Presidents Biden, Trump, and Clinton laud the legacy of former President Jimmy CarterAnthony Scaramucci , who briefly served as White House communications director during President-elect Donald Trump ‘s first term, sees promise in Trump’s proposed Cabinet but fears that Trump’s mass deportation plan could have severe economic repercussions . What Happened : During a Friday interview, Scaramucci commended Trump’s intention to nominate Scott Bessent , a billionaire hedge-fund manager, for Treasury secretary. He characterized Bessent as an “extremely intelligent individual” who would be a “reliable figure at Treasury.” Scaramucci also showed support for Trump’s naming Susie Wiles as White House Chief of Staff and intention to nominate Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) for Secretary of State and Rep. Mike Waltz (R-Fla.) for National Security Adviser, labeling them as “astute, practical selections.” But during the discussion with iNews, Scaramucci expressed apprehension about Trump’s deportation plan, which could potentially expel up to 20 million individuals, including those born in the U.S. to undocumented immigrants. He is worried that the execution of such a plan could lead to catastrophic economic outcomes. "I think Trump's barometric pressure of how well he's doing is the stock market. So, if you're telling me he's going to start to deport people and ratchet up tariffs, we're going to have a stock market crash," he said during the interview. "The U.S. stock market is saying that Trump's going to run the country like a centrist, moderate, center-right, Republican president. That's what the U.S. stock market is saying. The U.S. stock market is not taking the rhetoric around tariffs and deportations seriously. So, some of the picks have helped me become more optimistic," he added. Also Read: Scaramucci On Trump Win: ‘I Got It Wrong, I’m Not Going To Whine About It’ Scaramucci also conveyed his hope that Trump’s threat to enforce new tariffs on China, Mexico and Canada will not come to pass, as it could trigger a stock market collapse. Despite his reservations, Scaramucci maintains a positive outlook on the future of Trump’s administration, primarily due to the tempering effect of his cabinet choices. Why It Matters : The appointment of a new cabinet and the potential implementation of a mass deportation plan could have significant implications for the U.S. economy. Scaramucci’s comments highlight the importance of these decisions and their potential impact on the country’s economic stability. His optimism about the cabinet appointments suggests confidence in their ability to guide the country effectively. However, his concerns about the deportation plan and potential tariffs underscore the potential risks these policies pose to the economy. Read Next Scaramucci: ‘Trump Is In Trouble And He Knows It' This content was partially produced with the help of Benzinga Neuro and was reviewed and published by Benzinga editors. © 2024 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved.

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The Arizona Cardinals were rested, relatively healthy and had been playing some of their best football in years. That's why Sunday's sobering 16-6 road loss to the Seattle Seahawks was so surprising. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings.By Dr Bomai D Witne SORCERY or witchcraft accusations and accusations related violence existed in many countries for many centuries. Sorcery is a belief that some people in a particular community possess supernatural powers to cause illness, deaths, or misfortunes to the community and witchcraft is a belief that refers to the use of some forms of supernatural powers and materials to cause illness, deaths, or misfortunes in the community. Beliefs of sorcery or witchcraft continue to lead to accusations and violence in many communities around the world. I use the word sorcery and sorcery accusations related violence (SARV) in this article to refer to different forms of violence related to sorcery beliefs and inflicted on individuals accused of practicing sorcery or witchcraft. Papua New Guinea needs a combination of locally relevant approaches to address and prevent SARV. The peacebuilding strategies and responses to SARV by the Yuri people of Chimbu Province provide insights into the way that indigenous knowledge systems can be harnessed in community responses to SARV. In Europe, SARV ended in the eighteenth century due to improved laws and law enforcement, education, science and rapid socioeconomic, cultural, political, and religious development. However, in many post-colonial countries