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☆ Artificial intelligence is detecting new archaeological sites in the desert
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( Rebecca Cairns | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Researchers at Khalifa University in Abu Dhabi have developed a high-tech solution to searching huge, arid areas for potential archaeological sites. Traditionally, archaeologists use ground surveys to detect potential sites of interest, but that can be time-consuming and difficult in harsh terrains like the desert. “Once it was trained, it gave us an indication of other potential areas (nearby) that are still not excavated,” says Francis. Khalifa University isn’t alone in using artificial intelligence to detect potential sites. If archaeologists find the structures the algorithm has predicted, Dubai Culture plans to use the technology to unearth more sites.

Persons: ”, Diana Francis, Francis, Ben Romdhane, Saruq Al, Hadid, Expediting, Amy Hatton, Max Planck, Hatton, isn’t, Amina Jambajanstsan, Hugh Thomas, — Thomas, Thomas, Unearthing, Al Hadid Organizations: CNN, Khalifa University, Dubai Culture, Max, Max Planck Institute, Geoanthropology, Khalifa, University of Sydney Locations: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Mongolia —, Alaska, Southern Mongolia, Egypt, Africa

☆ Tropical Storm Helene: Thousands forced to evacuate in Florida as hurricane warnings issued
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( Taylor Ward | Dalia Faheid | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

CNN —Thousands of Florida residents have been forced to evacuate as the state prepares for rapidly strengthening Tropical Storm Helene, which could bring powerful winds, flooding and life-threatening storm surge to areas already hard-hit by recent hurricanes. The Big Bend area faces the most serious storm surge: up to 15 feet of it is possible. Over in Sanibel, one couple who met during Hurricane Ian in 2022 and nearly lost everything are now going to weather Tropical Storm Helene together, CNN affiliate WINK reported. Large clouds move over Havana due to the proximity of the tropical storm Helene, on September 24. Officials in neighboring Pinellas County warned hundreds of homes would likely flood with a higher storm surge than in past destructive storms.

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☆ Ukraine's strikes on Russian ammo depots show how Western weapon restrictions are protecting Russia's rear, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Ukraine has struck three ammunition depots deep inside Russia this month, causing significant damage. War experts say the strikes show how Russia is benefiting from the "sanctuary" provided by the West. Most Western countries do not let Ukraine use weapons they've supplied to strike targets in Russia. AdvertisementUkraine's recent strikes on ammunition depots inside Russia show how much Russia benefits from the "sanctuary" provided by the West, experts said. It said that before-and-after satellite images captured by Maxar Technologies show the "dramatic" damage that Ukrainian strikes caused to three Russian ammunition depots in September.

Persons: — Organizations: Service, West, Maxar Technologies, Business Locations: Ukraine, Russia

☆ Trump is threatening tariffs on yet another business — and economists say it makes no sense
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( Ana Altchek | Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Now, trade economists say Trump's latest trade threat makes no sense. I love the company, but as you know, they've announced a few days ago that they're going to move a lot of their manufacturing business to Mexico," Trump said at Monday's event. AdvertisementJohn Deere is the latest company to face a threat of tariffs from Donald Trump. It's not the first time Trump has threatened companies and Trump's threat to impose large tariffs on imports also isn't new. Trump's tariff goals going into the next election go beyond his former policy on international imports.

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☆ Novo Nordisk's diabetes drug Ozempic may lower the risk of opioid overdoses, study says
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( Annika Kim Constantino | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

A box of Ozempic made by Novo Nordisk is seen at a pharmacy in London, Britain March 8, 2024. Novo Nordisk 's blockbuster diabetes drug Ozempic may decrease the risk of opioid overdoses in certain patients, demonstrating its potential as an alternative treatment for opioid use disorder, according to a new study released Wednesday. The active ingredient in Ozempic, semaglutide, was associated with a "significantly lower" opioid overdose risk than other diabetes medications in people diagnosed with both Type 2 diabetes and opioid use disorder, said the paper published in JAMA Network Open. Around 3,000 people were prescribed semaglutide injections, while the remaining patients received treatments that ranged from insulins to older GLP-1s for diabetes. That reflects a 58% lower risk of opioid overdose in patients who took semaglutide, Xu said.

