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☆ 6 dead in Russian rocket strike as Ukraine reports record bomb attack numbers
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

A view shows a postal distribution center of Nova Post company hit by Russian missiles, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the village of Korotych, outside of Kharkiv, Ukraine Oct. 22, 2023. A missile strike on a mail depot in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv killed six people, Ukrainian officials said Sunday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described the strike as an attack on an "ordinary civilian object." "We need to respond to Russian terror every day with results on the front line. Elsewhere in the Kharkiv region, three people were injured in Russian shelling on the city of Kupiansk, Syniehubov said.

Persons: Oleh Syniehubov, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Syniehubov, Natalia Humeniuk Organizations: Nova Post, Nova Poshta, Kyiv, Sunday, Ukrainian, Operational Command Locations: Nova, Russian, Ukraine, Korotych, Kharkiv, Ukrainian, Russia, Kupiansk, Moscow, Kherson

Hopkins pleaded guilty to two counts of murder and five counts of attempted murder last week in an unannounced hearing more than 100 miles (160 kilometers) from where the shootings took place. He kept shooting as more officers rushed to the scene to save their comrades, investigators said. Rescuers had to wait for an armored vehicle so they could get close enough to try to save the wounded officers. Hopkins', 33-year-old Seth Hopkins, pleaded guilty in 2019 to second-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor and is serving 20 years in prison. Reporters were not told of the hearing where Hopkins pleaded guilty, although the families of the victims and the police agencies were notified.

Persons: Frederick Hopkins, Hopkins, Terrence Carraway, Florence County Sheriff’s, Farrah Turner, Seth Hopkins, Frederick Hopkins ’, ”, “ Organizations: Florence County, Florence Police, Courier of Locations: South Carolina, Florence, Vietnam, Courier of Charleston

☆ Six bull sharks inadvertently made their home on an Australian golf course. Then they vanished
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Because Carbrook in Queensland boasted a membership unlike any other golf club on the planet: six resident bull sharks. A new corridor was opened and – sometime during those three temporary windows – six bull sharks glided into uncharted waters. Carbrook Golf Club Shark in the LakeMedia interest boomed, and the club embraced its toothy tenants with vigor. Their extended residence, he argued, sheds new light on just how adaptable bull sharks are. A stay of at least 17 years in low-salinity waters — more than half a bull shark’s lifespan — was unprecedented.

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Meanwhile, parents and experts say schools neglect students with math disabilities like dyscalculia, which affects up to 7% of the population and often coexists with dyslexia. Learning struggles for some may be due to dyscalculia or other math learning disabilities, yet few teachers report their students have been screened for dyscalculia. Experts say learning the most effective methods for teaching students with math disabilities could strengthen math instruction for all students. Part of the problem is that teachers don’t receive the training needed to work with children with math disabilities. “It’s pretty rare for undergraduate degrees or even master’s degrees to focus on math learning disabilities with any level of breadth, depth, quality or rigor,” said Amelia Malone, director of research and innovation at the National Center for Learning Disabilities.

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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire presidential primary filing period starts Wednesday, a ritual unruffled by either a changing of the guard or changes to the nominating calendar elsewhere. They need only meet the basic requirements to be president, fill out a one-page form and pay a $1,000 filing fee. But he wouldn’t be the first reelection-seeking incumbent missing from the primary ballot: President Lyndon Johnson won the 1968 Democratic primary as a write-in, though a shockingly strong-second place showing by Sen. Eugene McCarthy helped push him out of the race. Scanlan, who served as deputy secretary of state for 20 years, said he was excited to welcome candidates starting Wednesday. “That was Bill’s style, and he was really, really good at it.”

Persons: Bill Gardner, David Scanlan, “ I’m, ”, Joe Biden, Lyndon Johnson, Sen, Eugene McCarthy, Scanlan, Gardner, ” Scanlan Organizations: CONCORD, The New, Republicans, Democratic National, South, Democratic Locations: N.H, The, The New Hampshire, New Hampshire, New York, Minnesota, Italy, South Carolina, Nevada

The surge comes as educators are scrambling to bolster students’ math skills, which plummeted during the pandemic and haven’t fully recovered. Advocates say personal finance courses could pay dividends if students learn how to make wiser money decisions and avoid financial hazards. “The more math you add to financial literacy, frankly, the better it is,” says Annamaria Lusardi, founder and academic director of the Global Financial Literacy Excellence Center. ... Having said that, financial literacy is more than math.”Idaho is one of the states where a new financial literacy curriculum is hitting classrooms. In 2020, the NAACP issued a resolution calling for more financial literacy programs in K-12 schools.

