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Trump on Dells’ $6.25 Billion Gift to America’s Youth: ‘Extraordinary Act’

Michael and Susan Dell joined President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday to discuss their $6.25 billion gift for 25 million American children aged ten and under with Trump accounts. Trump lauded the Dells for their generosity during a press conference before reporters in the Roosevelt Room, alongside Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, House […]

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WHO issues global guideline on the use of GLP-1 medicines in treating obesity

To address the growing global health challenge of obesity, which affects more than 1 billion people, the World Health Organization (WHO) has released its first guideline on the use of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 (GLP-1) therapies for treating obesity as a chronic, relapsing disease. Obesity affects people in every country and was associated with 3.7 million deaths worldwide in […]

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Trump administration halts federal child care payments to Minnesota amid fraud charges

The Trump administration said late Tuesday it was freezing child care payments to Minnesota over the reported fraud schemes that have plagued the state. Jim O’Neill, acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, made the announcement on X, saying three actions were taken against the “blatant fraud that appears to be rampant […]

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ECOWAS leader Omar Touray says West Africa in state of emergency after several coups

ABUJA, Nigeria — Coups and attempted coups in West Africa, along with escalating security challenges, have left the region in a state of emergency, a leader of the regional bloc said Tuesday. Omar Touray, president of the Economic Community of West African States Commission, spoke to the bloc’s mediation and security council two days after […]