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☆ Iran vows revenge after Israel kills top military commander in Syria
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-26 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Israel killed Iranian general Seyed Razi Mousavi in Syria, where he coordinated Iran-backed forces. Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi vowed revenge on Israel. Iran-backed groups in Yemen, Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq have launched attacks on Israel and its allies in support of Hamas. Hossein Akbari, Iran's ambassador to Syria, condemned the killing, saying that Mousavi was in Syria as a "formal military advisor." Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes on targets inside government-controlled parts of war-torn Syria in recent years.

Persons: Israel, Seyed Razi Mousavi, Ebrahim Raisi, —, Daniel Hagari, Mousavi, Bashar Assad's, Qassim Soleimani, Houthi, IRNA, Hossein Akbari, Akbari, IRNA didn't Organizations: Service, Iranian, Revolutionary Guard, Reuters, Quds Force, Hamas, Monday, Human Rights, Syrian Locations: Syria, Iran, Israel, Damascus, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Lebanon, Irbil, U.S, Britain, Lebanese, Russia

☆ Brazil set to join the influential OPEC+ oil producers' alliance
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Ruxandra Iordache | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Brazil will join the influential OPEC+ oil coalition that unites some of the biggest crude-producing nations in the world, according to Brazilian Energy Minister Alexandre Silveira. The announcement was made during a postponed OPEC+ meeting to discuss oil output strategy over 2024, amid languishing prices weighed by fragile demand recovery in China, geopolitical risks and uncertainty over supplies from U.S.-sanctioned OPEC members Iran and Venezuela. In footage shared from the meeting, Silveira said that President Lula da Silva had approved his country's membership, starting next year. "I would like to conclude my words by informing you that the honorable President Lula confirmed our entry into the OPEC+ cooperation charter from January 2024," he said. "Brazil received an invitation to join OPEC+.

Persons: Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Alexandre Silveira, Silveira, Lula da Silva, Lula Organizations: Brazilian Energy, OPEC, Mines and Energy, United Arab Locations: Brazil, OPEC, China, U.S, Iran, Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, Russia, United Arab Emirates, Brasilia, Correction

☆ ‘Fargo’ Season 5, Episode 3 Recap: Preparing for a Blood Bath
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Scott Tobias | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

We have seen these types in Noah Hawley’s TV “Fargo,” too, like David Thewlis as a mirthless, ruthless British business V.M. Varga in the third season or Billy Bob Thornton as the hit man Lorne Malvo in the first season, a satanic figure who believes people are primal beasts and acts accordingly. His clients are now his targets and it is safe to say they don’t know much about him. Neither do we, frankly, even after the episode makes an unexpected leap to early 16th-century Wales, when Munch or a Munch-like ancestor takes part in a sin-eating ritual. That has turned Munch into a 21st-century debt collector, owed much more than money.

Persons: Coen, Leonard Smalls, Randall “ Tex ” Cobb, Charlie Meadows, John Goodman, “ Barton Fink, ”, Anton Chigurh, Javier Bardem, Noah Hawley’s, David Thewlis, V.M, Varga, Billy Bob Thornton, Lorne Malvo, Hawley, Sam Spruell, Ole Munch, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare, Munch, He’s, “, Roy Tillman Locations: “ Raising, “, ”, Wales

☆ Jack Dorsey tells Block employees he's ending performance reviews, PIPs in favor of 'parting ways immediately'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

He also named Dhanji Prasanna, a longtime Block employee and its chief scientist, as the company's new CTO. Going forward, Block will rely on constant evaluations of workers to get past a perception that Block allows staff and managers to "'rest and vest' throughout the company," Dorsey wrote. "It's a lazy and often surprising approach that we can avoid with direct and consistent feedback," Dorsey said of PIPs. "We want to help everyone achieve excellence here at Block," he added. Excellence in service to our customers, excellence in our craft, excellence in our respective disciplines, and excellence to each other.

