FDA staff handling drug safety for pets and livestock lost jobs in Trump firings

The fired staffers were tasked with making sure medications given to animals work well and are safe.

Source: NPR

How an investment banker became Putin’s man in the room for high-level U.S. talks

As U.S. and Russian negotiators work to secure a ceasefire in Ukraine, Kirill Dmitriev will be trying his best to secure the best deal for Vladimir Putin.

Source: NBC News

Over 150 false killer whales stranded on Tasmania beach

More than 150 endangered false killer whales have been stranded on an isolated beach in the Australian state of Tasmania. After unsuccessful attempts to refloat some of the surviving whales, …

Source: NBC News

Trump cuts threaten a ‘generation of scientists’ as many weigh leaving US

President’s call to ‘Make America Healthy Again’ has led to slashes in NIH funding – endangering jobs and vital research

The Trump administration’s planned cuts to the National Institutes …

Source: The Guardian

Nation at a crossroads: the best books to read on Germany

As the country goes to the polls, writers explore, in fiction and non-fiction, its identity and values — and where these suggest it is heading

Source: Financial Times

Run to the sun: on board Amtrak’s new 47-hour Chicago-Miami sleeper

The season-scrambling Floridian takes passengers direct from the snows of Illinois to Florida’s palm-lined beaches

Source: Financial Times

The Ugandan arts centre bringing harmony to Africa’s biggest refugee camp

The Bidi Bidi performing arts venue offers more than 250,000 refugees the chance to sing, play, dance – and dream of a peaceful future

The sound of a flute floats …

Source: The Guardian

Dozens of false killer whales stranded in Australia to be euthanised

Dozens of dolphins known as false killer whales stranded on a beach in Australia’s Tasmania are to be euthanised.

Source: Al Jazeera

Attacks by Sudan’s RSF leave many dead as force prepares political charter

Attacks by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces have killed more than 200 people over the past three days, activists said Tuesday, as the paramilitary group delayed signing a political charter that …

Source: NBC News

Why Trump wants Ukraine’s minerals

Vast estimated deposits of lithium and titanium have yet to be significantly developed

Source: Financial Times

Trump calls Zelensky a 'dictator' as rift between two leaders deepens

The comments come as the latest salvo in a public war of words between the US and Ukrainian leaders.

Source: BBC

Pope breathing on his own, resting well after 5th night in hospital

Pope Francis, despite a worrying bilateral pneumonia diagnosis, is breathing on his own and not experiencing heart problems, sources tell CBS News.

Source: CBS News