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☆ China Southern to honour $1.30 flight tickets sold during glitch
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

BEIJING, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Chinese carrier China Southern Airlines (600029.SS) said on Thursday it would honor the sale of tickets priced as cheaply as $1.30 during a two-hour technical glitch on its mobile phone app and some ticket-booking platforms late on Wednesday. Other online screenshots indicated the cheap prices were offered for about two hours on the carrier's app as well as across several ticket-booking platforms, including market leader Trip.com. On top of that price, buyers were required to pay at least an additional 110 yuan in airport fees and fuel surcharges. "Passengers can use them as normal," Guangzhou-based China Southern said, on the proviso that tickets were already paid for and issued. ($1 = 7.2852 Chinese yuan renminbi)Reporting by Sophie Yu and Casey Hall; Editing by Bernadette BaumOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Trip.com, Sophie Yu, Casey Hall, Bernadette Baum Organizations: China Southern Airlines, Consumers, Thomson Locations: BEIJING, Chengdu, China, Beijing, Guangzhou, China Southern

☆ The ‘dupe’ trend hit travel in 2023. It's a good way to save on your next trip, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Greg Iacurci | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

For example, flight searches more than doubled for several "dupe" destinations internationally, according to Expedia data. watch nowLikewise, flight searches to the island Curaçao, a stand-in for St. Martin, were up 228% in the U.S. and 185% worldwide. "TikTok popularized the idea of dupes … and the concept is increasingly taking off in the world of travel," Expedia said in a report published Wednesday. Internet search traffic in the U.S. for travel dupes spiked throughout 2023, peaking in July, according to Google Trends data. It's more than just the flight priceHowever, Hopper flight data indicates that not all dupes will necessarily pay off for travelers.

Persons: Klaus Vedfelt, Martin, TikTok, dupes …, Expedia, Hayley Berg, Hopper, Ho, Jon Gieselman, dupes, Sara Rathner Organizations: Digitalvision, Getty, Sydney, Expedia Brands, Auckland , New Zealand — Locations: Taipei, Seoul, U.S, Pattaya, Thailand, Bangkok, St, Perth, Australia, Liverpool, England, London, Hanoi, Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City, Spain, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Barcelona, Phuket, Europe, Sydney, Nadi, Fiji, Auckland , New Zealand

☆ Read Your Way Through Lima
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Augusto Higa Oshiro | Translated Jennifer Shyue | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

When I was born, in 1946, Lima was home to 640,000 people. Now, as I’m about to turn 77 in the year 2023, Lima is a city of 10 million. In some ways, you could say that I’ve survived alongside the city. For Lima has taken the white veil; and there is a higher horror in this whiteness of her woe. I myself have approached Lima from different points of view: I’ve written stories about young people in the margins, in the working-class neighborhoods of Lima, and also, as the son of Japanese parents who settled in Peru, I’ve set Limeñan nikkeis to fiction.

Persons: Lima, I’ve, Herman Melville, Moby Dick ”, tearless, Francisco Pizarro, la Vega, He’s, Ricardo Palma Organizations: Incas Locations: Lima, tearless Lima, Peru, Spanish, ”, Lisbon, Lima . Palma

☆ They Propelled China’s Rise. Now They Have Nothing to Fall Back On.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Li Yuan | More About Li Yuan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When Zhang left his village in northeastern China a decade ago to work as a welder in a big city, jobs were plentiful. He pays $55 a month in rent for a tiny studio apartment but pinches every other penny. The morning we talked, he said he’d had a bowl of instant noodles, one of two meals he eats a day. Mr. Zhang’s family grows corn on a tiny patch of land, generating about $200 a year. At 28, Mr. Zhang, who asked that I use only his surname, is not married and does not plan to have children.