Persons: Dr, Rong Xu, Eli Lilly, Lilly's, Xu Organizations: Novo Nordisk, JAMA, Case Western Reserve University, Centers for Disease Control, National Center for Drug, U.S, National Institutes of Health, Novo Nordisk's Victoza Locations: London, Britain, Novo

☆ Putin issues nuclear warning to the West over strikes on Russia from Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

MOSCOW Reuters —President Vladimir Putin warned the West on Wednesday that Russia could use nuclear weapons if it was struck with conventional missiles, and that Moscow would consider any assault on it supported by a nuclear power to be a joint attack. The 71-year-old Kremlin chief, the primary decision-maker on Russia’s vast nuclear arsenal, said he wanted to underscore one key change in particular. Russia reserved the right to also use nuclear weapons if it or ally Belarus were the subject of aggression, including by conventional weapons, Putin said. Putin said the clarifications were carefully calibrated and commensurate with the modern military threats facing Russia – confirmation that the nuclear doctrine was changing. Russia’s current published nuclear doctrine, set out in a 2020 decree by Putin, says Russia may use nuclear weapons in case of a nuclear attack by an enemy or a conventional attack that threatens the existence of the state.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Putin, ” Putin, Bill Burns, Volodymyr Zelensky, Kyiv’s, Zelensky, ” Andriy Yermak, Joe Biden, Donald Trump Organizations: MOSCOW Reuters, West, Russia’s Security, Kremlin, Russian Federation, Central Intelligence Agency, Cuban Missile, Ukraine, Republican Locations: MOSCOW, Russia, Moscow, United States, Britain, Ukraine, Belarus, Russian, NATO

☆ Gold touches record high on rate-cut bets, weaker U.S. dollar
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Gold bars sit in a vault at the Perth Mint Refinery, operated by Gold Corp, in Perth, Australia, on August 9, 2018. Gold hit a record high on Wednesday, boosted by a softer U.S. dollar and hopes of more interest rate cuts, while investors looked for new signals for the Federal Reserve's interest rate trajectory. Spot gold was steady at $2,658.08 per ounce, as of 0557 GMT, after hitting an all-time high of $2,670.43 earlier. On Tuesday, China announced a slew of support measures including outsized rate cuts, after the U.S. Fed cut rates by 50 basis points last week. Inflows to gold exchange-traded funds, particularly from Western investors, will rise in the coming months, providing further support for record-high bullion prices, analysts said.

Persons: Gold, Kelvin Wong, OANDA's, Wong, Michelle Bowman, Jerome Powell's, heightening Organizations: Perth Mint Refinery, Gold Corp, U.S, Fed, Asia Pacific, Traders Locations: Perth, Australia, China, Beirut

☆ PVH Corp: China threatens sanctions on Calvin Klein owner over Xinjiang cotton boycott
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( Juliana Liu | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Hong Kong CNN —Beijing says it’s investigating fashion retailer PVH Corp, the owner of Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger, for refusing to source cotton from the Xinjiang region, in a move that could lead to sanctions on an American company with major business interests in China. The ministry said in a statement that New York-based PVH (PVH) is suspected of “violating normal market transaction principles” by boycotting cotton sourced from China’s far western region of Xinjiang. Being banned by China would deal a big blow to PVH, which, like other global fashion firms, sources extensively in the country. Western apparel brands have faced pressure in China over their position on Xinjiang cotton before. In March 2021, Swedish multinational H&M was pulled from major e-commerce stores in China and blocked by several major navigation, review and rating apps.

