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☆ Though still grieving, Matthew Perry’s loved ones are turning his death into a legacy of helping others
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

NBC/Getty Images Perry, pictured circa 1985, developed an interest in acting after moving to Los Angeles when he was a teen. Michael Ochs Archives/Moviepix/Getty Images Perry and Christina Applegate were cast in the 1988 made for TV teen movie "Dance 'til Dawn." NBC/Getty Images Perry and Cox appear on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" in 1996. NBC/Getty Images Perry co-stars with Salma Hayek in the 1997 romantic comedy film "Fools Rush In." So it’s a thing that helps on these tough days.”‘Cherish every moment’(From left) Matthew Perry and Yvette Nicole Brown on 'The Odd Couple.'

Persons: Matthew Perry, “ It’s, ” Perry’s, Caitlin Morrison, Morrison, Suzanne Morrison, Perry’s, Keith Morrison, ”, Perry, “, ’ ”, Brian Murray, Cara Vaccarino, ‘ He’s, Chandler Bing, Michael Ochs, Christina Applegate, Martha Plimpton, Matt LeBlanc, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer, Courteney Cox, Jennifer Aniston, Cox, Jay Leno, Salma Hayek, Michael Clarke Duncan, Warner, Monica, Danny Feld, Joe Quincy, Amy Stewart, Richard Schiff, Milo O'Shea, Kelly Reilly, Toby Melville, Reuters Perry, Merv Griffin, Jean, Paul Aussenard, LeBlanc, Mark J, Terrill, John Inwood, Zach Braff, John C, McGinley, Mitch Haddad, Amanda Peet, Bruce Willis, Everett, Chris Pizzello, Phil McCarten, Tom Williams, Lindsay Sloane, Michael Yarish, Ted Kennedy, James Corden, Terence Patrick, Julia Weeks, Matt Brennan, Dania Maxwell, Matthew, Oscar Madison, Lisa Kasteler, Doug Chapin –, –, Chapin, Kasteler, Matthew hadn’t, he’d, ” Kasteler, I’ll, Kasteler –, Wolf Kasteler, we’re, Yvette Nicole Brown, Monty Brinton, ” castmates, Aniston, castmates, Thomas Lennon, Brown, ‘ Yvette, ” Perry Organizations: CNN, Dateline, Matthew, Matthew Perry Foundation of Canada, NBC, Getty, Michael Ochs Archives, Limelight, ABC, Disney Entertainment, Columbia, Warner Brothers, Bank, Comedy Theatre, Reuters, Merv Griffin Beverly Hills Country, Actors Guild, Guild of America, Los Angeles Dodgers, Capitol, National Association of Drug, Inc, CBS, Los Angeles Times Festival of, Los Angeles Times, Palisades, Los Angeles Medical, Matthew Perry Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust Locations: Los Angeles, Williamstown , Massachusetts, New York City, British, Chicago, London, Canada, California

☆ Why North Korea would want to go to war for Russia
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

North Korea sent thousands of troops to support Russia in its war against Ukraine. AdvertisementWhy is North Korea helping Russia? STR/KCNA VIA KNS/AFP via Getty ImagesIt's unclear what exactly is driving North Korea to become increasingly involved in the war and send troops to Russia. North Korea also has an aging fighter jet fleet it wants to upgrade and a desire for advanced satellite technologies. Beijing has often aligned with Russia and North Korea, and Western officials have accused China of also giving military aid to Russia in return for certain technologies and information.

