#Gabriele Reuter

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"Sophia Goudstikker"– Ingvild Richardsen erzählt das Leben einer unglaublichen Frau - "Frauenpower 1900":

“Sophia Goudstikker”– Ingvild Richardsen erzählt das Leben einer unglaublichen Frau – “Frauenpower 1900”: https://literaturradiohoerbahn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/S-Goudstikker-Frauenpower-1900-upload.mp3 Gespräch zwischen Ingvild Richardsen und Uwe Kullnick (Hördauer 82 Minuten) Sophia Goudstikker kommt 1865 in Rotterdam zur Welt und stammt aus der niederländisch-deutsch jüdischen…

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One Saturday night an Elder went to Karyes for the all-night Vigil. He left, instructing his disciple to remain behind and read the service in their cell. As it grew dark, the disciple heard a knock on the door. When he opened the door, he saw an unknown monk who called himself Gabriel, and he invited him to come in. They stood before the icon of the Mother of God and read the service together with reverence and compunction.

During the Ninth Ode of the Canon, the disciple began to sing “My soul magnifies the Lord...” with the Irmos of Saint Cosmas the Hymnographer (October 14), “More honorable than the Cherubim....”

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he stranger sang the next verse, “For He has regarded the low estate of His handmaiden....” Then he chanted something the disciple had never heard before, “It is truly meet to bless Thee, O Theotokos, ever-blessed and most pure, and the Mother of our God...” Then he continued with, “More honorable than the Cherubim....”

While the hymn was being sung, the icon of the Theotokos shone with a heavenly light. The disciple was moved by the new version of the familiar hymn, and asked his guest to write the words down for him. When the stranger asked for paper and ink, the disciple said that they did not have any.

The stranger took a roof tile and wrote the words of the hymn on its surface with his finger. The disciple knew then that this was no ordinary monk, but the Archangel Gabriel. The angel said, “Sing in this manner, and all the Orthodox as well.” Then he disappeared, and the icon of the Mother of God continued to radiate light for some time afterward.

The Eleousa Icon of the Mother of God, before which the hymn “It Is Truly Meet” was first sung, was transferred to the katholikon at Karyes. The tile, with the hymn written on it by the Archangel Gabriel, was taken to Constantinople when Saint Nicholas Chrysoberges (December 16) was Patriarch.

Numerous copies of the “It Is Truly Meet” Icon are revered in Russian churches. At the Galerna Harbor of Peterburg a church with five cupolas was built in honor of the Merciful Mother of God, and into it they put a grace-bearing copy of the “It Is Truly Meet” icon sent from Athos.

The “It is Truly Meet” Icon of the Mother of God is in the high place of the altar of the cathedral church of the Karyes monastery on Mount Athos.

“It Is Truly Meet” (“Axion Estin”) Icon of the Mother of God

#truly meet #axion estin #icon #mother mary #mount athos #orthodox #angel gabriel #rome #jerome reuter #Youtube

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The Best News of Last Week - January 15, 2024

🎊 - As we embark on another journey around the sun, I am thrilled to bring you the first newsletter of the year, packed with inspiring, informative, and sometimes downright amusing stories.

1. Marijuana meets criteria for reclassification as lower-risk drug

Marijuana has a lower potential for abuse than other drugs that are subjected to the same restrictions, with scientific support for its use as a medical treatment, researchers from the US Food and Drug Administration say in documents supporting its reclassification as a Schedule III substance.

2. South Korea passes law banning dog meat trade

The slaughter and sale of dogs for their meat is to become illegal in South Korea after MPs backed a new law. The legislation, set to come into force by 2027, aims to end the centuries-old practice of humans eating dog meat.

3. After 20 years in a tiny cage, these 'broken bears' are finally feeling the grass beneath their paws

These bears, termed "broken bears" due to physical and psychological trauma from years of abuse, are treated at the Tam Dao rescue center with individually tailored diets, physiotherapy, and medical care. The bear bile trade, which involves extracting bile for traditional Asian medicine, has been illegal in Vietnam since 2005, but a black market still exists.

4. France just got its first openly gay prime minister.

Gabriel Attal is France’s youngest-ever prime minister at age 34 and the first who is openly gay.

