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“Bye Daddy, I’ll miss you.” Those were the last words he said to my father as he placed a single rose in his coffin. I was four years old. My father, Jonathan Evans, died of AIDS in 1993. He had contracted HIV and hepatitis C from a contaminated blood product called Factor VIII, which was … Read more
Zimbabwe will start selling gold coins this month in a bid to fight runaway inflation that has crippled the local currency. Central bank governor John Mangudya announced the move on Monday amid economic problems in the southern African nation. The “Mosi-oa-tunya” gold coins – named after Victoria Falls – will contain one troy ounce of … Read more
Brittney Griner made an appeal to President Joe Biden in a letter sent to the White House through his representatives, saying she feared she would never return home and asking him not to “forget about me and the other American detainees”. Griner’s agent, Lindsay Kagawa Colas, said the letter was delivered on Monday. Most of … Read more
Athens, Greece — Greek firefighters battled a massive wildfire that forced the evacuation of a small village west of Athens, the latest in a series of wildfires that erupted as strong winds swept across parts of Greece. The fire department said more than 130 firefighters and volunteers, aided by 10 water-dropping aircraft, were struggling to … Read more
The study looked at a nationally representative sample of about 55,000 people aged 20 and over. Washington: According to a recent study that suggested that less than 7% of the US adult population has good cardiometabolic health, a devastating health crisis requires urgent action. A group of researchers at Tufts University’s Friedman School of Nutrition … Read more
Brittney Griner wrote to President Joe Biden with an urgent plea: “Please don’t forget me.” The WNBA star’s message was delivered via a handwritten letter from the Russian prison where she has been held since she was arrested in February at a Moscow airport on drug charges. She faces up to 10 years in prison … Read more
A boy and a woman died after falling from an apartment block, it was reported. The two lifeless bodies were found in front of the building in Erlangen, Germany, on Tuesday morning. 1 The pair were found dead outside the building in Erlangen on Tuesday morning. Emergency services were alerted to the scene after a … Read more
Young South Sudanese Girls Leaving School and Being Sold into Marriage by Starving Families – CBS News Watch CBS News Young female children in South Sudan are being forced out of school and into marriage as young 14. The World Food Program has stopped its school feeding scheme in the wake of funding cuts and … Read more
Claudio Hummes, the Roman Catholic cardinal who defended striking workers in their fight against Brazil’s military dictatorship and who some believed could become the first Latin American pope in history before Francis won that distinction, has died. He was 87 years old. One of Brazil’s most important religious leaders, Hummes died on Monday “after a … Read more
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), June 27, 2022. Brendan McDermid | Reuters The first half of 2022 was historically bleak for global stock markets, and strategists think there are dark clouds on the horizon and some way to go before the storm passes. The S&P 500 closed … Read more