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January 7, 2024
In the video.. the first comment from the artist Dounia Batma after her imprisonment was issued in the “Hamza Moon Baby” case.
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
2024-01-07 11:01:05
Al-Marsad newspaper: Moroccan artist Dounia Batma commented on her one-year prison sentence, in the case known as the “Hamza Moon Baby” account, in which her sister, Ibtissam Batma, is also accused.
She said in a video clip: “My sister and I are innocent of the Moon Baby account. Whoever wants it, whoever hates it, and the court rejected the cassation ruling due to false testimony.”
Batma added that she was subjected to a major conspiracy, in which her ex-husband, Muhammad al-Turk, was involved, stressing that he was revealing her secrets to her opponents in order to discredit her and put her in prison.
She added that she was subjected to a murder attempt while driving her car in the city of Kenitra, Morocco, and until now she is receiving threats to kill her and remove her from the artistic scene.
It is worth noting that Dounia Batma and her sister were accused years ago in the famous case called “Hamza Moon Baby,” related to exposing suspicious relationships between celebrities in Morocco.
The court ruled to imprison Donia Batma and her sister for a year, and the ruling became enforceable.
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Discovering the Two Galaxies of the Small Magellanic Cloud: New Research Reveals a Surprising Secret
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
2024-01-07 12:00:39
The Small Magellanic Cloud is a galaxy close to the Milky Way and known to scientists, but new research has found that it hides a secret that lies in the fact that it is two galaxies, one behind the other.
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To make this discovery, a team led by Claire Murray, an astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Maryland, tracked the movement of gas clouds and the young stars being born within them around the Small Magellanic Cloud, located regarding 199,000 light-years from Earth.
Scientists found that the small galaxy, which is regarding 18,900 light-years across (or less than one-fifth the width of the Milky Way), contains two distinct star nurseries separated by thousands of light-years.
The Small Magellanic Cloud and the Large Magellanic Cloud are two dwarf galaxies that are gravitationally bound to the Milky Way, and are steadily attracted towards our galaxy with the aim of eventually colliding and merging in the distant future.
While the Large Magellanic Cloud has a disc shape similar to the shape of the Milky Way, the Small Magellanic Cloud is more regular, and the mass of the latter is one-third of the mass of the larger dwarf galaxy, whose mass is equivalent to regarding 7 billion times the mass of the Sun.
Although the Small Magellanic Cloud was previously thought to be composed of multiple components, it is somewhat obscured by interstellar clouds of gas and dust, meaning it has been difficult to distinguish between these components.
Murray has previously determined that the Small Magellanic Cloud is filled with gas that has been disrupted by gravitational interactions with the Milky Way and the Large Magellanic Cloud.
To investigate the Small Magellanic Cloud, Murray and her colleagues in the study in The Astrophysical Journal amplified radio waves emitted by hydrogen gas in the dwarf galaxy using the Australian Pathfinder Square Kilometer Array, which consists of 36 antenna dishes.
The team followed up these observations using the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Gaia spacecraft, which is currently building a 3D map of the stars in the Milky Way, to track the speed and direction of thousands of younger stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud, which are more than 10 million years old.
Working on the assumption that these young stars were moving in sync with the large gas clouds they generated, scientists observed two distinct patches of gas and dust generating stars.
The two clouds contain different abundances of “metals,” that is, elements heavier than hydrogen or helium, and one cloud appears to be farther from Earth than the other, although the exact separation between them is not yet clear.
One of the mysteries that scientists hope to solve is whether the two objects were held together by gravity or whether one consists of gas that separated from the other through gravitational interactions with the Large Magellanic Cloud.
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2024-01-07 11:56:24
On his trip to the Middle East war, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will hold talks in Jordan and Qatar on Sunday. “Jordan is a critical partner to help prevent the conflict from spreading in the region,” Blinken’s spokesman Matthew Miller wrote on X (Twitter) following Blinken’s arrival in Amman. Jordan is calling on the US to pressure Israel to agree to an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
As the Jordanian palace announced, the USA had to play an important role here, King Abdullah II Blinken said in Amman. Abdullah also warned of the “catastrophic consequences” if the Israeli military operation in the Palestinian territory continued. The “tragic humanitarian crisis” in the Gaza Strip must be ended, said Abdullah II. The USA must work towards an immediate ceasefire, the protection of civilians and the appropriate delivery of aid supplies. There will be no stability in the region without a just solution to the Palestinian issue. The forced expulsion of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip is a clear violation of international law. The USA is Israel’s most important ally.
The United States is grateful to the kingdom, which borders Israel, for its leading role in delivering aid to civilians in the Gaza Strip, Blinken’s spokesman added. After meetings with Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi and King Abdullah II, Blinken wanted to travel to Qatar on Sunday. In Doha, his program included talks with Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and the Emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.
Blinken is traveling to the Middle East once more to talk to several countries in the region regarding de-escalating the conflict between Israel and the Islamist organization Hamas. Since the deadly terrorist attack by Hamas on October 7th last year, the Israeli army has been fighting the Islamists in the Gaza Strip with an offensive. In the coming days, Blinken also plans to visit the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Israel, the West Bank and Egypt.
Before arriving in Jordan, the US Secretary of State visited Turkey and the Greek island of Crete on Saturday. According to Blinken spokesman Miller, the USA sees Turkey as having a crucial role in dealing with regional security issues. This also includes preventing the Gaza conflict from spreading. According to Greek television, Blinken spoke to Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis regarding the situation in the Middle East and regarding the military cooperation between the two NATO partners.
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock also traveled to the Middle East on Sunday. She called for a solution. “We all feel that the script of terror must not continue to unfold: the terror must come to an end,” explained Baerbock on Sunday before her departure from Berlin. The humanitarian plight of the people must come to an end. “The region must emerge from the eternal cycle of violence.” Baerbock first flies to Israel, other stops on her three-day stay include Egypt and Lebanon. The people of the region longed for peace. “To achieve this, Gaza must no longer pose a threat to Israel’s existence, Hamas must lay down its arms, and Hezbollah and the Houthis must stop their dangerous bombing,” explained the minister.
Hamas fighters entered Israeli territory on October 7th and killed around 1,200 people, mostly civilians. The radical Islamic organization also had around 240 people kidnapped as hostages in the Gaza Strip. Israel responded by bombing the Palestinian coastal strip and launching a ground offensive that is still ongoing. The declared goal is to destroy Hamas. According to Hamas, more than 22,700 people have been killed so far. Baerbock warned that Israel has the right and the duty to defend itself. But it must “protect civilians much better in its military actions.”
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