Al-Jadeed’s information indicated that the last meeting between Presidents Aoun and Mikati was violated by Gibran Bassil’s “proceeds”, which control the presidential cockpit.
In the details, Mikati proposed to Aoun to replace what he wanted from the names that he had marked with an x on the condition that the references represented by the ministers agreed.
The information pointed out that Bassil hit the positive effort to form, requiring 6 Christian ministers plus other ministers to complete the guarantor number of the blocking third.
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Extensive confrontations in northern Syria, the day after the targeting of al-Bab
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
Factions bombard the regime’s sites… and demonstrations reject “reconciliation” with it
Aleppo governorate, northern Syria, witnessed a wide wave of confrontations between the Turkish forces and allied Syrian factions, on one side, and the “Syrian Democratic Forces” (SDF) and the Syrian regime forces, on the other hand, a day following dozens of victims were killed by shelling targeting the city of Al-Bab, northeast Aleppo.
Yesterday, the people of Al-Bab carried out a general strike that paralyzed the facilities of life in the city to mourn the lives of the victims of the bombing, which was blamed on the regime forces. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the “massacre” left 17 dead, including 6 children, and 35 wounded. It was reported that opposition factions loyal to Turkey bombed the positions of the regime forces on the seam axes in the al-Bab countryside. The Turks and their allies also bombed with heavy artillery and rocket launchers 9 villages in the northern countryside of Aleppo within the areas of SDF deployment.
In the followingmath of the “Al-Bab Massacre,” the “Syrian Opposition Coalition” and opposition groups, including the “revolutionary coordination” and military factions, issued statements of condolences for the victims, which included holding the international community and its human rights institutions responsible for the “massacres and crimes” suffered by the Syrian people.
In a separate context, Syrian activists continued to stage demonstrations in cities and towns and organize vigils under the title “We are revolutionaries, not opposition”, in response to Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu’s recent statements regarding Turkey’s pursuit of “reconciliation” between the opposition and the Syrian regime. Activists said that thousands of civilians protested the day before yesterday (Friday), angry demonstrations in the city center of Idlib, Sarmada, Kali, Kafr Arouk and Kafr Lusin in Idlib governorate, and in the cities of Marea, Akhtarin, Shamarkh and Bazaa in northern Aleppo, during which the demonstrators chanted, “No reconciliation with the Assad regime.”
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Central bankers discuss repercussions of a ‘common enemy’
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
The city of Jackson Hole in the United States hosts the annual grand meeting
Central bankers, at their grand annual meeting next Thursday and Friday in the American city of Jackson Hole, are discussing the dilemma of the need to raise interest rates in the face of inflation, but not so much to avoid pushing the economy into recession.
The Grand Teton Mountains (Wyoming) host this meeting every year, led by the US Federal Reserve (Fed), since the era of its former chairman Paul Volcker. The speech of US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, which will be delivered on Friday at 2:00 GMT, will be the most awaited moment in this “symposium”.
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde will not travel to the United States to participate in the event, but Isabelle Schnabel, a German member of the European Central Bank’s Executive Board, will travel there, where she participated on one of the committees on Saturday.
In turn, Andrew Bailey, governor of the Bank of England, confirmed that he would be in Jackson Hole to monitor the discussions without participating in them.
“The cards on the table on the economic level are this: a common enemy is inflation and the risk of the economy slowing too much,” Grigory Volokhin, portfolio manager for Mischaert Financial Services, told AFP. You have to choose between the two.”
However, he notes, “The Fed cannot say that it should choose (…) to raise unemployment to reduce inflation, but that is the option it has.”
This meeting is taking place at a time when central banks around the world are tightening their fiscal policies to combat inflation, with the risk of derailing the recovery.
The US Federal Reserve has raised interest rates four times since March, starting with a quarter of a percentage point, before accelerating the pace.
Inflation also began a welcome slowdown in July to 8.5 percent on an annual basis, following surpassing in June a record price increase in more than forty years, to more than 9.1 percent. Attention now turns to the next monetary meeting on September 20-21, when another sharp rate hike of half or even three-quarters of a percentage point will be introduced.
