Guilty pleasure? More like superfood. The researchers conducted a combined analysis of studies from the past five decades that looked for links between eating chocolate and coronary artery disease, which included data from more than 336,000 participants who reported their consumption of chocolate. And those who ate chocolate more than …
Read More »The FDA’s list of toxic disinfectants is increasing, now at 75. Here’s why
The Food and Drug Administration has expanded its list of toxic hand sanitizers to 75 products that it says contain methanol, a toxic substance that could ultimately lead to death if absorbed through the skin or ingested and therefore it is not safe for human use. The warning includes some …
Read More »Court of Canada Rules ‘Safe Third Country’ Pact with US Invalid, Cites Risk of Detention
OTTAWA / TORONTO (Reuters) – A Canadian court ruled Wednesday that a bilateral pact that requires asylum seekers trying to enter Canada across the U.S. border to seek refuge in the United States is invalid, saying the arrest of immigrants violates their human rights. FILE PHOTO: The Canada Border Inspection …
Read More »“We want a stable dollar,” says US Treasury Secretary Mnuchin: “It is the world’s reserve currency and we are going to protect that.”
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says the Trump administration’s goal is a stable US dollar, while, separately, he notes that some foam is seeping into the stock market that has risen from its coronavirus lows to end of march. “ “Clearly there are some individual stocks, I’m not going to mention …
Read More »UK details path to citizenship for Hong Kong applicants
FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Home Secretary Priti Patel speaks to the media near the scene of multiple stabbings in Reading, Britain, June 22, 2020. REUTERS / Peter Nicholls LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s route to citizenship for nearly three million people in Hong Kong will open in January 2021, and applicants won’t …
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