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☆ Mark Cuban says 60 is the new 40. He follows 3 habits to stay youthful.
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-17 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban said longevity is advancing so much that 60 is the new 40. His low-cost longevity habits include walking regularly, eating vegetarian, and taking vitamins. Here's what Cuban has said about the diet, exercise, and supplements that keep him feeling youthful. While Cuban is not slated to star on "Shark Tank" in 2025, he said previous seasons of the show were a great opportunity to get his steps in. Advertisement"What I eat really makes a difference in how everything in my body operates," Cuban said.

Persons: Mark Cuban, Cuban, he's Organizations: Cuban, Apple Locations: Cuban

☆ Could mouse sperm orbiting Earth be the future of humanity?
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-16 | by ( Amy Gunia | Junko Ogura | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Now, freeze-dried mouse sperm, stored aboard the International Space Station (ISS) in a radiation protection box, could help give us a better understanding of mammals’ ability to procreate off Earth. In 1997, he and another academic developed a novel method that they used to clone the world’s first mouse from adult cells. And he and his team pioneered a freeze-drying method used to send mouse sperm to the ISS, where it was stored in a freezer for up to six years. From that study, they determined that freeze-dried sperm could stay viable for 200 years in space. When it comes to mice, the freeze-dried mouse sperm Wakayama is currently storing aboard the ISS will return to Earth in 2025 for study.

Persons: CNN — It’s, “, ”, Virginia Wotring, Wotring, Artemis, Elon, Akihiko Organizations: CNN, Space, firma, University of Yamanashi’s, Biotechnology, KFC, Space Shuttle Endeavour, Orbiter, NASA, International Space University, SpaceX, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA Locations: Wakayama, Japan, Strasbourg, France

☆ Pregnant woman learns she has cancer through routine prenatal blood testing. She’s not alone.
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-16 | by ( Jacqueline Howard | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

She was shocked when the test results came back. Test results can come back as “atypical” for many reasons, such as noncancerous growths like uterine fibroids. Instead, she enrolled in a study at the National Institutes of Health that involved examining women who received abnormal prenatal DNA-sequencing test results like hers. Sequencing results showing a particularly “chaotic” pattern across multiple chromosomes were observed in 47 of the 51 participants with cancer. Their treatment should not be delayed because they are pregnant,” Bianchi said.

Persons: Dr, Naseem Khorram’s, nephrologist, Khorram, ”, “, ‘, Hodgkin, ” Khorram, She’s, Diana Bianchi, Eunice Kennedy, Bianchi, you’ve, ” Bianchi, Britta Weigelt, ” Weigelt, “ I’m, Weigelt, Emeline, gynecologic, NYU Langone’s, Aviki, Sarah Kim, Sanjay Gupta, ” Kim Organizations: CNN, National Institutes of Health, New England, of Medicine, National, of Child Health, Human, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NYU, NYU Langone’s Perlmutter Cancer, American Cancer Society, Get CNN, CNN Health Locations: Los Angeles, Long, United States

☆ For the families of Syria’s disappeared, hope fades but the demand for justice grows
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-16 | by ( Raja Razek | Tim Lister | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Former detainees at the horrific Saydnaya prison near Damascus said Amer had disappeared in mid-April 2015 after being tortured there. An aerial photo shows people gathering at the Saydnaya prison in Damascus on December 9. An Amnesty International team scoured security branches of the former regime around Damascus this week. Regime records had registered his death in 2014, but she said she still had hope he might be alive. “There are many detainees whose families were told they were dead but were later found to be alive,” she said.

