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☆ Opinion: This Nicolas Cage movie is a hard lesson in being human
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( Opinion Noah Berlatsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Across the political spectrum, there’s a consensus that social media is dangerous. Director Kristoffer Borgli’s latest film, “Dream Scenario,” half builds on, half parodies those fears and anxieties for its absurdist plot. It also suggests, though, that the dynamics and dangers of online existence aren’t exactly new and aren’t exactly about social media at all. “Dream Scenario” is about how, even before we could see short hip hop dance videos on loop, we’ve always been in each other’s skulls. As “Dream Scenario” suggests, for better and worse, to be human is to dream together.

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LONDON (AP) — Residents of a fishing town in southwestern Iceland left their homes Saturday after increasing concern about a potential volcanic eruption caused civil defense authorities to declare a state of emergency in the region. The town of 3,400 is on the Reykjanes Peninsula, about 50 kilometers (31 miles) southwest of the capital, Reykjavik. Authorities also raised their aviation alert to orange, indicating an increased risk of a volcanic eruption. Concern about a possible eruption increased in the early hours of Thursday when a magnitude 4.8 earthquake hit the area, forcing the internationally known Blue Lagoon geothermal resort to close temporarily. The magma corridor is about 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) long and spreading, he said.

Persons: Grindavik, Pall Einarrson, Iceland’s RUV, “, ” Organizations: —, . Police, Iceland’s, “, Meteorological Office, Authorities Locations: Iceland, Reykjavik, Europe, North America, Grindavik, Grindavík

☆ Employees want to talk about politics at work, study finds—but it's a 'double-edged sword'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Ece Yildirim | In Ecedyildirim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Men (67%) are more likely than women (54%) to talk politics with co-workers, and younger generations are more likely to engage in political conversations than their older counterparts. Overall, men ages 35 and up and women ages 18-34 appear to be the most likely to talk about politics with their colleagues. When looking just at Gen Z and Millennial women, the percentage rose even higher to 81%, compared to around 60% of Gen Z and Millennial men. For Gen Z employees, these numbers rose to 49% and 44%, respectively. However, this doesn't necessarily mean that company leaders should avoid political talk all together.

Persons: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Aaron Terrazas, Gen Z, Z, Terrazza, Terrazas Organizations: CNBC Locations: Glassdoor, Gaza, Israel

☆ I.O.C. Says It Was Target of Elaborate ‘Fake News’ Campaign
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Tariq Panja | More About Tariq Panja | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

The International Olympic Committee issued an unusual statement on Thursday saying it had been targeted by “fake news posts” that it said contained “defamatory content, a fake narrative and false information.” The elaborate campaign included manufactured quotations from I.O.C. The film remains visible on other platforms, however, including the encrypted messaging and content platform Telegram. It was a separate post on Telegram that appears to have prompted the Olympic committee to issue its statement on Thursday. Text accompanying the fake news report said the I.O.C. included links to its website and all of its official social media channels in its statement on Thursday, and requested that news media members contact it to confirm the authenticity of information circulating about the organization on social media.

Persons: Tom Cruise, Israel —, Mark Adams, Thomas Bach, ” Mr, Bach, “ Organizations: Olympic, YouTube, Telegram, Olympic Committee, State Department, Palestinian Locations: Israel, Palestine, Paris, Ukraine, Russia, Gaza, Iran, China, India, Munich

☆ Gay Games: Sporting and cultural LGBTQ event faces a conservative backlash in Hong Kong
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Manav Tanneeru | Chris Lau | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

I have no idea how it managed to reach Hong Kong,” he said. Gay Games organizers hit back at the opposition from Hong Kong lawmakers and have vowed the event will be a proud, non-political, celebration of inclusivity. A spokesman did not answer the first part and replied on the latter: “Any activity that takes place in Hong Kong must not contravene any laws of Hong Kong. One of Hong Kong leader John Lee’s top advisers and also a lawmaker, Ip has been one of the few Hong Kong politicians vocally supportive of the games. Meanwhile Chan Kwan-on, one of the Gay Games ambassadors in Hong Kong, urged critics not to jump to conclusions and come see for themselves.

