Findings: Merck pharmaceutical’s popular asthma drug causes serious mental health issues in children and adults

Findings: Merck pharmaceutical’s popular asthma drug causes serious mental health issues in children and adults

The FDA also could review all available information to determine whether the risk outweighs the therapeutic benefit in kids and, if not, issue a contraindication warning that the drug shouldn’t be used in children under 18.

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Iraq, deemed economic lung of Iran, targets high fuel oil exports this year via smuggling

Iraq, deemed economic lung of Iran, targets high fuel oil exports this year via smuggling

In January 2023, a few months after Sudani took over, the price was lowered to $100-$150 a ton, far below the market price for exports, estimated at anywhere between $300 and $500. The lower the price of the subsidised fuel, the higher the profit margin when exporting it on the international market.

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Iran and its proxies reel under US sanctions as oil smuggling network rakes in $1 billion

Iran and its proxies reel under US sanctions as oil smuggling network rakes in $1 billion

Iran views its neighbour and ally Iraq as an economic lung and wields considerable military, political and economic influence there through the powerful Shi’ite militias and political parties it backs. It also sources hard currency from Iraq through exports and avoids US sanctions via its banking system, Iraqi and US officials say.

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French government on verge of collapse asr left, far-right no-confidence motions

French government on verge of collapse asr left, far-right no-confidence motions

The parties announced their no-confidence motions after Barnier said earlier on Monday that he would try to ram a social security bill through parliament without a vote as a last-minute concession proved insufficient to win RN’s support for the legislation.

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With command and obey approach to water management, Ugandan president seeks to be the deific centre of life

With command and obey approach to water management, Ugandan president seeks to be the deific centre of life

In any case integrated natural resources management cannot be achieved if there are no professionally produced integrators in charge. Such actors can be produced at our institutions of higher learning if integrating sciences – interdisciplinarity, crossdisciplinarity, transdisciplinarity and extradisciplinarity – are institutionalised at our university campuses. Only Mbarara University of Science has accommodated interdisciplinary science.

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British R&Bs icon Elton John loses eyesight, struggles to see his new stage musical

British R&Bs icon Elton John loses eyesight, struggles to see his new stage musical

John wrote the score for ‘The Devil Wears Prada,’ a stage musical based on the 2006 movie about a young journalist navigating the glamour and egos of a glossy fashion magazine.

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Trump’s low oil price promise spells a risk and a boon for emerging markets

Trump’s low oil price promise spells a risk and a boon for emerging markets

Following the oil price crashes of recent years, Saudi Arabia, along with other Gulf nations, such as the United Arab Emirates, has sought to diversify its economy and nurture local debt markets.

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UN Convention to Combat Desertification requires $2.6 trillion to reverse land degradation

UN Convention to Combat Desertification requires $2.6 trillion to reverse land degradation

A large chunk of the around $1 billion a day that is required will need to come from the private sector, said Thiaw, who is Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).

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Death toll rises to at least 15 after landslides bury 40 homes in eastern Uganda

Death toll rises to at least 15 after landslides bury 40 homes in eastern Uganda

Local officials told a journalist in the area that an excavator would be brought to assist in the rescue efforts, but the roads were covered in mud and rain was still falling. The impacted area is about 50 acres with homesteads and farmlands spread downhill.

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Controversial world-first social media ban for children under 16 puts Australia on collision course with Big Tech

Controversial world-first social media ban for children under 16 puts Australia on collision course with Big Tech

Countries including France and some US states have passed laws to restrict access for minors without a parent’s permission, but the Australian ban is absolute. A full under-14s ban in Florida is being challenged in court on free speech grounds.

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