Israel-Hamas war in Gaza testing Republican’s isolationist shift as voters doubt Trump’s credentials

Israel-Hamas war in Gaza testing Republican’s isolationist shift as voters doubt Trump’s credentials

The Republican Party’s White House hopefuls are offering conflicting messages on the mounting foreign policy challenges as a presidential election long centered on domestic kitchen-table issues suddenly shifts its focus abroad. The rapidly evolving dynamics are testing the limits of the GOP’s embrace of an isolationist foreign policy and threaten to undermine the party’s broader argument that Democratic President Joe Biden has mismanaged US relationships with the rest of the world.

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Serious ethical questions pop up over Gates Foundation’s $40m vaccine factories ‘gift’ for Africa

Serious ethical questions pop up over Gates Foundation’s $40m vaccine factories ‘gift’ for Africa

The remaining $10 million will go to vaccine manufacturers, not yet named by the foundation, in low- and middle-income countries. Gates, the ninth-richest man in the world and the foundation’s largest private philanthropic donor, hailed the “exciting” mRNA investment as the crowning announcement in his keynote speech at his 20th annual Grand Challenges meeting attended by scientists and researchers from around the world.

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