Persons: Zhang, he’s, he’d, “, ” Locations: China, Guangzhou, Beijing

☆ Gavin Newsom says ‘divorce is not an option’ for US and China after Xi Jinping meeting
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Michelle Toh | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Hong Kong CNN —“Divorce is not an option” when it comes to the world’s two largest economies, California Governor Gavin Newsom told CNN on Wednesday following his meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. In an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, Newsom said his meeting with Xi in Beijing had revived hope that the United States and China were at a turning point in their relations. Newsom — the first US governor to meet with Xi in six years — is in China for a week-long visit to promote action on climate change. Xi also expressed the hope that the governor’s visit to China would help stabilize the broader relationship. If it were a country, California “would be the fifth largest economy in the world,” Newsom told CNN.

Persons: Hong Kong CNN —, Gavin Newsom, Xi Jinping, CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, Newsom, Xi, “ We’ve, We’ve, ”, Newsom —, ” Newsom, “, that’s Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, CNN, Xinhua, Global Times, BYD Locations: Hong Kong, California, Beijing, United States, China, decouple, Shenzhen

☆ Opinion | Can Twitter, uh, X, Survive Elon Musk?
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Paul Krugman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

How much do you need to degrade their experience before they stop coming, initiating a sort of death spiral? Modern technology has, in many ways, drastically reduced the importance of distance — not just physical distance but more abstract kinds of distance too. It has never been as easy to interact with people in different countries, in different professions and in different social strata as it is now. Yet even in this shrunken world there are nexuses sustained by what economists call network externalities. The world’s great financial centers are nexuses: People do business in New York or London because so many others do the same.

Persons: Elon, it’s Organizations: U.S . Locations: New York, London, York, Erie, U.S

CNN —Japan’s flag carrier had to make last minute changes to deal with excess weight – not from baggage, but from a group of passengers who just so happened to be sumo wrestlers. The sumo wrestlers weighed an average of 120 kilograms (264 pounds) each – far more than the 70 kilogram (154 pounds) average passenger – an airline spokesperson told CNN, raising concerns over fuel capacity on the smaller aircraft that services flights within Japan. But it was still a tight squeeze on the way back from the sumo festival. We had great support, although we are a little tired,” a representative for the Gunma wrestlers said in the TV Asahi report. There are no weight restrictions or classes in sumo wrestling, but the ancient Japanese sport has been dominated by bulkier athletes.

Persons: CNN —, Amami Oshima, “, ” Organizations: CNN, Japan Airlines, JAL, Haneda Airport, Itami Airport, ITM, TV Asahi, Asahi, bulkier, Travelers, Korean Air, Air Locations: Amami, Tokyo, Osaka, Japan, Haneda, Fukuoka, Gunma, “, Zealand, Auckland, New York

☆ Italy's Ponza island and its cave homes are drawing Americans to live in them
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Silvia Marchetti | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Attilio Avellino – one of his nine children, and born on Ponza – joined his father in the Big Apple in 1946. But now, after decades in the US, their descendants are back on the island – living inside their old casa grotta (cave home), which they’ve renovated to a modern standard. Homes sculpted from the rockBrigida Avellino and Loredana Romano have swapped the US for their ancestral 'cave home' on Ponza. Loredana RomanoBrigida Avellino, 70 – Attilio’s daughter – lives with her daughter Loredana Romano, 44, in one of Ponza’s most beautiful cave homes. Ponza, on the other hand, is a small island which makes Romano feel safer.

Persons: we’ll, Stanley Tucci, CNN —, they’ve, Luigi Avellino, Ponza, Attilio Avellino –, Ponza –, Loredana Romano, Loredana Romano Brigida, –, ” Romano, Attilio Avellino, Loredana Romano Avellino, I’ve, ”, Avellino, “, Romano, Silverio, Loredana, she’s, She’s, wasn’t, Romano –, Brigida Avellino, there’s, we’re Organizations: CNN, intel, Big Apple, Avellino, Loredana Romano Brigida Avellino, CNN Travel, Ponza, Apple, Alamy Locations: Rome, Ponza, Naples, New York, Loredana, Avellino, York City, Le Forna, Florida, Ponza’s, Italian

☆ 4 experts explain why Elon Musk's plan to colonize Mars is 'romanticized', not 'realistic', 'cosmic vandalism'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-07 | by ( Maiya Focht | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +17 min

Four scientists told Insider his plan is bad for technical, scientific, and ethical reasons. Yes, experts agree we might want to settle other worlds, but Mars might not be our best bet, at least not now, four scientists told Insider. SpaceX's first priority is "establishing a cargo route to Mars," Musk told the Washington Post in 2016. From Mars, Musk told the IAC, people could go to the asteroid belts, the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, and the Kuiper belt. AdvertisementAdvertisementEssentially, terraforming Mars would involve melting its polar ice caps, which would release CO2 reserves.

