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☆ Israel thrust between far-right support and Gaza cease-fire, as Netanyahu rival quits war cabinet
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-10 | by ( Ruxandra Iordache | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Amir Levy | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesIsrael's war cabinet minister Benny Gantz resigned from the emergency government, dealing a decisive blow which is expected to entrench Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu deeper into a far-right support base that opposes a cease-fire in Gaza. A former chief of staff of the Israeli Defense Forces, centrist Gantz co-founded and led the National Unity party that joined Netanyahu's emergency government after the outbreak of the Gaza war. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Cabinet minister Benny Gantz during a press conference in the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv , Israel , 28 October 2023. And the prime minister himself. Around 1,200 people were killed in Israel, Israeli official figures say, since the start of the Gaza conflict.

Persons: Benny Gantz, Amir Levy, Benjamin Netanyahu, Gantz, Netanyahu, Regrettably, Yoav, Gallant, entreat Gantz, Yair Lapid, Gadi Eisenkot, Lapid, Eran Etzion, Etzion, Jack Guez, Nimrod Goren, Goren, Itamar Ben Organizations: Getty, entrench, Israeli Defense Forces, National Unity, Gaza, Palestinian, Hamas, Reuters, Defense, Criminal, Gaza's Ministry of Health, Israel's National Security Council, CNBC, Ultra, Sheba Tel, HaShomer Medical Centre, Afp, Middle East Institute, U.S, Jewish Power Party Locations: Gaza, Tel Aviv, Israel, Rafah, Sheba, Ramat Gan, of Israel

☆ A woman couldn't understand why she wasn't losing weight after trying diets, exercise, and medication. A test revealed she was missing crucial gut microbes.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-09 | by ( Kim Schewitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Kimmie Gilbert couldn't seem to lose weight despite trying diets, exercise, and medication. Research suggests that gut microbiome composition might play a role in a person's weight. AdvertisementKimmie Gilbert has one pressing question: "What in the world are y'all eating that I'm not eating that causes y'all to lose weight and not me?" In 2019, health tech had a global market value of approximately $350 billion, according to McKinsey. A microbe called Prevotella, which is associated with weight loss, wasn't found at all in her gut.

Persons: Kimmie Gilbert couldn't, Gilbert, —, Kimmie Gilbert, y'all, Eran Segal, Annie Gupta, Goodman, Rob Knight, Jack Gilbert, wasn't, Gupta, Prevotella, Segal Organizations: Service, Netflix, McKinsey, BMI, Weizmann Institute of Science, UCLA, Luskin, UC San Diego Locations: New Orleans

☆ Biotech startup Seed Health is betting its profits on AI-powered medical science
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Natalie Rose Goldberg | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

On Thursday, Seed Health launched CODA, a computational biology platform funded by its consumer business profitability. Seed Health has been in the business of microbiome scientific breakthroughs since its founding in 2015, but its biggest success to-date may have been becoming profitable as a bioscience startup. Katz's co-founder and co-CEO at Seed Health, Raja Dhir, said CODA and the accompanying data set will help to standardize microbiome science methods, which has long been an issue in the field. CODA's first applications are in metabolic health, brain health, longevity, and menopause, research areas chosen because they have already been identified as areas of human health where early CODA data displayed the strongest evidence. Seed Health has been working on several efforts around pioneering microbiome science for human and planetary health, and many in the field believe the approach is destined to have wider applications.

Persons: Katz, Ara Katz, Eran Segal, Eric Topol, transcriptome, Katz's, Raja Dhir, Dhir, Arpana Gupta, Goodman, There's, Segal, Joseph Petrosino, Petrosino Organizations: Seed, Seed Health, CNBC, Weizmann Institute of Science, Scripps Research Institute, UCLA, Luskin Microbiome, Baylor College of Medicine, Center, Metagenomics, Microbiome Research

☆ Sri Lanka Votes on New Law to Regulate Online Content
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Jan. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

By Uditha JayasingheCOLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's lawmakers are set to vote on a social media regulation bill on Wednesday which opposition politicians and activists allege will muzzle free speech. The Online Safety Bill proposes jail terms for content that a five-member commission considers illegal and make social media platforms such as Google, Facebook and X, formerly known as Twitter, liable for those posted on their platforms. President Ranil Wickremesinghe's government says the bill is aimed at battling cyber crimes including child abuse, data theft and online fraud. This is why we are bringing this law," Public Security Minister Tiran Alles said on Tuesday while introducing the bill. "We unequivocally stand by our position that the Online Safety Bill, in its current form, is unworkable and would undermine potential growth and foreign direct investment into Sri Lanka's digital economy," the AIC said in a statement.

