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Both Israelis and Palestinians would need new leadership if they are to make peace with each other, Hillary Clinton said on Thursday. The former American first lady, senator, secretary of state, and 2016 presidential front-runner was speaking via video link at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Singapore. “Hamas is …

Say what you like about the ‘old’ British Establishment, but the concept of ‘honour’ did mean people falling on their sword when they were in danger of bringing disgrace and disrepute to their country, their regiment or their family. You could argue that the Duke of York, aka Prince Andrew, …

“I’m not so sure that we’re going to have to get a variant-specific boost vaccine to get an adequate protection from Omicron,” Fauci told the health news website STAT on Friday.  “Because if you look at protection against variants, it appears to relate to the level of immunity and the …

Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), was accused of hypocrisy for not wearing a mask during an event she attended earlier this week in Puerto Rico.  She and several other visiting officials speaking at the annual Somos conference addressed a “packed room” without wearing masks.  …

The slideshow is part of a White House release highlighting the potential benefits of Biden’s proposal, which has been continuously held up in congressional negotiations.  In the animations, a pregnant woman named Linda is shown. She is described as a “production worker” who makes $40,000 a year. Subsequent slides then …

“We need to have people on the ground in Afghanistan, in addition to our humanitarian workers,” Borrell wrote in a blogpost on Sunday, without specifying who those “people” might be. “So, the question is not if we should have a minimal EU presence on which all member states agree, but …

“I believe, when all’s said and done, it’s going to turn out that the proper regimen, at least for an mRNA vaccine [such as Pfizer], is the two original doses, the prime followed in three-to-four weeks by a boost, but also followed several months later by a third shot,” Fauci …

While President Joe Biden’s administration already moved ahead with its booster announcement last month – with Biden stating that all American adults should receive a third dose within eight months of their second shot beginning September 20 – US health agencies have said the move could be premature, as they …

When the US finishes its exit from the country after 20 years, it will be leaving behind valuable, untapped mineral deposits worth a $1 trillion, according to US military officials and geologists in 2010.  Minerals such as iron, copper, gold and lithium are found in huge quantities there, and have …

In a statement released on Thursday, the WHO called on all governments “to depoliticize the situation and cooperate to accelerate the origins studies, and importantly to work together to develop a common framework for future emerging pathogens of pandemic potential.” Searching for the origin of any new pathogen “is a …