5. Australian ‘builders without borders’ repairing war-torn homes and schools in Ukraine

Manfred Hin, a 66-year-old builder from Townsville, Australia, spent most of 2023 volunteering in Ukraine to rebuild homes and schools damaged by Russian attacks. Having contributed to over 50 house and a dozen school renovations, he worked with Ukrainian charity Brave to Rebuild, mentoring young volunteers and sourcing three tonnes of donated tools.

Inspired by Hin's story, Tasmanian carpenter Hamish Stirling also joined the efforts, learning Ukrainian, traveling to Europe, and volunteering for three months to help rebuild homes.

6. The age-standardized death rate from cancer has declined by 15% since 1990

The age-standardized death rate from cancer declined by 15%

Cancer kills mostly older people – as the death rate by age shows, of those who are 70 years and older, 1% die from cancer every year. For people who are younger than 50, the cancer death rate is more than 40-times lower (more detail here).

7. Germany Reached 55% Renewable Energy in 2023

In 2023, 55 percent of Germany’s power came from renewables — an increase of 6.6 percent, according to energy regulator Bundesnetzagentur, reported Reuters. Europe’s biggest national economy has a goal of 80 percent green energy by 2030.

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[blueiskewl]

New Video Shows Gold Coins and Treasure from The San Jose Shipwreck

New video shows gold coins and other treasure scattered around a long-lost shipwreck off the coast of Colombia — as well as two other historical shipwrecks nearby, officials said Monday. Maritime experts consider the wreck of the San Jose to be the "holy grail" of Spanish colonial shipwrecks.

President Ivan Duque and naval officials said on Monday that a remotely operated vehicle reached 900 meters below the surface of the ocean, showing new images of the wreckage.

The video shows the best-yet view of the treasure that was aboard the San Jose — including gold ingots and coins, cannons made in Seville in 1655 and an intact Chinese dinner service.

The news agency reported the remotely operated vehicle also discovered two other shipwrecks in the area, including a schooner thought to be from about two centuries ago.

"We now have two other discoveries in the same area, that show other options for archaeological exploration," navy commander Admiral Gabriel Perez said, according to Reuters.

Colombia was a colony of Spain when the San Jose was sunk in 1708, and gold from across South America, especially modern-day Peru and Bolivia, was stored in the fort of its coastal city, Cartagena, before being shipped back to Europe.

The Colombian government considers it a "national treasure" and wants it to be displayed in a future museum to be built in Cartagena.

According to a presidential decree released earlier this year, companies or individuals interested in excavating the ship will have to sign a "contract" with the state and submit a detailed inventory of their finds to the government as well as plans for handling the goods.

The uber-loot, which experts estimate to include at least 200 tons of gold, silver and emeralds, will be a point of pride for Colombia, Vice President and top diplomat Marta Lucia Ramirez said in a statement. The treasure could be worth billions of dollars if ever recovered.

"The sums of wealth are invaluable, and the responsibility of the protégés has already been extracted, contributing to the history of Colombia, the Caribbean and the world," she said.

Long the daydream of treasure hunters worldwide, the San Jose galleon was sunk by the British Navy on the night of June 7, 1708, off Cartagena de Indias.

The San Jose was at the time carrying gold, silver and precious stones which were to be delivered from the Spanish colonies in Latin America to the court of King Philip V.

Only a few of the San Jose's 600-member crew survived the wreck.

"It makes it very touchy because one is not supposed to intervene in war graves," Justin Leidwanger, an archaeologist at Stanford University who studies ancient shipwrecks, told Live Science in 2015. "Can you pluck treasure off the seabed without disturbing a war grave? I doubt you can. But these are the sort of discussions that will be had."

At the end of 2015, then-Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced the discovery of the exact location of the wreck, which was confirmed by the ship's unique bronze cannons with dolphin engravings.

Colombia has said it will cost about $70 million to carry out a full salvage operation on the wreckage, which is at a depth of between 2,000 and 3,200 feet.

Spain says the wreck is its own, as a ship of state; and an indigenous group in Bolivia, the Qhara Qhara, says the treasure belongs to them, since their ancestors were forced to mine it from what was in the 1500s the world's largest silver mine.

#'Holy Grail' of Shipwrecks #The San Jose #treasure #treasure ship #gold #gold coins #gold ingots #cannons #the San Jose galleon #history #history news #ancient history #ancient culture #ancient civilizations #New Video Shows Gold Coins and Treasure from The San Jose Shipwreck

[beardedmrbean]

A 2,000 year old fresco depicting what might be an ancient ancestor of the Italian pizza has been found in the ruins of the city of Pompeii, Italy's Culture Ministry said on Tuesday.   

