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☆ Dengue cases top 5.2 million in the Americas as outbreak passes yearly record, PAHO says
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Michael Rios | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Dengue cases are surging in the Americas, with cases reported topping 5.2 million as of this week, surpassing a yearly record set in 2023, according to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). PAHO spokesperson Ashley Baldwin told CNN Thursday that 5,214,480 cases of dengue have been reported in the Americas as of Wednesday. In all of 2023, the total number of cases reported in the region was 4,572,765. “We are in an emergency situation because of dengue,” PAHO Director Jarbas Barbosa said in a news briefing Thursday. Early detection and access to proper medical care will reduce the probability of dying due to severe dengue,” Baldwin added.

Persons: PAHO, Ashley Baldwin, ”, Jarbas Barbosa, ” Baldwin, Barbosa, Agustin Marcarian, Eraldo Peres, Baldwin Organizations: CNN, Pan American Health Organization, Reuters Public, AP, US Centers for Disease Control, Prevention, World Health Organization, Virgin Islands Locations: Americas, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Peru, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Ceilandia, Brasilia, Puerto Rico, Virgin, American Samoa

☆ Grandma Joy: Now aged 94, this viral star is taking on a new travel challenge
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-07 | by ( Tamara Hardingham-Gill | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

“I don’t have many years left, [so] you hop to it,” Grandma Joy, now 94, tells CNN Travel via Zoom. @grandmajoysroadtrip“We’re in each other’s pockets all the time,” says Grandma Joy. “I tried to learn to enjoy his kind of music,” says Grandma Joy, who has three other grandchildren. Willing spirit"I'm in good shape for an old woman," says Grandma Joy. Life is very short.”As for Grandma Joy, she’s enjoying making up for lost time, and now has several stamps in her first ever passport.

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☆ Puerto Rico declares public health emergency as dengue cases surge
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-28 | by ( Rafy Rivera | Amanda Musa | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Puerto Rico has declared a public health emergency due to a surging number of dengue cases. Puerto Rico Secretary of Heath Carlos Mellado said the health department has registered 549 cases of dengue so far this year, far exceeding historical numbers. Health officials in Puerto Rico are urging people to use insect repellent and eliminate possible mosquito breeding sites by preventing water from accumulating. Get CNN Health's weekly newsletter Sign up here to get The Results Are In with Dr. Sanjay Gupta every Tuesday from the CNN Health team. “There are indeed efforts from the health department and other organizations like the Puerto Rico vector control unit to control dengue in the area.”Climate change will also encourage the spread of dengue around the world, Paz-Bailey said.

Persons: Heath Carlos Mellado, ” Mellado, Dr, Sanjay Gupta, Gabriela Paz, Bailey, ” Paz, ”, Jamie Gumbrecht Organizations: CNN — Puerto, World Health Organization —, Virgin Islands, US Centers for Disease Control, Prevention, Health, Get CNN, CNN Health, Vector, CNN, Paz Locations: CNN — Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico, Virgin, American Samoa, United States, Florida

☆ Falling fertility rates pose major challenges for the global economy, report finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-22 | by ( Karen Gilchrist | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Falling fertility rates are set to spark a transformational demographic shift over the next 25 years, with major implications for the global economy, according to a new study. That would leave 49 countries — primarily in low-income regions of sub-Saharan Africa and Asia — responsible for the majority of new births. "Future trends in fertility rates and livebirths will propagate shifts in global population dynamics, driving changes to international relations and a geopolitical environment, and highlighting new challenges in migration and global aid networks," the report's authors wrote in their conclusion. That shifting demographic landscape will have "profound" social, economic, environmental and geopolitical impacts, the report's authors said. "As the workforce declines, the total size of the economy will tend to decline even if output per worker stays the same.

