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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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Malnutrition Rises in Darfur January 7, 2008 AFRICA

Millions at Risk as Drought Threatens the Horn of Africa February 1, 2022 AFRICA

Major U.S. Troop Rearrangement July 8, 2004 AMERICAS

"Majority-Minority" August 31, 2005 AMERICAS

Mexican Drug-Cartel Violence Claims 5,300 Lives January 2, 2009 AMERICAS

Millions Out of Jobs – Millions More at Risk January 16, 2009 AMERICAS

Mexican Drug Gangs Now Permeate U.S. July 12, 2010 AMERICAS

Mexico Elects New President July 16, 2012 AMERICAS

Murders Skyrocket in Sao Paulo December 14, 2012 AMERICAS

Mass Shooting at Connecticut Elementary School, 27 Reported Dead December 17, 2012 AMERICAS

Mexico’s Murder Rate Hits Highest Level Since 2011 October 1, 2016 AMERICAS

Mexico Murders Hit Record High in 2017 January 25, 2018 AMERICAS

Over 2.5 Million Have Been Murdered in Latin America Since 2000 April 28, 2018 AMERICAS

More Migrants Caught Crossing U.S.-Mexico Border Despite Pandemic Restrictions July 12, 2020 AMERICAS

Mexico City Metro Overpass Collapse Kills 23 May 4, 2021 AMERICAS

Mexico’s Referendum on Trying Ex-presidents Falls Short August 5, 2021 AMERICAS

Mexican Cartels Swap Arms for Cocaine, Fueling Colombia Violence April 12, 2022 AMERICAS

Mexico’s Week of Drug Violence Shakes Administration August 17, 2022 AMERICAS

Months After Floods, Brazil’s Amazon Faces a Severe Drought October 20, 2022 AMERICAS

Migrants Near U.S. Border Face Frigid Wait for Key Asylum Ruling December 23, 2022 AMERICAS

Migrants Rush Across U.S. Border in Final Hours Before Title 42 Expiration May 11, 2023 AMERICAS

Migrant Surge: Nearly 250,000 Cross Panama’s Darien Gap So Far This Year August 4, 2023 AMERICAS

Mexico’s Supreme Court Decriminalizes Abortion Nationwide September 6, 2023 AMERICAS

More Than 60 Percent of U.S. Abortions in 2023 Were Done by Pill, Study Shows March 20, 2024 AMERICAS

Myanmar Dictatorship – Christianity Banned by Regime of Rape and Violence? February 28, 2007 ASIA

Myanmar’s New Democracy Struggles to Bring Positive Change September 1, 2016 ASIA

Myanmar Military Seizes Power, Detains Elected Leader Aung San Suu Kyi February 1, 2021 ASIA

Myanmar Protests Swell After Junta Raises Specter of Force February 22, 2021 ASIA

“Mass Murder”: Funerals Become Scenes of Myanmar Resistance and Violence March 29, 2021 ASIA

Myanmar’s Anti-Junta Unity Government Forms ‘Defense Force’ May 7, 2021 ASIA

Myanmar Junta’s Electoral Body to Dissolve Suu Kyi Party May 21, 2021 ASIA

Marking 100 Years of Communist Party, President Xi Hails ‘Great Rejuvenation’ June 29, 2021 ASIA

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi Convicted in Further Blow to Democracy December 6, 2021 ASIA

Myanmar, 2 Years After Army Ousted Suu Kyi January 31, 2023 ASIA

More Than Two Million Australians in Poverty April 7, 2011 AUSTRALIA & SOUTH PACIFIC

Many Germans Believe U.S. Behind Sept. 11 September 3, 2003 EUROPE

Mass Rodent Surge in United Kingdom March 13, 2009 EUROPE

Mass Evacuations – Foretaste of a Future Exodus? July 21, 2006 MIDDLE EAST

Middle East Reacts to President Obama June 12, 2009 MIDDLE EAST

Middle East Conflict Brewing April 30, 2010 MIDDLE EAST

Mideast Peace Negotiations on Fragile Ground September 17, 2010 MIDDLE EAST

Massive Blast Rocks Beirut with at Least 100 Killed, Thousands Injured August 4, 2020 MIDDLE EAST

