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☆ Humpback whale makes record migration to find new breeding grounds
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-11 | by ( Hannah Peart | Hannah Peart Is An Intern In The Nbc News London Bureau. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

A humpback whale has stunned scientists with a journey that spanned three oceans and more than 8,000 miles, setting the record for the longest known migration between breeding grounds. “Changing climatic and ocean conditions could be driving these migrations to new breeding grounds. Some whale migration routes are known to exceed 5,000 miles between feeding and breeding grounds, and humpback whales in particular have some of the longest migrations of any mammal. The research provided “photographic evidence that confirmed humpback whales switch between breeding grounds,” he said in a telephone interview Wednesday. The organization claims that a humpback whale’s tail is so unique that there is a “97% to 99%” success rate for matching photos submitted for the species.

Persons: ”, Darren Croft, Croft, “, Ryan Reisinger, Luke Rendell, University of St Andrews, Reisinger, ” Reisinger Organizations: Royal Society Open Science, U.K’s University of Exeter, Center for Whale Research, NBC News, ’, University of Southampton, University of St Locations: Colombia, South America, Zanzibar, Africa, London, Tokyo

☆ Inside Syria's Saydnaya prison and GOP considers how to push Trump agenda: Morning Rundown
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-11 | by ( Elizabeth Robinson | Elizabeth Robinson Is A Newsletter Editor For Nbc News | Based In Los Angeles. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +10 min

One of Syria’s most notorious jails contains evidence of the Assad regime’s brutal crackdown on dissent. One woman NBC News spoke to had come in search of her son who had been missing for a decade. While Syrians grapple with the end of the regime, the country’s neighbor Israel moved into its territory in a new offensive. Read All About ItThe Bureau of Labor Statistics today will release the consumer price index for November, with analysts expecting 0.3% growth month over month. for November, with analysts expecting 0.3% growth month over month.

Persons: Assad, Assad’s, Bashar al, Israel, Israel Katz, Luigi Mangione, Brian Thompson, Thomas Dickey, Mangione, “ It’s, They’re, Ted Kaczynski, ”, Kaczynski, Donald Trump, John Thune, Jason Smith, Trump, Kimberly Guilfoyle, Tom Barrack, Letitia James, Trump’s, Sen, Mitch McConnell, Chuck Todd, Anuj Shrestha, Obteen Nassiri, Alex Jones ’ Infowars, Joe Burrow’s, Freddie Harb, Robert Mavaddat, Alex Welsh, they’ve, — Lewis Kamb, Elizabeth Robinson Organizations: Amnesty, NBC, Israeli Defense, Republican, GOP, Fox News, Trump, Secret Service, New York, Med Ed Labs, U.S ., Labor Statistics, Franklin, Kroger, Albertsons, Cincinnati Bengals, NBC News, U.S, Small, Administration, Social Security Locations: Damascus, Syria, Israel, Russia, Pennsylvania, New York, Blair, Mangione, Greece, Turkey, Michigan, Las Vegas, Malibu , California

A torture device discovered at Saydnaya prison in Damascus on Monday. Clothing strewn across the floor of a cell inside the Saydnaya prison as a Syrian man awaits news about an imprisoned relative Monday. The dynasty built and operated a network of detention centers scattered across Syria, according to the human rights group Amnesty International. The Human Rights Data Analysis Group, an independent scientific human rights organization based in San Francisco, has counted at least 17,723 people killed in Syrian custody from 2011 to 2015 — around 300 every week — almost certainly a vast undercount, it says. Syrians wait for news Monday about their relatives incarcerated at Saydnaya prison.

Persons: Assad, nooses, Emin Sansar, Bashar al, AnadoluAnagha Subhash Nair, —, Abdulaziz Ketaz, Saydnaya, Hafez Assad, Getty Images Hafez Assad, Richard Engel, Gabe Joselow, Alexander Smith Organizations: NBC, Getty, Anadolu, NBC News, Amnesty International, Amnesty, Getty Images, United Nations Locations: DAMASCUS, Syria, Syria’s, Damascus, Anadolu, Saydnaya, AFP, San Francisco, London

☆ What we know about the lawsuit accusing Jay-Z of raping a teen with Sean 'Diddy' Combs
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-10 | by ( Tim Stelloh | Tim Stelloh Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

Combs’ legal team dismissed the suit as a “shameless publicity stunt.”Here’s what we know about the litigation. The lawsuit was originally filed in October against Combs, and it was amended Sunday to include Carter as a defendant. Jay-Z and Sean Combs attend Puffy's Fourth of July Party at Sean Combs' House, in East Hampton, N.Y., on July 2, 2000. The plaintiff lay down in a room, the lawsuit says, and Combs and Carter entered. Carter described a pre-litigation demand letter from the lawyer who filed the suit as an effort to “blackmail” him into settling.

