Washington — Former Republican Sen. Ben Sasse announced Tuesday that he has terminal stage-four pancreatic cancer. Sasse, 53, announced his diagnosis on X, saying it’s a “death sentence.”  “Friends – This is a tough note to write, but since a bunch of you have started to suspect something, I’ll cut to the chase: Last week

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Gemma SherlockNorth East and Cumbria DS43 Community Defibrillators Facebook The cabinet containing the stolen defibrillator was found hanging off the wall earlier this week A charity says it is “disappointed” as one of its most used defibrillators has been destroyed beyond repair. The defibrillator, stolen from the West View Project building on Miers Avenue, in

Reuters MSF said it would be “a disaster for Palestinians” if international NGOs are forced to stop operations in Gaza The UN and other aid agencies fear new Israeli registration rules for dozens of international non-governmental organisations (INGOs) risk the collapse of the humanitarian response in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. INGOs not

Fergal KeaneSpecial correspondent BBC Siwar Ashour spent six months in Jordan after being evacuated from Gaza A one-year-old Palestinian girl evacuated from Gaza with severe nutritional problems is back in hospital in the territory after being returned there from Jordan. Siwar Ashour, whose story the BBC has followed for several months, was repatriated to Gaza

Soutik BiswasIndia correspondent Hindustan Times via Getty Images Providing unskilled public work, the jobs scheme has become a backbone of rural livelihoods in India India is home to one of the world’s most ambitious social programmes – a jobs guarantee that gives every rural household the legal right to paid work. Launched in 2005 by

PA Media Jack Hibbert had been working as a police officer for just months before he was shot A young police officer who was shot in the head during the Bondi Beach attack has been released from hospital. Probationary Constable Jack Hibbert – who is just four months into the job – was patrolling a

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