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UN secretary general calls for ceasefire in Yemen

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Let peace talks resume, says Ban Ki-Moon

The ongoing Yemen conflict has once again come into limelight after United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-Moon called for an immediate secession of hostilities and return to direct talks—which recently ended in Kuwait—on August 18.

The Saudi-led coalition attacked a school, a hospital and family home within four days, killing more than 35 civilians, a report by Foreign Policy magazine, dated August 17, said.

The statement issued by Ban Ki-Moon’s spokesperson says “civilians, including children, are paying the heaviest price for the ongoing conflict, as civilian infrastructure, such as schools and hospitals continue to be hit”.

The Yemen peace talks ended in Kuwait on August 6 when UN Special Envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed announced a one-month break during which “the focus will be on working with each side separately to crystallize the precise technical details”.

The UN secretary general’s statement condemned the recent attacks on civilians by both warring parties, saying “the secretary-general condemns the reported attack from the direction of Yemen that hit a workshop, killing at least seven civilians in Najran, Saudi Arabia yesterday, as well as the reported airstrike that hit a home in Nehm, east of Sana’a, in Yemen, which killed at least nine civilians”.

The Saudi-led alliance started shelling Yemeni territories in March 2015 while the secession of hostilities was declared on April 10. Serious violations were reported even during the peace talks between the Saudi-supported Yemeni government, representatives of the General People’s Congress led by former president Ali Abdullah Saleh and the Houthis.

On August 17, some UN officials reportedly said that, due to the involvement of the Saudi-led coalition in abusing and killing children, the world organization will threaten Saudi Arabia to put its name back in the blacklist.

Earlier in June, Saudi Arabia had reacted angrily to a decision to blacklist the coalition after a UN report found the alliance responsible for 60 percent of the 785 deaths of children in Yemen in 2015. Ban Ki-Moon later took the coalition off the list following threats to cut off funding to UN aid programs.

Yemen has seen daily military attacks since 2015, with internal sources putting the toll from the bloody aggression at 10,000. The offensive was launched to crush the Houthis and allies and to restore power to Hadi, a staunch ally of Riyadh. However, some estimates claim that, since the Saudi-led bombing started in March 2015, some 6,500 people were killed, over half of them civilians.

The coalition of Arab states intervened in the country after the Houthis seized the capital Sanaa and ejected the former government of president Abdrabbuh Mansour Mansour Hadi. The Houthi Ansarullah fighters took state matters into their own hands following the resignation and escape of Hadi, leaving Yemen in a state of uncertainty.

In another important development, Yemen’s parliament held its session in Sana’a on August 13, the first after the outbreak of conflict. The parliamentarians unanimously voted in favor of the newly-set-up Higher Political Council to rule the country. This has legally stripped the ousted president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi of his power and legitimacy.

Welcoming the reopening of the parliament, a large number of people held a huge demonstration to express their approval of the formation of the Higher Political Council. People flocked into the streets of the southwestern province of Ta’iz.  The protesters were carrying placards condemning the Saudi war on Yemen and highlighting the need for unity in the fight against aggressors and mercenaries.

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The Saudi-led coalition of nine Arab states began carrying out airstrikes in Yemen and imposing an aerial and naval blockade on March 26, 2015, heralding a military intervention codenamed Operation Decisive Storm. Fighter jets from Egypt, Morocco, Jordan, Sudan, United Arab Emirates,  Kuwait,  Qatar  and  Bahrain took part in the operation.  Djibouti  and Somalia  made their airspace, territorial waters and military bases available to the coalition.

According to information available on Wikipedia, the United States provided intelligence and logistical support, including search-and-rescue for downed coalition pilots. It also accelerated sale of weapons to the coalition states. The military personnel of the US and Britain were deployed in the command and control centre responsible for Saudi-led air strikes on Yemen.  Pakistan was called on by Saudi Arabia to join the coalition, but its parliament voted to remain neutral.

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Pro and basic models in the iPhone 15 lineup may have more distinctions

According to reports, the sales fall for the current non-pro models is much greater than what Apple’s external environment had expected.

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At the ‘Far Out’ event in September of this year, Apple unveiled the iPhone 14 series, which includes four new models. The iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro were smaller models when they were first released by Apple, whereas the iPhone 14 Plus and iPhone 14 Pro Max had larger screens.

Early market indicators were indicative of weak demand for non-Pro models. According to a recent rumour, Apple is reportedly “extremely” worried about how the iPhone 14 Plus is selling and is trying to implement new marketing tactics to make up for it when the next iPhone series is released.

According to a recent story on the South Korean blog Naver, Apple is “seriously” contemplating new tactics for the future iPhone 15 lineup and is “seriously” considering how well the iPhone 14 Plus is selling. According to reports, the sales fall for the current non-pro models is much greater than what Apple’s external environment had expected.

