The World Obesity Federation issued a report last week that found 51 percent of the world's population will be overweight or obese by 2035 if people don't start getting their weight under control.
Category: 7 March 2023
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BLOCKCHAIN BATTLES
China’s digital yuan hasn’t been on the menu for mainland tourists from Hong Kong.
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UN NUKE WATCHDOG CREDITS IRAN FOR ‘MARKED IMPROVEMENT’
Iranian nuclear officials were credited last week for improving dialogue with the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency after announcing that Tehran agreed to reinstall 20 cameras once removed inside its nuclear facilities.
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STUDY SAYS NFTS SHOULD STICK TO TRACKING “INTANGIBLE” PROPERTY
NFTS have been gaining ground in use cases for tracking and carrying out activities related to ownership of both tangible and intangible assets.
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U.S. PULLOUT FROM AFGHANISTAN WAS ABRUPT AND UNCOORDINATED, WATCHDOG SAYS
The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction issued a damning report last week that identified the multi-level failure of the U.S. during the troop withdrawal from Kabul that resulted in the swift demise of the Afghan government and the reintroduction to life under Taliban rule.
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PROTESTS KEEP ERUPTING IN ISRAEL, ELITE AIR FORCE RESERVISTS STRIKE
Israel faced another day of protests on Saturday aimed at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan for a judicial overhaul in the country that resulted in about 160,000 demonstrators in Tel Aviv alone.
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VAPING DAMAGES DNA JUST LIKE SMOKING TOBACCO, STUDY SHOWS
Vaping e-cigarettes were sold as a healthier alternative to smoking tobacco.
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HEALING A DAMAGED BRAIN WITH HYDROGEL
A brain that has lost tissue in a trauma or stroke can’t replace it. Now surgeons may be able to, thanks to creative uses of hydrogel, scientists’ new go-to structural framework when rebuilding or regrowing body parts.
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MIDDLE EAST MELTDOWN: ISRAELI OFFICIAL CALLS FOR PALESTINIAN VILLAGE TO BE ‘WIPED OUT’
Bezalel Smotrich, the Israeli finance minister, told a business conference on Wednesday that he believes the Palestinian village of Hawara “needs to be wiped out” and he thinks “the State of Israel should do it.”
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FINDING EARLY SIGNS OF CANCER IN A DROP OF BLOOD
Figuring out whether a strange mass of cells in the body is malignant may soon no longer involve intrusive and painful tissue biopsies, thanks to researchers at Australia’s University of Technology.