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☆ Russia says it's using a new jet to launch Kinzhal 'hypersonic' missiles in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( David Cenciotti | The Aviationist | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Russian state media says an Su-34 aircraft launched Kinzhal missile against a target in Ukraine. Until now, only MiG-31K aircraft were known to have employed the Kinzhal missile in combat. Russia touts the Kinzhal as a hypersonic weapon but it's really a conventional air-launched ballistic missile. "The Su-34 fighter jet used the Kinzhal hypersonic missile in the special military operation. Since then, Ukraine has reported downing Kinzhal missiles at least four more times, the last one last month.

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☆ I stayed in an $83-per-night viral Airbnb overlooking the Great Pyramid of Giza. The tub that hooked me on Instagram was odd, but the view made it worth it.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Dan Latu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Libryia Jones, 44, booked an $83-per-night stay at a viral Giza Airbnb she first saw on Instagram. I saw this Airbnb with views of the Great Pyramid of Giza. They made it look really, really good. 😍😍@Travel Noire @Blacktravelfeed @airbnb @Airbnb Finds ♬ Pharaoh - FaroocAnd they were. Whenever I fly, if I'm going to land after 8 p.m. or 9 p.m., I'm just going to book a hotel that's easy to find.

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☆ Huawei spinoff Honor launches foldable phone globally as Chinese firm looks to rival Apple, Samsung
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Arjun Kharpal | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Honor released its Magic V2 foldable on July 12, 2023, starting with the China market. HonorChinese consumer electronics firm Honor launched its flagship foldable smartphone overseas — venturing into a high-end market dominated by Samsung and Apple . The Honor Magic V2 will go on sale in markets in Europe and elsewhere — but not in the United States — no later than the first quarter of 2024, the company said. The Magic V2 is part of that. Honor Magic V2 details

Persons: United States —, Simon Baker, Baker Organizations: Samsung, Apple, Huawei, IDC, China, CNBC Locations: China, Europe, United States, Shenzhen

☆ Kim Jong Un feasted at a lavish banquet with gaudy lighting and a showstopping scale model of a nuclear missile
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

North Korean media released a video showing Kim Jong Un at a lavish banquet on Sunday. Four different moments of Kim Jong-Un and his daughter at a banquet table on August, 27, 2023. Kim Yo Jong was identified by NK News as the woman in a jacket standing center of picture, facing Kim Jong Un, below. A row of sailors look joyful as they serenade Kim Jong Un at a banquet in Pyongyang on August 27, 2023. A general view of the banquet in Pyongyang on August 27, 2023, attended by Kim Jong Un.

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[1/2] Trevor Milton, (C) founder and former-CEO of Nikola Corp., exits the Manhattan Federal Courthouse following an appearance in New York City, U.S., July 29, 2021. U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos said the juror's online posts did not show she lied about her views during jury selection. Prosecutors accused Milton of using social media and news-media interviews to make false and misleading claims, including that Nikola built an electric- and hydrogen-powered "Badger" pickup from the "ground up." They said the juror had lied when she answered "no" when asked if she used social media. Ramos said it appeared the juror had not intentionally concealed her social media use because she had disclosed using YouTube.

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☆ Russia-Ukraine War: Latest News
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Daniel Victor | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +7 min

Hundreds of people have placed flowers, photographs, candles and flags — including some bearing the private military group’s skull design — at a small sidewalk memorial near Red Square in Moscow. Like many who agreed to be interviewed, Alyona did not want to give her last name because of the political sensitivity surrounding Mr. Prigozhin, who frequently criticized how the war was conducted and launched a brief rebellion against the military’s leadership two months ago. “No one ever abandoned me; they helped me, they did everything that was necessary and provided me with everything that was needed,” said Prapor, who added that he had personally met Mr. Prigozhin. But in a country where little is said about the casualties, the sidewalk memorial became a rare place for people to mourn publicly. Mr. Prigozhin, Alyona said, was unique in his generation in his ability and willingness to openly discuss the issues plaguing Russian society.

