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☆ Jean Daniel Pession: Italian World Cup skier dies in mountain accident alongside girlfriend
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Amy Cassidy | Sharon Braithwaite | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Italian World Cup speed skier Jean Daniel Pession and his girlfriend, Elisa Arlian, died in a mountain accident in northwest Italy, the Italian Winter Sports Federation (FISI) confirmed. “A terrible tragedy struck the world of winter sports and speed skiing in particular,” the federation said in a June 1 statement. “In a tragic mountain accident above Champoluc (Aosta), Jean Daniel Pession, a 28-year-old World Cup team member, lost his life. Together with Pession, his girlfriend also died,” FISI added. According to the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS), Pession finished 15th in the 2021 World Cup standings for speed skiing.

Persons: Jean Daniel Pession, Elisa Arlian, Pession, ” FISI, Flavio Roda, ” Pession, Rescuers, – Organizations: CNN, Winter Sports Federation, Federation, RAI, Helicopters, Snowboard Federation Locations: Italy, Aosta, Mount Zerbion, Champoluc, Vars

☆ Pacific castaways’ ‘HELP’ sign sparks US rescue mission – and an unexpected family reunion
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Brad Lendon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

So the castaways gathered palm fronds from the 31-acre island, arranged them to spell out “HELP” on the beach, and waited, according to a Coast Guard statement. The names of the stranded men have not been released by the Coast Guard, and CNN attempts to contact their relatives have not gotten replies. When the Coast Guard cutter Oliver Henry reached Pikelot on April 9, the story took another twist. “He couldn’t believe I’m with the Coast Guard trying to rescue them.”The man was a third cousin, the others fourth cousins, he said. “It could be coincidence,” said Chief Warrant Officer Sara Muir, public affairs officer for US Coast Guard Forces Micronesia.

Persons: Sgt, Richard Ebensberger, Chelsea Garcia, ” Garcia, Oliver Henry, Eugene Halishlius, Halishlius, ” Halishlius, ”, Sara Muir Organizations: CNN, US Navy, Coast Guard, US Coast Guard, Guard, Hawaii Air National Guard, Federated, Kadena Air Base, Navy, Coast Guard HC, Air, Coast, US Coast Guard Forces Micronesia, US Air Force, Andersen Air Force Base, Australian Locations: Micronesia, Pikelot, Guam, Polowat, Federated States, Pacific, Philippines, Hawaii, Okinawa, Japan

☆ Ambani pre-wedding party guests arrived in jungle-themed attire to honor Anant Ambani's Vantara animal rescue center
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-02 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Mukesh Ambani is hosting a pre-wedding bash for his son, Anant Ambani and fiancée Radhika Merchant. Guests of the grand affair donned jungle-themed attire in the name of Anant's animal rescue efforts. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Mukesh Ambani, the chair of Reliance Industries, is hosting a three-day celebration in honor of the upcoming wedding of his son, Anant Ambani, to Radhika Merchant, a healthcare heiress. Guests attending the celebration in Gujarat, India, wore jungle-themed attire to pay tribute to the younger Ambani's passion for his animal rescue center.

Persons: Mukesh Ambani, Anant Ambani, fiancée Radhika Merchant, Partygoers, —, Radhika Merchant Organizations: Service, Reliance Industries Locations: Gujarat, India

☆ Anant Ambani pre-wedding bash: Celebrities, tycoons jet to Indian billionaire heir’s celebrations in Jamnagar
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-01 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New Delhi Reuters —Charter jets for tycoons and celebrities, a performance by Rihanna and directions to don “jungle fever” outfits when visiting an animal rescue center — that’s how billionaire Mukesh Ambani is kickstarting big fat Indian wedding celebrations for his son. The occasion of the moment that has India transfixed is a three-day pre-wedding jamboree for his youngest son Anant Ambani, 28, who is set to marry his long-time girlfriend Radhika Merchant, 29. Anant is a director at Reliance’s new energy business and one of Ambani’s three children who are the heirs to his empire. Ambani also made headlines with his daughter Isha’s wedding in 2018 which was described by some as a mini-Davos summit. Guests to Anant Ambani’s celebrations are set to savor 500 dishes created by around 100 chefs.

Persons: Rihanna, Mukesh Ambani, Ambani, Anant Ambani, Radhika Merchant, Anant, David Blaine, Bill Gates, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, Gautam Adani, Kumar Mangalam Birla, Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Bob Iger, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Anant Ambani’s Organizations: Delhi Reuters —, Reliance, Forbes, Disney, Reliance’s, Encore, Former U.S, Reuters Locations: Delhi, India, Jamnagar, Reliance’s, Gujarat, Davos, Former, New Delhi, Mumbai

☆ Rescuing Abandoned Dogs Is His Rehab
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( John Leland | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The dog that saved Mike Favor’s life was a German shepherd puppy named Honey: 8 weeks old, heart condition, four months to live. When he heard about the puppy, at a rescue organization where he occasionally volunteered, he knew he couldn’t take her. “I’m too new into sobriety,” he told his fiancée at the time, who also volunteered at the rescue center. Favor is a big tough guy, son of a cop, a self-described “street dude” with a chip on his shoulder. Favor, 40, showed off the product of that encounter: a 4,000-square-foot rescue center and sanctuary for abused or neglected dogs called Freedom Home.