Persons: Hong Kong CNN —, Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Biden, PVH, “, Joe Biden, …, ” Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, Hong Kong CNN — Beijing, PVH Corp, Commerce Ministry, CNN, Chinese Ministry of Commerce, US, State Department Locations: China, Hong Kong, Xinjiang, United States, York, “, Swedish

☆ Iran is helping the Houthis try to secure Russian anti-ship missiles that could threaten vessels in the Red Sea: report
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Iran is helping the Houthis try to secure Russian anti-ship missiles, Reuters reported. These could improve their attacks on ships in the Red Sea and threaten US warships, an expert said. Two officials said Houthis met Russians twice in Tehran this year, and more meetings are coming. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementIran is helping the Houthi rebels try to secure Russian anti-ship missiles, Reuters reported, citing three Western and regional sources.

Persons: Houthis, — Organizations: Reuters, Service, Business Locations: Iran, Russian, Tehran

Propagandists in China, Iran and Russia are using artificial intelligence to create content designed to deceive Americans ahead of the November presidential election, federal intelligence officials said Monday. In a conference call about foreign election interference efforts organized by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, officials said the U.S. intelligence community has concluded that AI has made it easier to create disinformation, but has not fundamentally changed the way those actors operate. “The IC considers AI a malign influence accelerant, not yet a revolutionary influence tool. In other words, information operations are the threat, and AI is an enabler,” said one ODNI official, referring to the U.S. intelligence community. Russia has a much more sophisticated understanding of American politics than Iran, the intelligence official said Monday.

Persons: ”, OpenAI, Trump’s, Trump, Donald Trump’s Organizations: National Intelligence, Western, National Security Agency, NSA, Microsoft, Clemson University, Trump, Democratic, Federal, Republican Locations: China, Iran, Russia, U.S, Ukraine

A hurricane watch and warnings of storm surges up to 15 feet high were issued Tuesday for almost all of Florida's western coastline as a potential tropical storm moves across the Caribbean Sea and towards the Gulf Coast. The hurricane watch extends from Indian Pass in north-west Florida near Panama City, down to Englewood, and includes Tampa Bay. Hurricane and tropical storm watches are now in effect for the entire western coast of the Sunshine State. A hurricane watch means that hurricane conditions are possible, and is typically issued 48 hours before the anticipated onslaught of tropical-storm-force winds and conditions. Outside of the U.S., a hurricane watch is also in effect for parts of eastern Mexico from Cabo Catoche to Tulum and Pinar del Río in Cuba.

Persons: Helene, Ron DeSantis, DeSantis, Floridians, Beryl, Debby, Francine Organizations: Grand Cayman, National Hurricane Center, NHC, Sunshine State, Lower, Florida Gov, Federal Emergency Management Agency, National Guard, Florida State Guard, Atmospheric Administration, Climate Central, Northern, Florida Climate Center Locations: Gulf Coast, Florida, Panama City, Englewood, Tampa, Grand, Mexico, Flamingo, Walton, Bay, Bonita Beach, Lower Florida Keys, U.S, Cabo Catoche, Tulum, Pinar del Río, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Tallahassee, Gulfport, Henrico County, Bend, Caribbean, Northern Caribbean, Eastern Gulf of Mexico, Texas, Florida’s Big Bend, South Carolina, Louisiana

Russia's military is advancing on the battlefield in Ukraine, but at home the Kremlin appears to have suffered a number of fiery setbacks that are captured in new satellite imagery: A failed test of a new missile, and a wave of Ukrainian strikes that set ablaze arms depots deep inside the country. “I think that we are closer to the peace than we think,” Ukrainian Zelenskyy said in an interview with ABC News that aired Monday. We just have to be very strong, very strong,” he said. The Ukrainian military said Saturday it had recorded fire and detonation at the Oktyabrsky depot. The images show damage to rail lines and missile canisters at the site.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, “, Zelenskyy, ” Organizations: ABC News, Maxar Technologies Locations: Ukraine, Kyiv, Russia, Russia's Kursk, United States, U.S, Colorado, Oktyabrsky, Tver

☆ Jus sanguinis - or ‘blood right’ - might entitle you to EU citizenship
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Terry Ward | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

Some countries are fairly straightforward about their requirements for citizenship through jus sanguinis. Hungary offers citizenship based on jus sanguinis with some caveats, too. “When both of my parents got their Hungarian citizenship around four years ago, it made it easier for me to get it,” said Koszorus, 41, who received his Hungarian citizenship this summer, less than a year after he started the paperwork and application process. And a private Facebook group called Dual US-Italian Citizenship has more than 70,000 members and is among many other resources available to people who think they might have a blood right path to Italian citizenship. Florida-based travel writer Terry Ward lives in Tampa and has the blood right to Italian citizenship through her paternal great-great-grandfather.

