Woman Thought It Was A Flu, Turned Out To Be Flesh-Eating Disease

She endured three surgeries to remove the contaminated tissue and muscle.  A 59-year-old woman from Scotland was diagnosed with a rare flesh-eating disease that left her butt with a 20 centimetres deep wound. Jongh Eglin, who now lives in the Netherlands, stated that she started displaying flu-like symptoms on January …

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Why do employees quit soon after being promoted?

Slow appraisal processes and lack of ample support can drive people away A goal for most employees is to get a shiny new promotion or a raise, a tangible vote of appreciation from their company. Then why would someone quit their job immediately after getting the recognition? Surabhi Yadav, who …

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Former Kentucky Gov. Julian Carroll dead at 92

Democratic former Kentucky Gov. Julian Carroll, a prominent figure in the state party, died Sunday, according to family sources. He was 92. Carroll served as the Bluegrass State’s governor from 1974 to 1979, and was later elected to the state Senate in 2004, where he served until 2021. Carroll “dedicated …

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Sunak defends Johnson in testimony to Covid inquiry

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Rishi Sunak defended former prime minister Boris Johnson and his handling of the pandemic on Monday as the serving premier gave evidence to the official Covid-19 inquiry for the first …

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Draft COP28 agreement omits references to phasing out fossil fuels

UK defence minister Grant Shapps has made a thinly veiled criticism of western nations whose support for Ukraine in its war against Russia appears to be faltering. “We simply can’t have an outcome where a dictator, an autocratic dictator, walks into a neighbouring democratic country and the west gets bored …

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