Persons: Jay, Shawn Carter, Sean “ Diddy ” Combs, Carter, Combs, Jane Doe ”, She’d, Sean Combs, Patrick McMullan, Diddy, ’, I’m, ”, Tony Buzbee, Buzbee, Alex Spiro, “ Organizations: MTV, Radio City Music Hall, Getty, Combs, Bad Boy Records, Records, Roc Nation, Forbes, Prosecutors, U.S, Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Locations: New York’s, Manhattan, East Hampton, N.Y, Brooklyn, New York, Brooklyn’s

☆ U.S. indicts 2 former Syrian officials, accuses them of torturing prisoners
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-10 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Patrick-Smith-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Patrick Smith | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

The Justice Department's indictment accuses them of "cruel and unusual treatment" of civilian prisoners at the Mezzeh Military Airport near Damascus. Emin Sansar / Anadolu via Getty ImagesThe U.S. is the latest country to issue a warrant against Mahmoud and Hassan, following Germany in 2018. The U.S. has placed sanctions on Assad and his inner circle — including Hassan — since 2012. The indictment lists in detail the torture allegedly meted out at the direction of Hassan and Mahmoud. "Hassan and Mahmoud allegedly oversaw the systematic use of torture and cruelty on perceived enemies of the Syrian regime, including American citizens," said FBI Director Christopher Wray.

Persons: Bashar al, Assad's, Jamil Hassan, Abdul Salam Mahmoud, Department's, Assad, Prosecutors, Emin Sansar, Mahmoud, Hassan, Hassan —, Merrick B, Garland, Christopher Wray Organizations: Syrian Air Force, Mezzeh, United States, Court, Sunday, Baath Party, Getty, Syrian Air Force Intelligence Locations: United States, Damascus, Chicago, Anadolu, Germany, U.S, Mezzeh, Syria's

☆ UPS is a buy as inflation moderates, BMO Capital Markets says in upgrade
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-10 | by ( Hakyung Kim | In Hakyungkim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

United Parcel Service could benefit from lower interest rates as inflation eases, according to BMO Capital Markets. Analyst Fadi Chamoun upgraded shares to outperform from market perform. The U.S. central bank is expected to cut rates again next week by 0.25 percentage point, as inflation approaches the Fed's 2% goal. UPS YTD mountain UPS in 2024 Inflationary pressures on UPS' unit costs are also easing, per Chamoun. Of the 32 who cover UPS, 15 have a buy or strong buy rating, while another 14 rate it as a hold, according to LSEG data.

Persons: Fadi, Chamoun Organizations: Parcel Service, BMO Capital Markets, Federal Reserve, UPS, Network of, Transports Locations: Monday's, U.S

Maven has expanded from a single Pilates studio to several different businesses and more than 130 commercial tenants. Through the Pilates studio, Arneson met Rocky Donati, who had recently moved to Salt Lake City from San Francisco. Back in 2013, the Pilates studio took in around $200,000 a year, the duo said. Investing in underrepresented startup founders is what motivated Kimmy and Sergio Paluch to launch the venture fund Beta Boom in Salt Lake City. "The potential I see is to fund more diverse businesses, to fund more women, to fund more people of color, and there are opportunities here."

Persons: Maven, Tessa Arneson, Arneson, Rocky Donati, Donati, Maven's, Kimmy, Sergio Paluch, Kimmy Paluch, we're, Beta Boom, Paluch, Susan Petersen, Petersen, of Jesus Christ, I've Organizations: CNBC, U.S Census Bureau, Maven, Beta, Beta Boom, of Jesus, Latter, Saints, Target Locations: CNBC's, Salt Lake City , Utah, United States, America, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, Kimmy, Utah

☆ Top Russian official says internal corruption surged in 2024, with 30,000 officials caught for graft this year
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-10 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

He told state media that 30,000 officials were disciplined for corruption in 2024. AdvertisementRussia's prosecutor-general said on Monday that detections of corruption among officials have jumped this year, with a 30% increase in bribery cases compared to 2023. Igor Krasnov told state media that almost 30,000 Russian officials were caught and disciplined for breaking anti-graft rules in 2024. Krasnov said that at least half of all corruption cases involved bribery and that almost 19,000 such crimes were discovered in the first nine months of 2024. That's nearly as many as the 20,300 bribery cases his office found in 2023, Krasnov added.

