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As tensions flared over disputed territory in the Caucasus region in the summer of 2020, Azerbaijan's squadron of high-priced Washington lobbyists was quick to pin the blame on neighboring Armenia and highlight its ties to Russia.Unbeknownst to members of Congress, Azerbaijan had an inside man who was working closely with the Azerbaijani ambassador in Washington at the time on a parallel line of attack, according to text messages released by federal prosecutors.Rep. Henry Cuellar, a Texas Democrat now accused of accepting bribes and acting as a foreign agent in a years-long scheme, indicated in a text that he planned a legislative maneuver to try to deprive Armenia of funding because it hosted bases Russian military.The Azerbaijani ambassador responded enthusiastically.“Your amendment ...

Sebbene il Met Gala serva come evento di branding per Vogue, accetta da tempo sponsorizzazioni da parte dei giganti della tecnologia che hanno minacciato la sopravvivenza stessa delle pubblicazioni dei media legacy.Jeff Bezos, il fondatore di Amazon, è apparso come presidente onorario del ballo nel 2012. Quattro anni dopo, quando Apple era sponsor del Met Gala, il suo amministratore delegato, Tim Cook, si è presentato in smoking e frac. E Instagram ha fornito denaro nel 2022.L’evento del 2024 è sponsorizzato, in parte, da TikTok, il colosso dei social media il cui futuro sembra più oscuro di quello di Condé Nast, l’editore di Vogue, The New Yorker e altre riviste, che ha licenziato dipendenti e chiuso o venduto alcuni dei suoi dipendenti. sue pubblicazioni negli ultimi anni.TikTok si è tr...

Il 19 marzo Volker Türk, responsabile dei diritti umani delle Nazioni Unite, ha affermato in una dichiarazione ufficiale che le politiche di Israele in materia di aiuti a Gaza potrebbero costituire un crimine di guerra."La portata delle continue restrizioni israeliane sull'ingresso di aiuti a Gaza, insieme al modo in cui continua a condurre le ostilità, possono equivalere all'uso della fame come metodo di guerra, il che è un crimine di guerra", ha scritto.I suoi commenti hanno fatto scalpore. Usare la fame dei civili come arma è una grave violazione del diritto internazionale umanitario e un crimine di guerra ai sensi dello Statuto di Roma, del trattato della Corte penale internazionale o della CPI.Funzionari israeliani e stranieri hanno dichiarato al New York Times la scorsa sett...

Even leading experts in vaccine science have been met with disbelief and ambivalence.Dr. Gregory Polonia, 68, editor in chief of the journal Vaccine, said a loud hissing in his ears has accompanied every moment since his first shot, but that his pleas to colleagues at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention diseases of exploring the problem phenomenon, tinnitus, had led nowhere.He received polite responses to his numerous emails, but "I have no sense of movement," he said.“If they have done studies, those studies should be published,” Dr. Polonia added. In desperation to "never hear silence again", he sought solace in meditation and his religious faith. Dr. Buddy Creech, 50, who has led several Covid vaccine studies at Vanderbilt University, said his tinnitus and rapid heartbeat la...

Just days before Britain's Conservative Party suffered a major setback in Thursday's local elections, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak recorded a short video to promote some good news from his government. In the eight-second clipMr Sunak poured milk from a pint bottle into a tall glass, filled with a dark, steaming drink and bearing the scribbled figure of 900 pounds on the side.“Payday is coming,” Sunak wrote, referring to the savings an average wage earner would presumably get from a cut in mandatory contributions to Britain's national insurance system.Soon the mockery began. She had added too much milk, some said. His numbers didn't add up, others said. And why, one critic asked, would Sunak choose a pint bottle as a prop just days after the deputy leader of the opposition...

Elon Musk, Tesla's chief executive, caught competitors, suppliers and his own employees by surprise this week by reversing course on his aggressive push to build electric vehicle chargers in the United States, a top priority of the Biden administration.Musk's decision to fire the 500-member team responsible for installing charging stations and dramatically slow investment in new stations rattled the industry and raised questions about whether the number of public chargers would grow fast enough to keep the pace with sales of battery-powered cars. He has put the onus on other charging companies, raising doubts about their ability to build fast enough to address a shortage that appears to be discouraging some people from buying electric cars.As the owner of the largest charging netw...

For months, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has avoided an in-depth public discussion about Gaza's post-war future. Seeking to appease both his far-right allies, who seek to rebuild Israeli settlements in Gaza, and Israel's foreign partners, who want Gaza to return to Palestinian rule, Netanyahu stopped short of any specific statements.Behind the scenes, however, senior officials in his office are considering an expansive plan for post-war Gaza, in which Israel would offer to share oversight of the territory with an alliance of Arab countries, including Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the Emirates United Arabs. as has the United States, according to three Israeli officials and five people who discussed the plan with members of the Israeli government.Under that proposal, Israel ...

The avian influenza virus spreading across dairy farms in several states has acquired dozens of new mutations, including some that could make it better at spreading between species and less susceptible to antiviral drugs, according to a new study.None of the mutations in themselves are cause for alarm. But they highlight the possibility that, as the epidemic continues, the virus could evolve in ways that would allow it to spread easily among people, experts said.“The flu mutates all the time — that's what, in a sense, the flu does,” said Richard Webby, a flu expert at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, who was not involved in the work.“The real key would be if we started to see some of these mutations become more widespread,” Dr. Webby said. “This would increase the level of ...

The world watches what happens on American campuses with shock, pride, joy and alarm. Scenes of protests – and arrests of demonstrators – were headline news around the world, from Bogotá to Berlin, from Tehran to Paris.In some countries, including France, students have staged protests of their own, though not with the scale and intensity of those in the United States.Some applaud the protests. Others, especially in countries ruled by authoritarian regimes, see the crackdown as evidence of American hypocrisy on human rights and free speech. Still others see them as the latest sordid chapter in America's ongoing culture wars.In some ways, the protests and the response to them are a Rorschach test for the world: The analysis often offers more insight into local politics than American p...

A landmark antitrust trial against Google ended Friday after a federal judge heard closing arguments, setting the stage for a ruling that could fundamentally shift the power of the tech industry.“The importance and significance of this case is not lost on me, not only to Google but to the public,” Judge Amit P. Mehta said in the final moments of the proceedings Friday. He thanked the lawyers who discussed the case and then added: "I imagine you have passed the baton to us."Now he must decide the case in which the Justice Department and state attorneys general say Google abused its monopoly on the search business, stifling competitors and limiting innovation, which the company denies.During two days of closing arguments, Judge Mehta of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia d...