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☆ Evacuations ordered, homes damaged in Texas as rivers surge to Hurricane Harvey levels. And more rain is on the way
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-03 | by ( Mary Gilbert | Joe Sutton | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

A total of 1,000 homes are in a mandatory evacuation zone in the county, Polk County Judge Sydney Murphy told CNN. “Due to continuous rainfall across East Texas and rising levels in creeks and rivers, flood levels may increase. Please remain aware of changing flood levels along the Trinity River and ALL low-lying levels. Greg Abbott expanded the storm-related declarations in response to the flooding, according to a news release. The repeated bouts of heavy rainfall soaked soils, making many areas extremely prone to both flash and river flooding.

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☆ Top 10 most livable small to midsize cities where the median home price is $500,000 or less
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-03 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Livability, a media and marketing company that ranks places based on how livable they are, released its annual list of the 100 most livable small to midsize cities in the US this week. AdvertisementThe list is limited to cities with populations under 500,000 people that also have median home values under $500,000. Livability's list of 100 cities is not ranked in order, as you are able to filter and rank the list based on your top priorities. All one 100 cities can also be viewed on a US map, so you can easily search by region or state. AdvertisementThe following ranking of the top 10 best small to midsize cities to live in is based on the overall livability scores.

Persons: — Organizations: Service, Business, Census, of Labor Statistics Locations: Los Angeles and New York, Montana, Miami, Oakland

☆ It's likely only a matter of time until Russia captures a key town in Ukraine, intel chief says
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-03 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ukraine is likely to lose the key eastern town of Chasiv Yar to Russia, a top intelligence official said. AdvertisementUkraine likely faces the approaching loss of a key eastern town to Russia, one of the country's top intelligence officials said. Much of the town in question, Chasiv Yar, is little more than rubble after more than a year of bombardment. BAKHMUT, UKRAINE - SEPTEMBER 27: An aerial view of the city of Bakhmut totally destroyed from heavy battles on September 27, 2023 in Bakhmut, Ukraine. AdvertisementWhile Chasiv Yar holds, Russia has carved a salient about 25 miles to the southwest in the village of Ocheretyne.

Persons: Chasiv Yar, Chasiv, —, Vadym Skibitsky, Bakhmut, Serhiy Hrabsky, Vladimir Putin's, Skibitsky, Avdiivka, Putin Organizations: Service, Ukraine Patrol Police, AP, Russia, New York Times, Russian, Ukrainian, Libkos, Pentagon, Economist Locations: Ukraine, Chasiv, Russia, Donetsk, Chasiv Yar, Bakhmut, Luhansk, BAKHMUT, UKRAINE, Ocheretyne, Russian, Beijing

☆ Opinion: Unable to ‘win’ in Gaza, Israel sets its sights elsewhere
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Opinion Hussein Ibish | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —An eerie relative calm has descended on the Middle East — Gaza obviously excluded — since a highly alarming exchange of missile, rocket and drone attacks by Israel and Iran in recent weeks. Now, the recent exchange of direct military attacks with Iran might have sealed Lebanon’s fate, unless team Biden can restrain Israel. On April 1, Israel struck an Iranian diplomatic facility in Damascus, killing a number of senior Iranian officials including Brig. As Israel’s forces moved south through Gaza, obliterating Hamas brigades with relative ease, its thinking relatively quickly turned north again. If this happens, a primary US goal regarding the Gaza war — conflict containment — would be shattered not by Washington’s adversaries, but ironically by its closest regional partner.