Persons: Asia —, Dr, Christopher Murray Organizations: Institute for Health Metrics, CNBC Locations: Saharan Africa, Asia, Chad, Niger, Tonga, Samoa, Asia's Tajikistan

☆ Joe Biden and Donald Trump poised to officially clinch party nominations
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Gregory Krieg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —More than 1,200 days after their historic 2020 general election clash, Joe Biden and Donald Trump are expected to clinch their respective parties’ 2024 nominations Tuesday, with voting taking place in four additional states. Biden is the projected winner of the Democratic primary in the US territory of the Northern Mariana Islands, held earlier Tuesday. Unlike Trump, the president never faced a serious, well-funded primary challenge, with Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips, his lone rival in elected office, dropping out and endorsing Biden last week. Biden won the state by less than 12,000 votes in 2020 – the first Democratic presidential candidate to win Georgia since Bill Clinton in 1992. “But we all know Donald Trump sees a different America, an American story of resentment, revenge and retribution.

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Here’s everything you need to know about the one caucus and five primaries on deck. The state has the largest delegates prize among Tuesday’s contests, with 108 pledged Democratic delegates at stake and 59 for Republicans. 21 in the most recent U.S. News Best States rankings, which assesses the performance of states for their residents. On the Democratic side, there are 35 pledged Democratic delegates up for grabs. ET and there are six Democratic delegates at stake, according to the AP.

Persons: It’s, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, –, Biden, Marianne Williamson, “, ” Trump, Nikki Haley, Williamson, Dean Phillips, Minnesota, David Stuckenberg, GOP Caucus Trump, Haley, Trump, Ron DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy, Phillips, DeSantis, Ramaswamy, Chris Christie, Jason Palmer Organizations: GOP, Trump, Aloha State’s Democratic, U.S, United, Democratic, Republican, Associated Press, Republicans, Minnesota –, U.S . Census, Best, Georgia, News, GOP Caucus, GOP Caucus Trump –, AP, Hawaiian Republican Party, Republican National Convention, Aloha State, Florida Gov, Magnolia State, Washington, New, New Jersey Gov, Evergreen State, U.S . News, Northern, Democrats, Super Locations: Georgia, Hawaii , Mississippi, Washington, Northern Mariana, Hawaii, Stake, Trump , Florida, U.S, Mississippi, Florida, New Jersey, America, Northern Mariana Islands, United States, Marianas, Baltimore, American Samoa

☆ Long shot Democratic challenger for president credits AI with helping him block a Biden sweep in the primaries
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-10 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Jason Palmer, the youngest Democratic challenger for president in the 2024 election, beat out incumbent Joe Biden in American Samoa's primary election on Super Tuesday — an unexpected win he credits AI with helping him achieve. While its residents aren't able to vote in the general election, American Samoa has turned out unexpected primary results before. Despite the odds, Palmer hopes his win there will create momentum for his campaign in states like Arizona, Kansas, and Missouri. But it's also because I'm the first technology entrepreneur who's ever run for president, and I'm not 80 years old, I'm actually in the prime of my entrepreneurial life." The Biden campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment from BI regarding whether the incumbent president plans to use AI in his reelection bid.

Persons: Jason Palmer, Joe Biden, Palmer, Biden, Michael Bloomberg's, it's, who's, I'm Organizations: Democratic, Biden, Democrat, Business Locations: Maryland, American Samoa, Arizona , Kansas, Missouri, New Hampshire

Super Tuesday confirmed what Americans already knew: Barring a dramatic event, it's a two-person race now, with a November rematch between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. Here are some takeaways:Both Trump and Biden Lost Support to Protest Voters. In Minnesota, the "uncommitted" got 19% of the vote, attributed to unhappiness over Biden's policy toward the Gaza war. Trump, meanwhile, lost Vermont to the now-departed-from-the-race Nikki Haley and lost sizable chunks of the GOP primary electorate to the former South Carolina governor. Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff had two Democratic colleagues, Rep. Katie Porter and Rep. Barbara Lee, vying with him for the top two lines.