Archaeologists assume that the flat bread portrayed in the fresco, next to a wine goblet, may have been eaten with fruits such as pomegranate or dates, or dressed with spices and a type of pesto sauce, the ministry added.

The image was painted using the fresco technique, where an artist paints on wet lime plaster.

The newly discovered image has some significant differences from pizza dishes that are enjoyed today — since tomato and mozzarella cheese were not available when the fresco was painted.

What was found in Pompeii could "may be a distant relative of the modern dish," experts with the Pompeii Archaeological Park said in a statement.

Pizza – from 'poor man's' dish to conquering the world

According to the archaeological park, the fresco is believed to refer to the "hospitable gifts" that were offered to guests at the time, following a Greek tradition dating back to the Hellenistic period (3rd-1st century BC).

The fresco was uncovered amidst a half-crumbled wall of a house included a bakery in an annex. The Culture Ministry said that the building was partly excavated in the 19th century and the digging resumed in January. 

The director of the Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Gabriel Zuchtriegel noted that the painting shows the contrast between "a frugal and simple meal, which refers to a sphere between the bucolic and the sacred... and the luxury of silver trays and the refinement of artistic and literary representations."

This contrast is also reflected in modern-day pizza, Zuchtriegel said, noting that pizza was "born as a poor-man's dish in southern Italy, which has won over the world and is served even in starred restaurants."

Archaeological boom in Pompeii

"Pompeii never ceases to amaze. It is a casket that always reveals new treasures" said Culture Minister Gennaro Sangiuliano.

Nearly 2,000 years ago, the city of Pompeii was destroyed by an eruption of the Mount Vesuvius volcano. Pompeii was lost to time until the site was rediscovered in the 16th century and has witnessed a boom of archaeological activity since then.

Due to the giant cloud of gases and ash covering the city, archaeologists estimate that 15 to 20% of Pompeii's population died in the volcanic eruption. 

Experts at the park added that during the excavations, the skeletons of three victims had been found in the past weeks.  

ara/rs (AFP, Reuters)

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[divinum-pacis]

2015: A man makes his way to Hera cave at the top of Mount al-Noor, where Muslims believe the prophet Muhammad received the first words of the Qur’an through Gabriel.

Photograph: Ahmad Masood/Reuters

#religion #islam #muslim #hajj #saudi arabia #divinum-pacis

[stateofsport211]

A Rapid Start for Argentina Bears Sixth World Cup Final, Twice Within 8 Years

Lionel Messi (left) and Luka Modric (right) will face each other in today's World Cup semifinal (📸 Getty Images via 90min)

The first semifinal (from the top half of the draw) of the World Cup saw Argentina, who is vying for their third World Cup title after 1978 and 1996; and Croatia, who has never won a FIFA World Cup title before, but notably made deep runs: becoming the third place in 1998 and runner-up in 2018. Uniquely enough, both France (who will play against Morocco tomorrow) and Croatia were the 2018 finalists, so there is a likelihood that they contest another final.

Furthermore, there is a possibility that this match ends dramatically with a penalty shootout to determine its outcome, considering the Croatian records coming to this match and how Argentina defeated the Netherlands in a similar manner, as well as their playing and coordinating pace. Whether or not this happened, would depend on the outcome of this match.

Lionel Messi successfully executed the penalty to secure the Argentinean lead in the first half (📸 Reuters via The Telegraph)

The first half interestingly started with several chances for Argentina, which signified their ability to play more aggressively despite the Croatian higher ball possession rate at 54% during the early parts of the first half. The Argentinean aggression started to pay off when they were closer to the target, where for example, Julian Alvarez's shot was saved by Dominik Livakovic. Croatia, on the other hand, defended well during a free kick happening after Nicolas Tagliafico's foul, where Luka Modric blocked the free kick.

