DIRS.INFO The most relevant business & tech news

☆ A Russian pilot who defected to Ukraine said his helicopter crew panicked when they realised what was happening but couldn't stop him as he was the only one who could fly it
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Russian pilot defected and brought his helicopter to Ukraine last month, Ukrainian officials said. The pilot said his crew couldn't stop him as he was the only one on board who knew how to fly it. Ukrainian officials said both were killed. Ukrainian officials said a six-month plot led to the Russian Mi-8 AMTSh landing at a military air base in Kharkiv, in northeast Ukraine, last month. "Nobody could put up any resistance," he added, because no one else on board knew how to fly the helicopter.

Persons: Kuzminov, Kyrylo Budanov Organizations: Service, Ukraine's Defense Intelligence, Daily, Radio Free Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Wall, Silicon, Kharkiv, Russia's, Radio Free Europe

☆ Neo-Nazis parade swastika flags in Florida, chanting 'We are everywhere'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-03 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

White supremacist hate groups staged a neo-Nazi rally in Florida. The extremist hate groups Blood Tribe and The Goyim Defense League paraded in the Orlando area on Saturday. The Goyim Defense League is an antisemitic hate group that has been known to harass Jews. According to videos of the rally posted on social media, the groups were able to muster a few dozen supporters for the event. On the same day, a separate far-right group called the Order of the Black Sun protested outside Disney World.

Persons: Christopher Polhaus, Hitler, League's, Ron DeSantis, Anna Vishkaee Eskamani, Heil, Laura Loomer, Ryan Palmeter Organizations: Nazi, Service, Labor, Mail Online, Goyim Defense League, Defamation League, Extremism, ADL, Black Sun, Disney, Daily Locations: Florida, Jacksonville, Wall, Silicon, Orlando, FL

☆ A mayor told the investors who want to build a new city in her backyard to 'take their billions of dollars and go back down to Silicon Valley'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-02 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Moy told Bloomberg she would "do everything we can to stop" Flannery Associates' plans. Get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in business, from Wall Street to Silicon Valley — delivered daily. Moy told Bloomberg that "this is no way to go about any kind of development," adding: "We're going to do everything we can to stop this." The Silicon Valley elites have purchased about 52,000 acres of land around Travis Air Force Base since 2018, leaving "no part that isn't touched by Flannery," Moy told ABC 7 News. Speaking to CNBC about the Flannery plan, Moy said the Air Force base "can't function" with a settlement encroaching on it.

Persons: Catherine Moy, Moy, Flannery, John Garamendi, Solano County's, Marc Andreessen, Reid Hoffman, Laurene Powell Jobs, Steve Jobs Organizations: Solano, Bloomberg, Service, Daily, Flannery Associates, New York Times, Travis Air Force Base, ABC, CNBC, Air Force Locations: Fairfield, Wall, Silicon, California, Solano County, San Francisco

☆ A MAGA news network isn't sure if it got duped by an AI version of Trump in a 17-minute call
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A TV network's founder has said he's not sure a recent "Trump" interview was really him. In a phone-in on Real America's Voice, the caller sounded glitchy and stilted. Real America's Voice streamed the audio-only interview on Thursday, with hosts John Solomon and Amanda Head. "It's not AI, it was President Trump," he told The Daily Beast. AdvertisementAdvertisementRepresentatives for Real America's Voice and its owner, Performance One Media LLC, did not immediately respond to Insider's out-of-hours requests for comment.

Persons: he's, Donald Trump, John Solomon, Amanda Head, Joe Biden, Trump, Robert J Sigg, Solomon, Ron DeSantis Organizations: Real America's Voice, Morning, Trump, Daily, America's, Truth, Gov

☆ USVI says JPMorgan notified Treasury of more than $1 billion in suspicious Jeffrey Epstein transactions after he died: Report
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

"JPMorgan was a full-service bank for Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking," Liu said at the hearing, Bloomberg reported. Epstein, 66, killed himself in a New York jail in August 2019, a month after he was arrested on federal child sex trafficking charges. In addition to a residence in Manhattan, Epstein owned a private island in the Virgin Islands, where he was accused of sexually abusing women. A lawyer for JPMorgan, which denies wrongdoing in the case, pushed back against the Virgin Islands claims that it should be found liable for abetting Epstein's abuse of women. The Virgin Islands is seeking at least $190 million in damages in the case, which will go to trial on Oct. 23 if Rakoff does not grant summary judgment to either side.

