Monday, July 17, 2023

Men to compete in Olympic artistic swimming for 1st time next summer in Paris

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Men have competed in synchronized swimming at the lower levels for decades. Now they're being included in the Olympics, meaning next year's Summer Games in Paris.



source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/aquatics/artistic-swimming-men-paris-olympics-1.6909045?cmp=rss

Eli Lilly's Alzheimer's drug slows progression, carries risk of brain swelling, bleeding, study says

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Another experimental Alzheimer's drug can modestly slow patients' inevitable worsening — by about four to seven months, researchers reported Monday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/alzheimers-drug-promise-approval-1.6908896?cmp=rss

Search continues for South Korea flooding victims after bus, other vehicles swamped in tunnel

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Heavy downpours lashed South Korea for a ninth day on Monday as rescue workers struggled to search for survivors in landslides, buckled homes and swamped vehicles in the most destructive storm to hit the country this year.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/korea-rain-flooding-bus-tunnel-1.6908721?cmp=rss

Jane Birkin, artist and style icon, dead at 76

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The style Birkin displayed in the 1960s and early 1970s — long hair with bangs, jeans paired with white tops, knit mini dresses and basket bags — still epitomizes the height of French chic for many women around the world.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/jane-birkin-obit-1.6908455?cmp=rss

Blasts on Crimea bridge kill 2, threaten Russian war supply lines

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Traffic on the key bridge connecting Crimea to Russia's mainland has been halted amid reports of explosions.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/crimea-bridge-explosion-1.6908653?cmp=rss