Persons: Hong Kong CNN —, –, ”, Junius Ho, Peter Shiu, Lisa Lam, Alan Lang, Hong, Tyrone Siu, Xi Jinping, Hong Kong, ” Wayne Morgan, ‘, Lang, Regina Ip, John Lee’s, Ip, Chan Kwan, “ Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, Gay Games, Wednesday, firebrand, Beijing, CNN, Reuters, Gay, Valencia, Hong, Gay Sports and Movement Association, China’s Communist Party, ’ Gay Locations: Hong Kong, Asia, Mexican, Guadalajara, Beijing, China, Hong, Australian, Taiwan

☆ Elon Musk's vision for X risks turning free speech into a pay-to-play game
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Elon Musk's X relies on free speech to work. But free speech is slowly tilting to paid speech on the platform. After all, "free speech" isn't very free if you're asked to cough up a regular fee. But the billionaire seems to have a grand plan for X, which involves taking the "free" out of "free speech." But by starting to charge users for access to X, Musk enters dangerous territory: a platform vital for documenting and sharing current affairs through free speech in real-time risks turning into a pay-to-play game.

Persons: Elon, —, Elon Musk, Musk Organizations: Service, Al, Reuters Locations: New Zealand, Philippines, Israel, Gaza, Al Jazeera, Syria

A stacker unloads iron ore onto a pile at a mine located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia December 2, 2013. China iron ore imports vs SGX priceIMPORTS SLIPThere are also signs that China's iron ore imports may soften in October, although that is most likely related to the week-long holidays at the start of the month. The last official reading on iron ore imports was August's customs figure of 106.42 million metric tons, which was the highest monthly total since October 2020. A further possible concern for iron ore imports is what policy China will adopt regarding steel production for the coming winter period. One possible bullish factor for iron ore is the continuing retreat of China's port inventories, which suggests scope to import more to boost stockpiles.

Persons: David Gray, doesn't, SteelHome, Sonali Paul Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, China, HK, Garden, JPMorgan, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Pilbara, Western Australia, Rights LAUNCESTON, Australia, Beijing, Singapore, China's, China

[1/3] Dmitry Muratov, editor of the now-banned independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta, stands in a courtroom before a hearing of the case of Russian veteran human rights campaigner Oleg Orlov, accused of discrediting Russia's armed forces, in Moscow, Russia October 11, 2023. Orlov, 70, was defending himself in a case based on a November 2022 article in which he wrote that Russia under President Vladimir Putin had descended into fascism. "Where is it defined that our commander-in-chief (Putin) always rightly understands not only the interests of Russia, but the interests of its citizens?" Orlov asked in his closing speech at a trial which began in June. "And if the ideas of a part of Russia's citizens about their own interests don't match those of the commander-in-chief, don't they have the right to talk about this?"

Persons: Dmitry Muratov, Oleg Orlov, Russia's, Evgenia, Orlov, acquit, Vladimir Putin, Putin, Vladimir Kara, Murza, Alexei Navalny, Gareth Jones Organizations: Novaya Gazeta, REUTERS, Memorial, Thomson Locations: Moscow, Russia, Ukraine

☆ Germany increases protection of Israeli, Jewish institutions
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

BERLIN, Oct 8 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned on Sunday against violence spreading like wildfire "with incalculable consequences for the whole region" following the biggest attack on Israel in years by Palestinian Islamist group Hamas. "The security of Israel is Germany's reason of state and we will act accordingly," he said. Scholz said he had already spoken with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and also aimed to speak with the Egyptian president about possible mediation efforts. He added that authorities had increased the protection of Israeli and Jewish institutions in Germany in view of the attack on Israel and condemned reported celebrations of the violence on German streets. Reporting by Andreas Rinke, Writing by Sarah Marsh; Editing by Toby Chopra and Ros RussellOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Olaf Scholz, Joe Biden, Emmanuel Macron, Rishi Sunak, Scholz, Benjamin Netanyahu, Andreas Rinke, Sarah Marsh, Toby Chopra, Ros Russell Organizations: Palestinian, Hamas, British, Israeli, Thomson Locations: Israel, Germany

☆ The mother of tattoo artist Shani Louk who was paraded semi-naked on a Hamas truck makes a public plea for more information
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-08 | by ( Lindsay Dodgson | Nathan Rennolds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The mother of a woman whose body was paraded through the streets has pleaded for help finding her. A video showed the semi-naked German tattoo artist Shani Louk on the back of a pickup truck. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe mother of a woman whose body was paraded through the streets by Hamas has pleaded for help finding her daughter. A video showing German tattoo artist Shani Louk on the back of a pickup truck circulated on social media after the Palestinian militant group Hamas attacked Israel on October 7. "This morning my daughter Shani Louk, a German citizen who was with a tourist group in the south of Israel, was kidnapped by Palestinian Hamas.

