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As the fastest camels on the Arabian Peninsula galloped along a track in the Saudi desert, Kasseem Dean, a Grammy-winning hip-hop producer from the Bronx, watched nervously from an air-conditioned VIP lounge.Waiters in black vests plied the crowd with lemonade and red velvet cupcakes. Women in sundresses milled around off-white couches, sipping fizzy mocktails.Although the camels were the main event, Mr. Dean, better known as Swizz Beatz, felt like all eyes in the room were on him, one of the newest entrants in Saudi Arabia’s thriving camel racing scene. Four years after entering and winning his first race, he spent millions of dollars to purchase 48 racing camels, ascending to the sport’s most elite circles.“When you discover it, you enter a completely different world,” said Mr. Dean, 45,...

People who have benefited from mental health therapy often praise its positive aspects, including developing better coping skills, stronger relationships, and a calmer mind.But what happens when a therapist doesn't help or actually causes harm? A psychologist may send out warning signals to a client by yawning during sessions, showing up late every week, or giving bad advice.Patients can report unethical behavior to a counselor's state licensing board, but there isn't always a recourse for those who feel a therapist is poorly trained or inexperienced or just bad at their job. There is currently no federal agency responsible for regulating psychotherapy.Have you ever signed up for therapy but dropped out after treatment was ineffective or even offensive? We want to hear from you...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Moscow on Monday to meet Russian President Vladimir V. Putin, a visit that shows the Indian leader's determination to continue on his diplomatic path even as the West continues to isolate Moscow over its war against Ukraine.For Putin, Modi’s visit will be a way for Russia to demonstrate that the Kremlin continues to have a strong partnership with India, despite India’s deepening relationship with the United States. India’s purchases of discounted Russian oil have helped fill Russia’s coffers drained by international sanctions over the war, and Russia has sought to present India as a partner in reshaping the Western-dominated global order.This is Mr Modi's first visit to Russia in five years. He arrived on a red carpet welcome at Moscow...

Bruce Bastian, a founder of WordPerfect Corporation whose word processor was the preferred writing tool during the early days of personal computing—and who later renounced his Mormon faith and funded LGBTQ causes after coming out as gay—died June 16 at his home in Palm Springs, California. He was 76.Michael Marriott, executive director of the BW Bastian Foundation, said the cause was complications from pulmonary fibrosis.In the late 1970s, Mr. Bastian was finishing his undergraduate studies at Brigham Young University when he founded the company that would become WordPerfect with Alan C. Ashton, his computer science professor and the nephew of David O. McKay, the influential former president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.In the 1980s and early 1990s, Mr. Bastian and Mr...

If the Biden administration prevails, many more electronic chips would be produced in factories located in, say, Texas or Arizona.They would then be shipped to partner countries, such as Costa Rica, Vietnam or Kenya, for final assembly and sent around the world to power everything from refrigerators to supercomputers.These places may not be the first that come to mind when you think of semiconductors. But administration officials are trying to transform the world’s chip supply chain, and they’re negotiating hard to do it.Key elements of the plan include convincing foreign companies to invest in U.S. chipmaking and finding other countries to set up factories to do the work. Officials and researchers in Washington call it part of the new “chip diplomacy.”The Biden administration argues that ...

According to official visitor logs, a Parkinson’s disease expert from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center visited the White House eight times in eight months from last summer to this spring, including at least once for a meeting with President Biden’s physician.The expert, Dr. Kevin Cannard, is a neurologist who specializes in movement disorders and recently published an article about Parkinson’s. The logs, released by the White House in response to a request from The New York Times, document visits from July 2023 to March of this year. More recent visits, if any, would not be released until later, under the White House’s voluntary disclosure policy.It was unclear whether Dr. Cannard was at the White House to specifically consult with the president or whether he was there as part ...

  Aydın'da kombi servisi seçerken doğru tercihi yapmak önemlidir. Doğru hizmeti almak ve kombinizin sorunsuz çalışmasını sağlamak için bazı önemli faktörleri göz önünde bulundurmanız gerekmektedir. Uzmanlık ve Deneyim Kombi servisi seçerken, servis sağlayıcının uzmanlık ve deneyim düzeyi büyük önem taşır. Kombinizin ihtiyacı olan doğru bakım ve onarım hizmetini alabilmek için bu faktörlere dikkat etmek önemlidir. Altus marka kombileriniz için özellikle Aydın Altus Servis'in deneyimli ve uzman kadrosu size güven verir. Müşteri Memnuniyeti ve Referanslar Bir kombi servisi seçerken, diğer müşterilerin deneyimleri ve servis sağlayıcının müşteri memnuniyeti odaklı hizmet anlayışı da göz önünde bulundurulmalıdır. En yakın Aydın kombi servisi seçiminde, servisin sunduğu refera...

France's left-wing parties made an unexpected gain in Sunday's national legislative elections, denying the nationalist, anti-immigration Rassemblement National party a majority in the lower house of parliament.But official results showed that no party or bloc had won an outright majority, leaving one of Europe's largest countries on the brink of political impasse or instability.Here are five food for thought from this election.Big Surprise #1There were two major surprises when France voted for a new parliament in early elections, neither of which had been predicted by pundits, pollsters or forecasters.The biggest was the triumph of the New Popular Front, a coalition of left-wing parties that is now the dominant force in a bloc of about 190 lawmakers and has emerged as the large...

In May, CoreWeave, a provider of cloud computing services for AI companies, raised $1.1 billion, followed by $7.5 billion in debt, at a valuation of $19 billion. Scale AI, a data provider for AI companies, raised $1 billion, at a valuation of $13.8 billion. And xAI, founded by Elon Musk, raised $6 billion, at a valuation of $24 billion.These funding rounds have increased the overall deal volume in the industry, both in terms of dollar amount and number of deals, said Kyle Stanford, research analyst at PitchBook."It's not declining anymore," he said. "The bottom has already fallen out."The activity has prompted some venture capitalists to change their messaging. Last year, IVP investor Tom Loverro predicted a “mass extinction event” for startups and urged them to cut costs. Last week, h...

Huda Omari sat outside a broker's office in Jordan for two days, waiting for a visa to undertake the annual hajj, or pilgrimage, to Saudi Arabia.In Egypt, Magda Moussa’s three children pooled their resources to raise nearly $9,000 to fulfill their dream of accompanying their mother on the hajj. When she got the green light to make the trip, she said, relatives and neighbors in her village cheered.The daylong pilgrimage is a deep spiritual journey and a daunting trek even under the best of circumstances. But this year, amid record heat, at least 1,300 pilgrims did not survive the hajj, and Saudi officials said more than 80 percent of the dead were pilgrims without permits.Ms. Omari and Ms. Moussa were among a large number of unregistered pilgrims who relied on illicit or fraudulent tour...