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Man diagnosed with cancer aims to be 'fast and tumorous' in marathon fundraiser
2025-04-20 16:45:04| Spiritual Career Counseling
A Belfast man who has been diagnosed with stage four spinal cancer says that he hopes to be "fast and tumorous" as he prepares to take on a half marathon in a wheelchair later this year. Last November Matthew Starkey was playing seven-a-side when he felt like he was limping in his right leg and thought that he may have hurt it somehow or pulled a muscle. Over the following day he then noticed he had raised and swollen veins and discolouration on his foot and went to hospital believing he had deep vein thrombosis. He went to hospital and following tests it was deemed that nothing was wrong with him, however the pain continued in his leg and Matthew contacted a vascular consultant privately. This doctor told him he had a collapsed valve at the top of his leg and he paid to have an operation to repair this, which Matthew was told was successful. Read more: 'Our son was diagnosed with cancer age 5 - now we want to give back' Read more: 'Don't be fobbed off!' says Lisburn woman after years...
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Trump downplays Yemen war plans group chat fiasco: 'It can happen'
2025-04-20 14:45:04| Spiritual Career Counseling
President Donald Trump on Tuesday downplayed the use of a Signal group chat reportedly among top officials to discuss a U.S. attack on Houthis in Yemen -- brought to light when a journalist, Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic, was "inadvertently" added to the chat.Trump claimed there "was no classified information as I understand it," when he was peppered with questions on the reported mishap during a meeting with his ambassadors at the White House. Trump came to the defense of national security adviser Michael Waltz and touted the military operation as a success."They used an app, if you want to call it an app, that a lot of people use. A lot of people in government use, a lot of people in the media use," Trump said.MORE: The Atlantic editor details moment he realized he was included in Yemen group chatGoldberg, the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, wrote in a piece published Monday that he was added to a group chat in the commercially available Signal app in which officials, including S...
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Appeals court clears way for DOGE to keep operating at USAID
2025-04-20 14:45:04| Spiritual Career Counseling
WASHINGTON (AP) A federal appeals court on Friday lifted an order blocking Elon Musks Department of Government Efficiency from further cuts at the U.S. Agency for International Development. Even before the ruling, the Trump administration on Friday took some of the last remaining steps in breaking up USAID.A Musk associate told staffers that by September the Trump administration will have eliminated substantially all USAID jobs. The firing emails began reaching staffers inboxes within minutes of the announcement from Jeremy Lewin, a former member of Musks DOGE team, who was given senior duties at the agency this month. The administrations aim is to eliminate the agencys independent operation by September, Lewin wrote staffers in the notice, which was obtained by The Associated Press.In a separate notice, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the administration had formally notified Congress on Friday of its plans to cut most USAID programs and move surviving functions under th...
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