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May 17, 2024: ECONOMY & PERSONAL FINANCE

Taiwan Is Selling More to the U.S. than China in Major Shift Away from Beijing

WASHINGTON (AP) – Whether it is tapioca balls or computer chips, Taiwan is stretching toward the United States and away from China—the world’s No. 2 economy that threatens to take the democratically ruled island by force if necessary.

May 17, 2024: HEALTH ISSUES

Obesity and High Blood Sugar Play Ever-growing Role in Ill Health, Study Shows

LONDON (Reuters) – Obesity, high blood sugar and high blood pressure among other metabolic issues now lead to almost 50 percent more years of healthy life lost to either disease or premature death than in 2000, a major international study showed on Thursday.

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December 2017

Dec 31 Health Issues Gallup: 8 in 10 Americans Are Stressed Out

Dec 30 Europe UK Considers “Drunk Tanks” to Ease Strain on Health Services

Dec 30 Americas Baltimore Hits Highest Per Capita Murder Rate Even Though U.S. Rate Drops

Dec 29 Geopolitics Russia Says It Is Disappointed by Worsening Ties with U.S.

Dec 27 Europe Europe’s Mounting Cocaine Problem

Dec 26 International U.S. Negotiates $285 Million Cut in United Nations Budget

Dec 26 Weather & Environment 3 Months After Maria, Half of Puerto Rico Without Power

Dec 26 Middle East The Holy Land’s Major Water Bodies Are Drying Out

Dec 25 Crime & Punishment Mexico Murder Total Reaches All-time High

Dec 24 Health Issues Opioid Epidemic Fueling HIV, Hepatitis Outbreaks

Dec 24 International North Korea Calls Latest UN Sanctions “an Act of War”

Dec 23 Weather & Environment This Year, the U.S. Had 15 Disasters that Cost Over $1 Billion

Dec 22 Crime & Punishment Australia Makes Biggest Meth Bust in Its History

Dec 21 Americas U.S. Government Lifts 3-year Ban on Experiments with Deadly Viruses

Dec 21 International Ukraine War Escalates After Russia Leaves Cease-fire Group

Dec 19 Americas Train Was Speeding 50 mph Over Limit Before Deadly Derailment

Dec 19 International Russia, China Tell U.S. to Accept Their Growing Global Influence

Dec 17 Americas Latin America Burdened by Venezuelans Fleeing Hunger and Hyperinflation

Dec 16 Health Issues Numbers of Babies Born Too Early Increasing in the U.S.

Dec 15 Science & Technology FCC Reverses Net Neutrality Rules Amid Storm of Debate

Dec 14 Weather & Environment Avocado and Lemon Crops Destroyed by California Wildfires

Dec 13 Asia South Korea Performs Anti-terror Drills Ahead of Olympics

Dec 13 Africa Congo Rebels Attack UN Peacekeepers, Deadliest in 25 Years

Dec 11 Weather & Environment California Braces for Second Week of Ferocious Wildfires

Dec 11 Middle East Israel Defends U.S. Decision on Jerusalem Ahead of EU Meeting

Dec 11 Geopolitics President Putin Declares Victory During Surprise Visit to Syria

Dec 10 Americas Increasing Numbers of Predatory Coywolves Are Roaming in U.S. Cities

Dec 8 Health Issues More than Half of American Children Will Be Obese by Age 35

Dec 3 Science & Technology Scientists Uncover 72 New Galaxies Deep in the Universe

November 2017

Nov 29 Americas Pew: Most Americans Worried Over North Korea’s Nuclear Intentions

Nov 27 Americas Herbicides: Helpful or Harmful?

Nov 26 Analysis The Five Most Polluted Countries on Earth

Nov 25 Health Issues Study: Almost Half of UK Seniors Take 5 Drugs a Day

Nov 21 Economy & Personal Finance Traffic Jams Cost Each U.S. Driver About $1400 a Year

Nov 20 Weather & Environment Change in Earth’s Rotation Could Cause More Earthquakes in 2018

Nov 17 Science & Technology Implanting Human Brain Cells into Rats Sparks Ethical Debate

Nov 14 Middle East German Weapons Exports to Saudi Arabia and Egypt Increase Fivefold

Nov 13 International South Korea Conducts First-ever Joint Naval Drills with U.S.

Nov 12 Americas Colombia Makes Biggest Drug Bust in Its History

Nov 9 Americas Price Tag of War: $5.6 Trillion for Post-9/11 U.S. Conflicts

Nov 8 Health Issues Obesity Causes More Deaths than Being Underweight, Even in Developing Nations

Nov 7 Americas Almost Two-thirds of Americans Believe U.S. at Lowest Point in History

Nov 4 Society & Lifestyles U.S. Depression on the Rise, Especially Among Teenagers

Nov 4 Americas Amid Sky-high Inflation, Venezuela Unveils 100,000 Bolivar Bill Worth $2

Nov 3 Health Issues Madagascar: Plague Cases Rise 37 Percent in One Week

Nov 3 Asia What to Watch During President Trump’s Asia Visit

October 2017

Oct 31 Asia Next North Korea Nuke Test Could Collapse Mountain, Send Radiation into China

