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New research published today by the Government has identified direct links between chronic loneliness and mental health distress. The findings, which coincide with the start of Loneliness Awareness Week, analyzed mental health wellbeing and the impacts of loneliness over a sustained period, with results showing that chronic loneliness played a significant role in the onset …

ETHAN – What started as a shared goal between high school classmates to shine a light on who they saw as the ‘undervalued’ basketball players in South Dakota turned into something much bigger than they intended. Brody Riggs and Wyatt Sinkie, juniors and teammates on the Ethan Rustlers junior varsity team, had seen enough of …

Washington’s peace envoy to Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, finished a four-day visit to Kabul on Tuesday. Mr. Khalilzad is an Afghan-born American diplomat who led negotiations ahead of the Trump administration’s February 2020 peace deal with the Taliban, which laid out the conditions and timeline for the American withdrawal. The U.S. Embassy in Kabul said in …

Dr. Charity Dean in 2016, when she was Santa Barbara County’s physician health officer. (file photo) Months into the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Charity Dean realized a harsh reality. She was then assistant director of the California Department of Public Health, and she knew the state and nation were literally in a do-or-die situation. “As a …

The owner of a construction truck that caused Taiwan’s worst rail accident in decades, killing 48 people, has apologised in tears while being led away from his home by police. The unmanned truck’s emergency brake was not properly engaged, according to the government’s disaster relief centre. An investigation is underway as to how exactly Lee …

Record-breaking grandfather who rowed Atlantic encourages others to ‘find a challenge’ Updated: 2:20 PM CST Feb 8, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript good. Good we owe on. I think a lot of people a lot of people don’t see to use the skills to do things they could with hobbies on. Duh thing should do. …

Getty Images The Bills Mafia behaves in the exact opposite way that the real mafia does. Fans of the Buffalo football team show appreciation and respect in a very powerful way: With their wallets. Since last night’s game against the Ravens, a Bills win that vaulted the team to the AFC Championship for the first …

Marie Stopes International (MSI) is to change its name in an attempt to break its association with the family planning pioneer. From Tuesday, the abortion and contraception provider, which operates in 37 countries, will abbreviate the initials and go by the name MSI Reproductive Choices. Born in Edinburgh in 1880, Marie Stopes was an author, …

Marc Kielburger, the co-founder of the WE Charity along with his brother Craig, informed the Commons Finance Committee on Tuesday that in addition to the previously discovered $312,000 paid to Margaret Trudeau for speaking at WE Day, the prime minister’s mother was also reimbursed $167,944 in expenses. Perhaps most shockingly, during the testimony, the Kielburgers …

Stray FM donates Secret Sound cash to charity Stray FM’s Secret Sound competition’s been suspended during the coronavirus outbreak. However, in light of the challenging times we all face, the station has decided to donate the cash prize to two local charities. Sarah Barry, Managing Director at Stray FM, states ‘it’s time …