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  • Massive cuts to Health and Human Services’ workforce signal a dramatic shift in US health policy

    Massive cuts to Health and Human Services’ workforce signal a dramatic shift in US health policy

    On March 27, 2025, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced plans to dramatically transform the department. HHS is the umbrella agency responsible for pandemic preparedness, biomedical research, food safety and many other health-related activities.

    In a video posted that afternoon, Kennedy said the cuts and reorganization to HHS aim to “streamline our agency” and “radically improve our quality of service” by eliminating rampant waste…

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    News Source: theconversation.com

  • Israel orders Rafah evacuation as it continues bombardment of Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News

    Israel orders Rafah evacuation as it continues bombardment of Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News

    The latest forced evacuation orders come as Israel ramps up its military operation in Gaza after breaking the ceasefire.

    Israel has announced new forced evacuation orders for Rafah in southern Gaza, as the military said it plans to expand its renewed assault on the enclave.

    The military’s Arabic language spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, announced on X on Monday morning that the army was returning to “fight with great force” in Rafah, one of Gaza’s largest cities, and surrounding…

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    News Source: www.aljazeera.com

  • Copa del Rey: Real Madrid, Barcelona semifinals – start, date, lineup, news | Football News

    Copa del Rey: Real Madrid, Barcelona semifinals – start, date, lineup, news | Football News

    Blockbuster semifinal second leg features both Madrid powerhouses, Barcelona and Real Sociedad to decide the finalists.

    Who: Real Madrid vs Real Sociedad, Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona
    What: Spanish Copa del Rey – semifinals, second leg
    Where: Madrid, Spain
    When: Tuesday, April 1 and Wednesday, April 2

    Follow Al Jazeera Sport’s live text and photo commentary stream.

    Barcelona and Real Madrid will momentarily switch their attention away from the LaLiga title race to focus on the second leg of…

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    News Source: www.aljazeera.com

  • 1,001 dead and 2,359 injuries since the resumption of the war on the Gaza Strip

    1,001 dead and 2,359 injuries since the resumption of the war on the Gaza Strip

    The Ministry of Health in Gaza reported on Monday that …

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  • Meta AI Has One Big Advantage Over ChatGPT And Others

    Meta AI Has One Big Advantage Over ChatGPT And Others

    Meta’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, has made AI his foremost priority in addition to pushing the possibilities of social connection with various disruptive product suites such Orion, which aim to weave AI and augmented reality effortlessly into user’s lives.

    For AI specifically, it was reported last month that Meta is quietly working on a standalone application to compete with other formidable players in the…

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    News Source: www.forbes.com

  • Purdue University Sets An Example For Institutionalizing Well-Being

    Purdue University Sets An Example For Institutionalizing Well-Being

    A 2025 report on Inside Higher Ed described the incoming class of 2029 as being highly diverse and including many students with significant mental health concerns. As indicated in a 2023 study in the journal of Educational Psychology & Counseling, national increases of mental health concerns have resulted in many colleges and universities emphasizing the importance of student well-being. However, as the study indicates, there’s little…

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    News Source: www.forbes.com

  • Video: French far-right leader Marine Le Pen jailed and barred from running | Government

    Video: French far-right leader Marine Le Pen jailed and barred from running | Government

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    The leader of France’s far-right National Rally party Marine Le Pen has been given four years in jail and barred from running for office for five years for embezzling EU funds, a punishment that will keep her out of the next presidential election.

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    News Source: www.aljazeera.com

  • Ukraine’s women wage war on Russia as mothers, breadwinners and soldiers | News

    Ukraine’s women wage war on Russia as mothers, breadwinners and soldiers | News

    Last summer, Kateryna Zarembo gave up an academic career in political science to volunteer as a paramedic on Ukraine’s front lines.

    She served in rotations lasting two or four weeks, allowing her time to raise her four children aged three to 12. Weeks after United States President Donald Trump’s inauguration, she decided to enlist.

    “I think what Donald Trump is doing right now is not just retreating from Europe. It is actually, possibly harming Ukraine in the battle against Russia. It…

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    News Source: www.aljazeera.com

  • 14 aid workers found dead and buried, hands bound – Mondoweiss

    14 aid workers found dead and buried, hands bound – Mondoweiss

    At Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Taghreed al-Attar sits next to her husband’s body, which was discovered last Friday in Rafah. Her husband, Anwar al-Attar, left with fellow first responders to Rafah the previous week, but no one returned.

    His wife says that when they lost contact with him, people told her he had been imprisoned by the Israeli army. But she says he came to her in a dream, and she saw him in paradise surrounded by rivers and fruit. She couldn’t believe he was a…

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    News Source: mondoweiss.net

  • Hamas Demands International Guarantees as Israeli Families Express Frustration

    Hamas Demands International Guarantees as Israeli Families Express Frustration

    Israel continued to carry out massacres in Gaza. (Photo: via social media, QNN)

    Hamas demands international guarantees to prevent the renewal of the war in Gaza, while Israeli prisoner families express frustration over stalled negotiations, amid Israel’s ongoing military actions.

    The Palestinian Resistance movement Hamas is demanding international guarantees to prevent the renewal of the war on Gaza, Al-Jazeera reported, citing Israeli media. 

    Meanwhile, Israeli prisoners’…

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    News Source: www.palestinechronicle.com