WorldPingSleep deprivation is seen these days as a major health issue - not least of all in Japan where people sleep less on average than in any other OECD country.
Now, a new contest for "competitive sleepers" is hoping to encourage people to snooze for longer.
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Japan holds first ‘competitive sleeping’ contest
Kenya confirms first Ebola case imported from Congo after patient dies in Nairobi
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WorldPingEXCLUSIVE: Iconic Japanese gameshow Action Arena is being taken to international buyers for the first time in its plus-30-year history.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Deadline
WorldPingThe patient had been living in DR Congo, where more than 4,000 people have died from the disease this year.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by BBC News
WorldPingFrance braced on Tuesday for a day of nationwide high-school blockades and trade union-led street protests in support of students demanding that President Emmanuel Macron's cash-strapped government tackle understaffed and dilapidated schools.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by France 24
WorldPingHealth Minister Aden Duale said 28 contacts have been identified and placed in isolation, as Kenya becomes the fourth country to record a case in the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history…
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by The Hindu
Police said they arrested Lance Cpl. Devin Jacob Ballard, 20, on suspicion of strangling Anna Yagi, 39, at a hotel.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by CBS News
The first imported case of Ebola has been recorded in Kenya.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Al Jazeera
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