Julian Alvarez's goal in the first half against Croatia (📸 BBC)

Unfortunately, Livakovic's attempt to save the ball from J. Alvarez resulted in Livakovic getting a yellow card, as well as Mateo Kovacic for complaining, as well as a penalty being rewarded to the Argentinean side. Lionel Messi successfully executed the penalty, securing Argentina a 1-0 lead. Furthermore, Messi became not only the oldest man to score 5 goals at a single FIFA World Cup at 35 years old but also surpassed Gabriel Batistuta as Argentina's top scorer in the FIFA World Cup final stages (with 11 goals). Several minutes later at 38', J. Alvarez took advantage of the non-existent Croatian defense on their pitch, where he received a wide-distance ball from Nahuel Molina, only for him to storm through the penalty box and ultimately score the second goal. Somehow, Argentina almost found a way to score a third goal in this half when Alexis Mac Allister received the ball from the corner and fired it straight to the penalty box, only for Livakovic to save it. Argentina led 2-0 by the end of the first half.

Nicolas Alvarez's second goal, scored in the second half to secure the Argentinean victory (📸 FIFA via Getty Images through Daily Mail)

The second half started with a possibility of the Croatian counter-attack, where they notably had more chances than the first. In 55', Croatia actually had a cleaner possession but lost it again at another point. Consequently, Argentina took another advantage and had another on-target chance, where Messi dribbled deep into the Croatian area and passed the ball to Enzo Fernandez who gave it back to Messi, where Livakovic saved his shot. The goal, however, came to fruition at 68', where Messi assisted J. Alvarez in getting through the Croatian defense, where the latter scored the third goal to secure the 3-0 lead. With this goal, J. Alvarez (22 years old) became the youngest player to score twice in a World Cup semifinal (or final) after Pele (who achieved it when he was 17 years old).

Another notable Argentinean chance in the second half came from Mac Allister, who received the ball juggled from Messi, and fired too wide to the right. Croatia had their chances, where after the corner, Dejan Lovren received the ball precisely at the penalty box but could not score within a matter of centimeters, and during the last free kick before the final whistle, where Lovren's shot went to the sky instead. When Daniele Orsato (the referee of this match) blew his final whistle, that confirmed the Argentinean 3-0 victory.

This flawless performance, especially where Ian Wright (the ITV pundit) said how this tactic nullified the Croatian midfield sector, enabled Argentina to advance to their sixth FIFA World Cup final, and the second within eight years (after becoming the runner-up to Germany 0-1 after extra time). In a post-match interview, Messi admitted that "the loss to Saudi Arabia may ruin their winning streak (by the time), but it made the team's mental even stronger, where we treat the match like a final." On the other hand, Croatia also had a fantastic tournament, having reached their second semifinal within just four years with their own depth, which includes the 20-year-old Red Bull Leipzig player, Josko Gvardiol, who is a stellar midfielder.

Argentina will face the winner of tomorrow's France v. Morocco in this Sunday's final, while the defeated team from the match will face Croatia in Saturday's third-place play-off. On another note, those two matches would add to "one more match" in Messi's and Luka Modric's possible last World Cup. Buckle up, because France v. Morocco would be lit in their own right: including a possibility of a more fast-paced game in a history-related clash, where other than the dark past and the relations to how it is today, Morocco has a likelihood to be Africa's (and Arab's) first World Cup finalist and defying the odds once more!

#fifa world cup 2022 #fifa world cup #world cup qatar 2022 #football news #football updates #semifinals #knock out stage #qatar 2022 #world cup #qatar world cup #argentine national team #argentina #croatia

[allthebrazilianpolitics]

Brazilian suspect held for 30 days in case of missing British journalist

A Brazilian judge ordered a suspect in the disappearance of a British journalist in the Amazon rainforest to be held for another 30 days while police investigate whether he is involved, a lawyer for a local indigenous organization said.

The suspect, a fisherman called Amarildo da Costa, known locally as "Pelado," was arrested on Tuesday (Jun 10) and charged with illegal possession of restricted ammunition. State Judge Jacinta Silva dos Santos said the proceedings are under seal and she could not comment on whether other audiences are planned.

Police have said Costa was one of the last people to see freelance journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian indigenous expert Bruno Pereira on Sunday, when they went missing after visiting the fisherman's riverside community of Sao Gabriel.

Eliesio Morubo, the lawyer for the Union of Indigenous Peoples of the Javari Valley (UNIVAJA), said the judge agreed to keep the fisherman jailed for 30 days because the case involved a possible "heinous crime" such as murder and hiding bodies.

