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According to reports of Glencore, the company has registered relatively small fall in full-year earnings. On Tuesday, Glencore, which is among the world’s largest resources companies, took an impairment charge of about $1.1 billion on lower commodity prices. In 2014 core profit, the miner and commodity trader posted a fall of about 2%.

Glencore had acquired Xstrata, a diversified mining company headquartered in Zug, and included the operations into its business during 2014. As per the reports, the weak commodity markets have pulled down the adjusted earnings by about 7% to $9.8bn. The company’s adjusted amortization fell 2% to $12.8bn.

According to reports, Health Department of New York City made more than 95,000 rat inspections. The department keeps record of rats as they spread most feared diseases. Rat fleas transmit plague is among the disease that no one wants to catch.

In the United States, the last urban outbreak had happened in Los Angeles in 1925. At that time, the last United States survey of parasites on rats was published. For the first time in last nine decades, public health scientists and entomologists studied how many parasites and lice were on the city’s rats.

They had set several traps in different locations around the city to measure what parasites were hitching a ride on the city’s rats. After setting the traps, the public health scientists waited for a long time.

Health campaign group Action on Sugar (AoS) seeks ban on the sale of energy and sports or energy drinks citing health concerns.

Since more and more children are drinking energy drinks, health experts have warned parents that their children might be at risk of obesity and Type 2 diabetes.

A research from charity Action has revealed that one energy drink contains up to 20 teaspoons of sugar while children should only have 6 teaspoons per day.

The heath campaign group claims that while many youngsters think these energy drinks help them improve sports performance, they remain unaware of health risks posed by these products.

A new study has revealed that long-term use of paracetamol could raise the risk of heart attacks, stroke, gastrointesinal bleeding or kidney failure and early death.

The drug is believed to be safer than aspirin, which can cause stomach bleeds, and ibuprofen, which has been linked to heart attacks and strokes.

The study has found that patients prescribed with high doses of paracetamol for long periods were up to 63% more likely to die unexpectedly.

However, British researchers urge that a systematic review should be carried out to ensure the effectiveness of the drug as the risks associated with its long-term use may have been underestimated.
They believe that paracetamol might be causing illness by preventing the action of an enzyme in the body called COX-2.

Back in half the early 1900s, half cow and half bison hybrids were introduced to Arizona. They were introduced as part of a beef production breeding program. But, now the beefalo are causing problems in the Grand Canyon.

In April 2014, a group of beefalo living in the Grand Canyon was covered by the Christian Science Monitor. According to Christian Science Monitor, the bison no longer look similar to cattle but still it has about 10% cattle in their genes.

It has been informed that the huge animals have decreased vegetation in meadows to nubs. These are also very thirsty animals. One beefalo has capacity to drink 10 gallons of water at the time of each trip to the watering hole.

Nearly a year has passed since Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 vanished while flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. The missing plane that had 239 passengers including crew members is one of the most confusing mysteries of modern times.

Over the year, regulators and airlines were seen discussing how much flight tracking was necessary to avoid repeating such events. According to reports, now a plan has been moving forward that will require airlines to know about their planes' positions after every 15 minutes. The reports stated that the plan could be implemented by the end of 2016.