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  • Syrians terrified as violence grips Druze-majority city of Sweida

    Syrians terrified as violence grips Druze-majority city of Sweida

    In Syria’s Druze-majority city of Sweida, residents said they have been living in terror since the arrival of government forces who have been carrying out what witnesses and a war monitor have called summary executions.

    “A lot of my friends were killed, including a doctor who was going to hospital,” said Osama, 32, by telephone on Wednesday, adding he was in the centre of the southern city.

    “There were summary executions in the streets,” he told AFP crying, declining to provide his surname.

    “If…

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    News Source: www.al-monitor.com

  • Israel bolsters border security after Syria attacks on Druze

    Israel bolsters border security after Syria attacks on Druze

    Israeli troops on Wednesday sought to control crowds and prevent Druze from crossing into Syrian territory, after deadly sectarian violence prompted Damascus to send government forces to Syria’s south.

    Israeli soldiers in the occupied Golan Heights fired teargas to keep order along the heavily fortified frontier as dozens of people tried to cross over, said an AFP reporter in Majdal Shams, a mainly Druze town in the Israeli-annexed area.

    Large crowds of men, many of them in the traditional…

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    News Source: www.al-monitor.com

  • At trial, Meta investors, Zuckerberg face off on alleged data violations | Social Media News

    At trial, Meta investors, Zuckerberg face off on alleged data violations | Social Media News

    An $8bn trial, pitting Meta Platforms shareholders against Mark Zuckerberg and other current and former company leaders, over claims they illegally harvested the data of Facebook users in violation of a 2012 agreement with the United States Federal Trade Commission, is under way.

    The trial kicked off on Wednesday with a privacy expert for the plaintiffs, Neil Richards of Washington University Law School, who testified about Facebook’s data policies.

    “Facebook’s privacy disclosures were…

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    News Source: www.aljazeera.com

  • ICC Rejects Israel’s Request to Cancel Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant

    ICC Rejects Israel’s Request to Cancel Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant

    The Hague (Quds News Network)- The International Criminal Court (ICC) has rejected Israel’s attempt to cancel arrest warrants issued against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. The decision was announced on tod by Pre-Trial Chamber I.

    Israel had asked the ICC to withdraw or invalidate the warrants. It also called on the Court to suspend its investigation into crimes committed in Palestine. A senior Israeli legal team submitted the request on…

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    News Source: qudsnen.co

  • Albanese Slams EU for ‘Consciously Supporting Israel’s Genocide’

    Albanese Slams EU for ‘Consciously Supporting Israel’s Genocide’

    UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese speaks at a Berlin event. (Photo: video grab)

    By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

    “This is the final piece of evidence that the EU is consciously supporting Israel’s genocide of the Palestinians. This risks to be the end of EU values.”

    UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese accused the EU on Wednesday of “consciously supporting Israel’s genocide of the Palestinians,” after the bloc refused to suspend its Association Agreement with…

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    News Source: www.palestinechronicle.com

  • Dogs can detect Parkinson’s years before symptoms—with 98% accuracy

    Dogs can detect Parkinson’s years before symptoms—with 98% accuracy

    People with Parkinson’s disease (PD) have an odour that can be reliably detected from skin swabs by trained dogs, a new study has shown.

    The research, in collaboration with Medical Detection Dogs and the Universities of Bristol and Manchester, was published on July 15 in The Journal of Parkinson’s Disease.

    Two dogs were trained by the charity, Medical Detection Dogs, to distinguish between sebum swabs from people with and without Parkinson’s disease.

    In a double blind trial, they showed…

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    News Source: www.sciencedaily.com

  • Video: Hundreds of firefighters fight 2nd-day blaze in northwestern Turkiye

    Video: Hundreds of firefighters fight 2nd-day blaze in northwestern Turkiye

    Firefighter teams in trucks, helicopters and planes in northwestern Turkiye battled growing wildfires for a second day.

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    News Source: www.aljazeera.com

  • Can’t sleep, can’t focus, can’t thrive? ADHD and insomnia may be a vicious cycle

    Can’t sleep, can’t focus, can’t thrive? ADHD and insomnia may be a vicious cycle

    Insomnia could explain why adults with ADHD traits report having a lower quality of life, according to new research led by the University of Southampton and the Netherlands Institute of Neuroscience.

    A study published on July 15 in BMJ Mental Health found that having higher ADHD traits was associated with a lower quality of life and that insomnia could be part of the reason why.

    At least one in four people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) report having a sleep disorder,…

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    News Source: www.sciencedaily.com

  • Nasser Laham Freed from Israeli Detention after Enduring ‘Harsh Conditions

    Nasser Laham Freed from Israeli Detention after Enduring ‘Harsh Conditions

    Journalist and director of Al Mayadeen’s office in occupied Palestine, Nasser Laham. (Photo: via Social Media)

    By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

    The Israeli military court at Ofer Prison had previously extended Laham’s detention twice.

    Israeli authorities have released Al Mayadeen’s Palestine bureau chief, Nasser Laham, after being detained under “harsh conditions” for nine days, the Beirut-based news channel said.

    Lahham’s lawyer, Osama al-Saadi, confirmed that the veteran…

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    News Source: www.palestinechronicle.com

  • ‘Appalled’ by killings of civilians trying to access aid in Gaza, UK premier urges ‘full investigations’ – Middle East Monitor

    ‘Appalled’ by killings of civilians trying to access aid in Gaza, UK premier urges ‘full investigations’ – Middle East Monitor

    British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Wednesday said he is “appalled” by reports of more civilians being killed in Gaza while trying to access aid, calling for full and transparent investigations into each incident, and for accountability where there has been failure, Anadolu reports.

    Speaking during Prime Minister’s Questions, the prime minister said: “I’m appalled by reports of more civilians being killed in Gaza, particularly when they are trying to…

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    News Source: www.middleeastmonitor.com