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VA re-terminates AFGE contract for 300K employees, despite court order to restore it
The Department of Veterans Affairs has re-terminated a labor contract with its largest union — a move that a federal judge called “blatant disrespect” for her order to restore it. Earlier this month, a federal judge in Rhode Island ordered the VA to restore its collective bargaining agreement with the American Federation of Government Employees’ National VA Council while the case…
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Nixon to Trump: Pakistan’s long record as backchannel between rival powers | US-Israel war on Iran News
Islamabad, Pakistan – In the middle of 1971, at the height of the Cold War, a Pakistani government plane carrying US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger flew overnight from Islamabad to Beijing. The trip was secret, the facilitator was Pakistan, and the geopolitical consequences were generational. More than 50 years later, Pakistan is once again carrying messages. Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar…
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Raja Singh’s Ramnavami yatra in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: A Ramnavami procession led by controversial former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA T Raja Singh on Friday, March 27, turned into a show of strength marked by incendiary songs, open brandishing of swords and a series of provocative speeches, as it moved through Hyderabad’s Old City under heavy police deployment. From above, the scale of the procession was striking. A…
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One of Stephen King’s Best Movies Is a Must-Watch on Prime Video This Weekend
This weekend at the box office features little in the way of new arrivals. The biggest debutante is Meredith Alloway’s feature directorial debut, Forbidden Fruits, which stars the likes of Lili Reinhart, Victoria Pedretti, Alexandra Shipp, and Lola Tung in a horror comedy blending witchcraft and Mean Girls. Instead of new arrivals, it is the Ryan Gosling-led sci-fi flick Project…
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A Doctor Claimed He Knew Why I Got Cancer. When He Told Me, I Was Horrified And Embarrassed.
As a cancer survivor, watching Netflix’s show “Apple Cider Vinegar” felt like a gut punch. The show captures the exhaustion and desperation many cancer patients feel, and the seductive allure of ditching traditional medicine for the promise of a “natural” cure. It also exposes the dark underbelly of the alternative health industry — a world where quacks and influencers prey…
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What Pregnancy Revealed About One Mother’s Heart Health & Why It Matters for Life
At 35, Brooklyn resident Luyba Caloras was healthy, with no history of heart problems and no reason to think she was at risk of them. But pregnancy can act as a stress test on the heart—and soon after delivering her son at NYU Langone Health on February 3, 2024, she was diagnosed with a complication she never expected. “I thought…
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Staff sexual misconduct, accusers say
Marie was released from prison in late 2023 and tried to put Ross out of her mind. But it was hard to move on, she said, because he called her almost every day, telling her he missed the things they did together. Those things had shattered her self-worth and her long-term relationship with her child’s father, she said. She had…
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U.S. can confirm only a third of Iran’s missiles destroyed : NPR
Domestically produced tanks and missiles are put on display in Tehran, Iran, on Wednesday. A U.S. intelligence assessment says a third of Iran’s missiles have been destroyed. Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images Click here to listen to NPR’s State of the World podcast, a human perspective on global stories in just a few…
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TENS therapy reduces movement pain and fatigue in fibromyalgia patients
In an evolving health landscape, emerging research continues to highlight concerns that could impact everyday wellbeing. Here’s the key update you should know about: Adding TENS (transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation) to outpatient physical therapy reduced movement-based pain and fatigue in patients with fibromyalgia, and the effects lasted for at least six months, according to a new study led by researchers at University of Iowa Health Care. The study, led by Kathleen Sluka, PT, PhD, is the first real-world trial of TENS…
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GHMC urges residents to switch off lights for Earth Hour on March 28
Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) on Friday, March 27, urged citizens to participate in Earth Hour 2026 by switching off all non-essential lights between 8:30 pm and 9:30 pm on Saturday, March 28, as part of the global initiative to promote environmental sustainability. Observed under the theme #GiveAnHourForEarth, the annual event calls on individuals, institutions and organisations to take…
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