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Carnivore Diet and Autoimmune Diseases: What Current Evidence Shows

The carnivore diet has attracted a devoted following online, including people with autoimmune diseases. The idea is straightforward: eliminate virtually all plant foods and eat primarily meat, fish, eggs and, depending on the version, dairy. Supporters often say the approach has helped with joint pain, digestive problems, skin symptoms and other issues they associate with…

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How Official Time Works in Canada

Official time in Canada is maintained by the National Research Council in Ottawa as UTC(NRC), Canada’s realization of Coordinated Universal Time. Legal time — the hour a school, court, or bus schedule uses — is generally determined by provincial and territorial law, while federal law also contains rules governing standard time for federal enactments. A…

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How a Balanced Diet Supports Physical and Mental Health for Long-Term Wellness

A balanced diet does more than provide calories. Food supplies the protein, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, minerals, fiber and other nutrients the body needs to function, maintain tissues and support health over time. A healthy eating pattern is also associated with a lower risk of several chronic diseases, including cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. Research…

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Uber to Cut About 3,300 Jobs, or 10 Percent of Workforce, in Restructuring

Uber Technologies announced on September 2, 2026, that it will eliminate approximately 3,300 positions, representing about 10 percent of its global workforce. Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi outlined the changes in a memo to employees. The company said the cuts aim to remove organizational layers, simplify team structures, and reduce complexity that accumulated during earlier growth….

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Renfe Series 103 train at Madrid Atocha (2011). Same model as the one in the Urda crash; not the specific train and not photographed on 28 October 2026. Falk2 / CC BY-SA 3.0 / Wikimedia Commons

Spain’s AITAT puts Urda high-speed crash toll at 69 as investigation continues

Spain’s independent rail accident authority said on 29 October that a collision near Urda two days earlier had killed 69 people, with the figure expected to change. The Autoridad Administrativa Independiente para la Investigación Técnica de Accidentes e Incidentes Ferroviarios, Marítimos y de Aviación Civil (AITAT) issued its first technical note after the first 24…

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Global Supply Chains Explained: What They Are, How They Work, and Why They Matter

A product can cross multiple borders before it reaches the person who buys it. Its raw materials may come from one country, its components from several others, its final assembly from another, and its journey to consumers may pass through ports, warehouses, distributors, and transportation networks spread across the world. That interconnected system is a…

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