Persons: it's, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Trump, Biden, Nikki Haley, Haley, Adam Schiff, Katie Porter, Barbara Lee, Schiff, Steve Garvey, Garvey, –, Jason Palmer –, Palmer, pollsters Organizations: Biden, Democratic National Convention, GOP, South, Democrat, Democratic, Republican, Major League Baseball, Trump Locations: Minnesota, Gaza, Vermont, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Alaska , Alabama, California, Samoa, U.S, American Samoa, Baltimore, South

☆ Dean Phillips is very mad and getting feisty on X after being wiped out on Super Tuesday
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Dean Phillips got wiped out on Super Tuesday. The Minnesota congressman lost his home state to President Joe Biden by a landslide. AdvertisementRep. Dean Phillips of Minnesota didn't seem too happy after getting wiped out on Super Tuesday. "Congratulations to Joe Biden, Uncommitted, Marianne Williamson, and Nikki Haley for demonstrating more appeal to Democratic Party loyalists than me," Phillips wrote on X on Tuesday after losing his home state to President Joe Biden by a landslide. "And, Jason Palmer," Phillips wrote in a subsequent post, referencing the sole presidential candidate who won the Democratic primary in American Samoa.

Persons: Dean Phillips, Joe Biden, Phillips, Gavin Newsom, —, Uncommitted, Marianne Williamson, Nikki Haley, Jason Palmer Organizations: Service, Minnesota, Democratic Party loyalists, Democratic, Business Locations: Minnesota, American Samoa

CNN —President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump took big steps toward making their seemingly inevitable rematch official, as both notched huge Super Tuesday wins. Here are takeaways from Super Tuesday:Trump wins bigThe former president continued his run of dominance in the Republican nominating contest, despite losing one state, Vermont, to Nikki Haley. His approval ratings remain low, and the general election horse race polling is worrisome for Democrats. But on Super Tuesday, like every other primary day, he has dominated his few rivals – typically winning around 80% of the vote. “Tonight’s numbers showed that President Biden cannot earn back our votes with just rhetoric,” Vote Uncommitted MN spokesperson Asma Nizami said in a statement.

Persons: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Trump, “ uncommitted, Biden, suburbanites, Haley, Nikki Haley, CNN’s, there’s, ” Trump, Evan Vucci, Haley —, –, Marianne Williamson, Dean Phillips, who’s, Tapper, Warren, “, uncommitted ”, Uncommitted, Asma Nizami, ’, “ uncommitted ”, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Kennedy, he’s, They’ve, South Carolina Sen, Lindsey Graham —, —, CNN’s Dana Bash, ”, Nikki, ” Graham, Graham, Haley’s, Mark Levin, She’s, — Biden, Jason Palmer, Palmer, hasn’t, Michael Bloomberg, ” Phillips, Biden’s, Mark Robinson, Josh Stein, Roy Cooper, Bill Graham, “ Mark Robinson, Laurie Buckhout’s, Don Davis, Sandy Smith, Smith, Dan Conston, Buckhout, Davis, Nathan L, Gonzales Organizations: CNN, Biden, Tuesday, Trump, Republican, —, AP, GOP, Trump . College, South Carolina, South Carolina Republican, News, American Samoa —, Democratic, Democratic National Convention, New York City, Minnesota Rep, Democratic Party loyalists, Gov, Democratic Gov, North Carolina Republicans, North, Republicans, Congressional, Fund, House GOP, Freedom Caucus, Capitol, Air Force Locations: Vermont, Lago, Palm Beach, Mar, Fla, Gaza, North Carolina, Virginia, Michigan, Israel, Minnesota, Ilhan Omar’s, Minneapolis, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Carolina, … Vermont, American Samoa, New York, Congress, Tarheel State, state’s, North Carolina’s, Washington

☆ Democrat Dean Phillips drops out of 2024 presidential race
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Representative Dean Phillips speaks to the media as he arrives at Londonderry High School during U.S. presidential primary election, in Londonderry, New Hampshire, U.S., January 23, 2024. Democratic Rep. Dean Phillips, Minn., has dropped out of the 2024 presidential race and endorsed President Joe Biden. "And it is clear that Joe Biden is OUR candidate and OUR opportunity to demonstrate what type of country America is and intends to be." Biden's campaign has been in general election mode for weeks, kicking into high gear after the president swept New Hampshire and South Carolina. Though Biden's age was not enough to singlehandedly keep Phillips' campaign afloat, it is still a top vulnerability as the general election nears.