Persons: Jeffrey Epstein, Rick Friedman, JPMorgan Chase, Epstein, Mimi Liu, Jed Rakoff, Liu, Jeffrey Epstein's, Epstein's Organizations: Corbis, Getty, JPMorgan, Treasury Department, U.S . Virgin Islands, Daily, Virgin, Bloomberg, Virgin Islands Locations: Cambridge, Virgin, U.S, Manhattan, Florida, New York

☆ Opinion | Vivek Ramaswamy Is Very Annoying. It’s Why He’s Surging in the Polls.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Michelle Goldberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Cupp called him, in a column: “Obnoxious. The Washington Post, FiveThirtyEight and Ipsos polled likely Republican primary voters before and after last week’s debate. Following his performance, Ramaswamy’s favorability rating rose from 50 percent to 60 percent, even though his unfavorability rating rose even more, from 13 percent to 32 percent. Participants in a CNN focus group of Iowa Republicans declared him the debate’s winner, as did a poll released on Thursday from JL Partners. The day after the debate, his campaign reportedly raised more than $1 million.

Persons: Vivek Ramaswamy, Josh Barro, Ramaswamy, Vivek, CNN’s, Cupp, Matt Lewis, Seinfeld, Ipsos, Donald Trump, pollsters, Trump, Fox News’s “, ”, Ron DeSantis, Lyndon Johnson’s, ’ ”, Paul Ryan Organizations: Republican, Trump, Daily, Republican Party, The Washington Post, CNN, Iowa Republicans, JL Partners, Fox Locations: Harvard, Florida

☆ Trump team trolls DeSantis with debate bingo card featuring 'pudding mention,' 'Dee-Santis,' and 'Duh-Santis'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ron DeSantis of Florida. Ron DeSantis of Florida even as the ex-president is set to skip the high-stakes event. In Trump's efforts to poke at the different pronunciations of DeSantis' last name, the cards also included both "Dee-Santis" and "Duh-Santis." AdvertisementAdvertisementAfter Trump mocked DeSantis over the issue earlier this summer, DeSantis lashed out at the former president, calling him "petty" and "juvenile." Insider has reached out to the DeSantis campaign for comment.

Persons: Trump, Ron DeSantis, Donald Trump's, needling, Chris Christie, Asa Hutchinson's, Ada, DeSantis, president's, Jake Lahut, Zachary Petrizzo, Ron, Kamala Harris Organizations: Gov, Service, Trump, GOP, New, New Jersey Gov, Arkansas Gov, Daily, Black Republicans Locations: Florida, Milwaukee, DeSantis, Wall, Silicon, New Jersey, Arkansas, New Hampshire

☆ Trump is skipping the first GOP presidential debate. Here's a look who's participating and what we know about their planned attack strategies for the high-stakes event.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( John L. Dorman | Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

The first Republican presidential debate is scheduled for August 23, 2023, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Without Trump at the debate, seven other candidates are set to make their cases for the White House. Here's a look at how the debate is coming together, as the GOP candidates had to meet a set of criteria to even appear onstage. Christie, once a close ally of Trump, has consistently been the fiercest critic of the former president in the GOP race. Suarez, should he make it onstage, will likely just focus on boosting his profile to GOP voters beyond South Florida.

Persons: Trump, Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, Trump —, Ramaswamy, Mike Pence, Sen, Tim Scott of, Doug Burgum, Chris Christie, Nikki Haley, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, Asa Hutchinson of, Vivek Ramaswamy, Scott Eisen, dethrone Trump, DeSantis, Christie, who's, Pence, Burgum, Haley, Alex Brandon Haley, Scott, Hutchinson, Suarez Organizations: GOP, White, Service, Trump, Republican, Gov, Fox News, Fox Nation, Miami Mayor, Republican National Committee, DeSantis, Daily, Politico, UN, Palmetto State, Republicans, New, Capitol Locations: Milwaukee , Wisconsin, Wall, Silicon, Florida, Milwaukee, Iowa, New Hampshire , Nevada, South Carolina, Tim Scott of South Carolina, North Dakota, New Jersey, Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas, Nazi, United States, Palmetto, Israel, New Hampshire, South Florida