Oct 31 Health Issues Study: Bacteria Can Teach Other Bacteria to Resist Antibiotics

Oct 30 International Philippines Courts Russia and China as U.S. Influence Wanes

Oct 30 Terrorism & Security Report: 5,600 ISIS Foreign Fighters Have Returned Home

Oct 30 Religion Amid Rise in Exorcisms, Catholic Church Provides New Anti-occult Tools

Oct 24 Africa Despite Progress, Ethiopia Struggles to Handle Catastrophic Drought

Oct 22 Politics Study: America’s Political Divide Widest Ever

Oct 19 Health Issues Growing Homeless Numbers Driving California’s Deadly Hepatitis Outbreak

Oct 18 Weather & Environment 84 Percent of Puerto Ricans Still in the Dark

Oct 17 Asia China’s President Consolidates Power Ahead of Second Term

Oct 16 Americas Record 1 in 5 Americans Are Immigrants

Oct 4 Asia North Korea Using Illegal Arms Sales to Bypass Sanctions

Oct 4 Health Issues 40 Percent of U.S. Cancer Diagnoses Tied to Being Overweight

September 2017

Sep 30 Middle East Red Cross: Nearly 1 Million Cholera Cases in Yemen by Year’s End

Sep 29 Health Issues Study: Not Standing Every 30 Minutes May Shorten Your Life

Sep 28 Weather & Environment Air Pollution Costs Colombia’s Capital $1 Billion Per Year

Sep 28 Health Issues Record Number of Diabetes-linked Amputations in UK

Sep 27 Health Issues STD Cases in U.S. Hit Record Highs

Sep 27 Society & Lifestyles 75 Percent of Americans Cannot Name All Three Government Branches

Sep 21 Asia Rohingya Flee Burning Villages for Monsoon-drenched Camps

Sep 20 Weather & Environment Study: Microscopic Plastic Found in 83 Percent of World’s Tap Water

Sep 17 Europe Homelessness on the Rise in the UK

Sep 16 Europe 1 in 50 Refugees Dies While Attempting to Cross Mediterranean to Enter Europe

Sep 10 Terrorism & Security Worst in Europe: Up to 25,000 Islamist Extremists Living in UK

Sep 9 Asia Reports of “Mass Killings” Spark Fears of Genocide in Myanmar

Sep 8 Europe Germany Supports Russia’s Request for UN Peacekeepers in Ukraine

Sep 7 Weather & Environment Hurricane Irma: Caribbean Hit, Florida Under Threat

Sep 6 Americas DACA Is Ending, But What Is It?

Sep 6 Health Issues Study: Stressful Experiences Linked to Mental Decline

Sep 6 Science & Technology Europe Braces for Business Losses as Governments Set Goals to Ban Gas-powered Cars

Sep 6 Society & Lifestyles Fear of Terrorism Is Driving Americans to Avoid Crowds

Sep 4 Africa Kenya’s Election Reversal Raises Specter of Violence

Sep 3 Americas Puerto Ricans Protest Austerity Measures Amid Economic Woes

Sep 3 Religion Pope, Orthodox Leader Collaborate on Statement on the Environment

Sep 3 Geopolitics North Korea Claims Latest Test Was an H-bomb

Sep 2 Politics Money the Main Obstacle in Brexit Talks

Sep 2 Weather & Environment Death Toll Nears 1,000 in South Asia’s Annual Monsoon Floods

Sep 1 International Russian War Games Spark Fears of European Invasion

Sep 1 Health Issues Big Pharma Blamed for Opioid Crisis

Sep 1 Society & Lifestyles 41 Percent of Older UK Adults Do Not Take Even One Brisk Walk Each Month

August 2017

Aug 25 Weather & Environment Hurricane Harvey to Be First Major Hurricane to Strike U.S. in Nearly 12 Years

July 2017

Jul 26 Politics President Trump Visits Ohio to “Speak Straight to the American People”

Jul 1 Middle East Can a “Convergence of Interests” Unite the Middle East?

Jul 1 Health Issues Depression Now Leading Cause of Disability and Illness

Jul 1 Weather & Environment UN: Declining Pollinators Could Lead to Human Malnutrition

May 2017

May 1 Health Issues HPV: Nearly One in Two U.S. Adults Infected

May 1 Society & Lifestyles Breakups of Unmarried Parents Surpasses Divorce

May 1 Asia Key Moments of North Korean International Provocation

March 2017

Mar 1 Americas Chile Suffers Worst Wildfires in History

Mar 1 Society & Lifestyles Survey: Two-thirds of UK Children Are Constantly Worried

Mar 1 Science & Technology Human-Animal Hybrid Development Sparks Ethical Debate

January 2017

Jan 1 Education Report: Australia’s School Standards in Decline

Jan 1 Health Issues New Antibiotic-resistant Bacteria Found in Farm Animals Could Spread to Humans

Jan 1 Europe EU Pushes for European Army

Jan 1 Africa UN Warns of Genocide in South Sudan

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