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(Two NSW Health nurses identified after being stood down over viral antisemitic video in which they suggested 'killing' Israeli patients)Two Sydney nurses who were stood down after appearing in a viral antisemitic video have been identified.Ahmad ‘Rashad’ Nadir and Sarah Abu Lebdeh were stood down from their jobs as nurses at Bankstown Hospital on Wednesday after the video emerged of the pair speaking about refusing to treat, and suggesting killing, Israeli patients.The two-minute video showed Nadir and Abu Lebdeh in their NSW Health scrubs as they appear to be filming the clip during a night shift at the hospital.NSW Health...

Marc Fogel, an American who had been detained in Russia since 2021, landed back in the U.S. on Tuesday. Fogel, a history teacher who was working at the Anglo-American School in Moscow, returned to the U.S. after his release from Russia following talks with the Trump administration. He was serving a 14-year sentence after his arrest in August 2021 at a Russian airport for possession of drugs, which his family said was medically prescribed marijuana. Fogel was seen in a picture posted by the White House on social media smiling and raising his fist while wrapped in an American flag...

President Trump’s immigration crackdown and reports of an impending federal sting operation have sent waves of fear through Los Angeles’ Latino community — and even legal residents are on the lookout for the feds. Following leaked documents revealing plans for a citywide Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid at the end of the month, nervous Central and South Americans have been afraid to shop, use public transportation or drop their kids off at school, local sources told The Post. Legal residents with prior criminal convictions are also worried about being nabbed and deported, and even those with clean records have been...

Joe Biden is the least popular living US president, according to a new poll, as his former Republican rival Donald Trump is enjoying a bounce in his favorability rating. The Gallup survey conducted last month found Biden, 82, is viewed unfavorably by a whopping 57% of Americans, whereas just 39% had a favorable opinion of him. At least 60% of independents and 20% of Democrats were among those who disapproved of Biden. By contrast, 48% of US adults have a positive impression of Trump, 78, while 50% do not. Just 7% of Democrats have a glowing view of the current...

Mark Zuckerberg has laid off 3,600 staff at Meta in a shock culling spree designed to target 'low performing' staff. But impacted employees are coming forward to challenge the perception that Zuckerberg simply wanted to cut the dead weight, insisting that excuse was a 'corporate facade.' 'This wasn't about performance; it was about workforce reduction in favor of AI initiatives,' former Meta content manager Kaila Curry said. 'Maybe I ''lacked masculine energy'' (to quote Mark Zuckerberg himself). Who knows?' Curry said she received an 'exceeds expectations' result in her most recent mid-year review. 'I was always told I was doing...

No one is taking the Wisconsin Supreme Court election seriously. The democrats are outraising us. If we don’t elect Brad Schimel on April 1st, Republicans will likely lose the House — there go all of your wins. You have been warned. Let’s see who listens. 915 ReTruths 1.42k Likes Feb 11, 2025, 9:17 PM

Donald Trump handed Elon Musk even more control over the federal government by preparing an executive order requiring agencies to cooperate with Musk’s so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge), a team Trump has assembled, when told to cut their workforces and limit the hiring of replacements. The White House order, titled Implementing The President’s “Department of Government Efficiency” Workforce Optimization Initiative, said the goal is to “restore accountability to the American public” and that “this order commences a critical transformation of the Federal bureaucracy. By eliminating waste, bloat, and insularity, my Administration will empower American families, workers, taxpayers, and our...

Anna Paulina Luna has made a jaw-dropping claim that there were 'two shooters' in the JFK assassination. Luna made clear her belief in a second shooter as she launched a new task force that will expose some of the government's most scintillating secrets. She and her team will declassify highly sought after documents about JFK's murder, and also files related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. In doing so the congresswoman dropped a bombshell about her own thoughts regarding JFK's shooting by assassin Lee Harvey Oswald in 1963. 'I believe that there were two shooters, and we should be finding more...

BRUSSELS — Dozens of American students at a U.S. military installation in Germany walked out of their middle school on Tuesday as part of protests aimed at an official visit by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, underscoring the scope of disillusionment with the Trump administration’s crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.The students attend Patch Middle School in Stuttgart, Germany, and peacefully walked out of class for nearly an hour, according to three people familiar with the matter and a letter sent to parents by a school administrator. Separately, a small group of adults dressed in civilian clothing — likely...