☆ Travis King: who is the US soldier who crossed into North Korea?
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Sarah Leslie/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSEOUL, Aug 16 (Reuters) - North Korea confirmed for the first time on Wednesday that it is holding American soldier Travis King, saying he crossed the border last month to escape racism and mistreatment in the U.S. military and society. WHY DID HE CROSS TO NORTH KOREA AND WHERE IS HE NOW? KCNA said he was held by the North Korean army after he crossed, but did not elaborate. Roughly 24 hours after leaving the airport, he sprinted into North Korea while touring the Joint Security Area, which sits astride the border. King spent time in a South Korean prison, however, in lieu of paying the fine.

Persons: Travis T, Sarah Leslie, Handout, Travis King, King, KCNA, King's, Myron Gates, Carl Gates, Josh Smith, Gerry Doyle Organizations: Security Area, REUTERS, Rights, U.S ., WHO, U.S . Army, Korean, Force, U.S . 1st Armored Division, 4th Infantry Division, National Defense Service, Korean Defense, Overseas Service, North Korean, Pentagon, ABC News, Daily, Airport, American Airlines staff, Reuters, Security, Court, Thomson Locations: Panmunjom, South Korea, Rights SEOUL, North Korea, U.S, Racine , Wisconsin, Korean, New Zealand, Seoul

☆ Gov. Kim Reynolds urged anti-DeSantis protesters to be 'Iowa nice' as they rallied against his presidential campaign at the state's iconic fair
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-13 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ron DeSantis has had a tough few days as he's ramped up his 2024 campaign throughout Iowa. Kim Reynolds asked protesters to be "Iowa nice" as DeSantis spoke at the Iowa State Fair. "And in Iowa, we're Iowa nice. "We're Iowa nice by nature. "I'm tired of getting trampled on for our rights ... people like Ron DeSantis ...

Persons: Ron DeSantis, he's, DeSantis, Kim Reynolds, who's, Donald Trump, Ron DeFascist, Jake Lahut, Zachary Petrizzo, Kim Reynolds —, Casey —, Reynolds, Biden, Heather Ryan, I'm Organizations: Gov, Hawkeye State, Fair, Service, Republican, Daily, Iowa Republican Gov, GOP, Florida, NBC News Locations: Iowa, Hawkeye, Wall, Silicon, Florida, we're Iowa

☆ Ron DeSantis can reboot his campaign all he wants but he'll never escape his 'pudding fingers' reputation
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Taylor Berman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

People yelling "pudding fingers!" But even with all of his campaign's recent high-profile mishaps, the pudding rumor remains fresh in the mind of DeSantis' critics. "Pudding fingers!" DeSantis said in an interview at the time that he doesn't remember eating pudding with his fingers, but he welcomes it as an insult. DeSantis' campaign didn't immediately respond to our request for comment about Friday's heckling.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, Jake Lahut, DeSantis, He's, Donald Trump, Vivek Ramaswamy nipping, Piers Morgan, didn't Organizations: Service, Twitter, GOP, Politico, Daily Locations: Wall, Silicon, Florida, Nazi, Menlo , Iowa

☆ A Florida state attorney suspended by Ron DeSantis in 2022 said the governor's a 'scared candidate who is desperate to rescue his presidential campaign'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ron DeSantis suspended State Attorney Andrew Warren, alleging he picked and chose which laws to enforce. Just over a year later, on Wednesday, DeSantis suspended State Attorney Monique Worrell, citing a "neglect of duty and incompetence." In a published opinion piece, Warren claimed that DeSantis suspended Worrell because he "is desperate to rescue his presidential campaign." On Wednesday, just over a year after Warren's suspension, DeSantis suspended State Attorney Monique Worrell, citing a "neglect of duty and incompetence." DeSantis' decision to suspend Worrell on Wednesday comes as his campaign trails behind former President Donald Trump in polling.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, Andrew Warren, DeSantis, Monique Worrell, Warren, Worrell, he's, Donald Trump, Trump Organizations: Florida Gov, Service, Daily, Gov Locations: Florida, Wall, Silicon, Orlando

☆ Ukraine unveils military uniforms for women after complaints that ill-fitting men's clothes hindered them on the frontline
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-06 | by ( Nathan Rennolds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Ukraine's Ministry of Defense has approved a summer field uniform for female soldiers. It said on Saturday that summer service uniforms for female soldiers were "officially" in service. The ministry said on Saturday that it had approved summer service uniforms for female soldiers and that they were now "officially" in service. The defense ministry said that there were around 42,000 women serving in the Ukrainian Armed Forces, including around 5,000 on the front line. Despite this, there had previously been no standard uniform for the nation's female soldiers, and women had for years been given men's jackets, pants, and even underwear, CBS News reported.