Persons: Bashar al, Assad, Najeeb, Amer, Amer Haj Hashem, ” Dakel, “, ”, ” Amer, Omar Haj Kadour, Mazjoub, Aya Mazjoub, ’, Aya Majzoub, Lama Saud, Abdullah, Mahmoud Al Shahabi, Hikmat, Amir, Amir Al Shahabi, Mahmoud Alshehabi Hikmat Al Shahabi, Mahmoud Alshehabi Al Shahabi, Louai Beshara, Al, Cross, Emin Sansar, –, Fadel Abulghany Organizations: CNN, International Commission, Facebook, Getty, Amnesty International, Honda, The, International Committee, ICRC, Al Mujtahid, United Nations, Human Rights, Amnesty, Syrian Network for Human Rights Locations: Syria, Idlib, Sweden, Damascus, Saydnaya, AFP, Najha, Palestine, Al Qutayfah, Al, Anadolu

☆ The future of meat? Inside the Oxford-based startup turning cells into 'steaks'
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-16 | by ( Arjun Kharpal | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Founded in 2019 as a spin out from the University of Oxford, the company produces lab-grown meat. Cultivated meat is made by a process of extracting cells from an animal and "feeding" it a nutrient-rich solution. Ivy Farm this year struck a partnership with Finnish firm Synbio Powerlabs to manufacture its cultivated meat on a larger scale. In the U.K., regulators now allow lab-grown meat to be used in pet food, but not for human consumption. Watch the video above for the full interviews and a tour of Ivy Farm Technologies.

Persons: it's, Betty, Caitlin Doran, Doran, you've, Synbio, Ivy, Harsh Amin Organizations: Ivy Farm Technologies, University of Oxford, CNBC, U.S, Ivy Farm Locations: Oxford, Ivy, Singapore

☆ Mirror bacteria may constitute ‘radical departure from known life,’ scientists warn
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-16 | by ( Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

“Such mirror organisms would constitute a radical departure from known life, and their creation warrants careful consideration.”A fundamental feature of all known life is a uniform chirality, or handedness. No imminent threat exists, the report stressed, and there are currently sizable technical hurdles to creating mirror bacteria. If these shapes were reflected — as they would be in mirror bacteria — recognition would be impaired and immune defenses could fail, potentially leaving organisms vulnerable to infection. Jones, an expert in plant immune systems, said that mirror bacteria would be extremely difficult to detect in plants. When they have to do all that but only with mirror molecules, that all need to be made and invented, then it makes it … 1000x harder,” he said via email.

Persons: “, ”, Jonathan Jones, Craig Venter, ” Jones, Tom Ellis, Ellis, wasn’t Organizations: CNN, Sainsbury Laboratory, Craig, Craig Venter Institute, Genome, Imperial College’s, Biology Locations: Norwich, United Kingdom, bioengineering

☆ Meet the Press – December 15, 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-15 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +53 min

SEN. LINDSEY GRAHAM:Yeah, I'm in a good place with Pete, unless something I don't know about comes out. Unless somebody is willing to come forward, I think he's going to get through. If he's, if he’s called to do something, he's going to do it, all the way. So I – I think he's going to have a hard time doing this. He was very clear, “no,” when I asked him should President-elect Trump, his administration, jail the January 6th committee members.

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☆ From growth to gone: GM’s Cruise robotaxi business is latest growth initiative to falter
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-15 | by ( Michael Wayland | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Companies including GM are now focused on more "core" operations and adjacent business opportunities, including software, EVs and "personal autonomous vehicles." To GM's credit, Wall Street, which previously pushed for such growth businesses, applauded the decision to end Cruise's robotaxi ambitions. But it's hard to ignore that Cruise is GM's latest mobility venture or growth business to fold or not live up to expectations. Super CruiseOther than saving capital, GM's silver lining for canceling the Cruise robotaxi business was that it sees more promise in continuing to develop its Super Cruise hands-free advanced driver assistance system. Vogt was not enthusiastic about GM's decision to kill the robotaxi operations.