Persons: Shani Louk, Louk, —, Ricarda Louk, Tom Weintraub Louk, Tom Organizations: Hamas, Service, Peace, CNN, Washington Post, Palestinian Hamas Locations: Palestinian, Israel, Kibbutz Urim

☆ US and Philippines launch military drills with partners as China tensions mount
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( Brad Lendon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

“In Tagalog ‘Sama Sama’ is a phrase that means ‘together’ and there could not be a better phrase to capture the spirit of this exercise,” said Capt. The US Navy, US Marine Corps, and Armed Forces of the Philippines joined partners to commence the seventh iteration of exercise Sama Sama in Manila on October 2. Earlier this year, the Philippine coast guard accused a Chinese coast guard ship of pointing a “military grade” laser at some of its crew, temporarily blinding them. Sama Sama features more than 1,800 personnel from the participating countries, many aboard warships from the Philippines, the US, the UK, Japan and Canada. Sama Sama will run through October 13.

Persons: ”, Sean Lewis, ‘, Adm, Toribio Adaci, Gilberto Teodoro Jr, ” Teodoro, “ It’s, it’s Organizations: CNN, United States, US Navy, US Navy’s Destroyer Squadron, Philippine Navy, Philippine News Agency, US Marine Corps, Armed Forces, Philippine Defense, Foreign Ministry, Philippine Naval Forces Southern Locations: Philippine, Manila, Beijing, South China, Australia, Canada, France, Japan, United Kingdom, Malaysia, Philippines, CNN Beijing, China, Spratly, Vietnam, Brunei, Taiwan, Philippine Naval Forces Southern Luzon

☆ US accuses China of global media manipulation
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Michael Martina | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Mark Schiefelbein/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Sept 28 (Reuters) - China is manipulating global media through censorship, data harvesting and covert purchases of foreign news outlets, the United States said on Thursday, warning the trend could lead to a "sharp contraction" of global freedom of expression. Chinese leaders have sought to combat the negative images of China they feel are spread by world media. It had also invested in satellite networks and digital television services in developing regions that prioritize Chinese state-backed media content. Chinese data harvesting overseas "has enabled Beijing to fine-tune global censorship by targeting specific individuals and organizations," it said. "Unchecked, Beijing's efforts could result in .... a sharp contraction of global freedom of expression," the report said.

Persons: Janet Yellen, Mark Schiefelbein, Michael Martina, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: Treasury, Rights, U.S . State Department, NATO, Global, Center, Thomson Locations: United States, Diaoyutai, Beijing, China, Washington, U.S, .

☆ ‘Monster Fracks’ Are Getting Far Bigger. And Far Thirstier.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Hiroko Tabuchi | Blacki Migliozzi | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +23 min

Dallas TEXAS Austin Houston San Antonio Dallas TEXAS Austin Houston San Antonio TEXAS TEXAS Amarillo Lubbock Dallas El Paso TEXAS Austin Houston San Antonio Corpus Christi UNCHARTED WATERS ‘Monster Fracks’ Are Getting Far Bigger. Water wells that supply fracking Nationwide, fracking has used up nearly 1.5 trillion gallons of water since 2011. Now they account for almost two out of every three fracking wells in Texas, the Times analysis found. ‘Monster fracks’ take off in Texas Proportion of fracks Source: FracFocus chemical disclosure database as of Aug. 1, 2023. In 2020, New Mexico halted sales of water supplies to oil and gas companies fracking on state land.