Persons: Igor Krasnov, Krasnov, That's, DIB, Vladimir Putin, Lloyd Austin, Austin, Sergei Shoigu, Mark Galeotti Organizations: hemming Russia, US, Reagan National Defense, Royal United Services Institute Locations: Washington, Russia, Ukraine

☆ Is this London’s best kept cultural secret? A royal palace turned parking lot is reinventing itself — again
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-10 | by ( Lucy Handley | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Models at designer Charles Jeffrey's Loverboy show during London Fashion Week at Somerset House in June 2024. The courtyard of Somerset House, pictured here in 1971, was once used as a parking lot for civil servants. The tax authority — now known as His Majesty's Revenue and Customs — finally closed its Somerset House office in 2011. An art installation on display at the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair on Oct. 10, 2024, at Somerset House. Shani, a resident of Somerset House Studios, will exhibit a sculpture in the courtyard of Somerset House in 2025.

Persons: Charles Jeffrey's Loverboy, Jeffrey, Stuart C, Wilson, Jonathan Reekie, Queen Elizabeth I, King, George III, Reekie, Simon Jenkins, Lord Rothschild, Somerset House …, —, Customs —, Gail Rebuck, Rebuck, It's, Ben Montgomery, creatives, Marie McPartlin, Gareth Pugh, Carson McColl, Pugh, Dave Benett, Anna Meredith, McPartlin, Tai Shani, Shani Organizations: London, Somerset House, Somerset House Studios, Getty Images, Somerset, Somerset House Trust, Navy, Royal Academy of Arts, CNBC, Getty, Customs, Association of, Fair, Artists, Turner Locations: Getty Images Somerset, Covent, London, Somerset, British

☆ How Utah's 'Silicon Slopes' tech sector is making a run at Silicon Valley
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-10 | by ( Dardan Pula | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

At the heart of this transformation are companies like Adobe , which helped lay the groundwork for Silicon Slopes' rise. The tech-cluster has created fertile ground for other startups to grow in the Silicon Slopes ecosystem. "That was a seminal moment in the history of Silicon Slopes," he said. The city's leaders and entrepreneurs hope that the snowball effect will continue to roll down Silicon Slopes. "We're very proud of that sort of pioneer heritage that we have, particularly in building what is now the Silicon Slopes ecosystem," Sherman said.

Persons: Adobe SVP Wade Sherman, CNBC's Carl Quintanilla, Wade Sherman, Adobe's, Sherman, Brad Rencher, CNBC Rencher, Rencher, it's, It's, Catherine Wong, Entrata, —, Wong, haven't, Todd Pedersen, Adobe, Pedersen, " Pedersen Organizations: Adobe, Adobe SVP, CNBC, Oracle, Microsoft, Salt Lake, Blackstone Locations: Lake City, CNBC's, Salt, Lehi, Salt Lake City, Lehi , Utah, Silicon, Draper, Orem, Provo, Adobe's, Utah, Silicon Valley, North America, Silver

The swift collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s Syrian regime represents a devastating defeat for Iran, the latest in a string of setbacks that have punctured long held assumptions in the West about Tehran’s military prowess. As the rebels pressed ahead, there was no concerted effort to stop the advance with Russian warplanes or Iranian-backed proxy forces. “Assad was effectively abandoned because his only friends ... Iran, Hezbollah and Russia, no longer had the capacity to help,” the official added. The United States and other governments had feared an Israeli attack on Iran would produce an overwhelming response against Israel by Iran’s proxies. Those officers had decades of experience in Syria and a network of contacts among the militants in Iran’s proxy network, including Iraqis, Afghans, Pakistanis, Yemenis and others.

