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An electronic board displays stock information at the Australian Securities Exchange, operated by ASX Ltd., in Sydney, Australia, on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018.Brendon Thorne | Bloomberg via Getty ImagesAsia-Pacific shares fell on Friday as investors continue to weigh the Federal Reserve’s aggressive stance.In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 fell to its lowest levels since July on its return to trade after a holiday on Thursday, then recovered some losses to close 1.87% down at 6,574.70. South Korea’s Kospi dipped 1.81% to 2,290.Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index lost 1.18% in the final hour of trade. Mainland China stocks were also lower, with…

A new study finds that meeting our daily energy needs through three relatively similar meals may be the best way to avoid cognitive decline.Skipping breakfast, according to the study, is associated with a decline in cognitive health.The study also finds that tilting your energy intake toward one meal or another is not associated with a rapid cognitive decline, but it does not benefit your cognition as well as a balanced three meals.Food is fuel. It provides us the energy our bodies need to function and also to remain healthy. Previous research has focused on how the quality of the energy…

“I’ve never seen anything like this … I’m overwhelmed,” said Jolie, who has made several trips to Pakistan including after deadly floods in the country’s south in 2010. “The aid is slow to arrive,” said Dr Farah Naureen, Mercy Corps’ country director for Pakistan, after visiting several submerged regions. “We need to work in a coordinated manner to respond to their immediate needs,” she said in a statement late on Monday, prioritising clean drinking water. Health and nutrition stand out as the most important needs of the displaced population, she said. Pakistan’s finance ministry said it had approved 10 billion…

A dangerous, and potentially deadly, social media challenge has been flagged by the Food and Drug Administration, which warned consumers that cooking chicken in NyQuil could harm their health.The warning was published online as part of a broader FDA update about hazardous social media challenges that involve medications. The NyQuil-chicken challenge, currently dubbed the “Sleepy Chicken” challenge, has been around for a while and recently reemerged in video form.The FDA notes in its warning that it isn’t even necessary for consumers to consume the chicken marinated in the cold medication to get into trouble.“Even if you don’t eat the chicken,…

Photo: Courtesy of Getty ImagesEmily Ratajkowski has been on a vintage streak as of late. We’ve seen the author-model toy with a rotation of archival pieces: a newspaper print John Galliano dress, Tom Ford-era Gucci fruit print shirt, and several bags, including a hulking Hermès Birkin carryall. Today in Milan, Ratajkowski continued her endeavor, this time opting for a pair of cropped Celine pants with a golden chain print. No, these aren’t from Phoebe Philo’s years at Celine—which some people do refer to as vintage, even though it was only four years ago!—but rather the Michael Kors years. She wore…

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Marco Rubio hopes to sway voters interested in Chick-fil-A, Ram trucks, and Duck Dynasty. John Fetterman is searching for fans of microbreweries, Teslas, and the Dave Matthews Band. And Michael Bennet wants to reach people who like Taylor Swift and Lizzo – while avoiding devoted listeners of Jason Aldean.  Candidates in some of the highest-profile midterm races are using Facebook and Instagram ad targeting to aim messages at voters based on their music tastes, sports fandoms, shopping destinations and television habits, a CNN review of data from the social media platforms found.  The data, which Facebook parent company Meta has…

When stablecoins emerged in the crypto world, they were touted as answer to the inherent volatility of many digital assets. Most stablecoins would be backed by hard assets such as a currency, anchoring its value.For some stablecoins, it has clearly not quite worked out like that, with one very prominent token named TerraUSD imploding in spectacular fashion and another, Tether, facing continued questions over its asset backing. Confidence in the sector is not high, it is fair to say, with some critics even questioning whether stablecoins should exist.The crypto industry is now under pressure from the courts, regulators and lawmakers…

Hello and welcome to the FT’s Cryptofinance Newsletter. This week, we’re taking a look at Jesse Powell’s decision to step down as Kraken chief executive.The crypto industry isn’t as young as its supporters would have you believe. It’s been busy growing up with a whole host of C-suite names that have become synonymous with the brand of crypto itself. But the market’s near-unprecedented crash earlier this year didn’t just cost thousands of people their jobs (here’s to you, Coinbase, Gemini, Crypto.com and several others), its effects are now creeping over some of crypto’s most vocal and controversial personalities. This week…

President Vladimir Putin’s order of a “partial” military mobilisation has prompted some Russians to protest on the streets. Others have fled, fearing they could be called up to serve in Ukraine.One-way flights to nearby countries have now sold out, while Google recorded a spike of people searching for ways to leave Russia.Since Monday, Russian citizens can only enter the European Union via the 1,340-kilometre border with Finland. Unlike the Baltic nations and Poland, Finland has not completely restricted the entry of Russian tourists with Schengen visas.Putin’s speech prompted misleading rumours that some Russians had joined lengthy queues at Finland’s southeastern border on Wednesday night, hoping to…