TOKYO—Japanese factories posted their first rise in output in three months in February as resilience in global demand led to a rebound in car production, a welcome sign for policymakers hoping to keep the country’s fragile economic recovery on track. The increase, however, was smaller than market expectations, underscoring the lingering impact of supply chain…
Understand Your Risk for Heart Disease
The first step toward heart health is understanding your risk of heart disease. Your risk depends on many factors, some of which are changeable and others that are not. Risk factors are conditions or habits that make a person more likely to develop a disease. These risk factors may be different for each person. Preventing heart…
UK Energy Websites Crash as Consumers Rush to Submit Meter Readings Ahead of Price Hike
Several British energy websites have crashed as customers rush to submit meter readings before the price jump which is set to take place on April 1. The websites, including those of energy firms E.ON, Scottish Power, British Gas, and SSE, were affected after experts urged households to submit meter readings to their gas and electricity…
Allegations of Firearms at the Ottawa Convoy Protest: A Look at Claims and Facts
News Analysis Since the arrest in February of a small group of individuals in Coutts, Alta., on serious charges, including conspiracy to commit murder and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, some media reports and politicians have made claims linking the Ottawa protest to the same group, with some alleging there were firearms at the…
Putin’s Plan B is to Ramp up Attacks Against Ukrainian Civilians: UK Spy Chief
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “Plan B” is to ramp up attacks against Ukrainian civilians and cities, Director GCHQ Sir Jeremy Fleming warned in a rare address on Thursday. GCHQ is the UK’s Intelligence, Cyber, and Security Agency. Fleming said Putin’s initial plan is failing more than a month after he launched an “unprovoked and premeditated attack”…
A Tradition Called Freedom: The People, The Times, The Belief
Few words have so many different meanings that are so incongruous with one another as the word freedom. At first, the expectation is that freedom equates to no rules. It’s a fallacious notion, for real freedom has rules—ones that are necessarily fair, moral, even metaphysical—and, like all time-honored traditions, they took eons for humans to extrapolate, to…
SpaceX to Launch Starlink Satellite Service in the Philippines
MANILA—Billionaire Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) will launch its satellite broadband service in the Philippines, a first in Southeast Asia, the trade secretary said on Thursday. SpaceX’s business permit application is being processed while the company scouts locations for its gateways, said Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez. The company is setting up a wholly-owned…
Passengers Left ‘Stranded’ for Days at Heathrow by Technical Glitch
Travellers at Heathrow continue to be affected by long delays caused by a technical issue with British Airways. One passenger who is currently stranded at the airport told the PA news agency it will be two days before she is provided with a new flight. Michelle Heinrich, a student and translator from Germany who lives…
US Imposes Sanctions on Multiple Entities Accused of Supplying Iran’s Ballistic Missile Program
The United States on March 30 announced new sanctions on a number of entities it says are involved in efforts to obtain materials for Iran’s ballistic missile programme. In a statement, the U.S. Treasury Department said the sanctions target an Iran-based procurement agent, Mohammad Ali Hosseini, and his network of companies: Iran-based Jestar Sanat Delijan, Sina Composite Delijan Company,…
UK Economy Sees Stronger Rebound in Fourth Quarter, but Household Savings Drop
The UK economy grew at a faster pace than first thought in the final three months of 2021 despite the spread of the Omicron variant of coronavirus, according to official figures. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said economic growth accelerated to 1.3 percent in the fourth quarter of the year, compared with the initial estimate of…
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