President Javier Milei of Argentina has ordered the country’s withdrawal from the World Health Organization due to “profound differences” with the U.N. agency. A presidential spokesperson Manuel Adorni told a news conference in Buenos Aires on Wednesday. He said WHO guidelines at the time led to the largest shutdown “in the history of mankind.” That Argentina’s decision is based on “profound differences in health management, especially during the (COVID-19) pandemic.” The announcement on the WHO comes ahead of Milei’s trip to the U.S. later this month that will coincide with the Conservative Political Action Conference summit of right-wing leaders in Washington....
Bill Gates Meets With President Trump To Advocate For USAID Disbursement Continuity
Billionaire Bill Gates, a philanthropist and co-founder of Microsoft, said he met with President Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday to advocate for continuing foreign aid disbursements from the U.S. Agency for International Development. “I went by the White House because there’s a lot in this transition, what we keep, in terms of foreign aid, what we keep — it’s all kind of up in the air,” he told NBC’s “TODAY” show anchor Savannah Guthrie in an interview. “And I’m doing my best to make sure we keep the things that I think are very value-based.” Gates said...
It “Still Doesn’t Feel Fully Real” That He’s No Longer There, Liam Payne’s Girlfriend Reveal In An Interview
Liam Payne’s girlfriend has said she would “never have left Argentina”, if she had known the singer’s death would happen. US influencer Kate Cassidy – who had been in a relationship with the One Direction star since 2022 – told the Sun in an exclusive interview that Payne’s death was a “tragic accident”. “No, I never did think [he might die young]… I just never thought this would have happened,” she added, in her first interview since he died. Payne died at 31 in October last year, after falling from the balcony of his hotel room in Buenos Aires, Argentina. A week...
Philippine Impeaches V.P. Duterte Over President Marcos Threatening Assassination Remark And Allegation Of Corruption
Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte was impeached Wednesday on a range of accusations that include plotting to assassinate the president, large-scale corruption and failing to strongly denounce China’s aggressive actions against Filipino forces in the disputed South China Sea. The move by legislators in the House of Representatives, many of them allies of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., deepens a bitter political rift between the two highest leaders of one of Asia’s most rambunctious democracies. Marcos has strengthened defense ties with his country’s treaty ally, the United States, while the vice president’s father, former President Rodrigo Duterte, nurtured cozy relations with China and Russia during his stormy term that...
Ousted Bangladesh P.M Demands For Justice As Protesters Vandalized And Set Family Home Afire
The former familyhome of ousted prime minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina, as well as those of other members of her party have vandalized and set afire by protesters. The deposed P.M had in a facebook livestream condemned the attack while she demanded for ‘justice’, taunting further by stating: “They can demolish a building, but they can’t erase history.” The protest was sparked by the news that Hasina whose administration was seen as autocratic would address the country via social media from India, where she has been inexile since student-led protests ousted her last year. On Wednesday evening, an excavator smashed...
Authorities Bans Access Coastal Areas, Shut Schools For The Week As Earthquakes Rattles Greece’s Volcanic Island Of Santorini
Earthquakes rattled Greece’s volcanic island of Santorini every few minutes as authorities bolstered emergency plans in case the hundreds of temblors over the past few days are a harbinger of a larger quake to come. A coast guard vessel and a military landing craft were in the wider area in case an evacuation is required, Civil Protection Minister Vassilis Kikilias told an emergency meeting with security officials, scientists and the prime minister in Athens. “We are obliged to draw up scenarios for better and for worse,” Kikilias said during the meeting, which was televised live. Greece lies in a highly seismically...
Argentina Bans Gender-Affirming Care For People Under Age 18, Declares It ‘Child Abuse’
The president of Argentina Javier Milei, on Wednesday signed a decree banning gender-affirming care for people under age 18. This was made known by the presidential spokesperson Manuel Adorni in a statement to the press announced the repeal of a 2012 gender identity law provision allowing such practices with parental or guardian consent. “Gender ideology taken to the extreme and applied to children by force or psychological coercion simply constitutes child abuse,” the government of the far-right president said in a subsequent statement. “Children do not have the cognitive maturity to make decisions about irreversible processes.” The announcement comes days...
Iran Praises U.S. For Cutting Foreign Aid Funding As It Looks For A Trump Message On Nuclear Talks
Iran’s government seems to be welcoming some recent decisions by the United States — even though they happen to come from a man Iranian operatives have allegedly been plotting to assassinate. President Donald Trump’s moves to freeze spending on foreign aid and overhaul, maybe even end, the U.S. Agency for International Development have been lauded in Iranian state media. The reports say the decisions will halt funding for opponents of the country’s Shiite theocracy — pro-democracy activists and others supported through programs as part of U.S. government efforts to help democracy worldwide. At the same time, Iranian officials appear to be signaling that they are waiting...
Lagos State Governor Pledges Timely Completion Of Adiyan Water Works Project
The governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Wednesday paid a working visit to the Adiyan Water Works to check on the progress of Phase II of the project, where civil works are being carried out, including installing pipes to transport water from the Ogun River to Adiyan. The water works project will supply Lagos residents with 70 million gallons of water daily. Sanwo-Olu has pledged to ensure the completion of the project “as it will significantly enhance the economy and living standards of Lagosians. “I am confident that we will continue to build the necessary capacity to meet the...
