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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...

Pope Francis was resting on Monday at the hospital in Rome where he spent the last 10 days with pneumonia, a complex infection and now kidney problems that have left him all in critical conditions, said the Vatican.The Vatican declared in a statement on Monday morning that "the night went well, the Pope slept and now he is resting", but he has not provided more information on the health of the 88 -year -old pontiff.The officials had to update on his condition on Monday evening, a day after the Vatican said he also suffered from "initial and mild renal failure".At the moment, kidney problems are "under control", said the Vatican. The "asthmatic respiratory crisis" that the Pope lived on Saturday, said, did not repeat.The pope was "attentive and well -oriented" and the tests showed that his ...

A private company aims to raise a spatial vehicle in size microwave towards an asteroid at the end of this week, its goal of starting a future in which precious metals are extracted around the sun system to create great fortunes on Earth ."If this works, this will probably be the largest activity ever conceived," said Matt Gialich, founder and CEO of AstroForge, the manufacturer and operator of the robotic probe.It may seem familiar: a decade ago, the news was short on the wealth promised by the mining companies of the asteroids. But things didn't work."We blossomed three or four too early for the great gold race of the enthusiasm of investors for spatial projects," said David Gump, former CEO of Deep Space Industries, one of the previous lots of aspiring asteroid miners. In the end the mo...

Hezbollah staged a strength show Sunday with an elaborate and tentular funeral for its assassinated leader, Hassan Nasrallah, an event that the militant group supported by Iran Spera Relive his image porn in Lebanon After the last war with Israel.Tens of thousands of people from all over Lebanon and in the region they crowded in the capital, Beirut, for the service, which was held in a large sports stage on the outskirts of the city. Thousands of people brought the bags in the arena, while others poured on the streets, many who transported photos of Mr. Nasrallah and won great flags of Hezbollah.When a truck that transported Mr. Nasrallah's coffin entered the stadium, the crowd broke out on the cries and cries while the voice of Hezbollah's former leader - cut from his speeches - echoed th...

The frozen smoothies sold to nursing homes, hospitals and other institutions were remembered after the drinks were linked to a firework of mortal listeria years, said the Food and Drug Administration on Friday.Since 2018, at least 11 people died by the outbreak and dozen have been hospitalized, said the FDA, but the previous investigations had not been able to find a source of bacteria.In 37 of the 38 known cases, the patients were hospitalized; 34 of the infects were in long -term assistance facilities or had been hospitalized before getting listeria.The cases have been reported in 21 states, including California, Florida and New York. Since January 2024, there have been 20 cases and the epidemic is in progress, the FDA said.The FDA declared on Friday that the epidemic had been connected ...