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As President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump descend on Atlanta for a highly anticipated debate, the political atmosphere is electric. Adding to the mix, independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will be participating in his own way. While he doesn’t meet CNN’s official debate requirements, Kennedy will provide real-time answers to debate questions via a live stream on X, the social media platform owned by Elon Musk. Dubbed the “real debate,” the alternative broadcast aims to present Kennedy’s point of view directly to the public. In a surprising turn of events, Melania Trump's position remains unknown just hours…

A recent survey conducted by a Chinese business group in the United States shows that Chinese companies are still interested in doing business in the United States, even though things are difficult. Most companies surveyed (nearly 60%) want to continue investing the same amount of money in the United States, and some (30%) even want to invest more. The survey also found that many Chinese companies are concerned about the U.S.-China relationship and the overall health of the U.S. economy. More than 60% of respondents believe the economic environment in the United States is worsening. There is also much more…

Countries with limited budgets usually choose to pay for health services considered more essential, such as vaccines, rather than reproductive health, said Dr. Ayman Abdelmohsen, head of the family planning branch of UNFPA's technical division, because they produce more immediate results. return. But a recent push by UNFPA for low-income countries to shoulder more of the costs has led 44 governments to sign up to a new financing model that commits them to increasing their contributions to reproductive health every year. Even so, there was a significant global shortfall of around $95 million in product purchases last year. Donors currently…

When President Vladimir V. Putin travels abroad — as he did this week to North Korea and Vietnam to strengthen alliances and cultivate security ties amid Russia's war in Ukraine — he usually flies on Ilyushin Il-series jets 96 of Soviet design. With his latest trip coming shortly after plane crashes that killed two other world leaders, President Ebrahim Raisi of Iran and Vice President Saulos Chilima of Malawi, a Kremlin spokesperson found it necessary recently to reassure the Russian public that Putin's planes were “very reliable. “ Although Russian airlines have abandoned Ilyushin models in favor of new Western…

Tymofii Brik, a sociologist at the Kyiv School of Economics, said polls “suggest that the willingness to defend the nation among Ukrainians has remained constant” throughout the war, with about a third of people indicating a willingness to serve. However, Ukraine's mobilization has opened up painful divisions in society. Vitaliy Bondarenko, a 29-year-old conscript officer from Lviv, said the men ran away every time his vehicle stopped. “They see us and run away,” he said. Many Ukrainian soldiers resent those who try to avoid the draft, arguing that their actions weaken their country's war effort. “Given the intensity of the…