Persons: Dean Phillips, Joe Biden, Phillips, Nikki Haley, Donald Trump, Biden, Jason Palmer, I'm, pare, Elon Musk, Bill Ackman, Democratic Sen, Joe Manchin, Robert Hur, Hur Organizations: Democratic, U.S, Londonderry High School, Tuesday, New, Democratic National Convention, Biden, Tesla, Republican, Department, Justice Locations: Londonderry , New Hampshire, U.S, Minn, America, American Samoa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, lockstep

☆ Biden lost the American Samoa caucuses to Jason Palmer, a largely unknown businessman
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

President Joe Biden narrowly lost the American Samoa Democratic caucuses. Biden lost to a largely unknown challenger named Jason Palmer. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementPresident Joe Biden is projected to have lost the American Samoa Democratic caucuses to a largely unknown challenger named Jason Palmer, a lackluster result on a night when the sitting president easily romped through the rest of Super Tuesday. According to the Associated Press, out of the 91 votes cast in the territory's caucuses, Biden carried 40 and Palmer won 51.

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden, Jason Palmer, —, Palmer Organizations: American Samoa Democratic, Service, Associated Press, Democratic National Convention, Democratic, Business

☆ More than 1 billion people in the world now live with obesity, analysis finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Mira Cheng | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Previous estimates by the World Obesity Federation suggested that there would be 1 billion people living with obesity by 2030, but that number was already surpassed in 2022, Ezzati said. The analysis focused on rates of underweight and obesity, both forms of malnutrition that are detrimental to people’s health. Obesity rates among children and adolescents worldwide increased fourfold from 1990 to 2022, while obesity rates among adults more than doubled. Obesity rates are now higher than rates of underweight in two-thirds of the world’s countries, according to the analysis. These countries now have higher obesity rates than those of many wealthy industrialized countries, according to the analysis.

Persons: Majid Ezzati, Ezzati, “ We’ve, ”, “, Dr, Francesco Branca, ” Ezzati, we’ve, ” Branca, Branca, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Sanjay Gupta Organizations: CNN, Imperial College London, World Obesity Federation, World Health Organization, WHO Department of Nutrition and Food, WHO, Get CNN, CNN Health, United Nations, Fund, Nutrition Locations: Polynesia, Micronesia, Caribbean, East, North Africa, Tonga, American Samoa, Nauru, United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, France, South America, Mexico, Chile

☆ The least-visited national parks in the United States in 2023
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-26 | by ( Marnie Hunter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

The state of Alaska — which covers 665,384 square miles (426 million acres) — is home to five of the 15 least-visited national parks for 2023. Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve, Alaska - 78,305 recreation visitsAmerica’s largest national park, Wrangell-St. Elias encompasses 13.2 million acres — or about the size of Yellowstone National Park, Yosemite National Park and Switzerland combined, the Park Service says. Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida - 84,285 recreation visitsThis island park in Florida is among 20 National Park Service sites that broke visitation records in 2023. Channel Islands National Park, California - 328,746 recreation visitsStretching over five islands and the surrounding ocean, Channel Islands National Park offer opportunities to hike, snorkel, kayak, birdwatch and more. While Pinnacles may rank among the 15 least-visited national parks, it gets very busy on weekends, holidays and throughout the spring, according to a notice on the park’s website.

Persons: Alaska’s Gates, “, ” Peter Christian, fa’asamoa, Gates, ”, Katmai, Brooks Camp, Elias, Lumir, Nabesna, McCarthy Organizations: CNN, &, CNN Travel, of, Park Service, National Parks, & Preserve, South Pacific, Hawaiian Airlines, Lake Clark, National Park Service, Getty, Isle Royale, NPS, Wolves, Elias, Park & Preserve, Yosemite National, Voyageurs National, Voyageurs National Park, ” Voyageurs, Voyageurs, Service, Channel Locations: Alaska’s, Fairbanks, Alaska, of American Samoa, South, Samoa, Smoky, Wild Rivers, American Samoa, Honolulu, , Alaska, Isle, Lake Superior, Isle Royale, Park , Michigan, Brooks, , Washington, Wrangell, St, Elias, Yellowstone, Yosemite, Switzerland, , Florida, Florida, Key, Fort Jefferson, , Nevada, Minnesota, Voyageurs National Park , Minnesota, Canada, Guadalupe, Park , Texas, Texas, Salt, , South Carolina, South Carolina, Congaree, There’s, Santa Cruz, , California, Southern California