in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, sorcery beliefs have also been part of the worldview of the people. Contemporary circumstances such as illness, deaths and misfortunes in the community have been interpreted in the context of sorcery beliefs, and in many instances, resulted in accusations and violence. For example, some farming Ngamiland people of Tanzania, accused old women of using sorcery powers to cause draught and killed them. The Maluku people of Indonesia accused political rivals or competitors of using sorcery to make opponents sick or die. They used both modern medicines and the services of local diviners, who were believed to possess powers to heal victims of sorcery. These are only two of many documented examples of SARV. They only just begun to hint at the complexity of the problem of SARV. The instances of SARV have increased in many countries. The United Nations Human Rights Commission now recognises SARV as an ‘egregious violence’ that required the states, civil society organisations, scholars, practitioners and all levels of national communities to develop nationally and locally appropriate ways to address it. PNG is one of many nations to take up the challenge of developing a national response to SARV. There is also interest and support for understanding local responses to SARV in a linguistically and culturally diverse country such as PNG, with diverse beliefs and ritual of supernatural powers, sorcery, and SARV require multiple responses in recognition of the diverse context and the challenges of addressing SARV in PNG. This article focuses on how the Yuri people addressed SARV. The Yuri people are comprised of more than 13 clans based in scattered villages along the Kubor Range, in the central highlands of Chimbu Province in PNG. The Yuri people’s responses to SARV offers a unique perspective that can inform national and global conversations of SARV when viewed through the lenses of Indigenous Knowledge, local transrational peacebuilding, social relationships, and restorative justice. This framing of Yuri responses to SARV follows the lead of Melanesian cultural authorities, who have observed that people in different communities, like the Malaita people of Solomon Islands, were knowledgeable and able to find solutions to their problems and adapt new knowledge in changing circumstances. Peace studies scholars pointed out that the different experiences, knowledge, and skills that are possessed by people in a community offer potential for bridging different knowledge systems to arrive at ‘transrational’ peace. This is one of a number of important concepts from peace studies that also help to foreground the importance of social relationships and the culture of mutual caring and sharing for others as the foundation for peacebuilding and restorative justice. Peace studies research has also established that the desire for peace and safety within communities can be built and maintained through collective discussions and consensus. It creates agency for men, women, youth, community leaders and all members of the community who participate in conversations and engage in activities to advance their own wellbeing as well as the wellbeing of others and the community. In an endeavour to create a safe and peaceful community, SARV must be assessed with the view to identify and address underlying causes. In the context of Yuri, every Yuri person was already embedded in Yuri social relations and peace-building initiatives since 2013. My role was to organise my clan group for peacebuilding and people from other clans did the same. We came together to publicly denounce all forms of violence and establish peace in the community. The actions and support of the community was expressed through the cultural activities such as singing, dancing, hosting tribal youth camp, peace walks, participating in sports, inter Christian worship and spreading message of peace and unity. This local initiative was to understand the importance of a peaceful society based on unbreakable social harmony and relationships to address and prevent SARV which was helpful to Yuri as well as people working to end SARV in national and international contexts. Dr Witne has recently completed a PhD by publication under the Australia Awards Scholarship at the Queensland University of Technology. The title of his thesis is Understanding Indigenous responses to sorcery accusation related violence: Peacebuilding by the Yuri people of Papua New Guinea. He is a lecturer in Political Science and PNG National History in the Division of Social Science at the University of Goroka. Dr Witne shares part of his PhD thesis.

