RFK Jr. accuses ousted CDC director of lying about pressure to preapprove vaccine recommendations

[ad_1] Washington — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday denied that he pressured the ousted director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to preapprove vaccination recommendations from a panel he overhauled before her firing.  Susan Monarez was fired from the position less than a month after her Senate…

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Landslide levels village in Sudan’s Darfur region, kills roughly 1,000 but one person survived, rebel group controlling area says

[ad_1] Cairo — A landslide wiped out a village in Sudan ‘s western region of Darfur, killing an estimated 1,000 people in one of the deadliest natural disasters in the African country’s recent history, a rebel group controlling the area said late Monday. The tragedy happened Sunday in the Tarasin village in Central Darfur’s Marrah…

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Rubio urges Iran to talk, welcomes European nations’ bid to get U.N. sanctions reimposed over nuclear program

[ad_1] France, Britain and Germany on Thursday triggered a mechanism to reimpose United Nations sanctions on Iran for failing to comply with commitments over its nuclear program. The three countries notified the U.N. Security Council that they “believe Iran to be in significant non-performance of its commitments” under a 2015 nuclear deal and “hereby invoke…

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