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Paris Hilton’s 11:11 Media Impact Press Conference Recap Following Abuse Allegations at Troubled Teen School

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Thursday, April 4, 2024
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Paris’ nonprofit 11:11 Media Impact, the social impact arm of her next-gen media company, hosted the press conference today.

Key Points: 
  • Paris’ nonprofit 11:11 Media Impact, the social impact arm of her next-gen media company, hosted the press conference today.
  • American parents have shipped their children, including many adoptees, across international borders to facilities and countries they've never seen.
  • The press conference covered the serious abuse and neglect allegations against Atlantis Leadership Academy, including claims that youth were subjected to beatings, chokeholds, starvation, and denied a proper education.
  • 11:11 Media Impact hopes getting involved helps play a critical role in safeguarding these young lives.

Join Us as We Stand Together and March Against Hate in Dallas, Texas

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Thursday, March 28, 2024
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DALLAS, March 28, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- In 1933, over nine million Jews lived in Europe, working hard, and raising families in the harsh reality of the worldwide economic depression. By May of 1945, the number horrifically stood at three million. Following Adolf Hitler's appointment as German chancellor on January 30, 1933, the road from persecution to genocide was paved with the lives of six million Jewish men, women, and children. The Third Reich and their collaborators had murdered two-thirds of the population of European Jewry as part of a systematic "Final Solution" — that much of the world stood by silently while the atrocities were being committed was incomprehensible.

Key Points: 
  • Anti-Semitism is exponentially rising and those who are concerned about this, we invite to partner with us this year.
  • This march is a bi-lateral effort among the Christian and Jewish communities to shoulder together in unity.
  • Anti-Semitism is exponentially rising and those who are concerned about this, we invite to partner with us this year.
  • The purpose of the stone is to remember those who perished and stand in solidarity against anti-Semitism and hate.

Esko, X-Rite, Pantone and Enfocus to co-exhibit at drupa 2024 showcasing new integrated technology ecosystem benefiting today's packaging supply chain

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Wednesday, March 27, 2024
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GRAND RAPIDS, Minn., March 27, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Visitors to drupa 2024 will be the first to discover the benefits of combining the expertise and technology of Esko, X-Rite, Pantone, and Enfocus to deliver unparalleled value and operational efficiency to accelerate the go-to-market process for brands and their packaging supply chains. With live demonstrations on booth #A12 in hall 8B, attendees will experience the full suite of the companies' latest hardware and software innovations.

Key Points: 
  • Esko President, Joël Depernet, said, "We are taking our customers on a journey to the future of connected cloud-based operations.
  • We are delivering a next-generation solution that will see brands and their packaging supply chains achieve new levels of go-to-market speed and efficiency.
  • This is truly a new way of working and one which represents a quantum leap in connected integrated workflows."
  • To discover the latest from Esko, X-Rite, Pantone, and Enfocus at drupa 2024, please visit booth #A12, Hall 8B of the Messe Düsseldorf, from May 28 or click here: https://www.esko.com/en/events/drupa

50% of People in Gaza Are at Imminent Risk of Famine, According to New Report

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Monday, March 18, 2024
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Within the next four months, 7 out of 10 Gazans in the north will be at risk of famine.

Key Points: 
  • Within the next four months, 7 out of 10 Gazans in the north will be at risk of famine.
  • Approximately one in three children are now acutely malnourished and two in 10,000 are dying of starvation, according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza.
  • More than half of the total population that are in Phase 5 are located in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
  • Humanitarian access to northern Gaza is nearly impossible, leading to more than 160,000 people being on the brink of starvation.

Overeating and starving both damage the liver: Cavefish provide new insight into fatty liver disease

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Thursday, March 14, 2024
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KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Fatty liver, which can lead to liver damage and disease, can occur from both overeating and starvation. Now, new research shows how naturally starvation-resistant cavefish, unlike other animals, are able to protect their liver and remain healthy. The findings have implications for understanding and potentially addressing liver conditions in humans.

