10 minutes of exercise can boost memory
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xinhua4 exercise not only benefits your body but also improves your memory researchers from two renowned universities have found1 researchers from the university of california irvine in the united states and the university of tsukuba in japan came to this conclusion in a recent paper just published1 scientists invited 36 volunteers who were in their early 20s to do 10 minutes of light exercise before taking a memory test in which they were shown pictures like broccoli or picnic baskets and asked to recall them later. the same experiment was repeated with the same group of volunteers without exercising1 the memory task really was quite challenging said michael yassa co-author of the study and a neuroscientist at the university of california irvine. we used very tricky similar items to see if they would remember whether it was this exact picnic basket versus that picnic basket1 researchers also scanned brains of some of the participants during the experiment. they found enhanced communication between regions involved in the storage and recollection of memories in brains of those who had exercised1 this suggested that just 10 minutes of light exercise like walking yoga or tai chi might boost memory power1 as all the volunteers in the experiment were relatively young researchers are still working to look at the effects of light exercise on older people1 our main goal is to try to develop an exercise prescription that can be used by older adults who might have disabilities or mobility impairments but can still adopt a very simple exercise regimen and be able to perhaps stave off cognitive decline said yassa1

Cyberattackers steal health data of Singapores PM, others
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xinhua4 singaporean prime minister lee hsien loong revealed in a facebook post that singhealth the city-states largest group of healthcare institutions had experienced a major cyber-attack in which 1.5 million patients had their personal particulars stolen1 he said 160000 of the 1.5 million patients also had their outpatient medication data compromised. i am personally affected and not just incidentally. the attackers targeted my own medication data specifically and repeatedly he added1 lee said the hackers would have been disappointed if they hoped to find some dark state secret or something to embarrass him because his medication data was not something he would ordinarily tell people about but there is nothing alarming in it1 the prime minister said the security and confidentiality of patient information was a top priority and he had ordered the cyber security agency of singapore and the smart nation and digital government group to work together with the ministry of health to tighten up their defenses and processes across the board1 we are convening a committee of inquiry to look thoroughly into this incident he said. it will doubtless have valuable conclusions and recommendations which will help us do better1 earlier on friday the ministry of health announced that about 1.5 million patients who visited singhealths specialist outpatient clinics and polyclinics from may 1 2015 to july 4 2018 had their non-medical personal particulars illegally accessed and copied. the data taken include name nric number address gender race and date of birth1 the ministry said it had directed the integrated health information system to conduct a thorough review of public healthcare system with support from third-party experts to improve cyber threat prevention detection and response1

Mugabe risks contempt charge by Zimbabwe parliament
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xinhua4 former zimbabwean president robert mugabe risked being charged with contempt by the countrys parliament after he failed to appear on monday before parliament to clarify a statement he made in 2016 that zimbabwe could have lost 15 billion u.s. dollars through diamond revenue leakages1 mugabe did not come on may 23 resulting in parliament postponing the hearing to may 281 committee chairperson themba mliswa told journalists on monday that parliament would now write the third and final letter to mugabe inviting him to attend failure of which he would face contempt of parliament charges1 the committee unanimously agreed that we write to the former president inviting him to appear before us on june 11 2018 at 2 oclock mliswa said.if he fails to attend we will have no choice but to summon him and its something that we regret. we hope we will not get to that stage of summoning him as his legacy needs to be protected1 the parliamentary portfolio committee on mines and energy initially wanted mugabe to appear before it on may 9 but postponed this to may 231 the meeting if it happens will be mugabes first public meeting since he was forced to resign in november last year following a military intervention1 mugabe said in 2016 that zimbabwe could have lost 15 billion dollars through diamond revenue leakages from mining operations in chiadzwa diamond fields in eastern zimbabwe1 over the past months the committee has been trying to get more information on the matter and has since received oral evidence from several serving and former cabinet ministers security chiefs and mining officials1 mliswa said they were waiting for mugabes oral evidence so that they can conclude their report on the alleged 15 billion dollars1 mliswa said mugabe had not responded to any of their invitations so far1

Kim Wholeheartedly ready for June 12 talks with Trump: Moon
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xinhua4 kim jong un leader of the democratic peoples republic of korea dprk and u.s. president donald trump are willing to hold the first-ever historic summit as scheduled in singapore1 the confirmation came after moon held a surprise summit saturday with kim on the dprk side of the border village of panmunjom. moon met with trump in washington on may 22 to discuss the dprk-u.s. summit1 the south korean leader said he met with kim for the second time in a month following the third inter-korean summit on the south korean side of panmunjom on april 27. the second meeting between moon and kim was held at the request of the dprk leader1 at the april 27 summit moon and kim promised to meet at any time in any place and in no format if necessary to discuss significant issues between the two koreas1 kim had delivered his intent friday afternoon to meet with moon in no format which the south korean president willingly accepted1 moon spoke highly his second meeting with kim which the south korean leader likened to a daily round between old friends. he said the two koreas should meet as it was1 during the saturday meeting moon explained to kim about the outcome of his summit with trump in washington earlier this week conveying trumps firm will to end hostile relations with the dprk and build economic cooperation if kim fulfills complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula1 moon told kim that pyongyang and washington should dispel possible misunderstandings via direct dialogues and have sufficient working-level talks over agenda that needs to be agreed upon at the kim-trump summit as both kim and trump wholeheartedly wished the success of the dprk-u.s. summit1 kim agreed to the need for what moon told him the south korean president noted1 south korean president moon jae-in on sunday confirmed this in a nationally televised address at the presidential complex saying both kim and trump wished the success of their summit originally scheduled for june 12 wholeheartedly1 moon and kim wished the june 12 dprk-u.s. summit could be held as scheduled and the journey of denuclearizing the korean peninsula and building permanent peace should never be stopped. the leaders agreed to closely cooperate to achieve it1 to rapidly enforce the panmunjom declaration which moon and kim announced after the april 27 summit the two sides agreed to resume high-level inter-korean dialogue on june 1 which had been cancelled at the last minute1 it will be followed by inter-korean military talks to ease military tensions and a red cross talks to hold the reunion of separated families across the inter-korean border since the 1950-53 korean war ended with an armistice according to the south korean president who took office in may last year1 moon and kim also agreed to meet and communicate if necessary at any time and in no format moon said1 the inter-korean talks between high-level officials were originally held last week but pyongyang made a pre-dawn cancellation citing the joint annual south korea-u.s. air combat exercises codenamed max thunder that ended on friday1 in a publicized letter to the dprk leader trump cancelled the dprk-u.s. summit on thursday citing tremendous anger and open hostility displayed in recent dprk statements1 following the cancellation the dprk said it was ready to sit down with the united states and then trump said the u.s.-dprk summit likely remained as scheduled1 moon said in the speech that the dprk showed its determination by dismantling its nuclear test site and stopping nuclear and missile tests calling it a completely new start toward complete denuclearization and permanent peace on the peninsula1 pyongyang invited journalists earlier this week to let them cover the dismantlement of the punggye-ri nuclear test site where all of its six nuclear tests were conducted1 the dprk leader made clear his commitment to complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula at the saturday meeting expressing his willingness to end the history of war and conflicts and cooperate for peace and prosperity via a successful dprk-u.s. summit1