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Grace Dean is a Senior Business Reporter at Insider's London office. She covers retail, transport, tech, and other breaking business news. She particularly enjoys writing about the restaurant industry, fast-food giants, retail trends, and the labor market. Grace joined the team in August 2020 after studying German & Business at Newcastle University and spending a year as the Editor-in-Chief of its student newspaper the Courier. She spent a semester at Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg in Germany and also speaks conversational Dutch.

Persons: Grace Dean, Grace, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Organizations: Business, Newcastle University, Courier, Sky News, BBC Locations: Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Germany

HONG KONG, Oct 6 (Reuters Breakingviews) - It’s getting harder for China Inc to go global, and tougher for global financial advisors to take on the rapidly shrinking pool of related mandates. Belgium’s intelligence service VSSE said on Thursday that it is trying to “detect and fight against possible spying and/or interference activities carried out by Chinese entities including Alibaba”. Fellow courier SF Holding is also preparing a Hong Kong listing to raise as much as $3 billion to support, among other things, ambitious expansion beyond Asia. Alibaba signed an agreement with the Belgium government in 2018 to open an e-commerce trade hub, run by its logistics arm Cainiao Smart Logistics Network. The Chinese e-commerce giant last month filed to list Cainiao on the Hong Kong stock exchange.

Persons: VSSE, Cainiao, won’t, Alibaba, Una Galani, Thomas Shum Organizations: Reuters, China Inc, HK, Belgian, Justice, Citigroup, JPMorgan, Hong, European, Liege Airport, Smart Logistics Network, Alibaba’s, Thomson Locations: HONG KONG, China, Hong Kong, Liege, Belgian, Asia, Belgium, United States, European, Alibaba’s New York

KARACHI, Pakistan, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Pakistani ecommerce logistics startup Rider, backed by YCombinator, is looking into acquiring BlueEx (UNIV.PSX) the only listed Express Courier Logistics Company in Pakistan, it told Reuters on Thursday. "We are carving out and acquiring the e-commerce logistics business which currently operates under the brand name BlueEx. This is not an acquisition of Universal Network System Limited as a whole," said Salman Allana, founder and CEO of Rider. If the transaction goes through, this will be the first acquisition of a listed company by a startup, and the first major acquisition of a company listed on Pakistan's Growth Enterprise Market (GEM) board at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PAKS.PSX). While Rider has not disclosed the transaction value, it claims the acquisition will make Rider the third largest player in the ecommerce logistics space.

Persons: Salman Allana, Rider, Allana, Ariba Shahid, Michael Perry Organizations: Express Courier Logistics Company, Reuters, Venture, Universal Network System, Pakistan Stock Exchange, GEM, YCombinator, Global Founders Capital, Flexport, i2i Ventures, Fatima, Ventures, Soma, Rebel Fund, Thomson Locations: KARACHI, Pakistan, Karachi

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said it was investigating. The Associated Press did not receive the press release in advance and decided not to publish the names until confirmed by the academy, but many Swedish media organizations did. The academy stopped the practice since the awards were being announced simultaneously on the digital platforms of the Nobel Prizes. It is not the first time the names of winners slip out before the Nobel announcements. For the official press release to be published in advance is extremely rare, said Fredrick Malmberg, head of news at Swedish television station TV4.

Persons: Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus, Alexei Ekimov, Hans Ellengren, Göran Hansson, ”, Fredrick Malmberg Organizations: STOCKHOLM, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Associated Press, Svenska Dagbladet, TV4, SVT, “ Locations: Swedish

Hadley Duvall, the Kentuckian shown in the ad, sounded unmoved by Cameron’s expression of empathy, responding: “It wasn’t really to share my story just with him. It should be their choice.”The ad went viral after its release last month, putting the debate about abortion exceptions at the forefront of the Kentucky governor's race. In the ad, Duvall talks about having been raped by her stepfather when she was 12 years old. Beshear has denounced the near-total abortion ban as extremist, pointing to the lack of rape and incest exceptions. Duvall said Tuesday that she sees Cameron's support of the current ban as untenable.

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☆ Uber will now do your returns for you
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( Jennifer Korn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —Uber is looking to help with a much-dreaded chore: returning packages. Uber’s newest tool aimed at tackling the problem is part of Uber Connect, the company’s existing service that lets users send items for day-of local delivery. With just a tap of the button in either Uber or Uber Eats, customers can now call a courier to collect as many as five pre-paid, sealed packages to be driven to the nearest needed shipping venue, be it a post office or a location for another shipper. Packages sent via Uber must be valued at under $100 and weigh in at under 30 pounds, according to the company. All packages will be returned for a flat fee of $5, the company said, though Uber One members get a discount as part of their subscription benefits.

