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The World Cup isn't the only global soccer event of note. Check out the Grannies International Football Tournament.
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Telehealth companies offer lifestyle support so people taking obesity drugs can have the most success losing weight. But employers also want the telehealth providers to limit spending on the drugs.
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Seven cage fights will be held on the White House grounds in honor of the nation's upcoming 250th anniversary.
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Britain is investigating a sanctioned tanker that is suspected of being part of the Russian "shadow fleet," shipping oil in violation of international sanctions over Moscow's war on Ukraine.
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Trump said Israel's attack on Beirut Sunday "should not have happened," but maintained that the U.S. was still "very close to a Deal" to end the war with Iran.
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The Food and Drug Administration approved a new sunscreen ingredient in the U.S. for the first time in 20 years. It's been used for decades in Europe and Asia.
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Through an innovative program, parents in Senegal had easy access to a therapeutic food that's a boon for malnourished kids. Now there are shortages. Health specialists say U.S. aid cuts are to blame.
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They gave smartphones to 10 women from a working-class Indian community to make a documentary about their unseen and unheralded lives. The results are .... pretty cool.
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