Persons: Kim, Putin, —, Mark Rutte, Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong, KRISTINA KORMILITSYNA, Ivan Samoilov, Rutte, Kirby, Kurt Campbell, Defense Lloyd Austin, Biden, Seoul's Organizations: Ukraine, Service, US, Korean, Russian, NATO, Department of Defense, Pentagon, Ukrainian, North, Duma, Research, Gwara, Getty, VIA KNS, National Security, Technologies, Roman, Defense, Publicly, Ministry of Foreign, South Locations: Korea, Russia, Ukraine, South Korea, Kursk, Ukrainian, North Korea, Russian, Pyongyang, Korean, Moscow, Iran, North Korean, AFP, Kyiv, China, Beijing

☆ Election win for Russia-friendly party in Georgia sets the stage for protests and possible violence
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Citizens and Georgian Dream Party supporters, carrying flags of Georgia and the Georgian Dream Party, attend the Georgian Dream Party's election rally. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty ImagesMass protests are expected in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi on Monday after the ruling, Russia-friendly party Georgian Dream claimed victory in a contentious parliamentary election this weekend. "We do not accept these stolen election results," stated Tina Bokuchava, the leader of Georgia's main opposition party, the United National Movement, at a press briefing late on Saturday. "It was a total fraud, a total taking away of your votes," Zourabichvili told reporters, flanked by Georgian opposition party leaders, in comments reported by Reuters. Supporters of the Georgian Dream party celebrate at the party's headquarters after the announcement of exit poll results in parliamentary elections, in Tbilisi, Georgia October 26, 2024.

Persons: that's, Salome Zurabishvili, Georgia's, Irakli Kobakhidze, Bidzina Ivanishvili, Tina Bokuchava, Vano Shlamov, Bokuchava, Bidzina, Zourabichvili, Timothy Ash, Ash, Ivanishvili, Dmitry Peskov, Peskov, Irakli Gedenidze, Antony Blinken, Blinken Organizations: Georgian Dream Party, Anadolu, Getty, Georgian, European Union, NATO, United National Movement, National Movement, Afp, Reuters, BlueBay Asset Management, Kremlin's, TASS, Google, OSCE Office, Democratic, Human, European Locations: Georgia, Georgian, Tbilisi, Russia, Soviet, Soviet Union, Russian, EU, Washington, Moscow, Europe, Tbilisi , Georgia, U.S

☆ The US Navy is apologizing 142 years after shelling and burning an Alaska Native village to oblivion
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Anchorage, Alaska AP —Shells fell on the Alaska Native village as winter approached, and then sailors landed and burned what was left of homes, food caches and canoes. It was Oct. 26, 1882, in Angoon, a Tlingit village of about 420 people in the southeastern Alaska panhandle. Now, 142 years later, the perpetrator of the bombardment — the US Navy — has apologized. US Navy Rear Adm. Mark B. Sucato speaks during a Navy ceremony Saturday, October 26, 2024, in Angoon, Alaska, to apologize for the 1882 military bombing on a Tlingit village in Angoon. Merriman, the top US official in Alaska, saying a Tlingit uprising threatened the lives and property of white residents.

Persons: US Navy —, Mark Sucato, ”, “, Angoon, Daniel Johnson Jr, Julianne Leinenveber, Klane, Mark B, Sucato, Nobu Koch, E.C . Merriman, Johnson, Merriman, ” Johnson, Billy Jones, Tith Klane’s, ” Jones, Rosita Worl, Leinenveber, Eunice James, Tith Klane, we’ve Organizations: US Navy, Navy, Department of Interior, Alaska Natives, US, Army, Wrangell, Admiralty, North West Trading Co, Sealaska Heritage Institute Locations: Anchorage, Alaska, Angoon, Russia, Kake, Angoon , Alaska, Juneau

☆ Israel's hit on Iran, though limited, widened a vulnerability
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Joshua Nelken-Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Observers feared that Israel would hit Iranian energy infrastructure. Instead, it hit those sites' defenses — making it easier to launch more strikes later. AdvertisementIsrael's recent attack on Iran's air defense network was limited in its scope, but all the same left a significant opening. Related storiesIn the aftermath of the attack, Iranian authorities sought to downplay the strikes, which killed four Iranian soldiers. AdvertisementVatanka said the attack was a demonstration of Israel's capabilities, and also avoided pushing Iran into a position where it would have to "hit back harder."