Persons: Elon Musk, —, Ray Bradbury's, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Christopher Edwards, He's, Musk, Refugio Ruiz Musk's, they'd, he's, Edwards, PATRICK T, FALLON, there's, Bruce Jakosky, Jakosky, Andrew Coates, Coates, Mars, terraformed, Alexander Gerst, Rachael Seidler, Refugio Ruiz, Seidler, Jeff Bezos, Buzz Aldrin, Chris McKay, " Edwards, that's Organizations: Service, Northern Arizona University, SpaceX, Mars SpaceX, International Astronautical, Washington Post, IAC, Elon Musk, NASA, Getty, Mars, ESA, University College London's, Science, University of Florida, AP, JPL, Caltech, SETI, Center for Strategic, International Studies, NASA's Ames Research Center Locations: Texas, Mars

☆ Opinion: Biden’s stunning reversal on border barriers
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-07 | by ( Stuart Ross | Opinion Jon Gabriel | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Former President Donald Trump promised to build a border wall that Mexico would pay for during the 2016 campaign but the neighboring country never did. Candidate Joe Biden vowed “not another foot” of the border wall would be built during his presidency. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre continues to dodge questions while Biden bizarrely claimed that the border wall he approved won’t work. “I’ll answer one question on the border wall,” Biden said to reporters in the Oval Office Thursday. “The border wall — the money was appropriated for the border wall.

Persons: Jon Gabriel, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, “, Biden, Jon Gabriel Immigration, Alejandro Mayorkas, ”, Eric Adams, J.B . Pritzker, Robert Trenschel, we’ve, ” Trenschel, Oscar Leeser, Raphael S, Cohen, ” Cohen, Elisabeth Vallet, Karine Jean, Pierre, Mayorkas, ” Biden Organizations: The Arizona, Twitter, CNN, Homeland, US Border Patrol, US Customs, Border Protection, Border, Democratic, New York City, Apple, Illinois Gov, Gallup, Yuma Regional Medical Center, RAND Corporation, Center, University of Quebec, White Locations: The Arizona Republic, Mexico, Arizona, Texas, climes, New York, America, Chicago, Yuma , Arizona, Yuma, . El Paso, El Paso, York, Montreal

☆ ÖBB Nightjet's new solo sleeping pods aim to revolutionize European train travel
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Julia Buckley | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Austria’s state railway ÖBB, which has been leading the revival of overnight services in recent years, has unveiled a new 33-strong fleet of night trains, which will debut in December 2023. From ensuite doubles to solo podsThe solo 'pods' allow for privacy in a dormitory-style setup. OBBThe seven-carriage trains will each have a capacity of 254 passengers, and will be composed of two seating cars, three couchettes and two sleeping cars. In the sleeping cars, all compartments will have their own bathroom, including a shower. That’s why we are working together to further expand the European night train network,” she said in a statement.

Persons: ÖBB, Leonore Gewessler Organizations: CNN, OBB, Comfort Locations: Vienna, Austria, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Netherlands, Hamburg, Innsbruck

☆ Logistics technology firm SP Plus to go private in about $1.5 billion deal
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Oct 5 (Reuters) - U.S.-based transportation and logistics technology firm SP Plus will be acquired by parking technology provider Metropolis Technologies in an all-cash deal worth about $1.5 billion, the companies said on Thursday. Shareholders of SP Plus will receive $54 per share, representing a premium of 52.5% over the stock's closing price on Wednesday. The offer price values the Chicago-based firm at $1.06 billion. SP Plus, which will go private after the deal is closed, provides parking management, facility maintenance and event logistics solutions among other services. Metropolis offers computer vision technology that is deployed in parking lots, enabling customers to drive without the need for a checkout.