Persons: Hussein Ibish, Read, Biden, Israel, Mohammad Reza Zahedi, Haji Rahimi, Hossein Amirollah, Louai Beshara, Benjamin Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant, Charbel Mallo, Israel —, Joe Biden Organizations: Gulf States Institute, Israel, CNN, Biden, Hezbollah, Brig, Iran’s, Quds Force, Getty, Iranian, Israeli Locations: Washington, East, Gaza, Israel, Iran, Lebanon, Iranian, Damascus, Brig, Syria, AFP, Tehran, United States, Kafr Kila, Lebanese

☆ Torrential Rains Leave at Least 13 Dead and More Missing in Brazil
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Ana Ionova | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

At least 13 people have been killed and 21 are missing after heavy rains drenched southern Brazil, prompting a state government to send rescue helicopters in search of stranded residents, the authorities said on Thursday. The torrential rains that poured over the state of Rio Grande do Sul in recent days were well above normal for this time of year, according to experts. The rains swelled rivers across the state’s low-lying central valley region, flooding towns, causing a bridge to collapse, blocking roads and setting off mudslides. One town, Canudos do Vale, was left isolated with no electricity or communication. In the town of Candelária, residents awaited rescue helicopters on the roofs of their flooded homes.

Organizations: National Institute of Meteorology, The New York Times Locations: Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Canudos, Candelária

☆ U.S. Accuses Russia of Using Chemical Weapons in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Constant Méheut | More About Constant Méheut | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The United States has accused Russia of using chemical weapons, including poison gas, “as a method of warfare” against Ukrainian forces, in violation of a global ban on the use of such weapons. The State Department said in a statement on Wednesday that Russia had used chloropicrin, a “choking agent” widely used during World War I, as well as tear gas, against Ukrainian troops. The use of these gases in warfare is banned under the Chemical Weapons Convention, an arms control treaty ratified by more than 150 countries, including Russia. Russia this year has been slowly but steadily pushing through Ukrainian defenses in the east, capturing several towns and villages. The State Department also said that the United States would impose sanctions on three state entities linked to Russia’s chemical and biological weapons programs and four companies that support them.

Organizations: Ukrainian, State Department, Chemical Weapons Convention Locations: States, Russia, United States

☆ 5 backyard trends that are in this year and 5 that are out, according to gardeners and interior designers
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Alyssa Towns Swantkoski | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Business Insider asked interior designers and gardeners to share the best and worst backyard trends. Experts said fun umbrellas, outdoor pergolas, and edible gardens are rising in popularity. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Business Insider spoke to interior designers and gardeners to learn which trends are best to add or eliminate from backyards this year.

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☆ Ukraine: Russia is capturing its biggest swath of territory since July 2022, as Kyiv desperately awaits US weaponry
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( Nick Paton Walsh | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Russian forces have used the “artillery drought” hampering Ukraine’s defenses since December to push forward on the eastern front near Avdiivka, making the largest advance since the early months of the war. Only on Sunday did the top Ukrainian military commander, Oleksandr Syrskyi, admit the fall of a series of villages that his subordinates had insisted for days were still contested. The resulting fallback showed Russian forces had, in just over two months, made the most substantial and swift progress since July 2022’s advances near Severodonetsk, according to a CNN analysis. DeepStateMap, which updates the frontline situation daily, showed significant losses near Avdiivka. Yurii Fedorenko, commander of the Achilles attack drones company at the 92nd separate assault brigade in that area, said the next two months marked a “window of opportunity” for Russian forces.

Persons: Chasiv, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Ruslan Mykula, ” Mykula, ”, Volodymyr Zelensky, Oleksandr Ratushniak Oleksandr Ratushniak, Chasiv Yar, Col Nazar Voloshyn, ” Voloshyn, Druzhkivka, Novozhenina, Yurii Fedorenko, “ Organizations: CNN, Sunday, Kurakhove, Ukraine’s, Airborne, REUTERS, Reuters, Russian Locations: Ukraine, Avdiivka, Donetsk, Mariupol, Russia, Pokrovsk, Chasiv Yar, Bakhmut, Ukrainian, Russian, Avdiivka’s, Severodonetsk, Ocheretyne, Kurakhve, Kupiansk, Kharkiv, Moscow

☆ Trump gives his strongman’s ambitions free rein on a day off from court
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

CNN —Donald Trump used his day off from a criminal trial related to a past election to cast a dark, familiar shadow over the next one. Trump cut an unrecognizable figure from the grim ex-president who bleats a daily dirge of complaints about his hush money trial outside Judge Juan Merchan’s court. On specific issues, surveys show Trump leading Biden on most issues including the economy, immigration, and the Israel-Hamas war. “A chilling glimpse into Trump’s second term plansSix months before the election, Trump’s searing campaign rhetoric is becoming less an exercise in performative demagoguery than a blueprint for a potential second term. In the Time interview, Trump comes across as confident and determined to learn the lessons of his first term in which he claims he was let down by “bad” officials.

