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☆ Opinion | Biden Should Take Voters’ Concerns About Age Seriously
  + stars: | 2023-04-22 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
But candidates shouldn’t pretend, as Mr. Biden often does, that advanced age isn’t an issue. If Mr. Biden runs again, as he recently said he intends to, questions will persist about his age until he does more to assure voters that he is up to the job. The current Senate, where the average age is 63.9 years, is the second oldest since 1789. The House, where the average age is 57.5 years, is the third oldest. By comparison, the average age in the United States is 38.8 years.
☆ Mexico's presidential jet sold to Tajikistan, in latest twist to political saga
  + stars: | 2023-04-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
Mexico Presidency/Handout via REUTERSMEXICO CITY, April 20 (Reuters) - Mexico's presidential jet has been sold to the Tajikistan government, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Thursday, marking a possible end to a long-running political saga that the Mexican leader used to assail past excesses. The populist leftist who has for years railed against corruption of political elites, had previously said he hoped to sell the aircraft for at least $150 million. Shortly after he took office in late 2018, he announced plans to sell the jet, which featured marble touches and official government seals emblazoned on the walls along with multiple flat-screen monitors. "They will be built by military engineers and will be inaugurated before my term ends," he added. ($1 = 17.9941 Mexican pesos)Reporting by Isabel Woodford and David Alire Garcia; Editing by Stephen CoatesOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
☆ Opinion: Why Biden has little 2024 Democratic opposition
  + stars: | 2023-04-21 | by ( David Axelrod | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +7 min
CNN —President Joe Biden was the toast of Ireland last week, as he was treated to a hero’s welcome in a pageant-laden return to his ancestral home. Biden, who is expected to formalize his plans next week, has a significant body of achievements on which to run. So is the absence of a real primary challenge simply the luck of the Irish? Perhaps with that primary battle in mind, Biden has worked assiduously to court the progressive wing of the party, from which such Democratic primary challenges generally arise. Finally, there is former President Donald Trump, whose candidacy is a boost to Biden among Democrats.
☆ A first-class Delta passenger grabbed a flight attendant and kissed him on the neck, lawsuit says
  + stars: | 2023-04-21 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
While the plane was in flight, BURK then grabbed T.C. 's neck, pulling him toward BURK, and purposefully kissed T.C. A female flight attendant who took over serving the first-class section told TC that Burk had 2 more glasses of wine, appeared "wasted", and slept for the rest of the flight, the documents say. He said he had not gone to the bathroom during the flight, and when asked if he had kissed TC said "[He] never kissed anybody." Burk told police that he was in Alaska to administer the estate of a friend who had died.
☆ AI like ChatGPT could change the day-to-day of white-collar jobs the most and reverse decades of tech-driven inequality — if we use it the right way
  + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( Ethan Dodd | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
Artificial intelligence could cheapen educated labor and reduce inequality. "The general presumption is that AI — and even before that, office software — would impact middle-skill workers," Acemoglu told Insider. That word "exposure" means AI could either replace high-income workers, which would reduce inequality, or make them even more productive, which would increase it. "You can imagine devolving some of the most highly skilled tasks to less skilled people," Autor said. Additionally, "the more skilled workers may be able to shield themselves," he said.
☆ Opinion: Taiwan could teach a master class in preparing for the worst
  + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( Opinion Lanhee J. Chen | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +8 min
I visited Taiwan in late March as part of a US delegation that met with senior Taiwanese leaders in government and civil society, including Tsai. Nonetheless, several senior Taiwanese officials expressed disbelief when I told them that Trump might actually be the Republican nominee for president again, particularly given his recent legal troubles. President Joe Biden is also viewed favorably in Taiwan, particularly because of promises that the US would defend Taiwan if it was attacked by China. But senior administration officials have repeatedly stressed that, notwithstanding Biden’s statements, US policy toward Taiwan has not changed. Taiwanese officials must deal with the reality that with each passing day, an attack from China may be drawing near.
☆ Opinion: A chilling insight into life for deported Ukrainian children
  + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( David A. Andelman | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +14 min
She spoke with writer David A. Andelman about the remarkable mission to bring the Ukrainian children home. Here, Yana picks up the story from the moment the children and their grandmother crossed the border into Russia. The children went to a Russian school. David A. Andelman: Tell us about the school where the children went? They did not do anything to purposely hurt the Ukrainian children.
