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A team led by researchers from the University of Queensland (UQ) has recently shed new light on the crucial role of saturated free fatty acids (FFAs) in the brain's memory creation process."We've shown previously that levels of saturated fatty acids increase in the brain during neuronal...
Business
China's securities regulator on Tuesday announced an array of measures aimed at encouraging the merger, acquisition and restructuring among listed companies.These measures include enhancing the inclusiveness in pricing restructuring and diversifying the methods for overseeing performance commitm...
As the Chinese Lunar New Year, or the Spring Festival, approaches, numerous international brands have tapped into Chinese zodiac culture and unveiled Year of the Dragon limited edition products to embrace the Chinese market.China will usher in the Year of the Dragon on Feb. 10 according to...
A record high number of teachers in Japan were reported taking leave due to mental illness in the fiscal year of 2022, reaching 6,539, local media reported on Saturday, citing an education ministry survey as saying.According to the Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry, the fig...
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The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday over 100,000 Gazans are injured, missing or presumed dead as the situation deteriorates in the enclave. The figure makes up 4.3 percent of Gaza's 2.3 million population.Speaking to a United Nations weekly briefing via video link from Jerusalem, ...
The Iraqi government said Saturday that the U.S. airstrikes on the paramilitary Hashd Shaabi forces in western Iraq killed 16 people, including civilians, and injured 25 others.Calling the airstrikes "blatant aggression," government spokesman Basim al-Awadi told the official Iraqi News Age...
The Israeli army released on Thursday 114 Palestinians through the Kerem Shalom crossing in the southern Gaza Strip, who were arrested during the ground operation.A Palestinian security source at the border authority in Gaza told Xinhua that some of the released Palestinians were transferred to Najj...
Myanmar's National Defense and Security Council (NDSC) on Wednesday extended the state of emergency in the Southeast Asian country for six more months, the council's information team said.According to media report, Acting President U Myint Swe declared the extension of the state of...
China major industrial firms saw their combined profits increase for a fifth straight month in December 2023, official data showed on Saturday. The profits of major industrial firms with annual main business revenue of at least 20 million yuan (about 2.8 million U.S. dollars) increased by 16.8...
Beijing Municipality plans to establish the "Beijing Service" brand to better boost a business-friendly environment in 2024, said the city's mayor Yin Yong when delivering a government work report at the annual session of the Beijing Municipal People's Congress on Sunday.Beijing wi...
World
Two people, including a two-year-old girl, were killed and 15 others injured after a passenger jeepney's brake failed, causing it to hit several vehicles in the Philippines' Laguna province, south of Manila, police said Saturday. The accident occurred past 5 p.m. local time on Friday in...
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The central bank of Bangladesh has set policies aimed at tackling challenges affecting the economy.The Bangladesh Bank (BB) said on Wednesday that the main objective of its strategic directives in the half-yearly monetary policy, spanning from January to June 2024, is centered on upholding a vi...
The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a short-term spending bill that would extend government funding until March, a few hours after the bill was approved by the Senate, as funding for some federal agencies and programs is set to expire on Saturday.The lower chamber passed the measure...
Trade and investment remain essential for the continued recovery of the global economy, participants said at the 54th World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting here this week."Without a free flow of trade, I don't think we can recover," Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director-general of the Worl...
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) on Wednesday forecast "robust" global oil demand growth of 1.8 million barrels per day (bpd) in 2025, backed by strong global economic recovery and "continued solid economic activity in China."OPEC predicted in its firs...
The Houthi rebel group in Yemen has vowed strong retaliation against the United States and Britain for airstrikes carried out earlier on Friday in areas under their control.According to a statement from Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea, the American and British forces launched a "brutal ag...
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held talks on Thursday with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi in the Egyptian capital of Cairo as he wraps up his Mideast tour over the ongoing Israeli escalation in the Gaza Strip.During the talks, Sisi updated Blinken with "the Egyptian efforts to co...
A surge in trade with China has helped drive South Australian exports to a record high. Data published by the state government on Friday revealed that the value of South Australia's exports hit 17.9 billion Australian dollars (12 billion U.S. dollars) in the year to the end of November 2023 - an...
Al Jazeera and News AgenciesChinese military officials have told their US counterparts that Beijing will “never compromise” on the issue of Taiwan, the self-ruled island that China claims as its own.The United States and China wrapped up two days of military talks in Washington, DC on Tu...
The death toll reached 203 in the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa as of 9:00 a.m. local time on Wednesday, with 68 people unaccounted for, nine days after a series of strong quakes of up to 7.6 magnitude jolted the Noto region and its vicinity, according to local authorities. The prefe...
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