Persons: —, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Masoud Pezeshkian, Khamenei, Ali Akbar Velayati, Alex Vatanka, Vatanka Organizations: Observers, Service, New York Times, Institute for, Israel Defense Forces, IDF, Guardian, International Atomic Energy Agency, Financial Times, University of South, Middle East Institute Locations: Israel, Iran, Bandar, Abadan, Russian, Tehran, University of South Wales

Israel’s Knesset opened its winter session on Monday against a backdrop of war in Gaza and Lebanon and after an Israeli strike on Iran on Saturday. UNRWAThe Knesset was set to debate on Monday bills that would make it illegal for Israeli officials to cooperate with UNRWA, the main U.N. agency that aids Palestinians. The bills would effectively shut down the agency’s work in Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem within 90 days. According to the Jerusalem Post, the first bill states that UNRWA could no longer operate in Israel, while the second would abrogate the treaty that underpins the relationship between UNRWA and Israel. The Knesset has already voted in favor of advancing the bill and it is being prepared for a second and third reading.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu’s, Netanyahu’s, Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant, Gallant, Yuli Edelstein, Kan, Mr, Edelstein, Israel’s, Matthew Miller, UNWRA, Adalah Organizations: Likud, Division, Lawmakers, UNRWA, West Bank, United Nations, Department, Police Locations: Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, Israel, East Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Canada, France, Germany, Australia, United Kingdom, United States

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: Cadence Design Systems, Ford, Boot Barn and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Cadence Design Systems — The electronic design stock jumped 5% after third-quarter earnings topped Wall Street expectations. Cadence Design earned $1.64 per share, excluding items, on $1.22 billion in revenue, while analysts surveyed by LSEG penciled in just $1.44 in earnings per share and $1.18 billion in revenue. The company also hiked up its midpoint outlook for non-GAAP earnings per share in 2024. Analysts polled by LSEG had anticipated just $3.45 in earnings per share on $731 million in revenue for the quarter. Trex reported adjusted earnings of 37 cents per share in the third quarter, while analysts anticipated just 32 cents, per FactSet.

Persons: LSEG, Ford, Trex, Jim Conroy, John Hazen, Conroy Organizations: Systems, Cadence, LSEG, Revenue, Ross Stores Locations: The Colorado

☆ Netflix's new drama is being called the Australian 'Yellowstone.' Fans are already clamoring for a season 2.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Olivia Singh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

"Territory" is a new Netflix drama series about the fight for a cattle station in Australia. Here's everything we know about a potential season 2. Netflix's answer to "Yellowstone" has arrived in the form of a new drama series with sweeping views of Australia and a family's fight to preserve their legacy. With comparisons to successful shows like "Yellowstone" and "Succession," and a solid debut on Netflix, "Territory" could have longevity on the streamer. The finale ends with Colin giving Graham and Emily the keys to the house, alluding to them becoming the new successors — meaning there's plenty more to explore in a potential season two.

Persons: —, Timothy Lee, Ben Davie's, Daniel Lawson, Jake Ryan, Kevin Costner, Sam Corlett, Marshall Lawson, Kylah, Sharnie Kennedy, Sam Delich, Rich Petrakis, Taylor Sheridan, John Linson, Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, Michelle Pfeiffer, Michael Dorman, Graham Lawson, Susie Lawson, Philippa Northeast, Graham, Emily Lawson, Anna Torv, Lachie Kirby, Joe Klocek, Susie, Sandra Kirby, Sara Wiseman, Sandra, Susie isn't, Colin Lawson, Robert Taylor, Colin, Emily Organizations: Netflix, Service, Marianne, Paramount, Netflix Netflix, Hollywood, Guardian, Sheridan Locations: Australia, Territory, " Territory, Montana, Madison

☆ Georgia’s opposition disputes result of crucial vote which could decide the country’s role in Europe
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-27 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

Initial figures suggest turnout is the highest since the ruling Georgian Dream party was first elected in 2012. Georgia’s Central Election Commission said Georgian Dream won 52.99% with the majority of votes counted. Georgian Dream stood against four main opposition groups, which indicated they did not accept the results. The biggest opposition party, United National Movement, said its headquarters came under attack on polling day. Many Georgians fear Georgian Dream is dragging the country toward authoritarianism and killing off hopes it could join the EU.

