Last week’s premiere of Arms and the Man by renowned Irish-born playwright George Bernard Shaw sparked raucous protests by nationalist groups

Chinese leader Xi Jinping travels to Peru for APEC summit amid trade tensions with U.S., inaugurates Chinese-funded port

Israeli warplanes launched a strike at dawn targeting a residential apartment in a building in the Dawhet

Russia's state Investigative Committee said in a statement that an improvised explosive device had detonated in an act of terrorism, killing a serviceman whom it did not identify

The attacker, Vignesh, was reportedly frustrated over the treatment given to his mother, who was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in an advanced stage

The first concert on November 15 will feature tunes from Tamil and Hindi films, followed by tributes to Coldplay, Mozart, Queen, and Abba in the upcoming months

Experts call for model behaviour from parents, supervision and restrictions on usage rather than a blanket ban

Sculptor had disassembled statue only to introduce minor alignment corrections as suggested by NITK, the MLA claims

Bioethicist Wesley J. Smith joins Fr. Barnabas to discuss the growing problem of Euthanasia in our society.

Fr. Barnabas opens the lines tonight to talk about the use of media to spread the Orthodox Faith. Is it "anything goes?" or or there pitfalls?

Fr. Barnabas is joined by Orthodox Bioethicist Wesley J. Smith and Bobby Schindler, brother of Terry Schiavo.

Dogecoin, the cryptocurrency whose mascot is a super-cute dog that muses things like "much wow," has been racing higher in value since Donald Trump won the presidential election last week. It got another bump after Trump named Tesla's Elon Musk as one of the heads of a new "Department of Government Efficiency," which is not a government agency but does have the acronym DOGE.

A la mayoria de la gente no le gusta aplicarse vacunas o inyecciones para recibir tratamientos. Por eso, los investigadores trabajan para crear mas medicamentos, como los que se fabrican a partir de ARN mensajero (ARNm), que puedan pulverizarse e inhalarse. Un estudio publicado en la revista Journal of the American Chemical Society informa sobre los avances para hacer posible los medicamentos de ARNm inhalables. Los investigadores indican que la nanoparticula de polimero lipidico, que es estable cuando se nebuliza y libera aerosoles (gotitas liquidas) en los pulmones de ratones de forma satisfactoria, se optimizo para contener el ARNm.

For healthcare professionals, having an organized, visually appealing website is crucial to earning trust and building a reputation. With a thoughtfully chosen WordPress theme, your practice can communicate professionalism, streamline patient interactions, and enhance your online presence. Our list of the top medical WordPress themes includes versatile, feature-rich themes designed […]

The country that once served as an example for media freedom in the region - the first to decriminalize defamation and adopt the world’s most liberal media laws - has somewhat lost its shine. ...

PATTAYA - A foreign woman has been arrested for crashing her car into a motorcycle, killing one person and injuring another.

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Bermuda’s cycling team made an outstanding start at the Caribbean Road Cycling Championships in Guyana, winning four medals in the first day of competition. The Bermuda Bicycle Association said, “Huge congratulations to Team Bermuda on an incredible Day 1 at the Caribbean Road Cycling Championships in Guyana! 4 Bermuda cyclist = 4 medals “In today’s individual time […]

[Updated] The Bermuda national women’s volleyball team – who won four of their five matches to advance to the finals– is matching up against St Lucia this evening [Oct 21] in the ECVA Women’s Volleyball Championships gold medal match, and you can tune in and watch live below. Update: The Bermuda women’s national team won the […]

A study in the Journal of the American Chemical Society reports steps toward making inhalable mRNA medicines a possibility. Researchers outline their improved lipid-polymer nanoparticle for holding mRNA that is stable when nebulized and successfully delivers aerosols (liquid droplets) in mice's lungs.

Грег Маффей, исполнительный директор Liberty Media, которой принадлежит контрольный пакет акций Формулы 1, оставит свой пост после истечения действующего контракта в конце года.