Persons: Akash Sriram, Sherry Jacob, Phillips Organizations: SP, Metropolis Technologies, Metropolis, Thomson Locations: Chicago, Bengaluru

[1/3] Tokyo Tower is seen from the 52nd floor of 'Azabudai Hills Mori JP Tower', developed by Mori Building Co., during press preview of the complex in Tokyo, Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo on August 8, 2023. "Housing prices and rents have risen a lot compared to the past, but in the end, salaries haven't gone up that much." After weathering decades of deflation and stagnant growth, Japan is seeing an investment boom that has made apartments in central Tokyo unaffordable for young Japanese professionals. For locals, the surge in prices has made Tokyo the second most unaffordable city worldwide, only behind Hong Kong, according to a UBS global real estate report. Average condo prices in central Tokyo were bumped up in the past year by a large supply of high-end residences hitting the market.

Persons: Kawamata, she'd, I'm, haven't, Cushman, Mari Kumagai, Kumagai, Wang Mao San, Wang, Mari Mochizuki, who's, Mariko Katsumura, Rocky Swift, Sonali Paul Organizations: Mori, Kyodo, REUTERS Acquire, Rights, Real Estate Economic, UBS, Reuters, Cushman & Wakefield, Wakefield, Shingi, fusaya Realty Inc, Super, Japan Real Estate Institute, Thomson Locations: Tokyo, Japan, Hong Kong, London, Singapore, New York, China, Asia, Asia Pacific, Australia, Taiwan, Taiwanese, Osaka, Tokyo's

☆ NYC and its suburbs won't build new housing, so New Yorkers are flooding into Jersey City and driving up prices
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-30 | by ( Eliza Relman | Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

But prices are shooting up in Jersey City as its neighbors refuse to build. AdvertisementAdvertisementNew Yorkers have been taking notice of Jersey City real estate for years, and its popularity as an alternative to the ever-less-affordable housing market in the city is growing. Between 2010 and 2018, Hudson County, which includes Jersey City, built housing at more than twice the rate that New York City did. New housing in Jersey City is overwhelmingly market rate rather than being explicitly built as affordable housing for lower- and middle-income residents. "The issues facing Jersey City tenants are multifaceted, but the primary concern is to guarantee housing stability."

Persons: —, Steven Fulop, Alex Armlovich, Armlovich, Noah Sheidlower, Amy Klein, Klein, Isaac Jiménez, It's, Goldman Sachs, Abdul Rehman Khan, Jiménez, Fulop, That's, Rich Boggiano, Khan Organizations: Apple, Service, Jersey, Jersey City, New, Niskanen, realtors, Big Apple, Research, Jersey City . Financial, Seton Hall Law's Center for Social Justice Locations: Jersey City, The North Jersey, Jersey, Hudson County, York City, New York, North New Jersey, Newark, Elizabeth, Manhattan, Brooklyn, New York City, Hudson, New York City , Westchester, Long, New Jersey

HANGZHOU, China (AP) — The opening ceremony of the Asian Games on Saturday in China offered all the staples of a major international sports event. One big thing, however, was missing: real fireworks, the exploding kind that smell of power and burnt fuses. Instead, the high-tech games — billed of course as “green games” — offered electronic flash, 3D animations and a virtual torchbearer. Delayed for a year by the pandemic, the Asian Games are China's largest sports event since the country scrapped its zero-COVID-19 policy early in the year. China won almost 300 medals in the Asian Games five years ago and is sure to dominate again followed by Japan and South Korea.

