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(Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s finance minister held talks with a top International Monetary Fund (IMF) official on Monday, two sources said, as the island nation seeks help to deal with its plunging reserves, a sliding currency, and surging inflation, according to Reuters.It was reported that IMF’s Asia Pacific Director had led a delegation to Sri Lanka.It was earlier reported that a Senior Official of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will pay a visit to Sri Lanka on Monday (14) and Tuesday (15) to brief Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa of the IMF assessment of the current economic crisis.

Late last week in Emerging Infectious Diseases, South Korean researchers reported that average time from exposure to COVID-19 diagnosis was 3.7 days in quarantined close contacts of patients infected by the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant and that 99.1% of diagnoses occurred by day 10, supporting a 10-day quarantine.The study evaluated time from exposure to diagnosis among 107 close co

Jenelle Evans, who starred for years on MTV’s Teen Mom 2, has just revealed her health diagnosis in a new interview.

HONOLULU - A 23-year-old man allegedly killed his 73-year-old lover, tried to make it look like a suicide, poured cement over his body in a bathtub and planned to fraudulently take ownership of his car and home in one of Hawaii’s most exclusive gated communities, police said in court documents filed Friday.Juan Tejedor Baron is charged with murder, theft and identity theft in the death of Gary Ruby, whose decomposing body was excavated by authorities earlier this week from a standalone soaking tub in Ruby’s Hawaii Loa Ridge home.U.S. Marshals and Los Angeles police arrested Baron after finding him in a crawl space at the back of a Mexico-bound bus in Anaheim, California.

Sarah Snook was notably absent from the festivities at the 2022 Critics Choice Awards on Sunday, and according to her “Succession” co-stars, it’s because she tested positive for COVID-19.

the start of daylight saving time. Well, you're in luck because Monday is National Napping Day.National Napping Day was created to spread awareness of the positive health benefits of taking a nap, according to Sleep Advisor.org. It adds that napping between 20-30 minute intervals has been shown to improve an individual’s awareness and energy. The unofficial day of slumber was created by William Anthony and his wife Camille Anthony in 1999.

Sarah Snook was notably absent from the festivities at the 2022 Critics Choice Awards on Sunday, and according to her co-stars, it's because she tested positive for COVID-19.Snook won the award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, but was not at the event to accept the honor. Speaking to reporters backstage in the press room, her castmate, Kieran Culkin, shared the reason she was forced to miss the event.«She tested positive for COVID this morning,» Culkin shared.

The Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield leads a briefing for media organisations to provide updates on the response to the Omicron outbreak at 1pm today.

Barack Obama has tested positive for COVID-19, after suffering mild symptoms for several days.

Barack Obama has COVID-19.

Barack Obama has tested positive for COVID-19, after suffering mild symptoms for several days.The former commander-in-chief took to Twitter on Sunday to announce the news, and stressed that he is doing well despite the illness.«I just tested positive for COVID. I’ve had a scratchy throat for a couple days, but am feeling fine otherwise,» Barack, 60, wrote.He added that he and wife Michelle Obama «are grateful to be vaccinated and boosted, and she has tested negative.»I just tested positive for COVID.

DANCING on Ice star Kimberley Wyatt beat her male rivals to win the solo skate competition, while Kye Whyte was bottom of the leaderboard. Phillip Schofield presented Dancing On Ice solo for the first time as Holly Willoughby was forced to miss tonight's semi-final due to Covid. The presenter, 41, had to stay home to isolate, for the show that had a new start time of 7.30pm tonight.

FILE - Jamie Lee Curtis attends The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Opening Gala at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on Sept. 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. Jamie Lee Curtis is no longer hiding herself.Right up until the pandemic sent the world into hibernation, the 63-year-old actress was hard at work filming her upcoming movie, "Everything Everywhere All at Once," a project that is due out April 8 and sees her portray an IRS auditor named Deirdre Beaubeirdra.Curtis introduced her character to the world in a social media post explaining that she didn’t feel right "concealing" her figure for the role."In the world, there is an industry — a billion-dollar, trillion-dollar industry — about hiding things.

Dancing On Ice presenter Holly Willoughby has tested positive for Covid, the show has confirmed. While the law no longer requires those with the virus to self-isolate, the This Morning host will be absent from tonight’s semi-final, leaving co-star Phillip Schofield to front the series on his own. ‘Unfortunately, Holly Willoughby is unable to host tonight’s show after testing positive for Covid-19,’ a rep confirmed.

COLOMBO (News 1st); The price of multiple goods in Sri Lanka were increased with effect on Friday (10), after the government allowed the currency to float.Here’s a list of what was increased on #PriceHikeFriday:1. Fuel Prices:Lanka IOC raised petrol and diesel prices by Rs. 50/- and Rs.

Sean Penn has COVID-19.

The sun rises behind the Empire State Building in New York City on March 2, 2022, as seen from Hoboken, New Jersey. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images) Every year, renewed calls to permanently get rid of the more-than-100-year-old practice surface in the weeks leading up to the change. Here is a look at daylight saving time’s history:The "Spring Forward" clock shift occurs each year at 2 a.m.

