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JERUSALEM (AP) — The U.S.- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, set up to distribute aid to Gaza as an alternative to the United Nations but which Palestinians said endangered the lives of civilians as they tried to get food, said Monday it would shutter operations.The foundation had already closed distribution sites after a U.S.-brokered ceasefire took effect six weeks ago in Gaza. It announced Monday that it was permanently shutting down, claiming it had fulfilled its mission. “We have succeeded in our mission of showing there’s a better way to deliver aid to Gazans,” GHF director John Acree said in…

Senior Congress leader and Chandigarh MP Manish Tewari talks to The Indian Express about the Centre’s now-stalled plan to introduce a Bill that would have allowed it to directly govern the Union Territory. Tewari explains why no Constitutional arrangement for Chandigarh can discount its historical evolution. Excerpts:I was quite bemused that a Constitutional amendment that requires a two-thirds majority of members present and voting in both Houses of Parliament was listed without any prior consultation with the stakeholders. The fact that it appeared in part two of the bulletin that deals with the upcoming legislative business in the Winter Session…

LONDON (AP) — The BBC’s chairman and other senior leaders will face tough questions on its editorial standards from lawmakers on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to file a billion-dollar lawsuit over a misleading edit of his speech.The British broadcaster’s chairman Samir Shah, board member Robbie Gibb and former editorial adviser Michael Prescott will be quizzed at a hearing with Parliament’s Culture, Media and Sport Committee. The publicly-funded corporation was plunged into a major crisis after its director general and head of news both quit earlier this month and Trump said he was poised to sue over misleading…

EINBECK, Germany — Founded over 600 years ago in central Germany, the Einbecker Brewery has survived fires, famines, two major plagues and four catastrophic wars, kept alive by constant demand for its robust, bock-style lagers. Now it faces what may be its greatest threat: Germans are drinking a lot less beer. “In recent years, it was always 46%, 47%, 48% who said, ‘Yes, I drink beer,’” said Marc Kerger, president of Einbecker, referring to consumer surveys. “And this year, just 41%. Forty-one percent is dramatic.”Alcohol consumption in Germany has been sliding for decades. But the sudden, accelerating drop has caught…

Hey, market watchers, grab your coffee because something wild is brewing on the exchange today! As of this writing, shares of AlphaTON Capital—ticker ATON—are exploding higher, posting one of the biggest gains you’ll see in a blue moon. We’re talking a surge that’s got traders buzzing from coast to coast. But what’s got this little engine that could revving like a hot rod? Let’s break it down, no fancy suits required. The Scoop That’s Shaking the Street Picture this: a scrappy digital assets player throwing down a gauntlet to snag a slice of one of the most iconic names in…

Rare earth elements, a group of 17 metals used in everything from smartphones to wind turbines, are essential for modern technology. However, extracting them is an expensive and environmentally destructive process. As demand for REEs continues to rise, researchers are looking for innovative ways to reduce the negative impact of mining, and this discovery offers a glimmer of hope. Phytomining: A Green Solution to Rare Earth Extraction Phytomining is an emerging technique that harnesses the power of plants to extract minerals from the soil. Some plants, known as hyperaccumulators, can absorb metals in concentrations far higher than normal plants. The…

As generative AI pushes the speed of software development, it is also enhancing the ability of digital attackers to carry out financially motivated or state-backed hacks. This means that security teams at tech companies have more code than ever to review while dealing with even more pressure from bad actors. On Monday, Amazon will publish details for the first time of an internal system known as Autonomous Threat Analysis (ATA), which the company has been using to help its security teams proactively identify weaknesses in its platforms, perform variant analysis to quickly search for other, similar flaws, and then develop…

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — A long-dormant volcano erupted in northern Ethiopia over the weekend, sending ash plumes across the Red Sea toward Yemen and Oman.The Hayli Gubbi volcano in the Afar region of Ethiopia erupted on Sunday morning, leaving the neighboring village of Afdera covered in dust. A local administrator, Mohammed Seid, said there were no casualties, but the eruption could have economic implications for the local community of livestock herders.Seid told The Associated Press that there was no previous record of an eruption by the Hayli Gubbi volcano, and that he fears for the livelihoods of residents.“While no…

Olivia Wong/Getty Images Steven Spielberg is the undisputed king of creating epic cinematic events. But when it comes to the kind of motion pictures he personally loves, there’s just one movie he has publicly compared to a miracle – 1962’s “Lawrence of Arabia.” “Certainly, ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ was the film that set me on my journey. I look at that picture as a major miracle,” he told the American Film Institute. “It just uplifted me.” Spielberg later explained that it made him want to be a director, and left him completely shell-shocked…

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah hit out at the Opposition BJP on Monday over its allegation that development had come to a standstill in the state due to a lack of funds. Speaking at the event organised for the inauguration of the third phase of the HN Valley project, which will supply treated water to fill 164 lakes and the high-tech cocoon market at Sidlaghatta in Chikkaballapur district, he said the Government was responding to the BJP’s claim by carrying out development works. “When the BJP was in power, they did not carry out any development activity. However, we are bringing…