Persons: Bashar al, Assad, ”, “ Assad, Iran’s, “, Israel, Norman Roule, Alex Vatanka, Vatanka, Mohammad Ali Abtahi, ” Abtahi, Roule, Soleimani, ” Roule, Qassem Soleimani, ’, Ayatollah Ali Khamanei, Yahya Sinwar, Marc Polymeropoulos, ” Polymeropoulos, Sen, Andy Kim, ” Kim, Donald Trump, ” Vatanka Organizations: Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Russian, Biden, U.S ., United Against Nuclear, Middle East Institute, Hezbollah, Revolutionary Guard Corps ’, Revolutionary Guard Corps ’ Quds Force, Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, Force, CIA, MSNBC, U.N Locations: Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Tehran, Russia, Damascus, Iranian, Iraq, Aleppo, Israel, Washington, United States, Gaza, Yemen, U.S, United Against Nuclear Iran, Revolutionary Guard Corps ’ Quds, Baghdad, Yemenis

He did so as the rebels entered and seized Damascus, seemingly with little fightback from Assad’s government forces. Syria dominated international consciousness for almost a decade, its civil war erupting after Assad crushed peaceful protests during the region-wide 2011 Arab Spring. But until last month the conflict had been largely at a stalemate, after Assad’s forces regained control of much of the country. The conflict in Syria partly contributed to a wave of mass migration into Europe, met by a right-wing backlash across the continent that is still reverberating today. Much of this diaspora has also responded to Assad’s downfall with astonished glee, some rushing to return home.

Persons: Dimitry Peskov, Assad, Murat Sengul, gulags, Hayat Tahrir, Abu Mohammad al Organizations: Baath Party, Getty, UNHCR, Amnesty, Al, State Department Locations: Damascus, Aleppo, Hama, Russia, Ukraine, Iran, Israel, Moscow, Syria, U.S, Turkey, Iraq, Anadolu, Europe, London, Berlin, Germany, Al Qaeda

☆ Microplastics are everywhere. 5 tips to cut your exposure
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-09 | by ( Andrea Kane | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

We inhale a lot of plastic” in the form of dust, Trasande said. “There are additives that are intentionally added,” Trasande explained. As it turns out, many of these added chemicals (not to mention the unintentional impurities) are not good for our bodies. They break down… whether it’s to microplastics, nanoplastics or the chemicals themselves,” he said. An ounce of common sense goes a long way.”We hope these five tips help you cut back on your exposure to microplastics.

Persons: Sanjay Gupta, —, there’s, can’t, nanoplastics, Dr, Leonardo Trasande, Trasande, “, ” Trasande, ”, bisphenol, “ We’ve, That’s, he’s “, Don’t, He’s, “ You’re, You’re, It’s Organizations: CNN, Plastics, NYU School of Medicine, ” CNN, American Chemistry Council, “ Companies, Food and Drug

☆ Read Jay-Z's full statement in response to rape accusation
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-09 | by ( Madeline Berg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Prior to the amended complaint, Carter was referred to as a "Celebrity A." AdvertisementCarter's response is detailed in the amended complaint. This is a very serious matter that will be litigated in court," Buzbee told BI. AdvertisementRead Carter's full statement below:My lawyer received a blackmail attempt, called a demand letter, from a "lawyer" named Tony Buzbee. In response to Carter's denial, Buzbee told BI that the plaintiff never demanded money from Carter.

Persons: Jay, Sean, Diddy, Combs, Read, Shawn Carter, drugging, Carter, Tony Buzbee, Buzbee, Plaintiff, I'm Locations: Brooklyn

☆ US charges two former Syrian officials for allegedly torturing Americans and Syrian nationals
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-09 | by ( Jack Forrest | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Two former high-ranking Syrian intelligence officials have been charged with war crimes for allegedly torturing Americans and other civilians who were deemed enemies by the Syrian government and held in a military prison, the Department of Justice said Monday. They were charged with conspiracy to commit war crimes through cruel and inhuman treatment, according to an unsealed indictment filed in federal court in Chicago. Warrants for their arrests have been issued, and they remain at large, the Justice Department said. “The Justice Department has a long memory, and we will never stop working to find and bring to justice those who tortured Americans,” he said. “Hassan and Mahmoud allegedly oversaw the systematic use of cruel and inhumane treatment on perceived enemies of the Syrian regime, including American citizens,” said FBI Director Christopher Wray.

