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WHO: Tuberculosis cases rise for the first time in years

Monday, 22 May 2023, 07:57 Last update: about 4 years ago Associated Press

The number of people infected with tuberculosis, including the kind resistant to drugs, rose globally for the first time in years, according to a report Thursday by the World Health...

Controversy, frivolity mark day one of Paris Fashion Week

Monday, 22 May 2023, 07:56 Last update: about 4 years ago Associated Press

The pioneering Black performer Josephine Baker — who left the United States to find global fame in Paris in the 1920s — was Dior's muse for an old school spring couture collection of...

Armani, Kapoor bring tranquil close to Milan fashion week

Thursday, 18 May 2023, 15:02 Last update: about 4 years ago Associated Press

Milan Fashion Week closed four days of mostly menswear previews for next fall and winter on a note of tranquility. Italian fashion world stalwart Giorgio Armani took his admirers inside Milan's...

Nominations for the Nazzareno Vassallo Award 2023 are open

Wednesday, 17 May 2023, 13:28 Last update: about 4 years ago

Nominations for The Nazzareno Vassallo Award 2023 will remain open for submissions till the 15 June. Celebrating 25 years since its inception, The Nazzareno Vassallo Award aims at recognising...

Help a little girl to walk, with crowdfunding

Wednesday, 17 May 2023, 12:49 Last update: about 4 years ago

A recently launched crowdfunding campaign hopes to raise funds towards the life-changing surgery of a child in Malta. The Let's give Kate hope to walk campaign, launched earlier this month on...

Swing into a whole new Spider-Verse at Burger King®

Wednesday, 17 May 2023, 12:44 Last update: about 4 years ago

Are your Spidey Senses tingling? They certainly will be as Burger King® gets immersed in Spider-ManTM: Across the Spider-Verse. Burger King locations across the globe will give fans a Spider-Man:...

World IBD Day

Tuesday, 9 May 2023, 20:52 Last update: about 4 years ago

May 19th, for some it is their birthday, for many it is just a normal day.  However, yearly, on this date falls World IBD Day.  Many are now asking, what is IBD?  The abbreviation...

Psychedelic 'magic mushroom' drug may ease some depression

Monday, 8 May 2023, 07:21 Last update: about 4 years ago Associated Press

The psychedelic chemical in "magic mushrooms" may ease depression in some hard-to-treat patients, a preliminary study found. The effects were modest and waned over time but they occurred with a...

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