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UK inflation @ 40-year high as food prices rise
AP NEWS
LONDON, UK — British food prices rose at the fastest pace since 1980 last month, driving inflation back to a 40-year high and heaping pressure on the embattled government to balance the books without gutting help for the nation’s poorest residents.
Hair-straightening products linked with uterine cancer risk -study
REUTERS
Hair-straightening products may significantly increase the risk of developing uterine cancer among those who use them frequently, a large study published on Monday suggests.
US town paying its black residents reparations
BBC NEWS
By Mike Wendling
Evanston, Illinois, is a quiet place in the middle of an unusual experiment.
Murder, She Wrote star Angela Lansbury dies @ 96
BBC NEWS
Dame Angela Lansbury, who won international acclaim as the star of the US TV crime series Murder, She Wrote, has died aged 96.
CDC scraps travel health notices
MARKET WATCH
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has dropped its country-by-country COVID-19 travel health notices that it began issuing early in the pandemic, the Associated Press reported.
Norwegian Cruise Line drops covid vaccination, testing & mask mandates
FORBES
OSLO, Norway - Norwegian Cruise Line, the world’s third-largest cruise operator by number of passengers, announced Monday it will drop Covid-19 vaccination, testing, and masking requirements on voyages beginning this week.
Elon Musk Twitter deal back on in surprise U-turn
BBC NEWS
Billionaire Elon Musk has apparently changed his mind about buying Twitter, again, and is now willing to proceed with his takeover of the social media platform.
China currency hits record lows against US dollar
BBC NEWS
China's yuan has hit fresh record lows against the surging US dollar.
Russia prepares to annex occupied Ukrainian regions
AP
KYIV, Ukraine — Russian-installed officials in occupied regions of Ukraine said Wednesday they would ask President Vladimir Putin to incorporate them into Russia, a day after claiming that their residents overwhelmingly supported such a move in Kremlin-orchestrated votes widely viewed as illegitimate.
COVID vaccination temporarily lengthens menstrual cycle
MSN
NEW YORK, USA - COVID-19 vaccination temporarily lengthens the menstrual cycle by less than a day on average, according a new study published Tuesday in BMJ Medicine.