The Daily Populous

Saturday May 17th, 2025 evening edition

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According to sources speaking to Reuters, the rations are spread across four warehouses in Houston, Djibouti, Durban, and Dubai and comprise cereals, pulses, and cooking oil.

The food, valued at $98 million, was intended for emergency distribution in hunger-stricken regions including Gaza, Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Most of it will now end up in incinerators or as animal feed.

Nearly 500 tons of high-energy biscuits in Dubai are set to expire in July, one former USAID official told Reuters.

The Trump administration has cut more than 80 percent of USAID programs, and food awaiting distribution is now rotting in warehouses.

She is “hopeful” that a solution will be found soon to get her product to those who desperately need it.

Children in similarly strife-torn areas could starve as a result of USAID cuts. »

Apple reassures India of commitment despite Trump’s objections

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Government sources told CNBC-TV18 that the tech giant has “assured the Indian government” of its continued commitment to using India as a major base for manufacturing its products.

I said to him, my friend, I am treating you very good… but now I hear you are building all over India.

Apple is also ramping up local production of iPhones, with exports hitting record highs in the past year. »

Tornado-spawning storms leave 21 dead in two states and swaths of destruction across central US

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A violent, tornado-spawning storm system tore across the central US, leaving at least 21 people dead in Missouri and southeastern Kentucky as it cut a path of destruction through several states.

The storms damaged homes and downed power lines across the Midwest and Great Lakes, brought by the same system that produced destructive storms and tornadoes Thursday.

She grabbed the dog, and her family took cover in the bathroom in the center of their home in Laurel County. »

Let’s Start Talking About Jail Time for Trump and His MAGA Enablers

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The misalignment is so bad, in fact, that the public tends to “misperceive good services” rendered by the government as coming from the private sector.

Because of that, the study concludes, the public’s “views of government don’t become more positive even if they directly benefit.”.

So let the cheap clickbait merchants beat on about how Democrats would be better off rolling over and playing dead. »