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View More NewsWe’re now three episodes into The Real Food Show, a YouTube cooking class hosted by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. And I’m hooked. Don’t get me wrong: In principle, I hate it. The government has no place being in the business of making cooking shows. And this one is rife with propaganda, including thanking President Donald Trump for the new U.S. dietary guidelines and casual mentions of things like fisheries regulation or an executive order on regenerative agriculture. Even if you can put aside the ick-factor of HHS trying to sneak political content to viewers…
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The scale of the global learning crisis is difficult to exaggerate. A recent analysis of international and regional assessments estimated that at least two-thirds of the world’s young people fail to acquire the basic skills needed to participate effectively in a modern economy. In affluent countries, roughly one child in four falls short. In low-income regions, the proportion is far higher. Published calculations estimate that broad improvements in children’s academic development could add more than US$700 trillion to the world economy by 2100. The standard response is to demand better schools: more competent teachers, stronger curricula, greater accountability, higher standards, and…
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New York, September 7, 2026—Taliban authorities must allow independent broadcaster Rah-e-Farda TV to resume operations, immediately release its owner, Salman Akhlaqi, and end their…
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In brief Liquid disabled its bridge nodes on Sunday after about 4,000 BTC left the federation wallet that backs L-BTC. The withdrawal used SideSwap’s…
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MEXICO CITY May 7, 2026 — The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) joined the Inter American Press Association (SIP-IAPA) in a series of meetings with Mexico’s…
Miami — Tether.io Head of Government Affairs Jesse Spiro said the crypto industry sees the 2026 U.S. midterm elections as a critical test for…
Bitcoin (BTC) price dropped to $79,800 on Thursday after being rejected at a key dynamic resistance level. The pullback occurred despite the weekly spot…
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New York, May 7, 2026 — Four years after the Israeli military’s killing of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, the reported investigation by…
Miami — Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao said a revived Binance.US is one possible path for giving American crypto traders access to better prices.Binance…