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manipulation’ in Kazakhstan   Russia’s Security Council has accused the West of trying to drive a wedge between Russia and Kazakhstan by interfering in the affairs of sovereign nations, Russia’s TASS news agency reports. The comments published on Friday come as Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev visits Kazakhstan to meet his counterparts from across the former Soviet republics of Central Asia. “The United States and their allies are trying to support nationalist sentiment, spreading lies, manipulating public opinion, including through the internet and social networks,” TASS quoted Patrushev’s deputy, Alexander Shevtsov, as saying in Almaty. Oil-rich Kazakhstan, Russia’s longtime ally and close economic partner, has treaded carefully since Moscow’s troops invaded Ukraine in February 2022. Kazakh officials regularly call for diplomacy to end the war and say the country will comply with – but not join – Western sanctions against Russia. Kazakh citizens have provide

 Donald Trump trial   Washington, DC – A federal judge in the United States has set August 14 as the initial trial date for former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case – an early schedule that will likely be delayed by pre-trial arguments. US District Judge Aileen Cannon announced the date on Tuesday, a week after Trump was formally presented with 37 charges relating to mishandling secret government files. The former president, who is seeking the White House again in 2024, pleaded not guilty . “This case is hereby set for a Criminal Jury Trial during the two-week period commencing August 14, 2023, or as soon thereafter as the case may be called,” Cannon wrote in a court order. Arguments about what evidence can be admitted in trial usually take months to settle. Further complicating Trump’s prosecution is the need to set up a system to deal with classified documents at the heart of the case that cannot be seen by jurors and lawyers. Still, Cannon’s tentative d

  Information and Communication Technology     Information and communications technology ( ICT ) is an extensional term for information technology (IT) that stresses the role of unified communications [1] and the integration of telecommunications ( telephone lines and wireless signals) and computers, as well as necessary enterprise software , middleware , storage and audiovisual, that enable users to access, store, transmit, understand and manipulate information.  ICT, or information and communications technology (or technologies), is the infrastructure and components that enable modern computing. Although there is no single, universal definition of ICT, the term is generally accepted to mean all devices, networking components , applications and systems that combined allow people and organizations (i.e., businesses, nonprofit agencies, governments and criminal enterprises) to interact in the digital world. Components of an ICT system ICT encompasses both the internet-ena

 Storm makes India landfall in Gujarat   India’s Meteorological Department says landfall has made landfall near the southwestern port town of Jakhau, in the state of Gujarat. Howling gales and crashing waves are pounding the coastline of India and Pakistan, hours before powerful Cyclone Biparjoy makes landfall. The storm, classified as a very severe cyclone, is expected to hit the area between Keti Bandar port in Sindh province’s Thatta district in southern Pakistan and Kutch district in western India’s Gujarat state. Tens of thousands of people in both countries have been moved to safer areas as heavy rains pound the region. Authorities on Thursday said the storm had lost some of its intensity and was expected to have a maximum sustained wind speed of between 115kph and 125kph (71mph to 78mph). Biparjoy ‘still at a distance’ from Pakistan Pakistan’s Minister for Environment and Climate Change Sherry Rehman says the cyclone is “still at a distance” from the country. “[Cyclone

Saudi Arabia signs $5.6bn Saudi Arabia has signed a $5.6bn deal with a Chinese company to manufacture electric vehicles as the kingdom is looking to lead the Arab world in expanding economic ties with Beijing. The memorandum of understanding signed on Sunday with electric and self-driving car maker Human Horizons on the development, manufacture and sale of vehicles accounted for more than half of the $10bn in investments signed on the first day of a major business conference being held in the capital, Riyadh. The 10th Arab-China Business Conference held under the patronage of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman aims to enhance a “strategic” partnership based around the Belt and Road Initiative, the Saudi Press Agency said. More than 3,500 government officials, investors, business representatives and experts from 23 countries have reportedly participated in the event, co-organised with the Arab League and the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade. As the wor

