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• ‘Fertilization president’ has gutted fed’s IVF team, report says

  03-04-2025 18:08 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘I’ll be known as the fertilization president’ said Trump weeks before he axed the IVF department
  
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• White House considers ban on DeepSeek services and deals

  17-04-2025 00:00 via article.wn.com
  Deepseek logo is seen in this illustration taken, January 27, 2025. — Reuters WASHINGTON: The Trump administration is weighing penalties that would block China's DeepSeek from buying US technology and is debating barring Americans' access to its services, The...
  
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• U.S. senator who travelled to El Salvador says he's been denied access to Kilmar Abrego Garcia

  17-04-2025 00:00 via article.wn.com
  Democratic U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen said on Wednesday authorities in El Salvador had denied him access to Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran man mistakenly deported and being held in a notorious prison in the country. ......
  
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• Urgent: At least 1 killed, several injured in fresh U.S. airstrikes on Yemen's capital

  17-04-2025 00:00 via article.wn.com
  SANAA, April 16 (Xinhua) -- At least one person was killed and...
  
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• UN officials concerned about escalating Sudan war after armed groups take over Zamzam camp

  17-04-2025 00:00 via article.wn.com
  UNITED NATIONS, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Aid officials are extremely concerned about an escalating Sudan war following reports of atrocities in the takeover of Zamzam displacement camp in North Darfur by armed groups, UN humanitarians said on Wednesday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said it is gravely concerned by the humanitarian situation in and around El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur State, just 15 km north of the vast and famine-scarred...
  
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• Tunisian PM, Egyptian minister meet on economic cooperation

  17-04-2025 00:00 via article.wn.com
  TUNIS, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Tunisian Prime Minister Sarra Zaafrani Zenzri met here on Wednesday with Egyptian Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade Hassan El Khatib to explore ways to deepen bilateral economic...
  
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• The NBA playoffs will, once again, be an international showcase of stars

  17-04-2025 00:00 via article.wn.com
  They’ll be watching in Canada, not just because of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, though the NBA’s scoring champion and MVP favorite who plays for Oklahoma City surely helps lure in fans who are north of the border. They’ll be watching from Serbia and Greece, the homelands of Denver star Nikola Jokic and Milwaukee star Giannis Antetokounmpo. Alperen Sengun will have them watching Houston games in the middle of the night in Turkey, too. Slovenian fans will be watching Luka Doncic and
  
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• Syrian Airlines prepares to resume flights to the UAE

  17-04-2025 00:00 via article.wn.com
  Damascus, SANA-Syrian Airlines announced its readiness to resume flights to the United Arab Emirates. The...
  
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• Sweden's hottest show? Nonstop live coverage of the epic moose migration

  17-04-2025 00:00 via article.wn.com
  Millions are tuning in to the hottest show captivating Sweden: It's reality, it's live, and after hours of slow shots of calming nature, the stars arrive — Sweden's beloved moose on their spring migration. "The Great Moose Migration" started airing on Tuesday on SVT, Sweden's public service television company. It captures the creatures on the path they've followed for thousands of years to rich summer grazing pastures. Watch NBC Bay Area News 📺 Streaming free 24/7 The show will air
  
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• Romania approves national program to curb university dropout rates

  17-04-2025 00:00 via article.wn.com
  BUCHAREST, April 16 (Xinhua) -- The Romanian government on Wednesday approved a national program aimed at significantly reducing dropout rates across the country's higher education institutions. The initiative includes a comprehensive set...
  
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• Postmortems of rescue workers killed in Gaza show ‘gunshots to head and torso’

  17-04-2025 00:00 via article.wn.com
  Findings likely to increase pressure on Israel to give a full account of incident amid accusations of war crimeThe Gaza paramedic killings: a visual timeline...
  
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• Obit Nora Aunor

  17-04-2025 00:00 via article.wn.com
  FILE - Actress Nora Aunor appears during the photo call for the film '"Sinapupunan" (Thy Womb) at the 69th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, on Sept. 6, 2012. ......
  
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• Navigation through Suez Canal sees improvement in March: canal chief

  17-04-2025 00:00 via article.wn.com
  ISMAILIA, Egypt, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Chairman Osama Rabie said on Wednesday there is a slight improvement in navigation through the canal during March. The number of ships passing through the canal in March increased by 2.4 percent compared to January, Rabie announced...
  
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• Michelle Trachtenberg died of diabetes complications, says medical examiner

  17-04-2025 00:00 via article.wn.com
  Known for roles on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Gossip Girl, the actor was found dead in February...
  
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• Massive solar storm hitting Earth could spark 'mass blackouts' around the world

  17-04-2025 00:00 via article.wn.com
  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) issued an alert this week warning officials the storm would arrive as a G3 - landing with the third highest intensity ......
  