Persons: Donald Trump, Joe Biden, ”, Trump, bleats, Juan Merchan’s, ” Trump, he’s, Merchan, Joe Biden’s, Biden, Kamala Harris, Roe, Wade, David Axelrod, Barack Obama, Axelrod, CNN’s Erin Burnett, “, Trump’s, doesn’t, he’d, It’s, Eric Cortellessa, ” He’s, quagmire, it’s Organizations: CNN, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Capitol, shudder, White, Democratic Party, “, Columbia University, Trump, National Guard, Guard, Republican, ’, ” Locations: Wisconsin, Michigan, Manhattan, America, crackdowns, “, “ New York, North Carolina, Israel, Florida, Freeland , Michigan, Washington, China

☆ Meet the little people whose bodies may hold a key to longevity
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( Sandee Lamotte | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Sandra TorresTorres has a rare disorder called Laron syndrome that is caused by a genetic mutation. “This is how powerful this mutation seems to be.”What is Laron syndrome? Laron syndrome is a recessive gene, so only those who receive a copy from each parent will be affected. The condition leads to extreme obesity, a trigger for diabetes, heart disease, cancer and other diseases. While technically overweight at 100 pounds (45.4 kilograms), she was in good health, with no signs of diabetes or heart disease.

Persons: Paola Castro Torres, ” Torres, Torres, “, ” Nathaly Paola Castro Torres, Sandra Torres Torres, ”, Valter Longo, Longo, Laron, Jaime Guevara, Aguirre, Guevara, ” Longo, ” Guevara, Andrew Freeman, Freeman, ” Hope, it’s Organizations: CNN, gerontology, University of Southern, of Endocrinology, Laron, Jewish Health Locations: Los Angeles, Quito, Ecuador, University of Southern California, Israel, Yemen, East, United States, Croatia, Ireland, Denver

☆ Walmart Is Shutting Health Centers After Plan to Expand
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( Jordyn Holman | More About Jordyn Holman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, said Tuesday that it was shutting down its health care centers, a network that only last year it said it planned to expand. The retailer said in a blog post that its 51 health centers would close. The plans won’t affect the more than 4,600 pharmacies and more than 3,000 vision centers within Walmart stores. Walmart started the health-care clinic initiative in 2019 in Dallas, Ga., with centers providing primary care, labs, X-rays and electrocardiograms, counseling, and dental, optical and hearing services. In 2021, Walmart started offering a virtual option when it acquired MeMD, a telehealth provider.

Organizations: Walmart Locations: Dallas ,

☆ Venice's plan to charge tourists descended into chaos, showing how much of a headache overtourism has become
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-29 | by ( Alexandra Bacon | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The move sparked protests, highlighting the problems city officials face when tackling overtourism. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . When cities are overrun with tourists, officials are often tasked with finding ways to make them more liveable for residents. On peak days, tourists visiting Venice for the day need to buy a ticket online or at booths to enter the city. Other tourist hot spots have implemented caps on the number of daily visitors.

