1. Researchers wanted to remind people that their recommendation of 30 minutes of gentle exercise every day was not as gentle as people might think. For example, chewing doesn’t count.
2. The World Health Organization is warning that people who attend the Olympics next year in China may suffer health problems from pollution. Just from attending. Bet the athletes were thrilled to hear about that.
3. The international aid group CARE has rejected food from the U.S. government, because it says we should buy and produce local food. This may finally put an end to the 30-year-old Snickers Bar subsidy.
4. A health spa in Ukraine is now offering “wine therapy”, in which patients drink wine cocktails to improve their health. And here in New York, people are flocking to the Lower East Side for “heroin therapy”.
5. Russia is now resuming long-range bomber flights after fifteen years. Analysts say it’s part of a more assertive foreign policy brought by higher oil and gas profits. Exxon has already sponsored a fleet of bombers.
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