Key Points: 
  • KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Fatty liver, which can lead to liver damage and disease, can occur from both overeating and starvation.
  • Now, new research shows how naturally starvation-resistant cavefish, unlike other animals, are able to protect their liver and remain healthy.
  • "We have discovered for the first time an organism – cavefish—that can avoid fatty liver under starvation conditions," said Cobham.
  • "Fatty liver can result in complications like liver cirrhosis and liver failure.

More than 200 aid workers have been killed in Gaza, making famine more likely

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Friday, April 5, 2024
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Seven aid workers from the food aid charity World Central Kitchen were killed in Gaza on Monday night when their convoy was attacked in a confirmed Israeli drone strike.

Key Points: 
  • Seven aid workers from the food aid charity World Central Kitchen were killed in Gaza on Monday night when their convoy was attacked in a confirmed Israeli drone strike.
  • Humanitarian aid workers and people receiving aid should be protected and not targeted.
  • Despite this, attacks on aid workers in conflict areas are becoming more frequent around the world.
  • Aid workers have since pushed for improvements to the deconfliction system, including improved lines of communication and “command and control” within the Israeli military.

Suspended operations

  • World Central Kitchen suspended its operations in Gaza after the attack.
  • UN organisations, which provide around 80% of the aid in Gaza, have suspended night-time operations in response to the attack.
  • Several humanitarian organisations have paused their operations altogether as conditions have become too dangerous for their staff.
  • In March, a failed parachute resulted in a dropped pallet of aid killing five people in Gaza.
  • In another incident, at least 12 people drowned trying to retrieve items that fell into the sea.
  • Fights have broken out for the goods dropped in this way as there is no organised delivery on the ground.

Need for humanitarian access

  • Safe and unhindered access for humanitarian goods and workers is vital for the survival of so many in Gaza.
  • As UNRWA is the largest humanitarian agency with 13,000 staff in Gaza, this hinders relief operations significantly.
  • Ultimately, a ceasefire is the only way to ensure aid can enter Gaza at scale and be distributed to those in need safely.
  • UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres said “it demonstrates yet again the urgent need for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, the unconditional release of all hostages, and the expansion of humanitarian aid into Gaza”.


The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

"My Exile To The World," A Poignant Memoir Released By Audible Publishing Services In Collaboration With Author Faustin Rusanganwa

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Monday, February 19, 2024
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Davis, California--(Newsfile Corp. - February 19, 2024) - Audible Publishing Services have released their latest book, written by the talented author, Faustin Reusanganwa.

Key Points: 
  • Davis, California--(Newsfile Corp. - February 19, 2024) - Audible Publishing Services have released their latest book, written by the talented author, Faustin Reusanganwa.
  • The memoir discusses deeply the feelings of regret and sadness the author feels about leaving his family behind in Rwanda.
  • Audible Publishing Services believes that this memoir is an extremely engaging narrative that shares, in great detail, the inspirational story of Faustin.
  • The author truly lays it all out in this heart-wrenching memoir, describing a life filled with adversity and great struggle.

SEA & SHORELINE LEADS INDIAN RIVER LAGOON RESTORATION WITH 16 PROJECTS AND A NEW DEDICATED SEAGRASS NURSERY

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Friday, March 1, 2024
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For years, there have been concerns about declining water quality in the IRL caused by multiple factors including development, septic systems, stormwater runoff, and warming temperatures from climate change.

Key Points: 
  • For years, there have been concerns about declining water quality in the IRL caused by multiple factors including development, septic systems, stormwater runoff, and warming temperatures from climate change.
  • Sea & Shoreline received funding from the IRL Council and Indian River Lagoon National Estuary Program (IRLNEP) to expand the IRL seagrass nursery network and implement pilot-scale seagrass restoration projects.
  • Under this funding initiative, Sea & Shoreline partnered with IRLNEP and Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute to create the nursery to ensure that a continual source of plant stock would be available for seagrass restoration projects in the IRL.
  • According to IRL Basin Management Action Plans, "The ROI from achieving water quality and seagrass restoration goals is 33:1."

Israeli siege has placed Gazans at risk of starvation − prewar policies made them vulnerable in the first place

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Thursday, February 15, 2024
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The numbers involved are just as despairing.