Murders of Women Spark Anger in Lebanon as Domestic Violence Doubles February 12, 2021 MIDDLE EAST

More Dead Sea Scrolls Discovered in Israel March 18, 2021 MIDDLE EAST

Mired in Crises, Lebanon Marks 1 Year Since Horrific Blast August 4, 2021 MIDDLE EAST

More Aid Is Supposed to Be Entering the Gaza Strip. Why Isn’t It Helping? April 12, 2024 MIDDLE EAST

Middle East War in 2006? May 5, 2005 GEOPOLITICS

Myanmar Answers International Sanctions November 13, 2007 GEOPOLITICS

Murders in Post-Katrina New Orleans Reach Staggering Levels February 7, 2007 CRIME & PUNISHMENT

Mexico Murder Total Reaches All-time High December 25, 2017 CRIME & PUNISHMENT

Mass Looting Breaks Out in Chicago; Shots Fired, 100 Arrested August 10, 2020 CRIME & PUNISHMENT

‘My World Stopped Spinning’—Life on Hold for Millions of Philippine Migrant Workers July 24, 2020 ECONOMY & PERSONAL FINANCE

Mexico Overtakes China as the Leading Source of Goods Imported by U.S. February 8, 2024 ECONOMY & PERSONAL FINANCE

Many Countries Are Bouncing Back From the Pandemic but the Poorest Are Not, UN Says March 14, 2024 ECONOMY & PERSONAL FINANCE

Millions Die Of Hunger Each Year September 5, 2006 HEALTH ISSUES

Morning-After Pill Now Widely Available September 5, 2006 HEALTH ISSUES

Mutated Staph Detected in Pig Farms December 7, 2007 HEALTH ISSUES

Meningitis Outbreak Feared in Africa January 25, 2008 HEALTH ISSUES

Multidrug Resistant-TB on the Rise Globally April 2, 2009 HEALTH ISSUES

Madagascar: Plague Cases Rise 37 Percent in One Week November 3, 2017 HEALTH ISSUES

More than Half of American Children Will Be Obese by Age 35 December 8, 2017 HEALTH ISSUES

Military Suicides up as much as 20% in COVID Era September 28, 2020 HEALTH ISSUES

More Than 120,000 U.S. Kids Had Caregivers Die During Pandemic October 8, 2021 HEALTH ISSUES

Melatonin Poisoning Reports Are Up in Kids, Study Says June 3, 2022 HEALTH ISSUES

Malnutrition Rises in Pregnant Women in 12 At-risk Countries March 8, 2023 HEALTH ISSUES

Malaria Cases in Texas and Florida Are the First U.S. Spread Since 2003, CDC Says June 27, 2023 HEALTH ISSUES

A Meat Allergy Caused by Tick Spit is Getting More Common, CDC Says July 27, 2023 HEALTH ISSUES

More Than a Billion People Worldwide Are Obese, WHO Study Finds March 4, 2024 HEALTH ISSUES

Mysticism and the Catholic Church January 20, 2003 RELIGION

More U.S. Hispanics Turning to Islam November 6, 2006 RELIGION

May 21, 2011—Countdown to “Judgment Day”? May 18, 2011 RELIGION

Millions Skipped Church During Pandemic. Will They Return? June 29, 2021 RELIGION

Mandatory Abortion in Holland? March 3, 2006 SOCIETY & LIFESTYLES

More Unmarried Than Married in U.S. September 5, 2006 SOCIETY & LIFESTYLES

Majority of Married Women Would Choose Different Husband January 8, 2007 SOCIETY & LIFESTYLES

Mexico’s Mindset Shifting on Homosexual Rights March 23, 2007 SOCIETY & LIFESTYLES