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☆ Wagner Mourners in Moscow Reflect Prigozhin’s Appeal Among Russians
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-27 | by ( Valerie Hopkins | More About Valerie Hopkins | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“I’ve been following the activities of Wagner Group leaders. The improvised memorial predates Mr. Prigozhin’s death but has grown rapidly in recent days. Mr. Prigozhin, Alyona said, was unique in his generation in his ability and willingness to openly discuss the issues plaguing Russian society. “In our history, there was only one Lenin, one Stalin and one Prigozhin,” she said. “If someone else like Lenin, Stalin, or Prigozhin appears, we will consider ourselves lucky.”Milana Mazaeva contributed reporting from Washington.

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The Kremlin on Friday heatedly denied blame for the presumed death of the mercenary chief Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, dismissing the idea that the Russian government had destroyed a business jet reportedly carrying Mr. Prigozhin as Western propaganda aimed at smearing President Vladimir V. Putin. The denials were repeated in various forms throughout the day by Russia’s foreign minister, state-controlled broadcasters and Mr. Putin’s closest foreign ally, Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, president of Belarus. Some European leaders, many Western news outlets and people close to Mr. Prigozhin’s Wagner paramilitary force have speculated that Mr. Putin had Mr. Prigozhin killed in retaliation for his brief mutiny against Russia’s military leadership in June. U.S. officials so far have been more cautious about assigning blame, but President Biden said on Thursday: “There’s not much that happens in Russia that Putin’s not behind. But in the two months after the Wagner rebellion, many Russians as well as people abroad expressed surprise that Mr. Prigozhin was alive and free.

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☆ Ecuador election: assassinations cast a grim shadow as country selects a new president
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-20 | by ( Tara John | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Nearly 100,000 troops will be dispatched to ensure public safety and order across Ecuador on election day, Ecuador’s government says. Friends, family members and supporters of Ecuadorean presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio attend a tribute at Quito Exhibition Center. Henry Romero/ReutersEverything to play forAnything could happen in Sunday’s presidential vote, say analysts, who point to the killing of Villavicencio as potentially changing voters’ preferences. Journalist and presidential candidate Christian Zurita gestures next to his running mate, vice presidential candidate Andrea Gonzalez (R), in Quito on August 13, 2023. Ecuador presidential candidate Yaku Perez looks on as he arrives to participate in a presidential debate, in Quito, Ecuador August 13, 2023.

Persons: CNN —, Fernando Villavicencio, Otto Sonnenholzner, Guillermo Lasso, Henry Romero, ”, Laura Lizarazo, “, Glaeldys González, …, Pedro Briones, Luisa González, Rafael Correa, Lizarazo, Rodrigo Buendia, Correa, González, Villavicencio, Christian Zurita, Andrea Gonzalez, Martin Bernetti, Moreno, Erika Paredes, Marcos Pin, ” Lizarazo, Yaku, Yaku Perez, Karen Toro, El, Nayib Bukele –, Bukele, Jan, Vicente Gaibor del Pino Organizations: CNN, Quito Exhibition Center, Reuters, ”, Crisis, Movimiento, Getty, CNN En, Construye’s, Alianza Actuemos Locations: Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, United States, Guayaquil, Esmeraldas province, Quito, AFP, Belgium, Samborondon

☆ Moscow court arrests American national for 'espionage' -Russian news agencies
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

The Russian flag flies on the dome of the Kremlin Senate building behind Spasskaya Tower, in central Moscow, Russia, May 4, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsAug 17 (Reuters) - A Moscow court has arrested U.S. citizen of Russian origin Gene Spector on suspicion of espionage, Russian news agencies reported on Thursday. The agencies provided no details of the charges, but according to RIA, in 2022 Spector was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison for his role in bribing the assistant of ex-Russian Deputy PM Arkadiy Dvorkovich. The court session was held behind closed doors as the case materials are classified, Interfax reported. Reporting by Maxim Rodionov Editing by Chris ReeseOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Stringer, Gene Spector, Spector, Arkadiy, Maxim Rodionov, Chris Reese Organizations: Kremlin Senate, REUTERS, RIA, Thomson Locations: Russian, Kremlin, Moscow, Russia