Persons: New York CNN —, Uber, ’ Organizations: New, New York CNN, FedEx, UPS, CNN, National Retail Federation, Uber Connect Locations: New York

HONG KONG, Sept 26 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Global banks in Hong Kong are feeding on scraps. Bankers in Hong Kong are working on smaller issuances than they typically took on in the past, Dealogic data shows. Among the bigger ones in the works, courier SF Holding (002352.SZ) has filed for a secondary listing in Hong Kong and may raise up to $3 billion, per IFR. Fees on Indian deals are tiny, for example, and costs in Hong Kong are high. Overall investment banking fees in Hong Kong are set to come in at the lowest level in a decade too, Dealogic data shows, with HBSC top of the table.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, Debtwire, Una Galani, Pranav Kiran Organizations: Reuters, UBS, Bank of America, Bankers, HK, SF, Thomson Locations: HONG KONG, Hong Kong, New York, Swiss, United States, China, brimming, Shenzhen, Asia, India, U.S, Asia Pacific, Japan

☆ Trump campaign backtracks claim that he bought a Glock handgun in South Carolina after it became clear that would be illegal
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The Trump campaign claimed that he bought a Glock handgun from a South Carolina gun store. In a video posted on X, a Trump spokesman wrote: "President Trump purchases a @GLOCKInc in South Carolina!" In the video, Trump pointed to the Glock and said "Wow," before adding: "I've got to buy one. AdvertisementAdvertisementIn the now-deleted X post, Cheung wrote: "President Trump purchases a @GLOCKInc in South Carolina!" Insider reached out to the Trump campaign for further comment.

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☆ One rural Alabama school district figured out how to improve students' math scores: longer classes, group learning, and data diving
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( Trisha Powell Crain | Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Teachers got more time to dig into student test score data and lengthened classes to focus on specific skills. By spring 2022, the district ranked 12th in the state on math proficiency, with 57% of students reaching proficiency. There is less research on the use of targeted small group instruction in math and in middle grades. Math teacher Cheyenne Crider helps a seventh-grade student with a math problem at Piedmont Middle School in Piedmont, Alabama, on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. She oversees training for middle school math teachers through the Alabama Math Science and Technology Initiative.

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☆ Foodpanda confirms layoffs, says it's in talks to sell part of Asia food delivery business
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Sheila Chiang | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A courier for Foodpanda, a meal-delivery service operated by Delivery Hero AG, checks his smartphone while sitting on a motorcycle at the company's operations center in Bangkok, Thailand, on Friday, March 16, 2018. Bangkok's famed love affair with food is spilling over to meal-delivery apps, a fledgling sector that Foodpanda projects will surge in 2018 as competition intensifies. Photographer: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesSingapore-headquartered food delivery service Foodpanda on Friday confirmed to CNBC that it is conducting its latest round of layoffs as the need to be "more agile remains critical." "Our company priority right now is to become leaner, more efficient and even more agile. This is Foodpanda's third round of layoffs since job cuts in February and September last year amid macroeconomic headwinds, according to media reports.

Persons: Bangkok's, Brent Lewin, Jakob Sebastian Angele Organizations: Bloomberg, Getty Images Singapore, CNBC Locations: Bangkok, Thailand

CNN —After an F-35 fighter jet disappeared into the South Carolina sky, a 911 operator received a confounding call. I ejected.”Airmen from Joint Base Charleston during the recovery process for the jet Henry Taylor/The Post and Courier/APThe $100 million fighter jet had gone missing. In the immediate aftermath, the 911 operator processed what the pilot had just said. The 47-year-old pilot said he fell more than 2,000 feet, but a Marine official said Monday the fighter jet was flying at 1,000 feet when the pilot ejected. “What caused the fall?”“An aircraft failure.”The 911 operator asked if there was serious bleeding.

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☆ A family said they saw the missing F-35 fighter jet flying upside down at just over 100 feet before it crashed
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A family in South Carolina said they spotted the missing F-35 flying almost inverted. They told NBC News they were celebrating a birthday when they saw the aircraft at about 100 feet. The family heard a "boom" later on, but assumed it may have been thunder, per NBC News. The Truluck family told NBC News they were celebrating their son's seventh birthday in Williamsburg County on Sunday when they saw the jet and then heard a "boom." AdvertisementAdvertisementWhen the family later heard a "boom," they assumed it was thunder, Adrian Truluck told NBC News.

