Republican senator who voted for RFK Jr balks at Louisiana anti-vaccine move

Republican Bill Cassidy calls state surgeon general’s halt to promotion of mass vaccination a disservice to parents

Bill Cassidy, the Republican US senator, has said his home state of Louisiana’s …

Source: The Guardian

NHS faces £5.7bn bill for patching up hospitals before demolishing them

Delaying rebuilding programme in England to save money in short term requires costly repairs to keep sites safe

The repairs bill at 18 crumbling hospitals is set to soar to …

Source: The Guardian

South Africa fights to save its apartheid-era steel mills

Looming closure of century-old plants threatens to kill manufacturing in continent’s most industrialised economy

Source: Financial Times

VTB Europe’s liquidators accuse Angola of loan default

Frankfurt-based firm, which has been ringfenced from Russian parent, launches arbitration proceedings

Source: Financial Times

Navalny death anniversary: Scholz hails activist's 'courage'

Russia's most prominent dissident Alexei Navalny died in Russian custody one year ago, leaving behind a largely fragmented Russian opposition. Many of his supporters visited his grave in Moscow.

Source: Deutsche Welle

Government Accountability official says fraud does exist, but it's not widespread

Government accountability officer says fraud is committed by "all walks of life" including "insider threats," but must be proven in court

Source: NPR

Soaring gold becomes top ‘Trump trade’

US president’s tariff threats have helped bullion to string of record highs

Source: Financial Times

Trump vowed to champion US workers - the reality has been a relentless assault

President has begun slashing federal workforce while hobbling labor watchdogs NLRB and EEOC

As a presidential candidate last fall, Donald Trump repeatedly promised to battle for US workers, but ever …

Source: The Guardian

One person killed and five wounded in knife attack in Austria, police say

A teenage boy has been killed and five more people wounded in a knife attack in southern Austria on February 15, police said.

Source: France 24

One year since Alexei Navalny’s death, his widow accuses Putin of cover-up

Alexei Navalny’s widow, Yulia Navalnaya, has accused Russian President Vladimir Putin

Source: Al Jazeera

'The gloves are off!' - Three fights in nine seconds as US beat Canada

Watch as three fights break out in the first nine seconds of the USA v Canada 4 Nations Face-Off game, shortly after the American national anthem was met with boos …

Source: BBC

Dozens killed in Mali illegal gold mine collapse

The collapse, which killed at least 40, took place near Kenieba, in Mali's gold-rich Kayes region.

Source: BBC