☆ ‘Mrs. Davis’ Review: Algorithm and Blues
  + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( James Poniewozik | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +2 min
The pilot introduces Simone (Betty Gilpin), a sister in a remote Nevada convent who has a sideline exposing dishonest magicians. Besides leaving her time for her hobby, convent life lets her avoid the reach of an omniscient A.I. Davis” in America, “Mum” in Britain, “Madonna” in Italy and so on — has not given up on Simone. Simone, Mrs. Davis believes deep in her code, is the one person equipped to carry out a mission: to find and destroy the Holy Grail. Simone agrees, hoping the quest will be a means to Mrs. Davis’s unplugging.
☆ Salvadoran lawmakers pass tech tax cut, including for AI businesses
  + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
The tech tax cut was championed by President Nayib Bukele, who first touted the legislation late last month. Bukele's New Ideas Party dominates the country's Congress. The bill exempts eligible companies from income tax, capital gains and local government taxes, as well as tariff payments on imported goods that technology businesses need. The new tax incentives for the nascent tech sector are only the latest efforts by Bukele and his allies to re-brand the Central American country as an emerging hub for innovation. In 2021, El Salvador made waves as the first nation to adopt the cryptocurrency bitcoin as legal tender, alongside the U.S. dollar.
☆ Top security adviser to Brazil's president abruptly resigns
  + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: 1 min
BRASILIA, April 19 (Reuters) - The top national security adviser to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva resigned on Wednesday, the presidential palace said, amid a scandal related to the aide's presence during the storming of government buildings in the capital. The resignation of Marcos Goncalves Dias, already accepted by the president, follows a report from CNN Brasil that included footage of him walking around the presidential palace while a mob ransacked government buildings in Brasilia on January 8. Reporting by Lisandra Paraguassu; Writing by Peter Frontini; Editing by David Alire GarciaOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
☆ Israeli police say two men shot near Jewish tomb in Jerusalem in suspected ‘terror attack’
  + stars: | 2023-04-18 | by ( Hadas Gold | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +2 min
CNN —Two men have been wounded in what Israeli police say was a suspected “terror attack” that took place near the Shimon Hatzadik tomb in East Jerusalem early Tuesday local time. The Shimon Hatzadik tomb is a revered holy site in Judaism located in the largely Palestinian neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem. In a follow-up statement, police said forces located a “Carlo” style submachine gun near the site of the shooting. Israeli security forces search for suspects following a shooting attack in Sheikh Jarrah on Tuesday. Israel captured it from Jordan in a 1967 war and considers both East and West Jerusalem as its united, “eternal capital.”
☆ Mexico nabs, swiftly deports MS-13 gang leader to El Salvador
  + stars: | 2023-04-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
Jose Wilfredo Ayala, 55, was arrested after a tip from a neighbor, according to the Mexican capital's security ministry. The ministry said it had discovered Ayala - believed to be second-in-command of the gang commonly known as MS-13 - was using a false identity and hiding in Mexico City and in two areas a short drive north in Hidalgo state. An official with Mexico's national immigration institute INM told Reuters later on Tuesday that Ayala had already been deported to his native El Salvador, but did not provide further detail. El Salvador's justice and security ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Ayala's capture. Reporting by Nelson Renteria in San Salvador; Additional reporting by Lizbeth Diaz in Mexico City; Writing by Brendan O'Boyle; Editing by David Alire Garcia and Lincoln FeastOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
☆ Millennium's new Miami-based engineering program is the latest shot in hedge fund's war for young tech talent
  + stars: | 2023-04-17 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Insider's Bianca Chan has a first look at Millennium Management's new engineering training program for its Miami office. Click here to read more about Millennium's new training program for engineers in Miami. JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon, BlackRock's Larry Fink, Citigroup's Jane Fraser, and Wells Fargo's Charlie Scharf shared thoughts on the banking crisis during their respective earnings calls. The world's largest money manager is open to making some deals in the wake of the banking crisis. Despite all the chatter on the recent banking crisis, JPMorgan's CEO still had thoughts on the state of the wider economy.
☆ Opinion: Top secrets come spilling out
  + stars: | 2023-04-16 | by ( Richard Galant | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +16 min
We’re looking back at the strongest, smartest opinion takes of the week from CNN and other outlets. Writing for CNN Opinion, Rep. Justin Pearson noted, “This should be a chastening moment for revanchist forces in Tennessee’s legislature and across the country. Over the long haul, the undemocratic machinations employed to oust us from office are destined to fail. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once famously said that the moral arc of the universe bends toward justice. “As a Jewish historian,” Perry wrote, “I worry about the tension between preserving the memory of past hardships while not locking our entire history into a tale of oppression.
