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Welcome back. In the news today: Trump signs an executive order calling for spacing out childhood vaccines; Iran demands war reparations; and Colombia searches for its missing after a deadly earthquake. Also, the world preps for a spectacular total solar eclipse.
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President Donald Trump signs an executive order as Jayme Franklin, left, and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. watch Monday, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Trump signs order calling for spacing out childhood vaccines, against medical groups’ guidance
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The order advocates separating the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine into three different single-disease shots and administering all childhood immunizations at separate appointments whenever possible. Read more.
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Trump scoffs at Iran’s demand for war reparations
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Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei stressed that Iran will not reopen the Strait of Hormuz until the U.S. meets its conditions. This includes compensation for war damage, a demand President Donald Trump said Tehran’s negotiators hadn’t raised until now. Read more.
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Trump responded that he is now demanding “compensation from Iran, for all of the people that they have killed and gravely wounded with their roadside bombs and many conflicts.” The U.S. government has blamed Iran-backed militants for the deaths and injuries of hundreds of Americans over several decades, including more than 600 U.S. troops killed in Iraq between 2003 and 2011.
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Powerful 7.4 earthquake devastates Colombia
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Search and rescue efforts were underway early Tuesday in dozens of cities and towns in western Colombia after an earthquake struck the region, killing at least 111 people and leaving many trapped under the debris of damaged and destroyed buildings. Read more.
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The U.S. State Department announced it would provide $15.5 million for emergency shelter, food and other aid. Governments across Latin America also lined up to help. The earthquake left many in the region unnerved after two back-to-back quakes struck Venezuela in late June, destroying hundreds of buildings and killing more than 6,300 people.
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The partial solar eclipse is framed by youngsters jumping on a trampoline in the outskirts of Lahore, Pakistan, 2022. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
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