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The reality is harsh and dire: humanitarian workers strive to bring hope to the darkest places, yet incredible numbers are being targeted, attacked and killed. Civilians are caught in the crossfire and are paying the highest price for the world's collective failure to enforce the laws meant to protect them. Meanwhile, the perpetrators of these heinous acts continue to act with impunity and evade justice, as if the lives of civilians and humanitarian workers were mere casualties in the relentless progression of war. This is not simply a failure of international law, but a failure of humanity, responsibility and leadership.…

An explicit video purportedly featuring world-renowned make-up artist James Charles has caused a stir online.The video, purportedly a sex tape, is now circulating online. Here's what we know:1James Charles trending on TwitterWho is James Charles?James Charles was born on May 23, 1999 in New York.He is an American beauty YouTuber and makeup artist who rose to fame in 2016.A video of him retaking his graduation photo with a ring light and full makeup went viral.By early 2019, his YouTube channel had 10 million subscribers.Read more about James Charles At the age of 17, he became the first male brand ambassador…

The future of Meghan Markle's highly anticipated lifestyle brand, American Riviera Orchard (ARO), is unclear, with royal experts expressing concern about its future.In March, the Duchess of Sussex announced the brand's soft launch by sending 50 jars of homemade ARO strawberry jam to friends to promote the brand, who then shared the products on social media.However, little has been heard about ARO since then and the brand is yet to be fully realised, leading some experts to speculate about its viability.Pauline McLaran, professor of marketing and consumer studies at Royal Holloway University and royal author, is perplexed.She told Express.co.uk: “We've…

Jennifer Fernandez Last week, nine students took part in a “white coat” ceremony on the campus of North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro, North Carolina, the day before nearly 190 people gathered for an in-depth look at how to normalize breastfeeding in the black community. They are among more than 40 participants trained in what organizers say is the first breastfeeding training program held at a public, historically black college or university in the United States. This historic step was taken by NC A&T four years ago, and the new students represent a sign of progress in a field…

Modern medicine has an empathy problem, and artificial intelligence, if used properly, could help mitigate this problem. Despite the proliferation of communication training programs over the past 10 to 20 years, physicians often fail to express empathy, especially during stressful moments when patients and their families receive bad news and make difficult decisions. Because empathy has been shown to increase patient understanding and trust in the medical team, a lack of empathy leads to poorer quality patient care. Will AI help? This may seem like a cynical question: Doctors who struggle to express empathy may come across as robots. But…

Dubai-based ports operator DP World said its half-year profit fell by nearly 60 percent as ongoing attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels over the war between Israel and Hamas affected ship traffic through the Red Sea.DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Dubai-based ports operator DP World said on Thursday its half-year profit fell by nearly 60 percent as ongoing attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels over the war between Israel and Hamas affected ship traffic through the Red Sea.DP World reported a profit of $265 million this year, down from $651 million in the same period last year. DP World Group Chairman and…

Arnaud Ginoline (left), managing director and partner at Boston Consulting Group, and Sansika Zdunic, project leader at Boston Consulting Group. Asia Pacific's huge potential and diverse market trends present significant opportunities and unique challenges for renewable energy developers, investors and operators. These complexities are examined in our latest report, “Asia Pacific is Ready for Renewables. Who are the Energy Players?” Navigating this complex landscape requires a strategic approach that is tailored to local conditions, with a nuanced understanding of the complexities of each market. Achieving substantial renewable energy integration will require significant investments. According to the International Energy Agency's revised…

Stay up to date with everything happening in the wonderful world of AM through our LinkedIn community.3DPRINTUK, a London-based industrial 3D printing service provider, is pleased to announce the addition of a new Polymer Powder Bed Fusion (PBF) 3D printing process centred around Stratasys' SAF technology to its portfolio of industrial manufacturing systems. This further expands the London, UK-based 3DPRINTUK's manufacturing capabilities and production capacity, expanding on the suite of EOS Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) and HP MultiJet Fusion (MJF) machines the company has operated for over 10 years.SAF (Selective Absorption Fusion) technology, like MJF, is based on a rapid…

Fortuna's new 8,500-square-foot Asia's Best grocery store (727 S. Fortuna Blvd.) may be a bit overwhelming in a county accustomed to small Asian grocery stores with narrow aisles, but even more so in a town that previously had no Asian grocery stores at all. To the left, palettes of drinks are stacked and arranged on shelves, from sweet canned coffee to bottles with cubes of nata de coco floating in pastel-colored fruit juice. Freezers line the back wall, three doors packed with steamed buns and dumplings, two more with six kinds of lumpia, beside packs of Filipino, Laotian, Hmong and…

Many young consumers are now rejecting the push from influencers and marketers to unconsciously overconsume. ‘Underconsumption core’, ‘deinfluencing’, and ‘normal consumption’ are some of the hashtags currently trending on social media, particularly TikTok, that represent consumers biting back against the abundance of products shown on their feeds. The top-liked deinfluencing video on TikTok has 6.2 million views, 902,500 likes, and 4,382 comments at the time of writing. Some argue such videos simply reflect what ‘normal’ consumers can afford and the trend is ignorant to this, glamorising a choice to not overconsume when this is the everyday reality for many consumers,…