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US FDA approves nasal spray for migraines

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a fast-acting nasal spray from Pfizer designed to treat migraines, the US pharmaceutical giant said Friday.. "As a nasal spray with rapid drug absorption, Zavzpret offers an alternative treatment option for people who need pain relief or cannot take oral medications due to nausea or vomiting," Pfizer quoted Kathleen Mullin, associate medical director at the New England Institute for Neurology and Headache, as saying.

Fri, Mar 10, 2023 1 mins read

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Children take the floor at UN to call for digital access, safety

Mariana has made the long journey from the rural mountains of southern Colombia to the United Nations in Geneva to denounce digital inequity and online dangers facing children like her.. Flanked by children from Ethiopia and Malaysia, as well as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk, Mariana was taking part in a UN discussion on child rights in the digital environment.  

Fri, Mar 10, 2023 2 mins read

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French utopian architect Roland Castro dies aged 82

French utopian architect Roland Castro, a political activist who fought what he called "urban apartheid" and wanted to transform run-down housing estates into places people would actually like to live, has died aged 82, his daughter said.. Brazilian architect "Oscar Niemeyer died aged 104 and he was still working.

Fri, Mar 10, 2023 2 mins read

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Ozone pollution linked to increased heart disease: study

Ozone air pollution is linked to a higher rate of hospitalisations for heart diseases, according to a large study released Friday, the latest warning of the health dangers posed by greenhouse gases.. The new study said it was the first to evaluate the risk of hospitalisation for heart disease when ozone levels rise above the World Health Organization's daily guideline of 100 microgrammes per cubic metre of air.

Fri, Mar 10, 2023 2 mins read

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British colonialist Cecil Rhodes's grave haunts Zimbabweans

It's a sacred hill where for centuries Zimbabweans would go to consult their ancestors. . I also came here as a kid," said a 45-year-old white Zimbabwean, Nicky Johnson.

Fri, Mar 10, 2023 3 mins read

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Dutch art fair looks ahead after 'horrible' heist

One of the world's largest art fairs opens its doors this weekend in the Netherlands, with organisers saying they have thrown a ring of steel around it after a brazen heist last year.. From Saturday until March 19, visitors at The European Fine Art Fair, better known as TEFAF, will be able to view a treasure trove of the world's greatest artworks for sale in the southern city of Maastricht.

Fri, Mar 10, 2023 3 mins read

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Warnings over AI and toxic beauty myths dog TikTok's Bold Glamour filter

TikTok's latest sensation is a real-time filter called Bold Glamour that sashays right past debates over toxic beauty standards on social media, going all in on giving users a new face.. Quietly released to the app's more than a billion users, Bold Glamour convincingly blends a user's real face with an AI-generated ideal of a supermodel, drawing both laughs and alarm.

Thu, Mar 9, 2023 3 mins read

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Honduras authorizes morning-after pill

Honduras' first woman president, Xiomara Castro, on Thursday lifted a 14-year-old ban on the emergency contraceptive pill in one of the last countries to outlaw its use.. "We commemorate the historical struggle of women," Castro tweeted on Thursday as she announced she had signed an "executive agreement for the free use and commercialization" of the morning-after pill.

Thu, Mar 9, 2023 1 mins read

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Chief exec for US derailed toxic chemicals train pledges better safety

The head of US rail company Norfolk Southern pledged Thursday to improve safety practices and to quickly address clean-up need after its train derailed and spilled toxic chemicals in an Ohio town last month.. Norfolk Southern chief executive Alan Shaw apologized over the February 3 derailment and crash of dozens of rail cars that spilled toxic and flammable chemicals like vinyl chloride and benzene in East Palestine, Ohio.

Thu, Mar 9, 2023 1 mins read

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14 migrants drown off Tunisia after wave of racist violence

Fourteen people from sub-Saharan Africa drowned in the Mediterranean, authorities said Thursday in Tunisia, where black migrants have faced a wave of violence since an inflammatory speech by President Kais Saied.. Many black migrants in Tunisia have been made homeless amid a wave of racist violence since President Kais Saied accused them last month of causing a crime wave and representing a "criminal plot" to change the country's demographic composition.

Thu, Mar 9, 2023 3 mins read