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☆ Warren Buffett's deputy spoke about his 'tiger mom,' taking risks, and having a short seller's eye. Here are Todd Combs' 8 best quotes from a new interview.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-14 | by ( Theron Mohamed | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Combs helps Warren Buffett manage Berkshire Hathaway's vast portfolio of stocks and other investments, and serves as CEO of Berkshire-owned Geico. He compared digging into a company to detective work, and underlined the value of having a short seller's eye when analyzing businesses. (Exploring different fields and taking risks is a great way to make your mistakes early and find your passion, Combs said.) If your dream is to make it to manager and you're perfectly fine there, that's pretty much where you're going to stop. (Berkshire doesn't short but Combs finds his short-selling skills help him identify companies' weaknesses.)

Persons: Todd Combs, Combs, Warren, —, Warren Buffett, didn't, You've, you've, Steve, Charlie, Tom Brady, Steph Curry Organizations: Berkshire Hathaway, Service Locations: Berkshire, Warren

☆ Rubik's Cube-owner Spin Master to buy Melissa & Doug for $950 million
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Oct 11 (Reuters) - Canadian toys and games-maker Spin Master (TOY.TO) said on Wednesday that it has agreed to buy U.S.-based toy-maker Melissa & Doug for $950 million in cash, taking the shares of the Rubik's Cube owner up nearly 8% in early trade. The move comes days after Spin Master signed a deal with the retailing and licensing division of Paramount Global (PARA.O) for a new animated series in the well-known Dora the Explorer franchise. Spin Master said it expects the Melissa deal, which includes $500 million in debt financing, to be immediately accretive to its earnings per share. Melissa & Doug makes toys for children in the preschool ages, and is known for its wooden jigsaw puzzles. Spin Master, which also owns the popular children's cartoon adventure series PAW Patrol, has a market capitalization of C$3.50 billion ($2.57 billion) as of stock's last close.

Persons: Melissa, Dora, Juveria Tabassum, Shailesh Organizations: Spin, Paramount Global, Explorer, Thomson

Kellogg's cold cereal products are pictured in a market after Kellogg Company announced it would split. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNEW YORK, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Shares of Kellanova (K.N) fell more than 7% on Monday after the packaged food giant, previously known as Kellogg Company, completed the spinoff of its North American cereal business into a new standalone entity called WK Kellogg Company (KLG.N). Under the separation agreement, Kellanova shareholders received one share of WK Kellogg common stock for every four shares of Kellanova stock held as of September 21, a statement said. Kellanova shares fell to as low as $51.83, down 7.2%, after opening at $55.70, while WK Kellogg Company dropped by more than 11% and was last at $13.79. Kellanova will retain its place on the benchmark S&P 500 (.SPX) index, while WK Kellogg shares will join the S&P SmallCap 600 index (.SPCY) on Tuesday, before market open.

Persons: Mike Segar, WK Kellogg, Kellanova, Michael Ashley Schulman, Rice, Piper Sandler, Research's Arun Sundaram, Chibuike Oguh, Lance Tupper, Christina Fincher Organizations: Kellogg Company, REUTERS, WK Kellogg Company, WK Kellogg, New York Stock Exchange, Running, Capital Advisors, MorningStar, Jefferies, Thomson Locations: New York, U.S, Kellanova, California, American, Bengaluru

The performances of all four films – “PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie,” “Saw X,” “The Creator” and “Dumb Money” – told a familiar story at the box office. “PAW Patrol,” from Paramount Pictures and Spin Master, had timing on its side. A third “PAW Patrol” movie has already been green-lit. Sony Pictures’ “Dumb Money,” expanded nationwide after two weeks of limited release but failed to ignite the kind of populist movement it irreverently dramatizes. Made for $30 million, “Dumb Money” wasn’t a massive bet.