Persons: Oleksii Reznikov, Olga Ushakov Organizations: Ministry of Defense, Service, Ukraine, country's Ministry of Defense, Ukrainian Armed Forces, CBS News, Daily Locations: Wall, Silicon, Ukrainian

☆ Ron DeSantis has been described as having the 'personality of a piece of paper.' That can be fixed, etiquette and dating experts say.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-05 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Ron DeSantis may say he can talk at length about the issues he's most passionate about. But on the campaign trail, DeSantis has been repeatedly snubbed for what critics describe as his "lack of personality." "Etiquette really is a set of skills that you can choose to use when and where you'd like," Maggie Oldham, who has taught etiquette for more than ten years, told Insider. The DeSantis campaign team did not respond to a request for comment on this story sent outside of business hours. The DeSantis campaign is over.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, Critics, couldn't, Megyn Kelly, DeSantis, Robert F, Donald Trump, Julia Esteve Boyd, Esteve Boyd, Maggie Oldham, you’re, Oldham, it's, Andrew Lichtenstein, Blaine Anderson, Anderson, Iowa, Jesse Watters, Roy Rochlin, Ron, he's, He's Organizations: Florida Gov, Service, Gov, Florida, Getty, Daily, GOP, mater, Yale University, New Locations: Florida, Wall, Silicon, Manchester , New Hampshire, Iowa, Wolfeboro , New Hampshire

☆ Russia's defensive lines are 'much more complex, and deadly, than anything experienced by any military in nearly 80 years,' says retired general
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A retired Australian general described Russia's intimidating defensive lines to The Economist. Mick Ryan called them "much more complex, and deadly" than anything any military saw in nearly 80 years. Ukraine's counteroffensive against Russia is being hampered by its strong defenses. Ukraine started its long-awaited counteroffensive in June, aimed at taking back territory in the east and south of the country. And a former Army Ranger who fought in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Ukraine said fighting there was much worse than in those other countries.

Persons: Mick Ryan, Michael Kofman, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Zelenskyy, David Bramlette Organizations: Service, Army Ranger, Daily Locations: Australian, Russia, Wall, Silicon, Ukraine, Afghanistan, Iraq

☆ Putin is forming mysterious private armies across Russia to protect himself from Wagner soldiers, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Russian President Vladimir Putin is forming private militias across Russia. The plans for the private military companies, or "special enterprises," were noted in a new bill that raises the draft age for the Russian military. It comes weeks after the mutiny by Russia's Wagner mercenary group, which exposed gaps in Putin's defenses. According to the report, Putin's militias would be under the command of regional governors, operate at Putin's behest, and would be armed by the Russian Ministry of Defense. "They are a tool to enhance security [important given very active clandestine actions by Ukrainian military intelligence], and can, as necessary, help against any new mutiny," said Sokov.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Wagner, Andrey Kartapolov, Russia's Wagner, Putin, Nikolai Sokov Organizations: Service, Daily Beast, Fighters, Kremlin, Russian Ministry of Defense, Barents Observer, Daily Locations: Russia, Russian, Wall, Silicon, Rostov, Moscow, Norwegian, Ukraine

☆ Chuck Schumer and Mitch McConnell agree on one thing: GOP Rep. Derrick Van Orden yelling at a group of Senate pages was 'despicable'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

GOP Rep. Derrick Van Orden cursed at and berated a group of teenage Senate pages for lying down in the Capitol Rotunda on Wednesday. Both Senate Minority Leader and the Senate Majority Leader admonished Van Orden for his conduct. You are defiling the space you [pieces of shit]," Van Orden reportedly told the pages late Wednesday evening, according to The Hill. It doesn't appear that Van Orden checked with his colleagues before making such a statement. After hearing about Van Orden's actions toward the Senate pages, Schumer tore into the congressman.

