With the U.S. withdrawal from the UN agency due to take effect in January, the WHO is facing a budget deficit of $2.5bn in 2025-27 – even after making cuts of $1.1bn to next year's budget.
In response to the U.S. withdrawal, the WHO has reduced its budget request for 2026-27, from $5.3 billion to $4.2 billion, but has revealed that less than $1.1 billion of this amount is considered to be secure, primarily the assessed contributions determined by national GDP.
Russia is suffering problems in its war against Ukraine that partly stem from a growing Ukrainian military strength: the use of medium-range drone attacks
Russia is set to deploy its nuclear-capable Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) by the end of the year, a system President Putin has described as “the most powerful missile in the world”.
Russia is expanding the world’s largest Shahed-style drone factory – the Alabuga Special Economic Zone (SEZ) – amid a surge in weapons exports to Iran for its military.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is under pressure to resign after more than 80 lawmakers in his Labour Party call on him to go.
The Department of Justice announced April 21 that a federal grand jury charged the SPLC with wire fraud, false statements, and conspiracy to commit money laundering
Because Massie, like Congressman Ron Paul before him, could not be bought. And Washington, both Republicans and Democrats, cannot abide partners who refuse to be bought
“I believe we could very easily be around $10 gas. … It’s about to get worse if we don’t do anything about it,” Assemblyman David Tangipa, R-Fresno, said in an interview with the Daily Signal
On Texas Public Radio, Galindo denied the charges of antisemitism, claiming she only opposes Jews who are Zionist.
