Scars of Marawi siege linger as Philippines poll nears
Near a resettlement site for survivors of the bloody 2017 siege of Marawi, a woman wearing a black face veil walks across a hilltop...
Arab League chief condemns alleged Houthi attack on Mecca
Arab League Secretary General Nabil Fahmy condemned on Wednesday an alleged attempted attack by Yemen's Houthis targeting...
Yemen's Houthis say targeted Saudi oil facility, air base
Yemen's Houthis on Wednesday said they targeted an Aramco facility in the Red Sea port city of Yanbu as well as an air base in southern Saudi...
English village votes to 'secede' from UK over asylum centre plan
An English village of around 350 people announced Wednesday that a vast majority of residents had voted to exit the UK in an "independence referendum" in protest at plans to house over...
'Breathing toxin every day': Indonesians choked by haze feel helpless
Struggling to breathe through the acrid haze emanating from wildfires on Indonesia's Borneo island, residents told AFP on Wednesday they feared for their health but had little to do...
Houthi attack in southern Saudi Arabia wounds 13: Riyadh-led coalition
A series of attacks carried out by Yemen's Houthis using ballistic missiles and drones wounded 13 civilians in southern Saudi Arabia, the Riyadh-led military coalition...
Dodgers clinch playoff berth in bid for third straight World Series
The Los Angeles Dodgers, seeking a third straight World Series crown, booked their playoff berth Monday with a 4-1 win...
New Zealand agencies missed red flags in child kidnapping case: inquiry
New Zealand authorities failed to act on prior warnings that a man who went on the run with his kids for four years had a stash of guns and fears he would kidnap his children, an inquiry into...
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Study: Heatwaves Increase Cough Urge, Which Salt Aerosols Reduce
SC Therapeutics, with University North Carolina, Imperial College London, and Boston University, announced publication on Tuesday in Nature Scientific Reports of results from a multi-institutional study indicating that the aridity inherent in heatwaves increases cough hypersensitivity in human airways by collapsing mucus onto cilia in a manner common to chronic respiratory diseases, such as cystic fibrosis, and asthma. The researchers find that alkaline aerosols of magnesium salts reverse mucos...