Persons: —, aren't, Simone Venturini, Venturini, Luca Bruno, Manuel Silvestri, it's Organizations: Service, Guardian, Business, AP, Reuters, Mount Fuji, BBC, US National Parks Locations: Venice, Italian, Veniceland, Amsterdam, Japan, Fujikawaguchiko, Austria, Athens

☆ As the U.K. Tries Moving Asylum Seekers Offshore, Ireland Pushes Back
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-29 | by ( Mark Landler | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Britain’s newly ratified plan to put asylum seekers on one-way flights to Rwanda has drawn objections from human rights groups, British and European courts, the House of Lords and even some members of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party. The Irish government said last week that asylum seekers in Britain who fear being deported to Rwanda are instead traveling to Ireland. Irish officials estimate that 80 percent of recent applicants for asylum crossed into the country via Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom, and with which the Republic of Ireland has an open border. That suggests that Britain’s vow to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda is already having something of a deterrent effect, which was Mr. Sunak’s sales pitch for the policy. On Sunday, Ireland’s prime minister, Simon Harris, said, “This country will not in any way, shape or form provide a loophole for anybody else’s migration challenges.”

Persons: Rishi, Simon Harris, ” Organizations: Conservative Party, Northern Ireland Locations: Rwanda, Ireland, Britain, Northern, United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Ukraine

☆ He visited Italy for the first time and bought a house within 24 hours
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-28 | by ( Silvia Marchetti | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

“I had been to various countries in the European Union on several occasions but never Italy, though it was on my list. Millet says that he began planning to travel to Italy to buy a house back in 2019, but was thwarted by Covid-19. “The prices of the houses were super-attractive, especially coming from the Los Angeles area, and the Latronico properties were for the most part in good shape. “At the end of the day, I bought my place and began thinking about renovations and the future,” he adds. Sunset cocktailsThe house Millet bought has only one bedroom but came with two large basements.

Persons: you’re Paul Millet, you’ve, Millet, ”, “, Covid, he’d, Paul Millet, he'll, Vincenzo Castellano, Latronico, ” Millet, Vincenzo Castellano Millet, Latronico’s peacefulness, “ It’s, I’ve, “ Franca, he’s, “ That’s, Latronico’s, Castellano Organizations: CNN, European Union, ” Locations: Italy, Italy’s Basilicata, Los Angeles, Basilicata, Ireland, Latronico, LA, Maui

☆ Opinion: Small-town water systems are global cyber targets. Is your city next?
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-28 | by ( Opinion Robert M. Lee | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The town of Abernathy also reported a water system hack, and the towns of Lockney and Hale Center said hackers tried to breach their water infrastructure but did not succeed. Unlike how David was ready to take on Goliath, our most vulnerable critical infrastructure systems – including water infrastructure – are ill-prepared. The water attacks we’ve seen so far have not had serious consequences for the people they serve. According to the EPA, 90% of the nation’s community water systems are small, public systems bringing water to 10,000 or fewer customers. If we really want to help water utilities defend against cyber threats, we have to close the resource gap.

Persons: Robert M, Lee Dragos, David, we’ve, –, Iran –, Homeland Security’s Organizations: CNN, Cyber Army, Hale Center, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, FBI, Rehabilitation, Government, Department, Homeland, Infrastructure Security Agency, National Security Agency, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Homeland, Local Locations: Russia, Texas, Muleshoe, Abernathy, Lockney, Aliquippa , Pennsylvania, United States, China, North Korea, Iran, Department of Homeland Security’s State

☆ 'You can live like a king' by retiring in Europe, says CFP—but make these 3 moves first
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-28 | by ( Ryan Ermey | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

"If you have that money in southern Italy, you can live like a king, including renting or purchasing a property." If you're hoping to retire in style while keeping costs low, a European retirement may be right for you. That's true for luxury vacation hotspots such as Lake Como and Saint-Tropez, though you may not find what you're looking for in those places anyway. So they have beaches, a walkable town, restaurants, bars, trains — they live on the main line," Sikes says. "There are zero restrictions on Americans buying property in Italy or France," Sikes tells CNBC Make It.

Persons: Tommy Sikes, Sikes Organizations: CNBC, European Union Locations: France, Italy, United States, U.S, York, Los Angeles, Europe, Paris, Rome, Milan, Como, Saint, Ireland, Cyprus

☆ 20 eerie photos that show what happened to Sarajevo's Olympic venues after the 1984 Winter Games
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-27 | by ( Gabbi Shaw | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, hosted the Winter Olympics in 1984. Forty years after the Games, many of the Olympic venues have remained abandoned. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. During the fighting, Olympic venues became battlegrounds, as ski slopes were heavily mined and hotels were turned into prisons. Here's what the 1984 Sarajevo Olympic venues look like in 2024.

