Live from NPR news in New York City, I'm Dua Haleesai-Cal-Tao.
The U.S. and Iran exchange fresh fire today, the first action in a month.
“Central Command says U.S. forces hit to Iranian rocket launchers that they say were attempting”
to deploy mines into the street of our moose. Iran claims it fired missiles at U.S. jets on air bases in Jordan, and Paris Hadil al-Shalci confirms the U.S. military struck those launch sites and Iran retaliated. It's too early to tell if this will turn into full-blown days-long exchange of attacks. But the rhetoric coming out of Iran is forceful after last night in a statement today.
The Iranian Ministry of Affairs said that Iran will "not hesitate to exercise the inherent right of self-defense." U.S. said, "Responded saying that Sundays strikes were not an act of aggression, instead calling them "limitate and precise to prevent Iranian forces from laying more mines." In Paris Hadil al-Shalci reporting.
The central banks of Egypt and the United Arab Emirates say they're working together to ensure that the local, Emirati branches of a major Egyptian bank continue to operate normally.
“And Paris Ayyabatri is in Dubai and reports this comes after the U.S. Treasury singled”
out the Egyptian banks' branches in the UAE for allegedly processing nearly $2 billion
for companies linked to Iran's regime. The Treasury says the customers of the local United Arab Emirates' branches of Egypt's bank amissed, including more than 100 apparent front companies used by Iran's Revolutionary Guard and have laundered money on behalf of Iran's Supreme Leader. The Treasury Department did not immediately move to sanction the bank, but put it on
notice with a 30-day period to respond. The Egyptian state-owned bank amissed, as it's working to obtain further information and submit a response. If the rule goes through, U.S. financial institutions would be barred from processing dollar transactions that involve bank amissers' branches in the UAE.
It would not affect the Egyptian banks' operations in Egypt or any other country. Ayyabatrioi, and Pyrenees, Dubai. Risk U.S. continued to search for signs of life at hydropower sites in Nepal where hundreds of workers are believed to be buried after last week's catastrophic floods. And the 900 people were killed, and the number of missing is climbed over 4,785 Americans
are still unaccounted for. This, as in Nepal, braces for more mudslides due to fresh rainfall, swelling local rivers in an already hard-hit areas. More rain is expected in the Grand Canyon, where more than a dozen people are still missing after flash flooding there along the Colorado River, killed at least one person.
In our Greenwall with Member Station KJZZ reports. A significant flash flood event near Bright Angel Canyon has destroyed several structures and damaged other infrastructure and utilities. At least 62 people have been evacuated to the South Rim by the air. This is NPR News.
On Wall Street, the Dow is down 340 points, the S&P 500 fell 38 points. There are lots of changes we expect as we get older, but some like dry eyes can surprise us. NPR's Maria Gadoi reports the chronic eye condition is very common, especially among women. Dry eyes occur when your tears can't keep your eyes adequately lubricated.
Symptoms can include red or gritty feeling eyes, blurred vision, and increased light sensitivity. Obtomitrous Lauren Gormley, with Johns Hopkins University says, while men get dry eyes, too, large-scale studies have shown that the rate of dry and women over 50 is double the rate of dry and men over 50. Hormonal changes during menopause can contribute to dry eyes.
So can lots of other factors, including wearing contacts, staring at screens for too long, and taking common medications like blood pressure drugs. For the counter-eye drops, and warm compresses can help. If home remedies don't work, Gormley says, "See an eye doctor," Maria Gadoi and P.R. News. Ukrainians have been experiencing five straight days of Russian drone attacks that, according
to President Volodymyr Zelensky, are jet-powered, moving three times faster than other shahad versions. And as students prepare for their first week back at school, the head of government's education committee, Sergey Babak says, "Russian missiles have recently destroyed more than
one million books across the country.
I'm Doha Hli-Sai-Cal-Tao," and P.R. News in New York.
“"Country singer and rapper Shibuzi wants us to remember our history accurately."”
"Cowboy image, you know, we tend to think that was just a white man, you know, on a horse with a cowboy hat, but you know, one in every four cowboys were black." On the Sunday story from up first, Shibuzi talks about his latest album and the Black Roots of Country Music. Listen to the Sunday story in the NPR app or wherever you get your podcast.
