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Yahoo
16-03-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Dog who suffered 'vile mistreatment' looking for loving home in Norfolk
A five-year-old dog who suffered "vile mistreatment" is searching for a forever home. Hilda, a large Romanian shepherd cross, has been under the care of Safe Rescue for Dogs for more than two years and is hoping to find owners who have a "lot of time and patience". Hilda, who is described as a "super special dog who moves with grace and poise and is quite regal in her demeanour', is currently being fostered in Norwich. Hilda is happy to be fussed and groomed (Image: Safe Rescue For Dogs) A spokeswoman for the charity said: "She suffered mistreatment that is too awful to put into words. "Whoever owned her previously was absolutely vile. 'Hilda can panic when spooked so we are looking for a rural home for her as she will not cope with a lot of traffic or crowds. READ MORE: Owner celebrates after King's Lynn dog wins at Crufts The five-year-old walks nicely on the lead (Image: Safe Rescue For Dogs) "Despite her fears, Hilda is such a gentle dog with a heart of gold and acts motherly towards small dogs and puppies." She would need to live in a calm and quiet environment with no children under 12 and with at least one other dog. Safe Rescue for Dogs is a collection of foster homes dotted around Norfolk and across the country that takes in and rehomes dogs from the UK and abroad. READ MORE: 7 adorable dogs searching for their forever homes in Norfolk Hilda has been with the charity for more than two years (Image: Safe Rescue For Dogs) It claims it does not shy away 'from the old, the broken, the wonky or the damaged" and said its 'determination to help is not thwarted by geographical boundaries'. Other dogs currently looking for homes in Norfolk include Emil, an 18-month-old collie cross whose mother was killed in a crash, Sara who was rescued from a shelter in Romania and Star who came to the county from Benidorm. Anyone interested in rehoming Hilda should contact Safe Rescue For Dogs.
New York Times
05-03-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
He Spent the Pandemic in a Coma. Can He Rebuild His Life?
Nearly half a decade after the W.H.O. declared Covid-19 a pandemic, I've found that recalling the contagion's early days is a struggle. Instead of blurring together, the memories have fractured into a dangerous mound of shards I'd prefer to leave undisturbed. So how invigorating it was to read Jinwoo Chong's wise and poignant sophomore novel, 'I Leave It Up to You,' which features a protagonist who has no memories of Covid's first two years at all. The book is a welcome twist on the quickly established (and frequently disappointing) 'pandemic novel' subgenre. The story follows Jack Jr., a 30-year-old who wakes up in a hospital bed in late 2021. He's confused: The last he remembers it was October 2019. Also, why is his attending nurse, Emil, wearing a surgical mask and a plastic shield over his face? Even more pressing: Why does Jack Jr. have so many tubes shoved inside his body? Where is his fiancé? What has happened to Jack Jr. and, more important, his life? Those answers will come later. Once released, he returns to his family's home in Fort Lee, N.J. It's an unexpected arrangement — Jack Jr. has spent the past decade estranged from his parents. Though his departure left plenty of open wounds, he is welcomed into his old life almost as if no time has passed at all, easily slotting back into the family's routines and returning to work at Joja, the Korean-Japanese restaurant opened by his father. Jack Jr. must now contend with his past — both the family he left as well as the world-altering years he missed entirely — and begin recalculating what his future could be. Chong, who is a sales planner for The New York Times, writes mouthwatering descriptions of food, and his peeks behind the curtain at the gargantuan amount of work that goes into running a restaurant will give readers a new respect for their favorite neighborhood spot. But the novel's most memorable pleasures lie outside the kitchen. It is, for example, Jack Jr.'s reconnection with his 16-year-old nephew, Juno, and his courtship with Emil where 'I Leave It Up to You' finds its firmest footing and most unexpected charms and laughs. Juno and Jack Jr. have a fascinating and frequently uproarious dynamic: Here's a gay uncle who's been asleep for two years and a teenage nephew who came of age during the pandemic. Their memories of each other are woefully half-formed but filled with an easy, if clumsy, kind of love. And then there's Emil. He's a white man who's never had sushi embarking on a relationship with a Korean man who works in a sushi restaurant. And he's suffering the inverse of Jack Jr.'s tragedy: Jack Jr. was asleep for two years, but Emil, haunted by his time caring for and losing Covid patients, finds rest almost impossible. Despite the awkwardness of their hospital room meet-drab (something his family accepts with perhaps a little too much ease), their relationship flourishes. Their story line felt like a gift to the reader; finally we can see something lovely emerge from such a dire time. That sense of comfort is characteristic of Chong's writing throughout the book. Even when there are dramatic turns — like the return of Ren, the Chekhov's Fiancé of Jack Jr.'s past life — he keeps the story at a gentle simmer. Modern life, especially since the pandemic, feels like a cascade of increasingly miserable tragedies. 'I Leave It Up to You' is about finding — or rediscovering — the people who make the hardships worth enduring. More than once exhausted characters say, 'We are all just trying to stay alive.' Among their heaviest burdens are their memories of the past, but how lucky they are to wake up each morning with the chance to forge a new future.
Yahoo
29-01-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Romanian security contractors surrender amid DR Congo fighting
Dozens of Romanian security contractors in the eastern DR Congo crossed the border into neighbouring Rwanda on Wednesday to surrender to authorities following days of deadly fighting, according to Kigali. Rwanda-backed fighters controlled almost all of the DR Congo city of Goma, a key mineral trading hub, Wednesday after a lightening offensive. A long line of men, many wearing jeans and T-shirts, flanked by armed Rwandan soldiers calmly entered Rwandan territory on foot via the Gisenyi border post, according to images filmed by AFP. With the help of sniffer dogs, the Rwandan soldiers inspected their backpacks and other belongings, opened on the ground, before the men underwent body searches and registered. "We weren't on a battlefield, we were here to train and help with artillery," one of the Romanians told AFP, only giving the name Emil. More than 280 Romanian "mercenaries" fighting alongside Congolese forces have surrendered to M23 in the Rwandan border town of Gisenyi, Rwanda's army said on X. They are being evacuated in buses to Kigali, according to the Rwandan Ministry of Defence. In Romania, the foreign ministry said an evacuation of its citizens was "under way". The ministry on Tuesday convened a crisis unit to address "the acute deterioration of the security situation" in the eastern DRC, where "Romanian citizens, private employees of the DRC government, are present on an army training mission". Four of them were injured in the fighting, their leader Constantin Timofte told Romanian public television. "The national army gave up fighting and we had to withdraw," he said. Since late 2022, nearly 1,000 Western soldiers, working for two private military companies, have been in Goma. One of the military contractors, Congo Protection, is managed in Goma by Horatiu Potra, a Romanian ex-member of the French Foreign Legion. Congo Protection's mostly Eastern European soldiers are involved in training Congolese army units and protecting Goma. They have also joined in combat against the rebels. Agemira, the other company, is run by French nationals and includes retired French military personnel. It initially provided maintenance services to the Congolese Air Force but is now part of the military's operational command and has taken part in bombing raids on M23 positions. bur-cl-ani/dab-anb/jza/cw