☆ The Two-Decade Fight for Two Letters on the Internet
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Jacob Judah | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The South Pacific island of Niue is one the most remote places in the world. The advent of the internet promised, in a small way, to make Niue and its 2,000 or so residents more connected to the rest of the world. In the late 1990s, an American businessman offered to hook up the island to the internet. All he wanted in exchange was the right to control the .nu suffix that Niue was assigned for its web addresses. “Nu” means now in Swedish, Danish and Dutch, and thousands of Scandinavians registered websites with that suffix, creating a steady business for Niue’s business partner, Bill Semich.

Persons: Bill Semich Locations: Niue, Tonga, American Samoa, American, Tuvalu, Pacific

To keep Earth from overheating too much, the nations of the world need to put fewer loopholes in climate agreements and far more money — trillions of dollars a year — into financial help for poor nations, the United Nations climate chief said Friday. In an unusual and blunt lecture at a university in Baku, Azerbaijan, the host city of upcoming international climate negotiations later this year, United Nations Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell called gains made in the past not nearly enough. Richer nations have promised less than 5% of that amount in climate financial help to poor nations — and they often haven't even delivered that much. “It's already blazingly obvious that finance is the make-or-break factor in the world's climate fight,” Stiell said. “The time has passed for business-as-usual in all aspects of the world's climate fight,” Stiell said.

Persons: Simon Stiell, “, Stiell, Richer, “ It's, ” Stiell, Anne Rasmussen, Jean Su, Su, Joanna Depledge, ___ Read, Seth Borenstein Organizations: United Nations, United, Climate Finance, United Arab Emirates, ”, Biological Diversity, Cambridge University, Climate, Associated Press Locations: United, Baku, Azerbaijan, United Nations, China, Nations, Brazil, Grenada, United Arab, United States, England, Dubai, AP.org

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States will resume a long-suspended Peace Corps program in the North Pacific island of Palau as the Biden administration continues moves to counter growing Chinese influence in the region. “Volunteers will live and work side-by-side with community partners to improve childhood literacy and math and science skills, along with teaching English as a foreign language,” Peace Corps director Carol Spahn said in a statement. Palau’s president, Surangel Whipps, said the return of the Peace Corps reflects the strong relationship between his nation and the United States. Peace Corps officials said they hope that with congressional funding the Palau reopening will be the first of several new programs it will restart in the Pacific. The Peace Corps, a creation of the John F. Kennedy administration, currently has Pacific island programs in Fiji, Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu.

Persons: Biden, Carol Spahn, Surangel Whipps, “, ” Whipps, John F, Kennedy, Didi Tang Organizations: WASHINGTON, Peace Corps, “ Volunteers, Peace, Corps, Pacific, Marshall, Associated Press Locations: United States, North, Palau, Taiwan, Federated States, Micronesia, China, Marshall Islands, Beijing, U.S, Pacific, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu

☆ Pacific Islands Need to Boost Digital Security to Join Undersea Cable, Says US Official
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Jan. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

By Kirsty NeedhamSYDNEY (Reuters) - Pacific Islands nations that want to connect to U.S.-funded undersea cables will need to secure their digital ecosystems to guard against data risks from China, a senior U.S. State Department official said. The United States pledged last year to jointly fund two undersea cables, to be built by Google, connecting the U.S. territory of Guam with hubs in Fiji and French Polynesia, and further branching out across remote Pacific Islands. The proposed intra-Pacific cable project has offered to branch out to Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tuvalu, Fiji, Nauru, Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Cook Islands, Wallis and Futuna and the Federated States of Micronesia. China and the U.S. are jostling for influence in the Pacific Islands with competing offers for infrastructure. The Solomon Islands, which struck a security pact with Beijing, is rolling out a Chinese-funded mobile network built by Chinese telecommunications company Huawei.

