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The latest round of negotiations between Israel and Hamas reached a stalemate on Sunday, as mediators struggled to fill remaining gaps and a Hamas delegation walked out of talks in Cairo, according to two senior Hamas officials and two other officials who they were familiar with interviews. An Israeli official also confirmed that negotiations had stalled and described them as being in "crisis."For months, negotiations aimed at reaching a ceasefire and the release of hostages made little progress, but signs emerged in the last week that the two sides were moving closer to a deal. Israel has backtracked on some of its long-standing demands and a senior Hamas official said the group was studying the latest Israeli offer in a "positive spirit."But the setback over the weekend meant Palestini...

Robert B. Oxnam, a prominent Chinese scholar who learned through psychotherapy that his years of erratic behavior could be explained by the torment of having multiple personalities, died April 18 at his home in Greenport, N.Y., on the North Fork of Long Island . He was 81 years old.His wife, Vishakha Desai, said the cause was complications from Alzheimer's disease.In the late 1980s, Dr Oxnam was president of the Asia Society, a television commentator and an able sailor. But his psyche was extremely fragile. He had myriad problems, including intermittent anger, bulimia, memory blackouts and depression, but it was for excessive alcohol consumption that he first sought treatment from Dr. Jeffery Smith, a psychiatrist.The first personality to emerge in that therapy was Tommy, an angry b...

During his first visit to Europe in five years, Chinese President Xi Jinping appears intent on seizing opportunities to loosen the continent's ties with the United States and forge a world free from American rule.The Chinese leader has chosen three countries to visit – France, Serbia and Hungary – all of which, to a greater or lesser extent, view the post-war American order of the world with suspicion, see China as a necessary counterweight and are eager to strengthen economic ties.At a time of tensions with much of Europe – over China's "unrestrained" embrace of Russia despite the war in Ukraine, its surveillance state and its apparent espionage activities that led to the recent arrest in Germany of four people – Xi, who will arrive in France on Sunday, wants to demonstrate China&...

Hundreds of marketers and ad agencies flocked to TikTok's annual sales presentation after a new law put its future in question.

The World Food Program leader said parts of the Gaza Strip are experiencing a "full-blown famine" that is spreading across the territory after nearly seven months of war that have made aid delivery extremely difficult."There's a famine - a full-blown famine in the north, and it's moving south," Cindy McCain, the program's director, said in excerpts released late Friday from an interview with "Meet The Press." Ms. McCain is the second high-profile American leading a U.S. government or United Nations aid project to say there is famine in northern Gaza, although her remarks do not constitute an official statement, which is a process complex bureaucratic.He did not explain why an official declaration of famine had not been made. But she said her assessment was “based on what we sa...

Some context: A scary trend examined more closely.Researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University and Children's Hospital in Richmond previously revealed that death rates among children and adolescents increased 18% between 2019 and 2021. Injury-related deaths grew so dramatically that they eclipsed all improvements in terms of public health.The team, seeking to delve deeper into this troubling trend, obtained death certificate data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's public WONDER database and stratified it by race, ethnicity, and cause for children aged 1 and 19 years old. They found that Black and American Indian/Alaska Native children were not only dying at significantly higher rates than white children, but the disparities – which had been improving through ...

As tensions flared over disputed territory in the Caucasus region in the summer of 2020, Azerbaijan's squadron of high-priced Washington lobbyists was quick to pin the blame on neighboring Armenia and highlight its ties to Russia.Unbeknownst to members of Congress, Azerbaijan had an inside man who was working closely with the Azerbaijani ambassador in Washington at the time on a parallel line of attack, according to text messages released by federal prosecutors.Rep. Henry Cuellar, a Texas Democrat now accused of accepting bribes and acting as a foreign agent in a years-long scheme, indicated in a text that he planned a legislative maneuver to try to deprive Armenia of funding because it hosted bases Russian military.The Azerbaijani ambassador responded enthusiastically.“Your amendment ...

Sebbene il Met Gala serva come evento di branding per Vogue, accetta da tempo sponsorizzazioni da parte dei giganti della tecnologia che hanno minacciato la sopravvivenza stessa delle pubblicazioni dei media legacy.Jeff Bezos, il fondatore di Amazon, è apparso come presidente onorario del ballo nel 2012. Quattro anni dopo, quando Apple era sponsor del Met Gala, il suo amministratore delegato, Tim Cook, si è presentato in smoking e frac. E Instagram ha fornito denaro nel 2022.L’evento del 2024 è sponsorizzato, in parte, da TikTok, il colosso dei social media il cui futuro sembra più oscuro di quello di Condé Nast, l’editore di Vogue, The New Yorker e altre riviste, che ha licenziato dipendenti e chiuso o venduto alcuni dei suoi dipendenti. sue pubblicazioni negli ultimi anni.TikTok si è tr...

Il 19 marzo Volker Türk, responsabile dei diritti umani delle Nazioni Unite, ha affermato in una dichiarazione ufficiale che le politiche di Israele in materia di aiuti a Gaza potrebbero costituire un crimine di guerra."La portata delle continue restrizioni israeliane sull'ingresso di aiuti a Gaza, insieme al modo in cui continua a condurre le ostilità, possono equivalere all'uso della fame come metodo di guerra, il che è un crimine di guerra", ha scritto.I suoi commenti hanno fatto scalpore. Usare la fame dei civili come arma è una grave violazione del diritto internazionale umanitario e un crimine di guerra ai sensi dello Statuto di Roma, del trattato della Corte penale internazionale o della CPI.Funzionari israeliani e stranieri hanno dichiarato al New York Times la scorsa sett...

Even leading experts in vaccine science have been met with disbelief and ambivalence.Dr. Gregory Polonia, 68, editor in chief of the journal Vaccine, said a loud hissing in his ears has accompanied every moment since his first shot, but that his pleas to colleagues at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention diseases of exploring the problem phenomenon, tinnitus, had led nowhere.He received polite responses to his numerous emails, but "I have no sense of movement," he said.“If they have done studies, those studies should be published,” Dr. Polonia added. In desperation to "never hear silence again", he sought solace in meditation and his religious faith. Dr. Buddy Creech, 50, who has led several Covid vaccine studies at Vanderbilt University, said his tinnitus and rapid heartbeat la...