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Rains in Sharjah: Remote work for government departments extended till April 17: Extra day allotted for work from home after heavy rains on Tuesday
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Rains in Sharjah: Remote work for government departments extended till ...
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As India’s smallest state votes, a broken hydro plant takes centerstage: Sikkim’s hydropower dream of huge revenues has turned into a nightmare due to ...
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As India’s smallest state votes, a broken hydro plant takes centerstage
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Performing arts to be compulsory in CBC syllabus, says Machogu : Every school expected to take part in the performing arts competitions.
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Performing arts to be compulsory in CBC syllabus, says Machogu
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Republican states urge Congress to reject DEI legislation: A host of Republican-led states are urging Congress to reject two Democrat-sponsored bills aimed at ...
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Republican states urge Congress to reject DEI legislation
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Too few doctors trained: Lauterbach warns of serious shortage of doctors: According to Health Minister Lauterbach, 50,000 doctors have not been trained enough in ...
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Too few doctors trained: Lauterbach warns of serious shortage of doctors
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Detective series Bergerac confirmed for return featuring Jersey locations: A new series of Bergerac has been commissioned with six dramas being filmed over the ...
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Detective series Bergerac confirmed for return featuring Jersey locations
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The Hidden Costs of Homeownership Are Skyrocketing: Rising insurance premiums, property taxes and maintenance costs show little sign of abating ...
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The Hidden Costs of Homeownership Are Skyrocketing
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Why secondary schools closed early for April holidays: Some schools closed as early as last week due to the financial woes.
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Why secondary schools closed early for April holidays
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First photo of Insta-famous magpie released: The first photo of a famous magpie has been released after it was revealed the bird is due to be reunited with a ...
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First photo of Insta-famous magpie released
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Hospital reform: This is what Health Minister Lauterbach is planning: The federal and state governments were deeply divided over the hospital reform ...
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Hospital reform: This is what Health Minister Lauterbach is planning
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What the TikTok Bill Gets Wrong: Congress Should Regulate All Social Media Apps—Not Just Chinese Ones
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What the TikTok Bill Gets Wrong: Congress Should Regulate All Social Media ...
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Simon Harris becomes Ireland's youngest prime minister at 37: Father-of-two Mr Harris becomes Ireland's youngest and 15th taoiseach as he succeeds Leo ...
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Simon Harris becomes Ireland's youngest prime minister at 37
Quick Glance: Simon Harris Becomes Ireland's Youngest Prime Minister
  • Simon Harris has been officially sworn in as Ireland's youngest prime minister, succeeding Leo Varadkar who abruptly stepped down last month. Harris, 37, took the helm of the ruling Fine Gael party but faces challenges as the party trails behind Sinn Fein in polls.

  • A rapid riser in Ireland's political hierarchy, Harris has made a name for himself as Health Minister and most recently as Minister for Higher Education and Science. His political identity as a young politician has been marked by both supporters and critics, particularly standing out with younger voters and on social media platforms like TikTok.

  • Varadkar's government grappled with challenges such as housing crisis and increasing immigration numbers. Harris inherits a tough political landscape, especially with upcoming elections until March 2025. The political landscape in Ireland has shifted, with Sinn Fein emerging as a rising political force, leading to a shift in the traditional party landscape.

  • While Harris sees the idea of a potential reunification of Ireland as a legitimate aspiration, his focus remains on current challenges like housing crisis, rising cost of living, and immigration. Despite political changes and discussions about potential reunification, Ireland's future remains uncertain and complex.
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Lawyers Sue Germany in Bid to Block Arms Exports to Israel: "There is reason to believe that these weapons are being used to commit grave violations of ...
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Lawyers Sue Germany in Bid to Block Arms Exports to Israel
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Coping with Famine: Never throughout history has there been a time when there has not been a devastating famine in some part of the world. In our lifetime ...
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Coping with Famine
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How Biden Can Win on the Economy: Stop Mass Layoffs: The federal government awards approximately $700 billion per year in federal contracts; what if the Biden ...
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How Biden Can Win on the Economy: Stop Mass Layoffs
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Cannabis is legal for adults from today: Hemp is released: From today, adults can legally possess and consume cannabis. But despite the agreement ...