The lawsuit against the IRS is only the latest in a series of counterpunches by the president's son. Now, Hunter Biden could be heading to trial in the midst of his father’s reelection effort. Hunter Biden, according to his memoir, tumbled into drug addiction after the death of his older brother, Beau, in 2015. Earlier this year Hunter Biden hired high-profile attorney Abbe Lowell, a legal heavyweight known for also representing Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump. “And it is not even touching on the issue of whether people think that he is being prosecuted because he’s Hunter Biden," she said.

Persons: — Hunter Biden, Hunter, Biden, Hunter Biden aren't, ”, David Brock, “, Hunter Biden, Hunter Biden’s, Donald Trump, Biden hasn't, Trump, Hunter Biden's, Michael LaRosa, ” LaRosa, Joe Biden, —, that's, Beau, Abbe Lowell, Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump, Mr, Jennifer Rodgers, he’s Hunter Biden, ___ Durkin, Michael Balsamo Organizations: WASHINGTON, IRS, White, Democratic, Biden, Associated Press, House Republicans, Trump, Justice Department, Republicans, NORC, for Public Affairs Research Locations: United States, Delaware, Boston

On Friday, Diddy will release his new album called “The Love Album - Off the Grid." Political Cartoons View All 1160 ImagesAfter his epiphany, Diddy built a recording studio at his home and started to work on music. Making music is my love,” said Diddy, who received the Global Icon Award at the MTV Video Music Awards on Tuesday. “Everybody was calling to be a part of the ‘Love Album.’ Nobody made me wait more than 30 seconds for an answer if they wanted to do it. I thank God, nobody told me ‘No.’”Diddy said he wanted to tell a story on the album that mirrored his fun-filled love life.

Persons: Sean “ Diddy ” Combs, Diddy, “, ’ ”, Mary J, Blige, Justin Bieber, H.E.R, Babyface, John Legend, Busta, Summer Walker, Teyana Taylor, Coco Jones, Jazmine Sullivan, It’s, Keyshia Cole, Nicole Scherzinger, Sean John, ”, I’m, ” Diddy, Berry Gordy must’ve, Marvin Gaye, ’ Organizations: ANGELES, Bad Boy Records, Black, Bad Boy, Associated Press, BET Media Group, Paramount Global, Diageo, MTV, Jackson State University football, Motown Records, “ Locations: French Montana

☆ Craigslist founder Craig Newmark is pouring millions of dollars into combating AI's dark side
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Jonathan Vanian | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

Since the 2015 debut of Craig Newmark Philanthropies, the entrepreneur has donated many millions of dollars to various causes involving media and technology. Newmark, 70, spoke to CNBC as he was recovering from a minor heart procedure he went through in late August. At the same time, he's worried that tech companies, particularly in social media, "aren't even trying anymore to get rid of stuff they know is dishonest," he said. "Protecting kids when it comes to AI is a big issue," Newmark said, regarding his donation to Common Sense Media. Within journalism, Newmark's most high-profile endeavor is the City University of New York's Craig Newmark Graduate School in Journalism.

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☆ LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman thinks pausing AI development is 'foolish' and 'anti-humanist'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Reid Hoffman dismissed efforts to pause AI development in an interview at CogX Festival. Hoffman compared the development of AI to cars which also posed many risks and dangers at first. Hoffman pointed to other powerful technologies built in the past as an example of why the letter didn't have a logical basis. AdvertisementAdvertisement"When we built the car, we didn't know about safety belts, we didn't know about window washers, we didn't know about the crumple zone," Hoffman told the audience. Experts are divided on their opinions about the rapid development of AI.

Persons: Reid Hoffman, Elon, Hoffman, Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak, Pinterest, Evan Sharp, Emad Mostaque, we'd, Eliezer Yudkowsky Organizations: CogX, Service, Apple, Greylock Partners Locations: Wall, Silicon, London, OpenAI

Hunter Biden walks to the motorcade after arriving at Fort McNair, after U.S. President Joe Biden spent the weekend at Camp David, in Washington, U.S., July 4, 2023. Ziegler and other unnamed defendants are accused of obtaining "tens of thousands of emails, thousands of photos, and dozens of videos and recordings" belonging to the Hunter Biden and spreading them online. The suit accuses the former Trump aide of "accessing, tampering with, manipulating, altering, copying and damaging computer data that they do not own." Republicans have accused the Democratic president of profiting while he served as vice president from 2009 to 2017 from his son's foreign business ventures, an accusation the White House denies. "They have turned up no evidence, none, that he did anything wrong ... that’s because the president didn’t do anything wrong," White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Wednesday.

