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Indonesia’s drug regulator (BPOM) said in a statement the syrups were not registered in the country. Its health ministry said it is talking to experts from the WHO that are investigating the case in Gambia and it has formed a team with the country’s paediatric association (IDAI) and a Jakarta-based hospital to look into the cases. It said the illness had infected 40 children across the country so far but didn’t say when the cases were first reported. IDAI was quoted by Indonesian newspaper Kompas as saying 131 cases have been reported between January and September, adding the cases in…

Prices consumers pay for a wide variety of goods and services rose more than expected in September as inflation pressures continued to weigh on the U.S. economy.The consumer price index for the month increased 0.4% for the month, more than the 0.3% Dow Jones estimate, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. On a 12-month basis, so-called headline inflation was up 8.2%, off its peak around 9% in June but still hovering near the highest levels since the early 1980s.Excluding volatile food and energy prices, core CPI accelerated 0.6% against the Dow Jones estimate for a 0.4% increase. Core inflation…

 English artist and art collector Damien Hirst completed his year-long non-fungible token (NFT) project by starting the burn of $10 million worth of his physical artwork.Hirst burned a part of the unclaimed physical artworks at his London gallery this Thursday during a live stream.Asked how he felt while burning his works, Hirst was quoted by BBC as saying that, “It feels good, better than I expected. […] A lot of people think I’m burning millions of dollars of art but I’m not. […] I’m completing the transformation of these physical artworks into NFTs by burning the physical versions.”According to the entrepreneur…

Love for the modern age. Celebrities are just like Us, they turn to dating apps to find romance and start relationships. Stars including Eric Stonestreet and Chelsea Handler have been open about their use of dating apps, such as Tinder and Bumble, but even more famous folks have opted to use Raya. Raya launched in 2015 and prides itself on being “an exclusive dating and networking platform for people in creative industries.” Demi Lovato has been a longtime user of online relationship sites. She revealed in her documentary,Simply Complicated, that she chose Raya after her split from Wilmer Valderrama in 2016. Since then, she’s used the app…

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN  —  Four astronauts are on track to return home from the International Space Station this week, capping off a nearly six-month mission in space. The astronauts — NASA’s Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines and Jessica Watkins, as well as Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti with the European Space Agency — are on target to depart from the space station aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule at 10:05 a.m. ET Thursday. The team will spend a day free-flying through orbit before returning for a splashdown landing…

CNN  —  Secret Service agents were in contact with members of the Oath Keepers prior to January 6 an official with the agency tells CNN, as part of standard intelligence and response duties. The official said members of the Oath Keepers occasionally reached out to the Secret Service with questions about permissible items for rallies. Further, when agents learned the group planned to attend events, agents reached out and met with members. The official noted that is common when groups plan to demonstrate. The Washington Post first reported the agency’s outreach to the Oath Keepers ahead of January 6, 2021.…

The Colorado Avalanche’s dream 2021-22 season ended with the organization’s third Stanley Cup championship and on Wednesday the team raised their banner at the Ball Arena.Avalanche players started the week by receiving their championship rings and then the season got underway against the Chicago Blackhawks. But not before Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus led the fans in singing “All The Small Things,” the song that was a rallying cry for fans last season.Gabriel Landeskog hoisted the Stanley Cup and skated with the trophy and fans roared as the banner was raised to the rafters. “I got pretty emotional actually when they’re doing…

Volkswagen plans to invest €2.4bn in a joint venture with one of China’s leading designers of artificial intelligence chips, as the carmaker bets on AI-assisted and driverless cars as a way to retain share in its biggest market.The German carmaker, which earns roughly half of its net profits in China, said on Thursday that it had agreed to partner with Horizon Robotics “to accelerate the development of automated driving [and] drive the repositioning of our China business”.VW’s software company Cariad will take a 60 per cent stake in the joint venture with Horizon. The transaction is expected to complete in…

The British pound traded 1.5% higher at $1.1269 during afternoon deals in London, before paring gains on robust U.S. inflation data.Karol Serewis | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesLONDON — Sterling jumped against the U.S. dollar on Thursday following multiple reports that the British government is in talks to scrap parts of its unfunded package of tax cuts.The British pound traded 1.5% higher at $1.1269 during afternoon deals in London, before paring gains on robust U.S. inflation data.After turning positive for the session in mid-morning trade, sterling rose sharply on reports Prime Minister Liz Truss could be poised to make changes to…

People were left gobsmacked after a woman shared a story of how her nosey neighbour used a trampoline to see over a hedge and bamboo into her garden to talk to her “every time” she stepped into her back garden One mum has been left baffled after her neighbour bought a trampoline to peek over her garden fence despite repeated attempts to block her view. The mum expressed her frustration with her “overly friendly” neighbour who spies on her back garden. She said since moving in with her family, they have faced a repeated problem with their next-door neighbour, the…