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Some Africans have long seen a big belly as a sign of wealth. It’s killing them

WORLD NEWS
24-05-2025 14:15 HKT
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FILE - Women walk in the streets of Nairobi, Kenya, during World Obesity Day, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku, File)
FILE - Women walk in the streets of Nairobi, Kenya, during World Obesity Day, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku, File)
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Bags of chips and other snack foods are displayed on shelves at a store in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, January 28, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio
Ultra-processed foods a rising threat to health: researchers
WORLD NEWS
19-11-2025 12:36 HKT
A Palestinian boy plays next to a house destroyed by Israeli air strikes during recent Israel-Gaza fighting, in Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip, May 22, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
Indonesia says its Gaza peacekeepers would focus on health, infrastructure tasks
WORLD NEWS
14-11-2025 18:57 HKT
Breast, lung cancer most prominent among 37,953 new cancer cases in 2023
HONG KONG NEWS
05-11-2025 13:50 HKT
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HK logs one new chikungunya fever case in Yuen Long
HONG KONG NEWS
24-10-2025 22:17 HKT
HK reports new Chikungunya case in 52-year-old man returning from Foshan
HONG KONG NEWS
23-10-2025 21:19 HKT
HK reports first Chikungunya death; 77-year-old dies
HONG KONG NEWS
22-10-2025 20:18 HKT
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Licensing for private clinics takes effect, application process begins
HONG KONG NEWS
13-10-2025 14:33 HKT
What makes influenza B more dangerous? Expert urges caution after HK child’s death
HONG KONG NEWS
13-10-2025 12:28 HKT
First child death from seasonal influenza since last June reported as 13-year-old girl dies
HONG KONG NEWS
12-10-2025 20:01 HKT
US President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable about Antifa in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 8, 2025. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)
Trump to have 'routine' medical check on Friday: White House
WORLD NEWS
09-10-2025 11:58 HKT
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Warmer winter for HK
HONG KONG NEWS
18-11-2025 21:19 HKT
Hong Kong wakes to 13.2°C — coldest morning of the season
HONG KONG NEWS
19-11-2025 11:25 HKT
Pregnant sex workers marketed as ‘lucky charm’ at Tsuen Wan spa
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