Persons: Kirsty Needham SYDNEY, Nathaniel Fick, Kirsty Needham, Edwina Gibbs Organizations: Pacific, U.S . State Department, United, Google, Futuna, Federated, The U.S . Department of, Washington, Sydney, Huawei, Telstra, Microsoft, U.S Locations: U.S, China, Guam, Fiji, French Polynesia, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tuvalu, Nauru, Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Cook Islands, Wallis, Federated States, Micronesia, The, Solomon, Beijing, Australia, Asia, Pacific

☆ Opinion | How ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Presses Up Against the Limits of Empathy
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Maggie Blackhawk | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Mr. Scorsese takes a different tack. Rather than aim for moral development of the audience through empathy for Osage suffering, he focuses on Ernest Burkhart. Ernest is the paradigmatic wolf, just as Mr. DiCaprio has played other wolves throughout his career, on Wall Street and elsewhere. Mr. Burkhart acts on simple, underdeveloped moral principles — and often not exactly out of malice, but self-interest. Mr. Burkhart is driven by base desires — financial gain and other perquisites of power — toward horrific acts against his own family.

Persons: Scorsese, Mollie Burkhart, Ernest Burkhart, Ernest, DiCaprio, Burkhart, Scorsese’s, — Hobbes, Machiavelli, Hannah Arendt, Emmanuel Levinas, Arendt, Levinas, Vine Deloria Organizations: United, Osage, American Samoa Locations: United States, Osage Nation of Oklahoma, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, Guam, American

☆ The Iowa caucuses are on Monday — here's what you need to know
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-13 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Iowa voters will bear subzero wind chills on Jan. 15 to sit in school gyms, churches and community centers and discuss who they want to be the next U.S. president. The Iowa caucuses are the first voting events in the Republican presidential primary. Why do Iowa caucuses matter? Democrats have intentionally lessened their emphasis on the Iowa caucuses due to a vote-counting blunder in 2020. How can you follow the Iowa caucuses?

Persons: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Surrogates, caucusgoers, Trump, Pete Buttigieg, Biden, Ted Cruz, outdoing Trump, Vivek Ramaswamy, Grassley, Ron DeSantis, Eric Trump, Nikki Haley, Ramaswamy, Bob Vander Plaats, Asa Hutchinson, caucusing Organizations: Republican, North Dakota ., Virgin, Democratic, Republican National Convention, Democrats, GOP, Florida Gov, U.N, Former Arkansas Gov, CT, Voters, CNBC Locations: Des Moines , Iowa, Iowa, U.S, Nevada , Wyoming, North Dakota, North Dakota . U.S, American Samoa, Guam, , Iowa, New Hampshire

☆ Pacific Islands lash out at COP28 presidency: ‘We weren't in the room’ when deal was announced
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-13 | by ( Natasha Turak | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Anne Rasmussen, the lead negotiator for the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), told the COP28 Presidency in a closing statement: "We are a little confused about what just happened." "It seems that you gavelled the decisions, and the small island developing states were not in the room. Participants attend a presentation at the Moana Blue Pacific pavilion of Pacific islands prior to the opening ceremony of the UNFCCC COP28 Climate Conference at Expo City Dubai on November 30, 2023 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Sean Gallup | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesFor Pacific Island nations, however, and many other island and low-lying coastal states vulnerable to rising sea levels, the deal falls severely short. For the Pacific Islands, climate change poses an existential threat.

Persons: Michael Runkel, Tina Stege, Anne Rasmussen, Sean Gallup, Brianna Fruean, we've, Fruean, weren't, Toeolesulusulu Cedric Schuster Organizations: Getty Images, United Arab Emirates — Representatives, Pacific, United Arab, Marshall, Alliance of Small, States, UAE, Expo City, Getty, Big Oil, Pacific Climate Warriors, CNBC, UNITED, Natural Resources, United Arab Emirates Locations: Ouvea, New Caledonia, Getty Images DUBAI, United Arab, United Arab Emirates, Pacific, Expo City Dubai, Dubai, Paris, DUBAI, EMIRATES, Samoa, States

More than 8,000 people, mostly Native Hawaiians, perished at Kalaupapa, including Damien, who eventually contracted leprosy, later called Hansen’s disease. Damien’s love for Kalaupapa’s people was unconditional, said Barbara Jean Wajda of the Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities. “They keep me like this, make me strong.”She enjoys when people visit and when the church brings pilgrims, she said. The walls of the sisters' house, Kalaupapa’s largest dwelling, are filled with photos of the sisters who worked on the settlement after Marianne. “And we both feel connected to the patients, to the land, to the saints who were here, declared and undeclared,” Wajda said.