Persons: Ivanishvili, Tina Bokuchava, “, ”, Russia —, Salome Zourabichvili, ” Qristine, Nika Gvaramia, ” Ivanishvili, Party ”, Giorgi Gakharia Organizations: European Union, Georgia’s, Commission, Georgian, EU, United National Movement, CEC, Associated, NATO, Coalition, AP, Party, Unity National Movement Locations: Georgian, Russia, Brussels, South Caucasus, Zugdidi, Marneuli, Tbilisi, Georgia, Soviet Union, EU, U.S, Ukraine, Strong Georgia

☆ 24 dead in Mexico as bus crashes after hitting trailer that detached from truck
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-27 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

MEXICO CITY — A bus tipped over in central Mexico after colliding with a trailer that detached from a truck transporting corn, killing 24 people and injuring five, Mexican authorities said Saturday. The crash happened at midnight Friday when the bus was leaving Tepic in the western Mexico state of Nayarit bound for Ciudad Juarez in northern Mexico. Juan Manríquez Moreno, coordinator of the National Guard in Zacatecas, said in a video statement shared on social media that the truck trailer detached on a highway. The passenger bus collided with the trailer and tipped over on its right side. Rodrigo Reyes Mugüerza, secretary general of the government in Zacatecas, also shared a statement from the scene of the accident.

Persons: Juan Manríquez Moreno, Rodrigo Reyes Mugüerza, ” Organizations: MEXICO CITY, Ciudad, National Guard, Authorities Locations: MEXICO, Mexico, Tepic, Nayarit, Ciudad Juarez, Zacatecas

☆ Alleging ‘Russian special operation,’ Georgian president calls for protests over disputed election
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-27 | by ( Jill Dougherty | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Ivanishvili had vowed to ban the opposition if his party won the election, and his opponents are taking him at his word. On Saturday, as Georgians cast their ballots, thousands of Georgian and international election observers fanned out to voting precincts across the country, from urban centers to poor, remote villages in the Caucasus mountains, trying to evaluate whether the vote was free and fair. Throughout election day, video of violations, some of them egregious, like a man boldly jamming ballots into a ballot box, spread quickly. “She is on the right side of history,” said opposition politician Nika Gvaramia. The illiberal leader has found common cause with Georgia’s ruling party and was the first international leader to congratulate them after the election – even before the votes were officially tallied.

Persons: Georgia CNN —, Salome Zourabichvili, “, Georgia …, ”, oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili, Ivanishvili, ISFED, John Shimkus, Margareta Cederfelt, Zourabichvili, Nika Gvaramia, Elene Khoshtaria, isn’t, Viktor Orban Organizations: Georgia CNN, Georgian, International Republican Institute, National Democratic Institute, International Society for Fair Elections, Democracy, “ Coalition Locations: Tbilisi, Georgia, Georgian, Russian, “, Gvaramia, Russia, ” Moscow, Hungarian

☆ Israeli MP behind bill to expel key UN agency accuses US of interfering with process
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-27 | by ( Dana Karni | Tim Lister | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The Israeli government has claimed that some of the UN Relief and Works Agency’s (UNRWA) staff are affiliated with Hamas. UNRWA has strongly denied the allegations, but several governments suspended funding for the agency earlier this year while the allegations were investigated. The MP, Yulia Malinovsky, told CNN that US Ambassador Jacob Lew has contacted several opposition leaders, including Avigdor Lieberman, Yair Lapid and Benny Gantz, in an effort to get the legislation stopped. The US State Department told CNN that as a matter of policy, it would not comment on private diplomatic conversations. Malinovsky told CNN that she is determined UNRWA should no longer receive “five-star treatment” in Israel.

