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President Trump's Cuts To USAID Could Result In A "Staggering" 14 Million Avoidable Deaths By 2030

A photo showing a group of protestors outside the White House holding signs related to saving USAID. The protestors are all dressed for winter weather and their signs vary from ones that say "USAID saves lives", "buys American" and "Keeps us safe", as well as posters that show people from different parts of the world under the header of "The face of foreign aid".

President Trump's Cuts To USAID Could Result In A "Staggering" 14 Million Avoidable Deaths By 2030

A photo showing a group of protestors outside the White House holding signs related to saving USAID. The protestors are all dressed for winter weather and their signs vary from ones that say "USAID saves lives", "buys American" and "Keeps us safe", as well as posters that show people from different parts of the world under the header of "The face of foreign aid".

President Trump's Cuts To USAID Could Result In A "Staggering" 14 Million Avoidable Deaths By 2030

Beyond excess deaths, the cuts would also significantly impact global efforts to achieve Sustainable Development Goals.

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Kimalu The Beluga Whale Undergoes Pioneering Surgery And Becomes First Beluga To Survive General Aesthetic

An entire team of staff help assist a beluga whale onto a streacher before surgery. The whale is in a shallow water pool inside a medical building.

Kimalu The Beluga Whale Undergoes Pioneering Surgery And Becomes First Beluga To Survive General Aesthetic

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Alaska’s Wilderness At Risk As Trump Opens “Up To 82 Percent” Of National Reserve To Drilling

The National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska is a 23-million-acre expanse on Alaska's North Slope.

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Alaska’s Wilderness At Risk As Trump Opens “Up To 82 Percent” Of National Reserve To Drilling

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RFK Jr Suggested Letting Bird Flu Run Through Farms – Experts Still Think It’s A Bad Idea

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“Life-Changing” Gene Therapy Restores Hearing In Deaf Patients Within Weeks After Just One Shot

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Out Of All Greenhouse Gas Emitters On Earth, One US Organization Takes The Biscuit

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In November 2026, A Human-Made Object Will Reach A Light-Day From Earth For First Time In History

Pale Blue Dot: The most distant image we have of Earth.

In November 2026, A Human-Made Object Will Reach A Light-Day From Earth For First Time In History

It took the spacecraft nearly five decades to get there. It takes light a day.

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NASA's Perseverance Rover May Have Recorded Evidence Of Electrified Dust Devils On Mars

A Martian dust devil, which devoured a smaller dust devil.

NASA's Perseverance Rover May Have Recorded Evidence Of Electrified Dust Devils On Mars

On Sol 215, Perseverance's microphones were open as it entered the eye of a dust devil, finding a "very sharp and intense" signal.

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Colossal’s “Dire Wolves” Are Now 6 Months Old – And They’ve Doubled In Size

Colossal’s “Dire Wolves” Are Now 6 Months Old – And They’ve Doubled In Size

Since the arrival of the trio, the cubs have not been without controversy.

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What Happened When A Kansas Family Lived With 2,055 Brown Recluse Spiders For 5 And A Half Years

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What Happened When A Kansas Family Lived With 2,055 Brown Recluse Spiders For 5 And A Half Years

Over several months, researchers found and killed over 2,000 Loxosceles reclusa in the "highly infested" home.

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