Kristen Stewart makes a casual arrival for her Spencer conversation held at 92Y in New York City on Friday (March 11).

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said COVID-19 vaccine uptake among children 5 to 11 years old in the United States remained low during the first 11 weeks of vaccine eligibility, especially in high social vulnerability index (SVI) areas. The research was published today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).The Pfizer-BioNTech was approved for emergency use in 28 million eligi

A coroner has delivered a damning condemnation of the mental health treatment of a psychotic man in the months before he threw his 11-month-old son into a river and to his death.

PHILADELPHIA - A man has died following a shooting in West Philadelphia late Thursday night, marking the 100th homicide in the city so far in 2022. The shooting occurred shortly before 11 p.m. on the 100 block of North 53rd Street. A 28-year-old man was found on the roadway with multiple gunshot wounds to the body.

PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia is nearing 100 homicides so far this year following a historically bloody 2021 that saw more than 560 deadly crimes. According to the latest data provided by the Philadelphia Police Department, homicides are up 8% from this point last year. In the pandemic-plagued 2020, there were 68 homicides after the first week of March and in 2019 there were 59. "It’s a public health crisis—period," Director of the Philly Truce app Mazzie Casher said.

(Credit: Banana Republic) SAN FRANCISCO - Banana Republic is championing inclusivity, featuring a baby boy with Down syndrome in its newly launched baby collection."The BR Baby collection recently launched by Banana Republic was designed with a promise to be more sustainable, more welcoming, and more inclusive. This simple idea – that we all deserve to belong, and on our own terms – is core to who we are as a company and how we make decisions," a spokesperson with the clothing company and retailer confirmed to FOX Television Stations Group.

PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce announced Thursday that he will return for the 2022 season, his 12th in the National Football League. "I'm definitely not retiring from playing for the Philadelphia Eagles, I'm having way too much fun doing that. I'm looking forward to another year, Philadelphia.

While Medicare beneficiary hospitalizations for non–COVID-19 diagnoses fell sharply in March and April 2020 and stayed low through September 2021, death rates after hospitalization rose substantially—particularly for Black and Hispanic patients, finds a study yesterday in JAMA Network Open.University of Texas and Johns Hopkins researchers analyzed

Grimes unintentionally announced the birth of her second child with Tesla co-founder and CEO Elon Musk via surrogate.In an exclusive interview with Vanity Fair, Grimes said the baby girl, named Exa Dark Sideræl Musk (pronounced sigh-deer-ee-el), was born in December. The couple also refer to their daughter as “Y.”The new child’s name is complex, with Exa being a reference to exaFLOPS (or, the ability of supercomputers to perform 1 quintillion floating-point operations per second).

time may stand still for Geddy Lee and his bandmates, the rest of us will have to rush to our clocks to turn them an hour ahead on Sunday morning.It will mark the shortest day of the year as many Canadians will set their clocks ahead by an hour as most of the country moves to daylight time.The clocks will then fall back on Nov. 6 as we return to standard time.It is a rite of passage that began in Canada in 1908 in two small Ontario towns, Port Arthur and Fort William, which have since merged to form the city of Thunder Bay.

Covid-19 has ended in the country and also predicted that the chances of country being hit by another wave is also highly unlikely unless a new variant comes up which behaves differently.

The Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield leads a briefing for media organisations to provide updates on the response to the Omicron outbreak at 1pm today.

LOS ANGELES - Get ready! America’s favorite guessing game "The Masked Singer" is set to kick off Wednesday, and FOX is giving an exclusive first look at the new season.According to the sneak peek video released by FOX, the seventh season will feature a "new twist." Three new teams will battle it out: The Good, The Bad and The Cuddly — which is also the season’s new slogan.RELATED: ‘The Masked Singer’: Nick Cannon and Ken Jeong discuss working on FOX show togetherThis time around, a whopping 15 mystery celebrities will join the show and sing their hearts out for a chance to win the coveted "The Masked Singer" Trophy.And, once again, Jenny McCarthy, Ken Jeong, Robin Thicke and Nicole Scherzinger will grace the show as panelists, vying for the chance to win the Golden Ear Trophy."You can expect more shocking reveals, more emotional confessions, more incredible performances right before your beautiful eyes," the panelists said in the video teaser. McTerrier in the premiere episode of THE MASKED SINGER airing Wed. March 9 on FOX.

Continuing the corticosteroid dexamethasone after hospital release didn't benefit COVID-19 patients who didn't complete the 10-day drug regimen during their stay, finds a study published yesterday in JAMA Network Open.Kaiser Permanente Southern California researchers studied the conti

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province’s announcement to lift mask mandates in many indoor public settings, Guelph’s top doctor says she will lift her own masking orders on March 21.Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health was the first in Ontario to mandate face coverings in all indoor public settings in June 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, four months before a provincewide mandate was established. Ontario lifts mask mandate in most settings March 21, all directives to drop by April 27 Medical officer of health Dr.

