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Kuwait opposition makes strong gains in parliamentary elections

Kuwait's opposition took nearly half of parliament's seats in weekend polls amid calls for reforms over corruption and high debt.

Jobs slump and COVID lead litany of post-Trump crises facing Janet Yellen

By Larry Elliott and Phillip Inman

Hungary, Poland risk exclusion from EU recovery fund: French minister

The European Union will leave Poland and Hungary out of its economic recovery plan if the two countries continue to resist efforts to link...

COVID vaccine ‘to create $153 billion benefits by 2021’

Global equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines estimated to generate economic benefits of at least $153 billion in 2020–21, and $466 billion by 2025, in...

Push-ups could lower your risk of heart disease and boost longevity

Long life expectancy could be achieved through push-ups. Research suggests men who can do 40 pushups or more may have lower risk of heart...

No vaccine can give 100 percent immunity from any disease, say experts treating COVID-19 patients

Even as Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij, a volunteer in the third phase of vaccine trials for India's first indigenous COVID-19 vaccine, said he...

Chronic disease patients can’t slack post virus: Expert

People with chronic illnesses who recover from COVID-19 must remain wary of its enduring effects on their bodies, a Turkish doctor warned.

Pandemic sends hunger rising in US, and children bear the brunt

Before the pandemic closed her middle school and US immigration agents deported her father to El Salvador, Kimberly Orellana did not fear going hungry.

Ethiopia’s conflict stokes humanitarian, virus crisis

Ethiopia’s month-long war in its northern Tigray region has severely hampered efforts to fight one of Africa’s worst coronavirus outbreaks, as the fighting has...

Dutch ‘Vegetarian Butcher’ carves new niche for Unilever

When ninth-generation Dutch farmer Jaap Korteweg turned vegetarian and set up a shop selling meat-free products over a decade ago, his friends thought he...

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