WASHINGTON: Former US President Donald Trump said Thursday that the 2024 presidential election, which will take place on Nov. 5, is “a choice between communism and freedom.” The Republican candidate made the remarks during an address in the battleground state of Michigan, where his rival, Vice President Kamala Harris, has gained ground since formally becoming the Democratic nominee for president. Trump claimed that Harris is a “Marxist” and accused her of being “radical” for promising “communist style” price controls and free, taxpayer-funded health care. “This election is not a choice between Democrats and Republicans. It’s a choice between communism and…
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RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s King Abdulaziz Medical City in Riyadh (KAMC-RD) has successfully treated a teenager’s thalassemia employing Casgevy gene therapy through clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) gene editing technology. The treatment of a 13-year-old patient suffering from thalassemia major by the King Abdulaziz Medical City in Riyadh (KAMC-RD), under the Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs (MNGHA), marks the first successful application of such advanced gene therapy outside of clinical trials and research settings. The young patient, who had been reliant on blood transfusions every three weeks since birth, has now fully recovered following a successful gene cell…
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy dismissed Ukraine’s Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk on Friday, according to a presidential decree. The dismissal was announced just a day after the Ukrainian military reported that an F-16 jet crashed and its pilot died while repelling a major Russian strike on Monday. “I have decided to replace the commander of the Air Forces… I am eternally grateful to all our military pilots,” President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in his evening address. He did not give a reason for dismissal but mentioned that personnel must be protected, and that there was a need to strengthen the command level.…
One of the most notorious drug chiefs in Mexico’s history, Osiel Cardenas, was released from a U.S. prison on Friday into the custody of immigration officials who may deport him. Former leader of the Gulf Cartel, Cardenas presided over some of the bloodiest gang violence in Mexico’s turbulent past and has been blamed for transforming drug trafficking by embracing hyper-violent tactics such as decapitations. Cardenas founded the Zetas, an armed wing of the Gulf Cartel made up of former army special forces. He was captured after a gun battle in 2003 and extradited to the United States in 2007. He…
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Friday its forces conducted a partnered raid with the Iraqi Security Forces in western Iraq in the early hours of Aug. 29, resulting in the deaths of 15 Islamic State (ISIS) operatives. “The ISIS element was armed with numerous weapons, grenades, and explosive “suicide” belts,” CENTCOM said. It also added that there were no indication of civilian casualties in the raid. Seven American troops were injured in the joint raid, the Associated Press reported later citing the U.S. military. Five were wounded in the operation while two others were hurt in falls, a U.S.…
MOSCOW: A helicopter with 22 people aboard, most of them tourists, has gone missing in Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula in the far east, regional authorities said Saturday. “Today at about 1615 (0415 GMT) communication was lost with a Mi-8 helicopter…which had 22 people on board, 19 passengers and three crew members,” Kamchatka Governor Vladimir Solodov said in a video posted on Telegram. Rescue teams in helicopters have been searching into the night for the missing aircraft, focusing on a river valley that the helicopter was due to fly along, Russian authorities said. The Mi-8 is a Soviet-designed military helicopter that is…
Turkey arrested over 100 suspected members of the Islamic State group this week, authorities said Friday, the latest mass detention targeting the terror organisation. The country has been hit by several major attacks claimed by IS, including a 2017 nightclub shooting that killed dozens of people. The fresh raids took place across the country, including in the capital Ankara and Turkey’s largest city Istanbul, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya posted on X, formerly known as Twitter. The arrest of 119 people this week follows other mass detentions, including 99 announced in early August. Since the 2019 collapse of the self-proclaimed “caliphate”,…
WASHINGTON: Kamala Harris’ unwavering support for Israel as it continues its military campaign in Gaza is igniting calls for renewed protests at her campaign events, universities, and public gatherings. Activists told Reuters that Harris is disregarding pro-Palestinian perspectives, further fuelling discontent among these groups. Arab Americans, Muslims, and their allies, who were denied a speaking platform at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, plan to stage protests during Harris’ debate against Donald Trump in Philadelphia on September 10. Additionally, demonstrations are expected across major cities and university campuses on October 7, marking the anniversary of the Hamas attack. On…
One of two doctors who are among the five people charged in the ketamine overdose death of “Friends” star Matthew Perry was barred by a federal judge on Friday from practicing medicine and through his lawyer afterward expressed remorse. Dr. Mark Chavez appeared in US District Court in Los Angeles for a brief arraignment on a single felon count of conspiracy to illegally distribute ketamine and was permitted to remain free on $50,000 bond. Chavez has previously signed an agreement with federal prosecutors to enter a guilty plea, which defense lawyer Matt Binninger told reporters his client would do at…
Meta’s Llama artificial intelligence models are now being used by companies including Goldman Sachs and AT&T for business functions like customer service, document review and computer code generation, the social media giant said in a statement on Thursday. The mostly free-of-charge Llama models have been downloaded almost 350 million times since Meta began releasing them publicly last year, an increase from the 300 million downloads the company announced when it released the biggest version of its latest Llama 3 models in late July. Usage via cloud providers like Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure has also increased, more than doubling…
