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For more than a decade, Navindra Seeram, a biomedical researcher, has praised maple syrup, calling it a “hero ingredient” and “champion food” that could have wide-ranging health benefits. Dr. Seeram, dean of the School of Pharmacy at the University of New England, has published more than three dozen studies extolling the power of maple. Much of his work has been …

Iran’s foreign minister is to visit ally Russia this week to discuss nuclear negotiations with the United States, ahead of a new round of talks between the foes planned for Rome. On Saturday, Abbas Araghchi held talks with US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff in Oman, the highest-level negotiations since the collapse of a 2015 nuclear accord. US President Donald …

President Trump has big ambitions for the global trading system and is using tariffs to try to rip it down and rebuild it. But the European Union is taking action after action to make sure the continent is at the center of whatever world comes next. As one of the globe’s biggest and most open economies, the E.U. has a …

The White House on Thursday clarified that China faced a minimum tariff rate of 145 percent on all imports to the United States. A day earlier, President Trump had said that he was increasing tariffs on China to 125 percent after Beijing retaliated against his previous levies. On Thursday, the White House explained that the 125 percent is on top …

European Union officials had just approved retaliatory levies of 10 to 25 percent on about $23 billion of American imports when President Trump abruptly changed tack on Wednesday, announcing that he would hit pause on some of the tariffs he had placed on Europe and much of the rest of the world. Mr. Trump’s announcement signaled what European leaders had …

If one ever visits Japan or curiously watches videos of the Japanese streets, one might notice something unusual about the quiet backstreets of those neighborhoods. Their lanes are often lined with rows of clear plastic water bottles neatly placed along fences, in corners of gardens, near potted plants, or at the edges of walls.At first glance, they may look like …

During a recent five-year period, a substantial portion of maternal deaths in America — almost one-third — took place more than six weeks after childbirth, at a time when most new mothers think they are in the clear, researchers reported on Wednesday. The study, published in JAMA Network Open, is one of the first to track maternal health complications during …

The timing was a bit awkward. Walmart’s investor event — which happens every two years and aims to showcase the company’s strengths and strategy for growth — also happened to fall on the same day that U.S.-imposed tariffs went into effect worldwide and a trade war heated up. As the largest retailer in the United States, Walmart relies on suppliers …

Delta Air Lines on Wednesday became one of the largest American companies to warn that President Trump’s escalating trade war was weighing on its business and the global economy. Delta’s chief executive, Ed Bastian, said a recession was possible as companies pulled back spending. “Everyone’s being prepared for uncertainty,” he told CNBC, “if that continues, and we don’t get resolution …

Beijing on Wednesday aimed the latest blow in the escalating trade war between the United States and Washington, with plans to raise new tariffs on all American imports by 84 percent within hours. China’s Ministry of Finance announced that it would match a 50 percent tariff on all imports from China that President Trump announced on Tuesday with its own …