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☆ Bear makes himself at home under couple's Sierra Madre house
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Nbc Los Angeles | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

A Sierra Madre couple has few complaints about the reclusive tenant who moved in a few weeks ago. They’ve captured several photos on a motion-activated camera installed by California Fish and Wildlife agents that show what appears to be the face of an older large black bear. “We would wait for the bear to leave the crawlspace,” said Kevin Howells, of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. About half of the state’s bear population can be found in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and areas to the north and west. Only an estimated 10 percent of the black bear population inhabits central western and southwestern California.

Persons: Bob Nesler, Susan Nesler, “, They’ve, ” Susan Nesler, ”, Kevin Howells Organizations: Angeles National, California Fish, Wildlife, California Department of Fish Locations: San Gabriel Valley, Angeles, California Department of Fish and, Southern California, Nevada, California

☆ Oil prices rise on concerns of wider Middle East conflict, U.S. storm
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Oil prices rose on Tuesday on concerns the intensifying conflict between Israel and Hezbollah may impact supply in the key Middle East producing region and a tropical storm may impact output in the U.S., the world's biggest crude producer, later this week. Oil prices rose on Tuesday on concerns the intensifying conflict between Israel and Hezbollah may impact supply in the key Middle East producing region and a tropical storm may impact output in the U.S., the world's biggest crude producer, later this week. Brent crude futures for November were up 21 cents, or 0.3%, at $74.11 a barrel at 0030 GMT. "The oil market has been concerned that rising tensions in the region were dragging the OPEC oil producer closer to engagement," said ANZ bank said in a note, referring to Iran. U.S. oil producers were evacuating staff from Gulf of Mexico oil production platforms as forecasters predicted the second major hurricane in two weeks could tear through offshore oil producing fields.

Organizations: Brent, Hezbollah, ANZ, U.S, National Hurricane Center Locations: Israel, U.S, Lebanon, Iranian, Hamas, Gaza, Iran, Gulf Coast, Gulf, Mexico, Cuba

☆ Florida braces for potential heavy-hitting hurricane threatening damaging winds and storm surge
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Susannah Cullinane | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

With little time to prepare, Tampa General Hospital began erecting a 10-foot-high flood barrier around the facility Monday because of the chance for storm surge and shifts in the storm’s track. A tropical storm watch was raised Monday afternoon for Florida’s Dry Tortugas and part of the Keys and Monday evening for Bonita Beach to Flamingo, where a storm surge watch is also in effect. Strong, potentially damaging winds and storm surge are likely near where the system ultimately comes ashore. Hurricane and tropical storm watches are already in effect for parts of Mexico and Cuba. The “storm surge, wind, and rainfall impacts will extend well away from the center, particularly to the east of the system.

Persons: Helene, Ron DeSantis, –, Idalia, Mary Gilbert Organizations: CNN, United States ’, National Hurricane Center, Nine . Florida Gov, Tampa General Hospital, NHC, National Hurricane, Carolinas, Weather, Tennessee Locations: Florida, United, Caribbean, Tampa, Bend, Gulf, Mexico, Bonita Beach, Flamingo, Florida’s Big Bend, Louisiana, Central America, Cuba, Jamaica, United States, Florida , Georgia, Alabama, Georgia, Southern

MEXICO CITY (AP) — California avocado growers are fuming this week about a U.S. decision to hand over pest inspections of Mexican orchards to the Mexican government. Because the United States also grows avocados, U.S. inspectors observe orchards and packing houses in Mexico to ensure exported avocados don’t carry pests that could hurt U.S. crops. The letter added, "We are looking for specifics as to why you have concluded that substituting APHIS inspectors with Mexican government inspectors is in our best interest." Only the states of Michoacan and Jalisco are certified to export avocados to the United States. Some packers in Mexico buy avocados from other, non-certified states, and try to pass them off as being from Michoacan.