Persons: Saint Damien of Molokai, Kalaupapa’s, Damien’s, ”, Lance Toyofuku, ” Kalaupapa, Father Damien, Mother Marianne —, Alicia Damien Lau, Damien, Joseph De Veuster, Saint Marianne, Patrick Killilea, “ Fr, Paddy, “ It’s, Philomena, Barbara Jean Wajda, Francis, Lau, ” Marianne Cope, Marianne, Tonata Lolesio, ” Lolesio, “, Honolulu Bishop Larry Silva’s, Silva, didn’t, that’s, Wajda, Francis Church, she’s, Watanuki, ” Bishop Silva, ” Keani Rawlins, Fernandez, Mother Marianne, Marianne . Lau, Alicia, ” Wajda, ” They’ve Organizations: Toyota, National Park Service, St, Neumann, Sacred Hearts School, Honolulu Bishop, “, Associated Press, Maui County Council, Lilly Endowment Inc, AP Locations: KALAUPAPA, Hawaii, Kalaupapa, Molokai, Belgian, Hawaii’s, Honolulu, Belgium, Germany, Maui, Lahaina, American Samoa, Maui County

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Persons: SoFi, eToro, Jeremy Zafiros, you'll Organizations: SoFi, Robinhood, Coinbase, Pro, USA, eToro USA, Smart, eToro Trading, eToro, Visa, Mastercard Locations: Blockchain.com, USA, New York , Minnesota , Nevada , Puerto Rico , Tennessee, Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa , Northern Marianas, There's, New York , Nevada , Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Virgin Islands, Abra

☆ Virgin Australia adds Boeing MAX-8 aircraft as demand stays buoyant
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Nov 24 (Reuters) - Airline operator Virgin Australia (IPO-VIR.AX) on Friday said it has added six Boeing MAX-8 aircraft to further expand its fleet and meet travel demand, taking its total order for the planes to fourteen. Australia's second-biggest carrier returned to a profit for the first time in 11 years in fiscal 2023, buoyed by a strong recovery in travel demand following the COVID-19 pandemic. "Travel demand remains high and we continue to grow and renew our fleet, enabling us to deliver great value and choice in the market," Virgin Australia Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer Alistair Hartley said. The MAX-8 aircrafts will enter the domestic and short-haul international routes including Fiji, Bali and Samoa, the carrier said. Reporting by Adwitiya Srivastava in Bengaluru; Editing by Mrigank DhaniwalaOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Australia's, Alistair Hartley, Adwitiya Srivastava, Mrigank Organizations: Virgin Australia, Boeing, Thomson Locations: Fiji, Bali, Samoa, Bengaluru

☆ ‘Next Goal Wins’ Review: Offside
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Jeannette Catsoulis | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Bland photography and perfunctory writing are the very least of my issues with “Next Goal Wins,” a movie-shaped stain on the class of entertainment known as the sports-underdog comedy. Whatever Waititi’s past sins — I’m looking at you, the cringe-inducing “Jojo Rabbit” (2019) — his work has usually been polished and, yes, funny; this degree of carelessness is something new. A horrifyingly miscast Michael Fassbender stars as Thomas Rongen, a pugnacious Dutch-born soccer coach whose sideline rages have earned him professional banishment to American Samoa. Ten years earlier, the island’s soccer team had suffered a 31-0 defeat in its 2001 World Cup qualifying match against Australia, and since then has failed to score a single goal. With just three weeks until the team’s next important game, can Rongen whip its cosmically inept members into shape?

Persons: Bland, ”, Mike Brett, Steve Jamison’s, Taika Waititi, “ Jojo Rabbit ”, —, Michael Fassbender, Thomas Rongen Organizations: New, American Samoa, Australia Locations: New Zealand, Dutch, American

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