Persons: Yulia Malinovsky, Jacob Lew, Avigdor Lieberman, Yair Lapid, Benny Gantz, Daniel Hagari, Nukhba, Israel Katz, Antonio Guterres, “, ’, Antony Blinken, Lloyd Austin, Biden, Malinovsky, ” Malinovsky, UNRWA “, ” Organizations: CNN, UN, West Bank, UN Relief and Works Agency, UN Relief, Hamas, UNRWA, US State Department, West, Israel Defense Forces, US, Canada Locations: Gaza, Israel, West Bank, Lebanon, Jordan, ”, Australia, France, Germany, Japan, South Korea

☆ US election: Britain’s ‘Special Relationship’ with America is getting complicated
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-27 | by ( Rob Picheta | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Trump launched an extraordinary spat with Labour on Wednesday, claiming through a lawyer they had been interfering in the election. But this week’s spat throws renewed scrutiny on the complicated and delicate “Special Relationship” between Britain and America. ‘We’re in a different world’The Trump campaign’s broadside against the Labour Party stunned Westminster this week. But unlike President Joe Biden, Harris’ political career has not been built around foreign policy. It would come down to (Starmer) and to the Labour Party, whether they want it or not.”

Persons: London CNN —, Kamala Harris, Labour’s Keir Starmer, Harris, ” Claire Ainsley, ” Ainsley, Donald Trump, Trump, ” Ed Owen, ‘, Nigel Farage, Liz Truss, Amanda Andrade, Rhoades, Reuters “, ”, Truss, Trump –, “ Harris, Keir, Josh Simons, Josh Freed, Starmer, “, Mike Tapp, ” Simons, Joe Biden, “ She’s, Biden, ” Starmer, Ainsley, ” Ricky Vigil, Owen, ” Tapp, admiringly, Queen Elizabeth II, Freed, Germany’s Olaf Scholz, Australia’s Anthony Albanese, France’s Emmanuel Macron, ” Freed Organizations: London CNN, CNN, Labour, Progressive, Institute, Democratic, Democratic National Convention, NATO, Home Office, Foreign, Trump, Labour Party, Westminster, Conservative Political, Reuters, Republican National Convention, Climate, Democrat, “ Labour, Conservatives, Conservative, Kyiv Locations: Britain, London, Ukraine, America, Maryland, British, Washington, DC, Westminster Westminster, Israel, populists, Russia, United Kingdom

Caleb Berry, masked, at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. It was wrong.”Mehta sentenced Berry to three years probation, the sentence requested by federal prosecutors due to his extensive cooperation. He’s also promised to pardon an undefined number of Jan. 6 rioters, even as new arrests continue to roll in. "Jeremy Michael Miller, the FBI said, fought with police officers on the west side of the Capitol on Jan. 6. Screenshot of body worn camera footage showing Reynold Voisine (yellow square) throwing a rod at police officers.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Caleb Berry, Berry, Kelly Meggs —, —, he'll, Judge Amit Mehta, Stewart Rhodes, he'd, Rhodes, Mehta, ” Mehta, “, ” Berry, “ We’ve, he’s, Jack Smith “, He’s, Jeffrey Newcomb, Robert Bixby, FBI Robert Bixby, Bixby, Zachary Pearlman, Pearlman, Jeremy Michael Miller, Miller, Roger Voisine, Reynold Voisine —, sleuths, Reynold Voisine, FBI Roger Viosine, motherf, Michael Fanone Organizations: WASHINGTON, Republican, Trump, Capitol, Attorney's, District of Columbia, District of Columbia . U.S, White, Justice Department, FBI, Metropolitan Police Department Locations: Washington, District of Columbia ., Virginia, United States, California, Washignton

