Gold prices have been hitting record highs. Pictured are gold bullion bars in Birmingham, England on Dec. 13, 2023. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images/Getty Images Europe hide caption toggle caption Christopher Furlong/Getty Images/Getty Images Europe President Trump’s chaotic tariff policies continue to rock U.S. stock markets, which just ended their worst quarter in years. But for some
Sexually transmitted diseases may partly be to blame for America’s dementia epidemic, experts warn. The latest government data shows STDs like syphilis, chlamydia, and herpes are all on the rise across the United States, impacting one in 100 Americans. The surge, particularly in America’s nursing homes and among older adults, has largely been blamed on
Last Updated:March 04, 2025, 13:35 IST Shares of Coffee Day Enterprises rise 20% for the second straight day as the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal has set aside the insolvency proceedings against the company. The NCLT in August 2024 admitted the plea filed by IDBI Trusteeship Services Ltd claiming a default of Rs 228.45 crore
Japanese stocks surged after billionaire Warren Buffett said Berkshire Hathaway would increase its stake in them. In his annual letter to shareholders at the weekend, the 94-year-old said he plans to increase holdings in five Japanese trading houses – Itochu, Marubeni, Mitsubishi, Mitsui and Sumitomo. Shares in the trading houses – which run diverse collections of
A pediatrician working in the heart of Texas’ measles outbreak says the country should expect to see cases surge as more unvaccinated people get infected. The outbreak in the South Plains region of Texas has recorded about 90 cases of the virus, including 16 hospitalizations – all of children – and all but five of the
Tourists have been urged to check their vaccine records as popular ski resorts across Europe have been hit with a measles outbreak. Belgium’s Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp raised the alarm last week after it issued a statement warning of the epidemic. Italy, Austria and Switzerland were listed among the European countries struck by
This flu season has been particularly brutal, and it isn’t showing signs of letting up. Since October, there have been at least 24 million cases in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has estimated that there have been as many as 650,000 hospitalizations, which would make it the highest hospitalization level
The price of homes in former ‘affordable housing havens’ are skyrocketing, according to new data from Redfin. In Cleveland, Ohio, home sale prices rose 15 percent in the year to December 2024 – the most of any of the 50 biggest US cities. Milwaukee, Philadelphia, Miami and Chicago all also saw double digit increases year-over-year.  Â
British women under 50 are around 70 per cent more likely to develop cancer than men of a similar age, worrying data has revealed. A similar pattern has emerged in the US, with women under 50 now 82 per cent higher than men of the same age — compared to a difference of 51 per cent two decades
Doctors are urging people to make healthier lifestyle changes as deaths from liver cancer soar to almost twice as high as they were two decades ago. The disease has killed more than 81,000 people in the last 20 years, with deaths projected to rise a further 10 per cent by 2040, according to new analysis