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• Latvia moves to withdraw from mine ban treaty

  17-04-2025 00:00 via article.wn.com
  RIGA, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Latvia's parliament on Wednesday approved in its final reading a bill to withdraw from the Ottawa Convention...
  
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• Kennedy plans autism studies aimed at identifying ‘environmental toxins' linked to rise

  17-04-2025 00:00 via article.wn.com
  Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Wednesday that the agency will announce, within three weeks, a series of studies aimed at identifying “environmental toxins” he claims are responsible for a dramatic rise in autism rates in children in the U.S. Kennedy spoke a day after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report that found in 2022, 1 in 31 kids in the U.S. were diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder by their 8th birthday — up from 1 in 150 kids
  
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• Judge finds probable cause to hold Trump administration in contempt for deportation

  17-04-2025 00:00 via article.wn.com
  A federal judge said Wednesday he found probable cause to hold the Trump administration in criminal contempt for violating his orders to return planes carrying deportees to El Salvador. ......
  
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• Israeli PM tells negotiators to "continue the steps" for release of Gaza hostages

  17-04-2025 00:00 via article.wn.com
  JERUSALEM, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday instructed Israeli negotiators to "continue the steps" for the...
  
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• Iraq summons Lebanese ambassador over president's remarks on PMF

  17-04-2025 00:00 via article.wn.com
  BAGHDAD, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Iraq's Foreign Ministry summoned the Lebanese ambassador to Iraq Ali al-Habhab on Wednesday to protest comments by Lebanese President Joseph Aoun regarding the Iraqi paramilitary Popular Mobilization...
  
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• International student visas revoked at Lehman College, Fordham University

  17-04-2025 00:00 via article.wn.com
  The impact of the Trump administration’s higher education crackdown is hitting the Bronx, as one international student’s visa was revoked at CUNY Lehman College and four at Fordham University. The students are among the 1,300-plus current and recent graduates at 210 nationwide colleges that have had their visas revoked or legal status changed as of April 16, according to the trade publication Inside Higher Ed. Citing a “troubling trend,” Fordham University said that the f
  
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• HRW: Tunisia government using arbitrary detention to suppress dissent

  17-04-2025 00:00 via article.wn.com
  The Tunisian government has made arbitrary detention a central instrument of state policy, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report published Wednesday, alleging a systematic effort to quash dissent and dismantle civil and political freedoms. According to the report, authorities have increasingly relied on vague anti-terrorism and conspiracy charges to jail critics, political opponents, lawyers, judges, and...
  
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• How to Create a Dream Backyard

  17-04-2025 00:00 via article.wn.com
  If you’ve ever gazed out the window...
  
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• France Mideast Peace

  17-04-2025 00:00 via article.wn.com
  Activists of the"The Warrior of Peace" movement, holds placards as they show support for peace in the Middle East at Trocadero plaza in Paris, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. Eiffel Tower is seen in the background. ......
  
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• Feature: Sudanese refugees in Egypt embark on return journey with hope for peace

  17-04-2025 00:00 via article.wn.com
  by Mahmoud Fouly CAIRO, April 16 (Xinhua) -- In a yard in Egypt's capital Cairo, a line of buses awaited, ready to transport Sudanese families back to their homeland. Parents organized their luggage and kept a watchful eye on their children, their faces radiating longing and hope as they observed their bags being loaded for the journey ahead. Among them was Youssef Al-Waleed, a man in his 30s, who was arranging his family's luggage next to one of the buses. His wife and two children sat nearby,
  
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• Egypt's revenue from the Suez Canal plunged sharply in 2024

  17-04-2025 00:00 via article.wn.com
  Officials say Egypt’s revenue from...
  
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• Do you eat a meal in 20 minutes or less? It might be time to ...

  17-04-2025 00:00 via article.wn.com
  Experts tend to focus on the kinds of foods you can eat to improve your health. But the speed at which you devour your dinner matters just as much. Scientists say you're eating too fast if you typically finish a ......
  
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• Damascus governor, UNDP delegation discuss boosting cooperation in local development

  17-04-2025 00:00 via article.wn.com
  Damascus, SANA-Damascus governor Maher Marwan discussed with an official delegation from...
  
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• At least 1 killed, several injured in fresh U.S. airstrikes on Yemen's capital

  17-04-2025 00:00 via article.wn.com
  SANAA, April 16 (Xinhua) -- At least one person was killed and several others wounded when fresh U.S. airstrikes targeted a residential neighborhood and several other localities in Yemen's capital Sanaa...
  
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• APTOPIX Haiti Protest

  17-04-2025 00:00 via article.wn.com
  A street vendor walks over a street barricade set up by demonstrators protesting insecurity in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. ......
  
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