Missing American Austin Tice still can’t be traced among thousands of prisoners freed by Syrian rebels
When Ausitn Tice escaped, he was spotted by people living in the Mazzeh neighbourhood, wandering the street. He entered the house of a well-known Syrian family, the name of which is being withheld for security reasons, a person familiar with the escape said. Tice was recaptured soon after his escape, one current and one former US official said.
President-elect Trump’s pick for US health and human services is openly anti-Big Pharma, but will he rein in drugmakers?
After endorsing Trump, Robrt F. Kennedy Jr launched the Make America Healthy Again campaign, which focuses on combatting chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart disease, and laid out a handful of policy ideas to do that in a September Wall Street Journal editorial. Some of those policy proposals take direct aim at the pharmaceutical industry, including reforming the Prescription Drug User Fee Act or PDUFA, and reviewing direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical ad guidelines.
Trump transition recommends scrapping car-crash reporting requirement opposed by Tesla
In one example, NHTSA fined Cruise, the self-driving startup owned by General Motors $1.5 million in September for failing to report a 2023 incident in which a vehicle hit and dragged a pedestrian who had been struck by another car. GM this week said Cruise will stop development of self-driving technology.
President Biden policies targeted as Trump plans major shakeup in government within hours of taking office
US presidents frequently issue executive orders to make good on campaign pledges and quickly establish their policy objectives without going through the lengthy process of getting legislation through Congress. The orders can be subject to court challenges, however, and typically any money set aside to carry out the mandates of the orders has to be approved by Congress.
US wants new regime in Syria to uphold minority rights as refugees return, caretaker PM named
Rebuilding Syria will be a colossal task following a civil war that killed hundreds of thousands of people. Cities have been bombed to ruins, swathes of countryside depopulated, the economy gutted by international sanctions and millions of refugees still live in camps after one of the biggest displacements of modern times.
Campaign kicks off in US to blacklist cancer-causing Red Dye No3 food additive used to give popular candies, foods and drinks their cherry-red colours
While the petition currently sits with the White House Office of Management and Budget, the FDA can grant the petition on its own, without the office’s approval, said Melanie Benesh, vice president of Government Affairs for the Environmental Working Group (EWG), one of the groups backing the 2022 petition.
How six months of planning, Assad’s falling out with Turkey and Israeli weakening of Hezbollah precipitated to regime change in Syria
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s government, which struck a deal with Russia in 2020 to de-escalate fighting in northwestern Syria, has long opposed such a major rebel offensive, fearing it would lead to a new wave of refugees crossing its border.
New York police say they have identified suspect in UnitedHealth CEO’s murder, zeroing in on him
New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch told CNN on Friday that police have gathered “a huge amount of evidence,” including fingerprints, DNA evidence and a camera footage of the suspect’s movements throughout the city.
Delay, defend and deny: US insurance catchwords that might unravel motive behind murder of UnitedHealth CEO
Brian Thompson was killed in an attack police called targeted as he was about to enter the Hilton hotel for the company’s annual investor conference. The gunman, whose crime was recorded on video, is at large and the New York City Police Department said there was no known motive for the murder.
Trump taps politician with business experience as ambassador to China to steer relations riven by deep mistrust, trade tensions
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated China hardliners for other senior roles in his administration, including Senator Marco Rubio for secretary of state, in a signal his policy toward the United States’ main strategic rival could go beyond trade measures.
