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Health: Study reveals that babies react to taste and smell in the womb

Washington Scientists took 4D ultrasound scans of 100 pregnant women to see how their unborn babies responded to flavours from foods eaten by their mothers. The research team scanned some mothers to see fetal facial reactions to the kale and carrot flavours. Read more on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Sep 27, 2022

Iraqi FM to Asharq Al-Awsat: We Are Mediating Between Washington, Tehran

The Iraqi government is playing a role in “bringing opposites together and creating a situation that promotes dialogue” among neighboring countries, especially Arab Gulf states, Türkiye, and Iran, said Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein in an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat on the sidelines of the 77th UN General Assembly in…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 27, 2022

In a big Jan. 6 case, Oath Keepers go on trial for seditious conspiracy

The founder of the Oath Keepers and four others individuals linked to the far-right, anti-government group go on trial Tuesday on seditious conspiracy and other charges stemming from the Jan. 6 riot.

WEKU · Sep 27, 2022

World Bank slashes economic outlook for Asia over China slowdown

The Washington-based lender expects the region to grow 3.2 percent in 2022, down from a 5 percent forecast in April.

Al Jazeera · Sep 27, 2022

Iran Steps Up Activist, Journalist Arrests in Protest Crackdown

Iran is stepping up arrests of activists and journalists in a crackdown against civil society as anti-regime protests rage nationwide, activists say. Twenty journalists have been imprisoned since the protests erupted earlier this month over the death of Mahsa Amini, 22, who had been arrested by the country's notorious morality…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 27, 2022

Jury to be picked for Oath Keeper boss' Jan. 6 sedition case

Jury selection is expected to get underway Tuesday in one of the most serious cases to emerge from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol

The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2022

‘He was so locked in’: Bryce Elder becomes first Braves rookie to pitch shutout since 1990

WASHINGTON — The Braves began Monday with a White House visit to celebrate their 2021 World Series and ended it with Bryce Elder – who was in the crowd but not on the stage because he was not a member of last year’s team – pitching his first career shutout…

Tribune News Service · Sep 27, 2022

Republican senator proposes ban on automakers 'double-dipping' incentives

WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. John Thune of South Dakota recently introduced a bill that would stop automakers from "double-dipping" on federal incentives aimed at accelerating electric vehicle production.

Tribune News Service · Sep 26, 2022

Cost of Biden's student debt relief plan exceeds $400 billion, CBO says

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s decision to forgive some federal student debt will cost the U.S. Treasury at least $400 billion, the Congressional Budget Office estimated.

Tribune News Service · Sep 26, 2022

No Pseudonymous Libel Litigation, Holds Kentucky Court of Appeals in a Covington Boys Case

From Doe v. Flores, decided Friday by the Kentucky Court of Appeals (Judge Donna Dixon, joined by Chief Judge Denise Clayton and Judge Sara Walter Combs): John Does 1-10 … were minor students of Covington Catholic High School. On January 18, 2019, Does traveled with their classmates to Washington, D.C.,…

Reason · Sep 26, 2022