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“People will die,” said Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi, executive director of the African Population and Health Research Center, “but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.”The projects terminated include H.I.V. treatment programs that had served millions of people, the main malaria control programs in the worst-affected African countries and global efforts to wipe out polio.Here are some of the projects that The New York Times has confirmed have been canceled:A $131 million grant to UNICEF’s polio immunization program, which paid for planning, logistics and delivery of vaccines to millions of children.A $90 million contract…

Egyptian officials recently announced the discovery of a 3,000-year-old mining complex, complete with remnants of ancient homes, workshops and even baths.The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities reported that excavation was conducted at Jabal Sukari, located southwest of the town of Marsa Alam in the Red Sea Governorate, according to a Facebook post published on Feb. 25.The statement explained that among the discoveries were the remains of a mining camp dating back three millennia. It included “remnants of a complete factory for extracting gold from quartz veins,” a translated version of the statement read.The camp was sophisticated, and there is…

Maria Luisa Tipo was born in Naples on Dec. 23, 1931. Her mother, Ersilia Cavallo, was a concert pianist; her father, Alberto Tipo, had been a captain in the Italian navy and, she told The Baltimore Sun in 1993, was later a mathematics professor who loved music.When she was a teenager, at the end of World War II, her mother brought her to Rome to study with the great Italian modernist composer Alfredo Casella (1883-1947), who was already ailing. “I saw him between operations,” she told La Repubblica. “He was very sweet. And he praised my legato so much.”Her big…

Jimmy Butler was really serious when he wanted out of Miami.The NBA star was vocal about wanting to be traded by the Heat, and apparently it wasn’t just on-court issues.Butler was eventually traded to the Golden State Warriors, who have hit a stride with him (he missed Saturday’s game due to back spasms). However, the off-court issues in Miami are back to haunt Butler. Golden State Warriors forward Jimmy Butler III dribbles against the Charlotte Hornets in the second quarter at the Chase Center. (Cary Edmondson-Imagn Images)He is being sued by Five Star Marketing and Promotions Inc. for allegedly failing…

The flagship store of Xiaopeng Motors in Shanghai, China, on Feb. 18, 2025.CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty ImagesChinese electric car company Xpeng delivered more than 30,000 cars for a fourth-straight month in February, as its mass-market brand helped the company stand out in an otherwise tepid market.Xpeng delivered 30,453 cars last month, including more than 15,000 units of its lower-priced Mona vehicle, the company said over the weekend.Deliveries of the Mona M03, which include a basic driver-assist system, have topped 15,000 a month since December, according to company figures. Xpeng also said strong demand for driver-assist propelled deliveries of its P7+…

Trudie Styler attends the U.K. premiere of “Posso Entrare? An Ode to Naples” in London on Jan. 21, 2025.Dave Benett | Getty Images | Disney+When Trudie Styler was growing up in 1960s working-class England, her family expected her to become a typist at a paintbrush factory.But life turned out rather more grandly: Going to a good high school meant Styler “started to dream much bigger,” she told CNBC by video call. She trained as an actress, joined the Royal Shakespeare Company and met — and then married — Gordon Sumner, better known as rock star Sting. The couple have homes…

The parents of a newborn girl who died after childbirth complications at the Northern Beaches Hospital have described their overwhelming grief.

MANILA: The Philippines’ ambassador to Washington said on Monday (Mar 3) he was “confident” the two countries’ military ties would remain strong under the Donald Trump administration, while also acknowledging the unravelling of the US-Ukraine relationship. China and the Philippines have been involved in increasingly tense confrontations over reefs and waters in the South China Sea, which Beijing claims in almost its entirety despite a Hague ruling that its assertion has no basis. Ambassador Jose Manuel Romualdez said he believed that US backing in the disputed waterway and military assistance would continue, pointing to a US$336 million exemption granted amid a…

When the cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas was announced in January, Israelis and Palestinians burst into simultaneous celebrations, optimistic after 15 months of war.Now, with the first phase of the deal over on Sunday and Israel introducing an entirely new proposal that Hamas has already rejected, concern is rising that the fighting that reduced Gaza to rubble, killed tens of thousands of Palestinians and threatened the lives of hostages could resume.As the cease-fire teeters, both Hamas and Israel are pursuing two paths, one diplomatic and another military.On the diplomatic front, Hamas is insisting on the implementation of the second…

FIRST ON FOX: A House GOP lawmaker is unveiling legislation on Monday to memorialize President Donald Trump on U.S. currency.Rep. Brandon Gill, R-TX, told Fox News Digital he would be introducing a bill to put Trump’s likeness on the $100 note after his current term.”President Trump could be enjoying his golden years golfing and spending time with his family,” Gill said. “Instead, he took a bullet for this country and is now working overtime to secure our border, fix our uneven trade relationship with the rest of the world, make America energy independent again and put America first by ending…