Persons: Bashar al, Assad, Jamil Hassan, Abdul Salam Mahmoud, “, General Merrick Garland, ”, —, Hassan, Mahmoud, Lisa Monaco, “ Hassan, Christopher Wray, Rob Picheta, Helen Regan, Holmes Lybrand, Hannah Rabinowitz, Evan Perez Organizations: CNN, Department of Justice, Mezzeh, Justice Department, Syrian, The Justice Department, U.S, FBI, Damascus “, United Nations Locations: Syrian, Damascus, Chicago, American, Ukraine, ”, Russia, Syria

☆ Starlink traffic tripled again in 2024 in another win for Elon Musk
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-09 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Internet traffic from Elon Musk's satellite web service more than tripled in 2024, per Cloudflare data. Global internet traffic from SpaceX's satellite internet service more than tripled in 2024, according to data from IT service provider Cloudflare. Several major cruise companies have begun offering Starlink on their ships, with Carnival Cruises announcing in May that all of its cruise liners are now equipped with Starlink. Traffic in Georgia and Paraguay, where Starlink launched in November and December 2023, has increased by 100 and 900 times this year, respectively. It also almost tripled traffic in 2023.

Persons: Elon, Starlink, Pete Syme, Cloudflare, Elon Musk Organizations: United Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, Qatar Airways, Carnival Cruises, SpaceX, Elon, NASA Locations: Elon, Chad, Mongolia, Argentina, Georgia, Paraguay

☆ 2-way apprenticeships can help employees connect on difficult topics and learn new skills, BCG exec says
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-09 | by ( Julia Hood | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Alicia Pittman, BCG's global people-team chair, is a member of BI's Workforce Innovation board. This article is part of "Workforce Innovation," a series exploring the forces shaping enterprise transformation. AdvertisementAlicia Pittman, the global people-team chair at BCG, has been at the consulting firm for nearly 20 years. AdvertisementWhere is BCG on the adoption curve of artificial intelligence, and what do you want to see in 2025? A firm like BCG is under pressure to stay on top of things because its clients look to us.

Persons: Alicia Pittman, BCG's, It's, Pittman, I'm, she's, we've, we're, it's Locations: North America

☆ The mind of Sam Altman
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-08 | by ( Adam Rogers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +21 min

And now, after years of stasis in Silicon Valley, we have Sam Altman . To answer that question, I've spent weeks taking a Talmudic dive into the Gospel According to Sam Altman. Unlike Jobs, who bestrode the stage at Apple events dropping one-more-things like a modern-day Prometheus, Altman doesn't spew ego everywhere. AdvertisementAnother contrast with the tech gurus of yore: Altman says he doesn't care much about money. Altman doesn't know what the future will bring, but he's in a hurry to get there.

Persons: It's, Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, Altman, Fortune, —, I've, he's, Jason Kempin, Jobs, Joe Rogan, Rogan, it's, Goldman Sachs, Brian Ach, he'd, Charming, Altman didn't, you've, Paul Graham, aren't, Kara Swisher, doesn't, Ezra, We'll, Isaac Asimov, Iain Banks, Drew Angerer, OpenAI, squished, Justin Sullivan, He's, Jeff Bezos didn't, Adam Rogers Organizations: Harvard, San, bros, Getty Images, Apple, TechCrunch, Stanford, Elon, SpaceX, AIs, OpenAI, Big Tech, Business Locations: Silicon Valley, Uniball, San Francisco, Midwest, Stanford, OpenAI, Mexico, ChatGPT, Silicon, Valley

☆ UnitedHealthcare CEO killing: Police believe person of interest left New York, report says
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-06 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Closed circuit screenshots of a person of interest in the UnitedHealthcare CEO killing. Police believe that the person of interest being sought in connection with the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson left New York City shortly after the slaying, on a bus from upper Manhattan. New York has an extensive network of government and private surveillance cameras. "Those buses are interstate buses," Kenny told CNN. "That's why we believe he may have leftNew York City."