Persons: Hunter Biden, Joe Biden, Julia Nikhinson, Joe Biden's, Donald Trump, Garrett Ziegler, Trump, Peter Navarro, Ziegler, Kevin McCarthy, White, didn’t, Karine Jean, Pierre, Kanishka Singh, Heather Timmons, William Maclean Organizations: Fort McNair, U.S, Camp, REUTERS, Rights, ABC News, Republican U.S . House, Democratic, House Press, Thomson Locations: Fort, Washington , U.S, White, California, Washington

Shroyer hosts a daily show called “The War Room With Owen Shroyer” for the website operated by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. Shroyer didn't need to set foot inside the Capitol because many of his followers did, prosecutors argued. Political Cartoons View All 1154 Images“Shroyer helped create January 6,” prosecutors wrote in a court filing. Outside the Capitol, Shroyer stood in front of a crowd with a megaphone and yelled, “The Democrats are posing as communists, but we know what they really are: they’re just tyrants, they’re tyrants. Shroyer is one of two Infowars employees arrested on Capitol riot charges.

Persons: —, Owen Shroyer, “, Owen Shroyer ”, Alex Jones, Shroyer, Donald Trump, Shroyer didn’t, ”, Prosecutors, Trump's, Joe Biden, ” Shroyer, Jones, Jones hasn’t, Jan, antifa, Norm Pattis, Pattis, ” Pattis, Samuel Montoya, Montoya, Ashli Babbitt Organizations: WASHINGTON, U.S . Capitol, Prosecutors, Capitol, Republican, Democrat, Mr, Washington , D.C Locations: Austin , Texas, Washington, Infowars, United States, Washington ,

Aziz Umerov looks at a portrait of his sister Leniye Umerova, a Ukrainian from Russian-annexed Crimea arrested in Russia, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine August 11, 2023. A Reuters review of Rudenko's social media account on Telegram didn't find any messages critical of the war. Russia's top investigative body, the Investigative Committee, the Interior Ministry and the Prosecutor General's Office didn't respond to requests for comment on the phenomenon of carousel arrests or individual cases. A Reuters review of Russian court records identified seven cases of carousel arrests this year, with the suspects involved arrested and jailed between two and five times in succession. Not all "carousel" arrests lead to more serious criminal charges, and for some detainees, time spent behind bars is frightening enough.

Persons: Aziz Umerov, Leniye Umerova, Gleb Garanich, Rudenko's, Yulia Kiselyova, he'd, Kiselyova, Ivan Vtorushin, Valeriya, Ilya Yashin, Vladimir Putin, Putin, Alexei Navalny, Lauren McCarthy, McCarthy, Gevorg, Dmitry Golovlyov, Aleksanyan, Rudenko, Mike Collett, White Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, Russian, Investigative, Interior Ministry, First Department, PUTIN, WHO, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Federal Security Service, of Russia Legion, Russia Legion, Thomson Locations: Russian, Crimea, Russia, Ukraine, Kyiv, Moscow, Bucha, Rudenko, Crimean Tatars, Ukrainian

☆ Invasive species cost the world $423 billion every year and are causing environmental chaos, UN report finds
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Helen Regan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

Scroll through the gallery to see more of the planet's most problematic invasive species. Sarefo / Wikimedia Commons In pictures: Invasive species around the world Prev Next‘Prevention, prevention, prevention’Along with invasive species, other key drivers of biodiversity loss include destruction of land and sea habitats, exploitation of organisms, climate change and pollution. As well as flammable invasive plants sparking and spreading wildfires, climate change is enabling invasive species to move north – even to remote areas such as high mountains, deserts and frozen tundra. Preventing the arrival of new species into new regions is the best way to manage threats from invasive species, according to the report. For invasive species that have already taken hold, eradication has been a useful tool, especially on islands, according to the report.