State police detectives involved in the investigation have told Reuters they are focusing on poachers and illegal fisherman in the area, who clashed often with Pereira as he organized indigenous patrols of the local reservation.

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#brazil #brazilian politics #politics #environmental justice #journalism #dom phillips #mod nise da silveira #image description in alt

[miguel-panfilo-pho101]

Gabrielle Lurie

Gabrielle Lurie: In the absence of water and The cannabis industry.

“To be successful, you must be persistent and push to be seen and heard.”(Lurie,

Reuters). Gabrielle lurie has been photographing mostly for the San Francisco chronicle after graduating from NYU. A Lot of her work brings a sense of empathy in the photos she takes making one feel like they are a part of that person's world. The bodies of work that will be discussed are called In the absence of water and The cannabis industry.

Lurie worked on her series of photos of the Tulare county,California drought from 2019 to 2023 when the drought ended. In the series she shows the effects of the drought not just on the land area, but also on the people. In one of the photos it shows two men, one walking towards one direction and the other walking the other way but with a case of water in his hands. The photo shows how volunteers had to bring water to the people of Tulare county. Going through the photos you see people with a distressed look on their face. One being of a woman who has five kids but also lupus, which affects her joints and organs. The picture is also in black and white adding to the effect of making one feel empathetic towards the person. There are many photos that show the stress of not having or not knowing if they will have water.Even though there is stress some have found an opportunity to make the most of their situation and even help others to be able to combat the crisis. One photo shows a man filling up large buckets to his neighbors that have trouble accessing water. The other is a photo of a sign with a phone number that one can call to get water pressure and tank systems without any drilling because of how expensive it can be to do that type of work. This shows that even in the darkest of times there is still some light and good that can be done. “Photographs create empathy and force people to be confronted with a topic up close.” The title given to this body of work with its name of the absence of water, helps the viewer understand the struggles of not having water and helps us not to take it for granted by showing a raw look at people who are physically and mentally suffering because of no water in their town.

Gabrielle also covers the cannabis industry,how it came to be part of a mainstream product across the United States, specifically in Northern California. “We need photojournalism to inform people not only of what is happening but what it looks like.”(Lurie,Reuters 2024). When it comes to cannabis or as many people know it as Marijuana, weed, or Mary Jane. The name cannabis is now known to be a more legal name for the product and has a bad reputation of being a gateway drug for most and has had a long history of being on the bad side of the law. Now with this piece of work known as the “ Cannabis Industry” we can see how some places are starting up or even the price of having a business like this cost. In one of the photos there is a bag of money worth $31,500, that is supposed to the state board of equalization. From this picture one can see how beneficial it is for the state to start legalizing the cannabis industry to collect on taxes. Another picture that shows a more positive view of cannabis. The picture shows a ganja yoga class where the participants smoke while doing the yoga routines. Cannabis has many benefits to it as in lowering blood pressure and reducing inflammation and reduces the pain inflammation causes.(2021). The benefits to cannabis are reflected in the picture because yoga is meant to relax the muscles and be able to improve the body's muscles. The series of pictures shows us a small insight on the cannabis industry, where most only know the negative view of cannabis, the photos tell a different story from supporters and workers who are making the effort to make their business thrive.  

It's amazing at how Gabrielle took her pictures in both of her series, the raw/real moments that are captured by her images. In the cannabis industry, it can change the perspective of many who think that this industry is something that just is an illegal substance in their lifetime. The work in the absence of water is great because of how abundant water is to some, without it we see the stress of not having it. Lurie makes us question how we see water and cannabis by showing the work that goes into making it work and how no water can be a struggle to let us know we are lucky to not be in a drought.

[a-modern-major-general]

ROME, March 25 (Reuters) - Archaeologists in Pompeii have unearthed an ancient building site that sheds light on construction techniques used by the Romans to make iconic structures such as the Colosseum and the Pantheon, Italy's culture ministry said on Monday.

The site was probably active until the volcanic Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, destroying Pompeii in southern Italy, the ministry said in a statement.

The archaeologists found working tools, stacked roof tiles, tuff bricks, and heaps of lime and stones used to create walls.

The Romans had an original technique for making cement, the ministry said, citing findings by the archaeologists who worked with researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The Pompeii site, rediscovered only in the 16th century, has seen a burst of recent archaeological activity aimed at halting years of decay and neglect.