Persons: Brian Thompson, Jessica Tisch, Tisch, Thompson, George Washington, Joseph Kenny, Kenny Organizations: Police, New York Police, CNN, NYPD, Central Park, West, Columbus, Port Authority Bus, George Washington Bridge Locations: New York City, Manhattan, New York, midtown Manhattan, Central, West, Washington Heights

☆ CEO rejected an 'earth-shattering' $500,000 windfall to build his business instead—now it's worth $633 million
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-06 | by ( Tom Huddleston Jr. | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

So when a customer offered him $500,000 to buy the company, seemingly out of nowhere, the "transformative" offer stopped him dead in his tracks, he says. Today, Gecko is valued at $633 million, as of a fundraising round last year. Its clients include the U.S. Navy and Air Force, and it ranked 42nd on the 2024 CNBC Disruptor 50 List in May. Loosararian "didn't even know who Y Combinator was at the time," he says, but the representatives convinced him to submit an application. Within months, Loosararian turned down another investment offer, from a "very renowned" billionaire investor that would've valued Gecko at $10 million, he says.

Persons: Jake Loosararian, he'd, DON'T, Loosararian, Combinator Organizations: Robotics, U.S . Navy, Air Force, CNBC Locations: Pittsburgh, Silicon

☆ How measles, whooping cough, and worse could roar back on RFK Jr.’s watch
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-06 | by ( Arthur Allen | Kff Health News | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

“The litany of things that will start to topple is profound,” said James Hodge, a public health law expert at Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law. “One in 3,000 kids who gets measles is going to die. The U.S. has seen 16 measles outbreaks this year — 89% of cases are in unvaccinated people — and a whooping cough epidemic is the worst since 2012. “If you overturn the administrative state, the impact on public health will be long-term and serious,” said Dorit Reiss, a professor at the University of California’s Hastings College of Law. It would take years before enough children died before people said, ‘I guess measles is a bad thing,’” she said.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, ”, James Hodge, Sandra, “ We’re, Lawrence Gostin, Northe Saunders, Kennedy, Dave Weldon, — Kennedy, Weldon, —, Kennedy’s, Karoline Leavitt, Gregory Poland, Scott Gottlieb, Paul Offit, ” Offit, “, Hodge, he’ll, Peter Hotez, virologist, Stanley Plotkin, hasn’t, Karen Ernst, ’ “, ” Ernst, who’ll, ” That’s, Ernst, I’m, Walter Orenstein, Orenstein, Saunders, can’t, Rekha Lakshmanan, “ It’s, Trump, Dorit Reiss, Billionaire Elon Musk, Dr, Sanjay Gupta, Jesse Goodman, ‘ Organizations: Health, Arizona State, O’Connor College of Law, Georgetown University, State, SAFE Communities Coalition, Republican, Department of Health, Human Services, Centers for Disease Control, Trump, NPR, Academy of Science & Medicine, FDA, CNBC, Vaccine Education, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Justice, Children’s Health Defense, Vaccine, ”, Children, Health Defense, Baylor College of Medicine, HHS, Vaccines, ’ “ RFK, Texas, Research, University of California’s Hastings College of Law, Billionaire, CNN, CNN Health, Center, KFF Locations: U.S, Samoa, United States, —, ” Poland, Georgia, Idaho, India, Texas, In Louisiana

☆ Abu Mohammad al-Jolani: How Syria’s rebel leader went from radical jihadist to a blazer-wearing ‘revolutionary’
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-06 | by ( Mostafa Salem | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

His mission was to establish Al Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate, Jabhat Al Nusra. Sharaa is now commanding thousands of men in an armed rebellion threatening to topple the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. “This new formation has no relation to any external party,” he said at the time, distancing it from his radical Islamist past. It was also the start of Jolani’s gradual transformation from the classic anti-West jihadist, to a more palatable revolutionary. He conducted operations against ISIS including the 2023 high-profile killing of ISIS leader Abu Hussein Al-Husseini al-Qurashi.

Persons: CNN — Ahmed Al Sharaa, Abu Bakr al, Al, Jabhat Al Nusra, Bashar al, Assad, He’s, guerre Abu Mohammed al, Jolani, Fateh, Al Sham, ”, Abu Hussein Al, Husseini, “, Dareen Khalifa, Hayat Tahrir, Abu Mohamed al, Omar Haj Kadour, Al Qaeda Organizations: CNN, PBS, Palestinian, Israel, Organization for, ISIS, Al Qaeda, Group, Getty, Al Locations: Syria, Iraq, Abu, Syrian, Sharaa, Saudi, Riyadh, Golan, Damascus, Al Qaeda, Hayat, United States, Russia, Idlib, Hama, Brussels, Besnaya, Turkey, AFP

☆ Ukraine's front-line fighters and dronemakers are trying to crowdfund their way to Russia's defeat through cheap strikes
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-05 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

Another prototype, a modified Soviet ZU-23-2 antiaircraft gun, needs $70,000 worth of parts to be fully automated to strike down Russian drones. Advertisement"For drones, most funding is from volunteer help, by donors," Chernyavskiy told Business Insider. Throughout the war, Ukraine has repeatedly struggled with insufficient amounts of ammunition, such as much-need 155mm artillery shells. In Ukraine, Chernyavskiy is frustrated, too. This is the nature of war," Chernyavskiy said.