Persons: David Paul Morris, Mary Barra, Barra, You've, Cruise, Wall, Wells, Colin Langan, Mandel Ngan, GM's, It's, John Murphy, Murphy, GM wasn't, Kyle Vogt, Vogt Organizations: Bloomberg, Getty, General Motors, GM, Companies, Wall Street, Cruise, Wall, General, General Motors Factory, Afp, Cruise LLC, GM Energy, EV, GM Defense, GM's, Securities, Traffic Safety Administration, Chevrolet Locations: San Francisco , California, DETROIT, Barra, Detroit , Michigan, robotaxis, San Francisco

DAMASCUS, Syria — Cockroaches crawled out of the walls near a dirty, stained sink in the Syrian prison cell where an ex-prisoner told NBC News that American journalist Austin Tice was once held. Sahar al-Ahmad said he was in the cell across from Tice and last saw him alive in July 2022. Relatives rushed to jails, military installations and even black sites to search for detained loved ones as soon as the regime fell. Ted Turner / NBC NewsAhmad, an activist and citizen journalist, said that he was arrested for filming anti-regime demonstrations and that Tice appeared to be in “somewhat good” condition in 2022. A torn photo of ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad lies on the floor after the prison was hastily evacuated.

Persons: Austin Tice, Sahar, Ahmad, Tice, “, ” Ahmad, Ted Turner, Relatives, Hayat Tahrir, Bashar al, Assad, Syria’s, blindfolds, Marc Tice, Lester Holt, ”, Assad’s, “ We’re, ” Debra Tice, Obeida Al Organizations: NBC News, Syrian, Intelligence, NBC, Intelligence Directorate, Ahmad, Austin Locations: DAMASCUS, Syria, Damascus, Turkish, Sousa, Istanbul, Houston, Dubai, Austin

☆ Here are Friday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Apple, Broadcom, DraftKings, Costco, Uber, Salesforce & more
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-13 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

Here are the biggest calls on Wall Street on Friday: Goldman Sachs initiates TechnipFMC as buy Goldman says the offshore company has "idiosyncratic growth." Goldman Sachs upgrades Patterson-UTI Energy to buy from neutral The firm says it sees shareholder returns for the energy company. Needham upgrades Upstart to buy from hold Needham says it likes the AI lending platform company's balance sheet following earnings. Mizuho reiterates Salesforce, Microsoft and Adobe as outperform The firm says the Salesforce, Microsoft and Adobe are top ideas in 2025. JPMorgan upgrades Penn to overweight from neutral The firm says Penn is too attractive to ignore right now.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Goldman, Patterson, DA Davidson, Davidson, Needham, UPST, Morgan Stanley, Apple, it's, Uber, Mizuho, Wolfe, Horton, DraftKings, Mills, Penn, sightline Organizations: UTI Energy, America, Titan International, Bank of America, of America, Broadcom, COTY, Apple Intelligence, UBS, Energy, OPEC, Salesforce, Microsoft, Adobe, Cloud, BMO, O'Reilly, O'Reilly Automotive, Therapeutics, Meta, Mizuho, Canadian, JPMorgan, Barclays, Norwegian Cruise, MKS, Gaming, Retail, North American Service Providers, Nvidia, Costco Locations: America, Texas, Norwegian, Buffalo, 2H25

☆ Greenland sharks have massive genomes. Scientists think they could be the reason behind 400-year-long lifespans
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-13 | by ( Taylor Nicioli | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —The Greenland shark is known to be elusive, for years effectively hiding its most astounding traits. By studying the longevity mechanisms of the Greenland shark, scientists could also gain more insight into how to potentially extend the human lifespan, the authors said. A Greenland shark swims above the seafloor at a depth of 738 feet (225 meters) in Disko Bay in Qeqertarsuaq, Greenland. But the scientists hope their work on the Greenland shark genome will ultimately help the species’ conservation, Hoffman said. And that would … improve DNA repair in humans.”There are a lot of environmental influences that damage human DNA, such as sunlight or smoking.