Persons: Dhanji Prasanna, Dorsey, There's, doesn't, I've, Dhanji Organizations: Business, Block Locations: Fe

☆ Jack Dorsey tells Block employees he's ending performance reviews and PIPs in favor of continuous evaluation: 'It's way too heavy for everyone involved.'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

He also named Dhanji Prasanna, a longtime Block employee and its chief scientist, as the company's new CTO. "It's a lazy and often surprising approach that we can avoid with direct and consistent feedback," Dorsey said of PIPs. "We want to help everyone achieve excellence here at Block," he added. "That ensures we can have a fair two-way conversation holding each of us accountable to always raising the bar," Dorsey said. Excellence in service to our customers, excellence in our craft, excellence in our respective disciplines, and excellence to each other.

Persons: Dhanji Prasanna, Dorsey, There's, doesn't, I've, Dhanji Organizations: Business, Block Locations: Fe

☆ Ruth Simon — Senior special writer at The Wall Street Journal
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Ruth Simon | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Ruth SimonRuth Simon is a New York-based reporter for The Wall Street Journal, where she covers small business and entrepreneurship. She has previously covered consumer lending, mortgages and housing, and reported for WSJ's Personal Journal and Money & Investing sections. Ms. Simon won a 2019 Best in Business Award from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers for her coverage of the impact of the labor squeeze on small business. She was part of a WSJ team that received a 2021 New York Press Club award for spot news coverage of the Paycheck Protection Program rollout. In 1995, she won the Award for Excellence in Financial Writing from the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants.

Persons: Ruth Simon Ruth Simon, Simon, Gerald Loeb, Loeb, ” Organizations: Wall Street, Society of American Business, Writers, WSJ, New York Press, Money, Forbes Magazine, Distinguished Business, Financial, National Press Foundation, New York Newspaper Publishers Association, New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants, New York City, Society of Professional Journalists, Finance Locations: New York

Everyone had resigned themselves to the fact that “The Hunger Games” ended in 2015. But Suzanne Collins’ Katniss Everdeen saga was over. And while the team was excited about the possibility of working together again, there were some nerves about whether or not there was an appetite for Hunger Games movies “without Katniss,” Lawrence told The Associated Press in a recent interview. And he felt like a star.”For Lucy Gray Baird, the District 12 tribute Snow is assigned to mentor for the 10th Hunger Games, Lawrence already had someone in mind. “Rather than seeing it as a pressure cooker just waiting to explode, I see it as a really big blessing.”Blyth, in his first starring role in Hollywood, felt some pressure.

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☆ Trump drops appeal to move Manhattan hush money trial to federal court
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Kara Scannell | Devan Cole | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —Former President Donald Trump is abandoning his effort to move the so-called hush money trial from New York state court to federal court. In a brief filing submitted to a New York-based appeals court, Trump said he was no longer appealing a lower-court ruling that rejected his bid to get the case transferred to federal court. Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records to conceal the reimbursement of hush money payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels. In July, US District Judge Alvin Hellerstein denied Trump’s request to move the New York case to federal court, ruling that the payments to Daniels and alleged subsequent falsification of business records were not related to Trump’s presidential duties. Hush money paid to an adult film star is not related to a President’s official acts,” the judge wrote.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Stormy Daniels, Jack Smith, Alvin Hellerstein, Daniels, –, ”, Michael Cohen, ” Trump, Steven Sadow Organizations: New, New York CNN, Trump Locations: New York, Washington ,, York, Fulton, Superior, Fulton County , Georgia

The Army convictions arose out of the Houston Riots of Aug. 23, 1917, an outbreak of violence that followed months of racist taunts against Black soldiers of the 3rd Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment. On that day Black soldiers guarding a military property were subjected to racist slurs and physical attacks, the Army said. About 100 fellow Black soldiers came to their aid and marched into the city, where ensuing violence killed 19 people, the Army said. Army courts-martial eventually convicted 110 Black soldiers, including 19 who received the death penalty, in a process that historians determined contained "numerous irregularities," the Army said. The mass execution of 19 soldiers was the largest carried out by the Army of American soldiers in history, the Army said.

