France’s former President Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial Monday over alleged illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign by the government of late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi France’s former President Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial Monday over alleged illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign by the government of late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi PARIS — France’s former President Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial Monday over alleged illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign by the government of late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. The so-called “Libyan case,” the biggest and possibly most shocking of several scandals involving Sarkozy, is scheduled…
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The next presidential term in Venezuela is set to begin Friday, when the ruling party-controlled congress will host a swearing-in ceremony for President Nicolás Maduro The next presidential term in Venezuela is set to begin Friday, when the ruling party-controlled congress will host a swearing-in ceremony for President Nicolás Maduro CARACAS, Venezuela — The next presidential term in Venezuela is set to begin Friday, when the ruling party-controlled congress hosts a swearing-in ceremony for President Nicolás Maduro, despite serious doubts about the validity of last year’s official election results. Maduro is expected to begin a third six-year term amid demonstrations…
Malaysia’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Najib Razak has won an appeal to pursue his bid to serve his remaining corruption sentence under house arrest Malaysia’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Najib Razak has won an appeal to pursue his bid to serve his remaining corruption sentence under house arrest PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia — Malaysia’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Najib Razak on Monday won an appeal to pursue his bid to serve his remaining corruption sentence under house arrest. In an application in April last year, Najib said he had clear information that then-King Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah issued an addendum order…
China’s “comfort women” and others expressed disappointment at the delay in registering documents on the list of the Memory of the World International Register. China’s “comfort women” and others expressed disappointment at the delay in registering documents on the list of the Memory of the World International Register. China’s “comfort women” and others expressed disappointment at the delay in registering documents on the list of the Memory of the World International Register.
A shooting attack on a bus carrying Israelis in the occupied West Bank has killed at least three people A shooting attack on a bus carrying Israelis in the occupied West Bank has killed at least three people TEL AVIV, Israel — A shooting attack on a bus carrying Israelis in the occupied West Bank killed at least three people and wounded seven others on Monday, Israeli medics said. Israel’s Magen David Adom rescue service said those killed included two women in their 60s and a man in his 40s. Violence has surged in the West Bank since Hamas’ Oct.…
Prosecutors say the death toll in the attack on a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg last month has risen to six as a woman succumbed to her injuries Prosecutors say the death toll in the attack on a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg last month has risen to six as a woman succumbed to her injuries People lay flowers in the cathedral square of Magdeburg, Germany, on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025, in remembrance for the victims of the attack at a Christmas market on Dec. 20, 2024. (Peter Gercke/dpa via AP)
A standoff between rival government forces outside the presidential compound in South Korea is a startling development, even for observers used to the country’s famously rough and tumble politics A standoff between rival government forces outside the presidential compound in South Korea is a startling development, even for observers used to the country’s famously rough and tumble politics TOKYO — A standoff between rival government forces outside the presidential compound in South Korea has been a startling development, even for observers used to the country’s famously rough and tumble politics. For weeks, impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol has remained in…
France’s former President Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial over allegations he received millions from Libya for his 2007 successful presidential campaign, in the latest — and biggest — of a series of legal cases involving him France’s former President Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial over allegations he received millions from Libya for his 2007 successful presidential campaign, in the latest — and biggest — of a series of legal cases involving him PARIS — France’s former President Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial Monday over allegations he received millions from Libya for his 2007 successful presidential campaign, in the latest —…
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby’s tenure in office ends Monday, after an investigation found that he failed to tell police about serial abuse by a volunteer at Christian summer camps as soon as he became aware of it Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby’s tenure in office ends Monday, after an investigation found that he failed to tell police about serial abuse by a volunteer at Christian summer camps as soon as he became aware of it FILE – Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby delivers his speech as Pope Francis presides over the first vespers on the day the Catholic church…
