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Washington Square Park is known for its lively atmosphere and eclectic characters. It was no different Wednesday morning, when hundreds of Muslims filled the park to attend an early morning prayer meeting for Eid al-Fitr, the holiday that marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan.People celebrate Eid by dressing up, which is why some jokingly call it the Muslim Met Gala. Many came to Washington Square Park wearing colorful traditional attire such as galabeyas, grand boubous, salwar kameez, thobes, kurtas and abayas, some of which were accessorized with opulent jewelry or strokes of dark kajal eyeliner. Others chose more casual attire, like comedian Ramy Youssef, who wore a hoodie and green baseball cap.On the morning of Eid, there are many large prayer gatherings throughout New York – ...

Arizona's 160-year-old abortion ban, upheld Tuesday by the state's highest court, is part of a wave of anti-abortion laws spurred by some historic twists that might seem surprising.For decades after the United States became a nation, abortion was legal until movement of the fetus was felt, usually until the second trimester. The movement, known as acceleration, was the threshold because, in an era before pregnancy tests or ultrasounds, it was the clearest sign that a woman was pregnant.Before then, “women could try to get an abortion without having to worry that it was illegal,” said Johanna Schoen, a history professor at Rutgers University. After expediting, abortion providers could be charged with a misdemeanor.“I don't think it's been particularly stigmatized,” Dr. Sch...

A landmark bill intended to overhaul migration policy across the European Union cleared its final hurdle on Wednesday after being approved by the European Parliament. The bill, which took much of the last decade to negotiate, aims to make it easier for member states to deport rejected asylum seekers and to limit the entry of migrants into the bloc. It would also give governments greater control over their borders, while strengthening the EU's role in managing migration, treating it as a European issue, which no member state needs to tackle alone. European officials and politicians were intent on approving the legislation before the European elections in early June.This is a developing story.

Beeper, the app that brought iPhone messaging features to Android smartphones, has been acquired by Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, to support the development of a single service for sending and receiving chats from WhatsApp, Signal, LinkedIn and others.The deal, worth about $125 million, was announced Tuesday. This comes as regulators in Europe and the United States pressure the biggest tech companies to open up their messaging services to third parties. Regulators believe this will make it easier for people to communicate with friends and family and switch messaging providers.Automattic is betting that the changing regulatory environment will make people more interested in finding a unified messaging system like Beeper, said Toni Schneider, interim CEO of Automattic.Beepe...

Saifeddin Abutaha, an aid worker at World Central Kitchen, was returning home to see his mother when an Israeli missile hit the car he was driving in an aid convoy last week.Mr Abutaha, 25, adored his parents and often texted them as he delivered aid across the Gaza Strip, which is on the brink of famine after six months of war. In his final hours, he had oscillated between food delivery and Ramadan family planning, his brother, Abdul Raziq Abutaha, said in an interview.But since his death on April 1, their mother, Inshirah – who once daydreamed of seeing Saifeddin get married – has been unable to accept his passing.“He still hasn't eaten anything since he died,” said Abdul Raziq, 33. He said she keeps saying, "'He will be back soon, maybe for Eid'" - the holiday that marks t...

Il Servizio Sanitario Nazionale in Inghilterra ha iniziato questo mese a limitare i trattamenti di genere per i bambini, rendendolo il quinto paese europeo a limitare i farmaci a causa della mancanza di prove dei loro benefici e della preoccupazione per i danni a lungo termine.Il cambiamento dell'Inghilterra è il risultato di una revisione quadriennale pubblicata martedì sera dalla dottoressa Hilary Cass, una pediatra indipendente. “Per la maggior parte dei giovani, un percorso medico non sarà il modo migliore per gestire il disagio legato al genere”, conclude il rapporto. In un editoriale correlato pubblicato su una rivista medica, il dottor Cass ha affermato che le prove che i trattamenti di genere per i giovani fossero benefici erano “costruite su fondamenta traballanti”.Il serviz...

In the photograph, Anna Haidarzhy and her 4-month-old son, Tymofii, are barely visible under the blood-stained blanket. They lay among the rubble, at the feet of rescuers in black and fluorescent uniforms. Only two arms can be seen, one of the mother, 31 years old, and one of the son, protruding from the blanket.“It looked like they were saying goodbye,” one of the rescuers, Serhii Mudrenko, said of the image.Their bodies were found in the smoking ruins of an apartment building hit by a Russian drone attack in March in the southern Ukrainian city of Odessa that killed 12 people. THE photographytaken by Ukraine's state emergency services, it circulated widely in Ukraine and was seen as a tragic symbol of the terrible toll taken on civilians by the war in Russia.Throughout the search,...

Zwickau, a city in eastern Germany, may not be as famous as Detroit, but its economy has revolved around internal combustion engines since August Horch founded Audi here in the early 20th century.So when Volkswagen announced in 2018 that it would convert its Zwickau factory, the area's largest private employer, to produce exclusively electric vehicles, it was a big deal.“A lot of people were skeptical,” said Michael Fuchs, who has worked at the factory for more than a quarter century. They wondered, “What will happen?” He said.Volkswagen has closed the assembly lines of its popular Golf hatchbacks and converted the factory, which has its own motorway exit, to produce six electric models. The renovated plant can produce one car per minute, shipping it via train.This was a rare case o...

Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III told a Senate committee Tuesday that the Pentagon had no evidence that Israel was carrying out genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.Mr. Austin made the comments in testimony at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing that was interrupted several times by demonstrators protesting U.S. support for Israel's assault on Hamas. More than 33,000 people have died in Israel's bombing of Gaza, according to Gaza health officials, and severe hunger is spreading across the Palestinian enclave.Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas, a Republican, asked Mr. Austin to address the protesters' concerns.“Is Israel committing genocide in Gaza?” asked Mr. Cotton.“We have no evidence that genocide was created,” Mr. Austin responded."So that's a no?" ...

New Yorkers, beware: If you encounter a sick, dead, or strangely behaving bird or animal, keep yourself and your pets a safe distance away. The avian influenza virus, H5N1, is present in at least a small fraction of New York City's birds, according to a new study.The finding is not entirely surprising, given that H5N1 has been shown to affect migratory birds, a wide range of wildlife, poultry and, as of last month, dairy cows. However, its discovery in the city is an unpleasant reminder that urban spaces are not exempt.People generally associate zoonotic diseases with rural environments, farms or wilderness, said Florian Krammer, an influenza expert at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York who led the study, published online last week.But New York City has many gree...