Persons: Uditha Jayasinghe, Bill, Ranil Wickremesinghe's, Wickremesinghe, Tiran Alles, Eran Wickramaratne, Jana Balawegaya, Sudipto Ganguly, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: Reuters, Google, Facebook, Twitter, Public, Asian Internet Coalition, AIC, Yahoo, Sri, Wednesday Locations: Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Lanka's

Israel’s military leadership faced heightened public scrutiny this week after a string of damaging revelations in the Israeli media and The New York Times suggested that senior officers had ignored or dismissed intelligence reports about the likelihood of a major Hamas attack. A commander also dismissed a subordinate’s warning in July that the group was running drills and building the capacity to set the plan in motion. The news raised expectations among political commentators that, after the war ends, senior military and security chiefs will either resign or be fired over the intelligence failures. While the war is still going, many Israelis are also focused on maintaining a united front against Hamas. A survey conducted in mid-October found that 87 percent of Jewish Israelis interviewed said they trusted the Israeli military, slightly higher than in June.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu, “, ”, Ayelet Samerano, Yonatan, Eran Etzion, Etzion, Don’t Organizations: New York Times, Hamas, The Times Locations: Israel, Gaza

☆ ‘Erase Gaza’: War Unleashes Incendiary Rhetoric in Israel
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Mark Landler | More About Mark Landler | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +9 min

Shock, grief and pain have cascaded across Israel since Hamas gunmen poured out of Gaza to kill an estimated 1,200 Israeli civilians and soldiers on Oct. 7. Mr. Netanyahu suspended Mr. Eliyahu, saying that his comments were “disconnected from reality.”Mr. Netanyahu says that the Israeli military is trying to prevent harm to civilians. Such reassurances are also belied by the language Mr. Netanyahu uses with audiences in Israel. “Gaza nakba 2023.”The rise in incendiary statements comes against a backdrop of rising violence in the West Bank. It will also make Israelis more inured to the civilian death toll in Gaza, which has isolated Israel around the world, he added.

Persons: ”, Yoav Gallant, We’re, Naftali Bennett, “, Benjamin Netanyahu, FakeReporter, Ghazi Hamad, Israel, Itamar Ben, Netanyahu’s, Amichay Eliyahu, Netanyahu, Eliyahu, Mr, Amalek, Michael Sfard, Sfard, ” Yehuda Shaul, Eyal Golan, Sara Netanyahu, Yinon, Don’t, ” Mr, Golan, Ms, Magal, —, Avi Dichter, Eran Halperin, Halperin, erodes, ’ ” Adam Sella Organizations: Twitter, Mr, Human Rights, West Bank, United Nations, Hebrew University, “, ” Locations: Israel, Gaza, United States, Palestine, Jerusalem, Israeli

☆ Opinion | The War Between Israel and Hamas Is Splintering the Democratic Coalition
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Thomas B. Edsall | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +17 min

These young voters faulted Israel’s response to the attacks, 52-32 percent. This wartime shift represents a fundamental break within a liberal coalition that has long powered the Democratic Party. Clearly, the most left-leaning young adults have the lowest rating of Israel. The Arab American Institute commissioned John Zogby Strategies to conduct a survey of 500 Arab Americans between Oct. 23 and Oct. 27. In this poll, 32 percent of Arab Americans identified as Republican as opposed to just 23 percent who identified as Democrats.

Persons: Biden’s, Biden, Donald Trump, Gallup, Jennifer Medina, Lisa Lerer, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bruce Cain, nonwhite, Cain, Siena, Hillary, ”, Norman Ornstein, ” Ornstein, Ornstein, Liz Skalka, Daniel Marans, Akbar Shahid Ahmed, “, Robbie Gramer, ” Gramer, ’ Gramer, ” Amy Mackinnon, Gramer, Antony Blinken, ” Yossi Hasson, Maya Tamir, Kea, Brahms, J, Christopher Cohrs, Eran Halperin, Niloufar Zebarjadi, Eliyahu Adler, Annika Kluge, Mikko Sams, Jonathan Levy, Zebarjadi, Jeremy Konyndyk, Harris, ” Laura Royden, Eitan Hersh, ” “, Hersh, Israel favorability, Young, John Zogby, Zogby, Farah Pandith, Pandith, —, Trump, Julie Wronski, Wronski, Stephen Ansolabehere Organizations: Quinnipiac University Poll, Biden, Democratic, West Bank, Democratic Party, Stanford, American Enterprise Institute, Democratic National Committee, State Department, U.S, USAID, United States Agency for International Development, Foreign, Liberals, Aalto University, USAID’s, U.S . Foreign, Politico, U.S ., Harvard, “, Israel, Young American Left, Tufts, Republicans, U.S.A, ”, Arab American Institute, American, Council, Foreign Relations, University of Mississippi Locations: Israel, Gaza, Medina, United States, Washington, Palestinian, ”, Finland, Russia, Ukraine, U.S, Palestine, Michigan, America

