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Bird flu is ravaging egg supply, but a deadlier strain is coming from overseas
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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March 29, 2025
Since 1959 the avian flu virus H5N1 has been popping up around the globe. Now scientists believe it could spark the next pandemic. Along the untamed coast of southern Victoria, where thyme rice-flower and coast daisy hustle for space and mud flats...
Managing an outreach eye service… 8000 miles away!
Eye News
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In 1997, Paul Rosen, a relatively newly appointed consultant surgeon to the Oxford Eye Hospital, was approached by Richard Davies, a GP in Stanley, Falkland Islands, to assist in the provision and management of the Falkland Islands eye surgery...
Letters: Would being the 51st state be so bad?
National Post
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December 8, 2024
Breadcrumb Trail Links NP Comment Letters Readers comment on Donald Trump's 51st state joke, the sanctity of a navy marching song, the doctors' shortage, the postal strike and more Published Dec 08, 2024 • Last updated 13 minutes ago • 10 minute...
‘Effervescent’
Morning Star
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April 10, 2025
Twist and Shout David Evans Three Highgate, London EPIC watercolour seems like a contradiction in terms, but that rather genteel medium, stereotyped by English evening classes and the Sunday morning easel was handled with vitality and drama by...
Israel’s Mekorot weaponizes water in foreign deserts – now in Patagonia
Il Manifesto
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April 11, 2025
Israel has bought all of Patagonia's water. It did so through its National Water Company (Mekorot), the Tel Aviv-based parastatal multi-utility company that now manages 80 percent of Palestine's water resources. But what is Mekorot? If one browses...
The Most Flown Learjet Private Jets
Simple Flying
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April 10, 2025
In 1962, when William Lear moved to Wichita, Kansas, where major aircraft companies were located, Lear Jet Corporation arose. Lear started specializing in executive planes, building one of the first private jets in the US. Lear's first prototype...
NASA Unveils the Stunning Turquoise Phenomenon Transforming Patagonia’s Oceans
SciTechDaily
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January 6, 2025
NASA’s PACE satellite captured this dazzling phytoplankton bloom around the Falkland Islands on December 28, 2024, showcasing the dynamic shifts in marine life and their impact on the ocean’s biodiversity and the global carbon cycle. Satellite...
Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein accuser says she has only days to live
MercoPress
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Monday, March 31st 2025 - 18:11 UTC Giuffre posted this picture on social media, saying she only wanted to see her children one last time Virginia Giuffre, known for accusing Jeffrey Epstein and Prince Andrew of sexual abuse, announced on social...
‘Sophisticated’ B.C. fentanyl production labs dismantled, chemist arrested
Global News
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April 10, 2025
Numerous B.C. fentanyl production labs have been dismantled and a chemist has been arrested, the Pacific Region RCMP federal policing program confirmed on Thursday. The chemist told police they have an advanced degree in organic chemistry. A...
Royal Air Force Puma 1971-2025: The End of an Era
The Aviationist
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March 31, 2025
On Mar. 26 and 27, 2025, the RAF Puma HC2 carried out its final flights as a part of a farewell tour over the United Kingdom and Cyprus. The Puma had led a remarkable career flying on the majority of UK military operations since its introduction...
There Is No Method to Trump’s Madness-Driven Trade War
Dame Magazine
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April 4, 2025
Trump’s insistence on using the presidency as an economic bully pulpit is peaking into pure insanity this week as he rolls out a cascade of new tariffs on just about every country under the sun. The tidy chart released masked the rambling,...
Four-word rule experts say will keep your 401k recession-proof and why to avoid checking account despite tariff turmoil
The U.S. Sun
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April 8, 2025
AMERICANS concerned over losses to retirement savings caused by turmoil in global markets after Donald Trump’s tariffs have no need to take any panicked actions, experts have warned. As 401k holders questioned the impact of the tariffs on their...
Today-History-Apr08
The Albertan
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April 8, 2025
Today in History for April 8: In 626, Maedoc of Ferns, an early Irish believer in Jesus Christ, died. Today in History for April 8: In 626, Maedoc of Ferns, an early Irish believer in Jesus Christ, died. He established a Christian community in...
Tixover House makes resident’s dream come true
Peterborough Telegraph
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March 20, 2025
Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 Visit Shots! now Michael Sidwell, a resident at Tixover House Care Home in Rutland, who served in the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Regiment had his wish come true when he was...
Thursday briefing: Trump puts global tariffs on pause - but hikes them for China
The Guardian
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April 10, 2025
Good morning. Two main pieces of news from Donald Trump yesterday: he has rolled back water efficiency standards to “make America’s showers great again”, because he likes “to take a nice shower to take care of my beautiful hair”; and he has rolled...
‘He’s alive in our hearts’: how Maradona became an unlikely protest hero
The Times
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At a pensions protest in Argentina on Wednesday the retirees thrusting their walking sticks in the air were joined by scores of football fans — many wearing the image of Diego Maradona.Supporters of the country’s most celebrated footballer had...
Hopes for British version of Israel's 'Iron Dome' doomed to fail, experts warn - with UK towns and cities 'left unprotected' against Putin missiles
Daily Mail
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April 6, 2025
A British version of Israel's 'Iron Dome' system would fail to protect the whole of the UK against Russian missile attacks - because the system needed would be 'too prohibitively expensive' to cover every part of the country, experts have warned....
SCORES & OUTDOORS: Starling population the third most abundant in North America
The Town Line - Maine
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April 2, 2025
European starling Last week while looking out my kitchen window, I observed a flock of starlings that had settled in a nearby tree. There were so many, it looked like the tree was completely leafed out with its summer dress. There had to be dozens...
Twenty highlights of Antarctica, the ultimate bucket-list destination
The Sydney Morning Herald
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March 27, 2025
Save Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Got it Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size In this icy continent at the bottom of the globe life-defining experiences occur several times...
‘Harsh but amazing experience’ - Forres man’s Antarctic adventure
Forres Gazette
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April 3, 2025
A Forres loon is working for 15 months as a field guide in one of the most inhospitable areas of the planet. British Antarctic Survey employee, Nathan Rhind, 27, left for the furthest reaches of the Southern hemisphere last November on the RRS Sir...