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The Metropolitan Police said Friday they were searching Richmond Park in southwest London, near where the delivery van Daniel Khalife used to escape Wandsworth prison was spotted on Thursday. Khalife orchestrated a bold jail break from Wandsworth prison on Wednesday morning while dressed as a chef. Richmond Park, the largest of London’s Royal Parks, is designated National Nature Reserve and stretches for 2,500 acres. The Met Police said Friday it was looking into the possibility that someone inside Wandsworth prison helped Khalife escape. By then, Khalife was gone and all that remained of his escape was the strapping officers discovered under the van.

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☆ Daniel Abed Khalife: UK government insists escaped terror suspect will be captured amid serious questions over rare jail break
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Sugam Pokharel Niamh Kennedy Sana Noor Haq | Sugam Pokharel | Niamh Kennedy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Authorities are hunting for 21-year-old Daniel Abed Khalife, who orchestrated a bold jail break from Wandsworth prison on Wednesday while dressed as a chef, according to London’s Metropolitan Police. Addressing the UK parliament on Thursday, Chalk said he had already ordered an internal probe into the decision to place Khalife in a lower-security jail. Who was on duty that morning, in what roles ranging from the kitchen to the prison gate, what protocols were in place,” Chalk said. Wandsworth prison is located in the southwest of the British capital. Staff shortagesLast year, the UK’s prison inspection watchdog warned staffing levels “remained a serious problem” at Wandsworth prison.

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☆ UK government vows escaped terrorism suspect will be found
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/3] A wanted sign featuring an image of Daniel Abed Khalife, a former soldier who is suspected of terrorism offences, is displayed, near Wandsworth prison which he escaped from, in London, Britain, September 7, 2023. "Daniel Khalife will be found and he will be made to face justice," Alex Chalk, the government's justice minister, told parliament. Police said he was not thought to pose a risk to the wider public but advised people not to approach him. Opposition lawmakers have demanded answers into how he had been able to escape and why he was not being held at a maximum security prison. Reporting by Michael Holden, Farouq Suleiman and Muvija M; Editing by Chizu NomiyamaOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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☆ I regret moving to Boulder, Colorado. I thought I'd fit right in, but it was the loneliest two years of my life.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Amanda Loudin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Amanda Loudin moved from Maryland to Boulder, Colorado but returned home after two years. So you'd think a move from Maryland to Boulder, Colorado would've been the perfect match for me. Moving to Boulder wasn't what I expectedI'm one of the many remote workers who took a leap during the pandemic and relocated. I always thought I'd retire in Colorado, but during the pandemic, I decided to move up my timeline and go now. I don't think people in Boulder are unfriendly, just different from what I'm used to in the mid-Atlantic, where I've lived my entire adult life.

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☆ Opinion | The Faustian Bargain of Reducing Air Pollution
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( David Wallace-Wells | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

This summer of extremes has been a summer of mystery, debate and even some confusion for climate scientists, who’ve been watching the news with the rest of us and asking, What, exactly, is going on? Is it just baseline global warming, trending upward, that explains the extreme temperatures on land and over sea? The arrival of a planet-warming El Niño in the Pacific? And when considering off-the-charts sea-surface temperatures, what role is being played by recent regulations designed to significantly reduce the sulfur emissions of ships, since less pollution in the air means more heat making its way to the water below? And almost certainly, the sulfur effect has been larger locally, along particular shipping routes in the world’s oceans, where some especially striking anomalies have been observed.

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☆ Verstappen goes for a record 10th win in a row
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Alan Baldwin | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Verstappen won the Italian Grand Prix from seventh on the starting grid last year with Ferrari's Charles Leclerc on pole but finishing second. Red Bull have won every race so far this season, 14 in a row including the 2022 finale in Abu Dhabi, and are again favourites at Monza's fast layout. Since Lewis Hamilton's fifth Italian GP win with Mercedes in 2018 no driver has managed a repeat victory in the former royal park outside Milan. Talk of a 'Monza jinx' may be premature but this is a season where straws are being clutched more desperately. For Gasly, who lives in Milan, it is effectively a home race and one with a special place in his heart.

