The Trump administration on Tuesday issued a waiver for lifesaving medicines and medical services, offering a reprieve for a worldwide H.I.V. treatment program that was halted last week. The waiver, announced by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, seemed to allow for the distribution of H.I.V. medications, but whether the waiver extended to preventive drugs or…
Mike Hynson, who epitomized the image of the bronzed surf god as a star of the hit 1966 surfing documentary “The Endless Summer” and, with his outlaw instincts, embodied the rebel ethos of the sport on his way to being hailed a colossus of the curl, died on Jan. 10 in Encinitas, Calif. He was…
South Africa Joins US, UK, Germany, Japan, Brazil, Australia, India, Saudi Arabia in Boosting the Travel Sector Implementing Biometric Passports with…
Hongkongers will have an opportunity to catch a glimpse of a rare comet passing by Earth in the coming week, three months after a similar sighting captivated the city’s stargazers. The Hong Kong Space Museum said Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) came closest to Earth on Tuesday and was gradually moving away. “If the weather permits…
Hongkongers will have an opportunity to catch a glimpse of a rare comet passing by Earth in the coming week, three months after a similar sighting captivated the city’s stargazers. The Hong Kong Space Museum said Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) came closest to Earth on Tuesday and was gradually moving away. “If the weather permits…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has praised the “balanced” Ukraine peace drive led by China, Brazil and South Africa, describing it “a genuine attempt to find a solution”. “We view this as a balanced attempt without imposing anything on either Ukraine or Russia,” Putin said, according to state-owned news agency Tass. The three countries formally established…
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — At least 11 people have died after Cyclone Chido caused devastating damage in the French territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean, France’s Interior Ministry said Sunday. The ministry said it was proving difficult to get a precise tally of the dead and injured amid fears the death toll…
A day after US President Joe Biden warned that Donald Trump’s plan for higher tariffs would be a “major mistake”, his own administration has levied costly new tariffs on imports of critical materials from China. The office of the US trade representative on Wednesday announced that import taxes for solar wafers and polysilicon, an essential…
China is claiming to have unearthed the largest gold deposit in the world — estimated to be worth more than $80 billion. More than 1,000 tons of gold reserves and ore veins were allegedly discovered by geologists from the Hunan Provincial Geological Institute some 12 miles beneath the surface in China’s Pingjiang County, according to…
President-elect Donald Trump in a Truth Social post on Saturday issued a stern warning to China and its trade allies about their plans to try and displace the United States dollar as the global currency. “The idea that the BRICS Countries are trying to move away from the Dollar while we stand by and watch…