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It’s now possible to give yourself a flu vaccine at home
KESQ-TV - California
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August 15, 2025
By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — For the first time, many people in the United States who want to protect themselves against the flu this respiratory virus season can order a vaccine to give themselves at home. AstraZenca’s FluMist, the only...
‘It saves lives’: Virginia Job Corps centers face uncertain future in national pause
Henrico Citizen - Virginia
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When Savannah Higgins walked through the doors of the Old Dominion Job Corps Center in Monroe back in 2010, she was 19, directionless, and unsure of how to turn her ambition into reality. Raised in northern Virginia by a single mother while her...
EUROPE: Viking Line moves further into the red in H1 2025
Bunkerspot
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August 15, 2025
Details Written by Lesley Bankes-Hughes Published: 15 August 2025 Finnish cruise and ferry firm Viking Line has posted a loss of €17.3 million for the first six months of 2025, versus a €12.5 million loss in H1 2024, with the company noting that...
American travel influencer reveals horror of learning stalker who turned up at her home with rope had fled UK to continue terrorising her
Daily Mail
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August 15, 2025
A travel influencer stalked by a British traffic warden who travelled to her home in Bali with rope in his suitcase has told of her two years of 'hell' trying to get police to take her case seriously. Alexandra Saper, 33, was tormented by a...
ASIA PACIFIC: Korean and US officials visit HD Hyundai for talks on shipbuilding cooperation
Bunkerspot
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August 15, 2025
Details Written by Lesley Bankes-Hughes Published: 15 August 2025 Key Korean and US officials met this week at HD Hyundai Heavy Industries in Ulsan, where the company’s President & CEO Lee Sang-kyun emphasised that: ‘With the MASGA project...
America's economic prosperity is at risk after job cuts, tariffs
Gaston Gazette - North Carolina
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In 66 BC, when Armenian King Tigranes was told by a messenger that the Roman army was advancing toward his kingdom, he was so outraged that he beheaded the poor messenger who delivered the alarming news. He also did not accept the accuracy of the...
It’s time for a resolution to Pines’ plagiarism allegation
The Daily Record - Maryland
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August 15, 2025
Nearly a year ago, the University of Maryland commenced an investigation into the charge of plagiarism by its president, Darryll Pines. The charge was leveled by the conservative outlet, The Daily Wire, and the facts seem straightforward. In an...
EUROPE: Concordia Damen delivers hybrid inland shipping tanker
Bunkerspot
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August 15, 2025
Details Written by Rhys Berry Published: 15 August 2025 Concordia Damen has announced the delivery of inland shipping tanker mts Generation to VOF Generation. The 110-metre-long vessel, which will be deployed for the transport of mineral oils on...
American tourist’s £660 ‘extreme day trip’ to Ireland raises a lot of questions
Metro
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August 15, 2025
Would you fly 13 hours to eat a sandwich on a cliff? (Picture: Kevin Droniak L/Getty Images) Have you ever flown for more than six hours, only to eat a snack and look over a cliff before heading home again? No, we’ve never done that either....
'It can kill' RVHD2 virus outbreak warning issued to UK pet owners by vet
Bristol Post
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August 15, 2025
Pet owners throughout Britain are being urged to take essential precautions to safeguard their animals, as the ongoing heatwave could potentially spark a virus outbreak on British shores. With temperatures soaring across the country this week,...
ASIA PACIFIC: Indian shipyards complete two vessels powered by hydrogen fuel cells, says Minister
Bunkerspot
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August 15, 2025
Details Written by Lesley Bankes-Hughes Published: 15 August 2025 Cochin Shipyard and Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders have each built a vessel powered by hydrogen fuel cells, India’s Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal,...
Researchers develop foldable construction method that could revolutionize building: 'A solution that uses strength through geometry'
The Cool Down - Oregon
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August 15, 2025
Photo Credit: Andrei Jipa ETH Zurich researchers in Switzerland are using geometry to design concrete forms that cut pollution from builds with haste, according to a university news release. What's more, builders won't need a lot in the toolbox to...
It's a wrap: Here are the top 10 rated restaurants in the High Desert
Daily Press - California
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The Daily Press compiled a list of the top 10 highest-rated restaurants in the High Desert according to Yelp. Restaurants range from Los Amores de Julia, a Mexican restaurant in Hesperia, to Mama Carpino's Italian in Apple Valley. The list...
‘It’s not illegal to be homeless’: unhoused Washingtonians evicted from encampments as part of Trump’s crime crackdown
The Guardian
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August 15, 2025
For the past eight months, David Harold Pugh has found his “spot” outside the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library in Washington DC. He keeps all his belongings, including a guitar, tied up together on a two-wheeled buggy. “This is shelter. It’s...
Science Mandatory New Tarantulas Discovered With Huge Genitals
Yahoo News
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Four new species of Tarantulas have been discovered, and they have been classified into their own genus based on the record-breaking length of their genitalia, as per the latest reports. These species of tarantulas have been named Satyrex, based...
'It will be a crisis': Adult social care pushed to the brink by government's overseas care worker ban
The Big Issue
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August 14, 2025
“This [the Overseas Care Worker Visa Route] is one of the most successful government policies you can imagine. They created a specific, rigorous route for people to come and support some of the most vulnerable people in Britain.” “Turning it off...
Asian Shares Mostly Higher With Ukraine Talks In Focus
RTTNews
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August 15, 2025
Asian stocks ended mostly higher on Friday as investors reacted to mixed economic data from China and Japan, and awaited the outcome of the Alaska summit between U.S. and Russian Presidents. China's Shanghai Composite index rallied 0.83 percent to...
Africa travel is booming - but here's how to do it the right way
Nine
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August 15, 2025
"I hate the term bucket list, it implies a checklist. And Africa is so much more than that," Jacques Smit from Sabi Sabi Collection tells me. And yet, when it comes to an African holiday, the term bucket list is almost unavoidable. Right now,...
Asia News Wrap: A breakthrough on human history in Indonesia, and more
CGTN
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Here are a few stories from around Asia you may have missed this week. Scientists find possible artefacts of oldest known prehistoric humans in Indonesia Archaeologists from Australia and Indonesia work at the site where they found small, chipped...
American Airlines Passenger Caught Vaping Files Police Report, Claims Assault
TMZ
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August 15, 2025
Published August 15, 2025 1:00 AM PDT The guy who got caught vaping in the lavatory on an American Airlines flight followed through with his threats to file a police report against the flight attendant ... and he told cops she exposed his genitals...