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New York Governor Signs Bills To Preserve Mandatory Vaccines Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed legislation to preserve vaccine requirements for children. Hochul, on May 15, signed two bills that decouple New York’s vaccine requirements from the federal government, after the Trump administration rolled back recommendations for hepatitis B and other vaccines. “When public health comes under attack by an anti-science administration, New York fights back,” Hochul, a Democrat, said in a statement. She added that the legislation “protects access to lifesaving vaccines for New...

Ukraine Pushes Congress For Russia Sanctions Before Election Recess Authored by RFE/RL staff via OilPrice.com, Ukraine's top sanctions official says he remains optimistic about prospects for a sweeping Russia sanctions bill in the US Congress despite growing uncertainty over when the House of Representatives will take it up, as lawmakers face a sharply shortened legislative calendar ahead of the November elections. Vladyslav Vlasiuk, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's sanctions commissioner, spent this week in Washington meeting lawmakers and congressional staff as Kyiv presses Congress to advance the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and...

Iran's Financial Hub, The UAE, May Freeze Billions In Assets Over Retaliatory Strikes The United Arab Emirates is pissed after Iran targeted Dubai and other US allies with over 1,000 drones and missiles in retaliation for US-Israeli attacks over the last week - and is now weighing freezing billions of dollars in Iranian assets held in the Gulf state, according to the WSJ, citing people familiar with the discussions. If that happens, it could sever one of Tehran's most vital economic lifelines.  A black plume of smoke rises from a warehouse at the industrial area of Sharjah...