Left alone in a war zone at age 5, Abang tracked down her family 13 years later

Left alone in a war zone at age 5, Abang tracked down her family 13 years later

Before civil war robbed Abang Othow of her childhood, she lived among mango trees near the river Nile in Sudan where the smell of her mother’s cooking laced the air and “life was surreal”. Those are the memories she desperately clung to when, at age five, she was left “alone” to flee between the nations … Read more

I’m An ER Doc. When My Mom Was At Her Sickest, I Was Powerless To Stop What Happened Next.

I’m An ER Doc. When My Mom Was At Her Sickest, I Was Powerless To Stop What Happened Next.

A few months before Mom ended up on the streets, she was admitted to the psychiatry ward at the hospital where I work as an ER doctor. Leading up to that admission, I’d narrowly rescued her from a manic, delusional bender while she was off her psychiatric medication, risperidone. I’d gotten a call from the … Read more

X is internet users’ social platform for politics, Pew Research Center survey finds

X is internet users’ social platform for politics, Pew Research Center survey finds

(NewsNation) — When it comes to keeping up with politics on social media, many users turn to X, the findings of a Pew Research Center study suggest. TikTok, Facebook and Instagram were the next most popular platforms for political information, in that order. Most X users, about 59%, say one of the reasons they use … Read more

Celine Dion’s kids fear she will die from ongoing battle with rare disease | Celebrity News | Showbiz & TV

Celine Dion’s kids fear she will die from ongoing battle with rare disease | Celebrity News | Showbiz & TV

Celine Dion’s children are deeply concerned about her battle with stiff person syndrome. The iconic singer of My Heart Will Go On fame has been grappling with the progressive condition known as stiff person syndrome (SPS) since December 2022, a fact she initially kept under wraps. Now, the Canadian star is preparing to share her … Read more

all eyes on rafah: Palestinian Islamic Jihad group releases video of Russian-Israeli hostage Sasha Trufanov alive in Gaza around 200 days after abduction

all eyes on rafah: Palestinian Islamic Jihad group releases video of Russian-Israeli hostage Sasha Trufanov alive in Gaza around 200 days after abduction

The Palestinian Islamic Jihad group has released a 30-second video featuring hostage Alexander (Sasha) Trufanov in the Gaza Strip. The undated 30-second video showed Trufanov identifying himself and indicating that he would soon discuss his and other hostages’ experiences. Sasha Trufanov was Abducted in October 2023 On October 7, a large-scale attack by Hamas-led terrorists … Read more

Too ill for school? Expert advice to help you recognise when your child can attend | UK | News

Too ill for school? Expert advice to help you recognise when your child can attend | UK | News

Parents and carers will know, all too well, that school-aged children often pick up lots of bugs and viruses. What if your child is showing signs of a mild cough or cold? Or maybe they have conjunctivitis or are recovering from chickenpox? Should you still send them in then? It’s not always easy to know … Read more

China is one of world’s most expensive places to raise children, report finds

China is one of world’s most expensive places to raise children, report finds

China is one of the most expensive places in the world to raise a child in relative terms, a new report says, with the disproportionate impact on women driving the country’s precipitously low fertility rate as it grapples with a demographic crisis. The study, released by the China-based YuWa Population Research Institute, found the average … Read more