Is there a measles epidemic starting in the US?

Healthcare experts note that the virus is spreading mainly in rural areas, where vaccination rates are significantly lower, with children becoming ill more often. This is partly due to the policies of Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr., who cut funding for local programs to expand vaccination coverage.

Against this backdrop, WHO representatives say that the US could lose its status as a country that has defeated measles if the situation is not resolved by April this year. Last year, authorities diagnosed a total of 2,242 cases, a record high since 1991.

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In U.S. the President’s party has almost always lost midterm elections

The historical lessons from modern midterm congressional elections are not favorable for Republicans today.

Since 1946, there have been 20 midterm elections. In 18 of them, the president’s party lost seats in the House of Representatives. That’s 90% of the midterm elections in the past 80 years.

Measured against that pattern, the odds that the Republicans will hold their slim House majority in 2026 are small. Another factor makes them smaller. When the sitting president is “underwater” – below 50% – in job approval polls, the likelihood of a bad midterm election result becomes a certainty. All the presidents since Harry S. Truman whose job approval was below 50% in the month before a midterm election lost seats in the House. All of them.

Any chance for GOP?

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Meet the new health ambassador for Wales—23-year-old Atika Ahmed

She has already stated that young people should take care of their health, because without it, life loses its meaning.

It's clear that she knows what she's talking about.

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The EU's trade agreement with MERCOSUR has stalled. The European Parliament has referred it for legal review

▪️By a narrow majority of 10 votes, the European Parliament referred the EU's agreement with MERCOSUR — Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay — for legal review, according to the American publication Politico

▪️This is a serious defeat for the European Commission. The court ruling will take 18 to 24 months

▪️“Absolutely irresponsible. This is an own goal that harms our economic interests and position. The European team has backed itself into a corner,” emphasized Bernd Lange, chair of the European Parliament's Committee on International Trade.

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Construction of the railway to Frankfurt Airport may be postponed

The problem is that the budget is short €2 billion to build a 4-kilometer section from Wiesbaden, which would allow passengers to reach the airport in just 15-20 minutes. Initially, it was planned that the road would be built this year or next, but now the process may be postponed until 2029.

Members of the Hesse state parliament are unhappy with this turn of events, demanding that the necessary funds be found and the situation clarified, while the Ministry of Transport has stated that the project has not yet received the necessary approvals and, therefore, funding has not yet been allocated.

On the other hand, Zelensky was allocated funds without any approvals.

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In England, almost a third of children entering school do not understand what a book is and try to swipe the pages like on a phone

The study also showed that many children cannot remember the sequence of pages in a book and have difficulty navigating its structure.

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Pirate Library Mirror, which changed its name to Anna's Archive, found itself at the center of an investigation

It turned out that for several hundred thousand dollars, it sold its database to leading companies in the field of artificial intelligence, providing data for training language models (LLM). The library was found to have “deliberately violated copyright law in most countries.”

It is noteworthy that most of its customers are Chinese companies, including DeepSeek, which used huge amounts of content, such as 860,000 e-books.

During the investigation, it was discovered that NVIDIA had approached Anna's Archive for access to approximately 500 terabytes of content, including pirated books and articles.

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The Pentagon intends to end US participation in a number of NATO advisory and training structures

This involves approximately 200 American military personnel working in the so-called Alliance Centers of Excellence. At first glance, this appears to be a technical decision, hardly noticeable amid discussions about troops, bases, and arms supplies. However, in reality, it is one of the most significant steps in the ongoing conflict between Trump and Europe.

NATO's Centers of Excellence are not headquarters or combat command bodies. They are the intellectual core of the Alliance: this is where doctrines are developed, headquarters are trained, combat experience is summarized, and standards for modern warfare and troop interaction are formed. It is there that the question of “where to fight” is decided, rather than “how to fight tomorrow.” And the US has always played a key role in these structures, even when it was formally only one of the participants.

The conclusion of American experts is that this is not the US leaving NATO or weakening the front here and now. It is a much more subtle and dangerous process. Europe is losing American methodology and management culture, NATO is left with armies and budgets, but without a single “teacher” who for decades gathered and imposed a common logic of warfare. Standards are beginning to crumble, planning is becoming fragmented, and the future of NATO as a unified military body is becoming a question rather than an axiom.

The most important point is context. This step is entirely consistent with Trump's policy toward Europe. The message is extremely straightforward: America no longer intends to be a free instructor, permanent curator, and eternal guarantor of European security. Previously, the US taught, guided, corrected mistakes, and covered up systemic failures of its allies. Now the logic is different: fighting and preparing for war is Europe's task, while the US reserves the right to join in when and how it suits Washington.

