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Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla spoke to NDTV on a range of issues, key among them the vaccine for malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases, on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos.

The former Queensland premier said that ‘time is running out’ to get everything in order for the 2032 Brisbane Olympics. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAsked about the future of the weekly pro-Palestinian protests across Australia, Malarndirri McCarthy said as long as they are respectful and peaceful, “they are part of our democratic way”.It’s interesting, isn’t it? I mean, we are a democracy. Whatever the rally or protest is, we enable that. We allow that so long as it’s peaceful and respectful.Police across every jurisdiction in the country know they have to be prepared. Rally organisers, whoever they may be, also know they need to consult to be able to have access to those streets. Come on, let’s be mindful that these rallies, so long as they are held in a respectful manner, in a peaceful manner, they are part of our democratic way.I think when I look at the polls, Karl – and I think I’ve talked to you about this over the years, you know, when we went into the 2019 election – every poll said we were going to win. The reality is, you have to work every single day right up – and the only poll that does really count, and I believe that especially after that loss, is the one on election day. Continue reading...

A knife attacker in Germany killed a two-year-old child and a man and seriously wounded two other people on Wednesday, said police, who arrested an Afghan suspect at the scene.

President signs order amid reports of hundreds of troops being deployed to southern border and a push to bring back immediate expulsion ruleTrump to deploy troops to US-Mexico border in immigration crackdownDoJ says it will prosecute officials who resist immigration plansThe Wall Street Journal has spoken to some federal workers affected by the slew of executive orders signed by president Donald Trump at the outset of his second term as president, and reports “a sense of anxiety and confusion” among staff.One person, a product-support manager for the US navy, said “It’s leaving a lot of uncertainty that folks have never really had to feel. It seems like there is a level of distrust with how things are working.” Continue reading...

Mr Srinivas's remarks were in response to Nilekani's statements at the Meta AI Summit in October.

JD Vance, Mike Johnson and others had said those guilty of violence would be excluded before president changed tackUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump’s allies have been forced to perform political summersaults over his pardons for more than 1,500 rioters convicted of attacking the US Capitol after saying beforehand that no clemency would be shown to those guilty of violence or attacking police officers.The inauguration day pardons also threatened to trigger a revolt among Republican senators, several of whom bluntly condemned them without extending the criticism to Trump himself. Continue reading...

Homers Iliad is so canonical in world literature that even without having read the epic, most people are familiar with the broad scenario of the Trojan war, triggered by the Trojan prince Pariss abduction of the Greek beauty Helen.

Two Met officers denied hearing Clarke say ‘I can’t breathe’ before he died under restraint in 2018The family of a black man who died after being restrained by police officers who denied having heard him say “I can’t breathe” have condemned the police discipline system after two officers were cleared of gross misconduct.Kevin Clarke, 35, died while in police custody in 2018, with the restraint having lasted more than 30 minutes. Continue reading...