Bipartisan senators press Trump admin on funding vaccines for poor countries

Bipartisan senate appropriators are urging the State Department to restore $600 million the Trump administration is withholding from Gavi, an international humanitarian group that distributes vaccines to developing countries.  In a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio led by Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine), chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), the……

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At Least 10 Die As Russia Hits Zaporizhzhya And Kramatorsk, Ukraine Fires New Missile At Russian Plant

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — Russian forces dropped heavy “glide bombs” on the central Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhya, officials said on May 5, killing at least 10 people and wounding nearly a dozen others. Ukraine, meanwhile, launched its newest long-range cruise missile, along with a volley of drones, at Russia’s central Chuvashia region, located nearly 1,200 kilometers…

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