The two most important things in Jerce Reyes’s life, according to those who know him best, are family and soccer. The former professional soccer player’s tattoos are a testament to those passions: of a soccer…
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A light earthquake rattled Beijing overnight, waking residents and sending students rushing from their dorms as videos of shaking living rooms went viral on Chinese social media on Wednesday. The 4.5-magnitude quake struck a suburb…
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World News
This country was the world’s ‘baby exporter.’ But its government violated human rights to meet demand, probe finds
South Korea’s government fabricated birth records, falsely reported children had been abandoned and failed to properly conduct safety checks of prospective parents during its postwar frenzy of sending babies overseas for adoption, a long-awaited investigation…
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US President Donald Trump told Newsmax he believes Russia wants to end its war with Ukraine, but that Moscow could be “dragging its feet.” “I think that Russia wants to see an end to it,…
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Politics
CIA Director Ratcliffe hits back on Dem senator’s group chat allegations: ‘I didn’t say any of those things’
CIA Director John Ratcliffe clashed with a Democratic senator Tuesday over the lawmaker’s description of the Trump administration’s leaked Signal chat – pushing back multiple times before snapping, ‘I didn’t say any of those things.’…
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A federal office dedicated to the research of long COVID is set to close following the Trump administration’s decision to slash the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) workforce. Ian Simon, head of the…
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President Donald Trump defended National Security Advisor Michael Waltz during an ambassador meeting on Monday, as his administration faces fierce backlash over the recent Signal text chain leak. Waltz, whose staffers had unknowingly added The…
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Politics
Biden-era guidance encouraged use of Signal app by highly-targeted govt officials: ‘Best practice’
The federal office in charge of ensuring cybersecurity at all levels of the government cited the use of encrypted messaging app Signal as a ‘best practice’ for ‘highly targeted’ government officials, the Biden-era document shows. …
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Politics
Senate committee advances nomination of Dr Oz to run Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
The Senate Committee on Finance voted along party lines Tuesday afternoon to advance Dr. Mehmet Oz, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, to a full confirmation vote. The…
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday directing the FBI to immediately declassify files concerning the Crossfire Hurricane investigation, the agency probe launched in 2016 that sought information on whether Trump campaign members colluded…