Professor Nancy Ip: Pioneering New Paths in Neurodegenerative Therapy  News-Medical.Net

Small Solutions for Big Problems in Drug Discovery and Delivery  News-Medical.Net

Police investigating former Neighbours star Damien Richardson over Nazi salute performed at event  ABC News

1. Daylight assault on doctor inside Chennai hospital leaves medical fraternity in shock  The Hindu
2. Chennai hospital stabbing: IMA demands ‘overhaul of security atmosphere’  Hindustan Times
3. As Stalin orders inquiry, opposition criticises govt  The Times of India
4. Government doctors to go on indefinite strike in Tamil Nadu after doctor stabbed  Deccan Herald
5. TN will up security for doc safety  The Times of India

Vanavond in ‘De tafel van Gert’: wat als je de diagnose van Alzheimer hebt en de juiste medicatie bestaat maar niet verkrijgbaar is?  Het Nieuwsblad

Between threats from Anonymous and a new crackdown from Twitter, ISIS is having a tough time reaching out and recruiting new psychopaths online.

To circumvent the censorship, the Islamic militant group has reportedly created its own social network called “Khelafabook.”

The Facebook clone claims it is independent and not actually sponsored by ISIS (even though it has ISIS logos all over its homepage). It says its goal is to show the world that they don’t only “live in caves” and “carry guns,” and they vow to “will rule the world by Allah’s permission.”

Khelafabook was set up by a man in Mosul, Iraq, according to The Independent, and is hosted in Egypt. There’s also an associated Twitter account which is linked to from the site.

The site first popped up last week, but has already been taken offline “to protect the info and details of its members,” according to a message on the page.

After it was taken down, Twitter accounts associated with Anonymous appeared to claim responsibility, as Vocativ points out.

For the the time being they’ll have to look elsewhere to share their terrorist pancake recipes.

Unlike medical doctors, Chiropractors can't bury their mistakes.

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Joanne and Gary, rival travel agents compete for their industry's top honor, the Globel Prize, while trying to address their clients' impossible demands in an Off-Broadway comedy that debuts this week, "Craving for Travel."

The 85-minute, two-actor, 30-character comedy was commissioned and produced by Jim Strong, president of the Dallas-based Strong Travel Services travel agency.

"Travel agents are always asked to do the impossible, and this play shows how that is done, from finding the impossible rooms to making dreams come true," Strong told the "Dallas Morning News." "I decided to bring it to life on stage as a comedy in New York."

From "Craving for Travel's" press release:

With their reputations on the line, travel agents Joanne and Gary will tackle any request, no matter how impossible, and any client, no matter how unreasonable. Full of overzealous travelers, overbooked flights, and hoteliers who are just over it, Craving for Travel reminds us why we travel-and everything that can happen when we do.

"Craving for Travel" opens Thursday at the Peter J. Sharp Theater, where it'll run through Feb. 9. Tickets are $32.50 and $49. They can be purchased at CravingForTravel.com, 212-279-4200 or the Ticket Central Box Office (416 W. 42nd St., 12-8 p.m. daily). More than half of the shows are already sold out.

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Basolateral amygdala (BLA) neurons are engaged by emotionally salient stimuli. An area of increasing interest is how BLA dynamics relate to evolving reward-seeking behavior, especially under situations of uncertainty or ambiguity. Here, we recorded the activity of individual BLA neurons in male rats across the acquisition and extinction of conditioned reward seeking. We assessed ongoing neural dynamics in a task where long reward cue presentations preceded an unpredictable, variably time reward delivery. We found that, with training, BLA neurons discriminated the CS+ and CS– cues with sustained cue-evoked activity that correlated with behavior and terminated only after reward receipt. BLA neurons were bidirectionally modulated, with a majority showing prolonged inhibition during cued reward seeking. Strikingly, population-level analyses revealed that neurons showing cue-evoked inhibitions and those showing excitations similarly represented the CS+ and behavioral state. This sustained population code rapidly extinguished in parallel with conditioned behavior. We next assessed the contribution of the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC), a major reciprocal partner to the BLA. Inactivation of the OFC while simultaneously recording in the BLA revealed a blunting of sustained cue-evoked activity in the BLA that accompanied reduced reward seeking. Optogenetic disruption of BLA activity and OFC terminals in the BLA also reduced reward seeking. Our data indicate that the BLA represents reward-seeking states via sustained, bidirectional cue-driven neural encoding. This code is regulated by cortical input and is important for the maintenance of vigilant reward-seeking behavior.