☆ A New Hampshire woman is suing an upscale Italian food hall, claiming she slipped on a piece of ham and broke her ankle
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A woman claims she broke her ankle after slipping on a piece of prosciutto in Eataly's Boston store. The woman sued the store and is seeking a trial by jury. A statement of damages attached to the lawsuit describes her injury as a left ankle sprain and distal fibular avulsion fracture. The lawsuit also claims that Cohen's husband suffered a loss of consortium of his wife because of the slip. The lawsuit is seeking compensation for Cohen's alleged injuries and damages and her husband's loss of consortium, as well as a trial by jury.

Persons: Alice Cohen, Cohen, Eataly, didn't Organizations: Service, Cleveland Clinic, Suffolk County Superior Court Locations: Eataly's Boston, Wall, Silicon, Italian, Boston, New Hampshire, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

☆ Couple suing Eataly Boston after woman slipped on piece of prosciutto and broke ankle, lawsuit states
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Sara Smart | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —A New Hampshire couple is suing Eataly Boston after a woman says she slipped and fell on a piece of prosciutto in the store, resulting in a broken ankle. As Cohen approached the area, she says she “slipped and fell on a piece of prosciutto on the floor injuring her left ankle resulting in a fracture,” the lawsuit states. Cohen’s medical expenses as a result of the injury were more than $7,500, according to court documents, which included the hospital fees, doctor fees and physical therapy. The lawsuit claims that Eataly failed to make sure the floor was safe and “free from unnecessary dangers,” for patrons. CNN has reached out to Eataly Boston and the Cohen’s attorney for comment.

Persons: Eataly, Alice Cohen, Cohen, “ Organizations: CNN, Eataly Boston, Suffolk County Superior Court Locations: Hampshire, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Boston

☆ 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

☆ Exclusive: Former Coast Guard head covered up secret investigation into sexual assaults at the Coast Guard Academy
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Melanie Hicken Blake Ellis Curt Devine Pamela Brown Scott Bronstein | Melanie Hicken | Blake Ellis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Coast Guard Admiral Karl Schultz took over for Admiral Paul Zukunft as Coast Guard commandant at a Change of Command ceremony in June 2018. Jacquelyn Martin/APBy keeping the investigation secret, the Coast Guard avoided further scrutiny of how alleged rapists and other attackers were not held accountable at the academy. Linda Fagan became the first female commandant when she took charge of the Coast Guard in 2022. Fagan is not the only current Coast Guard official who was aware of the secret operation at some level. “There is always a new problem every day.”Do you have information to share about the Coast Guard Academy or Coast Guard?

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☆ An extra in Marvel's 'WandaVision' reportedly said she was herded to a trailer for a body scan and never told how her likeness would be used
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-06 | by ( Kylie Kirschner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Strikers say that studios proposed paying a day's rate in exchange for actors' digital likenesses. 5 actors told NPR that they've felt pushed to undergo body scans by studios. Rubalcaba told NPR that she was never told how the digital replica of her that was created that day might be used. NPR interviewed 5 extras in total who also said that they underwent body scans by studios and feared retaliation if they pushed back or refused. You can read the other background actors' stories over on NPR.

Persons: they've, Alexandria Rubalcaba, Rubalcaba, Disney, Samuel L, Jackson, Duncan Crabtree, Crabtree Organizations: Hollywood, Strikers, NPR, Morning, Disney, Facebook, SAG, Alliance, Television Producers Locations: Alexandria, Ireland

☆ Opinion | ‘Oppenheimer’ and the Shadow of Stalin
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Ross Douthat | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

So the point of reading McMeekin’s book is to give early Cold War anti-communism its due. Just this, “Stalin’s War” suggests: They saw Stalin clearly. Nor was Stalin any kind of naïve, unsuspecting victim of Hitler’s Barbarossa onslaught, as some historical clichés would have it. And these Soviet machinations benefited from the same mixture of philo-communism among New Deal liberals and outright Soviet espionage that shaped Oppenheimer’s milieu. As I said, McMeekin’s account is polemical, written as a corrective to other histories and open to counterarguments in turn.