Persons: Derrick Van Orden, Van Orden, Chuck Schumer, Mitch McConnell, Van, Schumer, bipartisanship, McConnell, Van Orden's, DVO, MAGA, Rebecca Cooke Organizations: Service, Republican, Punchbowl News, The, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Wall Street, Capitol, Democratic Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ Drunken Wagner fighters are 'boozing to their heart's content' at train stations in Moscow instead of going home, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Some Wagner fighters stationed in Belarus have been told to go on leave, Mozhem Obyasnit reported. One relative wrote online that the fighters are "boozing to their heart's content," it said. But many have not made it home and are choosing to get drunk instead, the outlet reported, citing public chat groups between the supposed relatives of Wagner fighters. Several Wagner fighters are ex-convicts who were released on the grounds they fight with the group in Ukraine. In line with an agreement struck by Prigozhin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko after the rebellion, the Wagner Group leader was sent to Belarus.

Persons: Wagner, Mozhem Obyasnit, Yevgeny Prigozhin, haven't, they're, Vladimir Putin's, Prigozhin, Alexander Lukashenko Organizations: Service, Group, BBC, Daily Locations: Belarus, Wall, Silicon, Russia, Syria, Africa, Ukraine, Russian

☆ Kevin McCarthy threatened to beat up Democrat Eric Swalwell on the House floor and then cursed at each other: report
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Speaker Kevin McCarthy reportedly threatened to beat up Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell. Swalwell reportedly responded by calling McCarthy "a pussy." Just before the reported insult, McCarthy, according to the unnamed lawmakers, was nearly about to haul off on his fellow Californian. "You're weak. Before the House censured Schiff, McCarthy and his fellow Republicans kicked both Swalwell and Schiff off of the House Intelligence Committee.

Persons: Kevin McCarthy, Eric Swalwell, Swalwell, McCarthy, Matt Fuller, I'm, Adam Schiff, Schiff Organizations: Democratic Rep, Daily, Service, Democratic, Republicans, Capitol, House Intelligence Locations: Wall, Silicon, California

☆ An ex-Guantanamo Bay detainee says he still remembers Ron DeSantis smiling at him from behind a fence while he was being force-fed: 'You cannot forget that'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

An ex-Gitmo detainee said Ron DeSantis smiled at him as he was being force-fed, per The Daily Beast. The remarks come from an unaired documentary transcript detailing DeSantis' time as a Navy lawyer. Ron DeSantis smiled at him from behind a fence while watching him get force-fed, per the Daily Beast. This stands in stark contrast to a 2018 CBS interview, during which DeSantis told a reporter that JAG legal advisers told Guantanamo Bay commanders that people "can force-feed" and laid out the "kind of the rules for that." In the Al Jazeera piece, Adayfi said DeSantis wasn't the person who ordered that the hunger strike be broken violently — he just watched.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, Mansoor Adayfi, Adayfi, DeSantis, I'm, Al Organizations: Navy, Service, Guantanamo, Florida Gov, Daily, Florida Republican, US Navy, Showtime, Hollywood, CBS, Washington Post Locations: Wall, Silicon, Florida, Qaeda, Serbia, Guantanamo, Al Jazeera

☆ Casey DeSantis hits back at reports calling her 'Walmart Melania': 'I do shop at Walmart'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Talia Lakritz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

An opinion piece published by The Daily Beast referred to Casey DeSantis as "the Walmart Melania." In a "Fox & Friends" interview on Thursday, Florida's first lady brushed off the criticism. In Thursday's interview, "Fox & Friends" host Ainsley Earhardt asked Casey how she deals with the criticism. Ron DeSantis, his wife, Casey DeSantis, and their children Mason, Madison, and Mamie during his inauguration ceremony outside the Old Capitol on January 3, 2023, in Tallahassee, Florida. Lynne Sladky/AP"One thing that the corporate media did get right about me, I do shop at Walmart," Casey DeSantis said.

