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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Neighborhoods in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state remained flooded Monday more than a day after torrential rains that killed at least 11 people. Some people drowned and were killed in landslides, while at least three died after being electrocuted. Authorities intervened in over 200 incidents due to the flooding across the state, according to a statement from Rio’s civil defense. Brazil’s National Institute of Meteorology had warned Thursday of the potential for heavy rain in Rio, Sao Paulo and Minas Gerais due to a combination of heat, humidity and areas of low pressure in the atmosphere. In February 2023, heavy rain caused flooding and landslides that killed at least 48 people in Sao Paulo state.

Persons: Heloisa, Duque de Caxias, Regina, “ We’ve, ”, ” Duque de, Eliana Vieira Krauss, ” Krauss, Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes, Daniel Soranz Organizations: RIO DE, Avenida Brasil, Brazil's Globo, Firefighters, Authorities, ” Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro Mayor, Ronaldo, Municipal Hospital, Rio Health, Brazil’s National Institute of Meteorology Locations: RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil's Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Heloisa Regina, Duque de, Rio, Rio’s, Belford Roxo, Rio de, Rio , Sao Paulo, Minas Gerais, Sao Paulo, Brazil

☆ Palazzo Vilòn: Incredible historical mansion opens to overnight guests in Rome
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Silvia Marchetti | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Featuring multiple suites, all filled with artistic masterpieces, Rome’s 17th-century Palazzo Vilòn is sheer luxury. And now, Palazzo Vilòn can be all yours for 25,000 euros ($26,665) per night if you opt for the “buy-out” offer. Palazzo Vilòn offers a rare chance to travel back to a time when noble families ruled the Eternal City. Today, Palazzo Vilòn is believed to be Italy’s most expensive historical retreat. Despite all the grandeur, Florio stresses that Palazzo Vilòn is not a museum brought back to life.

Persons: CNN — It’s, Vilon, Sala di, Mattia Aquila, Borghese, Vilòn, it’s, –, ”, Palazzo Vilòn, Samuele Florio, Florio, ‘ It’s, Italy won’t, “, It’s Organizations: CNN, Michelin, Mirrors Locations: You’re, Campo Marzio, Europe, Rome, Italy, Vilòn, Italian

☆ The Eagles Release a Christmas Album. Not Those Eagles.
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Callie Holtermann | More About Callie Holtermann | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Jordan Mailata, the 6-foot-8, 365-pound left tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles, was nervous for his next matchup. It was August, and he was heading into the recording studio to duet with the Godmother of Soul, Patti LaBelle. “He sings his face off — I was shocked,” Ms. LaBelle said on Thursday. It is the trio’s second holiday album to raise money for Philadelphia-area charities. stars — Travis Kelce, the Kansas City Chiefs tight end, and Jalen Hurts, the Eagles quarterback — and musicians with ties to Philadelphia like Ms. LaBelle, a longtime Eagles fan.

Persons: Jordan Mailata, Patti LaBelle, “, ” Ms, LaBelle, Donny Hathaway’s “, Mailata, Jason Kelce, Lane Johnson, — Travis Kelce, — Organizations: Philadelphia Eagles, Eagles, Kansas City Chiefs, longtime Eagles Locations: “, Philadelphia

☆ Once a Homeless Addict, a Mayor Takes On Housing and Drug Crises
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Ian Austen | More About Ian Austen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

There are politicians — almost all of them — who try to put the best possible shine on their professional résumés and past lives. Then there is Dan Carter. “For 17 years, I was an absolutely horrible individual,” said Mr. Carter, the mayor of Oshawa, Ontario. “Horrible individual. Or at least his story positioned him as someone who could bring his personal experience to bear on the city’s most pressing problems.

