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Hong Kong, which has reported 13 cases this year, said in response to the WHO announcement that it would continue to “closely monitor” the situation and “strengthen preventive measures.” “The public is urged to step up vigilance and avoid close contact with people suspected of having MPOX infection,” authorities said in a press release on Thursday, and high-risk groups have been advised to get vaccinated, the government said in a press release. The Hong Kong Department of Health has also instructed doctors and hospitals to report suspected MPOX cases for rapid epidemiological investigation and contact tracing, and issued travel health…
THURSDAY, Aug. 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Even people at high genetic risk for type 2 diabetes (T2D) benefit from a low-cost, group-based intervention focused on healthy eating and physical activity, according to a study recently published online in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Dr. Maria Anneli Lankinen and colleagues from the University of Eastern Finland in Kuopio investigated whether low or high genetic risk influences the development of type 2 diabetes in a group-based lifestyle intervention study. The analysis included men (aged 50-75 years) from the Male Metabolic Syndrome Cohort, including 315 men characterized as having low…
A balcony above the trading floor inside the Euronext NV stock exchange, Monday, March 13, 2023, in Paris, France. Nathan Lane | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesLONDON — European markets opened slightly higher on Friday, setting up what is shaping up to be a winning week for global stock markets.France's CAC 40 index was last up more than 20 points to 7,447, Germany's DAX rose 52 points to 18,237 and Britain's FTSE 100 was little changed, according to IG Data.The pan-European Stoxx 600 index is up more than 2% so far this week, on track for its best performance since May…
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Russian parliament member Mikhail Sheremet made the chilling statement following an escalation of the war offensive along the Russian-Ukrainian border. Ukrainian soldiers ride a tank in the Sumy region near the Russian border amid a Russian offensive into Ukraine on August 15, 2024. REUTERS/Vyacheslav Latinsky He warned that the Western-backed invasion of Ukrainian forces into Russia's Kursk region has brought the world closer to a possible World War III. Sheremet, a member of Russia's Defence Council, argues that the attack on Russian territory, involving Western military equipment and foreign involvement, marks a disastrous escalation that could lead to a global…
Gavin Maguire Europe's clever new clean energy champion: Maguire LITTLETON, Colo. — Portugal's power companies have pledged to cut the share of their electricity production from fossil fuels to just 10% by 2024, overtaking neighboring Spain and emerging as Western Europe's second-cleanest large-scale power sector behind France. Total generation of clean electricity in the first seven months of 2024 reached a record high of 21.76 terawatt-hours, up 32% compared with the same months in 2023, according to data from energy think tank Ember. Record production from solar and wind farms and the highest hydroelectric generation since 2016 were the main…
Winning Tip: Hiker's Paradise in the CycladesAndros is only a two-hour ferry ride from Athens, but somehow few foreign tourists visit. Greener than the other Cyclades, it's a walker's paradise; well-maintained footpaths crisscross the island, leading from hilltop monasteries through fertile valleys to hidden beaches. Base yourself in the quiet town, also called Andros, which you can reach by local bus from the ferry terminal. For those who don't want to get active, there are beaches on either side of town, and Explore Andros, on the main street, can arrange guided tours to local waterfalls, vineyards and botanical gardens.Toby DykeRum…
Reem is not the only AI influencer who stirred these feelings. Kenza is a “Moroccan-Muslim” AI influencer, but she is so light-skinned that if it weren’t for her outfit, you’d be forgiven for thinking she was European. She reminded me once again that it’s nearly impossible to meet beauty ideals for people of color, and that we are still being compared to a light-skinned, Westernized ideal. No wonder the global skin whitening market is expected to reach a value of $11.8 billion by 2026. As someone who has spent most of my life wishing to be white, this erasure of…
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The air cargo market from Northeast Asia to Europe is booming, with air freight rates sold by freight forwarders reaching their highest level in nearly a year and a half, according to Xeneta.By the first half of August, selling prices for newly contracted long-term general cargo reached $4.42 per kg, up 30 percent from a year ago. Peak season surcharges introduced in May and June have now been removed, but the increase in base rates was clearly enough to boost the market.The air cargo market from Northeast Asia to Europe is getting more active as air freight rates sold by…