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LONDON—World stocks extended their gains on Friday, on track for their biggest weekly rise this year, while the dollar held near 15-month lows as investors bet that the U.S. Federal Reserve was nearing the end of its rate-hiking cycle. Data on Wednesday showed U.S. consumer prices growing at their slowest pace in more than two

House conservatives are bundling the nation’s defense budget with “culture war” amendments they say are needed to reverse the Biden administration’s “woke” politicization of the military through “radical race theories” instituted in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. In the span of 10 hours on July 13, the Republican-led House repealed the Department of Defense’s

The government has been given the go-ahead to take a legal battle over its Rwanda deportation policy to the Supreme Court. Under the government’s proposed Illegal Migration Bill, anyone who arrives in the UK illegally will be banned from claiming asylum, and will be deported to their home country or a safe third country like

The number of children, teenagers, and young adults being rushed to hospital owing to cannabis-involved emergencies spiked throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new data published on July 13 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). While cannabis-involved emergency department visits had already risen among young people up to the age of 14 prior

Editor’s Note: Effervescent and salubrious, kombucha is a perfect summer thirst quencher. In “Delicious Probiotic Drinks,” Julia Mueller introduces the art of fermentation with easy-to-follow fun recipes you can brew at home. From kombucha to kefir and ginger beer—there’s a whole world of tasty fermented refreshers to be explored. The following is an excerpt about probiotics and

It’s not all that reassuring seeing the crime sprees lately in the news as robberies spike in big cities across the United States. While we all do our part in making our communities better places to live, for our families and ourselves, we must consider the security of our own homes—this is one of life’s

An abandoned egg that had been rescued was incubated for 32 days before being introduced to an “adoptive” flamingo family, a zookeeper said. Soon the egg was taken under the wings of the feathered couple—Florence and Freddie—and, not long after that, it would hatch to become Whipsnade Conservation Zoo’s newest addition. The fluffy, grey flamingo

A South Korean man who identifies as a transgender female has competed and won a cycling race to make a point that trans athletes are physically stronger, deeming them “selfish.” Na Hwa-rin, 37, has undertaken gender reassignment surgery and was officially recognized as a woman in Seoul last year, including a reissue of his birth

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will visit India this week to meet with finance ministers of the Group of 20 (G20) nations before continuing on to Vietnam for bilateral talks, the Treasury Department said on Thursday. Ms. Yellen will travel to Gandhinagar, India, from July 13 to 21 to participate in the G20 meetings of finance

The U.S. House votes to end a Pentagon policy that pays service members to travel out-of-state for abortions. Republicans also passed other amendments pushing back against Pentagon policies. Whether its de-risking, de-coupling, or diversifying when it comes to China, Congressman Mike Gallagher says we shouldn’t be funding our own destruction. We had a chance to