November2016
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Some kids are genetically more vulnerable to food advertising
Nov 2, 2016News Hour: Children exposed to food advertisements are more likely to overeat, especially if they have a specific version of a gene linked to obesity, a recent study suggests. A gene known as the fat mass... -
The world outpace resistance to eradicate malaria by 2040
Nov 2, 2016News Hour: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, a global health and education charity set up by the Microsoft founder and his wife, has set a target of eradicating malaria by 2040. Yet efforts to end... -
Tank battles and Stalin selfies at Belarussian war museum
Nov 2, 2016News Hour: At Belarus’s Stalin Line museum visitors can watch reenactments of World War Two battles, fire Soviet-era weapons and even pose for photographs next to a wreath-decked monument to Josef Stalin himself. The open air... -
Indonesian inmates perform concert behind bars
Nov 2, 2016News Hour: In a prison courtyard on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, the eight inmates that make up the band “Children of Iron Bars” rock the audience with their anti-drug hits. Known as “Antrabez” in... -
From gene editing to death traps, Seattle scientists innovate in race to end malaria
Nov 2, 2016News Hour: When Kayode Ojo first fell sick with malaria as a young boy in Nigeria, his grandfather shunned modern medicine, venturing into the bush to search for herbs and plants to treat the disease. Having... -
It is committed to global tobacco-control treaty, India says
Nov 2, 2016News Hour: India reaffirmed on Tuesday its commitment to a World Health Organization (WHO) tobacco-control treaty, despite lobbying from its $11 billion industry that opposes some measures in the treaty that will be discussed at a... -
Bolivia sanctioned for fielding ineligible player
Nov 1, 2016News Hour: The Bolivian Football Association (FBF) has been sanctioned for fielding an ineligible player in the preliminary competition matches for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ played between Bolivia and Peru on 1 September 2016... -
Mehedi vaults into 33rd position after Mirpur heroics
Nov 1, 2016News Hour: Teenager Mehedi Hasan has rocketed into 33rd position in the MRF Tyres ICC Player Rankings for Test Bowlers after bowling Bangladesh to its first-ever Test victory over England which earned the home side a... -
40,000 Families Affected by Hurricane Matthew in Haiti
Nov 1, 2016News Hour: On October 25th IOM dispatched a new convoy of 14 trucks carrying hygiene and kitchen kits, blankets, jerry cans, water purification tabs, and plastic sheets from Port-au-Prince to the areas devastated by Hurricane Matthew.... -
Iraqi forces entered the eastern outskirts of Mosul for the first time
Nov 1, 2016News Hour: Iraqi forces have for the first time entered the eastern outskirts of Mosul, as they attempt to drive Islamic State (IS) militants from the northern city. A correspondent traveling with the Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS)...
