Draft of White House report suggests Kennedy won’t push strict pesticide regulations
The highly anticipated report would not propose direct restrictions on ultraprocessed foods and pesticides, which Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has called major threats.
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China’s growth stumbles in July as retail sales, industrial output miss forecasts
China’s economy lost momentum in July, with growth faltering across the board, as weak domestic demand persisted.
Terry Cole, chosen to take over DC’s police force, has spent 22 years at DEA
Attorney General Pam Bondi has named the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration to be Washington’s “emergency police commissioner” as she carries out President Donald Trump’s unprecedented decision to take over the Washington police department….
South Korea’s president vows to restore 2018 inter-Korean military agreement to ease tensions
South Korea’s new liberal president, Lee Jae Myung, says he will seek to restore a 2018 military agreement with North Korea aimed at reducing border tensions and urged Pyongyang to respond to Seoul’s efforts to rebuild trust and revive dialogue.
Experts grapple with scale of plastic pollution in oceans
As 185 nations engage in talks on reaching a global treaty to curb plastic pollution, the increasingly unmanageable scale of plastic waste littering oceans and threatening the wildlife within them leaves experts concerned about the feasibility of an a…
Trump’s crackdown on crime in Washington: DEA head appointed as ‘emergency police commissioner’; granted full powers
Attorney General Pam Bondi appointed DEA head Terry Cole as Washington’s “emergency police commissioner,” granting him police chief powers amid a federal takeover. This move rescinded directives by the city’s police chief, Pamela Smith, that limited im…
Russia’s master negotiator knows Trump’s weaknesses and will try to exploit them
Vladimir Putin will know exactly how he wants this to play out.
States and territories agree to ‘long overdue’ reforms to working with children checks by year’s end, attorney general says
Michelle Rowland says ‘consistency’ across jurisdictions will ensure workers banned in one state or territory are ‘banned in all’, but rules out national schemeFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app …
Anchorage prepares for Trump-Putin meeting
France 24 correspondent Wassim Cornet reports from Anchorage, in Alaska, where US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are scheduled to hold a highly anticipated meeting on Friday to discuss the possibility of achieving a ceasef…
China’s aircraft carriers in Pacific signals ability to ‘contest’ US power
Expert says ‘gaps’ in naval capabilities are closing between China and the United States.