Around one in ten people worldwide report gastrointestinal and other symptoms such as fatigue and headache after eating foods containing gluten or wheat despite not having a diagnosis of either coeliac disease or wheat allergy,…
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Scientist Enhances Century-Old Equation for Air Pollutants
A new method developed at the University of Warwick offers the first simple and predictive way to calculate how irregularly shaped nanoparticles — a dangerous class of airborne pollutant — move through air.
Every day, we breathe in…
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Amazon’s Jeff Bezos spotted wearing rare $2.4 million Richard Mille timepiece; Inside the billionaire’s luxe watch collection – Lifestyle News
Jeff Bezos net worth: Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos, was once the richest man in the world, with a net worth of $241 billion, according to Forbes. He is the fourth-richest billionaire in the world. Recently in the spotlight for his Venetian wedding…
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China buys three U.S. soybean cargoes ahead of Trump-Xi meeting, Reuters reports
China’s state-owned COFCO bought three U.S. soybean cargoes this week, two trade sources said.
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China’s state-owned COFCO bought three U.S. soybean cargoes this week, two trade sources said, the country’s first purchases from this year’s U.S. harvest ahead of this week’s summit of leaders Donald Trump and Xi Jinping.
COFCO purchased about 180,000 metric tons of soybeans for December and January shipment through Pacific Northwest port terminals, the sources said.
COFCO did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
Benchmark Chicago soybean futures prices jumped this week to their highest in 15 months, rebounding from recent five-year lows on hopes for a U.S.-China trade deal.
China, the world’s biggest soy importer, shunned soybeans from the autumn U.S. harvest, switching its demand to South American suppliers amid trade conflict with Washington.
The unusual delay has already cost U.S. farmers billions of dollars in lost sales, after they largely supported Trump in his campaigns for president.
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Bessent calls on Japan to let central bank fight inflation – Financial Times
- Bessent calls on Japan to let central bank fight inflation Financial Times
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A dynamite film, but a house of cards on nuclear reality
Three years ago, when I was serving at the US National Security Council, we were faced with a nuclear crisis. As Bob Woodward described it in his book War, the Intelligence Community assessed that if Russian forces were facing a collapse in…
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Why “Walking with Purpose” Could Be the Secret to Better Health – SciTechDaily
- Why “Walking with Purpose” Could Be the Secret to Better Health SciTechDaily
- One long walk beats short strolls for a healthy heart, study says BBC
- Long walks linked to improved heart health and longevity CNN
- Forget the 10k step rule? Experts…
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Alireza Razavi on living in a modernist masterpiece in Paris
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While many Parisians covet a home emblematic of the city’s architecture – stately, Haussmannian, or even older…
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a pie-shaped slice of sky-high living
Shortly before he died in 1946, the photographer Alfred Stieglitz remembered taking a shot of one of one of New York ‘s most famous structures, in 1903. “I suddenly saw the Flatiron Building as I had never seen it before,” he said. “It…
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