Could better managing our very sickest patients be the path to lower costs of care?
Los Angeles Times via Getty Images
For two decades, value-based care has been built upon a simple premise: if we better manage the sickest patients, total costs of…
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North Korea’s former ‘head of state’ Kim Yong Nam dead at 97 | Politics News
Senior official known for his loyalty to the Kim family served as head of Supreme People’s Assembly for two decades.
Published On 4 Nov 2025
Kim Yong Nam, the former nominal head of state of…
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Rights group condemns Iran over children’s NGO closure, founder’s arrest
Iran’s security forces arrested child rights defender Hossein Mirbahari, a founding member of the Society for the Protection of Child Laborers and Street Children, at his sister’s home in Tehran on October 15.
New-York based Center for Human…
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India’s weight-loss drug boom and the risks behind it
Soutik BiswasIndia correspondent
ReutersIndia’s anti-obesity drug market has seen a sixfold jump in five years The calls come thick and fast to Mumbai-based diabetologist Rahul Baxi – but not just from patients struggling to control blood sugar.
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Daily World Briefing, Nov. 4
China to extend unilateral visa-free policy for over 40 countries, with Sweden newly added
China will extend its unilateral visa-exemption arrangements for more than 40 countries to Dec. 31, 2026, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning…
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Who is RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan ‘Hemedti’ Dagolo?
Alex de WaalAfrica analyst
Anadolu via Getty ImagesMohamed Hamdan Dagolo, known as “Hemedti”, has emerged as a dominant figure on Sudan’s political stage, with his paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) now controlling half of the country.
The RSF…
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Peru cuts ties with Mexico over asylum for ex-prime minister | News
Move comes after Betssy Chavez, who is on trial on coup charges, fled to the Mexican Embassy in Peru.
Published On 4 Nov 2025
Peru has severed diplomatic relations with Mexico after accusing…
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Mamdani, Cuomo or Sliwa? New Yorkers on their choice for mayor
New York City is electing its next mayor on Tuesday in a closely-watched race with national implications.
Zohran Mamdani, the state assembly member and Democratic candidate is the frontrunner. He is facing Republican Curtis Sliwa, and former…
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Trump says he will restrict federal funds for New York City if Mamdani wins | Donald Trump News
United States Republican President Donald Trump says he will restrict federal funds for New York City if Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani wins the city’s mayoral elections, to be held on Tuesday.
Trump said on his Truth Social platform on…
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Semi crashes over edge of Colorado mountain pass, killing New driver
A New York man driving a semitrailer in southern Colorado died Monday after crashing over the edge of a mountain pass, according to the state patrol.
A man was killed Nov. 3, 2025, after the semitruck he was driving on U.S. 160 over Wolf Creek… Continue Reading