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Wednesday briefing: a surrender of Trump-Harvard accounts
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Wednesday briefing: a surrender of Trump-Harvard accounts

Trump intensified a feud with HarvardAfter frozen $ 2.2 billion in funding at the University of Harvard, President Trump expressed his pressure yesterday and threatened to revoke his status as a tax exemption.The struggle between the Trump administration and the oldest and most elite university of the nation was directed to a showdown that could affect other US institutions.Harvard has rejected the administration's requests to make changes to the university policies and programs relating to the hiring of diversity and tolerance of anti-Israeli protests.Details: With an allotment of $ 50 billion, Harvard is positioned uniquely to resist the freezing of the loan. The strong refusal of the University of Trump requests has injected energy to other universities fearing the anger of the presiden...
Nvidia says that the United States will limit the sales of multiple artificial intelligence chips in China
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Nvidia says that the United States will limit the sales of multiple artificial intelligence chips in China

Tuesday Nvidia said that the United States government had blocked the sale of some of its artificial intelligence chips in China without a license and would have started requesting a license for future sales.Restrictions are the first main limits that the administration of President Trump has broadcast with the sales of semiconductors abroad. It increases the possibility that Nvidia sales in China will evaporate in the coming months, putting an end to a company that has contracted when the United States have curbed the exports of chips to its geopolitical rival.Nvidia fought hard to maintain sales in China in the face of the growing restrictions of the United States government. In 2022, the Biden administration imposed the rules for curbing the export of the best chips to Nvidia in China. ...
The head of the Kuwait Specialty Field Hospital in Gaza says that the Israeli strike killed a guard
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The head of the Kuwait Specialty Field Hospital in Gaza says that the Israeli strike killed a guard

An Israeli strike killed a security guard and wounded 10 patients in a field hospital in the south of Gaza Tuesday, according to the director of the medical structure.The fatal attack for the land of Khan Youunis' Kuwait Specialty Field Hospital came two days after an Israeli strike hit one of the latest working medical centers of the Encyclist: the complex of the Arabic hospital Ahli in Gaza City. The strikes highlighted the precarious state of the health sector of Gaza, which was decimated by the war.The Army of Israel - who said that the strike on the Arab hospital in Ahli targeted a Hamas command center, without providing tests - he said he was examining reports on an attack on the hospital in the Kuwait specialty field.Dr. Suhaib al-Hamss, director of the field hospital, said the guar...
Uno scienziato viene pagato per studiare lo sciroppo d’acero. È anche pagato per promuoverlo.
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Uno scienziato viene pagato per studiare lo sciroppo d’acero. È anche pagato per promuoverlo.

Per più di un decennio, Navindra Seeram, un ricercatore biomedico, ha elogiato lo sciroppo d'acero, definendolo un "ingrediente di eroi" e "cibo campione" che potrebbero avere benefici per la salute ad ampio raggio.Il Dr. Seeram, decano della School of Pharmacy dell'Università del New England, ha pubblicato più di tre dozzine di studi che esaltano il potere di Maple. Gran parte del suo lavoro è stato finanziato dall'industria dello sciroppo d'acero canadese e dai governi canadesi e americani.Allo stesso tempo, ha assunto un altro ruolo: Maple Syrup Pitchman."Sono qualificato in modo univoco come il principale ricercatore mondiale sui benefici per la salute degli aceri con la reputazione scientifica e la credibilità per promuovere le vendite di prodotti in acero", ha scritto in domande di s...
The Pope places Antoni Gaudí, “architect of God”, on the path of holiness
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The Pope places Antoni Gaudí, “architect of God”, on the path of holiness

On Monday Pope Francis put Antoni Gaudí, the Catalan modernist once called "architect of God" for his work on the Sagrada Familia, the world -renowned basilica of Barcelona, ​​on the path of holiness.Francis recognized his "heroic virtues" and authorized a decree that declared him "venerable", a move towards holiness, said the Vatican in a note. For the next step, the beatification, a miracle attributed to him should be verified. Subsequently, a confirmation of another miracle would be necessary for Gaudí to be declared Saint in the Roman Catholic Church. The process can take years, even centuries.The Basilica marked the Pope's decision by observing on his website that after Gaudí died at 73, a prelate leader at the time called him architect of God and that the Sagrada Familia "opens the h...
The ancient Syrian city seeks interreligious peace after a long war
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The ancient Syrian city seeks interreligious peace after a long war

Inside a centuries -old monastery on top of a mountain in western Syria, a priest swing an incense holder on a chain, led his flock in melodic songs and handed over a timeless sermon on the importance of loving the neighbor.But when the congregation gathered for coffee after the service, their current concerns emerged, on how peaceful the future of Syria would have been.Are the Islamist rebels who ousted the strong Bashar al-Assad man in December Ban Pork and Alcohol, would they impose a modest dress for women or limit Christian worship? Would the new security forces protect Christians from attacks by Muslim extremists?"Nothing happened that makes you feel that things are better," said Mirna Haddad, one of the faithful.Elsewhere in the historic city of Maaloula, its Muslim minority had dif...
The many ways in which Kennedy is already undermining vaccines
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The many ways in which Kennedy is already undermining vaccines

During his Senate confirmation hearings to be Secretary of Health, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. showed up as a supporter of vaccines. But in office, he and the agencies he leads have taken large -scale measures, sometimes thin to undermine trust in the effectiveness and safety of vaccines.The National Institutes of Health has interrupted the funding for researchers who study the hesitation of the vaccine and hoped to find a way to overcome it. He also canceled the programs destined to discover new vaccines to prevent future pandemics.The centers for the control and prevention of diseases have set aside an advertising campaign for the flu. Kennedy said in an incorrect way that scientists who recommend the CDC on vaccines have "serious and serious conflicts of interest" in promoting products and yo...
The laws of the United Kingdom are not “suitable for the social media era”, says Report on summer disorders
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The laws of the United Kingdom are not “suitable for the social media era”, says Report on summer disorders

The British laws that limit what the police can say about criminal cases "is not suitable for the era of social media," said a government committee in a report published on Monday in Great Britain which highlighted how much the uncontrolled disinformation fueled the disorders last summer.The violent disorder, fed by the far right, hit several cities for days after a teenager killed three girls on July 29 in a SWIFT themed dance lesson in Southport, England. In the hours following the stabs, false statements that the striker was a Muslim immigrant without documents spread rapidly online.In a relationship that examines the unrest, a parliamentary committee stated that the lack of information from the authorities after the attack "created a void in which the disinformation was able to grow". ...