Persons: ”, ” –, Brian Robbins, Chris Rock, Tobin Bell, James Wan’s, Gareth Edwards, John David Washington, “, Craig Gillespie, Paul Dano, Pete Davidson, Seth Rogen, Anthony Ramos, Jonathan Demme, Comscore, “ Barbie Organizations: Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon, Paramount, Lionsgate, New Regency, Disney’s, Century Studios, Sony Pictures, GameStop, Hollywood Locations: Venice

☆ 2,300-year-old tomb found in Israel may contain remains of Greek courtesan
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Lianne Kolirin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Archaeologists in Israel have discovered what they believe to be the remains of an Ancient Greek courtesan. Stiebel told CNN that he and his team believe the woman would have been among the first Greeks to arrive in the region. Liat Oz, the director of the excavation on behalf of the IAA, described the mirror found in the tomb alongside the remains. Researchers say the mirror is incredibly rare, with just 63 discovered in the Hellenistic world. Stiebel told CNN that the team are continuing with further research in order to “zoom in” on the finer details of the mirror.

Persons: Guy Stiebel, Emil Aladjem, ”, Alexander the Great, Stiebel, Oz, “, Alexandra the Great, ” Stiebel Organizations: CNN, Archaeologists, Tel Aviv University, Israel Antiquities Authority, Israel Antiquities Authority “, IAA Locations: Israel, Kibbutz, Jerusalem, East, Ancient Greece, Egypt, Rome, Greece

Two people who know Fu told CNN that they heard from common friends she had a child through surrogacy in the US, though they did not know who the father was. Fu stopped posting on her WeChat social media account in May after returning to China from the US in April, two sources close to Fu told CNN. Fu Xiaotian, 40, was the host of a flagship talk show on Hong Kong-based Chinese broadcaster Phoenix TV. Following Qin’s disappearance, Chinese social media users have scrutinized Fu’s posts on Weibo, a popular microblogging site, where she boasts more than a million followers. She last posted on Wechat, another Chinese social media app, on May 21, the two people who know Fu told CNN.

Persons: Hong Kong CNN — China’s, Qin Gang, Fu Xiaotian, Qin, Fu, Xi Jinping, ”, Fu –, –, Qin’s, “, ” Yun Sun, Sun, That’s, Xiaotian, Zikuan Chen, Fu reminisced, Er, ’ ” Fu Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, Financial Times, Phoenix, CNN, China’s Foreign, ” CNN, China’s, Information Office, Phoenix TV, Wall Street Journal, Communist Party, Stimson, World, Cambridge University, Star, Churchill College, Gulfstream G650, Fu, Federal Aviation Administration, Gulfstream, Anchorage International, Washington DC, Qin Locations: Hong Kong, United States, Beijing, China, Washington, London, Phoenix TV’s London, Fu, Weibo, California, Chongqing, Orange County , California, Italy, alma, Los Angeles, Anchorage, Alaska, Miami

☆ Geologist Marie Tharp mapped the ocean floor and helped solve one of science's biggest controversies
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-24 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Back then, no one knew what the ocean floor looked like — until one woman used her many talents to find out. When she reflected on her life, geologist Marie Tharp recollected being able to fill in the blanks of the ocean floor, which she saw as a fascinating jigsaw puzzle. Their final project together was the World Ocean Floor Map. The Heezen-Tharp “World Ocean Floor” map painted by Heinrich Berann. Marie Tharp Maps, LLCAfter Heezen's death, organizations that had hired him and Tharp to work on projects reassigned them.

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☆ U.S. Open beefs up security after protesters stop match
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Steve Keating | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

As players stood staring into the stands, security and New York City police entered the section where the disturbance was taking place. When play resumed Gauff went on to claim a 6-4 7-5 win over Muchova and a spot in Saturday's final. The group pointed out that it was not protesting tennis, but the use of fossil fuels. After her match Gauff said she had no animosity for the protesters and believed that climate change was real. 'Just Stop Oil' protesters interrupted play at Wimbledon in July, releasing orange ticker-tape mixed with jigsaw puzzle pieces during matches.

Persons: Karolina Muchova, Coco Gauff, Mike Segar, Arthur Ashe, Novak Djokovic, Ben Shelton, Gauff, We're, Shayok Mukhopadhyay, That's, Steve Keating, Toby Davis Organizations: New York City Police Department, NYPD, Czech, U.S, REUTERS, United States Tennis Association, New, New York City, Wimbledon, Premiership Rugby, National, Thomson Locations: Flushing Meadows , New York, United States, New, New York

☆ Climate protesters halt US Open semi-finals
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Steve Keating | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Stacey Allaster, United States Tennis Association (USTA) Chief Executive Professional Tennis, told ESPN the disturbance involved three climate protesters. "Three of the four protesters were escorted out of the stadium without further incident," said the USTA statement. As players looked into the stands, security flooded into the section around where protesters were shouting. 'Just Stop Oil' protesters interrupted play at Wimbledon in July, releasing orange ticker-tape mixed with jigsaw puzzle pieces during matches. Reporting by Steve Keating in New York; Editing by Gerry Doyle, Peter RutherfordOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Mike Segar, Coco Gauff, Czech Karolina Muchova, Arthur Ashe, Stacey Allaster, Steve Keating, Gerry Doyle, Peter Rutherford Organizations: Tennis, U.S, United States Tennis Association, ESPN, USTA, Wimbledon, Thomson Locations: Flushing Meadows , New York, United States, Czech, New York

☆ 3 ways YouTube and Amazon are changing how brands advertise on the NFL
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Lauren Johnson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Brands have to change their NFL advertising expectations on streamers like YouTube and Amazon. That's no longer the case, as platforms like YouTube and Amazon influence how some NFL ads are bought and evaluated. Here are three ways YouTube and Amazon are changing how brands advertise against the NFL. YouTube TV has over five million subscribers, its chief Neal Mohan said during a MoffettNathanson conference in May. YouTube is betting on promotions to juice YouTube TV subscribers.

Persons: YouTube —, Kasha Cacy, Neal Mohan, Jonathan Schaaf, Schaaf, Mike McHale Organizations: NFL, Brands, YouTube, Amazon, Verizon, Stagwell Media Networks, Consumers, Disney, Noble

☆ Tennis-U.S. Open Beefs up Security After Protesters Stop Match
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Sept. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

When play resumed Gauff went on to claim a 6-4 7-5 win over Muchova and a spot in Saturday's final. The group pointed out that it was not protesting tennis, but the use of fossil fuels. "We're not protesting the event itself; we are not protesting tennis; we are not protesting the emissions that brought spectators to get here," said Shayok Mukhopadhyay, Extinction Rebellion activist. After her match Gauff said she had no animosity for the protesters and believed that climate change was real. 'Just Stop Oil' protesters interrupted play at Wimbledon in July, releasing orange ticker-tape mixed with jigsaw puzzle pieces during matches.

Persons: Steve Keating, Arthur Ashe, Novak Djokovic, Ben Shelton, Coco Gauff, Karolina Muchova, Gauff, We're, Shayok Mukhopadhyay, That's, Toby Davis Organizations: YORK, U.S, United States Tennis Association, New, New York City, Wimbledon, Premiership Rugby, National Locations: New York

☆ Hearings Set for Monday in Two Election Cases Against Trump
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Alan Feuer | More About Alan Feuer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

By the end of Monday, another piece could be put in place in the complicated jigsaw puzzle of the four criminal cases facing former President Donald J. Trump: A date could be chosen for Mr. Trump’s federal trial on charges of seeking to overturn the 2020 election. At a hearing scheduled for Monday morning in Federal District Court in Washington, Judge Tanya S. Chutkan is set to consider — and may select — the date of the trial. As Judge Chutkan considers the arguments, another legal proceeding related to Mr. Trump will be playing out on Monday in federal court in Atlanta, underscoring the complexity of bringing the charges against him to trial. Fani T. Willis, the district attorney in Fulton County, Ga., recently proposed starting a trial in her case against Mr. Trump, on charges of tampering with the 2020 election in that state, in March. But that date remains somewhat uncertain not only because of the jockeying among prosecutors over the timing of the different cases, but also because some of Mr. Trump’s 18 co-defendants in the case have asked for the trial to start as early as this fall while others want to slow things down.

Persons: Donald J, Tanya S, Judge Chutkan, Trump, Fani, Willis, Trump’s Organizations: Trump, Mr, Court Locations: Washington, Atlanta, Fulton County ,

☆ Watch the last billion years of Earth's tectonic plate movement in just 40 seconds
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Aylin Woodward | Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

In 2021, geologists animated a video that shows how Earth's tectonic plates moved over the last billion years. But in 2021 a group of geologists offered up an easily digestible peek at 1 billion years of plate tectonic motion. Building a better model of Earth's platesThe Earth's plates move in a variety of ways and can cause earthquakes, mountains, and canyons. The top layer — between 5 and 50 miles thick — is the crust, which is fragmented into tectonic plates that fit together. The jigsaw puzzle of Earth's continents hasn't stopped shifting, of course.

Persons: Sabin Zahirovic, Pangea, Joshua Stevens, Dietmar Müller Organizations: Service, University of Sydney, U.S . Geological Survey, Geologists, NASA Locations: Antarctica, U.S, Sandwell, Africa, Europe

☆ Travel Photography: How to Make the Most of Your Cellphone Camera
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( James Hill | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

A cellphone allows travelers to have a camera always at the ready. Here are a few tips on when and what to shoot, and how to better frame what we see when we travel. On most cellphones, you can set up a three-by-three grid for the screen in the camera settings. Test different compositions by turning your cellphone both vertically and horizontally, and, if you have a choice of lenses, decide if the scene is best framed tightly or wide. Another way to enrich the landscape is to spot a person or an object and place them carefully in the frame as a focal point.

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☆ Fritz says climate protests 'annoying' after match suspended
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY SportsAug 5 (Reuters) - World number nine Taylor Fritz said climate activists need to find a better way of protesting instead of "annoying" sports fans by interrupting events, after his Washington Open match against Andy Murray was briefly halted on Friday. "I get they're protesting, but there's just got to be a better way to do it," Fritz told reporters. I jokingly said, 'Honestly, this makes me want to go fly on jets more'," Fritz said with a smile. "I think they're supporting a good cause, but the way they're doing it... Who's going to want to listen when they're just annoying everybody?" Fritz returned in the evening to seal a 6-3 6-3 victory over Jordan Thompson to storm into the semi-finals, where he takes on Tallon Griekspoor.

Persons: Taylor Fritz, Andy Murray, Geoff Burke, there's, Fritz, doesn't, Jordan Thompson, Tallon Griekspoor, Shrivathsa Sridhar, William Mallard Organizations: D.C, Citi DC, Fitzgerald Tennis, USA, Washington, Mubadala, Citi, Wimbledon, Premiership Rugby, National, Thomson Locations: Washington, USA, Bengaluru

☆ Fuelled by Rice, Arsenal ready for next step in title race
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Martyn Herman | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Those three signings were all completed early in the close4 season meaning Arsenal should be ready to hit the ground running when they kick off at home to Nottingham Forest next Saturday. While Rice's price tag appears over-inflated, he looks capable of giving Arsenal the drive their midfield began to lack in the closing months of the campaign. Timber offers the sort of defensive depth Arsenal sadly lacked after France's William Saliba was injured in March. "The players will have learned a hell of a lot with that title run, and this year is about going that one step ahead. ($1 = 0.7843 pounds)($1 = 0.9112 euros)Reporting by Martyn Herman; Editing by Ken FerrisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Arsenal's Kai Havertz, Declan Rice, Peter Cziborra, Mikel Arteta's, Kai Havertz, Martin Odegaard, Havertz, Mikel Arteta, Granit Xhaka, William Saliba, Gabriel Martinelli, Gabriel Jesus, Rice, Arsenal's, Martyn Herman, Ken Ferris Organizations: Soccer, Arsenal, AS Monaco, Emirates, Peter Cziborra LONDON, Manchester City's, Premier League, City . Arsenal, West Ham United, Ajax Amsterdam, Nottingham Forest, Bayer Leverkusen, Timber, City, Barcelona, Thomson Locations: London, Britain, West, Chelsea, Arsenal's, California

☆ The 15 Best Board Games for Grownups, According to Experts and Enthusiasts
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-30 | by ( Tim Barribeau | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +14 min

Luckily, board games have come a long, long way from social-deduction games like Werewolf, the Settlers of Catan fad and the cringey-in-retrospect obsession with Cards Against Humanity. With the help of a half-dozen experts in the field of tabletop gaming, we’ve pulled together a list of some of the best board games currently available, many of which you probably haven’t run into. I love the whimsical theme and design.” The experts told us it’s best played with a full suite of four players. Escape room at homePlayers: 1 to 6Time to play: VariableThe Exit games are escape rooms you can play at home. Dwayne Shearill of BlackBoardGaming cites Forbidden Island as one of the first board games he got his wife to play; the pair now host the YouTube channel about board games together.

Persons: Tim Barribeau, —, we’ve, Eric Yerko, Eric, Mandi Hutchinson, Suzanne Sheldon, Sass, Yerko, ” Decolonize, It’s, “, Ada Weyland, Weyland, Richard Garfield, ” Yerko, “ It’s, Dwayne Shearill, ”, Mike Mignola, you’ve, woman’s, you’ll, Steve Gianaca, Haiclue, Beneeta Kaur, hasn’t, Ada, MonsDRAWsity, it’s Organizations: Sass Games, Salt, Catan, Love Games, YouTube, Games, Amazon Players, Monopoly Locations: Northwest, Pacific, It’s, Yerko

☆ In the British Countryside, a Home That Was Once an Ice Cream Factory
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Ellie Pithers | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The house in Devon similarly balances crisp forms, simple materials and the occasional more luxurious touch. Their interest piqued, Pinch and Bannon went to see the place, only to be told an offer had already been accepted. But several days later they received a phone call: the farmer felt hopeful the couple would respect his vision and invited them to make a competing offer. One side would incorporate the old barn — thought to date to around 1600 and the erstwhile home of the ice cream factory — and would accommodate two bedrooms. But we like the patina and big knots, which give it such character.”

Persons: Pinch, David Kohn, Bannon, Ada, Floris, ‘, ’ ”, Kohn, ” Locations: Devon, British, South London

☆ Just Stop Oil protesters disrupt match at Wimbledon
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Just Stop Oil activists disrupted two matches at Wimbledon on Wednesday after running onto Court 18 and sprinkling orange confetti and jigsaw puzzle pieces on the playing surface. In the first incident, security was able to quickly usher one activist away while another, wearing a Just Stop Oil T-shirt, sat crossed legged on the court before finally being taken off. “Following an incident on Court 18, two individuals have been arrested on suspicion of aggravated trespass and criminal damage and these individuals have now been removed from the Grounds,” Wimbledon tweeted after the incident. Ground staff removed pieces of confetti from Court 18 before play got back underway. In a statement after the first protest, Just Stop Oil said the two activists at Wimbledon were “demanding that the UK government halts all new licences and consents for oil, gas and coal.”In a statement published by Just Stop Oil, one of the protesters said: “Forget strawberries and cream, scientists are warning of impending food shortages, mass displacement and war.

Persons: Grigor Dimitrov, Sho Shimabukuro, ” Wimbledon, Katie Boulter, Daria Saville, Alastair Grant, ” Organizations: CNN, Wimbledon, London Metropolitan police

☆ Kinnu helps users improve their long-term memory and their rate of learning. Check out the 14-slide pitch deck it used to raise $6.5 million.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Riddhi Kanetkar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Learning platform startup Kinnu has raised $6.5 million from LocalGlobe and Cavalry Ventures. Kinnu aims to help users improve in areas like long-term memory and the rate at which they learn. A startup using generative AI to build a learning app to help people improve in areas like long-term memory and the rate at which they learn has raised $6.5 million in fresh funds. London-based Kinnu bills itself as a gamified learning platform for those who want to learn generalist knowledge. The platform is currently popular among adult generalist learners, "who love learning for the sake of learning," Kahler told Insider.

Persons: Chris Kahler, chatbots, Kahler, Kinnu, Tom Hulme, Guy Podjarny, Rene Rechtman Organizations: Cavalry Ventures, UK, Spark, Google Ventures, Moonbug Entertainment Locations: LocalGlobe, London

☆ Global markets in H1: Banks vs the machines
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Marc Jones | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Linking it all has been the relentless rise in interest rates, which was exactly what battered markets in 2022. But just that this time has been different due to an unshakeable view that the end of the cycle is near. A 12%, or $6 trillion, rally in value of world stocks (.MIWD00000PUS), (.FTAWORLDSR) although it has been ominously top heavy. Thanks largely to ChatGPT, the AI boom has seen the 'Big Tech' giants enjoy a combined surge of 70%. There have also been around a total of 90 interest rate hikes this year by central banks globally versus just 17 cuts.

Persons: Andrew Kelly, Lehman, Trevor Greetham, Gold, Viktor Szabo, Tayyip Erdogan's, haven't, bitcoin, Binance, Milla Savova, Dhara Ranasinghe, Tom Wilson, Rashmi Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, REUTERS, Nikkei, LONDON, Big Tech, Apple, Microsoft, Google, Netflix, Meta, Nvidia, Royal London Asset Management, Japan's Nikkei, U.S . Federal Reserve, European Central Bank, Bank of Japan's, Silicon Valley Bank, behemoth, UBS, Treasury, Wall, BlackRock, Commodities, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S, El Salvador, Sri, Zambia, Ukraine, Pakistan, Argentina, Japan, Egypt, Nigeria, London

☆ John Early Brings a Deliriously Over-the-Top Sensibility to Stand-Up
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Jason Zinoman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The key to his persona, I think, can be found in the joke he tells about the always-be-selling vanity of his generation, presenting himself as its avatar. “I don’t know how to do my taxes, but I do know how to be a badass.” Then he clarifies, “A shell of a badass.”That’s the role Early plays here. “If we’re honest,” he says, “Donald Trump is not a sensual person.” It’s the way he says “If we’re honest” that cracks me up. The grainy film stock and chunky red font of this special remind me of a Tarantino movie. In one revealing nostalgic riff, Early yearns for the days of Bob Fosse, when louche choreographers were on talk shows and dance could be “kinky and mysterious.”

Persons: ”, “, Trump, “ Donald Trump, Apple, There’s, Bob Fosse

☆ Opinion | Death and Displacement Return to Darfur
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-25 | by ( Lydia Polgreen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Darfur was loosely and sometimes imprecisely divided between Black and Arab communities, many of whom had deeper ties with the Sahelian peoples of Chad and Niger. These ill-fitting parts have formed a kind of booby trap, plunging Sudan into cycles of violent strife. The region seceded by referendum in 2011, becoming the Republic of South Sudan, generally considered the most recent widely recognized nation on Earth. Ultimately Sudan’s president, al-Bashir, would be charged with war crimes by the International Criminal Court for his role in the slaughter. Now, the two generals who overthrew al-Bashir have turned their guns on each other, with the Sudanese people caught between them.

Persons: Sudan’s, Bashir, Alex de Waal, Mohamed Hamdan, Abdel Fattah al, Burhan, al Organizations: Democratic, Rebels, International, Court, Rapid Support Forces Locations: Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Darfur, Black, Chad and Niger, Nile Rivers, Khartoum —, Khartoum, Republic of South Sudan, Chad

☆ Australia names air force veteran as cybersecurity chief amid rise in data breaches
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

SYDNEY, June 23 (Reuters) - Australia on Friday named a senior air force commander as its first cybersecurity boss to help lead the government's response to major data breaches and boost the nation's security capabilities amid a recent spike in network intrusions. Air Marshal Darren Goldie, a 30-year veteran, will become the national cybersecurity coordinator, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said. He will be supported by a national office within the department of home affairs and begin his term on July 3. HWL Ebsworth has flagged ransomware group BlackCat, also known as ALPHV, may have published some stolen data on the dark web. Major breaches were reported by health insurer Medibank Private (MPL.AX) and telco Optus, owned by Singapore Telecommunications (STEL.SI).

Persons: Darren Goldie, Anthony Albanese, " Albanese, HWL Ebsworth, Goldie, Clare O'Neil, telco, Renju Jose, Jamie Freed Organizations: SYDNEY, Home Affairs, Medibank, telco Optus, Singapore Telecommunications, Thomson Locations: Australia, Sydney

The United States should take note. After praising Poland as one of the United States’ “great allies,” Mr. Biden stressed the importance of defending freedom and democracy. The party’s newly burnished international image as steadfast friend to Ukraine only helps to entrench such support. The United States, for one, exerts considerable influence in Poland. What’s more, Washington could make financial assistance — last year, the United States invested $288.6 million in Poland’s military — conditional on compliance with democratic standards and the rule of law.

Persons: genuflection, Donald Tusk, Biden, United States ’ “, ” Mr, What’s, — Organizations: Nazi, Soviet, Poland, United, Law, Justice, hasn’t Locations: —, Ukraine, Poland, Finland, Baltic States, Romania, United States, Warsaw, India, Turkey, Rwanda, Russia, China, Washington

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