RFK Jr, vaccine critic turned US health secretary, hints at overhaul
Newly confirmed Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday accused US institutions of "stealing the health of our children" and suggested they should meet the same fate as USAID, which President Donald Trump's administration is working to slash.
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Argentina's Schwartzman retires from professional tennis
Argentina's Diego Schwartzman, a former world number eight, ended his professional tennis career on Thursday with a bruising defeat by Spain's Pedro Martinez in the second round of the Argentina Open.
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Swinton lashes out as she receives Berlin festival award
British movie star Tilda Swinton lashed out at the "state-operated" crimes of "greed-addicted governments" as she received a special award on the first day of the Berlin Film Festival on Thursday.
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India's Modi meets Trump, Musk as tariff pressure
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Donald Trump and Elon Musk in Washington Thursday, with the US president pressing the leader of the world's most populous nation on tariffs and trade.
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Argentina records lowest monthly inflation in 4.5 years
Argentina recorded a monthly inflation rate of 2.2 percent in January, the lowest in 4.5 years, the INDEC national statistics agency said Thursday, in a boost for budget-slashing President Javier Milei.
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Trump eyes summit with Xi-Putin, shaking up world order
Donald Trump unveiled an extraordinary vision of a shake-up to the world order Thursday, eyeing a three-way summit with the Russian and Chinese leaders just a day after saying he had agreed with Vladimir Putin to start Ukraine peace talks.
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Ingebrigtsen breaks indoor mile world record in France
Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen, the reigning Olympic 5,000m champion, set a new indoor mile world record of 3min 45.14sec at a meet in northern France on Thursday.
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International community vows support for Syria transition
Western nations joined key players in the Middle East on Thursday in a pledge of support for war-torn Syria's delicate transition after the fall of longtime leader Bashar al-Assad.
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Los Angeles girds for floods, landslides as rain pounds fire zones
A monster rainstorm was drenching southern California on Thursday, with officials in Los Angeles readying for flooding and landslides in areas burned by last month's huge wildfires.
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Chelsea to take no action against Kerr after court acquittal
Chelsea women's manager Sonia Bompastor is "really happy" for Sam Kerr following her acquittal on charges of racially aggravated harassment and says there will be no disciplinary action taken against the Australia captain by the club.
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