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☆ Argentine Cerundolo brothers chalk up victories at US Open
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Aug 9, 2023; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Francisco Cerundolo (ARG) goes to forehand a ball to Tommy Paul (not pictured) at Sobeys Stadium. His 21-year-old brother also came from behind to beat Ilia Ivashka 2-6 6-7(4) 6-3 6-3 6-3, winning a Grand Slam match for the first time. "A crazy triumph for my family and for Argentina today. I'm very happy for Juan Manuel," Francisco told ESPN. Francisco next meets Czech Jiri Vesely while Juan Manuel takes on Spain's Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.

Persons: Francisco Cerundolo, Tommy Paul, John E, Juan Manuel, American Zachary Svajda, Ilia Ivashka, Francisco, Czech Jiri Vesely, Spain's Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, Angelica Medina, Peter Rutherford Organizations: U.S ., Flushing, ESPN, Thomson Locations: Toronto , Ontario, Canada, Sobeys, Argentina, American, Flushing Meadows, Czech, Mexico City

☆ Analysis: Donald Trump's $200,000 bond drives home the unique peril of his Georgia indictment
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Trump had to agree, for example, to make no threats on social media against co-defendants, witnesses and the 30 unindicted co-conspirators. The former president has excoriated special counsel Jack Smith, who indicted him twice, on social media and in speeches. Elliot Williams, a former federal prosecutor and CNN legal analyst, said that the terms were fair and did not infringe on Trump’s rights. Trump’s many late-night social media eruptions will make it hard for observers to believe that he will stick to the conditions to which he’s agreed. By Monday evening, Trump had already posted on his social media network about the bond.

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☆ TikTok influencers want to rent you a very cool home. Just don't call them landlords.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( James Rodriguez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

While live-in landlords are far from a novel concept, the pandemic-era fever around passive income and real-estate investing has sparked a rise in the popularity of house hacking. While Turner's initial strategy emphasized small multifamily buildings, some house hackers applied the concept to single-family homes. In 2019, he published a book called "The House Hacking Strategy: How to Use Your Home to Achieve Financial Freedom." And I think house hacking is one obvious way to eliminate, or at least drastically reduce, what likely is your largest expense." "Yeah, it's called 'house hacking," the owner and roommate, also played by Jarman, who has 4 million followers, replies.

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☆ Live updates: Spain vs Netherlands, Women's World Cup 2023 quarter final
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Tara Subramaniam | Adam Renton | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

A beaten finalist in 2019, the Netherlands will likely be feeling very confident of going one better this year after an impressive World Cup campaign so far. The Oranje is unbeaten in Australia and New Zealand and has conceded just one goal during the tournament, coming in the 1-1 group stage draw against the United States — also the only game it has failed to win. Spain has both dazzled and disappointed its fans this tournament, racking up high-scoring wins over Zambia, Costa Rica and then Switzerland in the last-16. However, the team’s low point came in a 4-0 demolition against Japan in the final group stage match, a game that laid bare La Roja's weaknesses. Spain will likely chalk it up to a off day, while others will point to the sobering defeat as proof the team isn’t yet up to level of the true title contenders Down Under.

Persons: United States —, Jill Roord, Lieke Martens, Daniëlle van Organizations: Oranje, United, South, Zambia Locations: Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand, United States, South Africa, Spain, Costa Rica, Switzerland, Japan

☆ The AI boom will wipe out jobs — and there's not really much we can do about it, Paul Krugman says
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Krugman talked about AI's potential to displace white-collar jobs. He contended that there isn't much the government can do to mitigate the impact of AI on jobs. What he means is that the AI boom is likely to wipe out some white-collar jobs (over manual-labor jobs) evenly across the country — instead of devastating one particular region or social group. "I don't think there's much you can do about that aside from just trying to ban the technology altogether, which isn't going to work," Krugman said. Krugman said it's still hard to gauge the impact of technological innovation like AI because the way we "measure technology is godawful."