☆ Thousands rally, block highways as final vote on Israeli judicial bill looms
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Dan Williams | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Thousands poured onto the streets in rallies across the country, many waving Israeli flags, and police reported at least a half-dozen highways had been blocked. Dozens entered the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, tossing fake banknotes as symbols of corruption. [1/3]People demonstrate on the 'Day of National Resistance' in protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his nationalist coalition government's judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv, Israel July 18, 2023. A group describing itself as military reservists opposed to the judicial overhaul attempted to block the entrance to the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) in Tel Aviv. Still, the coalition looked set to bring the bill to the plenum on Sunday for final votes before the July 30 recess.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu's, Netanyahu, Jonathan Eran Kali, Kali, Bezalel Smotrich, Benjamin Netanyahu, Corinna Kern, Herzi Halevi, Halevi, Noam Sohlberg, Dan Williams, Conor Humphries Organizations: Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, Reuters, Finance, of, Israeli, REUTERS, Israel Defence Forces, Thomson Locations: TEL AVIV, Tel Aviv, Israel

☆ Brain Chips Like Elon Musk's Neuralink Can Change Your Personality
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( Evan Malmgren | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Musk's neurotech startup, Neuralink, has been working toward implanting its skull-embedded brain chip in a human since it was founded in 2016. Other researchers have been looking into using BCIs to restore lost senses and control prosthetic limbs, among other applications. Intervening in the delicate operation of a human brain is a sticky business, and the effects are not always desirable or intended. If a brain chip can change key parts of your personality, companies should not be rushing to put them in people's heads. Wexler told me that while most people in the industry aren't that open to using BCIs as a consumer product, they still think it's likely to happen.

☆ Monday.com is restructuring over half of its workforce amid an exec shake-up
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( Paayal Zaveri | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The firm is restructuring, and all customer-facing teams will now report to Osherov. The move comes at a critical time as Monday.com looks to strengthen customer ties amid the downturn. Over half of the company will be restructured to be under his new leadership role, Monday.com told Insider. As CRO, Osherov will oversee all customer-facing teams, including consulting and sales, customer experience, marketing, customer success, and partners. The main motivation behind the restructuring is to bring all customer-facing teams under one umbrella so they can more easily collaborate.

☆ Hundreds march in crisis-hit Sri Lanka protesting tax hikes, crackdowns
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Uditha Jayasinghe | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/3] Demonstrators shout at Sri Lankan police officers during an anti-government protest by trade unions, student movements, and civil organisations, including the main opposition parties, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, November 2, 2022. We need solutions and we will keep fighting for them," Ceylon Teacher's Union Secretary Joseph Stalin said. Widespread protests in July resulted in former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fleeing the country and resigning after protesters stormed his office and residence. read moreProtesters carrying national and black flags shouted slogans of "Ranil go home," during the march and called for new elections. They also accused the government of using draconian anti-terrorism legislation to crack down on protest leaders and jail two of them.

☆ O nouă înfrângere. "Tricolorii" au pierdut meciul de pe teren propriu cu Israel
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-01 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Reprezentativa țării noastre a început foarte bine partida jucată aseară pe stadionul Zimbru și chiar a reușit să marcheze prima. ", a spus mijlocașul R. Moldova, Vadim Rață. ", a spus mijlocașul R. Moldova, Cătălin Carp. "Am jucat cu multă energie, dar la unele faze am comis greșeli individuale, care au fost decisive, dar, per ansamblu, a fost o prestație bună în comparație cu ultimul meci. ", a menționat selecționerul R. Moldova, Roberto Bordin.Meciul s-a jucat fără spectatori și chiar dacă tricolorii au pierdut, fotbaliștii moldoveni au avut parte de o surpriză înaintea meciului.

