Anna Edwards, Author at GanamRadio

11 Oct

After Hamas Massacre in Israel, Scale of Atrocities Grows

Anna Edwards

Details are still emerging from many communities for miles around the Gaza Strip, and the authorities are still tallying the toll. But videos, photos and survivors have portrayed many attacks across the region.One 30-minute video that was posted on Facebook and whose location was verified by The Times shows Palestinian gunmen crossing the border fence and heading toward the southern community of Nir Oz. The video follows the group to what appears to be a kibbutz. The sounds of loud shouting and gunshots follow.The video eventually shows the inside of a room, where at least six bloodied bodies lie on…

11 Oct

Gestational surrogacy in Latin-American: high prices make it difficult for families to achieve their dreams

Anna EdwardsFamily Aims, Gestational surrogacy, mistaken

Gestational surrogacy has presented itself as a solution for families and single people who have had their dreams of becoming parents dashed. In the modern world, there are increasingly more alternatives, so conceiving in a non-conventional way is becoming more common, but not necessarily more accessible. The high prices for these services remain a difficult obstacle to overcome, especially when there is so much misinformation about what costs and services should be included. Numbers that don’t add up in gestational surrogacy In Latin-American and in many parts of the world, the prices of gestational surrogacy are too high and unaffordable.…

11 Oct

U.S. Scales Back Hopes for Ambitious Climate Trade Deal With Europe

Anna Edwards

For the past two years, the United States and the European Union have been working toward a deal that would encourage trade in steel and aluminum made in more environmentally friendly ways to combat climate change.But longstanding differences on the way governments should treat trade and regulation have cropped up, preventing the allies from coming to a compromise. With an Oct. 31 deadline to reach a deal approaching, the United States has significantly narrowed its ambition for the pact, at least in its initial iteration.The outcome has been deeply disappointing for American negotiators, including Katherine Tai, the United States trade…

11 Oct

Mary Lou Retton Has Pneumonia and ‘Is Fighting for Her Life,’ Daughter Says

Anna Edwards

Mary Lou Retton, who became one of the most popular athletes in the country after winning the all-around women’s gymnastics competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, has pneumonia and is “fighting for her life” in the intensive care unit, her daughter said in a statement this week.Retton’s daughter McKenna Lane Kelley said on Instagram that her mother “is not able to breathe on her own” and that she had been in the intensive care unit for more than a week.Kelley did not share more specific information about her mother’s condition, though she said that her pneumonia was…

10 Oct

Green Energy Casts a Shadow Over a Cherished English Landscape

Anna Edwards

Charlotte Banks lives in a house that just about anyone would envy. Hempnalls Hall, a pink structure dating to the 16th century, rises above an even older moat, dug to keep marauders away in ancient times.Now, a different type of threat looms. National Grid, Britain’s electricity system operator, proposes building a 110-mile transmission line through the countryside of eastern England where Ms. Banks lives.The overhead wires would bring clean electricity generated by nearby offshore wind farms and a new nuclear plant to London and other population centers in the southeast of the country.That means a 160-foot-tall, high-voltage pylon would stand…

10 Oct

‘Don’t Do That Again’: Sam Bankman-Fried’s Lawyers Under Fire From Judge

Anna Edwards

Three days into Sam Bankman-Fried’s criminal trial in Federal District Court in Manhattan, Judge Lewis A. Kaplan’s warnings to the defense had become unmistakable.Judge Kaplan, who is presiding over the high-profile white-collar fraud case, repeatedly told Mr. Bankman-Fried’s lawyers to stop repeating themselves. Over and over, he directed them to rephrase their questions. And with his frequent interruptions of their cross-examinations, Judge Kaplan kept Mr. Bankman-Fried’s legal team off balance, putting it on the defensive.“I just want to express my growing concern about the extent of the entirely unnecessary repetition, and I’ve given you a lot of latitude,” Judge Kaplan…

10 Oct

G.M. Workers in Canada Go on Strike

Anna Edwards

Nearly 4,300 Canadian autoworkers have gone on strike against General Motors, leaving the automaker facing work stoppages in two North American countries.Workers walked off the job at midnight on Tuesday at three locations in Ontario: a vehicle assembly plant and stamping site in Oshawa that makes the company’s popular Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck; a plant in St. Catharines that supplies engines and transmissions to other G.M. factories around the world; and a parts distribution center in Woodstock.The strike comes as G.M. and the Canadian union, Unifor, remain deadlocked in negotiation over a new three-year labor contract. Unifor reached agreement with…

10 Oct

Opinion | The Attack on Israel Demands Unity and Resolve

Anna Edwards

The brutal terrorist attack on Israel by Hamas is a tragedy, one that may change the course of the nation and the entire region.Israelis are reeling, in shock over the toll of people killed, wounded and taken hostage, and the world is mourning with them. The militants killed more than 800 Israelis in a series of coordinated rocket attacks and continued fighting. To the world’s horror, they attacked civilians — including older people, women and children — and took them hostage. More than 150 people remain captive in Gaza, in a further atrocity.The attack was a tragic and painful reminder…

10 Oct

“Surrogate mother”: What’s behind the choice?

Anna EdwardsColombia, Family Aims, surrogate mother

The woman who lends her womb during the surrogacy process is often incorrectly labeled as a “surrogate mother.” She is actually a surrogate, a person who provides couples and individuals with the opportunity to form families. A truly kind mission. Although sometimes desire can blind us, and time can make us a little anxious, the choice of this person is crucial in this procedure, so it must be meticulous and exhaustive. Since this issue must be addressed with responsibility and ethics, we chose to share with you some of the criteria established by the specialized agency Family Aims for the selection of…