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☆ An Australian billionaire said Trump called him to say, 'I just bombed Iraq today': report
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Pratt revealed in a secret recording that Trump often shared sensitive information with him. AdvertisementAdvertisementPratt added that Trump also shared information about a private call with then-Iraqi President Barham Salih after the strikes. And the President of Iraq called me up and said, 'You just leveled my city,''" Pratt recalled Trump saying. According to Pratt, Trump responded to Salih, "OK what are you going to do about it?" The recording doesn't disclose which military operation in Iraq Trump and Pratt discussed.

Persons: Anthony Pratt, Donald Trump, Pratt, Trump, —, Barham Salih, Salih, Iraq Trump, John Bolton, Bolton, Jack Smith's, he's Organizations: Service, Visy Industries, Trump, Lago, Sydney Morning Herald, Hezbollah, Justice Department, Federal, ABC News Locations: Iraq, Syria, Russian

☆ Reports: Trump told Mar-a-Lago member about calls with foreign leaders
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( Marshall Cohen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Washington CNN —Mar-a-Lago member and Australian billionaire Anthony Pratt said then-President Donald Trump told him about his private calls with the leaders of Ukraine and Iraq, according to reports published Sunday about private recordings of Pratt, a key prosecution witness in Trump’s classified documents case. In the tapes, Pratt says Trump shared insider details about his phone calls with world leaders during his presidency. Past reports from ABC News said Trump discussed potentially sensitive information with Pratt about US nuclear submarines. According to Pratt, Trump said, “The president of Iraq called me up and said, ‘You just leveled my city. “That was nothing compared to what I usually do,” Trump told Pratt about the Zelensky call, according to the tape.

Persons: Washington CNN —, Anthony Pratt, Donald Trump, Pratt, ”, Trump, Jack Smith, ‘, ’ ” Pratt, Barham Salih, “, Volodymyr Zelensky, Zelensky, Joe Biden, Trump’s, ” Trump, ” Pratt Organizations: Washington CNN, The New York Times, CNN, Trump, Mar, ABC News, New York Times Locations: Ukraine, Iraq, Lago, Florida, …, Australia

☆ Zambia find shows humans have built with wood for 476,000 years
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Will Dunham | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

The rarity of wood preservation at early archaeological sites - it is perishable over time - means scientists have little understanding of how early humans used it. "Wood can be shaped into a variety of forms making it an excellent construction material that is strong and durable," Barham added. The Kalambo Falls logs were determined to be from about 476,000 years ago. Wooden tools for foraging and hunting are known from about 400,000 years ago. "Use of wood in this way suggests the cognitive ability to these early humans was greater than we have believed based on stone tools alone."

Persons: Larry Barham, Barham, Geoff, heidelbergensis, Will Dunham, Daniel Wallis Organizations: University of Liverpool, REUTERS, Aberystwyth University, Thomson Locations: Zambia, Handout, Africa's, England, Wales, Morocco, Kalambo, Clay, Israel, Washington

NEW YORK (AP) — Researchers have uncovered a simple structure from the Stone Age that may be the oldest evidence yet of early humans building with wood. But it is much more complex than I thought.”Barham and his team dug up the log structure — plus a handful of wooden tools — from a riverbed site that sits above a waterfall in Zambia. They think the crossed logs could have been the base for a bigger structure like a walkway or a platform. The log structure was made at least 476,000 years ago, while the wood tools are slightly younger, under 400,000 years old. ___The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science and Educational Media Group.

Persons: It's, ”, Larry Barham, ” Barham, Barham, ’ ” Barham, couldn't, Geoff, —, Dirk Leder, Annemieke Milks, “, ” Milks Organizations: —, University of Liverpool, telltale, Aberystwyth University, Cultural Heritage, University of Reading, Associated Press Health, Science Department, Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science, Educational Media Group, AP Locations: Nature, Zambia, Wales, Africa, Germany’s, Saxony

☆ Archaeologists unearth oldest known wooden structure in the world
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Archaeologists have unearthed the oldest known wooden structure, and it’s almost half a million years old. The wooden structure has no real parallel in the archaeological record, according to the study. The wooden structure was found at an archaeological site upstream of Kalambo Falls in Zambia. Researchers aren’t certain which species of ancient human made the structure and wooden tools, but it is highly unlikely to have been our own. Larry Barham (right), professor of archaeology at the University of Liverpool, carefully uncovers the wooden structure on the riverbank with a fine spray.

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☆ Displaced Afghan students face uncertain future as they await approval to come to US
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Jennifer Hansler | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —For a group of roughly two dozen displaced Afghan university students, the future feels uncertain. More than 100 displaced Afghan students – 80 of whom were in Iraq – have already come to the US, where they are studying at more than 45 universities, according to sources familiar with the situation. The students told CNN they don’t have any clear sense of when they will get approval to come to the US, and they are worried about what the continued delay means for their future. “We Afghans lost almost everything, and this scholarship in the US is a very big opportunity for us,” a third student told CNN. A US State Department spokesperson said they are “aware of the Afghan students at the American University of Iraq-Sulaimani,” but could not comment on individual cases.

