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By Emma FargeGeneva: A United Nations inquiry said it found that Israel carried out a concerted policy of destroying Gaza’s healthcare system in the Gaza war, actions amounting to both war crimes and the crime against humanity of extermination.A statement on Thursday by former U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay that accompanied the report accused Israel of “relentless and deliberate attacks on medical personnel and facilities” in the war, triggered by Hamas militants’ deadly cross-border attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. “Children in particular have borne the brunt of these attacks, suffering both directly and indirectly…

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Shan Masood set to lose Pakistan Test captaincy, as per a report© AFP Pakistan captain Shan Masood is all set to be sacked as the team’s Test skipper, a report has claimed. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is reportedly looking to replace Masood, under whose captaincy, Pakistan haven’t won a single Test at home. The Multan Test loss against England added to Masood’s troubles, and the Pakistan skipper himself admitted that he was disappointed to see his side lose the match by an innings. In the series opener, Pakistan became the first team in Test history to lose…

The concept of short-range order (SRO) — the arrangement of atoms over small distances — in metallic alloys has been underexplored in materials science and engineering. But the past decade has seen renewed interest in quantifying it, since decoding SRO is a crucial step toward developing tailored high-performing alloys, such as stronger or heat-resistant materials.Understanding how atoms arrange themselves is no easy task and must be verified using intensive lab experiments or computer simulations based on imperfect models. These hurdles have made it difficult to fully explore SRO in metallic alloys.But Killian Sheriff and Yifan Cao, graduate students in MIT’s…

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said that he wasn’t sure anyone does “everything right” but that President Joe Biden has “done everything in the best interests of the American public” when pressed on whether he’d change any actions the Biden administration has taken over the last term.“Look, I don’t know if any of us do everything right. But I can tell you he’s done everything in the best interests of the American public,” Walz, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, said in an interview that aired Friday on “Good Morning America.”The governor was initially asked by “GMA” co-anchor Michael Strahan whether he’d…

Last month, Reserve Bank Deputy Governor Swaminathan J had asked SFBs to be vigilant and ensure that risks are mitigated in time. (Source: File Photo)2 min read Last Updated : Oct 11 2024 | 4:52 PM IST The profitability of small finance banks, measured in terms of return of assets (RoA), will moderate around 40 basis points to about 1.7 per cent this fiscal from 2.1 per cent in last financial year due to lower net interest margins (NIM) and higher credit costs, said a report. That said, RoA for small finance banks (SFBs) will still be higher…

Hours after the artificial intelligence pioneer Geoffrey Hinton won a Nobel Prize in physics, he drove a rented car to Google’s California headquarters to celebrate.Hinton doesn’t work at Google anymore. Nor did the longtime professor at the University of Toronto do his pioneering research at the tech giant.But his impromptu party reflected AI’s moment as a commercial blockbuster that has also reached the pinnacles of scientific recognition.That was Tuesday. Then, early Wednesday, two employees of Google’s AI division won a Nobel Prize in chemistry for using AI to predict and design novel proteins.“This is really a testament to the power…

WASHINGTON — A solid majority of Hispanic women have a positive opinion of Vice President Kamala Harris and a negative view of former President Donald Trump, but Hispanic men are more divided on both candidates, according to a recent poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Hispanic men are also more likely than Hispanic women to say Trump is the candidate who represents their views on key issues, underscoring the potential importance of this group, which both candidates have courted aggressively.As the election approaches, the extent to which Trump can erode Harris’ support among Hispanic voters could…

Australia Women aim for record-extending 7th T20 World Cup title.© X/@AusWomenCricket Australia vs Sri Lanka LIVE Telecast: Defending champions Australia begin their 2024 Women’s T20 World Cup campaign on Saturday with a match against Sri Lanka. The Alyssa Healy-led side will aim to start the tournament with a win in its bid for a fourth consecutive title and a record-extending 7th one. It is interesting to note that Australia have faced Sri Lanka a total of 7 times in the T20I format and won all of them. Taking about Sri Lanka’s start in the event, the Chamari Athapaththu-captained side…

Vice President Kamala Harris’ positioning as a change agent is running into headwinds from her role in the unpopular Biden administration: While three-quarters of Americans in a new ABC News/Ipsos poll want her to take a new direction from President Joe Biden’s, most don’t think she would.Harris, moreover, trails former President Donald Trump in having provided enough details about the policies she’d pursue as president. But shortfalls on the vision thing aren’t hers alone: More than half say neither Trump nor Harris has done a good job expressing new ideas for the country’s future.President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala…