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... became the latest in May 2023 when the WHO confirmed it had ended trachoma, a blinding eye infection. Haiti and the Dominican Republic are working to eliminate malaria and mosquito-borne lymphatic filariasis by 2030. Countries in Africa and the Americas are pursuing an end to river blindness by 2035.
What do you make of all of that, how that turned out and what it revealed? Tamara Keith: One thing that I think we have talked about before is that President Trump will come in a lame-duck. That is, his term is only going to last four years. And ...
... after Election Day in November 2020 but before Trump left office the following January, the first time federal prisoners were put to death by a lame-duck president since Grover Cleveland in 1889. Biden faced recent pressure from advocacy groups urging him to act to make it more difficult for ...
... say that six children were among the dead. Israel claims that Hamas fighters were using the shelter as a command center. Across Gaza, Palestinian civilians, lamented the death and suffering caused by more than 14 months of war. Alaa Hamouda, Gaza Resident (through interpreter): We have nothing to do with ...
... I think Trump is also different. He's coming in more confident. He knows he doesn't have that much time. He's immediately a lame-duck. He's not running again. So he has a narrow margin in the House and the Senate. He doesn't have much time ...
... issued the veto threat, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said he would be curious to hear Biden's rationale for such action. “It’s almost inconceivable that a lame-duck president could consider vetoing such an obviously prudential step for any reason other than selfish spite," McConnell said.
... Monumental feats of restoration Inside Notre Dame, 42,000 square meters of stonework—equivalent to six soccer pitches—gleamed anew, revealing intricate carvings and luminous limestone. Above, 2,000 oak beams, nicknamed “the forest,” restored the cathedral’s iconic spire and roof. The great organ, dormant for over five years ...
... s rector, told AP. Primped for the occasion Although construction work continues outside, the restored interiors look more magnificent than they have for generations. The limestone walls are creamy and luminous, cleaned of years of accumulated grime. Vaulted ceilings that collapsed have been repaired. The archbishop and other members have ...
... assumption has been with us for 240-some-odd years. John Yang: The Senate passed the bill without opposition. If it's approved by the lame-duck House and President Biden signs it, the eagle would join the rose, America's national flower, the oak, the national tree, and the ...
... car crash that killed Biden's first wife and a daughter more than a half-century ago. Or to those who heard the president regularly lament the death of his older son, Beau, from cancer or voice concerns — largely in private — about Hunter's sobriety and health after years of ...
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