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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund said it is important to secure additional social assistance for Argentines amid a government push for economic reforms, and preserve the value of pensions.It is “very important for us that under the program, the burden of adjustment does not fall on the working families and the most vulnerable segments of the of the population,” said in a press briefing IMF spokesperson Julie Kozack.“Given the very delicate social situation, along with already…

By Robin Foster HealthDay ReporterWEDNESDAY, March 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Americans will not be able to order free at-home COVID tests after Friday, U.S. health officials announced Tuesday.Households across the country have been able to order four free rapid antigen tests through COVID.gov. since November. All orders placed on or before Friday will be fulfilled, according to the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR), a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Hu…

The presidential nominations are all but sewn up, the president delivers his annual address to Congress, and the fallout continues over IVF treatment.

HONG KONG (AP) — Asian markets were mostly lower on Wednesday after U.S. stocks held near their record levels in a quiet day of trading.U.S. futures and oil prices fell.Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 edged 0.1% lower to 39,230.50.Chinese markets fluctuated, with Hong Kong’s Hang Seng rising 0.2% to 16,825.00, while the Shanghai Composite lost 0.7% to 2,995.40. China’s largest private property developer, Country Garden, said Wednesday that it is facing a liquidation petition after failing to repay…

By Stelios MisinasATHENS (Reuters) -Thousands of farmers from across Greece descended on Athens’ central square on Tuesday, parking tractors in front of parliament in their biggest protest yet over rising costs.Police estimate at least 8,000 farmers with 130 tractors joined the protest on Syntagma square, echoing grievances at similar demonstrations in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland and Italy.“This is our answer to the Greek government,” a 53-year-old farmer who gave his name as Grigor…

By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, Feb. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Black women in the United States are six times more likely, on average, to be murdered than white women, a new study finds.And that risk runs even higher when looking at specific states and time periods, researchers report Feb. 7 in The Lancet journal.For example, Black women were 20 times more likely to be murdered than white women in Wisconsin for 2019-2020, researchers found.“As a scholar whose research examines int…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Marianne Williamson, the self-help author who gained little traction in her bid to challenge President Joe Biden for the Democratic presidential nomination, dropped out of the race on Wednesday night.Williamson, 71, had focused much attention on New Hampshire’s Democratic primary on Jan. 23 but gained only about 4% support in an vote that Biden won handily despite not being on the ballot.She had also run for the Democratic nomination in 2020.“I take your love with me, I ta…

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Fifteen years ago, bourbon barons poured whiskey out on the steps of the Kentucky Capitol to protest a looming tax increase on the spirits industry. On Tuesday, industry leaders reassembled with a bipartisan group of Kentucky leaders to toast the bourbon sector’s record growth.Kentucky’s bourbon industry pumps $9 billion into the Bluegrass State’s economy each year, creating more jobs and attracting more tourists than ever before, according to a study released Tuesday. More…

By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, Nov. 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A growing number of people have become unpaid caregivers for loved ones, and a new report says many are overlooking the financial consequences of their selflessness.One in five adults now provide uncompensated care to family and loved ones with health problems, according to the report from the TIAA Institute and the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing.On average, these caregivers are shelling out more than $7…

(Reuters) -An earthquake of magnitude 4.8 struck Southern Xinjiang in China on Wednesday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said.The quake was at a depth of 26 kilometers (16.16 miles), EMSC said.The quake was originally pegged at 5.5 magnitude, with a depth of 8 kilometers (4.97 miles), but later downgraded to a magnitude of 4.8 by EMSC.(Reporting by Gursimran Kaur in BengaluruEditing by Chris Reese)Copyright 2023 Thomson Reuters.