Persons: Tom Vilsack, “ Organizations: MEXICO CITY, U.S . Department of Agriculture, U.S . Department of Agriculture’s, Plant Health, Service, Mexico's Agriculture Department, U.S, packers, The U.S . Department of Agriculture, Growers, Associated Press Locations: MEXICO, California, Mexico, U.S, United States, Michoacan, Jalisco, The, America, Caribbean

☆ Ukrainian unit commander predicts drone warfare will be truly unmanned in a matter of months and won't need human pilots
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewIn just a matter of months, Ukraine may no longer need pilots for its drone force, a special drone unit commander said recently. One Ukrainian company's AI drones have already been used on the battlefield to carry out autonomous strikes on Russian forces. Both sides in this conflict are using unmanned systems en masse and developing new countermeasures. MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty ImagesDiscussions around AI in drones and other weapons systems have been ongoing in recent years. The AI race in militaries has also led to international disputes about whether to impose regulations on how to develop and use AI weapons.

Persons: —, Robert Brovdi, Brovdi, MAHMUD HAMS, Kathleen Kicks Organizations: Service, Business, MikeMareen, Getty, Pentagon Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Ukrainian, Israel, AFP

☆ Biden looks to burnish foreign policy legacy at the UN as leaders grapple with a world on fire
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Sam Fossum | Kayla Tausche | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —After more than five decades at the forefront of United States foreign policy, President Joe Biden may have hoped to use his speech to over a hundred world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly in New York to burnish both his own legacy and the country’s leadership on the world stage. “The world has changed, and the world’s gotten more difficult in many ways,” one senior administration official said. Election loomingIn New York, world leaders will find themselves grappling with the growing list of global flashpoints – all while an election just weeks away looms over the US’ role as the democratic world’s champion, benefactor and leading arms supplier. While Biden will be formally representing the US at the table, former president Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are separately meeting with world leaders to bolster relationships and outline their own goals. This will be followed by a meeting focused on Ukraine reconstruction with world leaders – a critical topic ahead of Biden’s meeting with Zelensky later this week.

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden, ” Biden, ” –, Ukraine –, Volodymyr Zelensky, ”, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, –, We’re, ” Ali Zaidi, Zelensky, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, we’re, Linda Thomas, Greenfield, Jon Alterman, ” Alterman, ” Thomas, “ Organizations: CNN, United, United Nations General Assembly, General, White House White, Global Coalition, United Nations, Hezbollah, UN Security Council, UN, Center for Strategic, International Studies, US, Biden Locations: United States, New York, Israel, Lebanon, Gaza, Ukraine, Lebanon’s, Russia, China, White, Vietnam, Southeast Asia, Australia, India, Japan, Wilmington, United Arab Emirates, Sudan, “, Africa, Greenfield

☆ Nighttime footage shows a fire-breathing Ukrainian drone setting Russian positions ablaze
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewA Ukrainian battalion shared nighttime footage of one of its "dragon drones" breathing fire on a Russian position in Ukraine, setting a line of trees ablaze. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Nighttime footage of a Ukrainian dragon drone covering a Russian-held treeline with molten thermite, setting multiple Russian positions ablaze. However, news reports suggest Russia may also have produced its own version of the "dragon drone," DW reported. AdvertisementJames Patton Rogers, a drone expert and executive director of the Cornell Brooks Tech Policy Institute, told Business Insider this month that the tactic can force a retreat.