☆ Putin's 'hybrid warfare' pressures neighbors at a crossroads to turn away from the West
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-26 | by ( David Hodari | David Hodari Is A London-Based Editor. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

The American presidential election isn’t the only vote that the Kremlin has its eyes on — and, arguably, is seeking to get its hands in. Two of Russia’s neighbors find themselves at a crossroads, with Moscow hoping to steer them toward its orbit rather than greater engagement with Europe. The key votes in Georgia and Moldova this week are therefore being closely watched across the West. In Georgia, the very possibility of future free and fair elections may be on the ballot. For Moscow’s part, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told NBC News on Friday that “we are in no way attempting and hardly have an opportunity to influence the situation and electoral processes in these countries.”

Persons: doesn't, ” Salome Samadashvili, Dmitry Peskov, ” Organizations: NBC News, European Union, NBC Locations: Moscow, Europe, Georgia, Moldova, In Georgia, Russia

☆ What Trump's own words tell us about what a White House win could mean for Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-26 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Trump's comments on the war in Ukraine have raised questions about how he'd handle it if he won reelection. Here are the possible scenarios in the war should Trump win the White House again. AdvertisementFormer President Donald Trump talks a lot about Russia's war in Ukraine, often making bold assertions about what he would do if he again won the White House. Mick Ryan, a retired major general and a prominent Ukraine war watcher, said many options are on the table. She also said that "if Donald Trump were president, Putin would be sitting in Kyiv right now."

Persons: Trump, he'd, Putin, —, Donald Trump, He's, Mick Ryan, Carl Court, Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, SERGEY SHESTAK, would've, Seth Jones, DIMITAR DILKOFF, Biden, Zelenskyy, I've, There's, JD Vance, YASUYOSHI CHIBA, Vladimir, Roman PILIPEY, Trump hasn't, Kamala Harris, hasn't, Harris, Anna Moneymaker, Jens Stoltenberg Organizations: Trump, White, Service, Republican, Getty, International Security Program, Center for Strategic, International Studies, Ukraine, Getty Images, Wall, NATO, Democratic Locations: Ukraine, Zelenskyy, Russia, Crimea, Kyiv, Moscow, Georgia, AFP, North Carolina, ceasefires

☆ Georgia’s pro-Western president condemns ‘troubling incidents of violence’ at polling stations with crucial vote underway
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-26 | by ( Christian Edwards | Niamh Kennedy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Georgia’s President Salome Zourabichvili has condemned “deeply troubling incidents of violence unfolding at various polling stations” as the country votes in a crucial parliamentary election. Activist and monitoring groups shared footage that they said showed ballot stuffing at a polling station in Marneuli, southern Georgia. Voting has been suspended at that polling station, local media reported. Groups have gathered with the sole purpose of provoking conflict and confrontation,” Zourabichvili said in a statement shared with CNN. “It reflects weakness, and I urge everyone not to be intimidated by it.”Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze votes at a polling station in Tbilisi on Saturday.

Persons: CNN —, Salome Zourabichvili, “, Azad Karimov –, ” Giorgi Kalandarishvili, Zourabichvili, ” Zourabichvili, Irakli, Diego Fedele, Givi Mikanadze, ”, Irakli Kobakhidze Organizations: CNN, Union, Azad, United National Movement, UNM, CEC, Georgian, ”, Imedia Media, Georgia’s, Government Locations: Russia, Georgian, Marneuli, Georgia, Marneuli’s, Tbilisi

☆ Georgia faces an uncertain future as all sides claim election victory
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-26 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The Georgian Dream-supporting Imedi TV channel showed the ruling party winning 56%. Georgian Dream did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Members of an election commission count ballots at a polling station after the parliamentary election in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Oct. 26, 2024. Georgian Dream has drawn the ire of its Western allies for what they cast as its increasingly authoritarian bent. Sandro Dvalishvili, a 23-year-old Georgian Dream activist, told Reuters last week that Georgia would face “danger” if his party of choice was defeated at the polls.

