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Lyn Joseph, 76, of Perth, Scotland, suffers from the respiratory condition COPD and relies on a small portable heater and her Yorkshire Terrier to keep warm as she fears turning her gas on A pensioner has been forced to cuddle up with her dog on the sofa because of rising gas prices. Lyn Joseph, who suffers from the respiratory condition COPD, has kept her heating off over fears about mounting bills. Instead, the 76-year-old relies on a small portable heater and her Yorkshire Terrier to keep warm, the Daily Record reports. Lyn, from Perth, Scotland, heads straight to bed after…

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Several students in the Purdue University residence hall where a student was killed early Wednesday said they had no idea there’d been a homicide there until hours later, when they learned about it from friends or the news or in an email from the school president.A resident of McCutcheon Hall, the all-male dorm where senior Varun Manish Chheda was killed on the first floor, said he was in the dark even after having heard from university President Mitch Daniels.“When I saw the email it didn’t even list which residence hall it happened at,” said Kolitha Perera,…

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a birthday greeting to Russian President Vladimir Putin this week, congratulating him for “crushing the challenges and threats of the United States”, the latest sign of deepening ties between the two countries. As Russia’s isolation over its war in Ukraine has increased, it has seen increasing value in North Korea. For North Korea’s part, relations with Russia haven’t always been as warm as they were during the heady days of the Soviet Union, but now the country is reaping clear benefits from Moscow’s need for friends. Here’s how North Korea-Russia relations began,…

CNN  —  While trying to distance himself from his own party, Arizona Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly warned during an hour-long debate on Thursday that the “wheels” could “come off our democracy” if candidates like his GOP opponent, Trump-backed Blake Masters, are elected in November. But Masters aggressively pushed back on those attacks, portraying Kelly, who’s running for a full six-year term, as a rubber stamp for the Biden administration, while refusing to acknowledge that he has attempted to moderate his positions on abortion and the 2020 presidential election. The Arizona Senate race is among the most competitive in the country,…

CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday said that a huge driver of inflation is the consumer’s desire to spend money in the reopening economy – a fact that isn’t reflected in the data that the Federal Reserve and Wall Street are poring over.”They don’t care about higher rates. They have savings because they did nothing for two years,” he said. “My biggest worry right now is that the aggregate data can’t capture the nature of this … one-time-only euphoria.”Stocks slumped on Thursday after a strong start to the week that fizzled out by Wednesday. Investors are eyeing the nonfarm payrolls report…

Signage hangs over the entrance of a Credit Suisse Group AG branch in Zurich, Switzerland, on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. Inflation in Switzerland has more than doubled since the start of the year and the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs expects it to come in at a three-decade-high of 3% for 2022. Photographer: Pascal Mora/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesBloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesTroubled bank Credit Suisse offered to buy back up to 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.03 billion) of debt securities Friday, as it navigates a plunging share price and a rise in bets against its debt.The Swiss lender is…

Gestational diabetes is diabetes that develops during pregnancy. People who’ve been diagnosed with gestational diabetes have a greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes later in life.A recent study shows that for women who have had gestational diabetes, adopting certain lifestyle practices is associated with a 90% reduced risk of developing type 2 diabetes. The results held true even among women who were obese or had a higher genetic risk for developing type 2 diabetes. Pregnancy can bring with it a number of unique challenges and health concerns. Pregnant people and their fetuses require various forms of monitoring throughout pregnancy…