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A dark but influential program that has provided detailed information on public health to about half of the nations of the world will be folded following the freezing of the Trump administration on foreign aid.With the funding of the United States Agency for International Development, demographic and health investigations were the only sources of information in many health and maternal and childish mortality, nutrition, reproductive health and HIV infections, among many other health indicators.The polls collected data in 90 nations with low and medium income, which therefore used information to set reference parameters for health at local, national and global level, including the 2030 sustainable development objectives adopted by the United Nations Member countries.Tuesday, the administrat...

The intense interest of President Trump for Ukraine minerals seemed to come from suddenly.He sent his Treasury Secretary to Kiev this month to negotiate with the leader of Ukraine, so he started to publicly increase the pressure in what seemed critical as a Don Mafia extortion program."I want the safety of the rare lands," he said.But the critical minerals have been in the mind of Mr. Trump at least since 2017, when he signed an executive order on them during his first term. They also attracted the attention of President Joseph R. Biden Jr.And the recent comments of Mr. Trump on Ukraine resources were not the first time in his new mandate who mentioned the mineral control of a country.The president spoke of the acquisition of minerals in Greenland and Canada. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ...

Alexa from Amazon has been undergoing her biggest review since she made her debut more than a decade ago.Wednesday, Amazon said he was giving Alexa a new brain fueled by artificial generative intelligence. The update, called Alexa+, is destined to make the virtual assistant more conversation and useful to book tickets for concerts, coordinate the calendars and suggest that food is delivered. Alexa+ will cost $ 19.99 per month or will be included for customers who pay for the Amazon Prime Subscription program. Will use next month."Until this moment, right now, we have been limited by technology," said Panos Panay, the head of Amazon devices, in a multimedia event. "Alexa+ is that trusted assistant who can help you lead your life and your home."With changes, Amazon aims to achieve generative...

It has been billed as the first step to establish a representative government while Syria has emerged for decades of a brutal dictatorship to a family.But for some in Syria, the long -awaited "national dialogue" that ended on Tuesday evening remained very short of those promises. Instead, the two -day conference only added to the concerns about the opening of the new Islamist sovereigns of the country to create a truly inclusive political process."We have many objections on how it happened," said Ibrahim Draji, professor of law at the University of Damascus who was among the hundreds of participants in the conference. “There is no transparency. There are no clear criteria for those who are invited, "he added."I have been a professor of law in the last 22 years and I can tell you that this ...

It was 45 seconds too late, but the teacher had a plan.A gunman had just barraged her classroom with an AR-15, killing two students and injuring four others before turning to a classroom across the hall. The bullet-riddled walls were crumbling. Ceiling tiles were falling. If the shooter came back to kill more of her students, the teacher decided, she would stand up and shout, “We love you.”The teacher was Ivy Schamis, whose husband would be waiting at home with a Valentine’s Day dinner; whose son was planning a wedding she couldn’t imagine missing; whose curriculum for this class — History of the Holocaust — had just moments earlier stirred a discussion about hate on campuses.We love you. These would surely be her final words, Ms. Schamis thought. She knew her plan was futile — irrational,...

The Vatican city is an anxious place. The clergy keep their phones from their cushions. The journalists, crammed in the press office of the Santa See, open and -mail with trepidation. The faithful began to gather waiting in Piazza di San Pietro.Everyone awaits the final bulletins from the Vatican on condition of Pope Francis, who remains critical after being brought to the hospital 11 days ago with bronchitis that developed in lungs in both lungs. On Monday afternoon, hours before the Vatican reported a "light improvement", the Vatican's officials 'phones buzzed with texts that falsely report Francis' death.Francis, who now has the beginning of renal insufficiency and infections, could still recover. Tuesday evening, the Vatican said that Francis was in "critical but stable" conditions. In...

On Friday, the Cryptovalcurrency Exchange Coinbase said that the commission for securities and exchanges had agreed to abandon its cause against the company, raising a legal cloud on the global cryptocurrency industry and reporting a wider retreat from federal regulators.Coinbase, in a post on its website and in a regulatory storage, said that she had reached an agreement in principle with the century to collect the cause without any financial sanction. If the century confirms the proposed settlement, it would be a considerable revision by the agency after years of legal battles against cryptocurrencies.The sec sued Coinbase, the largest American cryptocurrency company, in 2023 on the basis that the digital currencies sold on its platform constituted unregistered securities that put consum...

The interim government of Syria is gathering people from the many religions and seven of the country for a two -day national dialogue that started on Monday.What is the national dialogue?Ahmed Al-Shara, an interim president of the country, whose rebellious coalition seized the control of Syria in early December, promised to keep a national dialogue to discuss the formation of a representative government.His government has set a deadline of March 1st to start the trial. The invitations for the event were sent on Sunday 23 February to hundreds of participants, including the leaders of the community, academics and religious leaders, only one day before the start of the conference.Journalists, businessmen, activists, former prisoners of the Assad government and families of people who were kill...

The largest association of psychologists of the nation this month warned the federal regulators that the chatbots of AI "masked" as therapists, but programmed to strengthen, rather than challenging, a user's thought, they could push vulnerable people to damage themselves or the others.In a presentation to a panel of the Federal Trade Commission, Arthur C. Evans Jr., CEO of the American Psychological Association, cited judicial cases involving two teenagers who had consulted with "psychologists" on a character.ai, an app which allows users of creates characters of imaginary or chat with characters created by others.In one case, a 14 -year -old boy in Florida died of suicide after interacting with a character who claims to be an authorized therapist. In another, a 17 -year -old boy with Auti...