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The 27th medical team from Ningxia saved the 28-day-old newborn baby from a congenital megacolon combined with an umbilical hernia through a combination of Chinese and Western medicine. The newborn was recently discharged from the hospital after treatment by the Chinese doctors and their Benin counterparts.
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2 years ago Read more at China Daily

Omar Oakes and Jack Benjamin reported live from Connected TV World Summit. The pair discussed a number of topics in the world of TV that cropped up at the conference. Highlights 0:37: Highlights from day 1: new remote controls; the development of smart TV operating systems; subscription bundling 3:48.
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2 years ago Read more at The Media Leader

The German government is planning to reintroduce compulsory military service by 1 April. This should be 'scalable in the short term in line with threats. In Sweden, all residents between the ages of 16 and 70 are 'obliged to contribute to national defence'
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2 years ago Read more at WSWS

Artemi Pleshkov made an astonishing 124 saves in a single game. This superhuman feat occurred during a VHL (Russia’s second-tier professional hockey league) quarterfinal matchup between Pleskov’s team, SKA-Neva St. Petersburg, and their opponents, AKM. The game, which lasted an astounding 157 minutes and 14 seconds, is now the longest in professional hockey history.
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2 years ago Read more at Gino Hard

India is set to hold the world’s largest and most expensive election starting in April. The votes will be counted on June 4 according to the schedule announced by the Election Commission of India on Saturday, and results are expected on the same day. There are nearly 970 million voters across India's 28 states and eight federally administered territories.
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2 years ago Read more at The National

St. Patrick's Day is widely celebrated by Irish communities around the world. (Photo by Andrew Soong/Xinhua) People participate in a parade to celebrate the Saint. Patrick's Day celebration in Montreal, Canada, March 17, 2024.
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2 years ago Read more at Xinhua

That's what 170 million Americans are potentially facing. The US House of Representatives passed a bill that would give TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance about six months to divest the US assets of the short-video app or face a ban in the country.
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2 years ago Read more at Mamamia

Labor's primary vote crashed by about 15 percentage points, also to around 35 percent. Labor is likely to barely retain Inala because the openly right-wing opposition Liberal National Party (LNP) obtained only 29 percent of the vote. In Ipswich West, Labor will lose the seat for only the fourth time since 1960, but the LNP will only just scrape in, with a minority vote of 39 percent, according to the media.
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2 years ago Read more at WSWS

Noosa Arts Theatre has announced a world premiere of David Williamson’s 56th play, ARIA. Frank Wilkie plays one of her sons alongside of locals Tom Middleton and Jackson O’Sullivan. Their wives are played by Sharon Grimley, Michelle Allen and Lauren Harvey. Monique, highly strung and imperious, doesn’t hold the same high opinion of them.
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2 years ago Read more at Noosa Today

Cortnee Vine stepped up to the spot to send Australia through to the semi finals. Australia announced a statue would be built at the stadium to honour the team’s incredible run at the 2023 World Cup. Further details of the statue have now been announced.
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2 years ago Read more at The Project