Healing The Divide Channel

"As a result of President Trump's efforts, TikTok is back in the US."

TikTok is restoring service in the US after President-elect Donald Trump said he would "make a deal" when he returns to power today: https://cna.asia/4jpyGrI

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Can Singapore afford to sit out the medical tourism pie? Super-rich foreign patients are increasingly flocking to Malaysia and Thailand after Singapore scaled back on investing in serving them about a decade ago.

CNA TODAY finds out why: https://cna.asia/4jkHmQa

WALL STREET JOURNAL:
'TRUMP TEAM SIDELINES RFK JR.’S ANTIVACCINE AIDES'

“Two vaccine skeptics who had been advising Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. as he prepares to become health secretary have been sidelined by Trump transition officials, people familiar with the matter said, underscoring a split over immunizations in the “Make America Healthy Again” movement.
Adviser Stefanie Spear and lawyer Aaron Siri had asked prospective administration hires about their beliefs around vaccines even if they were interviewing for posts that had little to do with immunizations, people familiar with the interviews said. Kennedy, whose hearings to lead the Department of Health and Human Services could start on Capitol Hill as early as next week, also lobbed questions related to inoculation, the people said.
The questions were different from those asked in separate meetings with President-elect Donald Trump’s staff, according to some of the people. Trump’s team asked about topics traditionally important to conservatives, such as the size of government and deregulation.
Siri is no longer advising the presidential transition, a transition spokeswoman confirmed, and people familiar with the matter said his vaccine stances played a role. Spear, who had told others she would be Kennedy’s chief of staff, was passed over for that post in favor of a veteran of the first Trump administration—in part because of her vaccine priorities and in part because of her lack of experience, according to people familiar with the matter.”

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JUST IN: The US Supreme Court has unanimously upheld a law banning TikTok by Sunday unless it's sold by Chinese parent company ByteDance.
https://cna.asia/4g1sraH

Outgoing US President Joe Biden has granted clemency to nearly 2,500 people, the most ever in a day in the country’s history.

He hands over the Oval Office to Donald Trump on Monday: https://cna.asia/3CedLqY