Persons: Xi Jinping, —, Xi, Bashar al, Assad, Thomas Bach, King Norodom Sihamoni, Bach, Vladimir Putin, there’s, ___ Didi Tang Organizations: Asian Games, Sports Center, International Olympic, Olympic Council of, Hangzhou Asian, Xinhua, Olympics, China, —, Afghan, ___ AP Asia Locations: HANGZHOU, China, Hangzhou, Taiwan, North Korea, Hong Kong, Cambodia, Olympic Council of Asia, Russia, Paris, Beijing, Shanghai, “, Hangzhou Asian Games, Los Angeles, Brisbane, Australia, Japan, South Korea, Afghanistan, Washington, ___, asia

Houses at the Redhill Peninsula, a luxurious residential estate in the Tai Tam area of Hong Kong, on September 13. She was referring to the Hong Kong International School, one of the most prestigious in town. Flooded roads after heavy rains in Hong Kong on September 8. Typhoon Saola, which barreled through Hong Kong on September 1, was the strongest to hit the city in five years. Scientists say climate change will make such weather events only more frequent and some are urging Hong Kong to rethink its rain mitigation strategy.

Persons: Hong Kong CNN —, Feng Shui, –, Benny Chan, Chris Lau, ”, Tyrone Siu, Saola, Haikui, Hong Kong, Leung, ” Leung, Mai, Ray Su, Su, wouldn’t, John Lee, Chan, ” Chan, “, Chan Kim Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, South China, Hong Kong Institute of Architects, CNN, Redhill, Porsche, Rover, Ferrari, Hong Kong International School, RTHK, University of Hong, Hong Kong’s Buildings Department, Liber Research Locations: Hong Kong, South, tycoons, Redhill, Tai Tam, Malibu, Los Angeles, “, Hong, University of Hong Kong

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Inside, with speeches and machinations and carefully deployed elbows, those who administer the world persist in their search for the elusive path to peace. “Bring lasting peace,” said Pravind Jugnauth, prime minister of Mauritius. Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim spoke of “the imperative to make peace." In July, visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi used the North Lawn, adjacent to the wooded area, to perform yoga poses as part of his visit. But for one tranquil moment, for one brief respite from the world's most high-stakes conversations, that's more than sufficient.

Persons: ”, Said, Pravind Jugnauth, Anwar Ibrahim, Pendarovski, Siaosi Sovaleni, “, Narendra Modi, Ukraine —, It's, Ted Anthony, General Assembly's Organizations: UNITED NATIONS, United Nations, Hall, New, Malaysian, Indian, —, Associated Press Locations: Manhattan, New York City, Queens, United, Mauritius, North Macedonia, Tonga, India, Pakistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia, Ukraine, East

☆ The world’s biggest national park is larger than most countries
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Joe Yogerst | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Sagarmatha National Park in Nepal safeguards the southern slopes of Mt Everest, the world’s highest peak at 8,849 meters (29,032 feet). Venezuela’s Canaima National Park is home to Angel Falls, the world’s tallest waterfall at 979 meters (3,212 feet). Larger than Delaware and roughly the same size as Wales, Yellowstone was considered huge when it became the world’s first national park in 1872. North AmericaSprawling across nearly half of the world’s largest island, Northeast Greenland National Park is currently the globe’s single largest national park and biggest land-based protected area. Imaginechina Limited/Alamy Stock PhotoDespite being the largest continent, Asia has fallen behind in the race for the world’s largest national parks.

Persons: Venezuela’s, there’s, ”, Mette Pike Barselajsen, Mercedes, China’s, Martin Harvey, Naukluft, it’s, Claire Christian Organizations: CNN, National, United Nations, Nanu, South America, Colombia Oculta, Simpson, Mercedes Benz G, Imaginechina, Bank, Getty, Conservation, Antarctic & Southern Ocean Coalition, Antarctic Locations: Nepal, Mt, Angel Falls, Angkor, Cambodia, Delaware, Wales, Yellowstone, North America, Greenland, Ittoqqortoormiit, “, East Greenland, South, Patagonia, Colombia, Australia, South Australia, Asia, Qinghai Province, Europe, Africa, Africa’s, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Angola, Namibia, Antarctica

☆ What travelers to Morocco need to know following the recent earthquake
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Julia Buckley | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

CNN —Thousands of people are known to have killed in the Morocco earthquake, with the death toll expected to rise as rescuers continue to search for survivors. Zdenek Kajzr/iStock Editorial/Getty ImagesHow about the High Atlas Mountains? “Many hotels in the High Atlas Mountains have had considerable structural damage with some of them closing,” he says. “I would say that the only part to avoid is the High Atlas mountains, to help the authorities with the rescue process. Santiago Urquijo/Moment RF/Getty ImagesIs there an an alternative to the High Atlas mountains?