Concrete appeared to have been made through "hot mixing", whereby quicklime was initially mixed with dry pozzolana, or pozzolanic ash, with water added only shortly before walls were erected.

This meant that during wall construction, the mixture of lime, pozzolana and stones was still hot due to a thermal reaction. That helped it dry more quickly, shortening the construction time of the structure.

Normally, quicklime is slaked in water long before use in construction.

Gabriel Zuchtriegel, director of the Pompeii site, said the latest finding "helps us understand many aspects of the great Roman Empire, not least the use of concrete".

"Without concrete, we would have neither the Colosseum, nor the Pantheon, nor the Baths of Caracalla," he said.

Archaeologists also found amphorae storage jars which were used to 'quench' the lime used for plastering as well as to store other tools, from lead weights used to erect a perfectly vertical wall, to iron hoes to prepare mortar and work lime.

#history #classics #archaeology #construction #ancient rome #italy #campania #pompeii #quicklime #concrete

[willam-oliver]

Novo romance de García Márquez será lançado dez anos depois da sua morte

Gabriel García Márquez morreu uma década atrás, mas um livro ainda não publicado do autor que popularizou a narrativa do “realismo mágico” da América Latina… ------ Este artigo foi escrito por Reuters. Este artigo apareceu originalmente no site Dinheirama.A reprodução deste texto só pode ser realizada mediante expressa autorização de seu autor. Para falar conosco, use nosso formulário de contato. Siga-nos no Twitter: @Dinheirama http://dlvr.it/T3gZzh

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Children look on as Palestinians flee north Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in the central Gaza Strip, November 9, 2023.

(Photo: Reuters file / Mohammed Salem)

Palestinian children wait to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen amid shortages of food supplies, as the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas continues, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, February 20, 2024.

(Photo: Reuters file / Mohammed Salem)

World Health Organization: child malnutrition 'particularly extreme' in north Gaza

United Nations organisations said on Tuesday that child malnutrition levels in northern Gaza were "particularly extreme" and about three times higher than in the south of the Palestinian enclave where more aid has been available.

Richard Peeperkorn, WHO representative for Gaza and the West Bank, said that one-in-six children under two years of age were acutely malnourished in northern Gaza.

Infectious diseases are posing an increasing risk amongst Gaza's children.

"This was in January. So the situation is likely to be greater today," Peeperkorn added, referring to when the data was recorded.

By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber

Reuters News - March 5, 2024

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/world-health-organization-malnutrition-particularly-extreme-north-gaza-2024-03-05/

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Palestinian mother Anwar Abdulnabi cries over the body of her daughter Mila, who had been suffering from deficiencies of calcium and potassium, at Kamal Adwan hospital on the edges of Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip March 2, 2024.

(Photo: Reuters / Osama Abu Rbaya)

As Gaza's hunger crisis worsens, emaciated children seen at hospitals

Nearly five months into Israel's air and ground assault on the Gaza Strip and resulting mass displacement, acute shortages of food have led to what the United Nations is describing as a nutrition crisis, part of a wider humanitarian catastrophe.

Gaza's Health Ministry said on Sunday that 15 children had died of malnutrition or dehydration at Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza, the part of the enclave where the lack of food is most extreme.

"The unofficial numbers can unfortunately be expected to be higher," said World Health Organization spokesperson Christian Lindmeier.

The worsening hunger crisis has intensified criticism of Israel on the world stage, including from U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, whose country is Israel's staunchest ally. She said on Sunday that people in Gaza were starving, calling on Israel to do more to significantly increase the flow of aid.

By Bassam Masoud, Mohammed Salem

Reuters News - March 5, 2024

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Philippe Lazzarini, the commissioner general for UNRWA, in Geneva last month. He warned on Monday that the worst might be yet to come in Gaza if humanitarian services collapse.

(Photo: Salvatore Di Nolfi / EPA - Shutterstock)

Head of U.N. Aid Agency Says Israel Is Trying to Undermine Its Work

The head of the United Nations agency providing aid for Palestinians in Gaza has said that his organization was being targeted with a “deliberate and concerted campaign” to undermine its operations when its services are most needed.

Philippe Lazzarini, the commissioner general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, spoke on Monday before the U.N. General Assembly in New York in some of his strongest remarks in defense of the agency since Israel made public allegations that a dozen of its employees had participated in the Hamas-led Oct. 7 attacks. He warned that the worst might be yet to come if humanitarian services collapse.

