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☆ France's high-speed rail network hit by arson attacks, canceling trains ahead of Olympics
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Jenni Reid | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

French train services were canceled and delayed on Friday, after the nation's high-speed rail network faced a series of "malicious" acts overnight, including arson, just ahead of the opening of the Olympic Games in Paris. Railways operator SNCF said in a statement that its network had experienced several concurrent attacks on Thursday night, with fire damaging its facilities. The high-speed LGV Atlantique line was hit, along with northern and eastern lines, causing knock-on disruption that the operator expected will impact hundreds of thousands of people. "Following this massive attack aiming to paralyze the high-speed line network, a large number of trains were diverted or canceled," SNCF said, according to a CNBC translation, advising those who are able to not to travel to the station. The impact also hit international Eurostar services, which connect the U.K., France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany.

Organizations: Paris, Olympic Games, SNCF, Atlantique, CNBC, Eurostar, Lille Locations: Gare Montparnasse, Paris, Paris . Railways, Paris's, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany

☆ 10 athletes to watch from Team USA at the Summer Olympics
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Kyle Feldscher | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Paris CNN —Competition is already underway in Paris for the 2024 edition of the Summer Olympics and Team USA is set to take to the River Seine Friday for the Opening Ceremonies. It was the biggest shock of the Tokyo Games and left many observers wondering if the career of one of the most incredible athletes of all time had just ended in a flash. Noah Lyles competes in the men's 200 meter semi-final on Day Eight of the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Track & Field Trials at Hayward Field on June 28, 2024 in Eugene, Oregon. Sha’carri RichardsonSha'Carri Richardson wins women's 200m heat in 21.99 for the top time during the US Olympic Team Trials at Hayward Field. Sophia SmithHeading to her first Olympics, Smith is the leading light of a new generation of stars for the US Women’s National Team.

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☆ Elon Musk's Favorite Dating App Is Run by the Tokyo Government
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

Grace, a 29-year-old publicist in New York, has regularly used a slew of dating apps for more than four years, with little luck. Among millions, a consensus is forming: Dating apps suck so bad that they might even be deliberately keeping us from finding love. In Tokyo, the city government is even releasing its own dating app, part of a campaign called Tokyo Futari Story ("futari" means couple). Bouke de Vries, an associate professor of philosophy at Ghent University in Belgium who's studied dating apps, argues that state-run dating apps are at least in theory better positioned to help people find partners without spending too much money or time in the process. Last year, Japan's most popular dating app, the Match Group-owned Pairs, began collaborating with several prefectures and cities.

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☆ The massive IT outage is a disturbing reminder of how dependent we all are on just a few companies
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( Tim Paradis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewIf you had to fly, log in to your bank account, or go for elective surgery, a massive IT outage Friday offered a reminder: We're all in this technical morass together. "And when it's combined with the Microsoft platform, which it was in this instance, that's really going to amplify the disruptions that you're seeing." "It's going to make it harder for the government to issue and maintain regulatory structures," he said of the decision. "That's really not going to happen when you've got 85% of the infrastructure in private sector hands," he said.

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☆ Europe has shown it's less afraid of calling Putin's bluff than the US and getting Ukraine what it needs to fight Russia
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

Many European countries have also given more as a proportion of their GDP than the US has. AP Photo/Peter DejongIn early 2023, France became the first Western country to promise to send Ukraine Western armored combat vehicles. European countries have also led in letting Ukraine use Western weapons to hit military targets in Russia. But there are still hangups, and some European countries want partner support for Ukraine to go much further. He said that for most Americans, "if you ask them to name five European countries, they probably wouldn't be able to do it."

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☆ Europe faces a hostile Russia and the prospect of an isolationist US. Unity is more crucial than ever
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Clare Sebastian | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

“Together we will make our allies share in the burden of securing world peace,” he said at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. “I think whoever wins the US race… it will be more America first,” Belgium’s Prime Minister Alexander De Croo told CNN. Europe needs to take care of its defense more.”Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen argues Europe stepping up its commitment to its own security has nothing to do with the US. “We have to be more capable of defending ourselves, with a more and more aggressive Russia, not only when it comes to Ukraine,” she told CNN. Preserving European unity is critical to a long-lasting peace, he said.

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☆ MH17 passengers’ relatives mark 10 years since plane was shot down over Ukraine, killing 298
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-17 | by ( Story Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

AP —Relatives of passengers killed when Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over Ukraine gathered with officials at Australia’s Parliament House on Wednesday to mark the 10th anniversary of the tragedy that claimed 298 lives. So in that sense, I’m heartbroken that the conflict continues,” Paul Guard told Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC). Relatives of MH17 passengers join officials at Australia's Parliament House in Canberra. The investigation concluded the missile was driven into Ukraine from a Russian military base near the city of Kursk and returned there after the plane was shot down. Putin said through an interpreter that Ukrainians were all fascists, had brought down MH17 themselves and that Ukraine had no right to exist, Abbott said.