Persons: Mike Favor’s, Favor, “, ”, Honey, “ I’ll Locations: German, Staten Island

☆ War-traumatized Ukrainian bear to be adopted by Scottish zoo
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —An Asiatic black bear, which endured severe trauma in a zoo in Russian-occupied Ukraine, is set to be adopted by a zoo in Scotland. In October 2022, according to posts on a Ukrainian rescue center’s social media, Ukrainian soldiers entered the abandoned zoo in the village of Yampil, Donetsk, which had been under Russian occupation. They found that almost all of the 200 animals at the zoo had been killed. It’s often forgotten that it’s traumatic for animals as well,” Romain Pizzi, Five Sisters’ head veterinarian, told CNN. Yampil is a “gentle bear,” Pizzi has observed so far, adding that the staff at the zoo are hopeful that they can give him a good life in Scotland, where he can become “a happy, normal bear.”

Persons: Yampil, –, Yampil –, ” Romain Pizzi, Gary Curran, “, ” Pizzi, ” Curran, Pizzi, ” Organizations: CNN, Five Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Scotland, Yampil, Donetsk, Belgium, Scottish, Poland, Edinburgh, … Scotland, Natuurhulpcentrum

“The ground is already really dry — it doesn’t take much for the heat to kind of just build up over there,” said Paul Pastelok, a senior meteorologist at AccuWeather. “And that’s what makes it a bigger heat dome that we’re seeing right now.”In the Minneapolis area, better known for its foreboding winter conditions, forecasters said daily temperature records could fall on both Tuesday and Wednesday, with readings of 99 or 100 degrees possible. Meteorologists said high temperatures were forecast to reach up to 20 degrees above average throughout Iowa and neighboring states over the next few days. The humidity will make it feel even more oppressive, with heat indexes that could approach 120 degrees. Forecasters have issued heat alerts, ranging from advisories to excessive heat warnings, for roughly 100 million people across 22 states.

Persons: ”, Paul Pastelok, Tyler Hasenstein, Amy Heinz Organizations: National Weather Service Locations: Minneapolis, Minnesota, Iowa, Adel , Iowa

☆ Iran says it had court order to seize Chevron tanker
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

DUBAI, July 6 (Reuters) - Iran said on Thursday it had a court order to seize a tanker in Gulf waters a day earlier after it collided with an Iranian vessel, one of two tankers the U.S. Navy said it prevented Iran from commandeering. The Richmond Voyager, a Bahamas-flagged oil tanker, had collided with an Iranian vessel and the Iranian navy had a court order to seize it, the Maritime Search and Rescue Center of Iran's Hormozgan Province told the official IRINN news agency. It said Iranian authorities had asked the tanker to stop and had fired shots but the Iranian navy vessel departed when McFaul arrived. U.S. oil company Chevron (CVX.N), which manages the Richmond Voyager, said its crew were safe and the vessel was operating normally. The U.S. Navy had earlier responded to an incident involving the Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker TRF Moss in the same region.

Persons: McFaul, IRINN, TRF Moss, Lisa Barrington, Tom Hogue, Jason Neely Organizations: U.S . Navy, Richmond, Iranian, Rescue Center, Iran's, Richmond Voyager, Chevron, Marshall, Dubai Newsroom, Thomson Locations: DUBAI, Iran, Iranian, commandeering, Bahamas, Iran's Hormozgan Province, Oman, Richmond, U.S, United States, Hormuz

Malindi, Kenya CNN —The reddish soil of the Shakahola forest is still giving up its terrible secrets. The cult was preparing for the end of the world under the instruction of their its powerful pastor, say investigators. Many find it difficult to comprehend the dark path that Pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie allegedly took his followers along. Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty ImagesAt a recent hearing Mackenzie denied all knowledge of the horrors that witnesses, inspectors, and survivors believe happened in the Shakahola forest. ‘Intoxicating power’To understand the Shakahola cult, the focus must be on Mackenzie, says Rick Ross, a leading American cult expert who has studied destructive cults for decades.