Persons: —, it's, James Patton Rogers, Patton Rogers Organizations: Service, 205th, Territorial Defense Forces, Business, 241st, 92nd Assault Brigade, Russian, Deutsche Welle, Cornell Brooks Tech Policy Institute Locations: Ukraine, Ukrainian, Russian, Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine's, Donetsk, Kursk, Russia

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▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Lillian Brown | Brendan Griffiths | Associate Editor Of Streaming | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

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☆ Russia says it's the bigger person for not cutting Europe's natural gas supply — but that's not all there is to it
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

But Moscow doesn't appear ready to acknowledge that it's not in a financial position to cut Europe off from its natural gas exports completely. Russia's oil and gas revenues hit 8.82 trillion rubles, or $94.6 billion, in 2023. That's 24% lower than the 11.6 trillion rubles it recorded in 2022, when revenues jumped due to oil price volatility. In 2021, Russia's oil and gas sales revenue stood at 9 trillion rubles. To be sure, other geopolitical factors could also be playing into Russia's decision to keep natural gas exports moving into Europe.

Persons: —, it's, Sergey Lavrov, Lavrov, It's, There's, Naftogaz Organizations: Service, Sky News Arabia, Russian, Business, West, P, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, Bloomberg Locations: Moscow, Russia, Europe, United States, Ukraine, Nord, Ukraine's

War death tolls are estimates, and exact comparisons between conflicts are difficult. “Prior to the Gaza war, munitions deployed with this intensity and with this frequency would have been almost unheard-of,” Ms. Tripp said. The Lebanese health ministry said that 94 women and 50 children were killed on Monday, or just over 25 percent of the total death toll. Those numbers suggest that the number of civilian men killed in Lebanon on Monday exceeded the combined number of slain women and children. And it is far higher than the average daily toll during the Syrian war in 2014, the deadliest year of that decade-long conflict.

Persons: Israel, Emily Tripp, “, ” Ms, Tripp, Firass Abiad, we’ve Organizations: Hamas, Islamic, Department of Defense Locations: Lebanon, Gaza, British, Israel, U.S, Islamic State, Iraq, Syria, Western, ”

☆ TikTok removes Russian state media outlets RT and Sputnik, citing 'covert influence operations'
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-23 | by ( David Ingram | David Ingram Is A Tech Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

TikTok said Monday it had removed accounts belonging to Russian state media outlets RT and Sputnik for engaging in what TikTok called “covert influence operations.”The social video app said in a statement on its website that it removed accounts associated with TV-Novosti and Rossiya Segodnya, the parent organizations of the RT television network and the Russian news agency Sputnik. The suspensions follow the Biden administration’s accusations this month that RT acts as an arm of Moscow’s spy agencies. Social media rivals Meta and YouTube have announced similar suspensions of Russian state media accounts, although other tech companies such as X have left up RT and Sputnik accounts. RT and Sputnik both published reports over the weekend saying that some of their accounts had been deleted without explanation. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said this month that he believed Russian outlets such as RT had moved beyond working as media outlets and had turned into covert intelligence operations.

Persons: TikTok, Rossiya Segodnya, ’, ” Sputnik, Antony Blinken, Margarita Simonyan, ” Organizations: Sputnik, Novosti, NBC News, Biden, Social, Meta, YouTube, RT, Federal, “, Reuters Locations: Russian, Russia, U.S, United States of America, Mexico

A disturbance in the Caribbean Sea is expected to strengthen into a hurricane that will take aim at Florida midweek. A turn toward the northwest is expected Tuesday followed by an acceleration in speed toward the northeast on Wednesday and Thursday, the hurricane center said. A tropical storm is defined as having winds of 39 mph or higher, and a hurricane of 74 mph or higher, according to the National Weather Service. A hurricane watch has been issued for Cabo Catoche in Tulum and for Pinar del Río. A tropical storm warning is in effect in Rio Lagartos in Tulum and Cuba's Artemisa, Pinar del Río and the Isle of Youth, or Isla de la Juventud.

Persons: Helene, it's, Ron DeSantis, Cuba's Artemisa Organizations: Grand Cayman, National Hurricane Center, National Weather Service, Florida Gov, Cabo Catoche, Pinar del, la Juventud Locations: Caribbean, Florida, Grand, Mexico, Cuba, Cayman Islands, U.S, Pinar del Río, In Florida, Tallahassee, Gulfport, Tulum, Rio Lagartos, Pinar, Isle

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