Persons: Georgia Reuters —, Bidzina Ivanishvili, Ivanishvili, Tina Bokuchava, Mikheil Saakashvili, Ivanishvili’s, Bokuchava, “, Irakli Gedenidze, Salome Zourabichvili –, ”, Andronikashvili, George W, Bush, Kostya, Viktor Orban, Sandro Dvalishvili Organizations: Georgia Reuters, United National Movement, Reuters, ”, Party, EU, Georgian Locations: TBILISI, Georgia, South Caucasus, Georgian, Russia, Ukraine, Europe, Tbilisi, Soviet, Tbilisi’s, Tbilisi , Georgia, Moscow

☆ All sides claim victory in Georgia election as exit polls give different results
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-26 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Supporters of the Georgian Dream party celebrate at the party's headquarters after the announcement of exit poll results in parliamentary elections, in Tbilisi, Georgia October 26, 2024. Rival exit polls gave sharply different projections for the election. One survey showed the ruling party, which has recently moved towards pro-Russian rhetoric, winning comfortably and two other polls showed the opposition would clinch a majority. An exit poll by the Georgian Dream-supporting Imedi TV channel showed the ruling party winning 56%. All three TV channels showed candidates they respectively supported clapping and celebrating victory.

Persons: Georgia's Locations: Georgian, Tbilisi , Georgia, Soviet, Russia, Ukraine

☆ Georgia's election forces voters to choose between a future with Russia or Europe
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-25 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Supporters of the ruling Georgian Dream party at the party's final campaign rally in Tbilisi on Oct. 23, 2024, ahead of the Oct. 26 parliamentary elections. Despite its increasingly anti-Western rhetoric, Georgian Dream insists it still wants Georgia to join the EU and its election posters feature the party's logo along with the symbol of the EU. People walk past campaign posters of the ruling Georgian Dream party in Tbilisi on Oct. 22, 2024, ahead of the Oct. 26 parliamentary elections. Georgian oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili attends the final campaign rally of the ruling Georgian Dream party in Tbilisi on Oct. 23, 2024, ahead of Oct. 26 parliamentary elections. Georgia's President Salome Zourabichvili, staunchly critical of the ruling party, addressed crowds of supporters last weekend, telling them that the vote would "demonstrate people's will for freedom, independence, and a European future."

Persons: Giorgi Arjevanidze, There's, Bidzina Ivanishvili, —, oligarch Bidzina, Salome Zurabishvili's, Vano Shlamov, Ivanishvili, Salome Zourabichvili, Zourabichvili, Salome Zurabishvili Organizations: Afp, Getty, Center for, NATO, European Union, EU, Western, Russia, Party, Institute for, Kremlin Locations: Georgian, Tbilisi, Georgia, Russia, Soviet, Russian, Moscow, Washington, Europe, Western Ukraine, Ukraine, Eastern Europe, South Caucasus, Central Asia, European

☆ Putin has spent years championing de-dollarization — but a new reality is setting in
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-25 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Russia faces sweeping sanctions over its full-scale invasion of Ukraine and has been locked out of the US dollar-dominated global financial system, including the widely used SWIFT financial messaging system, making payments and transactions challenging. The Kazan Declaration, issued Wednesday, did not mention global dollar dominance — but it highlighted alternatives. AdvertisementChina — even though it's in a prolonged slowdown — is expected to be the top contributor, accounting for about one-fifth of global growth over the five years. AdvertisementHowever, BRICS economies have a smaller global presence in global financial flows, limiting the impact of de-dollarization, the ING analysts added. Other issues include what countries would use the alternative currencies for and if the West would sanction such alternative systems, he said.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Putin, —, he's, Alexander Kolyandr, Tom Keatinge Organizations: Service, ING, United, United Arab Emirates, Bloomberg, International Monetary, Center for, Centre for Finance, Security, Royal United Services Institute Locations: BRICS, Russian, Kazan, Russia, Ukraine, cryptocurrencies, Brazil, India, China, South Africa, Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia, United Arab, USA