Persons: ”, Helen Roy, ” Roy, David Gray, Peter Stoett, Anibal Pauchard, Ian Hitchcock, Starling, MENAHEM KAHANA, Phil Mislinski, Jeff J Mitchell, SANJAY KANOJIA, MUNIR UZ ZAMAN, ” Stoett, Stoett, –, ” Pauchard Organizations: CNN, United Nations, UN, Services, billabong, Nile Virus, Ontario Tech University, Chile’s Institute of Ecology, Pacific, World Wildlife Fund, US Department of Agriculture, USA, Studies, New Zealand Government, European, Starlings, AFP, Getty, North, Wikimedia Locations: Darwin, Australia, Africa, Caribbean, Guam, North America, Hawaii, Maui, Antarctica, Pacific, North, South America, Azov, China, Japan, Europe, Bermuda, New Zealand, New York, USA, Australasia, South Africa, United States, AFP, East Africa, Western Asia, Americas, Kenya, India, Puerto Rico, Kunming, Montreal

☆ An 8.7 million-year-old ape skull suggests that human and ape ancestors may have evolved in Europe, not Africa
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-03 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

An ape skull found in Turkey may challenge the belief that human and ape ancestors came from Africa. The discovery suggests that hominins may have first evolved in Europe. The discovery challenges the widely-held view that the ancestors of African apes and humans originated exclusively in Africa. Advertisement Advertisement Watch: This incredible animation shows how humans evolved from early lifeResearchers say that this suggests that hominins might have first evolved in Europe before migrating to Africa. AdvertisementAdvertisement"I don't think this find changes much from the discussions (in a recent paper in the journal Science) which concluded: 'Current evidence suggests that hominins originated in Africa from Miocene ape ancestors unlike any living species.'"

Persons: Erol, David, Chris Stringer, hominins Organizations: Service, University of Toronto, Communications, The Telegraph Locations: Turkey, Africa, Europe, Wall, Silicon, Cankiri, et, London

☆ Covid-19 has changed and so has our immunity. Here’s how to think about risk from the virus now
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Brenda Goodman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

So if people are less likely to be hospitalized or die from a Covid-19 infection now, has the danger passed? Through genetic bad luck, some people may just be at higher risk of serious reactions to Covid-19 infections, and they probably wouldn’t know it. Researchers defined it as any new or continuing symptoms more than 90 days after a Covid-19 infection. Based on his experience treating long Covid patients, Griffin said that the percentage reported in the Australian paper seems high. Earlier in the pandemic, pediatric infectious disease specialists were on the lookout for a rare complication of Covid-19 infection in kids called multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, or MIS-C.MIS-C starts two to six weeks after a Covid-19 infection.

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CNN —Belarus would be willing to use the nuclear weapons given by close ally Russia in the face of foreign “aggression,” President Alexander Lukashenko said Thursday, as tensions rise around the country’s borders with NATO nations. In June, Russian nuclear warheads were reportedly delivered to Belarus for “deterrence,” according to Russian President Vladimir Putin. We will use the entire arsenal of our weapons for deterrence.”“We didn’t bring nuclear weapons here in order to scare someone,” he added. “Yes, nuclear weapons represent a strong deterring factor. But these are tactical nuclear weapons, not strategic ones.

Persons: Alexander Lukashenko, Vladimir Putin, Belta, Lukashenko, “, ”, Wagner, Putin, ” “ Putin, ” Lukashenko, Ukraine Lukashenko, –, Viktor Yanukovych – Organizations: CNN, NATO, Latvia –, US Defense Intelligence Agency, DIA, European Union Locations: Belarus, Russia, Minsk, Ukraine, Moscow, Russian, NATO, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Latvia – Belarus, Europe, “, Polish, Crimea, Crimean

☆ Instacart is going public. For real, this time.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Instacart is reportedly planning to go public in an IPO as soon as September, per Bloomberg. The reported IPO plans come weeks after Instacart cut base pay for its shoppers to $4 per order from $7. Demand for grocery delivery rose in the early months of 2020 as consumers avoided going to stores and socially distanced to avoid catching and spreading COVID-19. Instacart reportedly filed for a direct listing in early 2022. Instacart CEO Fidji Simo cited the slow IPO market as one reason Instacart delayed its offering again, the Journal reported last October.

Persons: Instacart, You'll, we've, Fidji Simo Organizations: Bloomberg, Service, US Securities and Exchange Commission, CNBC, Morning, Wall Street Locations: Wall, Silicon

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