Persons: Stalin, ”, Hitler, McMeekin, Hitler’s Barbarossa, Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, It’s Organizations: Soviet, New Deal, Soviet Union Locations: Nazi Germany, Tokyo, Japan, United States, Eastern Europe, East Asia, Baltic States, America, Soviet

☆ US job growth slowing but labor market still tight
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Lucia Mutikani | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

The Labor Department's employment report on Friday also showed job growth in May and June was revised lower, potentially suggesting demand for labor was slowing in the wake of the Federal Reserve's hefty interest rate hikes. "We haven't approached that fork in the road yet, but there is still a strong possibility that the labor market can rebalance without a recession." The job growth in June was the weakest since December 2020. With the labor market still tight, wages continued to rise at a solid clip. "The Fed will take comfort from moderating job growth, but will continue to fret about the tight labor market," said Sal Guatieri, a senior economist at BMO Capital Markets in Toronto.

Persons: Elizabeth Frantz, Nick Bunker, Sal Guatieri, Lucia Mutikani, Diane Craft, Paul Simao Organizations: REUTERS, Labor, Data, Reuters, Reuters Graphics Reuters, Employment, Treasury, BMO Capital Markets, Thomson Locations: Arlington , Virginia, U.S, WASHINGTON, Toronto

☆ How Phish’s Lighting Designer Jams With the Band
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Marc Tracy | More About Marc Tracy | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“I will in the subtlest way shake my head and say, ‘No, I’m not there,’” Anastasio said in an interview, “and from way back in the room he always gets this little message. I can take it around eight more bars, or four more bars, this peak, and he’ll make some incredible move right when we make the move. I don’t think anyone would notice this happening other than us.”Last Friday night at Madison Square Garden, Anastasio’s interlocutor was standing behind five monitors and a lighting control console, wearing a black T-shirt, jeans and Hoka sneakers. He controlled 100 base lighting looks — different permutations of 302 lights, with 79 colors preprogrammed for Phish — some mounted on 30 movable pieces of truss above the stage. It was his 1,752nd Phish show lighting the band.

Persons: Trey Anastasio, ’ ” Anastasio, ”, Anastasio’s interlocutor, Chris Kuroda Organizations: Madison Locations: Vermont

☆ Scientists identify which butterflies are most at risk as the climate warms
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Jenna Schnuer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

But when things really heat up, they adjust their body temperature in relation to the air temperature through strategies called thermal buffering and thermal tolerance. Thermal buffering includes physical acts like moving into a cooler, shadier area or slanting wings out of the direct path of sunlight. “These are molecules that many animals, butterflies and humans included, produce to protect themselves from high temperatures,” Ashe-Jepson said. For the thermal buffering test, the researchers caught, tested and released 1,334 butterflies representing 54 species from six butterfly families. To test thermal tolerance, a smaller group of the captured butterflies was put to work one more time.

Persons: —, ”, Esme Ashe, Jepson, ” Ashe, “, Ashe, Akito Kawahara, they’ll, ” Kawahara Organizations: CNN, University of Cambridge, Smithsonian Tropical Research, McGuire, University of Florida Locations: United Kingdom, Panama, Biodiversity, Gainesville

☆ The US is going through a rolling recession, and that's slashed the risk of a hard landing for the economy, Bank of America exec says
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Jennifer Sor | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The US is in a rolling recession that's hitting sector by sector, Bank of America's Keith Banks said. Banks pointed to weakness in manufacturing, energy, and housing, though services remains strong. He predicted a mild recession to come in the first-half of 2024, with GDP slowing 1%-1.5%. "We think this sort of rolling recession has taken out that big-bang risk of a hard landing, which a lot of people were worried about at the beginning of this year," he later added. Other commentators have turned more optimistic on the economy as the job market remains strong and inflation cools.