Persons: Andreas Gebert, Christine Wormuth, Black, Daniel Trotta, Gerry Doyle Organizations: U.S, 56th Artillery Command, NATO, REUTERS, U.S . Army, The Army, for, Military Records, Army, Supreme, Houston, 3rd Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, Buffalo Soldiers, South Texas College of Law, Thomson Locations: Grafenwoehr, Germany, America

☆ A definitive ranking of the new theme colors on the godawful Slack update
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Sebastian Cahill | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

It includes lots of new theme colors, including gradient mixes. AdvertisementAdvertisementAlthough some of the new theme colors aren't so bad — I, myself, am partial to the "Jade" scheme — unfortunately, a lot of them are. In what will arguably be the most pressing and influential story of the week, I created a definitive ranking of the worst Slack theme colors, listed from passably usable to downright criminal. Before the final boss, as it were, of bad Slack theme colors, my honorable mention for the worst theme. The worst Slack theme color is… (drumroll please…)Haberdashery is, ultimately, the resounding loser of this rankingInsiderType: Updated classicAdvertisementAdvertisementThe main sin of this theme is that it just seems like false advertising, frankly.

Persons: —, you've, Slack, There's, Harry Styles, I'm, We're, it's Organizations: Service, Toyota, Big Business, Business

☆ Army Overturns Convictions of 110 Black Soldiers Charged in 1917 Riot
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( Michael Levenson | More About Michael Levenson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Thomas C. Hawkins and 12 other Black soldiers who had been convicted of mutiny and other crimes during a riot in Houston earlier that year were hanged. On Monday, more than a century later, the Army said it had formally overturned their convictions and those of 97 other Black soldiers who were found guilty of crimes associated with the riot. The Army acknowledged that the 110 soldiers, 19 of whom were executed, had been convicted in military trials that were tainted by racial discrimination. The soldiers were members of the 3rd Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, an all-Black unit known as the Buffalo Soldiers. The Army said their records would be corrected, to the extent possible, to characterize their military service as “honorable.” They will be given proper gravestones acknowledging their Army service, and their descendants will be made eligible for benefits, officials said.

Persons: Thomas C, Hawkins, ”, Hawkins’s, Jason Holt, Holt, Private Hawkins, “ It’s Organizations: Army, 3rd Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, Buffalo Soldiers Locations: Houston

☆ The night train revolution has been hailed as an alternative to airplanes. Here’s how that’s going
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-12 | by ( Ben Jones | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

Wherever they run, night trains are complicated, labor intensive and expensive to operate – one of the major reasons they went into decline in the first place. The $770 million contract could eventually see up to 370 new overnight carriages introduced to update Italy’s entire overnight train fleet. “Politicians must be clear: the night train market will be effectively closed for a very long time,” he says. So, what does all this mean for the much-vaunted night train revolution? With the honorable exception of government-subsidized Nightjet, which plans to expand rapidly over the next five years, European night train services have yet to match the hype.

Persons: Love, James Brown, David Bowie, Ray Charles, –, they’ve, Charisius, Agatha Christie, James Bond, Mark Smith, ”, “, ÖBB, “ Superliner, Kuleshova, Smith, it’s, Alex Halada, Nick Brooks Organizations: CNN, Orient Express, Austrian Federal Railways, Swiss Federal Railways, Deutsche Bahn, Italian State Railways, Amtrak, California Zephyr, European, Bloomberg, Getty, Regiojet, Compagnie Internationale des, VIA Rail, European Union, Frankfurt, Eurostar, EU Rail, EU Locations: Europe, Russia, Scandinavia, Vienna, Hamburg, Germany, Austria, Italy, Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, France, Sweden, Milan, Sicily, Messina, Europe’s, United States, Berlin, Stockholm, Denmark, Czech, Prague, Croatia’s, London, Dresden, Copenhagen, Barcelona, Spain, Venice, Florence, Rome, Madrid, Porto, Portugal, Edinburgh, Zurich, AFP, EU

☆ Ranking the biggest winners, and losers, in the current economy
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

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 . In today's big story, we're ranking how different generations are doing in the current economy. After watching their parents and predecessors (millennials) struggle with finances, Gen Z is taking matters into their own hands. A May survey found more than half of Gen Z respondents had already started investing.

