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U.S. agricultural futures close mixed

Thu, 28 Sep 2023 06:03:00 +08:00

CHICAGO, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) agricultural futures closed mixed on Wednesday, with corn and soybean rising and wheat falling. <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2023/09/28/us-agricultural-futures-close-mixed">Read full story</a>

U.S. Senate's proposed stopgap funding measure unlikely to advance in House: Speaker McCarthy

Thu, 28 Sep 2023 05:56:00 +08:00

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Wednesday the Senate's proposed stopgap funding measure is unlikely to advance in the House, as a federal government shutdown looks increasingly likely. <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2023/09/28/us-senate039s-proposed-stopgap-funding-measure-unlikely-to-advance-in-house-speaker-mccarthy">Read full story</a>

North Korea parliament amends constitution to enshrine nuclear policy -KCNA

Thu, 28 Sep 2023 05:45:00 +08:00

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's rubber-stamp parliament has adopted an amendment to the constitution to formulate the country's policy on nuclear force, state media KCNA reported on Thursday. <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2023/09/28/north-korea-parliament-amends-constitution-to-enshrine-nuclear-policy--kcna">Read full story</a>

COVID-19 pandemic affects new cancer diagnoses in U.S.: report

Thu, 28 Sep 2023 05:24:00 +08:00

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- New diagnoses of six major cancer types in the United States fell abruptly in early 2020 at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report published on Wednesday. <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2023/09/28/covid-19-pandemic-affects-new-cancer-diagnoses-in-us-report">Read full story</a>

U.S. launches community-led research program to advance health equity

Thu, 28 Sep 2023 05:21:00 +08:00

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) is funding a first-of-its-kind community-led research program to study ways to address the underlying structural factors within communities that affect health, the agency announced on Wednesday. <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2023/09/28/us-launches-community-led-research-program-to-advance-health-equity">Read full story</a>

More than 35,000 victims of sexual violence in Colombia's conflict -tribunal

Thu, 28 Sep 2023 05:19:00 +08:00

BOGOTA (Reuters) - At least 35,178 people have suffered sexual, gender and reproductive violence in Colombia's armed conflict, the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) tribunal said on Wednesday as it opened an investigation. <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2023/09/28/more-than-35000-victims-of-sexual-violence-in-colombia039s-conflict--tribunal">Read full story</a>

High maternal stress, prenatal COVID-19 infection may affect attention span in infants: study

Thu, 28 Sep 2023 05:12:00 +08:00

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- For mothers who experience high stress during their pregnancy, prenatal COVID-19 infection may be associated with an increased risk for impaired attention and delayed socioemotional and cognitive functioning in their infants, according to a new study published on Wednesday. <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2023/09/28/high-maternal-stress-prenatal-covid-19-infection-may-affect-attention-span-in-infants-study">Read full story</a>

Over 10,000 displaced in Haiti after violence escalates north of capital

Thu, 28 Sep 2023 05:07:00 +08:00

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - More than 10,000 people have fled their homes in parts of Haiti's central department, the United Nations' migration agency said on Wednesday, after a series of gang attacks in recent days including in a hospital north of the capital. <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2023/09/28/over-10000-displaced-in-haiti-after-violence-escalates-north-of-capital">Read full story</a>

Domestic cars drive up Türkiye's EV market

Thu, 28 Sep 2023 05:02:00 +08:00

ANKARA, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- Türkiye's electric car market is booming in 2023 amid surging gasoline prices and the growing popularity of the country's first homegrown fully-electric car delivered early this year. <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2023/09/28/domestic-cars-drive-up-trkiye039s-ev-market">Read full story</a>

Roundup: U.S. crude supplies down, other petroleum data mixed

Thu, 28 Sep 2023 04:59:00 +08:00

HOUSTON, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged 16.1 million barrels per day (b/d) during the week ending Sept. 22, 239,000 b/d less than the previous week's average, according to a weekly report issued by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on Wednesday. <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2023/09/28/roundup-us-crude-supplies-down-other-petroleum-data-mixed">Read full story</a>