US California federal judge halts President Trump’s calls for mass firings at agencies
The judge specifically ordered OPM to communicate to the Defence Department by Friday that its memo and email regarding probationary employees are invalid. And it must give the same message to other agencies including the National Park Service and the Bureau of Land Management where staff cuts are likely to impact the non-profits involved in the lawsuit, Alsup said.
How Big Pharma bribed physicians and specialists that lowered service quality, made healthcare consumers pay more
General payments can range from consulting and speaking fees to gifts, travel and meals. They also include royalties and licencing fees from sales of drug and medical device products based on an individual’s intellectual property.
Trump’s tax on trade: Rationale ranges from raising money for tax cuts to bringing back manufacturing
The sweeping nature of Trump’s plans, hitting close trading partners and core industrial goods, has created the sort of uncertainty around the economic outlook that could push down business investment, a further drag on growth. That could, of course, be offset if firms see opportunity to avoid tariffs by moving operations to the US, a dynamic that would only be clear over time.
Trump’s office bans medical agency FDA from using terms such as intersex, woman, disabled, transgender, LGBTQ and others
Another federal health agency was told in recent weeks to remove words such as gender, transgender, LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) and non-binary from its communications to ensure that they comply with executive orders that solely recognise male and female sex and eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion programmes.
Trump denounces Ukrainian President Zelenskiy as ‘dictator’ and warns he risks losing his country
Trump’s outburst followed Zelenskiy’s comments on Tuesday that the US president was parroting Russian disinformation when he asserted that Ukraine “should never have started” the war, which began with Russia’s full-scale invasion three years ago.
Trump’s rush to Russia’s war in Ukraine has stoked fears in Ukraine, among NATO allies
The talks in Riyadh, the first time the US and Russia have met to discuss the deadliest conflict in Europe since World War Two, yielded agreement to form negotiating teams for future meetings and work to restore the normal functioning of each other’s diplomatic missions, reflecting a thawing of long-frozen relations.
America’s decision to sideline Europe in Ukraine peace talks with Russia stuns NATO members
Later in the day, it emerged that US and Russian officials will meet in Saudi Arabia in the coming days to start talks aimed at ending the war. US officials have insisted they will only settle for a “durable” peace deal and Ukraine will be at the table.
Perverse effects of conflict minerals initiatives in Congo remind us of how inaccurate narratives fuel the very problems they pretend to tackle
Natural resources do play an important role for both eastern DRC and Rwanda’s political economy, and it is true that the return of the M23 in 2021 correlates with a sharp rise in Rwanda’s mineral exports, as per official statistics.
Trump’s latest executive order strips federal funding from schools that mandate Covid vaccines
Lucia Sinatra, co-founder of No College Mandates, which has been fighting to end college mandates since the booster mandates were rolled out in 2021, said she and her organisation “couldn’t be more thrilled.”
Rwanda faces aid freeze if EU backs European Parliament’s position on eastern Congo conflict
Congo is also the world’s most aid-dependent country, though humanitarian operations, which were 70 per cent funded by Washington last year, have taken a big hit since U.S. President Donald Trump imposed a pause on foreign aid last month.