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☆ How ‘gray rocking’ can protect you against narcissists
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Madeline Holcombe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Here is what you need to know about narcissists and how to gray rock your way out of conflict with them. It depends on what you mean by narcissist, Malkin said. In conflict, or even just in conversation, it is important to protect your sense of self and independence from narcissists, Ashway said. If the person is likely to just be a jerk, gray rocking may be very helpful. Important to remember, though, is that gray rocking is not about changing the behavior of the narcissist, Malkin said.

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☆ Bitcoin is in the depths of the summer doldrums despite a wave of positive regulatory developments. Here's what to expect in August.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-29 | by ( Tanaya Macheel | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

In the latest week, bitcoin closed lower by 1.9%. Coin Metrics measures a week in crypto, which trades 24 hours a day, from the 4:00 p.m. "August is a quiet month for traditional market investors and crypto is no different," said Greg Cipolaro, global head of research at NYDIG, the crypto subsidiary of Stone Ridge Asset Management. "Historically, mean returns have waned as we go into the summer months and that may play out again in August." But even with the latest downdraft, bitcoin is still up about 77% for the year, and investors are upbeat.

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☆ Snap’s boss destroys $43 bln in a snap
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Jennifer Saba | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

NEW YORK, July 26 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Snap’s (SNAP.N) value is disappearing almost as quickly as its messages. Snap is still struggling to pry money from advertisers, a worrisome trend for a relatively young company. When the then 26-year-old co-founder brought Snap public, the company, whose deal was 10 times oversubscribed, had promises of being the next Facebook. Snap’s shares should be worth some $37, or $60 billion overall. Snap’s shares fell 19% in morning trade on July 26.

Persons: Evan Spiegel, Mark Zuckerberg’s, Spiegel, that’s, Snap’s, Jeffrey Goldfarb, Sharon Lam Organizations: YORK, Reuters, Revenue, Spiegel, Thomson Locations: California

☆ Elon Musk plans to rebrand Twitter as 'X' — an idea that harkens back to the CEO's early days when he was ousted from PayPal
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Elon Musk announced Saturday that he plans to rebrand Twitter and change the bird logo to 'X.' Musk previously wanted X to be the name of a banking services site now known as PayPal. Musk said a new "interim" X logo will go live Sunday. Elon Musk in Palo Alto, California, on August 7, 2000. According to Ashlee Vance's biography "Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future," almost everyone in the company preferred the name PayPal.

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☆ Canada gives Toronto millions to shelter asylum seekers
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The federal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, which has responsibility for refugees and asylum seekers, prides itself on its record of accepting those fleeing oppression even as it tries to tighten its border with the United States. But Toronto, Canada's largest city, says Ottawa has not provided anywhere near enough money to keep shelters open. At the end of 2022, Canada had more than 70,000 pending refugee claims. Almost 40,000 asylum seekers entered Canada through irregular border crossings from the United States last year -- nine times higher than in 2021 when COVID-19 related restrictions were enforced. In March, the United States and Canada changed a two-decade-old refugee agreement as part of an attempts to reduce the influx across the world's largest land border.

Persons: Marco Mendicino's, Soe, Sean Fraser, Justin Trudeau, Kevin Vuong, Trudeau, Fraser, David Ljunggren, Susan Heavey Organizations: Rights, Public Safety, REUTERS, Rights OTTAWA, Canadian, Thomson Locations: Canada, United States, Toronto , Ontario, Toronto, Canada's, Ottawa, COVID, Quebec

☆ The unlikely story of the first photo of Mars ever seen on TV
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-15 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

It was one of a twin set of spacecraft designed to take images of Mars, and the first one failed. Dan Goods/NASA/JPL-CaltechThe transmission was incredibly slow by today’s standards, given that the Perseverance rover regularly sends back batches of high-resolution images from Mars. Together, they revealed craters on the Martian surface and clouds floating above in the atmosphere, both of which surprised scientists. The highest-resolution Mariner 4 image (right) revealed the cratered Martian surface from 7,830 miles (12,601 kilometers) above. JPL/NASAThe snapshots showed less than 1% of the Martian surface, missing the more diverse features on the planet’s surface that later missions such as Viking 1 would capture.