Persons: —, it's Organizations: Bosnian, Service, Reuters, P Locations: Sarajevo, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Yugoslavian, Moscow, Yugoslav, Yugoslavia, Olympics, Paris

☆ The Battle for a Hilltop Fortress in Eastern Ukraine, Explained
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Marc Santora | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Russian forces have razed dozens of towns and cities in Ukraine over the past 26 months — killing thousands of civilians, forcing millions from their homes and leaving a trail of destruction that is impossible to calculate. Cities and towns little known to the world have become the scorched-earth battlegrounds where two armies clashed for months to bloody effect before the Russians finally prevailed. Now Russian forces have set their sight on Chasiv Yar, a hilltop fortress town in eastern Ukraine. The campaign is part of an intense effort by Russia to achieve what could be its most operationally significant advance since the first summer of the war in 2022. That includes the headquarters of the Ukrainian eastern command in Kramatorsk.

Persons: Chasiv Yar Locations: Ukraine, Avdiivka . Cities, Russia, Donetsk, Ukrainian, Kramatorsk

Their bodies were discovered days later in some woods off a rural road in Telfair County, and their SUV was found submerged in a nearby lake. He is accused of killing the couple in Telfair County, Georgia. The suspect had the “last known communications” with Bud Runion, then-Telfair County Sheriff Chris Steverson said at the time. “The entire communication he had with Mr. Runion was deceptive,” Telfair County Sheriff Chris Steverson said at the time. Telfair County deputies launched air and water searches for the couple, and contacted land owners in the area to ask if they’d seen anything suspicious.

Persons: Elrey, Bud ” Runion, Runion, Ronnie “ Jay ” Adrian Towns, Ronnie Adrian, Jay, Kent D, Johnson, Bud Runion, Chris Steverson, Tim Vaughn, Towns, ”, they’d, Mark Walker, Jason Hoffman, Bud, David Goldman, ” Walker, “, I’m, “ Bud, Ronnie Towns, ‘, ain’t Organizations: CNN, Ford, Craigslist, GMC, US Army, Towns, Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Authorities, Atlanta, AP Locations: Vietnam, Georgia, McRae, Atlanta, Telfair County, Towns ’, Towns, Telfair County , Georgia, Telfair, Oconee, ” Telfair, Marietta , Georgia, Marietta, Goergia

☆ Heavy Rains and Floods Sweep Cities Across East Africa
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Abdi Latif Dahir | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

At least 200 people were killed and dozens more were injured across East Africa in recent days, officials and aid groups said, as torrential rains, floods and landslides pummeled towns and cities in a region already grappling with the devastating effects of the climate change crisis. The extreme rains unleashed a wave of destruction across Tanzania, Kenya and Burundi, flooding homes, demolishing businesses and leaving many people stranded on rooftops. The downpours exposed yet again the bad roads and poor drainage systems in some of the region’s biggest cities, which residents have persistently complained about. They also revealed how poor people, who live in sprawling shantytowns without access to proper roads, water or power, bear the biggest brunt of destructive floods.

Organizations: East Locations: East Africa, Tanzania, Kenya, Burundi

☆ I visited Aspen, the most expensive vacation destination in America, for the first time. Here are 13 things that surprised me.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Monica Humphries | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

At the start of the 2021 ski season, I visited one of the US' most expensive ski towns: Aspen, Colorado. AdvertisementNestled in Colorado's Rocky Mountains, Aspen is a small ski town known for vacationers with big budgets. At the top of the list was Aspen, with vacationers spending an average of $761.39 per person per day in the town. In 2022, Aspen was the world's most expensive ski town based on the listing price for prime ski property, according to Engel & Völkers, a global real-estate company. In 2023, the ski outlet SnowBrains named Aspen the most expensive ski town in the US.