Key Points: 
  • The numbers involved are just as despairing.
  • The world’s major authority on food insecurity, the IPC Famine Review Committee, estimates that 90% of Gazans – some 2.08 million people – are facing acute food insecurity.
  • Indeed, of the people facing imminent starvation in the world today, an estimated 95% are in Gaza.
  • As an expert in Palestinian public health, I fear the situation may not have hit its nadir.

Putting Palestinians ‘on a diet’

  • But food insecurity in Gaza and the mechanisms that enable it did not start with Israel’s response to the Oct. 7 attack.
  • Multiple factors contributed to this food insecurity, not least the blockade of Gaza imposed by Israel and enabled by Egypt since 2007.
  • Basic foodstuff was allowed, but because of delays at the border, it can spoil before it enters Gaza.
  • By placing restrictions on food imports, Israel seems to be trying to put pressure on Hamas by making life difficult for the people in Gaza.
  • In the words of one Israeli government adviser in 2006, “The idea is to put the Palestinians on a diet, but not to make them die of hunger.” To enable this, the Israeli government commissioned a 2008 study to work out exactly how many calories Palestinians would need to avoid malnutrition.
  • The blockade also increased food insecurity by preventing meaningful development of an economy in Gaza.

Hampering self-sufficency

  • Gaza’s fishermen are regularly shot at by Israeli gunboats if they venture farther in the Mediterranean Sea than Israel permits.
  • Because the fish closer to the shore are smaller and less plentiful, the average income of a fisherman in Gaza has more than halved since 2017.
  • By early December 2023, an estimated 22% of agricultural land had been destroyed, along with factories, farms, and water and sanitation facilities.

Starvation as weapon of war

  • The use of starvation is strictly forbidden under the Geneva Conventions, a set of statutes that govern the laws of warfare.
  • Human Rights Watch has already accused Israel of using starvation as a weapon of war, and as such it accuses the Israeli government of a war crime.
  • Yet untangling what Israel’s intentions may be – whether it is using starvation as a weapon of war, to force mass displacement, or if, as it claims, it is simply a byproduct of war – does little for the people on the ground in Gaza.


Yara M. Asi does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

Gaza update: Netanyahu knocks back Hamas peace plan while the prospect of mass famine looms ever larger

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Thursday, February 8, 2024
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Unfortunately for many of the 1.7 million people reportedly displaced by Israel’s four-month onslaught in Gaza, this is where more than a million of them have taken refuge, according to the latest estimates.

Key Points: 
  • Unfortunately for many of the 1.7 million people reportedly displaced by Israel’s four-month onslaught in Gaza, this is where more than a million of them have taken refuge, according to the latest estimates.
  • Insisting that “the day after [the war] is the day after Hamas – all of Hamas”, Netanyahu said he intended to press on until Israel had achieved “total victory”.
  • His personal approval ratings are abysmal – only 15% of Israelis in a recent survey said they thought he should keep his job after the war ends.
  • Despite Netanyahu’s wholesale rejection of the notion of Palestinian statehood, both the US and UK have said they are considering the possibility of recognising Palestine after the conflict ends.
  • The UK foreign secretary, David Cameron, said such a move would be “absolutely vital for the long-term peace and security of the region”.
  • Read more:
    UK and US may recognise state of Palestine after Gaza war – what this important step would mean

    So what is the two-state solution?

  • Read more:
    Explainer: what is the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?

War crime and punishment

  • The ICJ ordered Israel to take steps to prevent genocidal actions in Gaza, to punish incitement to genocide, to allow Gaza’s people access to humanitarian aid, and to preserve and collect any evidence of war crimes committed during the conflict.
  • He writes that it has been a tactic of war for centuries, and that sieges and blockades remain part of the arsenal of armed conflict.
  • It is also a collective punishment – something explicitly banned under international humanitarian law.
  • Read more:
    Gaza: weaponisation of food has been used in conflicts for centuries – but it hasn't always resulted in victory

There goes the neighbourhood

  • In Iran, the Islamic Republic presides over a parlous economy and considerable public unrest as the “woman, life, freedom” mass protests continue.
  • In the White House, meanwhile, Joe Biden wants a telegenic show of US force without embroiling his country in a major land war.
  • Read more:
    How Iran controls a network of armed groups to pursue its regional strategy

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