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North Korea sent its highest-level delegation to Iran in about five years as the U. S. raised concerns that arms sales from Pyongyang and Tehran have helped fuel conflicts in the Middle East and Russia’s war in Ukraine. In a rare public report of the trip, the official Korean Central News Agency said in a one-sentence dispatch the North Korean delegation led by External Economic Relations Minister Yun Jong Ho left Pyongyang for Tehran on Tuesday.

Moon Alert: There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today. The Moon is in Scorpio. Happy Birthday for Wednesday, April 24, 2024: You are devoted, loyal, generous and warmhearted, which is why you are always ready to help others. This is the final year of a nine-year cycle for you, which means it’s time to let go of people, places and things that have been holding you back. ARIES (March 21-April 19) ★★★★ This is a good day to wrap up business related to inheritances, taxes, debt, insurance matters and shared property.

Extreme weather can be deadly, and the deadliest of all is extreme heat. Approximately 1,220 Americans die every year due to extreme heat, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And more Americans die from heat than any other weather-related hazards—including floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, and cold—per the National Weather Service. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] That’s why the CDC and NWS have teamed up to roll out two experimental tools nationwide that will help public health officials and citizens to better prepare for dangerous heat. “Heat-related illness and death are preventable,” CDC Director Mandy Cohen said when announcing the new HeatRisk initiative. HeatRisk, which combines public health and historical temperature data to provide an index forecasting the potential impacts of heat on the human body, was conceptualized in 2013 and piloted in California before being expanded to the western U.

The International Monetary Fund issued a most unusual rebuttal this month. Its spokeswoman Julie Kozack told reporters in Washington that executive director Krishnamurthy Subramanian’s growth forecast of 8% for India did not represent the views of the IMF, which still maintained a projection of 6.5% for the country. Subramanian’s views—expressed at an event in New Delhi a few days earlier—were in his role as India’s representative at the IMF, she said.

WINNIPEG — The margins are never thinner, and the swings are never greater than in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Colorado Avalanche was centimeters from a potentially back-breaking goal and about 27 minutes from a 2-0 series deficit Tuesday night at Canada Life Centre. A few minutes later, the Avs had control of the game and a period later had stolen home-ice advantage from the Winnipeg Jets in this opening-round series. Artturi Lehkonen, Zach Parise and Josh Manson scored during a potentially series-shifting flurry late in the second period, and the Avalanche claimed a 5-2 victory in Game 2 to even this best-of-seven series at one game each.

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