Persons: Cătălin Carp, Ion Nicolaescu, Manor Solomon, Igor, Vadim, Roberto Bordin.Meciul Organizations: Zimbru, PSV Eindhoven, R Locations: Eran, Moldovei, Moldova, Chișinău, Azerbaidjanului

☆ Moldova va juca cu reprezentativa Israelului, în următorul meci din preliminariile Campionatului Mondial din 2022
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-29 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Echipa națională a Moldovei va avea șansa să se reabiliteze în fața suporterilor după umilința din Danemarca în următorul meci din preliminariile Campionatului Mondial din 2022, programat pe 31 martie. Este vorba despre reprezentativa Israelului, care la moment este pe locul 87 în clasamentul FIFA, în timp ce Moldova e cu 110 poziții mai jos. Israelul nu s-a calificat niciodată la un turneu final al Campionatului European, însă are în palmares o participarea la Campionatul Mondial, mai exact la cel din 1970, desfășurat în Mexic. Lotul pentru meciul cu Moldova este format în mare parte din jucători din campionatul intern, însă israelienii au în componență și fotbaliști cu experiență ce au evoluat la cluburi renumite din Europa. Meciul Moldova - Israel se va juca miercuri, 31 martie, pe stadionul Zimbru din Chișinău.

Persons: Israelul Organizations: Moldovei, FIFA, UEFA, European, Partizan Belgrad, ȚSKA Moscova, Rubin Kazan, PSV Eindhoven, Real Locations: Danemarca, Israelului, Moldova, Israelul, Orientul Mijlociu, Mării Mediterane, Mexic, Europa, Olympiakos, Donețk, Hoffenheim, Real Valladolid, Israel, Chișinău

☆ Peste jumătate din populația Israelului a fost vaccinată împotriva COVID-19 cu ambele doze
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-26 | by ( Diana Severin | ) www.zdg.md time to read: +1 min

Distribuirea vaccinului Pfizer Inc în Israel a început în decembrie 2020, cu eligibilitate extinsă la cetăţenii şi rezidenţii de peste 16 ani. Israelul a început să faciliteze blocarea la nivel național la sfârșitul lunii februarie. Majoritatea afacerilor și școlilor, precum și a aeroporturilor, și-au reluat treptat activitatea – cu limite de capacitate. Directorul general al Ministerului Sănătății, Hezi Levi, a declarat pentru Reuters că toți israelienii eligibili ar putea fi vaccinați complet până la sfârșitul lunii mai. Dar unii oficiali estimează în mod privat că 10% din populația eligibilă nu intenționează să se vaccineze.

Persons: Reuters, Segal, Hezi Levi Organizations: Pass, Ministerului Sănătății, Israelul, Weizmann Locations: Israel

☆ Regizorii români Radu Jude și Radu Ciorniciuc, premiați la Festivalul internațional de film de la Sofia
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-22 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +2 min

Regizorii români Radu Jude și Radu Ciorniciuc, premiați la Festivalul internațional de film de la SofiaRegizorii români Radu Jude şi Radu Ciorniciuc au fost premiaţi în cadrul celei de-a 25-a ediţii a Festivalul internaţional de film de la Sofia, care a acordat premiile sâmbătă seara la o ceremonie la Palatul Naţional al Culturii. Filmul „Tipografic Majuscul” al regizorului Radu Jude a primit Premiul Uniunii Criticilor de Film din Bulgaria pentru cel mai bun film din competiţia balcanică. Premiul pentru cel mai bun documentar a fost acordat de un juriu internaţional coproducţiei „Acasă, My Home” (România-Germania), în regia lui Radu Ciorniciuc. Marele Premiu al competiţiei internaţionale a festivalului de film de la Sofia a revenit thrillerului brazilian de science fiction „The Pink Cloud”, scris şi regizat de Iuli Gerbase. Premiul pentru cel mai bun regizor a fost acordat cineastului chinez Zhou Ziyang, pentru filmul său „Wuhai”.

Persons: Radu Jude, Radu, american Lech Kowalski, Tue Steen Muller, producătoarea, producătoarea britanică Natasha Dack, Doron, Aida, Alexander Nanau, Iuli, Zhou Ziyang Organizations: Film, AGERPRES Locations: Sofia, Bulgaria, balcanică, Balcani, România, Germania, american, producătoarea britanică, Bosnia, Herţegovina, Austria, Olanda, Polonia, Franţa, Norvegia, Turcia, Bosniei - Herzegovina

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