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Dementia is a condition that impacts people’s thinking and memory and can be debilitating as the disorder progresses. Conditions like diabetes can increase someone’s risk of developing dementia. Researchers have been looking for ways to prevent dementia and slow symptoms of cognitive decline. A​ phase 3 clinical trial is seeking to understand if doctors could use metformin, a drug prescribed to treat diabetes, as a treatment option to slow cognitive decline, even among people who don’t have diabetes. Treatment for diseases and conditions has expanded dramatically in the last few decades. However, some disorders are still difficult to manage. Dementia…

Watch Brittney Griner speak before Russian court upheld conviction CNN’s Erica Hill speaks with US State Department spokesperson Ned Price after a Russian court upheld basketball star Brittney Griner’s drug smuggling conviction. Source: CNN

Russia on Tuesday will bring its allegations to the United Nations that Ukraine is preparing to use a “dirty bomb” within its own borders despite dismissals from Kyiv and Western allies that this claim is false.Moscow, after first sending a letter to the U.N. Monday, is expected to address the Security Council in a closed-door meeting later Tuesday regarding its claims, first reported Reuters. “We will regard the use of the dirty bomb by the Kyiv regime as an act of nuclear terrorism,” Russia’s U.N. Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia reportedly told U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the Security Council in the letter. PROGRESSIVE…

Ukraine’s reconstruction will be a “challenge for generations” that needs to begin now, the German chancellor said at a conference on rebuilding the war-torn country.Olaf Scholz was co-hosting an expert conference on Ukraine’s recovery with the European Commission as part of its G7 presidency.”We want to discuss the reconstruction of Ukraine today,” said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in her opening speech.”Thousands of destroyed houses, several hundred schools turned to rubble. Countless bridges, roads, power stations, railway infrastructure and industry bombed. For Ukrainians, these are not just statistics. This is their everyday experience,” she added.”What is at stake…

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia CNN  —  Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the United States affirmed to CNN that, although Riyadh’s relationship with Washington is at a “point of disagreement” in light of OPEC+’s decision to slash oil production, the ties between the two longtime allies remain strong. Princess Reema bint Bandar Al Saud, in her first televised interview with international media since becoming the ambassador in early 2019, told CNN’s Becky Anderson that “it’s OK to disagree.” “Our relationship is more than the sale of arms and it is more than the exchange of oil,” Princess Reema said in the interview, which…

The trading volume of Reddit digital collectible NFTs has surpassed $2.5 million in the past 24 hours, representing over one-third of the collection’s cumulative trading volume of $6.3 million since launch. At the same time, the daily sales volume of Reddit NFTs also witnessed a new all-time high of 5,383 NFTs changing hands, as per data by Dune Analytics. Moreover, the number of total collectible avatar holders has approached the 3 million mark, currently sitting at 2,838,347. From that tally, 2,813,700 are single collectible avatar holders, with 2,925,196 total collectible avatars currently in circulation. Dune Analytics stats further shows that 3.82% of the Reddit collectible…

Having to work with frustrating people is simply part of life. You can’t escape them. But you also don’t have to grin and bear the stress as if you have no choice.While researching for my new book, “Getting Along,” I identified eight types of difficult people. The first step to effectively handling these annoying colleagues is to know exactly what kind of person you’re dealing with.The 8 types of difficult people1. The Passive-Aggressive is the absolute worst on this list because they are the most common. They’ll appear to comply with the needs of others, but will then passively resist…

It’s been a tough start for Ben Simmons in a Brooklyn Nets uniform. Brooklyn fell to 1-2 on the season Monday night, losing to the Memphis Grizzlies 134-124, with Simmons fouling out for the second time in the first three games of the season.  Simmons attempted just five shots from the field, scoring seven points while adding eight assists and fouling out with 3:52 left in the game. NETS’ KYRIE IRVING FOLLOWING BEN SIMMONS BROOKLYN DEBUT: ‘FOULING OUT IS NOT AN OPTION’Memphis point guard Ja Morant rolled the ball up the court late in the fourth quarter as he allowed time to…

The suspect in the weekend shooting in a Dallas hospital hit his girlfriend in her labor and delivery room before opening fire and killing two employees, police have revealed. Dallas police on Monday shared a timeline of the Saturday shooting at Methodist Dallas Medical Center that killed two staffers, identified as Jacqueline Pokuaa, 45, and Katie Flowers, 63. The suspect, Nestor Hernandez, 30, was charged with capital murder in the shooting. Hernandez is a parolee who was released from jail last October after serving jail time for aggravated robbery and was wearing an “active ankle monitor,” police said. The Texas Department of…

The price of a bowl of tomato pasta, a favourite meal among British households, has risen by nearly 60 per cent since last September due to soaring inflation, according to an analysis by the Financial Times.The price of pasta jumped by an annual rate of 60 per cent last month while cooking oil was up 65 per cent, figures published on Tuesday by the Office for National Statistics showed.The cost of tomatoes increased by 19.3 per cent, while cheese rose by 10.4 per cent — resulting in an average increase of 58 per cent to the cost of preparing a…