Persons: —, Dan Carter, “, ”, Carter Locations: Oshawa , Ontario, Oshawa

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The deaths of two people, muggings and a dangerous heat wave left legions of Taylor Swift's Brazilian fans angry and disappointed in the three-day Rio de Janeiro leg of the pop superstar's Eras Tour, which concludes Monday night. It was the second death of a Swift fan in four days. Fans also reported fainting from extreme heat, being mugged or getting caught up in a police raid. Inside the stadium, concertgoers complained of unbearable heat and some said they had difficulty getting access to water. “Come on stage, I want to see you!”The postponement was followed by chaos outside the stadium.

Persons: Taylor Swift's, Gabriel Mongenot Santana Milhomem Santos, Swift, Rio's, Ana Clara Benevides Machado, Benevides, ”, concertgoers, Kléssia Menezes, “, Julia Alvarenga, Alvarenga, “ We’re, Hely Olivares Organizations: RIO DE, Rio’s Municipal Health Department, Forensic Medical Institute, Nilton Santos Olympic, Twitter Locations: RIO DE JANEIRO, Rio de Janeiro, Rio’s, Rio ., Rio, Burger, Brazil, Panama

The 125-foot Christ the Redeemer was illuminated Thursday night with a towering message welcoming the singer to the country for the latest leg of her Eras Tour. The grand show of hospitality was thanks to a charitable act by her fans and orchestrated by the Christ the Redeemer Archdiocesan Sanctuary, which manages the iconic statue. “From today onwards, I ask all fan clubs to direct their requests about the Sanctuary of Christ the Redeemer to our beloved Archdiocese. Today, the Christ statue with its arms wide open welcomes millions of selfie-snapping tourists each year. Rio is far from the only place to give Swift a special welcome for her Eras Tour.

Persons: Taylor Swift, it’s, Swifties, Eduardo Paes, Paes, ”, he'd, Omar Raposo, Father Omar, “ Young, Raposo, Rio’s, Swift, Estádio Nilton Santos, she’ll, São Paulo, Hely Olivares, “, Taylor, __ Organizations: RIO DE, Redeemer Archdiocesan, Rio, Archdiocese, United, São, Allianz Parque, Redeemer, Lilly Endowment Inc, AP Locations: RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, crowdfunding, Lagoa, “, United States, Argentina, Panama City, Rio, Princeton , New Jersey

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — It’s still spring in Brazil, but a dangerous heat wave is sweeping across large swathes of the country, forcing Rio de Janeiro’s vendors off the streets due to health alerts and driving up energy demand amid reports of power outages. Most Brazilian states face “great danger” from the heat, according to the National Institute of Meteorology. Actual temperatures dropped slightly on Wednesday, but were forecast to rise again to 40 degrees Celsius (104 F) on Thursday. In Sao Paulo, temperatures reached 37.7 degrees Celsius (99.9 F), just short of a record, according to meteorology company MetSul. In Brazil, El Niño has historically caused droughts in the north and intense rainfall in the south, Ferreira said.

Persons: — It’s, Cariocas, Núbia Beray, “ Cariocas, ” Beray, Danielle Ferreira, ” Ferreira, El Niño, Ferreira, hydrologist Javier Tomasella, ” Tomasella Organizations: RIO DE, Rio de, National Institute of Meteorology, Mato Grosso, Federal University of Rio, National Institute for Space Research Locations: RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Rio’s, Sao Paulo, Mato Grosso, Sul, Portuguese, Mato, Cyprus, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, South America, Equatorial Pacific, Inmet, El, Rio Grande do Sul, Bahia

☆ Kate Beckinsale attends Leonardo DiCaprio’s birthday in a party dress with a familiar blue gemstone
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Jacqui Palumbo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Kate Beckinsale and rapper Big Boss Vette arrive for DiCaprio's birthday. Miha Azne/Frank Vasquez/BACKGRIDCNN —Kate Beckinsale wore a bejeweled mini dress over the weekend to celebrate Leonardo DiCaprio’s 49th birthday in Los Angeles, and a photograph of the black frock, which featured a colossal blue-gemstone-like accessory belted around her waist, has since made its rounds across the Internet. Though the look seems to be a delightful reference to a famous DiCaprio film, one question has persisted: Which one? Is the gem a blue diamond or blue sapphire? Beckinsale starred alongside DiCaprio in “The Aviator“ as actress Ava Gardner and aerospace engineer Howard Hughes.

Persons: Kate Beckinsale, Big Boss Vette, Miha Azne, Frank Vasquez, CNN — Kate Beckinsale, Leonardo DiCaprio’s, DiCaprio, Beckinsale, Ava Gardner, ” Beckinsale, Howard Hughes, “, Moviestore, Billy Zane, Kate Winslet, Elizabeth Taylor, Phillipe Blond, David Blond —, Beyoncé, Salma Hayek, Kim Kardashian, Zoë Kravitz, Channing Tatum Organizations: CNN, New York, Beverly Hills Locations: Los Angeles, “

☆ Post-strike Hollywood rushes to get film, TV sets humming
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Dawn Chmielewski | Lisa Richwine | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hours before the Hollywood actors’ strike officially ended, Beth Goodnight’s phone began ringing with opportunity. Studio, after the SAG-AFTRA TV/Theatrical Committee approved a tentative agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) to bring an end to the 118-day actors strike, in Burbank, California,. Marvel Studios’ “Deadpool 3,” a high-priority project for Walt Disney, will most likely resume filming before Thanksgiving, after the actors’ strike shut down production in July. Most had been forbidden from promoting films and TV shows during the strike. Studios are eager to have actors promoting Oscar hopefuls such as Leonardo DiCaprio’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” and Bradley Cooper’s “Maestro.”“YES!!!

Persons: ’, Beth Goodnight’s, Mario Anzuoni, ”, “, Sisyphus, Ridley, Walt Disney, Todd Garner, “ We’re, “ It’s, Pam Elyea, “ Oppenheimer, “ Abbott, Leonardo DiCaprio’s, Bradley Cooper’s “ Maestro, Kumail Nanjiani, Nanjiani Organizations: ANGELES, Reuters, Hollywood, Warner Bros ., SAG, Alliance, Television Producers, REUTERS, Marvel Studios, Disney, Producers, Hire, Broadcast, “, ABC Studios, ABC, CBS, Sony Pictures Locations: Burbank , California, U.S, Hollywood, Malta, Coast of Australia

☆ Their Final Wish? A Burial in Space.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Dina Litovsky | Jon Mooallem | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Starship Enterprise — in addition to all its flashy, futuristic technology — was peaceful, too: an environment of sleek, clean lines. “It was very orderly and logical,” she says, “and I’m a total, total logical thinker — which can be a problem, sometimes, if you don’t have any gray. Mansfield understood that’s where adventures happened. She loves the water just as much, loves to water ski and swim. I think I’m afraid of the dark.” Sending your ashes and DNA into deep space involves a tremendous amount of darkness, too, Mansfield concedes.

Persons: “, ”, Mansfield, It’s Organizations: “ Locations: I’m, Ontario’s, Toronto

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Tensions remained high Friday in Rio de Janeiro on the eve of the Copa Libertadores soccer final, following a brawl between fan clubs and a fierce police response on the Copacabana beach the previous day. The incident marred the excitement ahead of the game between Brazil’s Fluminense and Argentina’s Boca Juniors, due on Saturday at Rio de Janeiro’s famed Maracana stadium. A mob swept across Copacabana beach, sending hundreds of others stampeding away from the commotion, some clutching caipirinhas and hastily-gathered clothes. The meeting was called after Thursday's brawl on Copacabana that saw nine arrested across the city's affluent southern zone, police said. “Fluminense fans came to take photos with the Argentines and the atmosphere was relaxed until 19:30 when the police arrived, hitting people with batons, firing shots and using tear gas,” Barbero said.

Persons: ”, Brazil Daniel Scioli, “, Facundo Barbero, ” Barbero Organizations: RIO DE, —, Copa Libertadores, Brazil’s Fluminense, Argentina’s Boca Juniors, Rio de, Conmebol, Brazilian Football Confederation, Argentine Football Association, Fluminense, Boca Juniors, Argentine's Diario, Boca, Argentine, Diario, Globo, Fluminense “ Locations: RIO DE JANEIRO, Rio de Janeiro, Maracana, Copacabana, South America, Brazil, Buenos Aires, Argentine, Rio

☆ Opinion: Uncomfortable reality for Biden
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( Richard Galant | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +18 min

We’re looking back at the strongest, smartest opinion takes of the week from CNN and other outlets. He didn’t live to see the allies’ victory in World War II that year or the conference in San Francisco that month that established the United Nations. But his diplomatic efforts to meet with Arab leaders came undone after a devastating explosion at a hospital in Gaza. Biden himself initially supported the US 2003 war in Iraq only to end up as the president who ordered the US pullout of Afghanistan. “This is the politics that Donald Trump’s rhetoric has wrought among his supporters in the Republican Party,” wrote Avlon.

Persons: Franklin D, Roosevelt, Joe Biden, FDR, “, ” Biden, Steve Breen, GoComics.com Biden, Seth Moulton, ”, David Petraeus, ‘, Petraeus, Moulton, Shmuel Rosner, “ Israel, Biden, David Mark, Donald Trump, Gaza Hani Almadhoun, ” Yasmine Mohammed, Will Heath, Pete Davidson, Dean Obeidallah, Davidson, ” Obeidallah, ” Wadea, Khaled, Wadea’s, Mukesh Kapila, Frida Ghitis, Nicole Hemmer, Michael, Peter Bergen, Israel, ” Bergen, “ Khaled Hroub, ’, ” Hroub, what’s, ” Jim Jordan flunks, Nick Anderson, Jim Jordan, Julian Zelizer, “ Jordan, MAGA, Trump, shutdowns, Jordan, —, ” Zelizer, ” John Avlon, Jake Tapper, Donald Trump’s, Utah Sen, Mitt Romney, Cupp, Bill Bramhall, Trump Sidney Powell, Powell “, Jennifer Rodgers, ” Clay Jones, Kenneth Chesebro, Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, Jack Smith, Trump’s, Jill Filipovic, “ It’s, …, Don’t, Scott Stantis, David Goldblatt, Amy Bass, Mary Lou Retton, Amy Klein, Glock, homebuyers Holly Thomas, Frasier ’, Richie Hofmann, Lily Gladstone, Leonardo DiCaprio, Niro, DiCaprio, Scorsese, David Grann’s, White, Noah Berlatsky, “ Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro Organizations: CNN, United Nations, UN, Arab, Marine Corps, Democratic, Twitter, Facebook, Republican, Capitol, United Nations Relief, Works Agency, “, NBC, New York City, World Trade, Chicago, Hamas, Tribune, Trump, Tea Party, Republican Party, GOP, Utah, Republicans, Agency, White Locations: Warm Springs , Georgia, San Francisco, United, United States, Soviet Union, United Kingdom, China, Ukraine, Israel, America, Gaza, What’s, Massachusetts, Iraq, “ Israel, Afghanistan, Iraqi, Najaf, Iran, Lebanon, ”, New, Geneva, Palestinian, Fulton County , Georgia, Hollywood, Oklahoma

☆ Baltimore to pay $48 million after wrongful convictions, imprisonment of Alfred Chestnut, Ransom Watkins, Andrew Stewart
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( Jay Croft | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Baltimore has agreed to pay $48 million to three men who were wrongfully convicted of murder as teenagers and spent 36 years in prison. Alfred Chestnut, Ransom Watkins and Andrew Stewart were 16 when they were arrested on Thanksgiving Day 1983, according to the federal lawsuit they filed after being freed. Mary Stewart, left, walks with her son, Andrew Stewart and her daughter, Ulonda Stewart, after his release. Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty ImagesBut they were declared innocent decades later, after Chestnut filed a public records request. Investigators “ignored eyewitness evidence and physical evidence that contradicted their chosen narrative, including evidence pointing to a different suspect.

Persons: Justin Conroy, Alfred Chestnut, Ransom Watkins, Andrew Stewart, DeWitt Duckett, Mary Stewart, Ulonda Stewart, Matt McClain, Chestnut, John Doe ”, DeWitt, “, Marilyn Mosby, ”, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott, ” Scott, Nick Mosby Organizations: CNN, Baltimore, ” Baltimore Police Department, city’s, Washington, State of, Baltimore City, Baltimore Mayor, Baltimore Police Department, City Locations: State of Maryland

☆ Apple’s New Film Strategy Debuts With ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Nicole Sperling | More About Nicole Sperling | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The box office results for Martin Scorsese’s new film, “Killers of the Flower Moon,” will be revealed on Sunday and analyzed by reporters and industry insiders. It is teaming up with Paramount Pictures to release the three-and-a-half-hour R-rated film in 3,621 theaters. But “Killers of the Flower Moon” won’t reach its streaming service, Apple TV+, for at least 45 days. During Thanksgiving weekend, Sony Pictures will work with Apple to release Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon,” starring Joaquin Phoenix. In February, Apple is joining forces with Universal Pictures to release the spy caper “Argyle” in theaters around the country.

Persons: Martin Scorsese’s, Leonardo DiCaprio’s, Ridley Scott’s “ Napoleon, ”, Joaquin Phoenix Organizations: Apple Studios, Paramount Pictures, Apple, Sony Pictures, Universal Pictures

☆ 'Killers of the Flower Moon' review: Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro team up on a movie that wants to be epic but just feels long
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —There’s a difference between “long” and “epic,” although in movie terms the two frequently get confused. Martin Scorsese delivers the former but not the latter with “Killers of the Flower Moon,” his second consecutive three-and-a-half-hour movie derived from a true story and underwritten by a prestige-hungry streaming service. Notably, “Killers of the Flower Moon” will receive a wide big-screen launch that includes playing on hundreds of Imax screens. Either way, Scorsese has served up a movie that also plunges into a dark history and comes away with less bang for its bucks. “Killers of the Flower Moon” premieres October 20 in US theaters and will later play on Apple TV+.

Persons: CNN —, Martin Scorsese, ”, Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone, Mollie Kyle, Ernest, Bill Hale, De Niro, DiCaprio’s Ernest Burkhart, Mollie, Eric Roth, David Grann’s, Jesse Plemons, “ Oppenheimer, “ Oppenheimer ” Organizations: CNN, Apple, Netflix, Osage, Osage Nation, FBI Locations: Oklahoma, Osage, Tulsa

☆ Rio Tinto cuts Canada iron ore production estimate on extended plant outage
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Rishav Chatterjee | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File PhotoThe world’s biggest iron ore producer expects an iron ore output of 9.3 million to 9.8 million tons (mt) from its Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC) business, down from 10.0 to 11.0 mt previously projected. Rio reported a 1.2% rise in its third-quarter iron ore shipments, as it ramped up production at the Gudai-Darri mine. It shipped 83.9 mt of iron ore from Pilbara in the September quarter, compared with 82.9 mt a year earlier. The miner, which generates 70% of its profit from its iron ore operations, saw prices of the commodity improve as top consumer China stepped up its stimulus efforts. Rio realised a 5% increase in mined copper output to 169,000 tons, reflecting a ramp-up of high-grade underground Oyu Tolgoi mine and higher feed grades at Escondida.

Persons: Chris Helgren, Rio, ”, Kyle Rodda Organizations: Reuters, Rio Tinto, Developers Association of Canada, REUTERS, Iron Ore Company, Canada, IOC, “, Capital.com Locations: Rio, Toronto , Ontario, Canada, Northern Quebec, Pilbara, China, Escondida

☆ Kaiser Permanente strike: How patients say the strike is impacting their health care
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Jennifer Korn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

New York CNN —Over 75,000 Kaiser Permanente unionized employees walked off the job Wednesday in the largest health care worker strike in US history. One of the largest health care organizations in the country, Kaiser has 12.7 million members, according to the company. As a bus driver for the Orange County Transportation Authority, “I need those legs to drive,” Signorio told CNN Tuesday, citing the long wait for care. Michael Signorio, a Kaiser Permanente member, talked about the effects of the ongoing strike with CNN's Natasha Chen on October 4. During the last few months most of his doctors appointments have been rescheduled and overall everything has been very slow,” Fidel Vasquez told CNN over email.

Persons: —, Kaiser, Michael Signorio, ” Signorio, “ I’ve, ”, CNN's Natasha Chen, “ We’re, “ I’m, I’m, Christina Campbell’s, “, ” Campbell, Jennifer Fry, ” Fry, haven’t, ” Fidel Vasquez, Vasquez, Julie Zuchowski, Zuchowski, ” Zuchowski, ” Larriesha, ’ Organizations: New, New York CNN, Kaiser Permanente, DC, CNN, Orange, Orange County Transportation Authority, Kaiser Locations: New York, California , Colorado, Washington , Virginia , Oregon, Maryland, Washington, Colorado , Oregon, California, Los Angeles, Sunset, Orange County, Kaiser

☆ C-3PO ‘Star Wars’ head goes on sale in huge movie memorabilia auction
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —In a galaxy not-so far away, “Star Wars” fans will soon have the chance to buy the head of C-3PO when it goes under the hammer next month as part of a huge movie memorabilia auction. The item, complete with light-up eyes, comes from the personal collection of C-3PO himself, Anthony Daniels, who played the droid the “Star Wars” movies. Other items from Daniels’ collection that are up for sale include C-3PO’s hands and feet, hand-annotated scripts and an unopened cereal box used as a prop by C-3PO. “I hope this can bring pleasure to Star Wars fans and collectors all around the world and give them a chance to own a piece of the real thing.”C-3PO is one of "Star Wars'" most iconic characters. Lucasfilm/Fox/Kobal/ShutterstockWith costumes and props from other movies also available, the auction as a whole is expected to fetch more than £12 million ($14.6 million).

Persons: Anthony Daniels, Daniels, ” Daniels, Don Vito Corleone’s, Marlon Brando, There’s, Freddy Krueger, Indiana Jones, James Bond’s, Daniel Craig, ” Leonardo DiCaprio’s, Michael Keaton’s Organizations: CNN, “, Propstore, Star Wars, Lucasfilm, Fox Locations: London, Indiana, “

CNN —The 2023 Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to a team of scientists who created a ground-breaking technique using lasers to understand the extremely rapid movements of electrons, which were previously thought impossible to follow. “An attosecond is to one second as one second is to the age of the universe,” the committee explained. Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L'Huillier shared this year's physics prize. Rapid movements blur together, making extremely short events impossible to observe. Electrons’ movements in atoms and molecules are so rapid that they are measured in attoseconds.

Persons: Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz, Anne L’Huillier “, “, Bob Rosner, ”, Rosner, Anne L'Huillier, Max Planck, ” L’Huillier, Hans Ellegren, L’Huillier, Olle Eriksson, —, Michael Moloney, ” Moloney Organizations: CNN, American Physical Society, University of Chicago, Ohio State University, Max, Quantum Optics, National Academy of Sciences, Lund University, Max Planck, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Uppsala University, American Institute of Physics Locations: Stockholm, Sweden, Germany

☆ Rio’s latest rock shelter damage highlights need for Aboriginal Voice, advocates say
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( Melanie Burton | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Rio's destruction of rock shelters at Juukan Gorge in 2020 prompted a global outcry, the departure of top executives and a parliamentary enquiry that recommended an overhaul of Australia's Aboriginal heritage protection laws. Reaction to the incident has been more muted compared to the outrage over the Juukan Gorge rock shelters so far. VOICE FOR HERITAGELooming over the incident is Australia’s upcoming Indigenous Voice referendum set for Oct. 14 that would create a panel to advise parliament on issues affecting the Aboriginal and Torres Straits Islands communities. "It's hard to think of a more compelling practical example of the need for an Indigenous Voice in the mining policy debate," he said. A spokesperson for the state department regulating Aboriginal heritage protection said it was in contact with Rio Tinto but it was not investigating the latest incident.

Persons: Rio, Simon Trott, Warren Entsch, Rio shouldn't, Morgan Stanley, James Fitzgerald, Jamie Lowe, WGAC, Melanie Burton, Lincoln Organizations: Rio Tinto, REUTERS Acquire, Aboriginal Corporation, ABC, Reuters, Aboriginal, Torres Straits, Australasian Centre, Corporate, Indigenous, Title, Guruma Aboriginal Corporation, Thomson Locations: Rio, Pilbara, Western Australia, MELBOURNE, Western Australia’s, Juukan

☆ Rio’s Latest Rock Shelter Damage Highlights Need for Aboriginal Voice, Advocates Say
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +5 min

By Melanie BurtonMELBOURNE (Reuters) - Damage caused to an Aboriginal rock shelter by mining giant Rio Tinto in August underscores the need for better heritage protection laws and a greater say for Indigenous groups promised in this month's Voice referendum, advocates say. Rio's destruction of rock shelters at Juukan Gorge in 2020 prompted a global outcry, the departure of top executives and a parliamentary enquiry that recommended an overhaul of Australia's Aboriginal heritage protection laws. "Regrettably, it seems as though Rio's blast management plan has failed on this occasion leaving the Muntulgura Guruma People to pick up the pieces," said Wintawari Guruma Aboriginal Corporation (WGAC), which represents the Muntulgura, in a statement. A spokesperson for the state department regulating Aboriginal heritage protection said it was in contact with Rio Tinto but it was not investigating the latest incident. Should the Department receive a complaint from Wintawari Guruma Aboriginal Corporation, it will act immediately to investigate."

Persons: Melanie Burton MELBOURNE, Rio, Simon Trott, Warren Entsch, Rio shouldn't, Morgan Stanley, James Fitzgerald, Jamie Lowe, WGAC, Melanie Burton, Lincoln Organizations: Rio Tinto, Aboriginal Corporation, ABC, Reuters, Aboriginal, Torres Straits, Australasian Centre, Corporate, Indigenous, Title, Guruma Aboriginal Corporation Locations: Rio, Western Australia’s, Juukan, Western Australia

☆ She went on a solo trip to Italy. Right away she met the love of her life
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Francesca Street | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

CNN —Kacie Rose Burns walked into the Florence jazz bar, alone. “That place is, let’s say, unconventional for Florence,” Dario tells CNN Travel. And before long, Dario was planning a trip to visit New York. Then, Kacie and Dario packed up their life in New York and got ready to move across the Atlantic. While her social media presence was getting bigger, for the first few months in Florence, Kacie and Dario’s IRL world remained small.

Persons: CNN — Kacie Rose Burns, “ I’ll, Kacie, “, ”, ” Kacie, Italian I’ve, –, ‘, Florence, “ I’m, Dario, Jamie Lee, Dario Nencetti, ” Dario, Kacie he’d, he’d, It’s, Kacie Rose Burns, Florence’s Ponte, Lizzie McGuire, I’m, “ You’re, “ You’ll, Dario wasn’t, He’d, they've, York City’s, Kacie’s, She’d, thrall, Covid, They’d, Acclimatizing, didn’t, Italy It's, we’ve, he’s, “ We’re, I’ve, it’s Organizations: CNN, CNN Travel, Italian, Jazz, Firenze, York, IRL, Google Locations: Florence, Yorker, Italy, New York, Rome, Venice, there’s, Scotland, Japan, Miami, Kacie, Brooklyn, Kacie’s New York, “

TORONTO (AP) — Three generations of a Ukrainian family sit in a van in the documentary “In the Rearview.” They stare straightforward, staggered by all they’ve left behind. “I come from an aristocratic family,” one woman says in the film. The biggest battleground isn’t just a war zone but the home. In recent years, Canada has reckoned with its past treatment of Indigenous people, including heinous sterilization programs and forced-schooling systems. “Coming to New Zealand, being Māori, we don’t see enough of ourselves on screen,” Waititi said.