☆ King Charles has a personal fortune of almost $750 million — hundreds of millions more than the late Queen, report says
  + stars: | 2023-04-16 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
King Charles has a personal fortune worth nearly $750 million, The Sunday Times reported. Analysis by the London newspaper found he is worth about $285 million more than the late Queen. It generated £23 million ($28.5 million) in profits last year and £212 million ($263 million) in the decade to 2022. He is likely to be ahead of David and Victoria Beckham, who were worth £380 million ($472 million) in last year's ranking, and Sir Elton John, who was worth £395 million ($490 million). As King, Charles is now in control of the Crown Estate, worth about £15.6 billion ($19.4 billion).
☆ Oh Canada, is this the year the Stanley Cup comes home?
  + stars: | 2023-04-15 | by ( Steve Keating | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +5 min
Not since the Montreal Canadiens beat the Los Angeles Kings in 1993 has the Stanley Cup been paraded through a Canadian city, an ego-deflating run of failure that has scarred a generation of fans. After winning the Stanley Cup in 1967, Maple Leafs defenceman Larry Hillman allegedly jinxed the team, saying they would not win it again until the club settled a contract dispute and paid him the $2,400 plus interest he believed he was owed. The Maple Leafs' big misfortune is playing in the same division as the Boston Bruins, who this season set NHL records for wins (65) and points (135), and the Tampa Bay Lightning, Stanley Cup finalists for the last three years. These two teams are once again hurdles that must be cleared on the way to a Stanley Cup. When the playoffs open on Monday, the Oilers will be the first of the Canadian teams to hit the ice, hosting the Los Angeles Kings in Game One of their best-of-seven series.
☆ Inspired by Jane Goodall, Onscreen and in Real Life
  + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( Laurel Graeber | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
Jane Goodall is not a fan of television. In her limited free time, this renowned British primatologist and environmentalist may occasionally watch a wildlife documentary by her friend David Attenborough, or, after a hard day, “something mindless,” as she said in a recent video interview. But usually, she doesn’t tune in. But the high-spirited protagonist is Jane Garcia, a 9-year-old of Filipino and Mexican heritage with an insatiable curiosity. “I’m her hero,” Goodall explained, adding that young Jane, who adorns her walls with articles and photos, has “many bits and pieces from my life in her room.”
☆ How two of North America's richest families came together to fortify Greg Fleming's Rockefeller Capital Management
  + stars: | 2023-04-10 | by ( Hayley Cuccinello | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
A firm owned by one of Canada's richest clans has invested $622 million in wealth firm Rockefeller. Two of North America's richest families have partnered up to invest in wealth management powerhouse Rockefeller Capital Management. The Desmarais family invested $622 million through the Power Corporation of Canada, the financial services conglomerate the family controls, for a 20.5% stake in Rockefeller Capital Management. Paul's son and deputy chairman of Power Corp., Andre Desmarais considered the late David Rockefeller Sr. as a mentor. Courtesy of Rockefeller Capital ManagementThe Desmarais family has worked with Rockefeller on big dealsRockefeller chief executive Fleming also has a two-decade-long relationship with the Desmarais clan.
☆ U.S. court gives Peru's ex-President Toledo more time to fight extradition
  + stars: | 2023-04-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
April 7 (Reuters) - A U.S. court ordered a two-week pause on the extradition of Peru's former President Alejandro Toledo, wanted in his home country on charges of taking millions of dollars in bribes as part of a continent-spanning corruption case. The U.S. court of appeals based in San Francisco gave Toledo the 14-day reprieve in an order issued late Thursday, a day after a lower court and a panel of appellate court judges rejected an appeal by Toledo to stall his return to Peru. The pause will allow Toledo, 77, more time to petition judges to reconsider his case. Peru's president from 2001 to 2006, Toledo is wanted on charges he accepted more than $25 million in bribes from Brazilian construction company Odebrecht in exchange for help in obtaining public works contracts. Toledo was arrested in the United States in 2019, following a formal request by Peru's government for his extradition.
