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Halfpoint / Shutterstock.com Spending on home improvements grew in 2020, driven both by higher costs for labor and materials and by homeowners’ shifting priorities amid the coronavirus pandemic. Spending averaged $ 8,305 — up by $ 745 from 2019, according to HomeAdvisor’s latest annual State of Home Spending report. The …

Author’s Blurb: I used to think broths or soup noodles were sick people’s food as a kid. As an adult full of worries and anxiety now, one bowl of it never fails to soothe me. From its warmth to the fragrant flavours, it’s my first suggestion every time I’m asked, …

The bad news, coming nearly a week after a million doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine arrived in South Africa, was a big setback for the country. South Africa halted use of the AstraZeneca-Oxford coronavirus vaccine on Sunday after evidence emerged that the vaccine did not protect clinical trial volunteers from …