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Magda Szubanski shares moving health update from hospital bed amid stage four cancer battle
By JIMMY BRIGGS, SHOWBUSINESS REPORTER Published: 05:01 EDT, 31 August 2025 | Updated: 07:57 EDT, 31 August 2025 Magda Szubanski has shared a moving update from her hospital bed, as she continues to battle stage four cancer. The beloved Kath & Kim...
California To Spend $239 Million Turning San Quentin Into "Scandinavian-Style Rehab Center"
California is spending $239 million to transform San Quentin State Prison into what Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office once called the state’s “most notorious prison” into a Scandinavian-style rehabilitation center. Construction is set to finish in...

Grateful for prayers, Archbishop Hebda on becoming ‘a community of even greater love’
Archbishop Bernard Hebda processes out of the gym at Academy of Holy Angels in Richfield following a prayer service Aug. 27 in the hours following a shooting at Annunciation’s church in Minneapolis. DAVE HRBACEK | THE CATHOLIC SPIRIT Editor’s...
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[Sept. 5] South Korea Juggles Nuke Powers & More
This week, António Guterres was the first UN secretary-general to visit Papua New Guinea as it celebrates 50 years of independence. “For the past five decades, you have taken on a profound task: to weave your breathtaking diversity into one...

‘A Life That Is Not a Life’
I was staying with my friend Awdah Hathaleen in the village of Umm al-Khair early this July when our conversation took an unusually somber turn. I had known Awdah—a thirty-one-year-old activist, organizer, and teacher—since February 2024, when I...
Echoes of the Past: Nostalgic headlines from a bygone era
The seemingly simpler times of 100 years ago were illustrated in several newspaper headlines and articles in late summer, 1925. Back then, the newspaper focused largely on community events and interests, including social gatherings, club meetings,...

Twice Bitten: The Medical Rejection That Stopped Boniface’s Milan Move
August 31, (THEWILL) — AC Milan withdrew from their pursuit of Victor Boniface last week after the Nigerian striker failed a comprehensive medical examination, with the Serie A club citing serious concerns over his injury-prone right knee and its...

Olympus enters distro deal with MacroLux for single-use urology products
Olympus announced an exclusive global distribution deal with MacroLux Medical Technology to distribute single-use urology products. The agreement includes multiple single-use cytoscopes, ureteroscopes and suction access sheaths. These devices...

Retirement Investment Trust Seminar on Sept 11
NORWAY — The Oxford Hills Chamber of Commerce is holding MERIT (Maine Retirement Investment Trust) info session. This is a state-sponsored retirement savings program designed to ensure that every Maine worker has the opportunity to build a secure...

Fabrizio Romano: Wolves Agree Deal for £23m Star With Medical Booked
Wolverhampton Wanderers are set to seal the arrival of Tolu Arokodare from Belgian outfit Genk and the Nigerian striker will undergo a medical this weekend. Fabrizio Romano reports that Wolves have agreed a deal "in principle" to sign Arokodare...

Travel Chaos After Landslide Splits Norway In Two
The motorway, old road, and railway line were all destroyed by the landslide near Levanger, Norway. NTB/AFP via Getty Images On the morning of August 30, a section of Norway’s E6 highway collapsed near Nesvatnet in Levanger after a suspected quick...

Diet tweak could slash risk of deadly Parkinson's by almost half, world-leading experts reveal
Experts are warning millions to lose weight after research revealed a cluster of common health problems can dramatically raise the risk of Parkinson's disease. The condition, known as metabolic syndrome, isn't a disease in itself but the medical...

Norway's wealth fund cuts Texas construction giant for Gaza role
A Texas-based construction giant, Caterpillar Inc., is being excluded from Norway's $2 trillion wealth fund, after the bank announced plans to divest due to concerns that Israeli authorities were using machinery to carry out widespread human...

Six medicines you can't take travelling abroad including co-codamol
A travel expert and GP has issued a warning about six medications that may not be allowed in your luggage, depending on your holiday destination. Many countries have a limit on the amount of medication you can bring with you. Typically, people are...

Six medicines you can't take abroad as doctor warns about strict rules in some countries
A GP has issued a warning about six medications that may be restricted when travelling - and it all hinges on your destination and the quantity of medicine you have. Saga Travel Insurance highlighted this often-overlooked issue in a conversation...

Healthcare Price Transparency is Not Enough
Healthcare is the only industry in which consumers are completely unaware about the price of a service they are purchasing until after the fact, when the medical bills arrive. Patients, however, want transparency regarding the expected costs of...

Israel's Gaza takeover plan is best choice among tough options
(JNS) — Israel drew a firestorm of international criticism recently when it announced its plan to defeat Hamas once and for all by taking full control of the Gaza Strip. While Hamas’s command and control has been devastated, it is still a deadly...

Norway library nonfiction/AV additions
Biography: Andrés, José– Change the Recipe: Because You Can’t Build a Better World Without Breaking Some Eggs Barry, Dave – Class Clown: The Memoirs of a Professional Wiseass: How I Went 77 Years Without Growing Up Carter, Graydon – When the Going...

Super Eagles Arokodare Set For Medicals As Wolves, Genk Reach Agreement
August 30, (THEWILL) — Wolverhampton Wanderers are finalising a transfer agreement for striker, Tolu Arokodare, from Belgian club, Genk, with the deal valued at approximately £22.4 million plus performance-related bonuses of £1 million. The...

Afghanistan Quakes Halt Relief Efforts as Aftershocks and Rain Threaten Worsening Crisis
Powerful earthquakes in eastern Afghanistan have killed hundreds, displaced thousands, and forced aid agencies to suspend relief. Aftershocks and looming heavy rains now threaten a deeper humanitarian crisis. International relief teams, including...