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If it could, where do you think a pet dog would take itself on a walk? Perhaps it’d make a beeline for the local butcher’s shop for a special treat, or maybe it’d head straight over to the park to chase squirrels. Well, for one pup in Winnipeg who made her great escape from the […]
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Former Australian Test cricketer Michael Slater has been charged with stalking and harassment offences over an alleged domestic violence incident. The 51-year-old was arrested on Wednesday at a home in Manly on Sydney’s northern beaches. He was taken to Manly police station, interviewed and later charged with using a carriage service to menace, harass or […]
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Collaborating with traditional healers to deliver point-of-care HIV tests to individuals in rural Uganda quadrupled testing rates compared with standard referrals to HIV clinics, according to a trial by Weill Cornell Medicine and Mbarara University of Science and Technology investigators. The healer-delivered HIV testing model has the potential to significantly improve the uptake of HIV […]
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Australia’s Macquarie Group Ltd (MQG.AX) said on Thursday its asset management division has agreed to acquire investment advisory firm Central Park Group to expand in the U.S. wealth management market. The acquisition will let Macquarie Asset Management tap into the growing market of providing easy access to alternative assets such as private equity and real […]
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As the Steam Deck’s December 2021 launch approaches, Valve is taking time to make sure gamers know which titles will work on its portable machine. While its site still promises “Your Steam Library, anywhere,” we’ve had an interest — and a little skepticism — about whether or not games built for PCs will actually work […]
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Johns Hopkins Medicine has been awarded a federal grant to explore the potential impacts of psilocybin on tobacco addiction—making it the first time in fifty years such funding has been given towards researching the therapeutic effects of a classic psychedelic. The grant, totaling nearly $4 million, is funded by National Institute of Health’s National Institute […]
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A 63-year-old Belgian Manchester City fan is in intensive care after being attacked, apparently by supporters of Club Brugge, after City’s 5-1 Champions League win at the Jan Breydel Stadium on Tuesday. The incident occurred at a service station near Drongen at 10.40pm local time and the victim has been named by local media as […]
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Columbia Psychiatry faculty, in partnership with avoMD, a next-gen clinical decision support platform, have developed an interactive smartphone application that provides point-of-care treatment algorithms for major depression. The app—known as Columbia Psychiatry Pathways—supports and strengthens the ability of clinicians to provide critical mental health services in an outpatient setting. “Depression is fast becoming the leading […]
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When Sebastian Kanovich co-founded Latin American digital payments startup dLocal in Montevideo in 2016, he struggled to get global retailers to take him seriously. Five years on, it’s a different story. dLocal (DLO.O) listed on the Nasdaq exchange in New York in June and is now worth $16 billion, thanks to partnerships with the likes […]
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AMC has expanded open captioning on some film showings to 240 cinemas in the US, including select showtimes for all of its newer releases. The expansion of support in its theaters across the US — which has been extended to more than 100 markets — is AMC’s most significant push into captioned showings to date. […]
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