☆ Russia gave Yemen's Houthi rebels satellite data so they could attack Red Sea shipping lanes: report
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-25 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Houthi rebels used Russian satellite tracking data to hit ships in the Red Sea, The Wall Street Journal reported. AdvertisementHouthi rebels in Yemen used satellite data provided by Russia to target and attack commercial ships in the Red Sea, The Wall Street Journal reported. One of the Journal's sources said that the satellite data was transferred to the Houthis via members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps embedded with the rebels in Yemen. AdvertisementThe Houthis have for months harassed commercial ships in the Red Sea with drones and missiles, for what they say is retaliation against Israel for its bombardment of Gaza. AdvertisementMeanwhile, the US military has rotated multiple aircraft carrier groups to fend off Houthi attacks in the Red Sea, last week striking several targets in Yemen with B-2 Spirit stealth bombers.

Persons: —, Dmitry Peskov Organizations: Street Journal, Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, Service, Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, Reuters, Russian Foreign Ministry, Kremlin, Business, US Navy, Health, Israel, Drewry Locations: Red, Yemen, Russia, Israel, Iran, Moscow, Gaza

☆ Illinois cold case: Skull found in Chicago-area home during renovations 46 years ago identified as woman who died in 1866
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-25 | by ( Sara Smart | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Esther Granger was identified by the Kane County Coroner’s Office on Thursday as the woman whose skull was found in 1978, but she died more than 150 years earlier. The skull was turned back into the police and officials linked this skull to the 1978 report, which renewed the investigation. In 2023, Kane County officials contacted Othram, a Texas company that works on solving cold cases across the country, to assist with further DNA testing. Officials contacted Granger’s great-great grandson, Wayne Svilar, and he submitted his DNA for testing, which was a match, he said during Thursday’s news conference. Svilar, 69, said he did not believe the news when he was first contacted by county officials in April about his great-great grandmother.

Persons: Esther Granger, Granger, Robert Russell, Russell, Kane, Othram, Granger’s, Wayne Svilar, “, ”, ” Svilar, he’s, Esther, ” Russell Organizations: CNN, Coroner’s, Officials, Batavia Depot, Attorney’s Locations: Chicago, Kane, Indiana, Kane County, Merrillville , Indiana, Batavia , Illinois, Batavia, Texas, Portland , Oregon, Multnomah County

☆ Xi undercut the West by negotiating a truce in China's long feud with India
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-25 | by ( Tom Porter | Hannah Abraham | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

China's Xi Jinping negotiated a truce with India's leader, Narendra Modi. AdvertisementAt the BRICS summit in Russia this week, China's leader Xi Jinping and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi shook hands for the first time in five years. AdvertisementAfter their meeting at the summit hosted by Russia's President Vladimir Putin, Xi and Modi said they would continue discussions on resolving the issue. AdvertisementIn any case, its a setback in US attempts to include India in a deeper security alliance, he said. "For a long time, the US has tried to develop security and defense ties with India," said Panda.

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Kyiv CNN —Russian soldiers have been heard raising concerns about how North Korean soldiers will be commanded and provided with ammunition and military kit, leaked intercepts obtained by the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine and released on Friday show. The intercepts also reveal plans to have one interpreter and three senior officers for every 30 North Korean men, which the Russian soldiers are heard in the audio condemning. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday that he received a report on the deployment of North Korean military personnel from Ukraine’s commander-in-chief. “According to intelligence, on October 27-28, Russia will deploy its first North Korean troops in combat zones. The Kremlin had initially dismissed allegations of North Korean troop deployments, but on Thursday at the BRICS summit, Putin did not deny that Pyongyang had sent soldiers to the country.

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