OM Philippines partners with the local church to provide water and food in areas hit by the 7.2 magnitude earthquake on 15 October.

Turkey is a 'hot-climate' culture, meaning that people are relationship-oriented rather than task-oriented.

A young woman's life is transformed by the love of Jesus shared and displayed through Tabitha Skills Training in Zambia.

Around 340 people participated in the Transform 2013 mission conference in Rome before spreading across the Mediterranean on 29 outreaches.

In the spring of 2011, a team from OM Czech Republic trekked in a remote area of the Himalayas on a four-week medical mission.

OM Czech Republic engaged in a medical mission outreach and evangelism ministry to villages in northern Ghana.

God heals physical and spiritual lives during OM Ecuador’s 2014 Medical Brigade in the Saraguro Canton region of Ecuador.

President-elect Donald Trump is rolling out names for top jobs in his administration.

Milena found mission opportunities on OM Germany’s website, which led her to share the love of God in Belgium.

1. Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 Box Office Collection Day 12: Kartik Aaryan Delivers 402% More Than His Entire Paycheck For The Horror-Comedy!  Koimoi
2. Bhushan Kumar reveals favouritism behind Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 and Singham Again Diwali clash: 'I even met Aj  TOI Etimes
3. Hindi video: Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 Ami Je Tomar 3.0 full video goes viral; who won dance dare, Madhuri Dixit or Vidya Balan?  Mint
4. Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 vs Singham Again box office collection day 12: Kartik Aaryan-led horror comedy, Ajay Devgn's film in neck-and-neck fight ahead of Kanguva release  Business Today
5. Kartik Aaryan smashes records with Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3, becomes youngest actor to join crore 200 club  Hindustan Times

1. The Guardian to no longer post on ‘toxic media platform’ X  Al Jazeera English
2. Why the Guardian is no longer posting on X  The Guardian
3. The Guardian quits X: Why this 200-year-old media giant walked away?  India TV News
4. ‘Toxic’: Leading UK media house decides to stop posting on Elon Musk-led X  Hindustan Times
5. A 200-year-old British media giant stops posting on X. Here's why  India Today

La Union has been named as the most competitive province in Ilocos region and placed seventh in the nationwide 2024 Cities and Municipalities Competitiveness Index for two consecutive years.

Britain’s The Guardian newspaper announced Wednesday it would no longer post content from its official accounts on Elon Musk’s X, branding it a “toxic media platform” home to “often disturbing content”.

“We think that the benefits of being on X are now outweighed by the negatives,” the left-leaning newspaper, which has nearly 11 million followers on X, said on its website. It added that its “resources could be better used promoting our journalism elsewhere”.

“This is something we have been considering for a while given the often disturbing content promoted or found on the platform, including far-right conspiracy theories and racism,” the statement noted.

“The US presidential election campaign served only to underline what we have considered for a long time: that X is a toxic media platform and that its owner, Elon Musk, has been able to use its influence to shape political discourse.”

The paper’s main X handle was still accessible Wednesday but a message on it advised “this account has been archived” while redirecting visitors to its website.

The Guardian noted that X users would still be able to share its articles and that it would still “occasionally embed content from X” within its articles given “the nature of live news reporting”.

It also said its reporters would still be able to use the site and other social networks on which the paper does not have an account.

“Social media can be an important tool for news organisations and help us to reach new audiences but, at this point, X now plays a diminished role in promoting our work,” The Guardian added.

Musk purchased X, formerly known as Twitter, for $44 billion in 2022 and has consistently courted controversy with his use of the platform, particularly during the recent US presidential election.

Musk endorsed Donald Trump and used his personal account boasting nearly 205 million followers to sway voters in favour of the Republican, with a slew of incendiary, misleading posts criticised for cranking up the political temperature.

Trump on Tuesday announced that the Tesla and SpaceX billionaire would lead a so-called Department of Government Efficiency in his incoming administration, alongside the entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy.