Australian prime minister refuses apology for ‘classless’ melon...

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has rejected repeated calls to apologize to Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi over offensive and disrespectful comments he made on a comedy podcast in early July regarding an exchange at the leaders’ recent meeting. Albanese appeared to gesture in front of his chest while discussing a gift of Japanese melons […]

Russia frees imprisoned US Marine over health concerns

Russia freed former U.S. Marine Robert Gilman upon the urging of U.S. officials so he could receive medical care in the United States. Gilman, 32, was released after 1,666 days in prison, having been arrested on Jan. 17, 2022. Eric Lebson, chief strategy ​officer of Global Reach, an advocacy group for Americans imprisoned abroad representing […]

The rot in our organ transplant system goes...

Welcome to Tuesday’s edition of Washington Secrets. Last week, RFK Jr. took decisive action against an organ procurement organization, detailing cases in which potential donors woke up or showed signs of consciousness on the operating table. Yet, as we show, concerns about the 55 nonprofit groups that procure organs run much deeper than that. Plus, […]

Ten Truth Social customers for $100,000 early access...

Over 10 customers have signed up for Truth Social’s new Truth API program, which offers paid subscribers the “fastest” access to posts in real-time, within the first two weeks of the product’s launch. APIs, or application programming interfaces, allow firms and businesses that would benefit from early access to influential social media posts to have […]

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