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Screen breaks and the right desk setup offer relief from work-related eye strain

NEW YORK, January 23, 2025 (AP) — The trouble started every day at around 3 p.m., after Cathy Higgins had spent five or six hours staring at an array of computer screens at her desk. Her university job overseeing research projects involved peering closely at numbers and details on contracts, applications and budgets. “My vision was so blurry, I couldn’t even see what was on the screen, and I was squinting so much that I could not function,” Higgins said. When her eyesight got bad, Higgins walked around and spoke with members of her staff. She began planning in-person meetings

Turkey’s central bank lowers benchmark interest rate to 45%

ANKARA, Turkey, January 23, 2025 (AP) — Turkey’s central bank lowered its key interest rate by 2.5 percentage points to 45% on Thursday, in its second rate cut in as many months as official figures showed inflation was easing. The bank’s Monetary Policy Committee said it was reducing its benchmark one-week repo rate to 45% from the current 47.5%. In its previous reduction in December, the bank also cut the rate by 2.5 percentage points. Despite the significant rate cut, the central bank reaffirmed its commitment to controlling soaring inflation which has left many households in Turkey struggling to afford

US judge to hear states’ bid to block Trump birthright citizenship order

SEATTLE, Jan 23 (Reuters) – Four Democratic-led states will urge a federal judge in Seattle on Thursday to block U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration from enforcing the Republican’s executive order curtailing the right to automatic birthright citizenship in the United States. Senior U.S. District Judge John Coughenour is scheduled to hear arguments on a request by Democratic state attorneys general from Washington, Arizona, Illinois and Oregon for a temporary restraining order that would prevent Trump’s administration from carrying out a key component of his immigration crackdown. That executive order, which Trump signed on Monday after taking office, directs U.S. agencies

India set to raise farm budget by over 15%, biggest increase in six years

NEW DELHI, Jan 23 (Reuters) – India plans to increase spending for the agriculture sector by about 15% to around $20 billion in next month’s budget, two government sources said, marking the biggest increase in six years, as it tries to boost rural incomes and curb inflation. The additional cash would be directed to developing high-yielding seed varieties, increasing storage and supply infrastructure, and boosting production of pulse crops, oilseeds, vegetables, and dairy products, the sources said. The sources asked not to be named as they were not authorised to talk to the media. India’s finance and agriculture ministries did

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