Persons: King Mohammed VI, that’s, Al Haouz, “, ”, Zina Bencheikh, CNN’s Ivana Kottosová, storeowners, Kottosová –, Bilal El Hammoumy, Vanessa Branson, El Fenn, Musee Des Confluences, Zdenek Kajzr, Kottosová, ” Kasbah, Richard Branson, El Hammoumy, –, Fez –, Abdelilah El Khadir, Francesco Riccardo Iacomino, Anabel Dean, she’d, Dean, Stallholders, Bencheikh, Ait, they’ve, I’d, ” El Hammoumy, ” Dean, ” Azrou, Santiago Urquijo, Ameziane, Meryem Organizations: CNN, Intrepid Travel’s, EMEA, AFP, Inclusive, Jewish, El, Musee Des, Marrakech medina, Expeditions, US State Department, Foreign Locations: Morocco, Spain, Qatar, UAE, Marrakech, Al, medina, Seaside, Agadir, Casablanca, Fez, Intrepid Travel’s Morocco, Jemaa el, Bahia, Saadian, El, ”, Inclusive Morocco, reroute, “, Hassan, Rabat, Paris, –, Ait Benhaddou, Dades, Santiago

☆ Schools, subways disrupted as storm batters China's south
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Residents holding onto safety lines waded cautiously through knee-deep floodwaters late on Thursday in Shenzhen, a metropolis of 17.7 million people, videos from state-backed Xinhua showed. Daily rainfall in the city located in the Pearl River Delta linking Hong Kong to China's mainland was expected to exceed 500 mm, Shenzhen media said. Still, Shenzhen's observatory has issued emergency warnings advising residents to stay indoors, warning downpours were abrupt and intense. Some Shenzhen districts closed offices while all schools were suspended. Authorities suspended services at Liantang Port and Wenjindu Port connecting Shenzhen and Hong Kong due to flood damage.

Persons: Haikui, Liz Lee, Neil Fullick Organizations: cnsphoto, REUTERS Acquire, Rights, China Meteorological Administration, Xinhua, Authorities, Thomson Locations: Minhou county, Fuzhou, Fujian province, China, Rights BEIJING, Shenzhen, Guangdong, Hong Kong, Fujian, Waters, Futian, Liantang, Wenjindu Port, Guangzhou, Zhuhai, Shanghai

☆ GOP Sen. Mike Lee muses about Burning Man attendees converting to Christianity following disaster: 'God's judgement is real'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Sen. Mike Lee suggested that the disaster at Burning Man was caused by divine intervention. "God's judgement is real," he tweeted, highlighting wild sexual activities performed at the festival. He also mused about attendees converting to Christianity after being stranded by a rainstorm. One person has died, and some attendees are fleeing the festival by hiking through the mud as others ration out their food. President Joe Biden was briefed about the situation at Burning Man on Sunday, according to a White House official, while Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen of Nevada said she was "monitoring the situation at Burning Man closely."

Persons: Sen, Mike Lee, Republican Sen, Mike Lee of, Lee, who's, Lee mused, Paul, Joe Biden, Democratic Sen, Jacky Rosen, Nevada Organizations: Service, Republican, Rock City, Senate, Twitter, White House, Democratic Locations: Wall, Silicon, Mike Lee of Utah, Rock, Nevada, Utah, Damascus, St, Lee's

☆ Burning Man: Tens of thousands trapped by immense mud might be able to leave if roads reopen today
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( Nouran Salahieh | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

“Despite afternoon drizzle, the conditions are improving on the playa,” Burning Man organizers said Sunday night. About 72,000 people remain on site, according to a Sunday night update from Burning Man organizers. People walk off the playa out near the Burning Man site on the Black Rock Desert in northern Nevada on Sunday. Jason Bean/RGJ/USA TODAY/ReutersA death at the festival just ahead of the weekend was “unrelated to the weather,” Burning Man organizers said Sunday night. Attendees walk through a muddy desert plain on Saturday at the Burning Man festival site.

