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By Lori Saxena HealthDay ReporterWEDNESDAY, April 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- There’s no evidence that a COVID infection increases the risk of asthma in children, the first study to date on the subject finds.“We knew from a number of really nice studies over the last decade or more that respiratory viral infections are a risk factor for the development of asthma in children,” said senior study author Dr. David Hill, an attending physician with the division of allergy and immunology at the Child…
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NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump began his day as a criminal defendant lashing out at the judge and prosecutors, casting himself as a victim and angrily posting on social media.In other words: a familiar routine.But inside the courtroom, which was closed to TV cameras, Trump was a different man — reserved and muted in a stark departure from his feisty approach to other legal troubles.The contrast spoke to the gravity of his situation. Trump is now the first former president ever to…
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SYDNEY (AP) — A teenager has been accused of wounding a Christian bishop and a priest during a church service in the second high-profile knife attack to rock Sydney in recent days, leaving communities on edge, leaders calling for calm and a besieged church urging against retaliation.The 16-year-old was overpowered by the shocked congregation at Christ the Good Shepherd Church after he allegedly stabbed Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel and the Rev. Isaac Royel during a service on Monday night that was be…
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By Ernie Mundell HealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, April 16, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Women who experience common complications during a pregnancy could face heightened odds for early death for decades to come, new research shows.In the largest such study to date, “women who experienced any of five major adverse pregnancy outcomes had increased mortality risks that remained elevated more than 40 years later,” said a team led by Dr. Casey Crump, of the University of Texas Health Sciences Center in Houst…
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By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, April 16, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Want to feel happier?Live in or near a place with a rich diversity of nature, a new study says.Environments with plentiful natural features -- trees, birds, plants and rivers -- are associated with better mental well-being than the more spartan landscapes of suburbia, researchers found.Further, spending time in areas like this can provide benefits that last up to eight hours afterward, the study claims.“Our results…
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Add war to the perils facing markets and the economy now.Saturday’s drone and missile assault against Israel sent oil markets soaring over the weekend and U.S. stock futures looking optimistic early Monday.Although Iran said its attack – including 300 drones and missiles, the overwhelming majority of which Israel said were intercepted without causing much damage – has ended, the world is waiting to see what Israel does next.Markets were already on edge last week as the reality of the Federal Res…
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Former President Donald Trump reported to a downtown Manhattan courtroom Monday morning for the start of jury selection in the criminal trial that charges him with falsifying business documents to cover up allegations of extramarital affairs that threatened his 2016 White House campaign.“Nothing like this has ever happened before,” a disgruntled Trump said, speaking to reporters before heading into the courtroom. “There’s never been anything like it.”Indeed, the moment marks the first time in U.…
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SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea’s main opposition Democratic Party and its allies were projected to retain a majority by winning up to 197 seats in Wednesday’s elections for the single-chamber, 300-seat legislature, an exit poll conducted jointly by three television networks showed.(Reporting by Hyonhee Shin; Editing by Ed Davies)Copyright 2024 Thomson Reuters.
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By Orathai Sriring and Kitiphong ThaichareonBANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand’s economy is expected to grow slightly more than 4% this year, driven by measures to boost the property sector approved on Tuesday, the finance ministry said, as the government attempts to revive economic activity.The measures are expected to lead to about 800 billion baht ($22 billion) in property trades, more than 400 billion baht in investment and 120 billion baht in consumption, Pornchai Thiraveja, head of the ministry’…
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By Laura Matthews and Shankar RamakrishnanNEW YORK (Reuters) - Global companies with China businesses are increasingly issuing renminbi debt to finance operations there, as for the first time in six years it has become cheaper to do so rather than raising money in U.S. dollars.In recent years, multinationals have tended to raise financing in dollars or their local currencies, which they then converted to renminbi, or the yuan, to lend to their Chinese subsidiaries. Near-zero U.S. interest rates…
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