Persons: —, Tom Brady, Brooks Kraft, who's, It's, They've, Gen Zers, Gen Z, Gen, they've, Zers, HENRY, There's, aren't, Jamie Dimon, Dimon, Banks, Goldman Sachs, Joel Saget, Loren Elliott, Andreessen Horowitz, Elon, Barack Obama's, Allen Berezovsky, Getty, Roberto Machado Noa, Rowan Jordan, Tyler Le, Bob Iger's, it's, that's, Scooter Braun's, Camila Sterling, David Bolno, Sterling, Vivek Ramaswamy, Nikki Haley, Chris Christie, Will Smith, LL, Queen Latifah, Remy Ma, Chris Sattlberger, Dan DeFrancesco, Naga Siu, Hallam Bullock, Lisa Ryan Organizations: Service, Brooks Kraft LLC, Alpha, Beta, Getty, JPMorgan, Treasury, MDs, AFP, Getty Images Google, Microsoft, Google, US, Disney, Republican, NBC News, CBS, Walt Disney Company, Bayer, Airbus Locations: Ukraine, California, Florida, New York City, San Diego, London, New York

☆ Peter Rudegeair — Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Peter Rudegeair | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Peter RudegeairPeter Rudegeair is a reporter covering how technology is changing financial services. He works in The Wall Street Journal's newsroom in New York. In 2022, Peter was part of a team of Journal reporters that received the New York Press Club award for business reporting for their coverage of Robinhood, GameStop and meme-stock mania. Those stories also earned the New York Press Club's 2021 award for spot news and an honorable mention from the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing. Peter joined the Journal in 2015 from Reuters News, where he covered the banking industry's efforts to rebuild in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis.

Persons: Peter Rudegeair Peter Rudegeair, Goldman Sachs, Peter, Gerald Loeb Organizations: PayPal, JPMorgan, Apple, Facebook, Google, New York Press, GameStop, Society for, Reuters, Council, Foreign Relations Locations: New York, Washington

☆ Gen Z's financial icons revealed: Taylor Swift beats Warren Buffett, and Bill Gates tops the list
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Three of the world's richest men lead the list. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . But, Elon Musk, the world's richest person, isn't leading the pack this time. 2 on the college students' list. Swift even beat out multi-billionaires and industry giants Mark Zuckerberg and Warren Buffett for her place at fourth.

Persons: Zers, —, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, isn't, It's, Musk, Jeff Bezos, Taylor Swift, Warren Buffett, Mark Zuckerberg, Oprah Winfrey, Lebron James, Ryan Reynolds, Donald Trump, Kim Kardashian West, Michael Bloomberg, Martha Stewart, Kylie Jenner, George Soros, Jim Cramer, Howard Schultz, Gates, Bezos, Swift, who's, Rihanna, Jay Organizations: Service, Microsoft, Morning, Twitter, Bloomberg, College, Elon, NBA Locations: Miami

☆ A Republican congressman compares Palestinian civilians to Nazis on the House floor
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A GOP representative compared Palestinian civilians to Nazis in a speech on the House floor. More than 8,000 Palestinian civilians have been reported killed in less than a month by the Israeli military. AdvertisementAdvertisementSpeaking on the House floor on Wednesday, a Republican congressman compared Palestinian civilians to Nazis. Mast equated Palestinian civilians to civilians of World War II-era Nazi Germany weeks after Hamas terrorists launched a large-scale coordinated attack against Israel, leading to more than 1,400 Israeli civilian deaths. "I think when we look at this as a whole, I would encourage the other side to not so lightly throw around the idea of innocent Palestinian civilians," Mast said.

Persons: —, Brian Mast, Florida who's, Mast, Rashida, Marjorie Taylor Greene's, censuring Tlaib, Greene, Chip Roy, Colonel Sanders, Lauren Boebert, Ken Buck, Mike Johnson Organizations: GOP, Service, Republican, Rep, US Army, Israeli Defense Force, Capitol, Republicans, Democratic, Reps, Biden Administration Locations: Florida, Nazi Germany, Israel, Gaza, Afghanistan, of Israel, Palestine

☆ Ex-NBA star Charles Barkley isn't thrilled about a potential Biden-Trump rematch in 2024, calling the president 'too old' and blasting the ex-president for lacking 'civility'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

"I don't feel really good about either one of them," Barkley said during a recent interview. AdvertisementAdvertisementFormer NBA star Charles Barkley said in a recent interview that he doesn't feel "good" about a potential rematch between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential race. AdvertisementAdvertisement"I don't feel good about a rematch," he said. "I don't think President Trump represents a statesman, civility, things like that. And I think President Biden is too old."