On Tuesday evening President Trump announced he created a new Intelligence Advisory Board tasked with advancing his “America First” agenda. The new advisory board will advise Trump on national security issues. Truth Social CEO Devin Nunes will serve as the chairman. ABC News reported: The White House announced on Tuesday the formation of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board, tasked with advising President Donald Trump on national security challenges and advancing the administration’s “America First” agenda. Devin Nunes, chief executive officer of the Trump Media & Technology Group, which runs Truth Social, will serve as chairman. His general counsel, Scott Glabe,...

An antibiotic used to treat infective diarrhea could be an effective drug for a type of inflammatory bowel disease, a new study has found. Results revealed that an antibiotic called vancomycin may also be effective in treating people who have a specific type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which develops in the context of an incurable autoimmune liver disease called primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC). Notably, four in five patients who participated in the study achieved remission after taking the drug as part of a clinical trial. This study is significant, as several participants with this disease had not responded to...

When and what you eat might play a role in maintaining good mental health, a study suggests. Researchers found that folks with heart disease were more likely to keep depression at bay if they ate a big, calorie-rich breakfast. There's evidence that heart disease patients "are more likely to develop depression when compared to the general population—and dietary factors have been shown to play an important role in depression occurrence and development," noted a team led by Hongquan Xie. According to the researchers, the timing of calorie intake "can regulate circadian rhythms and metabolism," and disruptions in circadian rhythms may...

Two NSW Health nurses have been stood down after video emerged showing them allegedly bragging about killing and refusing to treat Israeli patients.The clip was shared by content creator Max Veifer speaking to a man and a woman, both of whom have been confirmed to be health workers from Bankstown Hospital in Sydney's south-west.

Years ago, a young patient's mother told Emily McCourt, MD, that she hadn't used a prescribed ointment to treat her baby's chemical corneal burn but instead used her own breast milk. "I remember thinking, 'Well, that's interesting because this patient looks amazing," McCourt recalls. "Then, I thought about all my patients who said they've used breast milk in their baby's eyes for blocked tear ducts and rashes." A recent study found that human breast milk used on wounded corneas in animal models experienced increased re-epithelialization, a part of the wound healing process, compared to a saline solution and a prescription...

Tomorrow, the @DOGECommittee will EXPOSE the waste, fraud, and abuse of improper payments doled out by the federal government. 👀 WATCH the video below and TUNE IN tomorrow at 10AM! 👀

… “I think we can take so much of something before the human brain just like peters out and says, ‘I can’t keep up,’” Sanam Hafeez, a New York-based neuropsychologist, told Axios. The digital news site interviewed a handful of psychologists and mental health experts about the impact on Americans. Andrea Bonior, a Georgetown University professor and psychologist, told Axios she has seen an increase in patients, largely Democrats, citing burnout and despair in part due to the mounting uncertainty generated by Trump’s rapid-fire policies and the energy required to keep up. …

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WASHINGTON — Jordan’s King Abdullah II said he would take in 2,000 Palestinian children from Gaza who are very sick or suffering from cancer, signaling new openness to a plan by President Donald Trump to drive a deal that would resettle the residents of the war-torn strip. Trump called the offer a “beautiful gesture” and said he believed “99%” that something could be worked out with Egypt, another regional partner that had bristled at the president's surprise plan. "We'll have some others helping," Trump added. Seated with Trump in the Oval Office, King Abdullah said they must ensure a plan...

The Israeli hostages kidnapped by Hamas and other Palestinians on October 7, 2023 could have been released a long time ago had the Biden administration exerted pressure on Qatar to use its good relations with the Islamist group to force it to do so.All Qatar had to do was to summon the Hamas leaders in Doha and give them an ultimatum to release all the hostages immediately or face deportation from the Gulf state. It is hard to see how the Hamas leaders would have been able to say no to their major political and financial patrons and backers.... The...

As the first incredible month of Trump 2.0 continues, the Israeli cabinet announced on Tuesday its full support of President Donald Trump's ultimatum to the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas to release all its remaining hostages by noon on Saturday or, in the president's words, "all hell is going to break out."An Israeli official told Fox News on Tuesday that the cabinet's declaration came after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened his security cabinet after Hamas announced it would delay the next release of Israeli hostages. Netanyahu said in a statement:The decision I passed in the Cabinet unanimously is this: If...