By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterMONDAY, March 23, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Heat waves might endanger some urban-dwelling seniors at temperatures lower than those now used by cities to declare a heat emergency, a new study warns. The risk of heat stroke and death among some seniors rises dramatically when the heat index reaches 90 degrees …
PRAGUE, March 23 (Reuters) – Czech police and defence company LPP, which produces drones for Ukraine, are investigating a fire at a factory in the city of Pardubice for possible links to Russian interests, LPP said on Monday. Police are treating Friday’s incident as a deliberate attack after Czech media outlets received emails from a …
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterMONDAY, March 23, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Psychedelic drugs don’t appear to work any better than antidepressants among people with major depression, a new evidence review says. Despite the hype around using “magic mushrooms” and LSD to treat some mental disorders, psychedelic-assisted therapy did not outperform traditional antidepressants when researchers compared …
By Stine Jacobsen, Canan Sevgili and Vera Dvorakova COPENHAGEN, March 23 (Reuters) – Denmark holds an election on Tuesday, with opinion polls showing a narrow lead for Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s centre-left bloc, boosted by her defiant stand against U.S. President Donald Trump’s push to take control of Greenland. But while right-wing parties are trailing, …
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterMONDAY, March 23, 2026 (HealthDay News) — People with type 2 diabetes struggle to control their disease if their insurance coverage is shaky, a new study says. Low-income adults who experience insurance “churn” – losing coverage off and on – have poorer blood sugar control and need more diabetes meds than …
The head of the U.S. military’s Central Command says Iran is “operating in a sign of desperation” by targeting civilian sites in the war. In an interview with the Farsi-language Iranian opposition satellite network Iran International that aired early Monday, U.S. Navy Adm. Brad Cooper said: “They’re operating in a sign of desperation. … In …
March 23 (Reuters) – At 8 p.m. on April 21, 2002, voters learned the shock first-round results of France’s presidential election. For the first time in the Republic’s history, a far-right candidate – Jean-Marie Le Pen – would advance to the runoff. Minutes later, Lionel Jospin addressed his supporters. The leading candidate of the left, …
LJUBLJANA, March 23 (Reuters) – Slovenia’s political parties looked set for urgent coalition talks on Monday after no clear winner emerged from an election that could sway the Alpine country’s domestic and foreign agenda. Prime Minister Robert Golob’s liberal Freedom Movement (GS) party was in a near dead heat with the right-leaning Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS) …
LONDON, March 23 (Reuters) – A British man detained in Tehran urged Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday to “step out of the shadows” and publicly challenge the spying charges against him and his wife, who now fear for their lives more than three weeks into the Iran war. Craig Foreman and his wife Lindsay …
(Corrects al-Maabilahin to al-Maawil in paragraph 3) DUBAI, March 23 (Reuters) – At least five people have died in Oman over the past 24 hours after vehicles were swept away by floodwaters, authorities said on Monday. Oman’s Civil Defence and Ambulance Authority said seven people were rescued after a vehicle carrying 10 people was swept …