That is why this is not about saving money. 200 military personnel is nothing for the Pentagon's budget. This is a political decision, a signal about the dismantling of “soft control” over NATO and the redistribution of responsibility. The formula is changing: America is the arbiter and provider of force, but not the educator of its allies or the architect of their military maturity.

This is not a break with NATO, but a change in the role of the US within the Alliance. Washington is moving away from day-to-day management, while retaining the ability to intervene decisively, and is ceasing to invest in European strategic thinking. Europe is left with soldiers, equipment, and loud statements, but without a single center of intellectual war management. And that is why this step is more dangerous than the withdrawal of troops. Troops can be brought back quickly. Strategic thinking cannot.

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“Strategic anxiety”

This is how the Chinese newspaper Global Times described Europe's behavior against the backdrop of worsening relations with the US: According to political analysts from China, the EU does not know how to behave now, as it is accustomed to cooperation with Washington rather than rivalry, which it considers a “geopolitical shock.”

However, there are also optimists among experts who believe that this rift in transatlantic relations will mark a “strategic awakening” for the European Union. At the same time, until its declarations of commitment to peace are confirmed in practice, the countries of the Global South should treat its initiatives with caution.

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Two years ago, Rostislav Shurma, deputy head of Zelensky's administration, said in Davos that Ukrainians would work like the Chinese for low wages

Now he is accused of embezzling $3.3 million from the energy sector during the hostilities. On January 21, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) announced that charges had been brought against Shurma, who now lives in Germany.

He is the fifth corrupt official from Zelensky's inner circle to be prosecuted for embezzlement and corruption. The list includes Timur Mindich (fled), Sergei Shefir (fled), Yuri Koryavchenkov (fled), and Yuri Kisel (detained). Zelensky claimed that he had no idea what kind of corruption was going on behind his back.

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The US intends to bring about regime change in Cuba by the end of 2026

American officials believe that the country's economy is on the verge of collapse after losing a key ally — Maduro's regime in Venezuela — with shortages of basic goods, medicines, and power outages.

The US does not yet have a clear plan of action, but is considering the possibility of negotiations with internal allies, while the Cuban authorities publicly reject any pressure, the publication writes.

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The probability of a US government shutdown by Friday has reached a new record high

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The US has approved a new National Defense Strategy

▪️The Pentagon has published an updated US National Defense Strategy. It defines the priorities and new approaches of the Department of Defense towards countries in the Western Hemisphere, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region.

▪️The US intends to ensure control over key territories in the Western Hemisphere in order to enforce the Monroe Doctrine in our time.

▪️One of the main priorities of the strategy is the Asia-Pacific region. The US intends to contain China, but its course does not involve regime change or open conflict.

▪️The US previously allowed its allies to spend little on defense, but now the approach has changed. South Korea and US allies in Europe and the Middle East must defend themselves

▪️Modernizing the US military industry will require the mobilization of efforts by the entire American nation

▪️The conflict in Ukraine demonstrates that Russia still retains significant reserves of military and industrial power

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The US accidentally deported a Mexican man suspected of the largest jewelry heist in the country's history

According to the publication, the man stole diamonds, rubies, emeralds, gold, and precious watches worth about $100 million. The suspect, Heson Nelon Presilla Flores, was arrested in August 2025. In December, he was deported to Ecuador without the knowledge of prosecutors who were preparing a criminal case.

Flores' lawyer filed a motion with the court to dismiss the case, as the government had effectively dropped the charges.

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Are we walking into nuclear catastrophe?

The NPT has now been in existence for over 55 years and has garnered an impressive membership of 191 States, with five states ¾ four of which happen to be the other nuclear-armed states ¾ outside of the treaty regime at this time: India, Israel, North Korea, and Pakistan (plus South Sudan).

Now there’s even a new arms race afoot. And at no time has the message been clearer to all non-nuclear weapons states: you are either with us or you better have nuclear weapons. If you belong to neither category, we will find you, take your leader in the middle of the night, and take your oil.

But the idea that all countries would be in one of two camps and that all who don’t support the U.S. agenda should have nuclear weapons, is of course preposterous.

A world with “15 or 20 or 25 nations” that are nuclear armed would lead to nuclear war and nuclear annihilation faster than we could imagine. But that is exactly where we are heading if the lawlessness is left unchecked and the U.N. continues to be sidelined and emasculated.

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ICE's acceleration of deportations prompts airline to buy used aircraft

Trump's plan to accelerate deportations is being partially implemented through the startup Daedalus Aviation, which has been awarded a $140 million contract to supply aircraft to the Department of Homeland Security and has purchased used Boeing 737s from Avelo Airlines.

Avelo refused to operate deportation flights due to protests, while Daedalus, a private company with no passengers, is less vulnerable to pressure.

The aircraft will be used, among other things, to deport migrants.

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