Persons: Casey DeSantis, Florida's, Karen, Ron DeSantis, Katie Baker, Melania, Jonathan Capehart, David Jolly, Casey, Earhardt, Mason, Mamie, Lynne Sladky, Alex Perry, DeSantis, Trump, Dior, Jackie Kennedy, haven't Organizations: Daily, Walmart, Fox, Service, Florida Gov, Fox &, MSNBC, GOP Florida Rep Locations: Wall, Silicon, Florida, Madison, Tallahassee , Florida

☆ The US soldier who crossed into North Korea had been 'breaking down' over the death of his 7-year-old cousin, his uncle said
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

US soldier Travis King "willfully" crossed into North Korea, the US defense secretary said. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said he was believed to be in North Korean custody after he "willfully and without authorization" crossed the border between South Korea and North Korea. A witness on the same tour as King told CBS News what happened at the North Korean border. It is unclear what King's motivations were, and if he was defecting to North Korea. It's also not clear what North Korea will now do with him.

Persons: Travis King, Lloyd Austin, King's, Carl Gates, King, Gates, King'Nazir, … Travis, Travis, didn't, It's, Austin Organizations: Daily, Service, Travis King . Defense, Army, Associated Press, CBS News Locations: North Korea, Wall, Silicon, North, South Korea, Korean, Korea

☆ The US soldier who darted into North Korea was accused of punching a man and hurling insults at Koreans and the Korean army while damaging a police car while in custody months earlier
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The US soldier who crossed into North Korea has been accused of assault and damaging a police car. Travis King is believed to be in North Korean custody after he crossed a border into the country. He had been held in a South Korean prison over assault charges before the incident. He was accused of repeatedly punching a man in the face at a club on September 25 of last year, Reuters reported, citing court records in Seoul, South Korea. Meanwhile, King's mother, Claudine Gates, told ABC News that she was shocked to learn that her son had crossed into North Korea.

Persons: Travis King, Soldier Travis King, Defense Lloyd Austin, King, King's, Claudine Gates, Travis, Gates Organizations: Service, US Army, Defense, Associated Press, Reuters, Authorities, Korean, Court, ABC News, Daily Locations: North Korea, North, Korean, Wall, Silicon, South Korea, Seoul, profanities, Fort Bliss , Texas

She was among some 40 other tourists who were walking around and taking photos in the moments before King made a dash to North Korea. "I don't think anyone who was sane would want to go to North Korea, so I assumed it was some kind of stunt," she told Reuters. North Korea is likely to milk the border crossing by a U.S. soldier for propaganda purposes but will probably not be able to gain political leverage, analysts and a former North Korean diplomat said. The notable exception was U.S. college student Otto Warmbier, who died in 2017 shortly after being released from a North Korea prison. Still, analysts suggested that King's stay in North Korea could be lengthy.

Persons: Travis T, King, Carl Gates, Gates, Travis, Sarah Leslie, Leslie, Tae Yong, Andrei Lankov, Otto Warmbier, Lankov, It's, Victor Cha, Josh Smith, Matt Spetalnick, Don Durfee, Sandra Maler Organizations: U.S . Army, The Korea Times, U.S, Cavalry, Korean, Force, National Defense Service, Korean Defense, Overseas Service, Daily, Joint Security Area, Reuters, South, Korea Risk Group, Center for Strategic, International Studies, Thomson Locations: SEOUL, WASHINGTON, South Korea, Washington, North, Seoul, Fort Bliss , Texas, North Korea, Racine , Wisconsin, New Zealander, U.S, North Korean, Korea, Korean, Korea's, Pyongyang

☆ A viral video of Ron DeSantis talking like a toddler and saying he's 'hungwy' is fake, but his critics are dogpiling on him anyway
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

DeSantis' critics are dogpiling on him anyway, saying the fake has more charisma than the real deal. Titled "DESANTIS FOR PRESIDENT," the viral video features DeSantis making nonsensical remarks and behaving awkwardly on the campaign trail. "This version definitely has more charisma, and social skills, than the real DeSantis," wrote one Youtuber commenter. The DeSantis campaign faced a rocky start after a botched campaign launch in May on Elon Musk's Twitter Spaces. Representatives for the DeSantis campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Insider sent outside regular business hours.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, DeSantis, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, DeSantis hasn't, trashing, he's, Kyle Ball, Disney Organizations: YouTube, Service, Florida Gov, Daily, Mmm, GOP, Elon, Twitter, Trump Locations: Wall, Silicon, Florida

Search resuls for: "Daily Beast"

25 mentions found