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The executive order of President Trump who freezes most of the US foreign aid for 90 days has been launched in turbulence programs that fight hunger and fatal diseases, perform clinical studies and try to provide refuge for millions of displaced people throughout the world.The main agency of the Government for the delivery of humanitarian aid, the US agency for international development, or Usaid, has been affected more hard. Trump accused the agency of rampant corruption and fraud, without providing evidence.The Trump administration ordered thousands of agency workers to return to the United States from abroad; Put all the direct hires of the agency, including its list of foreign service officials, on indefinite administrative leave; and moved the supervision of the agency to the State De...

All'inaugurazione del presidente Trump, Sam Altman, amministratore delegato di Openai, è stato retrocesso nella stanza di overflow mentre altri miliardari tecnologici come Elon Musk e Mark Zuckerberg hanno preso i punti privilegiati sul dais sotto il Capitol Rotunda.Ma giorni prima, prima di volare a Washington, Altman era al telefono con il signor Trump, preparando un annuncio che avrebbe superato il signor Musk e metteva la compagnia del signor Altman al centro dell'agenda della nuova amministrazione per l'intelligenza artificiale.Alla chiamata di 25 minuti, Altman ha fatto appello all'amore del signor Trump per una grande storia e di un grosso problema. Altman ha dichiarato al presidente eletto che l'industria tecnologica avrebbe raggiunto l'intelligenza generale artificiale-l'ipotetico...

All live bird markets in New York City and in different close counties must temporarily close in the hope of curbing the spread of avian influence, which was detected in some markets last week, announced the governor Kathy hochul on Friday.The order, coming from the Department of Agriculture and State Markets, affects the approximately 80 live markets in New York City and in the counties of Westchester, Nassau and Suffolk. Seven cases of bird influence had been detected in the Queens markets, the Bronx and Brooklyn.Markets with confirmed cases must get rid of their inventory, while those in which avian influence has not been detected have three days to sell or dispose of all their inventory. All markets must therefore be cleaned and disinfected before closing for at least five days."The sa...

February 7, 2025On Friday Hamas announced the names of three Israeli hostages that he would release this weekend in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, the last in a time Series of passages outlined in an agreement of ceased the fire with Israel who has now been held for almost three weeks.Abu Obeida, the spokesman for the Hamas armed wing, identified the three men like Eli Sharabi, 52; O Levy, 34; And Ohad Ben-me, 56 years old. All three men were kidnapped during the attack led by Hamas on October 7, 2023, who lit the war in Gaza.Hamas published the three names later than expected, raising concerns for the fact that the agreement had hit a road block. By Friday Evening, the Israeli government officials said they had received the list and informed male families.Since the ceasefire came i...

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iranian supreme leader, said that negotiations with the United States were "not very wise, not very intelligent and not honorable", a few days after President Trump said he was willing to revive the negotiations with Tehran.But Mr. Khamenei stopped ordering the Iranian government, who for months has sent signals that is interested in negotiations, not to commit himself to Washington. And although Mr. Khamenei made an unusual gesture last year of opening at the interviews, he generally took a publicly hostile position against Washington, even if allowing Iranian officials silently to negotiate.In Friday's comments, Khamenei claimed that the previous experiences of Iran who negotiated with the United States have shown that Washington could easily give up the agreement...

Asanda Zondi received a surprising phone call last Thursday, with orders to reach a health clinic in Vulindlela, South Africa, where he was participating in a research study that was testing a new device to prevent pregnancy and H.IV. infection.The trial was closing, told her a nurse. The device, a silicone ring inserted in its vagina, had to be removed immediately.When Mrs. Zondi, 22 years old, arrived in the clinic, learned why: the US agency for international development, which financed the study, had withdrawn financial support and had issued a stop-work order to all organizations all over the world who receive his money. The Brusca move followed an executive order of President Trump who freezed all foreign aid for at least 90 days. Since then, the Trump administration has taken measur...

Thursday Trump defended his proposal for the United States to take care of the post -war and resetty Gaza of his Palestinian residents, but he underlined that he would not have deployed US troops in the enclave, as the Israeli defense minister announced that he had ordered To the military to draw up A. plan to allow people to go voluntarily.The developments are added to a whirlwind of confusion on the proposal of Mr. Trump to "take" the Gaza strip and for the approximately two million Palestinians who live there to move elsewhere. The deportation or forced transfer of a civilian population is a violation of international humanitarian law, a war crime and a crime against humanity, experts say. Mr. Trump's plan has already caused a furious opposition all over the world, with some critics who...

Ukraine is sending its greatest delegation ever to a gathering of politically influential Christian leaders in Washington this week, trying to present a discussion that protecting religious freedom is a strong reason to continue US aid to resist aggression Russian.The Ukrainian shepherds, the members of the Parliament and the military chaplains who will participate in the national breakfast of prayer say that they hope that the message of fighting religious persecution will resonate with the officials of the Trump administration and the members of the congress that will surely be there.The Brea di Prayer, a great event on the Washington social calendar since 1953, presents an opportunity for company managers, religious and diplomatic leaders to the jockey for access to influential chorelig...

Leah Barlow, professor of liberal studies at the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, prepared to teach his introduction to the class of African American studies in this semester as always: he put together a program, mapped assignments and created an account Tiktok to make the material account as accessible as possible.He published a video on January 20 welcoming his 35 students to the course. The next morning, he emerged in the algorithm of quite Tiktok users who 250,000 people had enrolled in his channel.In a few days, the videos of Dr. Barlow had involuntarily inspired a freely affiliated network of black educators, experts and creators of content to form what has become known as Hillmantok University, a free and unconvented online and unofficial online socket and...