Persons: ”, “, Maciek Hamela’s van, Um Tae, Lee Byung, Ly’s, ” Ly, Oscar, Les, Alexis Manenti, Cameron Bailey, Waititi, ” Waititi, ” Hollywood’s, ” Andrew Haigh’s “, —, Cord, Jeffrey Wright, Hayao, Miyazaki, Alexander Payne’s “, Paul Giamatti, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Dominic Sessa —, Agnieszka Holland’s “, Raoul Peck’s “, James Baldwin, –, Melvin, Peck, William Tecumseh Sherman, Garrison Frazier, Jonathan Glazer, Rudolf Höss, Christian Friedel, Hedwig, Sandra Hüller, Glazer, Nikolaj Arcel’s “, Mads Mikkelsen, Jonathan Demme’s, David Byrne, Jake Coyle Organizations: TORONTO, Toronto, America Samoa soccer team, “, Twitter Locations: Ukraine, Seoul, South Korea, Paris, Batiment, France, Canada, America, New Zealand, ” Toronto, Venice, New England, Belarus, Poland, Haitian, North Carolina, Georgia, Auschwitz, Denmark, Jutland Heath

TORONTO (AP) — Think of movies about the financial system and your mind is almost sure to go to Gordon Gekko and “Wall Street” or Leonardo DiCaprio’s gyrating Jordan Belfort in “The Wolf of Wall Street.”When Hollywood takes on Wall Street, it usually heads straight to the C-suite. In 2021, Gill’s enthusiastic endorsement of GameStop stock helped fuel a viral trading frenzy that rocked Wall Street and humbled the hedge funds that has shorted the brick-and-mortar video game company. Gillespie was able to follow the phenomenon thanks to his 24-year-old son, who had been involved with the subreddit Wall Street Bets. My son warned me: You got in too late.”Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo, two former Wall Street Journal reporters turned screenwriters, came on to write the script. They feel small, they feel powerless, they feel that the system is rigged,” says Angelo.

Persons: Gordon Gekko, Leonardo DiCaprio’s gyrating Jordan Belfort, Keith Gill, Paul Dano, ”, Pete Davidson, Seth Rogen, America Ferrara, Anthony Ramos, Shailene Woodley, Craig Gillespie, Tonya Harding, Tonya, Gillespie, Ben Mezrich, ” Mezrich, Mark Zuckerberg, David Fincher’s “, “, ” Lauren Schuker Blum, Rebecca Angelo, —, Blum, let’s, Ramos, Myha’la Herrold, Talia Ryder, Margot Robbie, Angelo, Megan Thee Stallion’s, ” Gill, Kitty, Gill, Jake Coyle Organizations: TORONTO, Hollywood, GameStop, Wall, Sony Pictures, Toronto, AMC Theaters, Ragtag, Amateur, Social, Wall Street Journal, Lawmakers, Twitter Locations: “ The, Brockton , Massachusetts, Belgian, Bath, Pittsburgh

☆ Seeking Link to Trump, Prosecutors Questioned Proud Boys Leader
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Alan Feuer | More About Alan Feuer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

During that meeting, Mr. Tarrio recounted on Friday in a phone interview from jail, the prosecutors told him that they believed he had communicated in the run-up to the riot with President Donald J. Trump through at least three intermediaries. The prosecutors, Mr. Tarrio said, offered him leniency if he could corroborate their theory. Mr. Tarrio said he told them they were wrong. And the discussion with prosecutors — which took place in Miami, Mr. Tarrio’s hometown — apparently went nowhere. Mr. Tarrio was later convicted of seditious conspiracy in federal court in Washington and was sentenced on Tuesday to 22 years in prison.

Persons: Enrique Tarrio, Tarrio, Donald J, —, Tarrio’s Organizations: Capitol, Trump Locations: Miami, Washington

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