First, Apple should think about lowering the price difference between pro models and entry-level devices. This is consistent with analyst Ross Young’s assertion that all iPhone models could get the Dynamic Island feature next year, which is now only accessible on iPhone 14 Pro models.

Future iPhone models’ pricing may also change, according to Apple, and “the price will be determined differently than it is currently.” It might lower the cost of the 2023 lineup’s Plus model. The starting pricing for the iPhone 14 Plus in India is Rs. 89,900. The starting price for the iPhone 14 Pro Max, in contrast, is Rs. 1,39,900.

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Ming-Chi Kuo, a well-known analyst, had already predicted that Apple would widen the gap between professional and non-professional iPhone models even more and include unique features in the iPhone 15 Pro Max. The business plans to raise the average selling price (ASP) of iPhone devices, according to Kuo.

The blog post also claims that there will be a clear distinction between the pro model and the max in terms of materials and camera components. This supports earlier rumours that stated the iPhone 15 Pro Max model would include a titanium chassis and a periscope zoom camera. It is anticipated that solid-state buttons would replace the traditional volume and power buttons on the high-end iPhone 15 devices.

The basic iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro, and iPhone 15 Pro Max models are rumoured to be part of Apple’s 2023 iPhone portfolio. Apple’s upcoming A17 Bionic chip is anticipated to power the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max. The A16 Bionic chip might be found in the non-Pro variants.

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Want to move on from your unworthy ex before Valentine’s Day? Name a cockroach after your ex and watch it eaten alive for just THIS much

As Valentine’s week nears, many couples are excited to celebrate their love and romance. However, this is not the case for everyone. A lot of people despise the concept of Valentine’s because of past relationship trauma and unworthy exes.

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As Valentine’s week nears, many couples are excited to celebrate their love and romance. However, this is not the case for everyone. A lot of people despise the concept of Valentine’s because of past relationship trauma and unworthy exes. What if you were told that there is a way to get your cockroach of an ex eaten by animals, alive? No, this will not murder your ex in reality, but you will never find a better way to move on.

The San Antonio Zoological Society has come up with an idea for people to name a cockroach or rat after their ex-boyfriend or girlfriend. The event is called Cry Me a Cockroach, which is organised every year on Valentine’s Day. The society took to their Twitter handle and said that if people donate, their ex will be fed to an animal. They will also receive certificates.

There are some zoos in Pennsylvania, like Lehigh Valley Zoo, where people are allowed to name a bug after their former boyfriend or girlfriend. After this, these bugs are fed to their animals. All of this is done for just $5 or Rs 374.

Lehigh Valley Zoo came up with this brilliantly vicious, yet harmful idea, and took to their official Twitter handle to advertise. They said that they get it that sometimes, love sucks. So instead of feeling down that their love may not last forever, people should put a twist on Valentine’s Day and name a bug after their ex. They mentioned that all people have to do is to make a $5 donation to name one of the feeder crickets, and they will feed them to their ambassador animals. The offer is open till February 14, 2022.

This is not it. The Lehigh Zoo Website will also upload weekly videos on Facebook for people to see their ex’s big-avatar getting eaten.

Indeed, for every undeserving ex, there is a bug waiting to be eaten.

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Ensure nutrition supplement ad wins hearts, Tweeple say video taught them a lot | WATCH

In this era of ads where some advertisements are really praised for their inclusivity while the others are being criticised, Ensure (an American brand of nutritional supplements) have also come up with a very heart touching advertisement in this festive season.

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In this era of ads where some advertisements are really praised for their inclusivity while the others are being criticised, Ensure (an American brand of nutritional supplements) have also come up with a very heart touching advertisement in this festive season.

The video is on fleek and it’s being liked and shared by people a lot on social media, soon it came out. Tweeple are appreciating and twitting this viral video with good compliments.

In this inspiring advertisement, we can see a man making a list of guests, asking her wife for one of his specific friends on the occasion of the festival but her wife denies informing him about the long list and work overload, the man then make her a cup of hot tea made of Ensure milk powder, saying that we should thank the people who took time for us when nobody did. This cute message is liked by the people and Twitter is flooded with appreciation posts with the hashtag StrongerInsideOut.

One person tweeted that this video taught him to come up front, help people and celebrate. Have a look :

The other Twitter user wrote about the amazing initiative of this video and appreciated this.

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What is Ensure?

Ensure is an American for nutritional supplements and replacements for meals. This brand, Ensure is manufactured by Abbott Laboratories.

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Ensure Original contains 220 calories, six grams of saturated fat, 15 grams of sugar, and nine grams of protein in a 237-ml (8-fl oz) bottle. Water, corn maltodextrin, sugar, milk protein concentrate, canola oil, and soy protein isolate are the top six ingredients in Ensure original. For people with lactose intolerance can also take this as Ensure is considered lactose-free.

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