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Cannabis is legal for adults from today
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P Chidambaram writes: Constitutional morality is at stake: The allegations in the cases against chief ministers are that they received “bribes” in order to do ...
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P Chidambaram writes: Constitutional morality is at stake
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The downward spiral of Ruapehu's commercial infrastructure: With the 2024 season's fresh snow comes a dumping of unwelcome information on the future of ...
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The downward spiral of Ruapehu's commercial infrastructure
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Review launched after drivers report being 'dazzled' by headlights: Drivers have reported that newer cars have headlights that seem brighter than older ones
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Review launched after drivers report being 'dazzled' by headlights
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UK government under growing pressure to stop selling arms to Israel: Pressure is mounting on British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to suspend the sale of arms to ...
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UK government under growing pressure to stop selling arms to Israel
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Democrats seek to codify DEI in federal programs: House Democrats have introduced two pieces of legislation to codify diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) ...
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Democrats seek to codify DEI in federal programs
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SPD Health Minister Karl Lauterbach calls for former Chancellor Schröder's party resignation due to closeness to Putin: "Today, unfortunately ...
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SPD Health Minister Karl Lauterbach calls for former Chancellor Schröder's ...
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The allure of a new State Lodge in Bungoma: The Bungoma State Lodge will be the second State Lodge in Western region.
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The allure of a new State Lodge in Bungoma
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Government facing revolt over plan to criminalise rough sleeping: As many as 40 Tory MPs are believed to be opposed to the new rules which would give police ...
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Government facing revolt over plan to criminalise rough sleeping
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Migraine pills to be offered on NHS for first time in boost for 170,000 sufferers
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Migraine pills to be offered on NHS for first time in boost for 170 ...
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Electric car sales in Ireland drop 14% despite rise in overall new car market: Sales of regular hybrids are up 19.5% while plug-in hybrids rose 10 ...
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Electric car sales in Ireland drop 14% despite rise in overall new car ...
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Rick Scott: Government must ‘come together’ on Baltimore bridge recovery: GOP Sen. Rick Scott (Fla.) on Sunday called for the government to “come together” to ...
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Rick Scott: Government must ‘come together’ on Baltimore bridge recovery
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Nigerian private university announces huge increase in fees: Before this increment, students paid between N800,000 and N1.2 million as hostel fees per session ...
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Nigerian private university announces huge increase in fees
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Urgent whooping cough warning as one baby dead and 50 ill: A baby has died and 50 more people are ill after the outbreak of a 100-day cough at a popular European ...
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Urgent whooping cough warning as one baby dead and 50 ill
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Raila torn between fighting for the masses or securing top seat at AU: Kenyans are baffled that Opposition chief Raila Odinga, uncharacteristically ...
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Raila torn between fighting for the masses or securing top seat at AU
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PM pained by baby deaths: Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley yesterday described the deaths of several babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of the Port of ...
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PM pained by baby deaths
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Weed ban at Oktoberfest after Germany legalises cannabis: Bavaria has banned smoking cannabis at public festivals, Oktoberfest and beer gardens
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Weed ban at Oktoberfest after Germany legalises cannabis
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Germany charges sixth suspect in plot to kidnap health minister, topple govt: German prosecutors said Wednesday they had charged a sixth suspect in a far-right ...
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Germany charges sixth suspect in plot to kidnap health minister ...
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The doctors’ strikes: Never-ending wars and how ministers navigated protests since independence
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The doctors’ strikes: Never-ending wars and how ministers navigated ...
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Health minister pitches dental-care changes to get dentists onside: Liberals say 5,000 dental-care providers – including dentists, hygienists and denturists – ...
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Health minister pitches dental-care changes to get dentists onside
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In rural areas - Are clinics threatened with a wave of insolvencies?: Kulmbach MP Rainer Ludwig appeals to Health Minister Karl Lauterbach not to endanger ...
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In rural areas - Are clinics threatened with a wave of insolvencies?
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Catalin Cirstoiu refuses withdrawal: Dr. Catalin Cirstoiu is defying calls to withdraw his candidacy for Bucharest City Hall, despite indirect pressure from ...