Persons: it's, Oleksandr Chernyavskiy, Oleksandr Chernyavskiy Chernyavskiy, Chernyavskiy, Oleksandr Chernyavskiy Crowdfunding, Dmytro Smolienko, Federico Borsari, Borsari, Oleksandr Skarlat, Serhii Sternenko, Skarlat, Mark J, Lindquist, he's, Mark Lindquist, Oleksandr Chernyavskiy It's, Daniel Viksund, Viksund, Daniel Viksund He's, Chasiv, Jennifer Kavanagh, Kavanagh, Andriy Andriyenko, haven't, Sofiia Meleshenko Organizations: Ukraine's 241st Territorial Defense Brigade, Business, Publishing, Getty, Civilian, Center for, Telegram, US Air Force, Ukraine, 241st Territorial Brigade, Army, Veteran Aid Ukraine, Aid Ukraine, Defense, Savannah, BI Locations: Russia, Soviet, Ukraine, Moscow, Ukrainian, Kyiv, crowdfund, Norwegian, Afghanistan, Scandinavia, Chasiv Yar, Europe

☆ Why the Syrian conflict is so important for Russia and Iran
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-04 | by ( Nathan Rennolds | Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Russia and Iran have supported Syrian President Bashar Assad for years. AdvertisementRussia's gateway to the MediterraneanSyria holds strategic importance for Moscow and Tehran, which have both supported Syrian President Bashar Assad's embattled regime. Advertisement"For Iran, Syria is absolutely essential in order to maintain its proxy network," Hall said. Speaking to NBC News, national security advisor Jake Sullivan said that Assad's three key backers, Iran, Russia, and Hezbollah, had all "been distracted and weakened by conflicts elsewhere." AdvertisementFor Russia and Iran, the fall of Aleppo will nevertheless come as a humiliating blow, Hall said.

Persons: Bashar Assad, Hayat, Bashar Assad's, Wagner, Natasha Hall, Vladimir Putin, Riboua, Assad, Putin, Steven Cook, Enrico Mattei, Cook, Jake Sullivan, Hall Organizations: Middle, Center for Strategic, International Studies, Hudson Institute's Center for Peace, Security, Hezbollah, Africa Studies, Council, Foreign Relations, Russian Ministry of Defense, NBC News Locations: Russia, Syria, Iran, Here's, Moscow, Tehran, Aleppo, Africa, East, Saudi Arabia, Sahel, Libya, Baghdad, Damascus, Beirut, Lebanon, Lebanese, Israel, Middle East, reimpose, Gaza, Ukraine

☆ College enrollment falls 5% for 18-year-old freshmen; FAFSA failures to blame, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-04 | by ( Jessica Dickler | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

watch now'Aftermath of the FAFSA fiasco'Experts had warned that problems with the new FAFSA would result in fewer students applying for financial aid and fewer students enrolling in college. "Freshman enrollment dropped by a dramatic 5% this fall in the aftermath of the FAFSA fiasco, reversing previous gains," said higher education expert Mark Kantrowitz. Submitting a FAFSA is one of the best predictors of whether a high school senior will go on to college, according to the National College Attainment Network. "FAFSA completion and college enrollment move in the same direction — that relationship is pretty consistent," said Bill DeBaun, NCAN's senior director. As a result of changes to the financial aid application, more students now qualify for a Pell Grant, a type of aid awarded solely based on financial need.

Persons: Mark Kantrowitz, Bill DeBaun, NCAN's, Kantrowitz, FAFSA, DeBaun, Grant, Pell Grant, Pell Organizations: National College, Network, Seniors, U.S . Department of Education, Student Clearinghouse Research, Black Colleges, Universities, Federal Student Aid, Department of Education

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