“It is unlikely that the Jackson Hole conference will bring real news regarding the Fed’s plans for a future rate hike,” says Carola Bender, who studies economics at Haverford University (Pennsylvania).
Rates range between 2.25 and 2.50 percent, meaning they are close to the so-called “neutral” level that neither stimulates nor slows the economy, which is evaluated between 2 and 3 percent.
Jonathan Millar, an economist at Barclays, notes that Jerome Powell “will seek (in his speech) to shed light on the possible shift in monetary policy in the future. One of the things they want to communicate is that they continue to focus very strongly on the problems of price stability.”
Mazen Issa, a specialist in the foreign exchange market at TD Securities, expects that “Jackson Hole will be very important to highlight” the theory of maintaining high rates, despite the economic slowdown.
US GDP did indeed contract in the first two quarters of the year, in keeping with the classic definition of a recession.
But economists consider that the case is not the case today in the United States, and this is especially due to the solidity of the labor market, which returned in July to the pre-epidemic level, as the unemployment rate reached 3.5 percent, and all jobs that witnessed severe damage were re-created.
A year ago, during this “forum”, Jerome Powell referred to “temporary factors” and warned of the dangers of premature tightening of fiscal policies. But since then, inflation has turned out to be stronger than expected, surpassing central bankers’ expectations.
In the Eurozone, the price hike reached a new record high of 8.9 per cent, while Britain is also experiencing inflation of 10.1 per cent.
Therefore, Carola Bender, in an interview with AFP, points out that “there has to be a lot of discussion regarding whether there is significant damage to credibility”, in light of the error in estimating the path of inflation, and regarding “what can be done to fix it.”
An average of 75,000 people are diagnosed with bladder cancer each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
When detected in the early stages, bladder cancer can be successfully treated. Adopting healthy habits such as quitting smoking, avoiding certain chemicals such as arsenic, and knowing the signs and symptoms can significantly reduce risks, according to Dr. “eat this not that” the medical specialist.
Dr. El-Dafrawi says, “Bladder cancer can be divided into two distinct types: the first is superficial bladder cancer and the second is muscle-invasive bladder cancer. Superficial bladder cancer is less aggressive and is usually treated endoscopically, which means a camera is used through the urethra. It tends to return and requires lifelong follow-up. The muscle-invasive type is an indication of the place where the cancer grows deeper in the bladder wall to extend into the muscle layer of the bladder. This species is very aggressive and deadly. Bladder removal is the standard of care with or without preoperative chemotherapy.”
And the symptoms that indicate bladder cancer, Dr. El-Dafrawi number 4 are:
1- blood in the urine
Dr. El-Dafrawi explains a sign that can indicate bladder cancer is “seeing blood in the urine, even if it only happened once and it has completely resolved. Bleeding occurs because bladder cancer is highly vascular and like most cancers it is able to generate blood vessels to keep the blood high. The more blood vessels there are, the greater the risk of bleeding.”
2- Presence of red blood cells in urine analysis
“If your annual urinalysis by your PCP shows microscopic red blood cells in your urine, and you don’t see blood in your urine, that might be a sign,” Dr. Eldafrawi tells us. Usually, microscopic blood in the urine is the first sign of cancer, due to the higher blood vessels of the tumor compared to normal tissue.”
3- Change in urine habits
According to Dr. El-Dafrawi, “A sudden change in the symptoms or pattern of persistent urination, such as increased frequency or flow of urine, can indicate the bladder…Some common signs of bladder cancer often affect urination itself. These symptoms can include frequent urination, pain during urination, difficulty urinating or feeling the need to urinate right away when your bladder is not full. Additionally, patients may notice a change in urine flow. A mass growing in the bladder can lead to symptoms such as obstruction of urine flow (if the tumor is near the bladder outlet) or frequency and urgency.”
4 – loss of appetite
Loss of appetite, weight loss, fatigue, weakness and unilateral lower back pain “are signs of bladder cancer,” says Dr. Eldafrawi; He explains, “These can be symptoms of advanced bladder cancer. If you have these symptoms, especially a combination of these symptoms, it is important to see your primary care provider for evaluation.”