China and Russia vow to elevate relationship as US president issues executive orders on domestic and global issues and delays TikTok ban.

Trump has often spoken warmly of Putin but Monday in the Oval Office, the newly inaugurated president made some of the most critical comments he’s ever made.

Trump’s pardon came after Sutton and Zabavsky were unanimously found guilty by a federal grand jury in 2022 of conspiracy to obstruct and obstruction of justice over the incident, as well as second-degree murder in Sutton’s case. The D.C. Police Union asked for a pardon for the pair.

In his inaugural address, President Donald Trump did not directly mention Ukraine, but his restraint highlights the growing realization that ending the war may prove more challenging than previously anticipated,

At his desk in the Oval Office, presidential executive orders stacked up ready for his signature, Donald Trump reacted with excitement as one gold-embossed dossier was put in front of him.

The WHO is a United Nations agency that aims to expand universal health coverage, coordinates responses to health emergencies such as pandemics, and has a broad focus on healthy lives. It does not have the power to enforce health policy, but influences policy worldwide, especially in low-income countries.

The U.S. withdrawal from WHO has seismic implications on issues like prevention of future pandemics, and the stakes are especially high for Canada.

Global health law professor Lawrence Gostin explains the risks of the US withdrawal from the World Health Organization.

WHO funds are spent on a range of global health projects—programs to eradicate polio, rapidly respond to health emergencies, improve access to vaccines and medicines, develop pandemic prevention strategies, and more. The loss of US funding is likely to have a significant impact on at least some of these programs.

On his first day in office, Donald Trump signed an executive order withdrawing the United States from the WHO. Experts and professionals around the world are concerned by the news, which also comes at a critical time for the United States due to the development of avian flu.

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