Persons: ”, Steve Hoffman, “, Hoffman, John Fleng Steffensen, Dr, Arne Sahm, —, Nicole Phillips, Phillips, Sahm, ” Phillips, Toby Daly, Engel, it’s, we’ve, doesn’t, Vera Gorbunova, Gorbunova Organizations: CNN, Research, Leibniz, Aging, Ruhr University Bochum, University of Southern, International Union for Conservation, USA, Florida Institute of Technology, Florida Tech Shark Conservation, Daly, University of Rochester Locations: Greenland, Germany, Disko Bay, Qeqertarsuaq, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Canada's Nunavut, Melbourne, New York

Neither Mangione, nor his mother, were insured by UnitedHealthcare, the nation’s largest private health insurer, a UnitedHealth Group spokesperson told CNN. So that’s possibly why he targeted that company,” NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said in an interview with NBC New York. Witty said the company’s mission is to help make the health system “work better” and “find ways to deliver high-quality care and lower costs.”“Clearly, we are not there yet,” he said. Investigators also searched the hostel where suspected killer Mangione stayed the night before the shooting and the hotel room where Thompson was staying while in New York. Mangione is being held at the Pennsylvania state correctional institution at Huntingdon, the oldest operating state prison in the state.

Persons: Luigi Mangione, Brian Thompson, “, Joseph Kenny, ’, ”, Andrew, Mangione, Thompson Organizations: CNN, New York City, UnitedHealthcare, United Healthcare, NBC, UnitedHealth Group, Fortune, US, Investigators, NYPD, New York Times, Corrections Locations: New York, America, York, United States, Central Park, Pennsylvania, Huntingdon

☆ Battered corpses show the horrors of life and death under Syria’s Assad
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-12 | by ( Clarissa Ward | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Dr. Ahmed Abdullah, an employee at the morgue, condemns the people who left these marks, accusing the Assad regime. I hope he burns, like he burned my heart.”Battered bodies inside the morgue of Mujtahid Hospital. A defector who once worked as a photographer in the Syrian military police smuggled out almost 27,000 images in 2014, taken at a military hospital where he said “killed detainees” were brought. Troves and troves of prisoner files remain in the so-called “Palestine Branch” of military intelligence in southeastern Damascus. The detainees themselves left their own clues, scratched into the walls of underground cells that are perhaps better described as dungeons.

Persons: Bashar al, Assad, ”, “, she’s, Ahmed Abdullah, ” Assad, Clarissa Ward, Brent Swails, Scott McWhinnie, Lauren Kent, Rachel Clarke Organizations: Syria CNN, CNN, “, Mujtahid, UN, US State Department, Syrian Air Force Intelligence Locations: Damascus, Syria, Syrian, Russia, Palestine, —, London, Atlanta

Biden administration officials said Wednesday they have no current plans to authorize a stockpiled bird flu vaccine, despite an escalating outbreak among livestock in the U.S. and at least 58 human infections across seven states. Almost all bird flu cases in the U.S. have been in farmworkers who have had contact with infected animals — either dairy cows or poultry — aside from a patient in Missouri and a child in California. The federal government has two bird flu vaccine candidates available in limited quantities in the nation’s Strategic National Stockpile, though they need to be authorized by the Food and Drug Administration before they can be used. Still, some public health experts believe the time for vaccination is now, particularly for farmworkers. In 1976, at the first signs of an H1N1 swine flu outbreak in the U.S., public health officials quickly initiated a nationwide vaccine campaign.

Persons: Trump, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Nirav Shah, ” Shah, ”, “, farmworkers, Jennifer Nuzzo, Shah, William Schaffner, Schaffner, Keith Poulsen, it’s, ” Poulsen, Nuzzo, Poulsen Organizations: Biden, Department of Health, Human Services, Centers for Disease Control, Department of Agriculture, USDA, Food and Drug Administration, Pandemic, Brown University School of Public Health, Administration, Strategic Preparedness, HHS, FDA, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Trump, CDC, Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Locations: U.S, farmworkers, Missouri, California, Canada, Barre, Wisconsin

Gerry Turner, star of the "The Golden Bachelor," says he's been diagnosed with an incurable form of bone marrow cancer. So that weighs heavily in every decision I make," Turner told People. Turner told People he hopes news of his diagnosis will compel the public to "look at things a little bit differently now." As Jan. 4 - the ex-couple's wedding anniversary - approaches, Nist told People that the occasion is "bittersweet." Despite this, Nist told People that she wishes Turner the best and knows he was in a "very difficult situation."

