Giorno: 16 Gennaio 2023

Covid increases chance of grave illness and death in pregnant women – study

Read More Women are more likely to die in pregnancy if they catch Covid, according to researchers, who found the infection raised the risk of a swath of serious illnesses for mothers and their newborns. Reports throughout the pandemic have highlighted how pregnant women are particularly vulnerable to the virus, with doctors urging women to […]

President Biden calls Republicans ‘fiscally demented’ during MLK Day speech, amid docs scandal, inflation

Post Content President Joe Biden said Republicans are “fiscally demented” while speaking at a Martin Luther King Day event Monday, amid GOP calls for more transparency regarding the president’s mishandling of classified documents. The president began by claiming Democrats are fiscally responsible, before taking a jab at Republicans who criticized his administrations spending. “You’re gonna […]

Russia’s declining oil revenues could devalue ruble in ‘vicious circle,’ experts warn

Russia’s attempts to plug its budget deficit by selling foreign currency reserves could lead to a vicious circle that pushes the ruble higher and further reduces the Kremlin’s crucial export revenues, analysts say. Russia’s finance ministry and central bank said last week they would restart interventions in foreign exchange markets for the first time in […]

Former Afghan female lawmaker fatally shot by gunmen in Kabul home

Tributes poured in on Monday for a former Afghan female lawmaker who was shot and killed by gunmen in her home in the capital of Kabul the previous day. The slaying was the first time a lawmaker from the previous administration was killed in the city since the Taliban takeover. Mursal Nabizada was among the […]

Davos conference speaker says climate change, malaria connected, as are inflation and TB

Climate change is increasing malaria infections, the executive director of the world’s biggest health fund said in Davos on Monday. Huge surges in malaria infections followed recent floods in Pakistan and cyclones in Mozambique in 2021, said Peter Sands, the executive director of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. “Whenever you have […]

Dutch, German foreign ministers condemn deportation of Ukrainian children by Russians

The German and Dutch foreign ministers on Monday condemned the deportation by Russians of thousands of Ukrainian children, calling it a deliberate policy of cruel and inhumane abductions that is tearing families apart. Since Moscow launched its war in Ukraine nearly a year ago, Russians have been accused of deporting Ukrainian children to Russia or […]