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Foreign ministers from the world’s leading industrialized nations expressed cautious optimism Monday about possible progress on a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. The top diplomats met for the final time before a new U.S. administration takes office with wars raging in the Mideast and Ukraine. “Knock on wood,” Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said as he opened the Group of Seven meeting outside Rome. “We are perhaps close to a ceasefire in Lebanon," he said. "Let's hope it's true and that there's no backing down at the last-minute.” A ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon was foremost on the agenda of the G7 meeting in Fiuggi, outside Rome, that gathered ministers from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States, in the last G7 encounter of the Biden administration. For the first time, the G7 ministers were joined by their counterparts from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, the so-called “Arab Quintet,” as well as the Secretary General of the Arab League. “Everyone favors a ceasefire in both scenarios,” Tajani told reporters, adding that Italy had offered to take on an even greater peacekeeping role in Lebanon to oversee any ceasefire deal. As the ministers arrived in Italy, Israel’s ambassador to the U.S., Mike Herzog, told Israeli Army Radio on Monday a ceasefire deal to end fighting between Israel and the Lebanon-based Hezbollah could be reached “within days.” Several Arab ministers reiterated calls for a ceasefire in both Lebanon and Gaza during a G7-affiliated conference in Rome. “We need a ceasefire, a permanent ceasefire. That will stop the killings and stop the destruction and restore a sense of normalcy to life,” Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi told the conference. Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, for his part, reaffirmed that Cairo would host a minister-level conference next Monday on mobilizing international aid for Gaza. The so-called “Quintet” has been working with the U.S. to finalize a “day after” plan for Gaza. There is some urgency to make progress before the Trump administration takes over in January. President-elect Donald Trump is expected to pursue a policy that strongly favors Israel over the aspirations of the Palestinians. Tajani added another item to the G7 agenda last week after the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defense minister and Hamas’ military chief. Italy is a founding member of the court and hosted the 1998 Rome conference that gave birth to it. But Italy’s right-wing government has been a strong supporter of Israel after the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks, while also providing humanitarian aid for Palestinians in Gaza. The Italian government has taken a cautious line, reaffirming its support and respect for the court but expressing concern that the warrants were politically motivated. The United States, Israel's closest ally, has called the warrants “outrageous.” Tajani acknowledged consensus hadn't been reached among the G7 members but hoped for agreement to have a unified position. He noted that all sides need Netanyahu to make any deal. “We can also not agree with how his government has led the reaction after the massacre of Oct. 7, but now we have to deal with Netanyahu to arrive at peace in Lebanon, peace in Palestine,” Tajani said. Nathalie Tocci, director of the Rome-based Institute for International Affairs think tank, warned that inserting the ICC warrant into the G7 agenda was risky, since the U.S. is the lone member that is not a signatory to the court and yet tends to dictate the G7 line. “If Italy and the other (five G7) signatories of the ICC are unable to maintain the line on international law, they will not only erode it anyway but will be acting against our interests,” Tocci wrote in La Stampa daily this weekend, recalling Italy’s recourse to international law in demanding protection for Italian U.N. peacekeepers who have come under fire in southern Lebanon. The other major talking point of the G7 meeting is Ukraine, and tensions have only heightened since Russia attacked Ukraine last week with an experimental, hypersonic ballistic missile that escalated the nearly 33-month-old war. Russian President Vladimir Putin said the strike was retaliation for Kyiv’s use of U.S. and British longer-range missiles capable of striking deeper into Russian territory. The G7 has been at the forefront of providing military and economic support for Ukraine since Russia’s invasion in February 2022 and G7 members are particularly concerned about how a Trump administration will change the U.S. approach. Trump has criticized the billions of dollars that the Biden administration has poured into Ukraine and has said he could end the war in 24 hours, comments that appear to suggest he would press Ukraine to surrender territory that Russia now occupies. “It’s hugely important that this G7, that all colleagues across the G7 continue to stand with Ukraine for as long as it lasts,” British Foreign Secretary David Lammy said as he arrived. He announced new sanctions on vessels of Russia's “shadow fleet” of ships that are evading sanctions to export Russian oil. “And we are confident that Ukraine can have the funds and the military equipment and kit to get through 2025,” Lammy said. The G7 foreign ministers’ meeting, the second of the Italian presidency after ministers gathered in Capri in April, is being held in the medieval town of Fiuggi southeast of Rome, best known for its thermal spas. On Monday, which coincides with the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, ministers were attending the inauguration of a red bench meant to symbolize Italy’s focus on fighting gender-based violence. Over the weekend, tens of thousands of people marched in Rome to protest gender-based violence, which in Italy so far this year has claimed the lives of 99 women, according to a report last week by the Eures think tank.