Persons: Paul Nthenge Mackenzie, Paul Mackenzie, David McKenzie, ’ ”, Agnes, Mackenzie, “, ”, Yasuyoshi Chiba, Rick Ross, “ It’s, Ross, Charles Manson, David Koresh, Joseph Kibwetere, Geoffrey Wango, Wango, Ruto, Nxivm, God, Naomi Kahindi's, Mwangi, Francis Wanje, Wanje’s, It’s, Wanje, Khalid Hussein, Mackenzie's, Monicah Mwangi, Jesus, couldn’t, didn’t, David Man’ong’o Organizations: Kenya CNN, CNN, Good News International Ministry, Criminal Investigations, Getty, Nairobi University, Kenyan, Reuters, . Police, Public Prosecutions Locations: Malindi, Kenya, Galilee, Bethlehem, Shakahola, AFP, American, Africa

CNN —A Kenyan court has ordered 64 followers of a controversial starvation cult to undergo psychiatric evaluation as they continue to refuse to eat. The followers were charged with attempted suicide on Monday after persistently refusing meals offered to them following their rescue from the Shakahola forest in April. The cult leader, controversial televangelist, Paul Nthenge Mackenzie, allegedly brainwashed hundreds of his followers into starving their children before themselves, according to court documents seen by CNN. Neither Mackenzie nor his accomplices have been formally charged as prosecutors continue to seek an extension of custody period to allow further investigation. Questions have now arisen about the next steps in the controversial case after it emerged that the two lawyers representing the accused have withdrawn from the case.

Persons: CNN —, Paul Nthenge Mackenzie, “, Mackenzie, Smart, George Kariuki, Elisha Komora Organizations: CNN, Kenyan, Authorities, Public Prosecutions, Citizen TV, Good News International Locations: Kilifi County, Kenya

☆ Texas aquarium saves endangered sea turtles stunned by cold water events
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Evan Garcia | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Evan GarciaCORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, June 8 (Reuters) - Endangered sea turtles and other marine wildlife have found refuge in a new coastal rescue center in Corpus Christi, Texas. Like other reptiles, sea turtles are limited in how much they can regulate and control their core body temperatures. The Kemp's ridley sea turtle is the smallest species of sea turtle and most critically endangered in the world, according to the National Park Service. Ullmer explained how cold-stunning events cause sea turtles' heart and respiratory rates to drop dangerously low, along with a dramatic slowdown of their metabolisms. Ullmer readied one of the rescue turtles to check for recurrence of abnormalities on the CT scan.

Persons: Carrie Ullmer, Evan Garcia CORPUS, ridley, Ullmer, they're, Ulmer, Giovanna Pena, Evan Garcia, Diane Craft, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Texas State, Corpus Christi Center, Wildlife, REUTERS, Evan Garcia CORPUS CHRISTI, Corpus Christi, National Park Service, Thomson Locations: Texas State Aquarium’s, Corpus Christi , Texas, Evan Garcia CORPUS CHRISTI , Texas, Texas State Aquarium's, United States, New England, South Texas, Gulf, Mexico, Laguna Madre

☆ This couple are riding around the world with three rescue dogs
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Tamara Hardingham-Gill | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

But other than a “couple of cruises,” Janell and Stu Clarke, both from Australia, had barely traveled beyond their home country nearly a decade later. I was waiting until my obligation with the navy had ended.”Ultimate road tripAustralian couple Janell and Stu Clarke are riding around the world on motorcycles with three rescue dogs. The couple purchased two motorbikes, Janell went for a 2006 BMW F650GS, while Stu opted for a 2012 G650GS, while in Texas. “We were surrounded by people who were trying their best to help us and care for Skyla,” says Janell. Now, after setting off from Australia with one dog, Janell and Stu are preparing to finish their trip almost 10 years later with three entirely different dogs.

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☆ A disturbing image of an elephant with a deformed spine shows the brutal toll that tourist rides can have
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-10 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Pictures of rescued elephants show the toll of the tourist trade on the hard-working animals. Unlike horses, elephants were not bred to be ridden and tourist treks can cause irreversible damage. Amy Jones/Moving Animals/WFFTPai Lin, the elephant shown on the left, was rescued after more than 25 years in the trekking industry. Boon Chuey, shown below, is another elephant whose spine was deformed by the tourist trade, per the WFFT. Amy Jones/Moving Animals/WFFT"It's important to understand that elephants, unlike horses, are not bred to be ridden.

☆ 3 chimpanzees are being held for ransom after being stolen from a sanctuary in Congo, as experts fear more widespread animal kidnapping
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Three baby chimpanzees are being held for ransom, said founders of a primate rescue sanctuary in Africa. That's about 3,000 to 5,000 chimps killed every year in the DRC alone, per France Info. But this is the first time that a primate has been held for ransom, and they have received death threats. An endangered pangolin was also held for ransom earlier this year in another area of the country. The two incidents have experts worried that the tactic may become widespread among criminals in the DRC, per the Times.

☆ A rare black coyote in Georgia couldn't stop making friends with dogs
▼ + stars: | 2020-02-21 | by ( Haven Orecchio-Egresitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

An especially rare, and friendly, black coyote had been mingling among dogs and humans in Georgia for months. Researchers at the Atlanta Coyote Project had set out on a quest to find and trap him. The center told Prior about Atlanta Coyote Project's efforts to catch the friendly coyote, CNN reported. Christopher Mowry, co-founder of the Atlanta Coyote Project, told Insider that the grand Pyrenees wasn't the only friend that the coyote had made in Atlanta. Atlanta Coyote Project.

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