2023-05-17: News Headlines

teleSUR (2023-05-17). Lebanon Signs Deal for More Fuel Oil From Iraq. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Walid Fayyad, Lebanon's Energy Minister, announced that Iraq has agreed to increase the amount of heavy fuel oil exported annually to Lebanon by 50%, resulting in a total of 1.5 million metric tons. | Related: | In his official declaration, Fayyad stated that Iraq has agreed to ensuring the entirety of Lebanon's demands for oil-derived products in order to facilitate the operation of power plants and guarant…

Anonymous103 (2023-05-16). Military Situation In Iraq On May 16, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On May 12, a Turkish serviceman was killed during the Operation Claw Lock in northern Iraq, according to the Turkish MOD; | On May 13, Turkish aircraft struck PKK positions in the Amedi area; | On May 15, Iraq's Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani held separate meetings with the US and Germany business representatives, reaffirming his cabinet's commitment to creating more investment opportunities in the country; | On May 15, Iraqi warplanes struck ISIS hideouts near Kir…

Pavel López Lazo (2023-05-16). Cuban Hemophilia Society in support for patients' quality of life. plenglish.com Havana, May 16 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban Hemophilia Society (SCH) has shown some progresses in medical and scientific works, and has a strategy for a better quality of life for people living with this disease.

Liz Szabo (2023-05-16). Research Reveals Staggering Rate of Premature Black Deaths in US. truthout.org Research has long shown that Black people live sicker lives and die younger than white people. Now a new study, published Tuesday in JAMA, casts the nation's racial inequities in stark relief, finding that the higher mortality rate among Black Americans resulted in 1.63 million excess deaths relative to white Americans over more than two decades. Because so many Black people die young — with many… |

Cinnamon Janzer, Next City. (2023-05-16). This Food Bank Is Bringing A HelloFresh Approach To Its Pantry. popularresistance.org The Fritz Food Pantry in Madison prides itself on providing a wide variety of foods and ingredients to accommodate as many diets, allergies and food preferences as possible. Their approach speaks not just to the continuing hunger crisis exacerbated by the pandemic; food pantries like The Fritz have also been shown to have an important influence on the dietary health of their customers. | But just because a variety of healthy foods and ingredients are offered doesn't mean that every visitor has the ability to put recipes together at home. So Abby Warfel, a volunteer turned part-time pantry assistant, had an idea:…

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