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Aid workers face increasingly dangerous situation: UN
United Nations, Aug 20 Aid workers around the world are working in increasingly dangerous and unstable situations and are being killed, injured, kidnapped and harassed on a daily basis, a UN official warned. Addressing a commemorative event for World Humanitarian Day, Ramesh Rajasingham, senior official of the UN Office for ...Green veggies, supplements can help fight inflammatory bowel disease
Beijing, Aug 19 Eating a lot of green vegetables along with dietary supplement chlorophyllin alleviates inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, according to researchers. In addition, chlorophyllin -- a compound derived from the green pigment found in plants -- also significantly reduces mortality related to IBD, ...Spanish wildfires under control amid rain
Madrid, Aug 18 Long-awaited rains have aided emergency workers in subduing raging wildfires in the eastern Spanish province of Valencia, authorities said on Thursday. Spanish emergency services tweeted on Thursday that the spread of the fire has been arrested and that the flames could be extinguished in many areas, reports ...How post-Covid loss of smell or taste affects cognition
Sao Paulo, Aug 18 Patients with the most severe post-Covid smell and taste disorders are likely to perform worst in cognitive tests, especially when these involve memory, finds a study strengthening the hypothesis that loss of smell could be an early sign of the impending onset of Alzheimer's disease. In ...US Fed indicates further rate hikes
Washington, Aug 18 US Federal Reserve officials indicated that further rate hikes could follow as they saw "little evidence" that inflation pressures were subsiding, according to the minutes of the Fed's latest policy meeting. "Uncertainty about the medium-term course of inflation remained high, and the balance of inflation risks remained ...N.Korea fires 2 cruise missiles: Seoul official
Seoul, Aug 17 North Korea test-fired two cruise missiles toward the Yellow Sea on Wednesday, a South Korean military official said, as President Yoon Suk-yeol held a press conference to mark the 100th day since taking office. "(The military) has detected two cruise missiles launched by North Korea from Onchon, ...Underwater snow on Earth gives clues about Europa’s icy shell
New York, Aug 16 Studying a bizarre underwater snow below ice shelves on Earth can help understand the ice shell Jupiter's moon Europa, according to researchers. Europa is a rocky world about the size of the Earth's moon that is surrounded by a global ocean and a miles-thick ice shell. ...Biden calls India, US ‘indispensable partners’
Washington, Aug 15 US President Joe Biden on Sunday called India and the US "indispensable partners" on the eve of the 75th anniversary of India's independence. "The United States joins the people of India to honour its democratic journey, guided by Mahatma Gandhi's enduring message of truth and non-violence," Biden ...Why a low-calorie diet may not help everyone lose weight?
Toronto, Aug 14 While eating a diet that's low in calories helps in shedding that extra kilos, it may not help individuals with difficult-to-treat obesity lose weight -- and keep it off, finds a study that emphasises the need for exercise among such people. Understanding distinct obesity phenotypes is key ...Suspect faces attempted murder charge after attack on Salman Rushdie
London, Aug 13 The man suspected of stabbing British author Salman Rushdie has been arrested for attempted murder and assault, New York state police have said. The suspected attacker, 24-year-old Hadi Matar of Fairview, New Jersey, has been transported to Chautauqua County Jail and will be arraigned later, dpa news ...
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