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☆ Paraguay carries out largest cocaine bust in its history as 4 tons are found in sugar shipment headed to Europe
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-17 | by ( Abel Alvarado | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Authorities in Paraguay seized over 4 tons of cocaine with a market value of around $240 million inside a shipment of sugar that was destined for Belgium, the country’s anti-drug agency Senad said Tuesday. The cocaine bust – named “Operation Sweetness” – is the largest in the country’s history and was carried out in capital Asuncion’s seaport, according to Senad. Rachid provided few details into the investigation but said an organized criminal group was likely behind the shipment. “Nowadays, drugs don’t leave Paraguay, the drugs are confiscated here in our territory, and now the big challenge is to prevent drugs entering Paraguay, clearly the country is not a cocaine producer,” Paraguay’s President Santiago Peña told local media after the drug bust. Peña said the country is “used as drug route and obviously this (bust) is going to discourage (traffickers).”“I think this is a signal sent to organized crime groups to stop using Paraguay, because they will be met with authorities that are determined,” the president said.

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☆ Why Is the U.S. Pretending to Know Gender-Affirming Care Works? - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Pamela Paul | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Imagine a comprehensive review of research on a treatment for children found “remarkably weak evidence” that it was effective. Now imagine the medical establishment shrugged off the conclusions and continued providing the same unproven and life-altering treatment to its young patients. It’s been three months since the release of the Cass Review, an independent assessment of gender treatment for youths commissioned by England’s National Health Service. Nor, she said, is there clear evidence that transitioning kids decreases the likelihood that gender dysphoric youths will turn to suicide, as adherents of gender-affirming care claim. Scandinavian countries have been moving away from the gender-affirming model for the past few years.

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☆ Russia targeting Ukrainian airfields before F-16s arrive shows its fear of the jets, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

AdvertisementRussian strikes have been recorded at multiple Ukrainian bases in recent weeks. This includes Russia claiming to have hit Ukraine's Mirgorod air base, 100 miles from the border with Russia, destroying five Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jets. "I think their belief is that the more Western weaponry Ukraine has of all sorts, the more formidable its military will become," he said. A Ukrainian Air Force official also said in June that Ukraine would store some of its F-16s abroad, so Russia cannot attack them. It's hard to take out airfieldsRobinson said that destroying air bases is not an easy task.

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☆ The No. 1 country where expats are happy with their careers
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Jennifer Liu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Expats in Denmark are among the happiest with their work lives, according to the latest Expat Insider survey from InterNations, the online global community for people who've moved abroad. 1 for where people are most satisfied with their jobs, career opportunities and work-life balance, among other aspects. Denmark ranks highest for two groupings: work culture and satisfaction, as well as work and leisure. Some 84% of expats in Denmark are satisfied with their work-life balance, compared to a global average of 60%; a similar share are happy with their work hours and, on average, work 39.2 hours per week, compared with 42.5 hours for the global average. Many of these factors contribute to the fact that Denmark consistently ranks as one of the happiest countries in the world, according to the annual World Happiness Report.

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☆ Biden needs to show he's 'with it' at 'extraordinarily important' NATO summit, former diplomat says
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Natasha Turak | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

watch nowThe stakes are high for the NATO alliance as the organization's 75th anniversary summit gets underway in Washington this week. "I think this NATO summit in Washington is an important moment for Joe Biden, he really has to show that he is with it, he's ready to continue to lead not only the United States of America but the NATO alliance," she told CNBC's Dan Murphy. Asked if the summit could be make-or-break for the transatlantic alliance, Gottemoeller replied: "I think it is an extraordinarily important summit for the NATO alliance; I wouldn't say it is a make-or-break. US President Joe Biden participates in the US-Nordic Leaders' Summit at the presidential palace in Helsinki, Finland, on July 13, 2023. US President Joe Biden travelled to Britain on July 9, 2023, to a NATO summit in Lithuania and will end the trip to Europe on July 13, 2023 in Finland.

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☆ Spain 2 France 1: A semi-final for the ages as Yamal makes history with wondergoal – The Briefing
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Dermot Corrigan | Liam Tharme | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +13 min

Spain are the first nation through to the Euro 2024 final after beating France 2-1 in Munich. Spain are back in their first big tournament final since the golden generation which dominated from 2008 to 2012. Yamal celebrates with the Spain bench (Alex Livesey/Getty Images)Dermot CorriganFrance’s attack misfires againFor the first time, a Frenchman scored from open play for France. Despite their attacking options, including Dembele, Mbappe, Kolo Muani plus Bradley Barcola, Antoine Griezmann and Giroud from the bench, they could not summon a cutting edge. Their goalscorers were from the penalty spot, an own goal or Kolo Muani.

