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A federal judge in Boston blocked changes to U.S. vaccine policies championed by Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Samuel Corum/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Samuel Corum/Getty Images A federal judge Monday dealt a major blow to the Trump administration's efforts to overhaul the nation's vaccine policies, including the controversial

The U.S. Supreme Court Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from going ahead with plans to deport some 6,000 Syrians and  350,000 Haitians who were granted Temporary Protected Status by Presidents Obama, Biden, and Trump himself in his first administration. But

A tsetse fly — their bite can spread the parasite that causes sleeping sickness. Patrick Robert/Corbis/Sygma/via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Patrick Robert/Corbis/Sygma/via Getty Images Sleeping sickness is a notorious disease — immortalized in Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness. A single bite from a tsetse fly carrying the parasite is all it takes to

People line up in the street to buy bread in Havana, Cuba, Friday, March 13, 2026. Ramon Espinosa/AP hide caption toggle caption Ramon Espinosa/AP HAVANA — Officials in Cuba reported an island-wide blackout Monday in the country of some 11 million people as its energy and economic crises deepen and its power grid continues to

It is not true that the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei necessarily means the immediate collapse of the regime. This is a hasty reading, reflecting more wishful thinking than sober analysis. Yes, we are witnessing a seismic blow, the most dangerous to hit the Islamic Republic since its establishment in 1979. But the

DEVELOPING STORY, If confirmed, Gholamreza Soleimani would be the highest level assassination in the war since US-Israeli strikes killed former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. The Israeli military has claimed in a post on X Tuesday that it has killed Gholamreza Soleimani, the commander of the Basij unit, the internal security paramilitary militia of Iran’s Islamic

NewsFeed A woman in Utah who wrote a children’s book on handling grief after her husband’s death, has been found guilty of murdering him. Jurors found Kouri Richins guilty of aggravated murder and fraudulently claiming insurance benefits after the death of Eric Richins in March 2022. Published On 17 Mar 2026

London, United Kingdom – When Nigerian President Bola Tinubu arrives in the UK this week, the visit will carry more than ceremonial significance. It will be the first state visit by a Nigerian leader to Britain in 37 years. King Charles III and Queen Camilla are to host Tinubu and first lady Oluremi Tinubu at

Afghan authorities say a Pakistani attack killed hundreds of civilians; Islamabad rejects claim as ‘false’. Families have gathered outside a drug treatment centre in the Afghan capital, Kabul, looking for their loved ones after it was hit in a Pakistani air strike, which Taliban authorities said killed 408 people. The attack on Kabul’s Omar Addiction

Tripoli, Lebanon – In 1948, Manal Matar’s grandparents fled Akka (Acre) in what was then northern Palestine and crossed into Lebanon. They thought they would soon return, but the borders closed, and the family ended up in Rashidieh camp, near Tyre, a coastal city in south Lebanon. They’ve lived there ever since. But in the