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Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he was appointing Mehmet Oz, a former surgeon and TV celebrity known as “Dr. Oz,” to lead the United States’ massive public health insurance program. The 64-year-old heart surgeon was championed on daytime television by Oprah Winfrey before he entered politics with an unsuccessful bid for a Senate seat in […]

SpaceX’s Starship megarocket blasted off on its latest test flight Tuesday, with President-elect Donald Trump joining Elon Musk to witness the spectacle firsthand in the latest sign of their ever closer ties. But the Republican leader was deprived of the chance to see the booster stage caught in the launch tower’s “chopstick” arms, an engineering […]

Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched its sixth Starship test flight to space on Tuesday from Texas, eyeing an array of improvements on the rocket as US President-elect Donald Trump watched in person. The roughly 400-foot-tall (122-meter-tall) rocket system, designed to land astronauts on the moon and ferry crews to Mars, lifted off at 4 p.m. CT […]

A potential plan to bring in more nations on board the ambitious 6th-generation GCAP jet fighter project was discussed today when the leaders of Italy, Japan and Britain met on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Brazil, the office of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Tuesday. Italy, UK and Japan had signed […]

The U.S. government recognised Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo González as the “President-elect” of the South American country on Tuesday (November 19, 2024), months after President Nicolas Maduro claimed to have won the July contest. What is the controversy regarding Venezuela elections? | Explained U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken recognized Mr. González in a post […]

Delhi Police conducted vehicle checks on Tuesday night to ensure the proper implementation of Stage IV of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP). GRAP Stage IV enforces a ban on the operation of Delhi-registered BS-IV and older diesel-operated medium goods vehicles (MGVs) and heavy goods vehicles (HGVs), except those engaged in essential services. Stage IV […]

For world leaders and diplomats at the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, US President-elect Donald Trump was the man who cannot be named. Almost nobody would mention the next occupant of the White House directly, even as his impending return to power hung over the meeting. Leaders would instead talk in coded terms about […]

Italian village Ollolai invites Americans who want to flee Donald Trump’s US and offers homes at $1. An Italian village has announced that they are looking for disappointed Americans who want to flee the US after Donald Trump won the election and the village has a special offer for them. Homes for just one euro […]

The World Health Organization on Tuesday approved an mpox vaccine from Japanese pharma company KM Biologics for emergency use, the second one to get the agency’s seal of approval. The WHO said it granted emergency use listing (EUL) authorisation to the LC16m8 vaccine to “facilitate increased and timely access to vaccines in communities where mpox […]

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Howard Lutnick, head of brokerage and investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald and a cryptocurrency enthusiast, as his nominee for commerce secretary, a position in which he’d have a key role in carrying out Mr. Trump’s plans to raise and enforce tariffs. Also Read: Trump’s treasury pick could give an indication of […]

The UN climate talks entered the final phase with the start of political negotiations this week, and, as the host, Azerbaijan is expected to play a key role in building consensus and delivering an agreement. But as the conference peaks, suspicion that the petrostate is inimical to cut fossil fuel consumption refuses to die down. […]

The Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament, and Development for 2023 was presented to classical pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim and Palestinian peace activist Ali Abu Awwad on Tuesday (November 19, 2024). The prize was given to Mr. Barenboim for his contribution to foster peace through musical and cultural dialogue initiatives and to Mr. Awwad for […]