Inversiones y negocios

Associated media - Related media Last week, Israeli soldiers adjusted the tracks of a tank near the Gaza border in southern Israel.Credit…Jack Guez/Agency France-Presse — Getty Images The intense phase of Israel’s war against Hamas “is coming to an end,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a Sunday evening interview on Israeli television, although he stressed that this does not mean the conflict is coming to an end.After the operation in Rafah, Gaza’s southernmost city and the latest hub of Israel’s ground offensive, the prime minister said, Israel will continue to “mow the lawn” – a term long used in…

Connected media - Associated media Akira Endo, a Japanese biochemist whose research on mushrooms helped lay the groundwork for widely prescribed drugs that lower a type of cholesterol contributing to heart disease, died on June 5 at the age of 90. Chiba Kazuhiro, president of the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, where Dr. Endo was a professor emeritus, confirmed his death in a statement. The statement did not specify the cause or location of his death. Cholesterol, mainly produced in the liver, plays important roles in the body but also significantly contributes to coronary heart disease, a leading cause…

Related media - Associated media “This was an affront to justice,” said Gissou Nia, president of the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center in New Haven, Connecticut. “There has been a standing call for countries that have universal jurisdiction to open investigations into Iranian officials, including over the women-led protests.” She was referring to the mass protests of 2022, which began with the death of a young woman in the custody of the morality police after she was accused of violating the mandatory hijab rule. Ms Nia added: “It is horrible for victims of heinous crimes in general,” adding that it…

Connected media - Linked media Shahjahan Bhuiya, who became notorious for executing some of Bangladesh’s most infamous criminals in exchange for a reduced sentence for his own crimes, and later gained brief fame on TikTok, died on Monday in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. The National Police announced on Tuesday that the cause of his death, which occurred in a hospital, has not yet been confirmed. Abul Kashem, Bhuiya’s landlord, reported that he took Bhuiya to the hospital on Sunday after Bhuiya experienced chest pains. Last year, Bhuiya claimed to be 74 years old in local media, but his national…

Connected media - Linked media A heat wave is once again hitting the Northeast, South and Midwest. High temperatures can have an alarming effect on our bodies, increasing the risk of heart attacks, heat stroke and death, particularly among older adults and people with chronic illnesses. But the heat also puts a strain on our brain, compromising our cognitive abilities and making us irritable, impulsive and aggressive. How heat damages our cognition Numerous studies in laboratory settings have produced results similar to Dr. Cedeño’s research, with cognitive test scores decreasing when scientists increase the temperature in the room. One investigation…

Related media - Associated media Mark Rutte, the outgoing prime minister of the Netherlands who has provided over $3 billion in Dutch military support to Ukraine since 2022, secured the final backing he needed on Thursday to become NATO’s next secretary general. Romanian President Klaus Iohannis withdrew his bid to lead NATO on Thursday, making it nearly certain that Rutte, 57, would be formally elected for a four-year term as the head of the Atlantic alliance. This could occur as soon as next week, ahead of the high-level NATO summit in Washington in July. The Netherlands is a founding member…