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Dr Ruth Westheimer, a well-known media figure and sex therapist, has been appointed as New York state's honorary ambassador to loneliness, Governor Kathy Hochul announced Friday. According to a press release, this development is intended to assist an underserved mental health need. Dr Westheimer is aiming to help New Yorkers with social isolation, which is associated with physical and mental health issues such as cardiovascular disease, depression and premature death.  "As New York works to fight the loneliness epidemic, some help from honorary Ambassador Ruth Westheimer may be just what the doctor ordered," Governor Hochul said in a statement . "Studies show individuals experiencing loneliness had a 32 percent higher risk of dying early and we need leaders like Dr. Ruth to help address this critical component of our mental health crisis," she added.  As per the press note, Dr Westheimer is a survivor orphaned by the Holocaust. She rose to prominence as a sex

Dr Ruth Westheimer, a well-known media figure and sex therapist, has been appointed as New York state's honorary ambassador to loneliness, Governor Kathy Hochul announced Friday. According to a press release, this development is intended to assist an underserved mental health need. Dr Westheimer is aiming to help New Yorkers with social isolation, which is associated with physical and mental health issues such as cardiovascular disease, depression and premature death.  "As New York works to fight the loneliness epidemic, some help from honorary Ambassador Ruth Westheimer may be just what the doctor ordered," Governor Hochul said in a statement . "Studies show individuals experiencing loneliness had a 32 percent higher risk of dying early and we need leaders like Dr. Ruth to help address this critical component of our mental health crisis," she added.  As per the press note, Dr Westheimer is a survivor orphaned by the Holocaust. She rose to prominence as a sex

Pakistan's Supreme Court on Friday decided to hear an appeal by now-dead former military dictator Pervez Musharraf against the special court majority judgment that handed him a death sentence on treason charges in 2019. Pervez Musharraf, who died on February 5 this year, had filed the appeal four years ago. "A four-member larger bench, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faiz Isa, heard the appeal against a decision to dissolve the special court that was previously hearing the Pervez Musharraf treason case," The Express Tribune newspaper reported. The bench - the other three judges are Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, Justice Aminud Din Khan, and Justice Athar Minallah - entertained different bars and lawyers' petitions against the Lahore High Court's (LHC) judgment that had declared Pervez Musharraf's trial as void. A three-judge special court of Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth, Justice Nazar Akbar, and Justice Shahid Karim in the 2-1 split verdict on Decembe

Fighting raged in Gaza on Thursday more than a month after Hamas's shock October 7 attack triggered a furious response from Israel aimed at destroying the Islamist group. More than 1,400 people, mostly civilians, were killed in Israel in the attack, according to Israeli officials. In Gaza, upwards of 10,500 people, also mostly civilians, have been killed in the war, the health ministry in the Hamas-run Palestinian territory has said. Here are five key developments from the past 24 hours: 10-hour battle  Israeli and Hamas forces are locked in heavy, close-quarters fighting in Gaza, with Israel saying a 10-hour battle had toppled a Hamas "stronghold". The army said it had secured the military position in Jabalia after fighting both above ground and in Hamas's tunnel network. It said it had killed dozens of operatives, while the overall death number for Israel's troops in the offensive has risen to 34. Tens of thousands of Gazans have fled south to escape th

The Rafah border crossing into Gaza was closed on Wednesday due to an unspecified "security circumstance," US State Department deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel said. The United States expects the Egypt-controlled crossing will be reopened at "regular intervals" so that aid can enter the Gaza Strip and foreign nationals can continue to depart, Patel said during a regular press briefing. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.) from NDTV News-World-news https://ift.tt/wNz1VF8

A 20-year-old Indian national has been arrested in Nepal for trying to break into an ATM in Nepal's Pokhara city, Nepal Police said on Wednesday. Ravi Thakur Pasi from Bihar, who is currently residing in Pokhara, was arrested on Tuesday night while attempting to steal money by breaking into the ATM at Nabil Bank's Pokhara Branch office at Nayabazaar using an iron rod, the police said. The police have recovered from him a screwdriver, an iron rod and a pair of scissors. He damaged the ATM by trying to open it with the help of an iron rod, said the police. The police have taken him into custody and initiated a legal action. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.) from NDTV News-World-news https://ift.tt/79pkJAx

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Tuesday on the G7 to speak "in a clear voice" about the Israel-Hamas war as he kicked off talks with fellow foreign ministers from the grouping in Japan. "This is a very important moment... for the G7 to come together in the face of this crisis and speak as we do in one clear voice," Blinken said at the start of the two-day meeting in Tokyo. The Israeli military has relentlessly bombarded Gaza since October 7, when Hamas militants launched an attack that left 1,400 dead in Israel, most of them civilians, according to Israeli authorities. The Hamas-run health ministry said the death number in Gaza has surpassed 10,000 people -- including more than 4,000 children. Arriving in Tokyo following his latest whirlwind tour of the Middle East, Blinken was set to "brief his counterparts on his trip... and progress on delivering humanitarian assistance to civilians in Gaza and efforts to contain the conflict," a senior