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☆ In Switzerland, an artist uses mountain slopes as his canvas
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Denis Balibouse | Thomson Reuters | Award Winning Photographer Based In Switzerland With Over Years Of Experience In Coverage Of Local | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/5] Swiss- French artist SAYPE poses next to his land art painting representing a pet bottle left on the grass as littering in the Parc Bourget in Lausanne, Switzerland, June 16, 2023. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File PhotoVILLARS-SUR-OLLON, Switzerland, July 14 (Reuters) - On mountain slopes in the Swiss village of Villars-sur-Ollon, an artist has used chalk and charcoal to paint two giant frescos of children sketching how they see the vast world around them. Swiss-French artist SAYPE said his frescos -- which at around 3,000 square metres (3,590 square yards) can be seen from the mountaintop and nearby pastures -- symbolize the need to reject uniformity and embrace different perspectives. "The children are on different altitudes, so they are drawing different things," SAYPE said. "Even if they are at different altitudes, the two worlds they are drawing complement each other."

Persons: SAYPE, Denis Balibouse, Frances Kerry Organizations: REUTERS, Cape Town, Thomson Locations: Swiss, Parc Bourget, Lausanne, Switzerland, Villars, Berlin, Paris, Istanbul, Cape

☆ 33 non-Prime Day Alternative Sales to Shop from Walmart, Macy’s & More
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( Bellamy Richardson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +20 min

For these two days, take 25% off select items as well as 15% off select beauty products by using the code CYBER at checkout. Everlane Best of SaleThe deal: Various discounts sitewideLooking to add some classic summer essentials to your wardrobe for the warmer weather? Lands’ End High-Summer SaleThe deal: 50% offHeading to the beach and need a new swimsuit? Our Place Summer SaleThe deal: 20% off select itemsFrom now through July 12, upgrade your cookware collection and take 20% off select items from Our Place for its Summer Sale. Sephora Top Skincare SaleThe deal: Up to 50% off top skincare itemsYou can save up to 50% off top skincare picks through July 15.

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Tom Schroeder, the whistleblower accusing Medtronic of a kickback scheme, left, is interviewed by Morgan Brennan, in Kansas City, Missouri. Schroeder said rumors circulated that Medtronic sales representatives were bribing VA staff to purchase an excessive amount of the company's inventory. The veterans hospital purchased more devices than some of the largest veterans medical facilities, according to data the VA's investigation gathered. Medtronic also said that Schroeder has "admitted under oath that he has no firsthand knowledge of any problematic procedure involving Medtronic devices." Douglas Winger, one of the Medtronic sales representatives named as a defendant in Schroeder's lawsuit, won a Medtronic President's Club award in 2016 for his sales.

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☆ Alcaraz overcomes Muller despite error-strewn performance
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Clare Lovell | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The 26-year-old Muller, ranked 84th, has spent most of his professional career on the second-tier challenger circuit. At key moments U.S. Open champion Alcaraz produced backhands that swerved round the net post, lobs that puffed the baseline chalk, and unreturnable serves that reached 130 miles an hour. After breaking serve in the seventh game, Alcaraz won the first set on his fourth set point with a big serve the Frenchman could not deal with. "I'm getting more experience and getting better every game," Alcaraz said in an on-court interview. Reporting by Clare Lovell, editing by Ed OsmondOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz, France’s Alexandre Muller, Andrew Couldridge, Carlos Alcaraz, France's Alexandre Muller, Muller, Alcaraz, unreturnable, I'm, Clare Lovell, Ed Osmond Organizations: Lawn Tennis, Croquet Club, France’s Alexandre Muller REUTERS, Wimbledon, Frenchman, Thomson Locations: London, Britain

