All not perfect: US Centcom commander flags sailors’ mental issues during long service at sea

US Iran war: Sailors and Marines line the deck of aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) US Central Command (CENTCOM) Commander Adm Brad Cooper has acknowledged the challenges faced by sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, while pushing back against reports portraying the crew’s mental health situation as severe, saying the carrier has among the…

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US deports Indian national Jashandeep Singh after ‘sexually motivated coercion’ conviction | World News

Indian man Jashandeep Singh deported from US on August 3/Image: DHS An Indian man, Jashandeep Singh, has been deported from the United States after criminal convictions for sexually motivated coercion involving force, burglary and theft, according to the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS).Singh was deported on August 3, DHS said, as part of a…

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How Trump bypassed Iran’s negotiators and used Kurdistan’s Barzani to contact IRGC

How Trump went around Iran’s negotiators to reach the IRGC through Barzani The Donald Trump administration took an unusual route in its efforts to end the war with Iran, turning to Iraq’s Kurdistan President Nechirvan Barzani as a backchannel to the powerful and raging Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) after long-running Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali…

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Belgian student Kobe thought he had found €1 coins while digging a sewer; the hidden stash turned out to be gold worth about €9 million

Photo credit: Facebook/Dendermonde Local Police For a student with a summer job working on a Belgian building site, “money down the drain” has taken on a whole new meaning. Excavating the trenches for a sewage system, 18-year-old Kobe stumbled across a hidden trove of gold worth an estimated €9 million (£8 million). According to a…

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At 11, Payton Herres received a donated heart; at 26, she needed viral posts, advocates and Mark Cuban’s pharmacy to keep accessing her anti-rejection drug

Cuban responded to one of Herres’ posts on LinkedIn Payton Herres was 11 when she received a donated heart in 2012. Fifteen years later, at 26, she was fighting to access the anti-rejection medicine that helps keep her donor heart working, with her case eventually reaching billionaire Mark Cuban.Herres, now 26, was born with Ebstein’s…

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18-year-old Belgian student thought he found a €1 coin during his summer construction job; he then uncovered gold worth €9 million

An 18-year-old Belgian student working a summer construction job made an extraordinary discovery while helping excavate a sewer at a former brewery site in Sint-Gillis-Dendermonde, about 30km north-west of Brussels. What initially looked like ordinary €1 coins turned out to be part of a hidden gold hoard estimated at around €9 million. The stash included…

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In 1997, a New Zealand teacher began planting a windswept coastal paddock with Year 9 students; 29 years later, 12,425 plants have turned it into native habitat

Since 1997, Year 9 students have returned four times a year to plant native shrubs and trees (Photo: Facebook/Buller school) A coastal area in New Zealand that was once bare pasture and windswept grassland has been transformed after 29 years of planting by school students. Since 1997, generations of Buller High School students led by…

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After 25 years at Adobe, tech engineer was laid off and spent a year searching for work; he now drives a school bus and says he has found happiness

Pic courtesy: LinkedIn/ James Strawn After building a robust career in tech, including 25 years at Adobe, a software engineer found himself facing a difficult job search after being laid off. He struggled to find a job for a year, and then left the industry and now works as a bus driver. His new job…

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Meet Olivia Shekou, the California student who turned one pickleball fundraiser for St. Jude into a sports platform that grew to 17 states and raised more than $90,000

Olivia Shekou, a senior at The Branson School in Marin County, California, has raised more than $90,000 through a sports-based philanthropy platform. Now, she is preparing for her latest fundraiser, this time benefiting women and children in Uganda. She is partnering with San Rafael resident and longtime Marin philanthropist Melissa Prandi to host Paddles for…

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