“Marriage” and “Family Values”—Hate Speech? June 8, 2007 SOCIETY & LIFESTYLES

Meth Use Among Youth Higher Than Expected July 11, 2007 SOCIETY & LIFESTYLES

‘Mountain of Opioid Pills’ from Distributors Fueled Crisis, Lawyer Says in Case Against Big Pharma May 3, 2021 SOCIETY & LIFESTYLES

Military Suicides Rise 15 Percent as Senior Leaders Call for Action October 1, 2021 SOCIETY & LIFESTYLES

Mount St. Helens' Growing Dome December 31, 2004 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Media Promotes “Missing Link” June 5, 2009 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Mutant Rodents Plague Britain November 8, 2012 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

MIT Engineers Mimic Otters and Whales to Protect Divers in Frigid Waters June 19, 2018 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Massive Storm Rolls Across North America April 17, 2007 WEATHER & ENVIRONMENT

Midwest Drenched by Weeks of Rain and Floods August 31, 2007 WEATHER & ENVIRONMENT

Mysterious Mass Animal Deaths January 7, 2011 WEATHER & ENVIRONMENT

Mississippi River Flooding Engulfs South May 11, 2011 WEATHER & ENVIRONMENT

More United States Tornadoes—117 Dead May 24, 2011 WEATHER & ENVIRONMENT

Massive Wildfires Overtake Texas September 20, 2011 WEATHER & ENVIRONMENT

Multiple Earthquakes Devastate Northern Italy June 27, 2012 WEATHER & ENVIRONMENT

Massive Beehive Losses Threaten Food Supplies May 1, 2013 WEATHER & ENVIRONMENT

Millions of Americans at Risk for Manmade Earthquakes May 1, 2016 WEATHER & ENVIRONMENT

Study: Microscopic Plastic Found in 83 Percent of World’s Tap Water September 20, 2017 WEATHER & ENVIRONMENT

More Animal Species Threatened with Extinction than Previously Thought January 17, 2019 WEATHER & ENVIRONMENT

Major Quake Hits Mexico, Triggers Pacific Tsunami June 23, 2020 WEATHER & ENVIRONMENT

Monarch Butterflies Now Listed as Endangered July 21, 2022 WEATHER & ENVIRONMENT

More Rain in Appalachian Floods, Curfews Imposed Due to Looting August 1, 2022 WEATHER & ENVIRONMENT

Maui Suffers Deadliest U.S. Wildfire in Years August 10, 2023 WEATHER & ENVIRONMENT

Millions of Children Are Displaced by Extreme Weather Events, UN Report Finds October 16, 2023 WEATHER & ENVIRONMENT

Masks Are Back, Construction Banned and Schools Shut as Toxic Air Engulfs New Delhi November 10, 2023 WEATHER & ENVIRONMENT

Maui Residents Wonder if Their Burned Town Can Be Made Safe. The Answer? No One Knows November 24, 2023 WEATHER & ENVIRONMENT

More Than 80 Reporters Lost Their Lives in 2017 January 2, 2018 INTERNATIONAL

More than 40 Countries Accuse North Korea of Breaching UN Sanctions July 31, 2020 INTERNATIONAL

More than 1 Billion People Face Displacement by 2050 September 11, 2020 INTERNATIONAL

Modern Slavery on the Rise as Crises Fuel Poverty—UN Report September 12, 2022 INTERNATIONAL

May Day: World’s Workers Protest May 1, 2023 INTERNATIONAL

783 Million People Face Chronic Hunger. Yet the World Wastes 19 Percent of Its Food, UN Says March 27, 2024 INTERNATIONAL

Migration Tracking Group Says 76 Million People Were Displaced Within Their Countries in 2023 May 15, 2024 INTERNATIONAL

Many Kids Need Tutoring Help. Only a Small Fraction Get It. March 14, 2023 EDUCATION

The Math Problem: How Can Schools Help Kids Catch Up? August 29, 2023 EDUCATION

Money the Main Obstacle in Brexit Talks September 2, 2017 POLITICS

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