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Catalin Cirstoiu refuses withdrawal
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New regenerative therapy bill will boost medical tourism, says health minister: Minister of Health and Wellness Dr. Michael Darville tabled the Longevity and ...
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New regenerative therapy bill will boost medical tourism, says health ...
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Deyalsingh: PAHO to probe babies’ hospital deaths - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday: HEALTH Minister Terrence Deyalsingh says the Pan American Health Organization ...
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Deyalsingh: PAHO to probe babies’ hospital deaths - Trinidad and Tobago ...
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Dikoloti Won’t Withdraw From BDP Primaries : Refuses to give Serame a free pass Masisi compelled to choose between him and Serame Sources believe he is stronger ...
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Dikoloti Won’t Withdraw From BDP Primaries 
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Nigeria introduces revolutionary 5-in-1 meningitis vaccine - Healthwise: In what can be descried as a historic, significant step, Nigeria has become the first ...
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Nigeria introduces revolutionary 5-in-1 meningitis vaccine - Healthwise
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Smoking ban in Great Britain: Sunak wants tobacco ban for all vintages from 2009: The British Prime Minister and his Health Minister want a tobacco ban for all ...
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Smoking ban in Great Britain: Sunak wants tobacco ban for all vintages ...
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Egypt’s 100 Million Health Initiative: From Early Detection to Free Surgeries: Egypt has witnessed a number of healthcare developments in the last five years ...
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Egypt’s 100 Million Health Initiative: From Early Detection to Free ...
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Belgian Deputy PM says a European Action Plan on Rare Diseases is ‘essential’: Belgium is supporting the creation of a European action plan for rare diseases and ...
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Belgian Deputy PM says a European Action Plan on Rare Diseases is ...
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Emmi Zeulner: Karl Lauterbach is flying blind: The planned hospital reform would put houses in rural areas under even more pressure. This is what ...
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Emmi Zeulner: Karl Lauterbach is flying blind
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Additional theatres, imaging suite for Lethem Hospital - Guyana Chronicle: With the introduction of these new services in the healthcare sector ...
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Additional theatres, imaging suite for Lethem Hospital - Guyana Chronicle
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Poland's emergency contraception bill standoff following Duda veto: Poland's emergency contraception bill ignites tense constitutional standoff ...
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Poland's emergency contraception bill standoff following Duda veto
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Foundation laid for new hospital in Freeport: The physical foundation for the Freeport Health Campus is near completion and residents can expect to see vertical ...
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Foundation laid for new hospital in Freeport
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Pan-of-biscuits healthcare: In Norway, the health minister resigned her position over a plagiarism issue. She was not alone as there were others before her who ...
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Pan-of-biscuits healthcare
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Liberia: USAID Mission Director Pledges to End Sales of Donated Drugs at Hospitals
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Liberia: USAID Mission Director Pledges to End Sales of Donated Drugs at ...
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Prime Minister oversees ‘Decent Life’ healthcare initiatives, Universal Health Insurance progress - Dailynewsegypt
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Prime Minister oversees ‘Decent Life’ healthcare initiatives ...
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‘Minister must go’: The Opposition is demanding an independent probe into the deaths of seven babies at the Port of Spain General Hospital (PoSGH) to ensure ...
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‘Minister must go’
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Work in coordinated way to prevent dengue: Health minister tells authorities: Health and Family Welfare Minister Samanta Lal Sen today urged all to keep their ...
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Work in coordinated way to prevent dengue: Health minister tells ...
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Health Ministry engaging international partners on use of Brachytherapy locally - Guyana Chronicle
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Health Ministry engaging international partners on use of Brachytherapy ...
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New health center in Kuwait to serve expatriate workers: KUWAIT CITY, April 9: The Minister of Health Dr. Ahmad Al-Awadhi inaugurated the Fahaheel Health Center ...
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New health center in Kuwait to serve expatriate workers
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Stop puberty blockers now, Sunak urged by Javid and Streeting: Former Health Secretary Sajid Javid warned puberty blockers to under-16s can been accessed ...
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Stop puberty blockers now, Sunak urged by Javid and Streeting
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Deyalsingh: Two investigations into premature babies deaths at hospital - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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Deyalsingh: Two investigations into premature babies deaths at hospital - ...