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FOX NEWS - Philadelphia, known as the City of Brotherly Love, has had 96 homicides so far this year, falling one murder short of the notoriously violent Chicago three months into 2022. As of Monday, there had been 96 homicide victims in Philadelphia in 2022. According to Philadelphia Police Department statistics, that represented a 9% spike from the 88 homicide victims the city recorded at the same time last year. At the end of 2021, Philadelphia recorded a total of 562 homicide victims, compared to 499 in 2020 and 356 in 2019.

DURHAM, N.C. - Duke University doctors say a baby is thriving after a first-of-its-kind heart transplant -- one that came with a bonus technique to try to help prevent rejection of the new organ.The thymus plays a critical role in building the immune system. Doctors have wondered if implanting some thymus tissue that matched a donated organ might help it survive without the recipient needing toxic anti-rejection medicines.Easton Sinnamon of Asheboro, North Carolina, received his unique transplant last summer when he was 6 months old.

The purpose of International Women’s Day is to recognize women’s achievements and bring attention to women’s rights and advance gender equality. Caryn Lieberman reports

The USFL is a new, independent American football league controlled by FOX Sports through NSFL HoldCo, LLC, a new business entity. (Source: USFL) WASHINGTON - The highly-anticipated United States Football League (USFL) kicks off in April, but fans don’t have to wait to see who their teams will play after the league released the full schedule for the 10-week regular season Monday. The first game of the new season kicks off at 7:30 p.m.

COVID-19 pandemic on Wednesday.In a press release issued Tuesday afternoon, the Ministry of Health said Kieran Moore will “provide an update on Ontario’s plan to live with and manage COVID-19.”Moore is scheduled to deliver remarks at 11 a.m.The news comes as the province continues with its plan to gradually lift COVID-19 restrictions. Earlier this month, capacity limits at indoor public spaces including restaurants and gyms were dropped.

Peter Andre revealed to fans that his mum Thea's health is "really declining" as she gets older.The 49-year-old star who is only one year away from turning 50, is oping to visit his elderly parents in Australia as soon as possible, with the current situation making him "sad".In particular, the last two years have been tough for Peter and his family due to the Covid-19 pandemic - with Australia enforcing a strict ban on travel.While the Mysterious Girl hitmaker had been looking forward to marking his milestone birthday, the chart topper also admitted that he is riddled with worry that Thea's health is getting progressively worse.The doting father of four wrote in his weekly New magazine column: "I feel great about being a year away from 50."I dreaded turning 40 but actually my forties have been really amazing, I feel relaxed, and in a very happy place career wise and personally."The only thing that worries me about turning another year older is that my parents are getting older and my mum's health is really declining, which makes me sad.""But everything else is going well and I feel great," he added.Just weeks ago, Peter was overwhelmed as he took to social media to share his glee that coronavirus restrictions were finally lifting in the country that he grew up in.Peter, who was born in London but raised in Australia had even toyed with the idea of moving back to his homeland but knew this would be tricky because of his four children and wife Emily who are UK-based.The singer showcased a news article from the BBC that stipulated restrictions changes down under.He said: "I am so, so, so, happy."As a desperate attempt to see his family, Peter even contacted the Australian embassy, explaining that his mother Thea had been

Three percent of 10,403 adults with COVID-19 pneumonia were diagnosed as having new-onset dementia after a median of 182 days, a significantly higher proportion than that observed with other types of pneumonia, finds a study yesterday in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.University of Missouri at Columbia researchers conducted a case

Adult COVID-19 survivors—even those with mild illness—who underwent scans showed changes in brain structure beyond that expected from normal aging, including in areas tied to smell and memory, according to a UK study published yesterday in Nature.

International Women’s Day website reads. "Are you in? Will you actively call out gender bias, discrimination and stereotyping each time you see it?"The campaign also encourages people to share photos of themselves crossing their arms in an "x" pose to show solidarity with the cause.Here’s what to know about International Women’s Day 2022:International Women’s Day is celebrated each year on March 8 to recognize "the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women," according to the website. It also aims to raise awareness about women’s equality issues, calls to advance gender parity, and fundraise for female-focused charities.Activists attend a vigil and rally that are part of the International Day of Women’s Climate Action, organized by the Women’s Climate Strike, to protest against the disproportionate impacts of climate disruption on women on March 8, 2022, in Edinburg International Women's Day has been observed since the early 1900's, organizers say — when the industrialized world began to see booming population growth and a rise in campaigning for change among women. In 1908, women's oppression and inequality were spurring women to become more vocal and 15,000 women marched through New York City demanding shorter hours, better pay and voting rights.The first National Women’s Day was observed across the U.S.

The Director of Public Health Dr Caroline McElnay will today lead a briefing for media organisations to provide updates on the response to the Omicron outbreak.

Tamara Lich, one of the principal organizers of the so-called “Freedom Convoy” protest that gridlocked downtown Ottawa for three weeks, has been granted bail on a $25,000 bond.

Hospitalized COVID-19 patients with congenital heart defects (CHDs) were more likely to be admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU), require invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV), and die than those without CHDs in the first 11 months of the pandemic, suggests a study published today in Circulation.Congenital heart defects, the most common birth defect in the world, oc