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☆ Opinion: The time North Korea entrapped an 85-year-old American tourist
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Opinion Mike Chinoy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

CNN —In October 2013, an 85-year-old American tourist, Korean War veteran Merrill Newman, was taken off his Air Koryo plane as he waited to leave Pyongyang after a week-long tourist trip to North Korea and detained. No one — his family, the State Department, the media — had any idea why, and the North Koreans initially said nothing. North Korea has so far said nothing about the incident, which comes amid a spike in tensions between Pyongyang, Washington and Seoul. American tourist and Korean War veteran Merrill Newman arrives at Beijing airport on December 7, 2013, after being released by North Korea. Over the decades, a handful of serving American soldiers have defected and been allowed to live in North Korea.

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Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom said staff at the Swedish embassy in Baghdad were safe but Iraqi authorities had failed in their responsibility to protect the embassy. Thursday's demonstration was called by supporters of Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to protest at the second planned Koran burning in Sweden in weeks, according to posts in a Telegram group linked to the influential cleric and other pro-Sadr media. He stood by the embassy storming on Thursday, telling a press conference the U.S. "has no right to condemn the burning of the Swedish embassy but should have condemned the burning of the Koran". "Yes, yes to the Koran," protesters chanted. Sweden has seen several Koran burnings in recent years, mostly by far-right and anti-Muslim activists.

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Politico said Monday that its top U.S. editor was stepping down and would be replaced by one of the publication’s co-founders, John Harris, who will also take on additional responsibilities for Politico’s international editions. Matt Kaminski, who joined Politico nearly a decade ago from The Wall Street Journal, will conclude his tenure as editor in chief at the end of August, Goli Sheikholeslami, Politico’s chief executive, said in an email to the staff Monday. Ms. Sheikholeslami said in her memo that the new role for Mr. Harris, who had been serving as editorial chair, would be expanded to include all of Politico’s editorial units under his purview. “To be clear: John is not returning to a job he once had,” Ms. Sheikholeslami said. “To the contrary, he is stepping into a new role as the single top editorial executive in the company, with newsrooms in the United States and Europe reporting to him.”

Persons: John Harris, Matt Kaminski, Goli, Sheikholeslami, Harris, John, ” Ms, “, ” Organizations: Politico, Wall Street, newsrooms Locations: United States, Europe

☆ I got chauffeured in a $500,000 Rolls-Royce and saw firsthand how nice life is for the .1%
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( Tim Levin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

I got driven in the Rolls-Royce Cullinan SUV and Ghost sedan. The Rolls-Royce Cullinan starts at around $400,000. Getting whisked to my destination in a $500,000 Rolls-Royce Cullinan SUV provided an even fuller picture of the good life — and disproved once and for all the notion that you can't get any happier after making $75,000 per year. The Rolls-Royce Cullinan's headrest had trim that matched the cabin's blue theme. The Rolls-Royce Ghost is little sibling of the Phantom.

Persons: Royce Cullinan, Royce, I'd, Tim Levin, Royce Cullinan's, Cullinan, Royce Cullinan's headrest Organizations: Royce, SFO, BMW, TSA Locations: New York, San Francisco, Napa, Nobu, Riding, steerage

☆ Kevin Spacey says he never groped victims, UK court hears
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( Michael Holden | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The accusers have said the 63-year-old had aggressively groped them or in one case performed oral sex while the complainant was passed out, with the prosecution describing him as a sexual bully. Spacey likewise said he could not remember the second accuser, an aspiring actor, who says he woke in the actor's London apartment to find he was being assaulted. "I'm certain that I did not attempt to perform oral sex on anyone who fell asleep in my apartment," Spacey's statement said, adding he had never performed oral sex on anyone who had not consented. His statement also said the man's lawyers had contacted him seeking a payment of more than 450,000 pounds. Spacey told police he was "baffled and deeply hurt" that the final accuser, a driver who says Spacey groped him about 12 times, had made his claims.

Persons: Kevin Spacey, Spacey, Michael Holden, Angus MacSwan Organizations: British, Southwark Crown, Thomson Locations: London, Southwark, Britain, New York, U.S, Oxford, England

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