Persons: Nathan Carmichael, ”, Amar Singh Duggal, DJ Diplo, Chris Rock, Jason Bean, Julie JAMMOT, festivalgoer Gillian Bergeron, ” Bergeron, “ It’s, Andrew Hyde, ” Hyde, Bergeron, Hannah Burhorn Organizations: CNN, Black Rock City, Reuters, Sheriff’s, Rock City, Getty Locations: Nevada, Roads, Black Rock, Pershing, Instagram, Rock, AFP

CNN —As thousands of people remain unable to leave the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert after heavy rains inundated their campsites with ankle-deep mud Saturday, authorities say they are investigating a death at the event. Vehicles trying to drive out will get stuck in the mud, Burning Man organizers said Saturday. Dawn brought muddy realization to the Burning Man encampment, where the exit gates remain closed indefinitely because driving is virtually impossible. A rainbow appears at Burning Man in Black Rock Desert, Nevada, on September 2, 2023. “Burning Man is a community of people who are prepared to support one another,” Burning Man said on its website.

Persons: “, Trevor Hughes, Dawn, Hannah Burhorn, ” Burhorn, It’s, Sean Burke, Amar Singh Duggal, Andrew Hyde “, Duggal, Burhorn, ”, Andrew Hyde, Gerlach Organizations: CNN, Land Management, Reno Gazette, Sheriff’s, ” Authorities, Authorities, USA, ”, Vehicles, “, Resources Locations: Nevada, Pershing, Black Rock, Rock, BRC, Reno, San Francisco, , Nevada

☆ China issues highest typhoon warning as Saola moves towards Hong Kong
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BEIJING, Aug 31 (Reuters) - China issued the highest typhoon warning on Thursday as Typhoon Saola crawled closer to the southeastern coastline, threatening Hong Kong and other major manufacturing hubs in neighbouring Guangdong province. Chinese forecasters issued a typhoon red warning at 6 a.m. (2200 GMT). Saola will make landfall along the coast somewhere from Huilai County in Guangdong to Hong Kong on the afternoon to the night of Sept. 1, the center said. As Saola edges closer to Guangdong, winds over the region will strengthen gradually, the Hong Kong Observatory said, noting that it will raise its strong wind Signal to No. Saola will also bring storm surges to coastal low-lying areas, the Hong Kong Observatory noted, estimating Saola is currently about 440km (270 miles) from the metropolis.

Persons: Saola, Bernard Orr, Ethan Wang, Lincoln Organizations: National Meteorological Center, China Railway, Hong Kong Observatory, Thomson Locations: BEIJING, China, Hong Kong, Guangdong, Guangdong province, Huilai County, Shanghai, Fujian, Shishi

☆ Tiananmen musical: Broadway star quits US show during China tour
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Nectar Gan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —A Broadway star has withdrawn from a musical about the Tiananmen Square protests weeks before its debut in the US – while he is on a concert tour in China. “I have withdrawn from the musical Tiananmen,” Piser said in a brief signed statement on Instagram. His manager Dave Brenner told CNN “there was a creative difference” that caused the actor to back out of the Tiananmen musical. Piser’s announcement came a day after his role in the Tiananmen musical was reported by Playbill, an American magazine for theater fans. The rehearsals for the Tiananmen musical start in Phoenix on September 5, according to Rose, the lead producer.

Persons: Zachary Noah Piser, “, ” Piser, Piser, –, Dave Brenner, Wu’er, ”, Jason Rose, ” Rose, Wu'er, Nicholas Kamm, Evan Hansen, Rose, Xi Jinping, Kaixi Organizations: CNN, Tiananmen, “, The Phoenix Theatre Company, Playbill, Getty, Broadway, Communist Party Locations: China, Phoenix , Arizona, Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Phoenix, American, Washington , DC, Nanjing, Chengdu, Shaanxi, Taiwan

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