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Buttigieg Blames Climate Change for Rise in Severe Flight Turbulence

Please fasten your seatbelts and remain seated at all times, it looks like we’re in for a bumpy flight. No less an authority than Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says so, claiming Sunday that climate change is one of the driving forces behind a rise in severe flight turbulence.

ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA - APRIL 24: U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg speaks during

W.H.O. Seeks $7 Billion After Latest Pandemic Treaty Draft Collapses

The World Health Organization (W.H.O.) on Sunday launched a new financing mechanism seeking $7 billion in donations it claims can be deployed without strings attached. Fresh staffing hires for the Geneva, Switzerland-based organization are at the top of the to-do list once funds are secured.

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus reacts during the opening of the World Hea

No Deal: W.H.O. Fails to Secure Global Pandemic Treaty

No deal. That was the message for World Health Organization (W.H.O.) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday after his proposed global pandemic treaty was rejected after two years of closed-door meetings in Geneva, Switzerland.

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus briefs the pre

Kinzinger Dismisses Haley’s Support for Trump as ‘Pathetic’

Former GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley was dismissed as “pathetic” for saying Wednesday she plans to support former President Donald Trump over President Joe Biden in the general election come November, with erstwhile Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) delivering the character appraisal.

Representative Adam Kinzinger, a Republican from Illinois, makes his closing statement dur