☆ Honduras again extends emergency powers to fight violent gangs
  + stars: | 2023-04-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
TEGUCIGALPA, April 7 (Reuters) - Honduras' government on Friday extended until late May emergency powers that suspend some constitutional rights, part of an anti-gang push implemented by leftist President Xiomara Castro in the Central American country's largest cities. Earlier this week, Castro's government deployed soldiers across the nation to fight violent criminal groups. This is the third extension - this time by another 45 days - of the so-called state of exception that is now set to expire on May 21, the government said in a statement. "This legal measure has made it possible for security authorities to capture more than a hundred members of criminal organizations," the statement added. Reporting by Gustavo Palencia; Editing by David Alire Garcia and Kenneth MaxwellOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
☆ One tourist killed, five injured in Tel Aviv attack -officials
  + stars: | 2023-04-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
[1/4] Israeli officials work at the scene of a shooting attack in Tel Aviv, Israel April 7, 2023. REUTERS/Nir EliasTEL AVIV, April 7 (Reuters) - One tourist was killed and five others were wounded in a Tel Aviv car ramming attack on Friday, Israeli authorities said. A police officer who was nearby arrived at the scene to find several people wounded and an overturned car near a popular Tel Aviv promenade. The nationality of the tourist who was killed in Tel Aviv was not yet known. Israel's Magen David Adom ambulance service said all the victims in the Tel Aviv attack were tourists.
☆ One tourist killed, five injured in Tel Aviv attack
  + stars: | 2023-04-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
TEL AVIV, April 7 (Reuters) - An Italian tourist was killed and five other tourists were wounded in a Tel Aviv car ramming attack on Friday, Israeli and Italian officials said. A police officer who was nearby arrived at the scene to find several people wounded and an overturned car near a popular Tel Aviv promenade. [1/4] Israeli officials work at the scene of a shooting attack in Tel Aviv, Israel April 7, 2023. REUTERS/Nir Elias 1 2 3 4It was the second deadly attack on Friday, after two Israeli sisters were killed when their car was shot up in the occupied West Bank. Israel's Magen David Adom ambulance service said all the victims in the Tel Aviv attack were tourists.
☆ U.S. arrests retired Salvadoran officer implicated in atrocities
  + stars: | 2023-04-06 | by ( Nelson Renteria | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
SAN SALVADOR, April 6 (Reuters) - U.S. agents arrested a retired Salvadoran military officer this week on charges of participating in a brutal massacre of civilians during El Salvador's grinding civil war in the 1980s, according to a statement on Thursday. Agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained Roberto Garay on Tuesday in the state of New Jersey, the agency said. Retired Salvadoran general Juan Rafael Bustillo acknowledged in 2020 that Atlacatl was responsible for the notorious 1981 El Mozote massacre, in which more than 1,0000 villagers, mostly women and children, were slaughtered. The battalion carried out extrajudicial executions at El Mozote, as well as in three other massacres in which "hundreds of noncombatant civilians" were killed, ICE said. One of several bloody Central American conflicts linked to the Cold War, El Salvador's 1980-1992 civil war pitted the leftist Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) rebels against the army of the U.S.-backed right-wing government.
☆ Human rights body urges El Salvador to restore civil rights
  + stars: | 2023-04-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
SAN SALVADOR, April 6 (Reuters) - A regional human rights body implored El Salvador's government on Thursday to reverse a year-long suspension of constitutional rights that form part of a sweeping anti-gang crackdown enacted last year and credited with sharply reducing violent crime. In a statement, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), part of the Washington-based Organization of American States, called on President Nayib Bukele and his allies in Congress to restore rights put on hold by the so-called state of exception. The emergency powers allow police to swiftly arrest and jail suspected gang members while suspending their right to a lawyer and court approval of preliminary detention. "IACHR calls on the government of El Salvador to restore the full validity of the rights and guarantees suspended during the last 12 months within the framework of the emergency regime," the body said in a statement. The state of exception followed the murders, blamed on gangs, of nearly 90 people over a single weekend in March 2022.
☆ The beef supply is shrinking. That means meat isn't going to get much cheaper
  + stars: | 2023-04-05 | by ( Danielle Wiener-Bronner | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +3 min
A contraction in beef supplies “has been coming for a while,” said David Anderson, a professor in Texas A&M University’s agricultural economics department. Beef supplies are shrinking after farmers sold off cattle in response to drought and high costs. The “big unknown is going to be consumer demand.”The beef supply tends to grow and shrink in roughly 10-year cycles, said Lance Zimmerman, senior beef analyst for the North American market with Rabobank. “If that’s the case, beef prices may be steadier.”And with food inflation stubbornly high, consumers are already cutting back on certain items, including beef. If demand remains strong, “we may see some higher beef prices,” towards the fall and later, Bernt said.
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