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NYC First Lady Rama Duwaji is scheduled to visit Syria and Lebanon in September, New York Post reported. NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani's wife Rama Duwaji has a trip to Syria and Lebanon on her schedule in September and that has triggered a major row as it is not clear whether she will be accompanied by NYPD security. New York Post reported that Duwaji requested NYPD security after she traveled overseas last month without police protection. But the countries that she intends to visit are on State Department's 'Do Not Travel' list for Americans.Mayoral spokesperson Dora Pekec confirmed to New York Post that Rama Duwaji's security detail will be joining her when she travel to visit family in Syria and Lebanon. But NYPD later denied it and said such a trip would never be approved.“The NYPD does not send officers to countries with level four travel advisories for discretionary reasons not linked to investigative work,” an NYPD spokesperson told Post, adding that this is ..

Representative Image (AI-generated) Maryland is giving residents a new option for what happens to their bodies after death. According to WYPR, a public radio station serving Maryland, the state is now home to what is described as the nation's largest human composting facility: a 37,000-square-foot facility in Elkridge operated by Earth Funeral. The facility uses a process formally known as natural organic reduction, offering an alternative to conventional burial and cremation.Human composting may sound unusual, but the basic idea is rooted in the natural decomposition of organic material. Instead of placing a body underground or exposing it to the high temperatures of cremation, natural organic reduction uses a controlled environment to accelerate the body's natural breakdown and eventually produce soil-like material.How human composting worksThe process takes place inside specially designed vessels, where bacteria, fungi and organic materials such as mulch help break down th..

Hungarian lawmakers on Tuesday approved former supreme court chief Andras Baka, a critic of Viktor Orban who was fired during the ex-premier’s time in power, as the country’s next head of state.
The post became vacant following the contested removal last month of the previous president, an Orban ally, as pro-EU conservative Prime Minister Peter Magyar pushes to loosen his predecessor’s lingering hold over state institutions.
Parliament, where the ruling Tisza party holds a two-thirds majority,…

In a landmark change to Lebanon’s penal system, the country’s parliament on Tuesday approved legislation abolishing the death penalty, replacing it with life imprisonment with aggravated hard labour, the state-run National News Agency reported.
The vote makes Lebanon the first Arab country to formally abolish the death penalty.
Justice Minister Adel Nassar, who attended the parliamentary session, described the vote as a “historic step” for Lebanon.
The measure was approved by a majority of the…

Connecticut woman designs tiny cottage, brings three generations togetherPhoto credit: The Picket Fence Projects via Bussines Insider When interior designer Caitlin Swann spoke to Business Insider about her family’s living arrangement, she described it as “the best” and “a blessing”, and it’s easy to see why. In Fairfield, Connecticut, Swann and her husband live in their main house with their three children, while her retired parents, Patti and Gary Christie, now reside in a custom 725-square-foot cottage just a few steps away in the backyard. What began as a practical housing decision has turned into a warm multigenerational setup where babysitting is a stroll across the lawn and grandparents are part of daily life.A crossroads for Patti and GaryIn 2024, Patti and Gary, then in their mid-70s, found themselves at a turning point. They had lived in their New Jersey family home for over 40 years, raising their children there and building their routines and memories in that space. Once th..