Persons: Charles Barkley, CNN's Chris Wallace, Barkley, —, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Chris Wallace, Wallace, Trump, Biden, Stephanie Ruhle, Dean Phillips, Gayle King Organizations: NBA, Biden, Trump, Service, TNT, CBS, CNN, United, Democratic Party, MSNBC, Dean Phillips of Minnesota Locations: United States, Georgia, Manhattan

☆ Opinion | Speaker Mike Johnson’s Rise: ‘The Republicans Have Elevated an Extremist’
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

To the Editor:Re “G.O.P. Elects Speaker, Ending Bitter Feud” (front page, Oct. 26):Our nation flails on the brink of disaster now that the Republicans have elevated an extremist to the honorable position of House speaker. A Times online newsletter article says all we need to know about Mike Johnson: “His elevation now places a socially conservative lawyer who opposes abortion rights and same-sex marriage, and who played a leading role in the efforts to overturn the 2020 election, second in line to the presidency.”Citizens of this great nation should fear this election-denying, rights-resisting, bigotry-promoting zealot. This turn of events underscores the importance of getting out the vote. May the universe and all things holy protect our republic from doom.

Persons: Mike Johnson, Corinne Corley Isleton, Joe Biden, Donald Trump Organizations: Republicans, ”, people’s Locations: Calif

☆ The Full Guest List for Biden’s State Dinner With Australia
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Chris Cameron | More About Chris Cameron | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The White House invited more than 300 guests to the state dinner hosted by President Biden for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia on Wednesday night, including business leaders, musicians, athletes and prominent Australian Americans. Here is the full list of those invited as provided by the White House. THE PRESIDENT AND DR. BIDENTHE HONORABLE ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA, AND MS. JODIE HAYDONJoyce Aboussie and Greg KellerRepresentative Pete Aguilar, Democrat of California, and Alisha AguilarElizabeth Allen, under secretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs, and Edward Price, senior adviser to the secretary of state

Persons: Biden, Anthony Albanese of, BIDEN, ANTHONY ALBANESE, JODIE HAYDON Joyce Aboussie, Greg Keller, Pete Aguilar, Alisha Aguilar Elizabeth Allen, Edward Price Organizations: White House, Anthony Albanese of Australia, White, DR, OF AUSTRALIA Locations: California

CNN —A teenage Iranian girl who fell into a coma after she was allegedly assaulted by the country’s morality police for not wearing a headscarf is “brain dead,” state-aligned media said. Earlier in October, the Norway-based Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, which focuses on Kurdish rights, said Geravand was “assaulted” by morality police and fell into a coma. “This request resulted in an altercation with the morality police officers physically assaulting Geravand. Iranian authorities have denied the allegations, saying Geravand was hospitalized due to an injury caused by low blood pressure. Armita Geravand was hospitalized in October following an incident at a Tehran metro station.

Persons: Armita Geravand, Geravand, “, ” Hengaw, Awyer Shekhi, ” Shekhi, Mahsa, Niloofar Hamedi, Elaheh Mohammadi, Hamedi’s, Mohammad Hossein Ajorloo, ”, Sherif Mansour Organizations: CNN, Organization for Human Rights, UN, Shargh, Twitter, Committee, Protect Journalists Locations: Tehran, Iran, Norway, Shohada, United States, Niloofar, Middle East, North Africa

Edey was joined by Marquette guard Tyler Kolek, Kansas center Hunter Dickinson, Duke big man Kyle Filipowski and North Carolina forward Armando Bacot. Edey is the second straight AP player of the year to return for another season, following Kentucky's Oscar Tschiebwe in 2021-22. Well, he doesn’t have that.”Kolek had a dynamic second season at Marquette after transferring from George Mason. 5 ranking in the AP preseason poll. He averaged 13.7 points and 10.1 rebounds while shooting 56% from the floor last season to earn third-team AP All-America honors.