By Victoria Kim

The New York Times- March 5, 2024

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[the-firebird69]

Gabriel Attal becomes France's youngest prime minister as Macron seeks reset | Reuters

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/frances-macron-name-new-pm-he-launches-political-reset-2024-01-09/

They did move them to France and in there too is JC and Mary and stuck him in a museum are assholes trying to get them out but they were forced not to. And they're out there now trying to fight over it and there's other signs we got in a fight with the food people and all the police and the agriculture department and there's more

Dave

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[blueiskewl]

Pictures of The San Jose Galleon Carrying Billions in Lost Treasure

The Royal Navy sank the galleon in 1708 during the War of the Spanish Succession, but its resting place had been a mystery for more than three centuries. Today its contents could be worth billions.

The Colombian army has released a video showing gold coins and other valuable items around the shipwreck of the San Jose galleon, believed to be the resting place of billions of dollars in treasure.

Royal Navy vessels sank the Spanish flagship in 1708 during the War of the Spanish Succession, but its resting place - near the port of Cartagena on Colombia's coast with the Caribbean - had been a mystery for more than three centuries before the Colombian navy formally announced its discovery in 2015.

Experts speculate that the ship was loaded with at least 200 tons of treasure, including millions of high-purity gold doubloon coins, as well as many silver coins and emeralds that the Spanish empire had plundered from South America, worth up to $17bn (£13.5bn) today.

The video reveals an enormous bounty aboard the vessel even beyond the gold coins and ingots, including ancient cannons as well as intact Chinese porcelain, pottery and cannons.

Colombian government and military archaeologists are studying the inscriptions on this material to determine where it originated from.

President Ivan Duque praised his country's navy for capturing "images with a level of precision that's never been seen before" and has asserted that the wreck and its contents would remain in Colombia rather than be sold as part of the salvage operation.

The salvage rights have been subject to decades of litigation and are contested by a professional salvage company that claims to have first uncovered the wreck in 1981, as well as Colombia, Spain and the Qhara Qhara nation of indigenous Bolivians who claim the Spanish extracted the wealth from its people.

The images shared by the Colombian army were captured with a remotely operated submersible vehicle that dived to a depth of almost a kilometre. Its specific location is considered a state secret.

US-based salvage company Sea Search Armada - owned by investors including the late John Ehrlichman, the White House adviser under President Nixon convicted for his role in the Watergate scandal - claimed to have first found the wreckage in the early 1980s.

It isn't clear whether the location the company identified is the same as that uncovered by the Colombian navy.

Several legal battles over how much the company would be due if it carried out the salvage operations have now been completed, leaving Sea Search Armada with no further legal recourse.

The Colombian navy's submersible vehicle also found two nearby shipwrecks, one of a colonial boat and another of a schooner which is thought to date back to Colombia's war for independence from Spain in 1819.

"We now have two other discoveries in the same area, that show other options for archaeological exploration. So the work is just beginning," said navy commander Admiral Gabriel Perez, according to Reuters.

"The idea is to recover it and to have sustainable financing mechanisms for future extractions," added President Duque. "In this way we protect the treasure, the patrimony of the San Jose galleon."

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LONDON, Dec 2 (Reuters) - WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange, who is battling extradition from Britain to the United States where he is wanted on criminal charges, has submitted an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), the court confirmed on Friday.

Assange, 51, is wanted by U.S. authorities on 18 counts, including a spying charge, relating to WikiLeaks' release of vast troves of confidential U.S. military records and diplomatic cables which Washington said had put lives in danger.

Britain has given the go-ahead for his extradition, but he has launched an appeal at London's High Court, with the first hearing expected early next year.

His legal team have also launched a case against Britain at the ECHR, which could potentially order the extradition to be blocked.

"We confirm that an application has been received," a statement from the court said.

Assange's brother Gabriel Shipton told Reuters earlier this week that he believed the U.S. authorities would want to avoid the case going before the ECHR, as the European media was much more sympathetic to his cause.

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Hejaz, Saudi Arabia: A pilgrim sleeping on Jabal Al-Nour (Mountain of Light) near Mecca, where Muslims believe the prophet Muhammad received the first words of the Qur’an through Gabriel in the Hira cave.

Photograph: Mohammed Salem/Reuters

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