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Finance

Fed’s Daly says US rates likely to be higher for longer

Federal Reserve officials are converging around the need to keep US interest rates high for longer, reflecting concern about recent hotter-than-expected inflation data and worries about global economic trends that could fuel price pressures. “In order to put this episode of high… Read Full Article Here FT

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Finance

The old arguments for debt cancellation in Africa no longer apply

The author is a policy analyst affiliated with Imani, a think-tank based in Accra Two decades ago, the world was in the grip of a great debate over debt and debt cancellation in Africa. Total public debt stock had climbed to nearly $300bn by 2002 from $40bn in the two decades prior. Jubilee Debt Campaigners […]

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Automotive

Fury over bus gate that takes longer to drive around than walk

Motorists are furious with a new bus gate – claiming it now takes twice as long to drive around the city centre car detour than it does to walk the bus route. Private motor vehicles cannot leave Manchester city centre via the road on which the bus gate has been introduced. They can enter Manchester, however, as […]

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Health

Doctor’s three tips for living longer – ‘preserve your youth’

How long we live is determined by a myriad of factors. While some of these are completely beyond our control, there are others that we can influence. An expert shared three of these we can start implementing now to boost the chances of a longer life. Chief executive officer and founder of the Uda longevity […]

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Health

Drug used by arthritis patients may be key to ‘longer lifespan’

“Blood stem cells live in a niche (a microenvironment of bone marrow); we thought what happens in this specialised local environment could be a big part of the problem,” Mr Mitchell said. The new study notes that among ageing mice that the environment where the blood-producing stem cells live becomes overwhelmed with inflammation and deteriorates. […]

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Gaming

Fall Damage Will No Longer Be Lethal In Destiny 2

Destiny 2 is making physics collision damage and fall damage less lethal in Lightfall, its upcoming expansion. As announced in a recent blog update, physics collisions will no longer mean instant death once Lightfall releases, and fall damage will also be reduced in a mid-Season update. While they may no longer be lethal, collisions will […]

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Health

Live longer: The ‘anti-inflammatory’ drink that could cut cancer

“We should understand that coffee is a natural product with hundreds, maybe thousands of biologically active components separate to caffeine. “These have an anti-inflammatory effect and an anti-oxidant effect that have been shown to reduce your chances of getting heart disease, kidney disease and heart failure.  “It improves sugar metabolism, reducing your chance of diabetes, […]

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Health

Psychologist shares ‘crucial’ tip to ‘help live a longer life’

Traditionally, it was thought that mental health and physical health were two separate entities, with our mind and body being separate. But we are becoming more and more aware of just how closely related the two actually are. Dr Cooper, who is also Head Mindset Coach at Real World Results, an online, female only, health, […]

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Science

Deer found carrying old Covid variants no longer in human

White-tailed deer — the most abundant large mammal in North America — have been found harbouring old Covid variants that are no longer seen in human circulation. It is estimated that there are some 30 million white-tailed deer across the United States. The animals became infected with coronavirus during the pandemic thanks to ongoing contact […]

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Health

Longer oestrogen exposure may reduce the risk of having a stroke

These were decided by the participants’ reproductive life span, the number of years from first menstruation to menopause. Results initially showed that participants in the group with the longest reproductive lifespan – of 36 years – had slightly more strokes than those in the group with the shortest reproductive lifespan. But when adjusting for other […]