Austrian Freedom Party leader Herbert Kickl is meeting the country’s president as expectations mount that he will be tasked with trying to form a new government, which would be the first led by the far right since World War II Austrian Freedom Party leader Herbert Kickl is meeting the country’s president as expectations mount that he will be tasked with trying to form a new government, which would be the first led by the far right since World War II Austrian Freedom Party leader Herbert Kickl is meeting the country’s president as expectations mount that he will be tasked with…
Pope Francis is wrapping up a busy Christmas season Pope Francis is wrapping up a busy Christmas season ROME — Pope Francis wrapped up a busy Christmas season on Monday by calling for the faithful to promote a culture of welcome and integration in their communities and reject discrimination. Francis presided over Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica to mark Epiphany. According to the Bible, the feast marks the day that three wise men guided by a star came to visit the newborn Jesus. Francis said the star, in guiding humanity to God, doesn’t discriminate among ethnic, linguistic or national groups…
The presence of Israeli troops who entered a U.N. buffer zone on the border with Syria following the fall of President Bashar Assad is frustrating the local population The presence of Israeli troops who entered a U.N. buffer zone on the border with Syria following the fall of President Bashar Assad is frustrating the local population QUNEITRA, Syria — A main road in the provincial capital of Quneitra in southern Syria was blocked with mounds of dirt, fallen palm trees and a metal pole that appeared to have once been a traffic light. On the other side of the barriers,…
Pope Francis has named Cardinal Robert McElroy of San Diego as the archbishop of Washington, D Pope Francis has named Cardinal Robert McElroy of San Diego as the archbishop of Washington, D ROME — Pope Francis on Monday named Cardinal Robert McElroy of San Diego as the archbishop of Washington, tapping one of his most progressively like-minded allies to head the Catholic Church in the U.S. capital at the start of the second Trump Administration. McElroy, 70, replaces Cardinal Wilton Gregory, who at 77 is two years beyond the normal retirement age for bishops. The Vatican announced the appointment in…
London police say a man has been charged with assisting a former British soldier later convicted of spying for Iran in his escape from prison London police say a man has been charged with assisting a former British soldier later convicted of spying for Iran in his escape from prison LONDON — A man has been charged with assisting a former British soldier later convicted of spying for Iran in his escape from a London prison, police said Monday. Imran Chowdury, 25, was charged with one count of assisting an escaped prisoner for helping Daniel Khalife after he broke out…
This is a MedPage Today story. This story was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. In states with abortion bans, ProPublica has found, pregnant women have bled to death, succumbed to fatal infections, and wound up in morgues with what medical examiners recorded were “products of conception” still in their bodies. These are the very kinds of cases state maternal mortality review committees are supposed to delve into, determining why they happened and how to stop them from happening…
This is a MedPage Today story. It seems simple: Require hospitals and insurers to post their negotiated prices for most healthcare services and — bingo — competition follows, yielding lower costs for consumers. But nearly 4 years after the first Trump administration’s regulations forced hospitals to post massive amounts of pricing information online, the effect on patients’ costs is unclear. And while President Joe Biden added requirements to make pricing information more user-friendly, Donald Trump’s imminent return to the White House has raised questions about what’s next, even though posting prices is an area of rare bipartisan agreement. The uncertainty…
This is a MedPage Today story. Many of President-elect Donald Trump’s candidates for federal health agencies have promoted policies and goals that put them at odds with one another or with Trump’s choice to run the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Robert F. Kennedy Jr., setting the stage for internal friction over public health initiatives. The picks hold different views on matters such as limits on abortion, the safety of childhood vaccines, the COVID-19 response, and the use of weight-loss medications. The divide pits Trump picks who adhere to more traditional and orthodox science, such as the long-held,…
This is a MedPage Today story. This story is part of a series called “Ozempic: Weighing the Risks and Benefits.” It was produced in part through a grant from the NIHCM Foundation. Since she lost her job this summer as a bariatric surgeon, Lana Nelson, DO, has a phone message that tells callers, “I’m probably out on the trails” hiking near Grand Junction, Colorado. For 19 years until this fall, Nelson worked at the Norman Regional Health System’s “Journey Clinic,” a large weight-loss surgery program 15 miles south of Oklahoma City. For the last 12, she was its medical director.…
This is a MedPage Today story. Some doctors had a sleepless night when the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology’s (ABPN) online certification program locked them out earlier than the expected deadline — leading some to believe they would lose their board certification. Physicians were working on their quizzes to maintain board certification late on the evening of Saturday, Dec. 14, when the online tool shut down — ahead of the expected deadline of 11:59 p.m. Central Time on Sunday, Dec. 15. “I almost had a heart attack thinking that I would no longer be board certified,” one physician told…
This is a MedPage Today story. This story is part of a series called “Ozempic: Weighing the Risks and Benefits.” It was produced in part through a grant from the NIHCM Foundation. This is a sidebar to a story on how bariatric surgeons are being put out of work as a result of the rise in GLP-1 drugs. For the main story, click here. Sandra Sio weighed 300 pounds and couldn’t diet it away. For years she tried with no luck. The 35-year-old San Diego-area dental office manager and single mother of two said she went to her doctor in…