Drinking a few cups of caffeinated coffee or tea every day may help in a small way to preserve brain power and prevent dementia, researchers reported on Monday. People with the highest daily intake of caffeinated coffee had an 18 percent lower risk of developing dementia compared to those with the lowest such intake, according to a study based on responses to questionnaires by 132,000 US adults spanning four decades. The study, published in JAMA, also found that the people with the highest intake had a lower rate – by nearly 2 percentage points – of self-perceived memory or thinking…
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The World Health Organization said on Friday that a woman had died in northern Bangladesh in January after contracting the deadly Nipah virus infection. The case in Bangladesh, where Nipah cases are reported almost every year, follows two Nipah virus cases identified in neighbouring India, which has already prompted stepped-up airport screenings across Asia. The patient in Bangladesh, aged between 40-50 years, developed symptoms consistent with Nipah virus on Jan 21, including fever and headache followed by hypersalivation, disorientation and convulsion, the WHO added. She died a week later and was confirmed to be infected with the virus a day…
The US State Department has approved the potential sale of Patriot interceptor missiles and related equipment to Saudi Arabia for an estimated cost of $9 billion, the Pentagon said on Friday. The principal contractor for the sale of the missiles – Patriot advanced capability-3 missile segment enhancement missiles (PAC-3 MSE) – will be Lockheed Martin Corp, the Pentagon said in a statement. The State Department approval follows a request by Saudi Arabia to buy 730 PAC-3 MSE missiles, the Pentagon said. The proposed sale will not alter the military balance in the Middle East, and it will not result in…
BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman has arrived in Chattogram to attend a major election rally. He landed at Shah Amanat International Airport at 7:20pm on Saturday on a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight. From the airport, he headed to Hotel Radisson Blu for an overnight stay, BNP Chattogram City Member-Secretary Nazimur Rahman told bdnews24.com. At the airport, Tarique was welcomed by BNP leaders including Mir Mohammad Nasir Uddin, Standing Committee member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury, Salauddin Ahmed, and Chattogram City Mayor Shahadat Hossain. Tarique is scheduled to speak on Sunday morning at Pologround, in a rally organised by BNP’s Chattogram Metropolitan, north,…
West Ham United’s Jarrod Bowen wrote himself into the club’s history books while inspiring a rampant first-half display as they secured a vital 3-1 home victory over Sunderland on Saturday to inch closer to the Premier League safety zone. West Ham are 18th with 20 points from 23 games, two behind Nottingham Forest, who travel to Brentford on Sunday. Sunderland are ninth on 33 points, three points off the top four. The hosts took the lead at London Stadium in the 14th minute when Bowen’s lofted cross into Sunderland’s penalty area was headed home by Crysencio Summerville. Bowen doubled West…
Brazil’s government and federal prosecutors gave Elon Musk’s xAI 30 days to stop its Grok chatbot from circulating fake sexualised content, according to a joint statement on Tuesday. The Brazilian consumer protection agency Senacon, data protection authority ANPD and the Office of Federal Prosecutors said they can take further administrative or judicial measures if X does not comply. The Brazilian authorities urged xAI to develop and implement technical procedures to identify, review and remove the inappropriate content within 30 days, as well as to remove accounts linked to their production. Previously, xAI has said it had restricted image editing for…