Persons: Gerry Turner, he's, Gerry, there’s, Turner, Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia, Theresa Nist, Theresa, That’s, it’s, would’ve Organizations: Mayo Clinic, People, Nist, Morning America Locations: Fort Wayne, Indiana, New Jersey, Charleston , South Carolina

☆ Inside Syria's Saydnaya prison and GOP considers how to push Trump agenda: Morning Rundown
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-11 | by ( Elizabeth Robinson | Elizabeth Robinson Is A Newsletter Editor For Nbc News | Based In Los Angeles. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +10 min

One of Syria’s most notorious jails contains evidence of the Assad regime’s brutal crackdown on dissent. One woman NBC News spoke to had come in search of her son who had been missing for a decade. While Syrians grapple with the end of the regime, the country’s neighbor Israel moved into its territory in a new offensive. Read All About ItThe Bureau of Labor Statistics today will release the consumer price index for November, with analysts expecting 0.3% growth month over month. for November, with analysts expecting 0.3% growth month over month.

Persons: Assad, Assad’s, Bashar al, Israel, Israel Katz, Luigi Mangione, Brian Thompson, Thomas Dickey, Mangione, “ It’s, They’re, Ted Kaczynski, ”, Kaczynski, Donald Trump, John Thune, Jason Smith, Trump, Kimberly Guilfoyle, Tom Barrack, Letitia James, Trump’s, Sen, Mitch McConnell, Chuck Todd, Anuj Shrestha, Obteen Nassiri, Alex Jones ’ Infowars, Joe Burrow’s, Freddie Harb, Robert Mavaddat, Alex Welsh, they’ve, — Lewis Kamb, Elizabeth Robinson Organizations: Amnesty, NBC, Israeli Defense, Republican, GOP, Fox News, Trump, Secret Service, New York, Med Ed Labs, U.S ., Labor Statistics, Franklin, Kroger, Albertsons, Cincinnati Bengals, NBC News, U.S, Small, Administration, Social Security Locations: Damascus, Syria, Israel, Russia, Pennsylvania, New York, Blair, Mangione, Greece, Turkey, Michigan, Las Vegas, Malibu , California

☆ US scrambles to quell ISIS resurgence in Syria after fall of Assad
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-11 | by ( Natasha Bertrand | Katie Bo Lillis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

The SDF’s top commander in Syria, General Mazloum Abdi, told CNN on Wednesday that the SDF has had to begin relocating ISIS detainees because the prisons have been threatened. The fighting has also forced the SDF to halt its anti-ISIS operations, Abdi told Sky News on Wednesday. “At the moment, joint operations against ISIS are halted, this is not a decision, but a military reality,” he said. ISIS is now stronger in the Syrian desert.”Abdi said that previously, ISIS was hiding, but their activities have now “increased” in areas under SDF control. Austin told reporters in Japan on Wednesday that the US will continue to work with the SDF going forward.

Persons: Bashar al, Assad, can’t, General Mazloum Abdi, ” Abdi, Abdi, ”, Ian Moss, Jenner, ” Moss, Defense Lloyd Austin, Staff CQ Brown, Antony Blinken, Austin, ” Austin, CNN’s Jennifer Hansler Organizations: CNN, ISIS, Peoples ’, “, Sky News, State Department, SDF, ” Senior, Defense, Joint Chiefs, Staff, Turkish, Syrian National Army, US Air Force, US Air Forces Central, US, Coalition Locations: Syria, Turkey, Turkish, Manbij, ”, reconstituting, Japan

☆ ‘Conan the Bacterium’ is extremely radiation-resistant for a surprising reason
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-11 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

For the previous study, the team measured the amount of manganese antioxidants in the cells of the bacteria. The researchers found that the amount of radiation that a microorganism could survive was directly related to its amount of manganese antioxidants. So the more manganese antioxidants present, the more resistance to radiation. This antioxidant has been used in radiation-inactivated polyvalent vaccines, which rely on radiation to shut down pathogens like chlamydia. The study team analyzed how MDP’s active components, including manganese, phosphate and a peptide called DP1, protect cells and proteins from radiation exposure.

