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Where you live, what you’re allergic to and your lifestyle can make a big difference when it comes to the severity of your allergies. Experts say climate change is leading to longer and more intense allergy seasons, but also point out that treatments for seasonal allergies have become more effective over the last decade. Here …
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy was supposed to start the year with a bang, fueled by an unusually large jump in tax refunds from President Donald Trump’s tax cut legislation. Yet spiking gas prices are on track to eat up those refunds, leaving most Americans with little extra to spend. “Next spring is projected …
By Maayan Lubell, Alexander Cornwell and Idrees Ali TEL AVIV/JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON, March 22 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump and Iran threatened to escalate their war by attacking energy facilities in the Gulf, a potential widening of hostilities which could deepen a regional crisis and add to concerns in global markets. Air raid sirens sounded across …
Washington — As voters gear up for the midterm elections in November that will decide control of the House and Senate, the Supreme Court is set to weigh Monday whether states can count mail ballots that are postmarked by, but arrive after, Election Day. The dispute before the high court, known as Watson v. RNC, …
CAIRO, March 22 (Reuters) – An unknown projectile struck a vessel 15 nautical miles north of the United Arab Emirates’ Sharjah, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said early on Sunday. It said that all crew were reported safe. The UKMTO said in a later statement that the target of the incident could not …
CAIRO, March 22 (Reuters) – Six people were killed in a helicopter crash in Qatar’s territorial waters while operations continue to find the last missing person, the interior ministry said on Sunday. The defence ministry earlier said the helicopter had crashed after suffering a technical malfunction during “routine duty”. (Reporting by Jaidaa Taha and Muhammad …
MOSCOW, March 22 (Reuters) – Russian air defences thwarted a Ukrainian drone attack on the city of Ufa in Bashkortostan region, regional governor Radiy Khabirov said. Ukrainian drones were shot down near the city’s oil refineries, Khabirov said, without naming the facilities. Debris triggered a brief fire at a building under construction in one of …
LONDON, March 22 (Reuters) – British cabinet minister Steve Reed said on Sunday that U.S. President Trump spoke for himself when he threatened to “obliterate” Iran’s power plants if Tehran did not fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours. Asked what Britain’s position on Trump’s deadline was, Housing Secretary Reed told Sky News: …
DUBAI, March 22 (Reuters) – The Strait of Hormuz remains open to all shipping except vessels linked to “Iran’s enemies”, Iran’s representative to the U.N. maritime agency said on Sunday, after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to target Iranian power plants if the waterway was not “fully open” within 48 hours. The threat of Iranian …
CAIRO (AP) — At least 64 people were killed, including at least 13 children, in a strike on a hospital in Sudan’s western Darfur region last week, the World Health Organization said Saturday. The strike on the Al Daein Teaching Hospital in East Darfur on Friday also injured at least 89 people and rendered the …