Persons: Barham Salih, “ It’s, I’m, ”, “, Iraq –, “ I’m, Vance Serchuk, Institute of International Education “ Organizations: CNN, American University of Afghanistan, American University of Iraq, Afghan Future Fund, Qatar, Project, AUAF, US State Department, U.S . Refugee, Afghan Futures Fund, Qatar Fund For Development, Institute of International Education, American University Locations: Kabul –, –, Afghanistan, Iraqi Kurdistan, United States, Iraq, U.S

☆ NBCUniversal is slapped with a $250 fine for trimming trees along an LA sidewalk that had shaded actors and writers on strike
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

NBCUniversal was fined $250 after trimming trees that helped shade picketing writers and actors. NBCUniversal has been given a slap on the wrist for trimming trees that provided shade to writers and actors picketing outside its offices in Los Angeles. Mejia had said last week that his office was investigating the tree trimming coinciding with workers' picketing. In a statement, NBC said the tree trimming was routine. "We understand that the safety tree trimming of the Ficus trees we did on Barham Blvd.

Persons: NBCUniversal, Kenneth Mejia, Mejia Organizations: Bureau of Street Services, WGA, SAG, Morning, StreetsLA, of Street Services, Universal Studios, NBC, Writers Guild of America, Comcast Locations: Angeles, Los Angeles

☆ Universal under investigation after it trimmed trees that shaded SAG-AFTRA protesters
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Eva Rothenberg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —The Los Angeles City Controller’s office is investigating after NBCUniversal severely trimmed a row of trees outside its studios where members of SAG-AFTRA were picketing company executives, eliminating shade during a searing heatwave. Our Office is investigating the tree trimming that occurred outside Universal Studios where workers, writers, and actors are exercising their right to picket. The trimmed trees are LA City managed street trees. “Quick shoutout to the good people at @UniversalPics for trimming the trees that gave our picket line shade right before a 90+ degree week,” he wrote. “We understand that the safety tree trimming of the Ficus trees we did on Barham Blvd.

Persons: Kenneth Mejia, Chris Stephens, ”, NBCUniversal, Mejia, Ron Perlman, Instagram, “, ” Perlman, There’s, Pinkerton Organizations: CNN, Los Angeles City, SAG, Universal Studios, LA City, Twitter, Guild of America, Alliance, Television Producers, Disney, Warner Bros, Universal Pictures, ”, Los Angeles Public Works Department, National Weather Service, WGA, Labor Locations: LA, Los Angeles, America

☆ Israel's Netanyahu returns with hard-right cabinet set to expand settlements
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Benjamin Netanyahu was sworn in as Israel's prime minister again on Thursday. Benjamin Netanyahu was sworn in as Israel's prime minister again on Thursday in a comeback at the head of a hard-right cabinet that promises to expand Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank and pursue other policies criticised at home and abroad. For Palestinians, Netanyahu's line-up has darkened an already bleak outlook, with violence surging and Jewish settlements set to expand in the West Bank - among territories where they hope to build a future state. This year has already seen some of the worst West Bank violence since 2015 as Israeli forces have cracked down on Palestinian unrest and militant attacks. Israel's president, Isaac Herzog, whose role is largely ceremonial, warned on Sunday against causing potential harm to individuals' rights.

☆ An assassination, a feud and the fight for power in Iraq's Kurdistan
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( Amina Ismail | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +10 min

TENSE STANDOFFAfter Rasoul's death, the KDP-dominated Regional Security Council accused a PUK security agency of the killing. It detained six men it identified as operatives involved and issued arrest warrants for another four senior PUK security officials, according to security council statement a week after the attack. Long-simmering mistrust between the two sides had already deepened this year due to a wave of defections from PUK security agencies. The senior PUK official told Reuters there had been eight. "It could've easily turned ugly," the senior PUK official said.

Newly elected Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid has named Mohammed Shia al-Sudani as prime minister-designate and tasked him with forming a new government in Baghdad, Iraq, October 13, 2022. Rashid, 78, was the Iraqi minister of water resources from 2003-2010. Sudani, 52, previously served as Iraq’s human rights minister as well as minister of labour and social affairs. Under a power-sharing system designed to avoid sectarian conflict, Iraq's president is a Kurd, its prime minister a Shi'ite and its parliament speaker a Sunni. Rashid’s election raises concerns about escalating tensions between the KDP and PUK, who fought a civil war in the 1990s.

☆ Papa Francisc va merge în Irak. Aceasta va fi prima vizită externă de după declanșarea pandemiei
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-07 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Papa Francisc va merge în Irak în perioada 5 - 8 martie 2021, a anunțat purtătorul de cuvânt al Vaticanului, Matteo Bruni. Matteo Bruni a spus că Papa Francisc a acceptat invitația Irakului și a Bisericii Catolice locale, urmând să facă o călătorie apostolică în timpul căreia va vizita Bagdad, Irbil, Mosul și Qaraqosh, transmite Mediafax. Programul detaliat al călătoriei „va fi publicat în timp util și va ține seama de evoluția pandemiei”, a precizat el. „Corriere della Sera” scrie că Papa Francisc se gândea de mai multă vreme să viziteze țara devastată de ani de zile de război. S-a vorbit despre „promovarea stabilității și a procesului de reconstrucție, încurajarea dialogului și căutarea soluțiilor adecvate pentru cetățeni”.

Persons: Papa Francisc, Matteo, irakian Barham Salih, Pontif Organizations: Catolice, Mediafax, Pontif Locations: Irak, Vaticanului, Irakului, Bagdad, Irbil, Mosul, Qaraqosh, Vatican, irakian

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