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People walk in to a Services New South Wales office in Sydney, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

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Australian state orders public servants to stop remote working after a newspaper campaign against it

By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-MCLAY CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-MCLAY - Associated Press
Tue,08/06/24-4:14AM, 175 Reads
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The government of Australia’s most populous state ordered all public employees to work from their offices by default beginning Tuesday and urged stricter limits on remote work, after news outlets provoked a fraught debate about work-from-home habits established during the pandemic.
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The Nation's Weather

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Tue,08/06/24-3:30AM, 158 Reads
The Nation's Weather for Wednesday, August 7, 2024
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NATIONAL SUMMARY
Intense rainfall and strong winds will continue along the
Southeast coast tomorrow as Debby moves slowly towards South
Carolina. Widespread wind gusts over 40-60 mph and a storm
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The symbol of the United Nations is displayed outside the Secretariat Building, Feb. 28, 2022, at United Nations Headquarters. On Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, the U.N. announced that it fired nine staff members from its agency for Palestinian refugees, known as UNRWA, after an internal investigation found they may have been involved in the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, attack against Israel. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

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UN fires additional staffers after probe finds potential involvement in Oct. 7 attack on Israel

By JULIA FRANKEL JULIA FRANKEL - Associated Press
Mon,08/05/24-12:53PM, 152 Reads
JERUSALEM (AP) — The United Nations said Monday it has fired additional staff members from its agency for Palestinian refugees after an internal investigation found they may have been involved in the Hamas-led Oct.
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View of Freetown, Sierra Leone, April 28, 2024. The hospital was once known among locals as the "Crase Yard," or yard for crazy people. Now it's known as the Sierra Leone Psychiatric Teaching Hospital. It has helped give the facility, the oldest of its kind in sub-Saharan Africa, a new reputation. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)

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Sierra Leone not long ago still chained mental health patients. A transformation is underway

By KEMO CHAM KEMO CHAM - Associated Press
Tue,08/06/24-12:54AM, 108 Reads
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Abdul Jalloh was the only practicing psychiatrist in Sierra Leone when he took over the country’s sole psychiatric hospital on the outskirts of the capital. Now six years later, the young doctor is leading a transformation of mental health services in the West African nation.
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