TOKYO, June 16, (APP/AFP) – The Bank of Japan held steady on monetary policy Friday as questions mount about when the central bank will start pulling the plug on its massive monetary easing campaign. Policymakers said the world’s number three economy was picking up and they decided to leave an 80 trillion yen ($719 billion) […]
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BoJ holds fire as it faces calls for exit from monetary easing
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UN General Assembly approves creation of new world body’s Counter-Terrorism Office
UNITED NATIONS, June 16 (APP): The UN General Assembly has approved the establishment of a new United Nations office to help Member States implement the Organization’s global counter-terrorism strategy. Adopting a consensus resolution, the 193-nation body also welcomed Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ initiative to transfer relevant functions out of the UN Department of Political Affairs (DPA) […]
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Drones could save lives with rapid heart attack response
WASHINGTON, June 14 (APP/AFP): Drones could help save the lives of heart attack victims by delivering defibrillators faster than an ambulance can arrive at the scene, according to a report Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. By reducing the crucial intervention time after a heart attack, drone delivery of the easy-to-use kit […]
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Aspirin increases bleeding risk in older stroke patients: study
PARIS, June 14 (APP/AFP) – Long-term, daily use of aspirin to prevent blood clots in very elderly patients leads to an increased risk of serious or fatal internal bleeding, researchers said Wednesday. Heartburn medication would allows people 75 years and older to keep the preventative benefits of aspirin while avoiding its dangerous side-effects, they reported […]
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Rescuers battle to reach victims Bangladesh’s deadliest landslides
CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh, June 14 (APP/AFP) – Rescue workers battled Wednesday to reach victims of the worst landslides ever to hit Bangladesh, as the death toll rose to 145, with dozens more missing. Television footage from some of the worst-hit areas showed villagers using shovels to try to dig bodies out of the mud that engulfed […]
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American student released from N. Korea prison arrives in US
WASHINGTON, June 14, (APP/AFP) – An American student who fell into a coma while imprisoned in a North Korean labor camp returned to the United States late Tuesday after Pyongyang allowed him to be flown home, US media reported. A military airplane carrying Otto Warmbier landed in his hometown Cincinnati, Ohio, shortly before 10:20 pm […]