Reports: Vaccine that can treat cancer might already exist but finding causes of its soaring rates does not serve interests of people in power

Reports: Vaccine that can treat cancer might already exist but finding causes of its soaring rates does not serve interests of people in power

According to Nature, “A vaccine that helps to fight cancer might already exist. People being treated for certain deadly cancers lived longer if they had received an mRNA-based vaccine against Covid-19 than if they hadn’t, finds an analysis of medical records.”

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Trump: Only 7500 per year will be granted refugees status in US, priority given to white South Africans

Trump: Only 7500 per year will be granted refugees status in US, priority given to white South Africans

An internal document drafted by US government officials in April suggested the administration could also prioritise bringing in Europeans as refugees if they were targeted for expressing certain views, such as opposition to mass migration or support for populist political parties.

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Trump and China’s Xi Jinping sign deals to trim tariffs on China, Beijing to crack down on illicit fentanyl exports

Trump and China’s Xi Jinping sign deals to trim tariffs on China, Beijing to crack down on illicit fentanyl exports

Chinese state media portrayed the meeting as a triumph of Xi’s policymaking. “We have the confidence and capability to navigate all kinds of risks and challenges,” the official news agency, Xinhua, quoted him as saying.

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Celebrated African novelist Wole Soyinka, from Nigeria, reveals his US visa has been revoked by Trump regime

Celebrated African novelist Wole Soyinka, from Nigeria, reveals his US visa has been revoked by Trump regime

Soyinka, who has taught in the US and previously held a green card, joked on Tuesday that his green card “had an accident” eight years ago and “fell between a pair of scissors.” In 2017, he destroyed his green card in protest of President Trump’s first inauguration.

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Tanzania descends into political unrest as US embassy in Dar s Salaam issues security alert citing ‘country-wide’ protests

Tanzania descends into political unrest as US embassy in Dar s Salaam issues security alert citing ‘country-wide’ protests

An opposition party in Tanzania’s archipelago of Zanzibar, ACT Wazalendo, alleged that early voting on Tuesday — electoral and security officials cast ballots — was marred by irregularities that included voters impersonating security officials and the barring of party representatives by electoral officials.

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US strike on a Yemen prison that killed over 60 African migrants designated a war crime

US strike on a Yemen prison that killed over 60 African migrants designated a war crime

Amnesty said the Houthis recently put the death toll in the strike at 61, lower than the 68 it initially reported. Gunfire could be heard in footage filmed after the airstrikes, with the Houthis saying their guards fired warning shots around the time of the strikes.

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Michelle Obama: Barack and I are both happy about date night, we’re at home and are not getting dressed

Michelle Obama: Barack and I are both happy about date night, we’re at home and are not getting dressed

Her journey in the global public eye is at the centre of her new coffee table book, The Look (out November 4). The title, co-written with her long-time stylist Meredith Koop, chronicles how the wife of the first Black president of the United States meticulously dressed for the job – and all the celebration and relentless scrutiny that came with that.

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Japan’s ‘female’ leader ‘impresses’ President Trump as she grants US access to rare earth minerals

Japan’s ‘female’ leader ‘impresses’ President Trump as she grants US access to rare earth minerals

Japanese companies on the list of possible future investors included Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Softbank, Hitachi, Murata Manufacturing and Panasonic, among others.

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Trump, on his longest journey abroad since taking office, gets royal welcome in Japan, China trade truce expected

Trump, on his longest journey abroad since taking office, gets royal welcome in Japan, China trade truce expected

Trump is due to leave on Wednesday for Gyeongju in South Korea, where he will hold talks with President Lee Jae Myung. Bessent told reporters the overall framework of a deal with South Korea was also done but would not be finalised this week.

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Make America Scientific Again: Critics take swipe at AP report on drugs industry and ‘wave of anti-science bills’

Make America Scientific Again: Critics take swipe at AP report on drugs industry and ‘wave of anti-science bills’

In its reports, AP quoted several state lawmakers, most of whom expressed their opposition to the MAHA agenda and suggested that MAHA is spreading “conspiracy theories” and “misinformation.”

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