Persons: Zach Edey, I'd, ” Edey, ”, Edey, Tyler Kolek, Hunter Dickinson, Duke, Kyle Filipowski, Armando Bacot, Fairleigh Dickinson, Oscar Tschiebwe, Matt Painter, “, There’s, ” Kolek, George Mason, Kolek, “ It's, Dickinson, I’ve, Bill Self, Filipowski, Bacot, ___ Organizations: NBA, Purdue, Associated Press, America, Boilermakers, Marquette, AP, Fairleigh, Big, Golden Eagles, Michigan, Kansas, Duke, ACC, Devils Locations: Tyler Kolek , Kansas, North Carolina, ” Kansas, Chapel Hill

☆ Sam Bankman-Fried's mom says prosecutors and bankruptcy estate are 'McCarthyite' and on a 'relentless pursuit of total destruction'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Barbara Fried said the prosecutors and FTX Debtors were on a "relentless pursuit of total destruction." AdvertisementAdvertisementSam Bankman-Fried's mom hit out at prosecutors and the FTX Debtors ahead of the crypto-exchange founder's trial next Tuesday, The New Yorker reported. In an email to the publication, Barbara Fried described the prosecutors and bankruptcy estate as "McCarthyite" and on a "relentless pursuit of total destruction." AdvertisementAdvertisementThe FTX Debtors filed a lawsuit against Bankman-Fried's parents last Monday, accusing them of siphoning millions of dollars from the crypto exchange. The FTX Debtors and Fried's attorney did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment, sent outside US working hours.

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☆ Fetterman becomes first Democratic senator to demand Bob Menendez resign over corruption charges
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Pennsylvania Democrat John Fetterman is calling on New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez to resign. Fetterman said his colleague, facing corruption charges, shouldn't "wield influence" in the Senate. Menendez has resisted calls to step down, saying he is "not going anywhere." "Senator Menendez should resign," Fetterman wrote in a post on social media. Other leading Democrats have called for Menendez to leave Congress, including New Jersey Gov.

Persons: John Fetterman, New Jersey Sen, Bob Menendez, Fetterman, Menendez, Jersey Sen, corruptly, Andy Kim, Phil Murphy, Kevin McCarthy Organizations: New, Senate, Service, Democratic, , New, , New Jersey Rep, New Jersey Gov, Republican, Senate Foreign Relations Locations: New Jersey, Wall, Silicon, Jersey, Pennsylvania, ,, , New Jersey, Egypt

Kim’s surprise announcement came as a growing number of Democrats are calling for Menendez to step down. Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman became the first Democratic senator to do so, and several members of New Jersey’s congressional delegation, along with the state's Democratic governor, have said he should resign. “This is not something I expected to do, but I believe New Jersey deserves better,” Kim said in a statement. But given the gravity of these charges, I do not believe that Senator Menendez can continue to carry out the important duties of his office for our state.”New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy also demanded Menendez’s immediate resignation, saying the allegations were “so serious" that they compromise the senator’s ability to serve.

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[1/5] Apple France workers on strike holding CGT labour union flags gather in front of the Apple Store near Place de l'Opera during a protest to demand higher pay and better benefits on the day Apple launches its iPhone 15, in Paris, France, September 22, 2023. REUTERS/Abdul Saboor Acquire Licensing RightsPARIS, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Workers at Apple (AAPL.O) stores in France began a nationwide strike over pay and working conditions on Friday in a protest designed to coincide with the launch of the iPhone 15. Staff at an Apple store in Barcelona, where about 250 people were queuing to enter the store on Friday morning, were set to join colleagues in France in protesting. "We have been talking since August to our colleagues on strike in France. In Spain, unlike them, not all the unions have agreed to strike," Paredes said.

Persons: Abdul Saboor, Anais Durel, Tarek, Pablo Paredes, Paredes, Manuel Ausloos, Louise Dalmasso, Horaci Garcia, Corina Pons, Charlottte Van Campenhout, Charlie Devereux, Sharon Singleton Organizations: Apple, REUTERS, Rights, Workers, CGT, Unsa, CFTC, Management, Staff, Paseo de, CNT Apple, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Apple France, Paris, France, Opera, Barcelona, Paseo, Paseo de Gracia, Spain, Madrid

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