Which sports are Haram in Islam  Boxing: "Especially boxing and fighting [sports] without rules are considered, from the religious point of view, haram, as they can damage health, disable someone," said Abdulkodirzoda, who is appointed to his post by the government. He added: "All kinds of games and duels [done] for money are haram. The top Islamic official in Tajikistan has declared boxing and fighting sports "without rules" to be "haram" -- forbidden under Islamic law. Saidmukarram Abdulkodirzoda, the head of Tajikistan's Ulema Council, said during Friday Prayers in Dushanbe's central mosque on June 1 that such fighting sports were forbidden because they can "damage" a person's health. "Especially boxing and fighting [sports] without rules are considered, from the religious point of view, haram, as they can damage health, disable someone," said Abdulkodirzoda, who is appointed to his post by the govern

Chat GPT 4 What is GPT-4? GPT stands for Generative Pre-Trained Transformer, and GPT-4 is its fourth iteration. To understand what that means, we can break down each component individually: Just four months ago, OpenAI released ChatGPT , an artificial intelligence (AI) program that has already significantly impacted the world. It has sparked discussions about its potential impact on job markets, disrupted education systems, and attracted millions of users, including big banks and app developers. Now, OpenAI has announced the release of GPT-4, which has long been rumored to improve upon the already impressive language skills of ChatGPT. According to OpenAI, GPT-4 is the company's most advanced system yet, capable of producing safer and more valuable responses. This latest development marks the end of ChatGPT and the introduction of an even more powerful tool: ChatGPT-4. This new AI chatbot is expected to create even more significant waves worldwide, and interested parti

  A Medicine’s Life Inside the Body  When you take Tylenol or Advil for a headache or a sore muscle, the pain disappears. It seems like the medi

 Is Russia trying to freeze the war?   Kyiv, Ukraine – Lilya Pshenichnaya’s old apartment building in Kherson has not been flooded. It stands high above the right bank of the Dnipro river in the administrative centre of the eponymous southern Ukrainian region that was occupied by Ru Russian forces withdrew from the city in November, but still control the river’s lower, left bank, which has been flooded after the giant Nova Kakhovka dam collapsed early on Tuesday. “There’s nothing but trouble, everything is flooded, villages and forests,” Pshenichnaya told Al Jazeera from the safety of Odesa, a Black Sea port 200km (124 miles) west of Kherson, where she relocated after months in Russian captivity . Some low-lying parts of her hometown are also underwater, but evacuation efforts are thwarted by Russian bombing from the left bank – as landmines planted by retreating Russians months ago float up. “Our guys move around on boats, but they are being bombed, mines pop up, all th

Beirut’s Sursock Museum   Beirut, Lebanon –  There is a secret hiding in the portrait of Nicolas Ibrahim Sursock, a secret that only a sharp eye can spot: a minuscule line that marks the spot where the canvas was ripped by debris from the 2020 Beirut port explosion . It hangs at the recently reopened Sursock Museum, the first modern art gallery in the Arab world, which reopened its doors on May 26, three years after the explosion. Much like the portrait, originally painted in the late 1920s by Kees van Dongen and one of the few restored in the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the museum looks as good as new. Jacques Aboukhaled, the museum’s longtime architect, walks through the building, pointing out the extensive restoration  work from the ceilings and panels that were mangled to the invisible but vital air conditioning and electrical systems as well as the elevators and skylights. In total, 57 artworks were damaged and meticulously restored by a team of Lebanese and foreign

Top 9 Highest-Paying Psychology Careers Top 9 Highest-Paying Psychology Careers For psychology majors, choosing among several types of psychology careers can seem overwhelming. As a whole, the role of a psychologist is expected to grow at an average rate of 6% between 2021 and 2031, according to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS) . Each job opportunity, though, is unique, and professionals find joy in their work because of the specific populations they serve and the income earned. Below are five high-paying jobs for psychology majors that can help people reduce their mental health struggles and live their best lives. Industrial-Organizational Psychologist “There’s an increased recognition among employers and business owners that they can do better in the competitive marketplace if they focus on the psychology of the workplace,” says Dennis Stolle, senior director of applied psychology at the American Psychological Association (APA). Enter the increased need