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Thomson Reuters BEIJING (Reuters) – Russia and China were considering linking their national payment system, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday, as he called for a more balanced global finance structure. Noting the rise of China’s Unionpay system and Beijing’s efforts to internationalize its currency, the yuan, Medvedev told a press conference in […]
Researchers from the University of British Columbia are retracting their scientific paper linking aluminum in vaccines to autism in mice, because one of the co-authors claims figures published in the study were deliberately altered before publication — an issue he says he realized after allegations of data manipulation surfaced online. CBC | Health News
This Saturday marks the end of the second year of Russia’s military operation in Syria. It’s seen some setbacks, a few major victories, the potential to end the bloody conflict and the risk of rapid descent into a conflict between Russia and the US. Russia’s campaign in Syria was officially launched on September 30, 2015, […]
Shutterstock They’re colorful, chewable, and more affordable than a doctor’s visit. And if you believe some of their claims, supplements can do everything from giving you an energy boost to helping you lose weight. At the very worst, your daily tablet can’t do any harm — right? Not so fast. A growing body of research […]
Published time: 22 Aug, 2017 00:48 A jury in Los Angeles, California, has ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay a record $ 417 million to a woman who claimed the talc in the company’s iconic baby powder caused her ovarian cancer. The verdict follows a series of court rulings against J&J over the product. The […]
The family of murdered Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich strongly refuted a report from Monday night claiming he had been in contact with Wikileaks. Fox 5 local first reported the link. It was later picked up by Fox News. “As we’ve seen through the past year of unsubstantiated claims, we see no facts, we […]
Canadian doctors say a new study linking inability to conceive through fertility treatments with possible heart issues later in life shouldn’t “alarm women who undergo fertility therapy.” CBC | Health News
If you ask New York City, the Tech Talent Pipeline is a shining star in its technology education efforts. The program helps students find internships and training that get them cushier tech jobs when they graduate, and it appears to be paying off — the average starting salary among participants has gone up 34 percent, […]
A 2012 academic study from Ohio State University which linked violent video games to improved marksmanship in real life has been retracted due to “irregularities” in the data it used, according to a report from Motherboard. The study, published in the journal Communications Research, was primarily the work of OSU professor of communication and psychology […]
First-person shooter experts may want to schedule some more practice on the firing range, as Ohio State University has retracted a study linking FPS gameplay to skill with handguns. The post OSU retracts study linking video-game shooting to real-world firearm accuracy appeared first on Digital Trends. Gaming–Digital Trends