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☆ A public sector 4-day workweek trial had practically no drawbacks, researchers found
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Nora Redmond | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewA four-day workweek reduces staff turnover, improves employee mental health, and saves money, according to the largest public sector trial held in the UK. On Monday, academics at two British universities — Cambridge and Salford — released their findings from a 15-month trial of a shortened working week. It is the largest public sector trial of the four-day workweek held so far in the UK, involving 697 employees, including office and waste workers. The number of external applicants for open roles also greatly increased, with 76% reporting the four-day week trial as influencing them to apply for open positions. The US, Canada, Ireland, and Germany are among the countries that have trialed the shortened working week.

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☆ Paleolithic tool reveals when clothing as a form of self-expression may have gotten its start
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-08 | by ( Jacopo Prisco | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The circumstances surrounding eyed needles raised a number of questions. How do you alter your appearance for social purposes? “We don’t need to have eyed needles to manufacture clothing,” he said. This evidence would support the theory that eyed needles played a role in decoration, without ruling out their use for tailoring. “Our study shows that eyed needles are a marker for this change in the function of clothing, from thermal to social necessity,” he added.

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☆ The most common type of EV battery is a growing source of 'forever chemical' pollution, scientists say
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-08 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Scientists have uncovered a new source of hazardous "forever chemical" pollution: the rechargeable lithium-ion batteries found in most electric vehicles. Some lithium-ion battery technologies use a class of PFAS chemicals, or per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, that helps make batteries less flammable and conduct electricity. Scientists tested more than a dozen lithium-ion batteries used in EVs and consumer electronics like laptops, and found bis-FASIs at various concentrations. They can also leach into the environment from landfills, where the majority of lithium-ion batteries end up. AdvertisementThe study said only about 5% of lithium-ion batteries are recycled, and by 2040, there could be some 8 million tons of lithium-ion battery waste.

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☆ Kylian Mbappé calls first round of French elections ‘catastrophic’ after country’s lurch to the far-right
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-04 | by ( Julen Chavin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Soccer star Kylian Mbappé has called the first round of French elections “catastrophic” after last Sunday’s results saw the country lurch towards the far-right with anti-immigration party National Rally (RN) leading first place. The captain for France’s national soccer team, who is preparing for Les Bleus’ Euro 2024 quarterfinal against Portugal in Hamburg on Friday, urged the French public to vote saying “now more than ever” it was needed. If the RN assumes power, it would become the first far-right party to enter the French government since World War II – although nothing is certain ahead of Sunday’s second round. This isn’t the first time that Mbappé has spoken about French politics while he’s been with the French national soccer team at Euro 2024. “And that is why I want to talk to the whole of the French people, but also the youth.

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☆ Aya Nakamura, France’s most streamed singer, calls on voters to oppose far right in Sunday’s election
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( Niamh Kennedy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —France’s most streamed singer Aya Nakamura has joined the chorus of voices calling on the French electorate to vote against the far right in Sunday’s high stakes election. The National Rally party, which is slated to win big in this Sunday’s second round of voting, has drawn criticism and concern from French celebrities of dual nationality, worried about the impact of their immigration policy plans. The party, headed by 28-year-old Jordan Bardella, hopes to restrict dual nationals from accessing certain state jobs. In a separate post, Nakamura directly referenced the National Rally party, saying: “F*** the National Rally.” Nakamura later deleted the post, according to reporting from CNN affiliate BFMTV. France’s top sports stars have also been using their platforms to urge the public not to vote for the far right.

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☆ ECB's Wunsch: Room to cut interest rates another 25 basis points in current environment
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailECB's Wunsch: Room to cut interest rates another 25 basis points in current environmentPierre Wunsch, governor of the National Bank of Belgium and member of the European Central Bank's Governing Council, says the ECB can lower its key rate from 3.75% to 3.5% if current projections stay on track.

Persons: Pierre Wunsch Organizations: National Bank of Belgium, European Central Bank's Governing

☆ 10 things to watch in the stock market Wednesday after the S&P 500's record close
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( Jeff Marks | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Pepsico 's price target was lowered to $190 from $200 at Cowen, which cited some weakness in salty snacks. Loops Capital raised its price target for off-price retailer TJX to $125 from $115. Lululemon 's price target was lowered to $470 from $505 at Baird, but kept its outperform rating. Pepsico 's price target was lowered to $190 from $200 at Cowen, which cited some weakness in salty snacks. Lululemon 's price target was lowered to $470 from $505 at Baird, but kept its outperform rating.

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☆ Chez Michou: Parisian drag cabaret club shuts its doors after 68 years
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-02 | by ( Niamh Kennedy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A Parisian drag cabaret club that has hosted singers such as Liza Minnelli and Serge Gainsbourg is closing its doors due to financial struggles. Michou was still running his club when he died in February 2020. In recent years, however, the club came into financial difficulty, and will now be unable to honor its bookings for the coming months. Georges Bendrihem/AFP/Getty Images“We are deeply sorry to have to cancel our performances and for any inconvenience this may cause,” the club told its patrons on Facebook Monday. In its announcement, the club paid special tribute to its patrons who they called “part of the Cabaret Chez Michou family,” adding: “Whatever happens, you will always have a place in our hearts.”

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