Persons: “, ”, Brian Hoffman, Charles E, Emma H, Morrison, Hoffman, Michaely Daly, Daly, Deinococcus radiodurans, radiodurans, ” Hoffman, Tetyana Milojevic, Tetyana, ” Daly Organizations: CNN, National Academy of Sciences, biosciences, Northwestern University’s Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, World Records, International Space Station, Uniformed Services University of, Health Sciences, National Academies ’, Planetary, University of Orléans, MDP Locations: Mars, France

☆ Certain foods may disrupt your body’s fight against cancer cells, study says
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-11 | by ( Sandee Lamotte | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —The food you eat may be affecting your body’s ability to fight cancer cells in the colon, according to a new study. The potential culprit: an overabundance of certain omega-6 fatty acids — perhaps from ultraprocessed foods in your diet — that may hinder the anti-inflammatory and tumor-fighting properties of another essential fatty acid, omega-3. Linoleic acid, an omega-6 fatty acid that is found in corn, peanut, soybean, safflower and sunflower oils, is the most common omega-6 in the US food supply. “It’s a leap to say that omega-6s from ultraprocessed foods are the cause. Many ultraprocessed foods are made with soybean and other vegetable oils that contain higer levels of omega-6 fatty acids.

Persons: ”, Timothy Yeatman, Yeatman, “, Bill Harris, it’s, Harris, chia, gastroenterologist Dr, Robin Mendelsohn, Mendelsohn, codirector, ” Yeatman, Ganesh Halade, Halade, ” Halade, Tom Brenna, ” Brenna Organizations: CNN, British Society of Gastroenterology, University of South, Tampa General Hospital Cancer Institute, Sanford School of Medicine, Acid Research, National Cancer Institute, Center, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Dell Medical, University of Texas, American Heart Association, AHA, Harvard Medical Locations: Gut, University of South Florida, Tampa, University of South Dakota, Sioux Falls , South Dakota, United States, New York City, Austin

☆ 'The Golden Bachelor' star Gerry Turner was diagnosed with cancer while he and Theresa Nist were trying to plan a future together. They split weeks later.
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-11 | by ( Olivia Singh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Golden Bachelor Gerry Turner revealed that he was diagnosed with bone marrow cancer this year. Turner and Theresa Nist announced their plan to divorce in April. Turner said his diagnosis affected his decisions, but Nist said it wasn't a factor in their breakup. Months after announcing their divorce, "The Golden Bachelor" exes Gerry Turner, 72, and Theresa Nist, 71, are talking about a health diagnosis that affected their relationship. Turner and Nist on the season one finale of "The Golden Bachelor."

Persons: Gerry Turner, Turner, Theresa, Theresa Nist, John, Joseph, Disney Turner, Waldenström's macroglobulinemia, John Fleenor, Walt Disney Company Turner, That's Organizations: Theresa Nist, Nist, Joseph Photography, Nation, Walt Disney Company Locations: Costa Rica, Indiana, New Jersey

A torture device discovered at Saydnaya prison in Damascus on Monday. Clothing strewn across the floor of a cell inside the Saydnaya prison as a Syrian man awaits news about an imprisoned relative Monday. The dynasty built and operated a network of detention centers scattered across Syria, according to the human rights group Amnesty International. The Human Rights Data Analysis Group, an independent scientific human rights organization based in San Francisco, has counted at least 17,723 people killed in Syrian custody from 2011 to 2015 — around 300 every week — almost certainly a vast undercount, it says. Syrians wait for news Monday about their relatives incarcerated at Saydnaya prison.