☆ Artist paints giant plastic bottle in Swiss park in litter protest
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

[1/5] Swiss- French artist SAYPE poses next to his land art painting representing a pet bottle left on the grass as littering in the Parc Bourget in Lausanne, Switzerland, June 16, 2023. REUTERS/Denis BalibouseLAUSANNE, Switzerland, June 16 (Reuters) - A Swiss-French artist has painted a giant fresco depicting a crumpled plastic bottle directly onto the grass of a Swiss park with a view to raising awareness about pollution. Saype, 34, used chalk and charcoal for the huge painting which is about the length and width of three tennis courts in Lausanne's Louis-Bourget park on the shores of Lake Geneva. The painting, which is cordoned off, is expected to last for two or three weeks. Reporting by Denis Balibouse; Writing by Emma Farge, Editing by William MacleanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: SAYPE, Denis Balibouse, Emma Farge, William Maclean Organizations: REUTERS, Thomson Locations: Swiss, Parc Bourget, Lausanne, Switzerland, Lausanne's Louis, Bourget, Lake Geneva

☆ Toolbelts, cardboard bags and ‘crogs:’ Fendi makes a case for carpenter-core
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( Scarlett Conlon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Step forward the “corporate artisan”, star of the Italian fashion house’s SS24 show on Thursday night and proposed pin-up for next season. Part technical-whizz, part traditional tool-master, the handle speaks to the modern-day creative, said Artistic Director Silvia Venturini Fendi in a pre-show preview with CNN. FendiFor the accessories, Venturini Fendi collaborated with the Japanese architect Kengo Kuma - who she regards to be “the best to combine nature and technology” - to reinvent signature Fendi bags including the Peekaboo in traditional Japanese washi paper. The clog silhouette is going nowhere, as Fendi becomes the latest high fashion brand to reimagine the comfy slip-on shoe. Pietro D'Aprano/Getty ImagesThe set, said Venturini Fendi, was masterminded so to be transparent about the teamwork involved in creating a fashion collection.

Persons: Silvia Venturini Fendi, Fendi, ”, Kengo Kuma, JW Anderson, Pietro D'Aprano, Venturini Fendi, “ It’s, ” Alexander Skarsgard, Daniele Venturelli, Adele, Karl Lagerfeld, “ Organizations: CNN, JW Locations: Capannuccia, Florence, Italy, Rome

☆ Good Luck, and Bad, on New York’s Sidewalks
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Amelia Nierenberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Look down, and you may find yourself standing in a “good luck spot,” drawn in pastel pink or blue or yellow. Or maybe a “bad luck spot.” Or maybe many bad luck spots. “It’s like a practical joke,” Mr. Morelo, 51, said on a recent afternoon, his hands dusty with chalk. Some days, Mr. Morelo fills an entire stretch of sidewalk with bad luck anemones, leaving only a small path between them. Or he may draw one huge bad luck sinkhole, right where skateboarders gather.

Persons: Felix Morelo, ”, “, Mr, Morelo Locations: Washington, New York

☆ England and Wales get first female top judge in 750-year history
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

LONDON, June 15 (Reuters) - The head of the judiciary in England and Wales will be a woman for the first time in the more than 750-year history of the role, it was announced on Thursday. Sue Carr was formally appointed by King Charles and will take up the role of Lord Chief Justice, which dates back to the 13th century, following Ian Burnett's retirement in October. The 58-year-old qualified as a lawyer in 1987 and was first appointed as a judge in 2009, before becoming a High Court judge in 2013. The title of Lord Chief Justice, created in 1268, is set down in law. However, Britain's justice minister Alex Chalk told the BBC this week the title could be changed depending on Carr's wishes.

Persons: Sue Carr, King Charles, Justice, Ian Burnett's, Alex Chalk, Sam Tobin, Sachin Ravikumar Organizations: Lord, BBC, Thomson Locations: England, Wales

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