Persons: Stephen Truluck, Adrian Truluck, Charlton Truluck, Randolph White, screech Organizations: NBC News, NBC, Service, Shaw Air Force Base, Courier, Corps, Marine Corps Locations: South Carolina, Wall, Silicon, Williamsburg County, Charleston, Williamsburg

☆ Former Wagner fighters are having to find new careers. One started a 'Wagner Taxi' company using the group's logo.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Former Wagner Group soldiers are being forced to seek out new employment, per Russian reports. One soldier has started a taxi company named after the notorious mercenary group. Valery Bogdanov, a resident of Bolotnoye in Russia's southern Novosibirsk region, has even printed business cards using the Wagner Group's emblem of a grinning skull against a set of wings, Russian outlet VN.ru reported. Both Prigozhin and the rumored co-founder of the Wagner Group, Dmitry Utkin, were on the passenger list of the flight that plunged catastrophically to earth on August 23, 2023. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe representative also said the group had been forced to look for more opportunities in Africa and the Middle East, Important Stories reported.

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☆ Drug kingpin El Chapo's wife Emma Coronel set to be released, say US authorities
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Emma Coronel Aispuro, the wife of Joaquin Guzman, departs after the trial of Mexican drug lord Guzman, known as "El Chapo", at the Brooklyn Federal Courthouse, in New York, U.S., February 12, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSept 12 (Reuters) - Emma Coronel, the wife of imprisoned Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, will be freed in Los Angeles on Wednesday following her arrest in 2021 on drug trafficking charges, according to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons. It is not clear whether she faces charges for drug trafficking or other crimes inside Mexico. Coronel has two daughters with Guzman, whom she met when she was a young beauty queen and married in 2007 at age 18. Reporting by Lizbeth Diaz and Sarah Morland in Mexico City; Editing by Josie KaoOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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Beshear's campaign released a TV ad featuring a prosecutor denouncing the law's lack of exceptions for rape or incest. Matt Bevin played up his opposition to abortion while Beshear focused on education and other issues. Since then, Kentucky's “trigger law” abortion ban — passed in 2019 — took effect when Roe v. Wade was struck down. In Kentucky, Cameron’s office has gone to court to defend the trigger law ban and another anti-abortion state law that outlaws abortion after the sixth week of pregnancy. During a GOP primary debate in March, Cameron expressed support for the near-total abortion ban.

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☆ When the airline lost his bike, he tracked it himself
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Julia Buckley | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

His journey had been operated by two different, code-sharing airlines: Brussels Airlines from Lyon to Brussels, then United to the US. “They said, ‘Well, based on our records, Brussels Airlines have the bag and need to give it to us.’ They said they’d message Brussels Airlines. Barnett replied with the location as tracked by AirTag, and two photos of Gray with the bike bag to show her its size. ‘I just needed someone to care’Ella Dollinschi went above and beyond to recover Barnett's bike at Brussels Airport. And in general, I think it’s important to help other people from a humane perspective.”Luke and Gray Barnett certainly agree.

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☆ Papua New Guinea Opens Embassy in Jerusalem
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Sept. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

By Dan WilliamsJERUSALEM (Reuters) - Papua New Guinea opened its embassy to Israel in Jerusalem on Tuesday, becoming only the fifth country with a full diplomatic mission in a city whose status is one of the most sensitive issues in the Middle East. Political Cartoons on World Leaders View All 226 ImagesIsrael will pay for the embassy, located in a high-rise opposite Jerusalem's biggest mall, for the first two years, Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape was quoted in the Papua New Guinea Post-Courier newspaper. "Many nations choose not to open their embassies in Jerusalem, but we have made a conscious choice," Marape said at the embassy's inauguration ceremony. "For us to call ourselves Christian, paying respect to God will not be complete without recognizing that Jerusalem is the universal capital of the people and the nation of Israel," Marape said. Papua New Guinea, which occupies the eastern half of the West Pacific Island of New Guinea, has an economy based on agriculture and mining.

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☆ Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear won't say if he'd follow the state's new Senate vacancy law and appoint another Republican if McConnell steps down
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-02 | by ( Katie Balevic | John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A 2021 law would require Beshear to appoint a Republican to the Senate should McConnell step down. Beshear attempted to veto that law at the time and could defy it if McConnell ever vacated his seat. AdvertisementAdvertisement"If Mitch does leave office, I think (Beshear) will appoint who he wants to appoint and let them challenge it in court. Some Kentucky Republicans, however, have said McConnell should have stepped down last year. Scott Jennings, a McConnell advisor, told The Post that the senator seemed fine during a Wednesday evening GOP fundraiser.

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