Persons: Assad, nooses, Emin Sansar, Bashar al, AnadoluAnagha Subhash Nair, —, Abdulaziz Ketaz, Saydnaya, Hafez Assad, Getty Images Hafez Assad, Richard Engel, Gabe Joselow, Alexander Smith Organizations: NBC, Getty, Anadolu, NBC News, Amnesty International, Amnesty, Getty Images, United Nations Locations: DAMASCUS, Syria, Syria’s, Damascus, Anadolu, Saydnaya, AFP, San Francisco, London

Saydnaya, Syria CNN —As Syrians rejoiced across the country this week, many began the frantic search for missing loved ones who had been forcibly disappeared under Bashar al-Assad’s brutal dictatorship. Crowds have descended on the notorious Saydnaya prison, which had become synonymous with arbitrary detention, torture and murder. People gather at the Saydnaya prison near Damascus, Syria, on December 9, 2024. For the sake of Allah, help them.”A long traffic jam as people gathered at the Saydnaya prison in Syria on December 9, 2024. People wait as the volunteer group Syrian Civil Defense investigated the inside of Saydnaya Prison after the fall of the Assad regime in Syria on December 9, 2024.

Persons: Bashar al, Omar Haj Kadour, Assad, Saydnaya, “ Allahu Akbar ”, Maysoon Labut, Labut, ”, “, Allah, they’d, Mounir Al, Fakir, Anagha Subhash Nair, Suheil Hamawi, ” Hamawi, “ I’ve, ’ ” Hamawi Organizations: Syria CNN, Getty, Amnesty, CNN, Syrian Civil Defense, Anadolu, AFP Locations: Saydnaya, Syria, Damascus, AFP, Russia, Dara’a, Syrian, Lebanese, Chekka

☆ Lab-grown meat is on the rise — here's how it is made
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-10 | by ( Arjun Kharpal | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Lab-grown food is being looked at as a way to reduce the pollution caused by food production. Meanwhile, lab-grown meat can be produced without having to raise and slaughter animals, which proponents say is a positive. Some of the challenges include scaling the production of lab-grown meat, the current high prices of the products and consumer acceptance. U.K. regulators approved the use of lab-grown meat in pet food this year. Watch the video above to learn more how lab-grown food is made.

Persons: Post Organizations: Maastricht University, Regulators Locations: Singapore

He did so as the rebels entered and seized Damascus, seemingly with little fightback from Assad’s government forces. Syria dominated international consciousness for almost a decade, its civil war erupting after Assad crushed peaceful protests during the region-wide 2011 Arab Spring. But until last month the conflict had been largely at a stalemate, after Assad’s forces regained control of much of the country. The conflict in Syria partly contributed to a wave of mass migration into Europe, met by a right-wing backlash across the continent that is still reverberating today. Much of this diaspora has also responded to Assad’s downfall with astonished glee, some rushing to return home.

Persons: Dimitry Peskov, Assad, Murat Sengul, gulags, Hayat Tahrir, Abu Mohammad al Organizations: Baath Party, Getty, UNHCR, Amnesty, Al, State Department Locations: Damascus, Aleppo, Hama, Russia, Ukraine, Iran, Israel, Moscow, Syria, U.S, Turkey, Iraq, Anadolu, Europe, London, Berlin, Germany, Al Qaeda

Powerful images have emerged showing Syrians, including women and children, being freed from prisons across the country after the toppling of President Bashar Al-Assad. The White Helmets rescue organization said it had deployed five specialized emergency teams to search for prison cells believed to be hidden underground at the notorious prison, citing survivors' accounts. Footage appears to show a child being liberated from a prison cell in Syria in footage captured after the fall of Assad's regime. People could also be seen toppling statues of Assad's father Hafez al-in cities across Syria, including in the Assad stronghold of Latakia. President Joe Biden described this as “a moment of risk and uncertainty,” as leaders from around the world expressed hopes for stability in the wake of Assad’s toppling.

Persons: Bashar Al, Assad, they'd, X Freed, Bashar Barhoum, —, ”, ” Salem Alaya, Bekir Kasim, Alaya, Assad's, Hafez al, Joe Biden Organizations: NBC News, Associated Press, Anadolu, Getty Locations: Moscow, Damascus, Syria, Britain, London, Latakia, The U.S, Israel

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