Persons: —, Engel, Völkers Organizations: Service, Aspen Locations: Aspen , Colorado, Aspen, Rocky

☆ Enduring Mayhem: Images From Year 3 of the War in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

As the largest and deadliest war in Europe since the end of World War II stretches into its third year, the scale of the devastation wrought by Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine continues to mount. The front line is a place of ghastly violence where hundreds of thousands of Russian and Ukrainian soldiers have been killed or wounded, according to conservative Western estimates. The list of Ukrainian cities and towns largely razed to the ground by Russian bombs and artillery grows with each passing month. Russian forces have moved forward in small increments, suffering a staggering number of casualties to take cities like Avdiivka, which Moscow captured in February. Thousands of schools, hospitals and cultural institutions have been damaged or destroyed.

Persons: Russia’s Locations: Europe, Ukraine, Russia

☆ Global arms fairs from Russia to the UAE: Photographer’s take on bizarre world
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Christy Choi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —An arms fair may contain all the trappings of war, but it is nothing like a battlefield. Nikita TeryoshinA shot of the reception at the 2016 MSPO expo, the biggest arms fair in Eastern Europe. “It was the only (arms fair I’d been to) where they were shooting real rockets over 20 kilometers (12 miles) maybe,” said Teroyshin. Fairgoers wait for a shuttle to a live demonstration site during the 2019 Army military expo held in Alabino, Russia. Forever.”) is paired with an image of three women in Islamic veils at an arms fair, one pretending to hold a rifle depicted in the poster in front of her.

Persons: ”, Nikita Teryoshin, “, ” Teryoshin, Nikita Teryoshin “, Teryoshin, Majid, Teroyshin, Lockheed Martin, Nikita Teryoshin Teroyshin, ‘, KAI, Nikita Teryoshin Saudi, Linda Åkerström, eyeshadow, Nikita Teryoshin Åkerström, ” Teroyshin, he’s, Åkerström, you’ll Organizations: CNN, Swedish Bofors, expos, Tiger, Kalashnikov, Lockheed, Manufacturing, ITT, Otis Defence, CTA, Elbit Systems, BAE Systems Locations: Russian, Swedish, Kielce, Poland, Lima , Peru, Belarus, France, Germany, South Korea, China, UAE, Peru, Russia, Vietnam, USA, South Africa, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, “, DEFEXPO, Eastern Europe, Mali, Alabino, Abu Dhabi, Paris, Dortmund, Seoul, IDEX, Central, Western Europe, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Australia, Ukraine

☆ The Sinking Arizona Town Where Water and Politics Collide
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( Jack Healy | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In Arizona’s deeply conservative La Paz County, the most urgent issue facing many voters is not inflation or illegal immigration. It is the water being pumped from under their feet. Water experts say the pumping is sinking poor rural towns. The ground in parts of La Paz County has dropped more than five feet during three decades of farming. Now, he works at a water and ice business in Salome, population 700, selling five-gallon jugs.

Persons: Pipes, Wells, What’s, ”, Luis Zavala Organizations: Capitol, Democrats Locations: Paz County, Phoenix, La Paz County, Mexico, Salome

☆ Young Chinese are trading Shanghai for small cities. Brands like KFC are following them with thousands of stores.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( Shubhangi Goel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . They're struggling to make it in big cities as the world's second-largest economy suffers from a flailing property market and slow post-pandemic consumption recovery. Going big on smaller citiesChina's smaller cities aren't exactly an untapped market. KFC and Pizza Hut operator Yum China, which plans to add 6,000 stores in China by 2026, is also betting big on small cities. AdvertisementThe cost of living crisis driving young people out of China's big cities is a trend that echoes across continents.

Persons: —, MetroDataTech, They're, Joey Wat, DPC, Canyandata Organizations: Migrants, Service, KFC, Bloomberg, Starbucks, Yum Locations: megacities, Shanghai, Shenzhen, MetroDataTech, China, Beijing, —, Yum China, Local, Fuzhou, Korea, New York City, London

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