FILE PHOTO: A general view shows Georgetown University in Washington, US, October 18, 2024. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez/File Photo/File Photo
US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy wants Congress to make daylight saving time permanent, deprioritize bicycle lanes and mass transit, cut funding for electric vehicle charging stations and speed adoption of self-driving cars.
Duffy in a letter to Congress seen by Reuters Thursday also called on Congress to provide New York Penn Station with another $1 billion for its reconstruction and to direct Amtrak to rename Penn Station.
Reuters reported in February the Trump administration offered to unfreeze some transportation funds if Senator Chuck Schumer agreed to support renaming Penn Station after President Donald Trump.
King Salman bin Abdulaziz Royal Reserve Highlights Two Distinctive Native Shrubshttps://english.aawsat.com/varieties/5310205-king-salman-bin-abdulaziz-royal-reserve-highlights-two-distinctive-native-shrubs
King Salman bin Abdulaziz Royal Reserve Highlights Two Distinctive Native Shrubs
The King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Royal Natural Reserve (SPA).
King Salman bin Abdulaziz Royal Reserve is distinguished by its unique natural plant diversity and its captivating natural features, highlighted by distinctive plants that add exceptional beauty to its various environments. Among the most prominent plant features found across most areas of the reserve are Al-Rmath (Haloxylon salicornicum) and Al-Qaisum (white wormwood).
Al-Rmath is a perennial shrub in the family Amaranthaceae and is widespread throughout most of the reserve.
According to SPA, it can reach a height of 120 centimeters and is characterized by bluish-green stems that turn gray with age, as well as scale-like leaves and tiny yellow flowers.
Al-Qaisum is also a perennial aromatic shrub belonging to the Asteraceae family. It grows in clay flats, valleys, ravines, and most areas of the reserve.
It can reach a height of 60 centimeters and is distinguished by its white stems, oval to oblong leaves with serrated edges, and small yellow flowers.
Lebanon Arrests ‘Doctor Food’ over Drug-laced Treatshttps://english.aawsat.com/varieties/5310148-lebanon-arrests-%E2%80%98doctor-food%E2%80%99-over-drug-laced-treats
Lebanon Arrests ‘Doctor Food’ over Drug-laced Treats
Georges Dib, known on TikTok as "Doctor Food." Photo: Social media
Lebanon on Sunday arrested an online influencer known for his videos about food who had been handed a life sentence in absentia for drug trafficking, a judicial source told AFP.
Georges Dib, known on TikTok as "Doctor Food" and followed by more than eight million accounts, was apprehended at his home in the far north governorate of Akkar, the source said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Dib, who also owns a confectionery business, would be taken to a detention center in Mount Lebanon, where he would face a new trial on further drug trafficking charges, the source added.
Two years ago, the Lebanese judiciary issued a warrant for Dib, accusing him of "manufacturing narcotics, trafficking and smuggling them abroad,” according to Lebanon's state-run National News Agency (NNA).
The NNA said at the time that authorities had seized confectionery and other food products at Beirut's international airport that contained narcotics and were manufactured in factories owned by Dib.
The products were to be shipped to a Gulf country, the news agency reported.
Despite an arrest warrant and conviction against him, Dib continued to post videos on TikTok.
Last month, after news of his conviction was made public, he denied the accusations in one of his videos, urging followers not to listen to what was being said about him.
Dib rose to prominence on social media posting content about cooking and daily life with his ex-wife, known as Shorouk, a Canadian of Palestinian origin who has more than 15 million followers.
They separated after she accused him of abuse. On Saturday night, she held a "divorce party" at a seaside resort in Lebanon attended by thousands of her followers.
Mahatma Gandhi’s 688 Handwritten Messages to Grieving Friend Sell for Millionshttps://english.aawsat.com/varieties/5310108-mahatma-gandhi%E2%80%99s-688-handwritten-messages-grieving-friend-sell-millions
Gandhi’s peti charkha, a portable box spinning wheel, along with two letters about the spiritual discipline of spinning, sold for Rs 10.2m (Saffronart)
Mahatma Gandhi’s 688 Handwritten Messages to Grieving Friend Sell for Millions
Gandhi’s peti charkha, a portable box spinning wheel, along with two letters about the spiritual discipline of spinning, sold for Rs 10.2m (Saffronart)
A collection of 688 handwritten reflections by Mahatma Gandhi has sold for £1.2 million at an auction in India, setting a record for an Indian historical document sold at auction, according to The Independent.
The handwritten messages were addressed to Anand T Hingorani, a close associate of Gandhi and a fellow participant in India’s independence movement.
They were written over almost two years, from 20 November 1944 to 10 October 1946, and were later compiled into a book called A Thought for the Day, according to auction house Saffronart.
The circumstances in which they were written were deeply personal; Hingorani’s wife Vidya had died, and he shared his loneliness and grief with Gandhi while undergoing nature-cure treatment for deafness, according to the Hingorani family.
Gandhi responded by writing him a thought each day, turning a private act of consolation into one of the most extensive surviving records of their relationship.
“Gandhi responded by setting aside time each day to write a personal thought. What began as a personal exchange soon evolved into a collaborative project,” Minal Vazirani, co-founder and president of Saffronart, told The Indian Express.
“While Gandhi authored each reflection, Hingorani became the recipient, organizer and transcriber, ultimately preparing the writings for publication,” she said.
FILED - 30 November 2002, An undated photo shows Mahatma Gandhi sitting behind his spinning wheel and reading letters. Photo: Margaret Bourke White/dpa
The 688 entries cover many of the subjects that occupied Gandhi throughout his life, including truth, ahimsa or non-violence, brahmacharya (self-control), non-possession, fearlessness, religious equality, prayer, service, labor, duty, silence, conscience and self-realization.
A group of nine letters from 1930 and 1931 concerns Anand and Vidya Hingorani’s marriage, including parental opposition, financial independence, reconciliation within the family and Gandhi’s views on self-restraint and domestic obligations.
The wider collection was preserved by the Hingorani family across generations and was offered as an 86-lot sale by Saffronart under the title Gandhi: From the Collection of Anand T Hingorani.
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