| US defunding of Palestinian refugee agency creates crisis for Jordan Posted: 12 Sep 2018 12:36 PM PDT ![US defunding of Palestinian refugee agency creates crisis for Jordan]( "US defunding of Palestinian refugee agency creates crisis for Jordan") Although never great with numbers, Ahmed Ibrahim says every day he sees the impact of a budget deficit on his home. Because of staff shortages at the local UNRWA health clinic, Mr. Ibrahim must now wait up to six hours to see a nurse for his chronic cough – often times he is only seen for a total of three minutes. Trash in front of his home and across the camp has been piling up since March, when UNRWA, the UN relief agency administering to Palestinian refugees, was forced to lay off most of its part-time street cleaners and sanitation workers following an initial round of US funding cuts.
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| The FDA’s crackdown on teen vaping Posted: 12 Sep 2018 11:58 AM PDT ![The FDA's crackdown on teen vaping]( "The FDA's crackdown on teen vaping") A hallmark of the modern era is the length to which societies will go to protect their most innocent – children. On Sept. 12, for example, the Food and Drug Administration launched its largest coordinated enforcement action in the agency's history, aimed at the marketing and selling of e-cigarettes to teenagers. The FDA cited an "epidemic" rise in teen vaping over the past year, especially in the most popular brand, Juul, which entices young people with candylike flavors while delivering a strong dose of nicotine.
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| Why good economic numbers aren’t giving Trump a boost in the polls Posted: 12 Sep 2018 11:28 AM PDT ![Why good economic numbers aren't giving Trump a boost in the polls]( "Why good economic numbers aren't giving Trump a boost in the polls") The second is the unemployment rate for August. Both are evidence of a really, really strong economy – though they're not as historically unique as President Trump sometimes boasts. The former is the percentage of Americans who approve of the job Mr. Trump is doing, according to an average of major polls at time of writing.
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| In Albania, new Turkish mosque stirs old resentments Posted: 12 Sep 2018 10:58 AM PDT ![In Albania, new Turkish mosque stirs old resentments]( "In Albania, new Turkish mosque stirs old resentments") With its four minarets towering over the Albanian parliament next door, no visitor can miss the Great Mosque of Tirana. When completed in 2019, the hulking new central mosque will be the biggest in the Balkans, with enough room for 5,000 worshipers. Not all Albanians are happy about that – including many Muslims, who make up an estimated 60 percent of the population.
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