Digits: Bogus papers, dirty air, the ‘Charlotte effect,’ and more newsy numbers
115: the phrase “As of my last knowledge update” appeared in a Google Scholar search of academic journals, per 404 Media. That’s the phrase that ChatGPT, which only has knowledge up to a specific date, uses when it answers questions, indicating these supposedly peer-reviewed articles were composed…#googlescholar #estonia #finland #grenada #iceland #mauritius #newzealand #puertorico #pakistan #columbus (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 25, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Air Quality Is Bad Pretty Much Everywhere, New World Pollution Report Finds
The rules of survival are simple: humans can live weeks without food, days without water, but only minutes without air. Air is the most vital resource to human life, and yet what most of the world breathes in every day is dirty.
According to the 2023 World Air Quality Report published on Tuesday by IQAir, a Swiss firm that monitors real-time air quality around the world and has published an annual assessment since 2018, only 10 countries or territories last year had air quality that met the World Health Organization’s standard for clean air.
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Source: TIME: Health - March 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Chad de Guzman Tags: Uncategorized News Desk overnight Source Type: news
American Couple Likely Dead After Yacht Hijacked, Police Say: What We Know And Still Don ’t Know
Police in the Caribbean nations of Grenada and St. Vincent and the Grenadines said that Ralph Hendry and Kathleen Brandel, two American retirees who lived on their yacht named “Simplicity,” were likely killed after being thrown overboard when their vessel was hijacked by three escaped…#caribbean #grenada #stvincent #grenadines #ralphhendry #kathleenbrandel #coastguards #grenadan #donmckenzie #hendry (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Japan travel book offers inspired insights via slow trains
It seems as if I have spent my whole life traveling, either physically or in the library, the velodrome of the mind. Can travel destination literature, one of the best ways to experience the world, albeit vicariously, change a life, or at least reset its course? I believe it can. I "visited" Yegen…#yegen #alpujarra #spain #geraldbrenan #south #grenada #haiti #grahamgreene #comedians #janmorris (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The Country Where People Drink The Most Alcohol
The World Health Organization (WHO) keeps Substance Abuse Country Profiles for each of the world’s countries. Most recently, it was able to get data from 171 out of 194 (88%) Member States. One of the goals of the work is to cut down on the harmful use of alcohol. And in some nations, it is a…#alcoholorg #belarus #belarusian #lithuania #grenada #czechrepublic #easterneurope #poland #ukraine #worldfactbook (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Can El Salvador ’s ‘Freedom Visa’ Reach Full Capacity Before Year’s End?
In a daring initiative to appeal to cryptocurrency enthusiasts, President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador introduced the “Freedom Visa” program on Dec. 7, with the goal of attracting 1,000 affluent individuals each year. Despite the influx of hundreds of inquiries and “many dozens of applications,”…#nayibbukele #elsalvador #freedomvisa #elsalvadors #tether #malta #bondclearshurdles #dominica #grenada #portugal (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Suicide, Another Face of the Crisis in Venezuela
Suicide rates doubled in Venezuela during the harshest years of its humanitarian crisis. Males between the ages of 30 and 50, a productive age when it is very hard to be left without employment and income, are a group particularly vulnerable to self-inflicted violence. CREDIT: IhpiBy Humberto MárquezCARACAS, Nov 28 2023 (IPS) In the wee hours of one morning in early November, Ernesto, 50, swallowed several glasses of a cocktail of drugs and alcohol in the apartment where he lived alone in the Venezuelan capital, ending a life tormented by declining health and lack of resources to cope as he would have liked.
In the last m...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - November 28, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Humberto Marquez Tags: Development & Aid Economy & Trade Editors' Choice Featured Financial Crisis Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies Latin America & the Caribbean Population Poverty & SDGs Regional Categories Suicide Venezuela Source Type: news
Grenada, 1983: Catalyst To Upgrading Special Operations
Authored by Forrest Marion via RealClear Wire, In mid-October 1983, a “sordid little Leninist dictatorship” on the Caribbean Island of Grenada crumbled, resulting in the British Commonwealth country’s takeover by a more-leftist military…#grenada #forrestmarion #realclearwire #leninist #caribbeanisland #commonwealth #coldwars #grenadian #mauricebishop #cuba (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Five Caribbean states have sold 88,000 ‘golden passports’, EU reveals
The EU has raised security concerns about the trade in “golden passports” and vowed to tighten visa controls after revealing five Caribbean states have sold citizenship to 88,000 individuals from countries including Iran, Russia and China. A report published by the European Commission on Wednesday…#caribbean #iran #europeancommission #dominica #commision #dominican #stkitts #grenada #nevis #stlucia (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Spare the rod, spoil the child: measurement and learning from an intervention to shift corporal punishment attitudes and behaviors in Grenada, West Indies - Landon B, Thomas ED, Orlando L, Evans R, Murray T, Mohammed L, Noel J, Isaac R, Waechter R.
Childrearing practices in the Caribbean and other postcolonial states have long been associated with corporal punishment and are influenced by expectations of children for respectfulness and obedience. Evidence across settings shows that physical punishmen... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 27, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Students transform their drab dorm rooms into comfy living spaces
Childhood friends Sydney Allbritton, 18, left, and Emma Kirk, 19, both of Grenada, Mississippi, pose in their decorated dorm room at the University of Mississippi, in Oxford, on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. Students are spending big bucks to decorate their rooms, adding yet another layer to the…#childhood #sydneyallbritton #emmakirk #grenada #mississippi #oxford #rogeliovsolis #lesleylachman #rye #essentialswitheden (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Grenada's passport-selling boom offering rich Russians a Caribbean shortcut to US visas could be over
St. George's, Grenada. Andreas Voelkel/Getty Images Grenada runs a "Citizenship by Investment" program, offering a "golden passport" from $150,000. Grenadian citizenship allows holders to travel to over 100 countries without visa restrictions. Demand for the program surged following Russia's…#stgeorge #grenada #grenadian #ukraine #caribbean #cbi #russians #richardhallam #worldwarii #ministryoffinance (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How a dysfunctional mission in the Caribbean became'the pivotal point' for the creation of US Special Operations Command
A US Marine Corps UH-1N helicopter during Operation Urgent Fury in Grenada on October 25, 1983. US Defense Department/Spc. Douglas Ide In October 1983, US troops invaded Grenada, a small island in the Caribbean. While it was an overall success, the operation had missteps that lead to failures and…#usmarinecorpsuh1n #operationurgentfury #grenada #douglaside #caribbean #tehran #operationeagleclaw #eagleclaw #pentagon #deltaforce (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
“A Reckoning Is Coming”: King Charles Urged To Apologize For Historical Royal Links To Slave Trade
The then Prince of Wales begins an official tour of Grenada in 2019 King Charles and the UK government have been urged to make public apologies for historical links to the slave trade. The call comes from British former BBC journalist Laura Trevelyan, whose ancestors owned at least a thousand…#grenada #lauratrevelyan #caribbean #times #industrialrevolution #guardian #royalafricancompany #williamiii #buckinghampalace (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What To Buy From Target's New Spring Designer Collection
It’s time to break out all the cute spring outfits that have been collecting dust in your closet. And if your wardrobe is in need of a major refresh, you’re in luck, as Target just launched its highly anticipated spring fashion designer collection. The limited-time drop includes an array of…#target #fenoel #rhode #aguabendita #fenoels #felishanoel #grenadian #purnakhatau #phoebevickers #catalinaálvarez (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 15, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
