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He is an Egyptian tycoon little known outside the region.Tycoon Ibrahim al-Organi, president of Organi Group, oversees a vast network of companies involved in the construction, real estate and security sectors. He maintains close ties with senior Egyptian officials, according to three people who followed the report and who spoke on condition of anonymity to protect their work in the region.But it is Hala – a company that Organi Group has listed as one of its own – that is getting the most attention. Hala has emerged as a lifeline for Palestinians trying to flee war-torn Gaza, but it has also been accused of squeezing desperate people with exorbitant fees. In an interview this month, Mr. Organi spoke at length and in detail about Hala's activities, although he said that his role in t...

When U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy announced Monday that he intended to push for a mental health warning label on social media platforms, he was met with applause from many parents and teachers, who described a long and lonely fight to break children from a habit that hurt them.It drew, however, a colder reaction from some scientists who study the relationship between social media and mental health. In interviews, several researchers said that the general warning offered by Dr. Murthy – “social media is associated with significant harm to adolescent mental health” – extends and oversimplifies the scientific evidence.For many years, researchers have been trying to determine whether the amount of time a child spent on social media contributes to poorer mental health, and "the result...

Barbara Gladstone, an art dealer whose eye for spotting talent and skill in cultivating it helped her build one of New York's largest and most influential contemporary art galleries, died Sunday in Paris. She was 89 years old.His gallery says that his death, in hospital, was caused by an ischemic event, the symptoms of which are similar to those of a stroke. Mrs. Gladstone, who was on a business trip to Paris, lived in Manhattan.Mrs. Gladstone represented more than 70 artists and estates, including Americans such as Robert Rauschenberg, Keith Haring and Elizabeth Murray; the provocative video and installation artist Matthew Barney; key figures of the Italian Arte Povera movement such as Mario Merz and Alighiero Boetti; Richard Prince, the pioneer of photographic appropriation; th...

TikTok explained Thursday why it believes a new federal law that could lead to a ban on the popular video app in January is unconstitutional, calling the legislation an "extraordinary restriction on free speech."The company said Congress has not given the law — which would force TikTok's Chinese owner to sell the popular social media app or face a ban in the United States — with nearly enough scrutiny and attention.TikTok made the arguments in a filing with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, where the company sued to block the law in May.“This law represents a radical departure from this country's tradition of supporting an open Internet and sets a dangerous precedent that allows political branches to target an unfavorable speech platform and force it t...

After days of intense clashes between Hezbollah and Israel, Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Lebanese militia, warned on Wednesday that "there will be no place safe from our missiles and our drones" if an all-out war breaks out. He also threatened Cyprus if it allowed Israel to use its airports and bases in a full-scale conflict.“The enemy knows very well that we have prepared for the most difficult days, and he knows what he will face,” Nasrallah said. “If war is imposed, the resistance will fight without constraints, rules or limits.”President Nikos Christodoulides of Cyprus responded to the threat by saying his country was “absolutely not involved in any way,” according to comments posted on social media.In his first public statements amid the recent outbreak of violence along the...

Doctors and physical therapists have long incorporated aerobic exercise into treatment programs for low back pain. Movement can relieve lower back pain and at the same time strengthen the muscles that support your back. However, many people with back pain may be reluctant to exercise.A new study, published Wednesday in The Lancet, offers further evidence about the power of the movement. The study found that regular walking can be very effective in preventing back pain from recurring. The study focused on adults with a history of low back pain; those who walked regularly walked almost twice as long without back pain returning compared to the control group.The new findings align with a large body of existing research that has established an association between physical activity and bett...

The European Union has agreed to a new round of economic sanctions against Russian individuals and companies, the Belgian government said on Thursday. In particular, they include measures aimed at squeezing Russia's profits from the sale of liquefied natural gas to EU members.Most EU countries stopped importing natural gas arriving by pipeline from Russia soon after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. But the bloc had refrained from launching formal sanctions against the imports of Russian gas, leading many EU countries to purchase LNG from Russia, which arrives by ship.The latest action includes measures against imports of Russian LNG passing through EU ports to other countries, known as transshipments, said a senior EU diplomat familiar with the deal who spoke on co...

Ryan Selkis, a cryptocurrency executive, was dining at Mar-a-Lago last month when he received an unexpected invitation: Former President Donald J. Trump wanted him to come on stage and say a few words.Selkis, who runs crypto data firm Messari, was one of about two hundred attendees at an event celebrating Trump's series of non-fungible tokens, the digital collectibles known as NFTs. As he reached the lectern, Mr. Selkis turned to the former president.“There are 50 million cryptocurrency holders in the United States,” the executive said. “That's a lot of voters.”This message has become a political talking point in the cryptocurrency world, as the industry tries to shake off a wave of scandals and establish itself as a powerful force in the 2024 election cycle. Three major crypto f...

Online bahis dünyasında kullanıcıların güvenli ve keyifli bir deneyim yaşamasını sağlayan birçok platform bulunuyor. Bu alanda dikkat çeken isimlerden biri ise Betplay. Betplay, sunduğu çeşitli özellikler ve kullanıcı dostu tasarımı ile bahis severlerin tercihi haline geliyor. Bu yazıda, Betplay'in sunduğu avantajları ve platformun neden tercih edilmesi gerektiğini detaylı bir şekilde ele alacağız. Betplay'in en belirgin özelliklerinden biri, kullanıcı dostu arayüzüdür. Platform, bahis severlerin hızlı ve rahat bir şekilde işlem yapabilmesi için tasarlanmıştır. Betplay'in sade ve anlaşılır tasarımı sayesinde, hem deneyimli hem de yeni başlayan kullanıcılar bahislerini zahmetsizce yapabilir. Ayrıca, mobil uyumlu yapısı sayesinde, cep telefonunuz veya tabletiniz aracılığıyla herhangi bir ...

The remains of the oldest shipwreck ever discovered in deep water, and perhaps the oldest complete shipwreck in any water, have been located in the Mediterranean Sea about 56 miles off the northern coast of Israel.The Israel Antiquities Authority, which announced the find Thursday, said preliminary examination of two clay vessels known as Canaanite amphorae indicated that the merchant ship, about 39 to 46 feet long, sank between 1400 BC and 1300 BC, a time when the Egyptian empire stretched from what is now northern Syria to Sudan, and the boy pharaoh Tutankhamun briefly sat on the throne.It is unclear whether the galley was the victim of a sudden storm, a headwind or an attempted piracy. But judging by footage recorded by a remotely operated submersible robot, the vessel settled to the b...