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Kidney disease, diabetes may elevate heart disease risk 28 years sooner: Study
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Kidney disease, diabetes may elevate heart disease risk 28 years sooner: Study

People with chronic kidney disease (CKD), Type 2 diabetes, or both were predicted to have elevated cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk from eight to 28 years sooner than someone without those conditions, according to a preliminary study on Monday. Scientists from Northwestern University in Chicago conducted a simulation study to estimate the impact of cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome on cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk prediction. They found that people with CKD alone would have high heart risk eight years earlier than those without the disease. Among diabetics, the risk can hit about a decade sooner than those without it. Among people with both diabetes and CKD, women were predicted to reach elevated risk for CVD 26 years earlier and men 28 years earlier than those with ne...
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Trump to appoint former ICE director Tom Homan as US ‘border czar’
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World News

Trump to appoint former ICE director Tom Homan as US ‘border czar’

Tom Homan will be in charge of in charge of US's borders, including the southern border with Mexico. Photo: Nick Monro/RNZ Tom Homan, US incoming president Donald Trump's "border czar", said he would prioritize deporting immigrants in the United States illegally who posed safety and security threats as well as those working at job sites. Trump, who takes office in January, said in a social media post overnight that the former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from his first administration would be in charge of the country's borders in his new administration starting 20 January. Trump made cracking down on illegal immigration the central element of his campaign, promising mass deportations. He is expected to mobilize agencies across the US government to help hi...
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Starmer has ‘no plans’ to meet Taliban at COP29, says Downing Street | Politics News
11Nov By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Business

Starmer has ‘no plans’ to meet Taliban at COP29, says Downing Street | Politics News

Sir Keir Starmer has "no plans" to meet with the Taliban during the COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan, Downing Street said.The militant group confirmed on Sunday that it will be sending delegates to the UN-led conference for the first time since their takeover of Afghanistan in 2021, which took place as the US, UK, and their allies retreated from the country. Asked what the prime minister thought of that, and whether he would come face to face with its leaders, a Number 10 spokeswoman said: "No plans to meet with them."She said that attendance was "a matter for the organisers", adding: "More broadly the summit I think is bringing together 96 different delegations from across the world and the objective is obviously to strengthen global climate action and engagement on that issue."It is ob...
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Canadian veterans recall easing tensions in ethnically split Cyprus – National
11Nov By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Politics

Canadian veterans recall easing tensions in ethnically split Cyprus – National

It was the first time that Canadian U.N. peacekeeper Michelle Angela Hamelin said she came up against the raw emotion of a people so exasperated with their country’s predicament. Seared in her memory from her eight-month tour of duty on the ethnically divided Cyprus in 1986 was the fury of Greek Cypriot protesters demonstrating against the first-ever visit by a Turkish head of government to the island’s breakaway Turkish Cypriot north.“I think that that was something that really stuck to my mind because of that anger and the people,” Hamelin told The Associated Press.She was one of among 100 other Canadian veterans who travelled to Cyprus as part of commemorations that culminated Monday to mark the 60th anniversary of the U.N. peacekeeping force, known as UNFICYP, the longest such Canadian...
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Climate fight is ‘bigger than one election’, says US climate envoy John Podesta, after Donald Trump’s election win | Science, Climate & Tech News
11Nov By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Business

Climate fight is ‘bigger than one election’, says US climate envoy John Podesta, after Donald Trump’s election win | Science, Climate & Tech News

The fight against climate change is "bigger than one election", US envoy John Podesta has said. Mr Podesta was speaking at the UN COP29 climate talks after his party lost the White House to Republican and climate sceptic Donald Trump. The re-election of Mr Trump, who is expected to again pull the United States out of global climate treaties and efforts, sent concern through the almost 200 countries gathering in Azerbaijan for the climate summit.But a defiant Mr Podesta said: "This is not the end of our fight for a cleaner, safer planet."Facts are still facts. Science is still science. The fight is bigger than one election, one political cycle in one country." Mr Trump's campaign team indicated the president-elect would withdraw the US - the world's second biggest polluter - out of the land...
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Remembrance Day: Canada to honour veterans’ ‘legacy of courage’ – National
11Nov By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Politics

Remembrance Day: Canada to honour veterans’ ‘legacy of courage’ – National

Canadians are marking Remembrance Day with events planned across the country honouring veterans who served in war and those who sacrificed their lives serving the nation. In the capital, Ottawa, an annual ceremony will take place at the National War Memorial on Monday morning, starting at approximately 10:30 a.m. Eastern.Global News will carry the ceremony live here.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Gov. General May Simon, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland and Minister of Veterans Affairs Ginette Petitpas Taylor will be among those in attendance.Trudeau said paying tribute to those who have served the nation on Remembrance Day is not just a tradition but an obligation.“Canadian Armed Forces members continue to serve to this day – during wildfires and floods, in remote search and rescues...
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Motorcycle Live 2024: UK’s biggest bike show gets festival theme
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Life Style

Motorcycle Live 2024: UK’s biggest bike show gets festival theme

For the daring, there will even be an Isle of Man TT simulator, using live, pulse-quickening on-bike footage from championship rider Michael Dunlop. Oset, which produces electric trials, off-road and motocross bikes will be on hand, giving those aged seven and over, and over 125cms tall, the chance to have some riding fun. Source link
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As COP29 starts, what is Canada’s role in climate finance negotiations? – National
11Nov By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Politics

As COP29 starts, what is Canada’s role in climate finance negotiations? – National

This year’s international climate talks are expected to be headlined by fraught negotiations over how Canada and other wealthy countries, who have contributed a disproportionate share of planet-warming emissions, should financially compensate other nations in their fight to tackle climate change. Many pressing questions for negotiators are on the table: How much should those wealthy countries pay? Which countries will have to contribute? And how should the money be provided?The answers may determine just how much money developing countries could receive for everything from renewable energy projects to wetlands conservation.Failure to achieve a new goal at the United Nation’s annual climate talks may undercut confidence in major international agreements and strike a blow against efforts to ...
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First emperor penguin found in Australia after 2,000-mile journey from Antarctica | World News
11Nov By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Business

First emperor penguin found in Australia after 2,000-mile journey from Antarctica | World News

A malnourished emperor penguin has been found in Australia for the first time - more than 2,200 miles north of the Antarctic coast.The adult male was discovered on 1 November on a tourist beach in the town of Denmark in southwest Australia. The emperor is the largest penguin species and has never been reported in the country before, according to Belinda Cannell from the University of Western Australia.She said she had no clue why he had taken such a long journey, although some emperors have been spotted in New Zealand before. Image: The penguin was well underweight when it was found. Pic: AP The one-metre tall bird weighed 23kg when he was found, but healthy males can weigh more than 45kg. He is being cared for by seabird r...
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Donald Trump taps former ICE director Tom Homan as ‘border czar’ – National
11Nov By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Politics

Donald Trump taps former ICE director Tom Homan as ‘border czar’ – National

President-elect Donald Trump says that Tom Homan, his former acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement director, will serve as “border czar” in his incoming administration. “I am pleased to announce that the Former ICE Director, and stalwart on Border Control, Tom Homan, will be joining the Trump Administration, in charge of our Nation’s Borders,” he wrote late Sunday on his Truth Social site.Homan was widely expected to be offered a position related to the border and Trump’s pledge to launch the largest deportation operation in the country’s history.In addition to overseeing the southern and northern borders and “maritime, and aviation security,” Trump said Homan “will be in charge of all Deportation of Illegal Aliens back to their Country of Origin,” a central part of his agenda.He...
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