The New York Times

The United States’ childhood vaccine schedule has been overhauled, with routine vaccination against six diseases that can be serious or even deadly, not recommended.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: For the second time in three weeks, Mr Mamdani is facing intense scrutiny for the years-old social media behaviour of a high-level appointee, forcing him to answer for his vetting processes.

Five years after rioters stormed the Capitol building on January 6, 2021, Democrats highlighted Donald Trump’s role in stoking the mob and forcefully rebutted his efforts to rewrite the history of the attack.

With 2025 done and dusted and another busy holiday season wrapped up, pause to spare a thought for your brain.

Walking is good for your body. But can it be your only form of exercise?

President Trump has said since his first term that he wants to acquire Greenland, and he asked aides for an updated plan on Monday. European leaders reject the President’s assertions.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The practice of allowing a physician to help severely ill patients end their lives has been legalised in nine countries, however there are still major questions about who should be eligible.

Denmark’s Prime Minister issued a grave warning that if the US President acted on his desire for the mineral-rich territory, it would mean the end of NATO, the world’s strongest defensive alliance.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Vladimir Putin was Nicolas Maduro’s ally, but allies come and go. Worldviews, and the desire to force the world to conform to them, stay. Mr Putin’s world has just become more harmonious. 

The new years is a time where certain thoughts are stirred up, like should you give up coffee?

‘You cannot imagine seeing all those young people piled up in the bar, dead.’

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro is now in a New York prison. Some of what happens next is predictable, but the extraordinary nature of the case makes much unclear.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: President Donald Trump has announced the United States will ‘run’ Venezuela following an advanced military operation that saw President Nicolás Maduro and his wife captured.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The Government of Israel on Friday accused Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York of antisemitism, following his decision the day before to cancel two executive orders issued by his predecessor.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the ’overhaul’ was underway to make Ukraine ‘more resilient’.