from his right-wing coalition to end a temporary truce against Hamas fighters in Gaza and from war-weary Israelis who want the remaining hostages home and the 15-month conflict to end.
Medical experts dispute evidence used to convict British nurse Lucy Letby of murdering 7 newborns
A panel of experts has disputed the medical evidence used to convict British nurse Lucy Letby of murdering seven newborns and trying to kill seven others, a doctor who led the examination said Tuesday.
The Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the world’s Ismaili Muslims, has died at age 88
The Aga Khan, who became the spiritual leader of the world’s millions of Ismaili Muslims at age 20 as a Harvard undergraduate and poured a material empire built on billions of dollars in tithes into building homes, hospitals and schools in developing countries, has died. He was 88.
Trump says he’s given advisers instructions for Iran to be ‘obliterated’ if it assassinates him
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he’s given his advisers instructions to obliterate Iran if it assassinates him.
China counters with tariffs on US products. It will also investigate Google.
China countered President Donald Trump’s across-the-board tariffs on Chinese products with tariffs on select U.S. imports, as well as announcing an antitrust investigation into Google.
US aid freeze puts at risk Ukraine’s wartime help for frontline evacuees
In what used to be the concert hall in this town in eastern Ukraine, cots are arranged on stage. Instead of music, the room is filled with the muffled sobs of local people driven from their homes by fighting in the country’s almost three-year war with Russia.
Today in History: Mark Zuckerberg launches ‘Thefacebook’
On Feb. 4, 2004, Facebook had its beginnings as Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg launched “Thefacebook.”
Scientists hope these tiny froglets can save their species
London Zoo said Monday that 33 endangered Darwin’s frogs, named after scientist Charles Darwin who discovered the species, were born in their new home as part of a rescue mission to save the species from extinction.
Canada’s most populous province to pause retaliatory measures as US puts tariffs on hold
The leader of Ontario, Canada’s most populous province, said Monday he will pause all retaliatory measures against the United States after news broke that the threat of tariffs has been put on hold for a month.