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Morrie Markoff, a supercentenarian blogger and scrap metal sculptor believed to be the oldest man in the United States and whose brain was donated for research into so-called super-aging, died June 3 at his home in downtown Los Angeles. Angeles. He was 110 years old.He had two strokes in recent weeks, his daughter, Judith Markoff Hansen, said, confirming his death.People who live to 110 years or older are considered supercentenarians, and the Gerontology Research Group, in Los Angeles, lists more than 150 of them worldwide.Mr. Markoff, born in New York on January 11, 1914, six months before the start of World War I, joined the club this year and was considered the oldest living man in the United States after his death, in January of Francis. Zouein, aged 113, in California.As of April, ...

The European Union said on Wednesday that Chinese manufacturers will face tariffs of up to 38% on electric vehicles imported into the bloc, in what EU leaders said was an effort to protect the region's manufacturers from unfair competition.The blockade will impose provisional duties ranging from 17.4% to 38.1% for three major Chinese manufacturers, including BYD, Geely and SAIC. Other Chinese automakers face tariffs of 21% or 38.1%, depending on their cooperation with the European Union in its investigations into the matter.The move to raise tariffs has been criticized by several European automakers who fear it could raise prices, scare customers and lead to costly retaliation from China.The European Union defended the action, saying in a statement that an investigation had found that...

Kadınlar için takılar, kişisel tarzlarını ve zarafetlerini ifade etmenin önemli bir yoludur. Vovoyo'nun kadın kolyeleri, zarif tasarımları ve özenle seçilmiş malzemeleriyle dikkat çeker. Her bir kolye, kadının güzelliğini ve zarafetini ön plana çıkaran özel bir parçadır. Vovoyo'nun kadın kolye koleksiyonunda, her zevke ve tarza uygun bir seçenek bulmak mümkündür. Siz de tarzınıza uygun bir kolye seçerek, günlük kombinlerinizi tamamlayabilir ve her ortamda şıklığınızı konuşturabilirsiniz. Çocuk Kolyeler: Sevimli Detaylar, Eğlenceli Tasarımlar Çocuklar için takılar, sadece süs değil aynı zamanda eğlenceli ve sevimli birer oyun arkadaşıdır. Vovoyo'nun çocuk kolyeleri, renkli ve eğlenceli tasarımlarıyla çocukların ilgisini çeker. Her bir kolye, çocuğun hayal dünyasını zenginleştiren özel...

Elon Musk on Tuesday dropped his lawsuit against OpenAI, the maker of the online chatbot ChatGPT, a day before a state judge in San Francisco was expected to consider whether it should be dismissed.The lawsuit, filed in February, accused the artificial intelligence start-up and two of its founders, Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, of violating OpenAI's founding agreement by prioritizing commercial interests over the public good.A multibillion-dollar partnership that OpenAI signed with Microsoft, Musk's lawsuit argued, represented an abandonment of the company's commitment to carefully develop artificial intelligence and make the technology available to the public.Musk had argued that the founding contract stipulated that the organization should instead focus on building artificial...

Hezbollah said Tuesday that Israeli forces killed one of its commanders in an attack in southern Lebanon, fueling concerns about the conflict escalating on another Israeli front.The commander, Taleb Abdallah, also known as Abu Taleb, was among the highest-ranking Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon that Israel has killed since the Hamas-led attack on Israel on October 7 sparked war in the Gaza Strip and inflamed tensions along the northern part of Israel. confine.Abdallah's role in Hezbollah was not immediately clear. But the group has not referred to a dead fighter as “commander” since January, when Wissam Hassan al-Tawil, a commander of the group's Radwan unit, was killed in an attack. In a clear indication of Abdallah's seniority, Hezbollah published a photo of him with al-Tawi...

The Biden administration on Tuesday proposed removing medical debt from the credit reports of more than 15 million Americans, making it easier for them to qualify for auto, home and small business loans.The proposed rule, which will go through a public comment period, would not take effect immediately. It would ban health care providers from sharing medical debt with loan providers and prohibit those providers from considering medical information when it comes to making loans.Vice President Kamala Harris said the move would improve “the financial health and well-being of millions of Americans.”“One of the most significant consequences of carrying medical debt is the damage it does to a person's credit score,” Ms. Harris said. “Medical debt makes it harder for millions of Americans to...

Investors made clear on Tuesday the depth of their concerns over President Emmanuel Macron's gamble to call a new election in France, driving up the nation's borrowing costs, pushing down stock prices and prompting ratings agency Moody's to warn that it could downgrade French sovereign debt as a risk. increase in political instability.Macron's dissolution of Parliament's lower house on Sunday, after his party was beaten by Marine Le Pen's far-right party in European Parliament elections, has sparked concerns that the government could reach a stalemate . The turmoil has focused attention on France's fragile finances and the prospect of a legislative deadlock that could undermine the government's ability to deal with it.“This decision will not alleviate the ...

What's a five-letter word for an activity that media and technology companies are increasingly relying on to acquire subscribers and keep them coming back?GAMANDSApple released a series of word-focused puzzles to its subscription news service last fall. LinkedIn, owned by Microsoft, launched a series of word games this spring. News sites including Morning Brew, The Washington Post, Vox Media and The Boston Globe have added new puzzles beyond the crossword and have hired staff to work on the games. The publication you're reading has also invested in a collection of puzzles.It's not all fun and games, exactly. For media companies, games are a way to attract new customers as their sites face declining traffic from Google, X and Meta, which have pulled back from emphasizing new...

In the occupied West Bank, Palestinians live in the shadow of the ongoing war in Gaza. For them, this has meant increased raids and arrests, tightened security restrictions, settler violence, and economic turmoil. We spent time with two Palestinians whose lives and livelihoods have been reshaped by war and who fear that some of these changes may be long-lasting. 29-year-old taxi driver and tour guide Laith Al-Muti now waits all day here at one of the Israeli-controlled checkpoints in Bethlehem. But these days, almost no visitors come. Thirteen miles away, in the Tel Rumeida area of ​​Hebron, Wijdan Ziadeh's life is also at a standstill. Home to an Israeli settlement, Palestinians in the area say their movements, restricted before the war, have become even more restricted since Oc...

Sotto una fila di abeti, il fiume Shannon Aloia cammina lungo una remota strada sterrata nella foresta nazionale, scrutando il terreno alla ricerca di spugnole."Trovalo", ordina al suo cane, Jasper.La ricerca ripaga la signora Aloia, un'avida raccoglitrice: individua una solitaria spugnola color miele e la coglie."Il foraggiamento cambia il tuo rapporto con la natura", ha detto. “Sei nel bosco usando tutti i tuoi sensi. Ed è gratificante quando puoi identificare qualcosa, portarlo a casa e prepararlo per la tua famiglia.La primavera nell'emisfero settentrionale è il periodo dell'anno preferito dai raccoglitori come la signora Aloia. È particolarmente popolare nel West americano a causa dei milioni di acri di terre di proprietà pubblica che danno ai raccoglitori la libertà di...