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The dengue fever epidemic that has swept through Latin America over the past three months is staggering in scale: a million cases in Brazil in a matter of weeks, a huge spike in Argentina, a state of emergency declared in Peru and now a more in Puerto Rico.It warns of a changing landscape for the disease. The mosquitoes that spread dengue thrive in densely populated cities with weak infrastructure and in warmer, wetter environments, the type of habitat that is expanding rapidly with climate change.More than 3.5 million cases of dengue were confirmed by Latin American governments in the first three months of 2024, compared to 4.5 million in all of 2023. There have been more than 1,000 deaths this year. The Pan American Health Organization warns that this could be the worst year on record ...

The mayor grew up in a building so decrepit – dirty hallways, no private bathrooms, no showers – that his friends in nearby concrete towers pitied him.Five decades later, that building – in St.-Ouen, a Parisian suburb – is a distant memory, and in its place stands the French Olympic pride: the athletes' village, with its architectural showcase buildings equipped with solar panels , deep-sunken pipes for cooling and heating, and lovely balconies from which to look down on the planted forest below. A quarter will become public housing after the Games.“Suddenly, we feel the same feeling of pride as people who live in the hypercenter,” said St.-Ouen mayor Karim Bouamrane, 51, using his personal shorthand for the glamorous elite playgrounds downtown. “There was Los Angeles, Barcelona, ​​​​...

Unlike the consumer goods, beverage or retail sectors, the note continues, there are no large consultancies publishing market share data in the Swiss watch industry. “This is due to the impracticality of conducting such investigations and the discreet nature of the Swiss watch industry,” he said.Perhaps no brand is more discreet and influential than Rolex, which continues to dominate the market. According to Morgan Stanley's seventh annual report, published in February, Rolex's share is said to have grown - to 30.3% - on the strength of its sales in 2023, estimated to have exceeded 10 billion Swiss francs.However, since the company is said to prohibit its authorized retailers from sharing point-of-sale data with third parties, Luxury Watch Barometer's monthly reports do not i...

The United States sent its top Middle East military commander to Israel on Thursday, after President Biden said that despite recent friction, American support for Israel "is ironclad" in the event of an attack by Iran .Iranian leaders have repeatedly vowed to punish Israel for the April 1 attack in Syria that killed several top Iranian commanders. Israel has put its military on alert, and Biden said on Wednesday that Iran was threatening a “significant” attack.General Michael E. Kurilla, the American commander, will coordinate with Israel on what is expected to be an imminent retaliatory action by Iran and will also discuss the war against Hamas in Gaza and humanitarian aid operations in the area, according to officials who spoke at the debate. condition of anonymity given the sensitivit...

It was 1:53 a.m. and Peter Fink stood on a barren plateau near Campo, California, handing out blankets to people from four continents who had arrived there under the cover of night.It was a nightly ritual for the 22-year-old, dressed in a baseball cap and wool shirt, whose perch - just over 300 meters up a rocky slope from the US-Mexico border wall - had become a ride around the world. boarding space for people who have entered US soil illegally.With the armed National Guard of Mexico Now stationed at the most popular crossing points along southeastern San Diego County, migrant routes have moved further into remote wilderness, where people face more extreme terrain and temperatures with little to no infrastructure to keep them alive.For migrants who wanted to be apprehended by U.S. Borde...

Fears of an Iranian attack have drawn an American general to IsraelThe United States has sent its top military commander for the Middle East to Israel to discuss a widely expected retaliatory attack by Iran, officials said.Iranian leaders have repeatedly vowed to punish Israel for the April 1 attack in Syria that killed several top Iranian commanders. Israel has put its military on alert and President Biden has said Iran is threatening a “significant” attack. General Michael Kurilla, American commander, will also speak about the war in Gaza and humanitarian aid operations in the area.Biden, who has become increasingly critical of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's conduct in the Gaza war, said American support for Israel in the face of danger from Iran was "ironclad."Netanyahu said ...

Apple on Thursday said it would ease limits on repairing new iPhones with used parts such as screens, batteries and cameras, a reversal from its previous practice of using software to encourage people to work with new, more expensive parts approved by Apple.The change comes weeks after Oregon passed a law banning Apple's practice of attaching parts to software, known as "part matching." Similar bills are under consideration in Colorado and more than a dozen other states. Apple had opposed Oregon's legislation before its passage, saying customers could be left vulnerable to safety risks if Apple was forced to allow lower-priced parts made by third-party suppliers.In the past, if an iPhone owner broke a part, such as a screen, and installed an original, used Apple screen purchased ...

Since 2004, when the system was established, two famines, according to this definition, have occurred. In 2011, the IPC declared famine in parts of Somalia, which had endured decades of conflict. Years of drought have destroyed the agricultural sector and the economy, forcing many people to leave their homes in search of food. At the same time, a group of Islamic rebels blocked the escape of starving people and forced Western humanitarian organizations to abandon them. In all, around 250,000 people died.Six years later, famine was declared in parts of South Sudan. The country had suffered years of drought, but the UN said the famine was man-made. Millions of people had fled a civil war that was destroying the country's economy, and rebel forces and government soldiers had blocked...

Evan Stark, who studied domestic violence with his wife and then pioneered a concept called "coercive control," which describes the psychological and physical domination that abusers use to punish their partners, died March 18 at his home in Woodbridge, Connecticut. 82.His wife, Dr. Anne Flitcraft, said the cause was most likely a heart attack that occurred while he was on a Zoom call with women's advocates in British Columbia.Through studies begun in 1979, Drs. Stark and Flitcraft became experts in intimate partner violence, raising the alarm that beatings — and not car accidents or sexual assaults — were the leading cause of injuries that sent women to the emergency room.But in speaking with battered women and veterans who had experienced post-traumatic stress disorder as a result ...

Nijole Sadunaite, a fearless but forgiving Roman Catholic nun and anti-Soviet Lithuanian nationalist inspired by Pope John Paul II and publicly acclaimed by President Ronald Reagan, died March 31 in Vilnius. She was 85 years old.Her death was confirmed by Sister Gerarda Elena Suliauskaite, winner of the Freedom Prize of the Republic of Lithuania, also awarded to Sister Sadunaite in 2018 for her defense of democracy and human rights. She was the first woman to receive the award.In 1975, Sister Sadunaite (pronounced sah-DOO-nay-teh) was arrested by KGB agents who raided an apartment where she was writing an underground newspaper, The Chronicle of the Catholic Church in Lithuania, which documented abuses against Christians in the Baltic. state.“I had written six pages when I got caught, so...