RUSSIA TO EVACUATE THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN FROM BELGOROD AFTER UKRAINE SHELLING

Wed 20 March 2024: Russia plans to evacuate about 9,000 children from a border region because it is being shelled continuously by Ukraine, a local official has said. The children will be moved from the Belgorod region farther east, away from the Ukraine border, regional Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on Tuesday. The announcement came a […]

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DO YOU HAVE 7,513 UNREAD EMAILS IN YOUR INBOX? RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT’S UNWISE

Tue 19 March 2024: How do you manage your emails? Are you an “inbox zero” kind of person, or do you just leave thousands of them unread? Our new study, published today in the journal Information Research, suggests that leaving all your emails in the inbox is likely to leave you dissatisfied with your personal records […]

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PRINCESS KATE AGAIN UNDER PUBLIC SCRUTINY AFTER POST-SURGERY VIDEO

Tue 19 March 2024: The Princess of Wales Kate Middleton was recently seen on a video for the first time since January after abdominal surgery. The British newspaper, The Sun, recently published photographs capturing Princess Kate during a casual outing with her husband, Prince William, at a farm produce market in Windsor. While the accompanying […]

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TESLA CEO ELON MUSK DEFENDS USING PRESCRIBED KETAMINE FOR ‘NEGATIVE FRAME OF MIND’

Tue 19 March 2024: Elon Musk has defended taking prescribed ketamine to treat his “negative frame of mind,” suggesting that his use of the drug is good for Tesla’s investors. In an at-times tense interview with former CNN host Don Lemon, Musk said that he finds the anaesthetic helpful when he is suffering from a […]

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HARSH MONGOLIAN WINTER LEAVES 4.7M ANIMALS DEAD; RED CROSS ISSUES APPEAL

  The crisis disproportionately affects Mongolian families with smaller herds, the Red Cross said [Courtesy of Mongolian Red Cross Society] Tue 19 March 2024: Mongolian herders have endured months of extreme cold, known as the “dzud”, that have already claimed the lives of about 4.7 million livestock animals, according to Mongolia’s Emergency Operations Centre (EOC), […]

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U.S. FDA APPROVES FIRST DRUG FOR FATTY LIVER DISEASE NASH

Mon 18 March 2024: The U.S. FDA has approved Madrigal Pharmaceuticals’ drug for a fatty liver disease known as non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), the first treatment to get the nod for the condition and opening up a multi-billion opportunity. The company’s oral drug, called Rezdiffra, has been approved for patients who have NASH with fibrosis, or […]

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ISTANBUL AIRPORT NAMED ‘AIRPORT OF THE YEAR’ FOR 4TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR

Mon 18 March 2024: Istanbul Airport in Türkiye was named “Airport of the Year” and received Air Transport Awards for 2024 for the fourth time in a row, the airport operator IGA announced on Monday. Istanbul Airport was chosen as “Airport of the Year” in 2021, 2022 and 2023 previously by Air Transport News, the […]

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