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Kidnapped from the Nova music festival on October 7, 2023, Gilboa-Dalal described in a Channel 12 News interview how a captor dragged him from a shower, assaulted him despite protests invoking Islamic prohibitions, and silenced him with weapons. He emerged emaciated with potential permanent hearing loss from tunnels and homes, as one of the last living hostages freed in an October 13 exchange. His account is the second public testimony from a male survivor of sexual abuse, amid prior reports of systematic violence against hostages.

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Guy Gilboa-Dalal froze as his naked body was groped by a Hamas guard, who then pressed a knife to his neck and rifle to his head, threatening death if he spoke. The 25-year-old endured this assault after 738 days in Gaza captivity.

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In a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Attorney General Pam Bondi dated Tuesday, Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren and Jack Reed requested an investigation by December 1 into World Liberty Financial's compliance with anti-money laundering rules, sanctions, and governance. The demand stems from a September report by Accountable.US alleging the project sold $WLFI governance tokens to wallets linked to North Korea's Lazarus Group, a Russian sanctions-evasion stablecoin, Iran's NoBitex exchange, and the sanctioned mixer Tornado Cash. DT Marks DEFI LLC, controlled by Donald Trump and his family, holds 22.5 billion tokens and receives 75% of sales revenue, while the project lists Trump family members in prominent roles; World Liberty Financial maintains it has robust compliance measures with no evidence of wrongdoing.

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Senators Elizabeth Warren and Jack Reed have fired off a letter urging a federal probe into World Liberty Financial, the Trump family's crypto project, over alleged sales to North Korean hackers and sanctioned entities.

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Holosoma unifies simulators like IsaacGym and MuJoCo for reinforcement learning on humanoid robots such as Unitree G1 and Booster T1. It supports tasks like walking, full-body motion tracking, and even dancing, with tools to retarget human motion data to robots. Researchers praised its efficiency and modular design, which lets them focus on algorithms. Demos show smooth real-world performance, and the team welcomes contributions on GitHub and Discord.

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Amazon's robotics team just dropped an open-source tool that turns simulation training into real-world robot walks in minutes. With a single high-end GPU, they train and deploy policies on hardware in about 20 minutes.

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Jonathan Emery's August doctorate from King's College London defends interactionist dualism, the idea that non-physical minds interact with the body. Using Bayesian methods, he examines arguments from physics, neuroscience, and science's successes, concluding they don't favor physicalism—the view that everything reduces to physical processes. Goff highlighted how data on consciousness leaves room for dualism and panpsychism, while critics pointed to brain dependence and simplicity principles like Occam's razor. The exchange underscores science's skill at correlations but limits in explaining subjective awareness.

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A new PhD thesis quietly takes on a big question: has science truly ruled out the soul? Philosopher Philip Goff praised its careful analysis of the evidence.

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CCTV footage shows protesters setting fire to the Sabz Qaba shrine in Dezful, Iran. The shrine is dedicated to the son of a Shiite imam and brother of Imam Reza.

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Sunday's terrorist attack at Sydney's 'Chanukah by the Sea' killed 15, including Rabbi Eli Schlanger, a father of five, and a 10-year-old girl. Australian police called it antisemitic, linked to Islamic State ideology, with perpetrators Sajid and Naveed Akram killed on site. Monday evening in New York, amid a public menorah lighting, Boteach challenged Neturei Karta members holding signs against Zionism and the Maccabees' legacy, yelling about their timing just after the murders and calling them insensitive. The heated exchange highlighted deep rifts in the Jewish community during a time of mourning.

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Grief hung heavy from the Sydney shooting that claimed 15 lives at a beach Hanukkah event. In New York, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach spotted anti-Zionist protesters and couldn't hold back.

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USDSC runs on Soneium, an Ethereum layer-2 built by Sony Block Solutions Labs and Startale, offering fast, low-cost deals to bring Web3 to everyday people. Fully backed by U.S. Treasuries, it's secured by Quantstamp audit and includes compliance checks, with minting and redemption via the Startale App. Users earn STAR Points for holding it, adding liquidity, or completing tasks, unlocking perks like airdrops and gas credits. Startale CEO Sota Watanabe calls it a simple way to make onchain finance intuitive and rewarding, as Japan eases stablecoin rules.

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Startale Group just made everyday blockchain use a bit easier with USDSC, a dollar-pegged stablecoin tailored for Sony's Soneium network. Now users can handle payments, rewards, and transactions smoothly in one app.

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New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters sharply rebuked his coalition partners on Monday for proposing state asset sales to tackle rising unemployment at 4.7%, record business insolvencies, and government debt at 42% of GDP. Peters advocated building value in state assets to drive growth and jobs, citing Singapore's model, while Prime Minister Christopher Luxon minimized the disagreement, focusing on spending cuts and tax relief in the 2025 Budget. Opposition leaders like Labour's Chris Hipkins and the Greens' Chlöe Swarbrick echoed concerns about privatization risks amid slow GDP growth of 0.2%.

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In a fiery RNZ interview, Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters slammed his own government's asset sale push as a 'tawdry, silly argument'—a desperate bid to fix an economy reeling from 4.7% unemployment and soaring debt.

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New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters sharply rebuked his coalition partners on Monday for proposing state asset sales to tackle rising unemployment at 4.7%, record business insolvencies, and government debt at 42% of GDP. Peters advocated building value in state assets to drive growth and jobs, citing Singapore's model, while Prime Minister Christopher Luxon minimized the disagreement, focusing on spending cuts and tax relief in the 2025 Budget. Opposition leaders like Labour's Chris Hipkins and the Greens' Chlöe Swarbrick echoed concerns about privatization risks amid slow GDP growth of 0.2%.

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In a fiery RNZ interview, Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters slammed his own government's asset sale push as a 'tawdry, silly argument'—a desperate bid to fix an economy reeling from 4.7% unemployment and soaring debt.

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