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☆ Vanuatu calls on the World Court to recognize climate change harms
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-03 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Regenvanu said there was an urgent need for a response to climate change that was rooted in international law rather than politics. Mario Tama / Getty Images filesWhile advisory opinions from the International Court of Justice or World Court are not binding, they are legally and politically significant. Experts say the court’s eventual opinion on climate change will probably be cited in climate change-driven lawsuits in courts from Europe to Latin America and beyond. “As judges of the World Court, you possess the power ... to help us course correct and renew hope in humanity’s ability to address the greatest challenge of our time,” she said. Earlier on Monday, Germany also argued that the obligations of states with regard to climate change were established in the Paris climate agreement.

Persons: “, ” Ralph Regenvanu, Regenvanu, ”, Mario Tama, Cynthia Houniuhi, Prince Jalawi Turki al Saud Organizations: Vanuatu, Monday, United Nations, International Court of Justice, Nations Locations: HAGUE, Netherlands, Vanuatu, Port Vila, Europe, Latin America, Solomon Islands, Saudi Arabia, Saudi, Germany, Paris, China, United States

☆ Suspect arrested in 1997 cold case murder of New Jersey woman found in woods
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-03 | by ( Nbc New York | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Decades after a woman was killed and her body was dumped in the woods of New Jersey, a suspect has been extradited from Canada to face murder charges, according to law enforcement. It was an ATV rider who had found Tignor’s body on the dirt access road that ended in a cul-de-sac, Somerset County Prosecutor John McDonald said. Bridgewater police and Somerset County investigators searched the woods for days, looking for any evidence or clues that could lead them to the killer. Tammy Tignor Somerset County Prosecutor's OfficeDNA evidence found on the Newark woman’s body provided no answers. A first-degree murder charge against Creter was authorized in May 2023, the prosecutor’s office said, but there was an issue: Creter had since moved to Winnipeg, Canada, in 2002.

Persons: Tammy Tignor, John McDonald, ”, Mike McLaughlin, Tignor, Robert Creter, Creter, McLaughlin, “, —, Creter’s, Patrick J, Callahan Organizations: ATV, Somerset, Somerset County, U.S . Department of State, Canadian, ” Prosecutors, New Jersey State Police, Creter Locations: New Jersey, Canada, Bridgewater, Washington Valley Park, Somerset County, Tammy Tignor Somerset, Newark, Somerset, Winnipeg, Somerville .

☆ States that have passed laws restricting gender-affirming care for trans youth
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-03 | by ( Annette Choi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

The case could have wide-reaching implications for transgender youth living in states that have passed similar laws. After the first gender-affirming care ban for minors became law in 2021, a flurry of states passed similar measures. While 19 states passed laws banning gender-affirming care for minors last year, 11 states and the District of Columbia passed “shield” laws protecting access to care. So far this year, Ohio, Wyoming, South Carolina and New Hampshire joined the list of states banning gender-affirming care for transgender youth. Not all laws banning gender-affirming care are currently being enforced.

Persons: Tennessee’s, Katie Hobbs Organizations: CNN, Movement Advancement, The Williams Institute, US, District of Columbia, New Hampshire, Democratic Locations: Ohio , Wyoming, South Carolina, New, Maine, Rhode, Arkansas, Montana ., United States, While Arizona

☆ Investigation Into Forced Adoptions From Ukraine Points Finger at Putin
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-03 | by ( Carlotta Gall | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and senior Kremlin officials “intentionally and directly” authorized a program of coerced fostering and adoption of Ukrainian children during the war in Ukraine, according to a Yale University report that was released on Tuesday. The report provides strong new evidence for a war crimes case against Putin and other officials, the researchers said. An investigation by Yale’s Humanitarian Research Lab identified 314 children from Ukraine who have been placed in a “systematic program of coerced adoption and fostering” since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, according to the report. It details evidence of direct orders from senior Russian officials, including Mr. Putin, to carry out the adoption program. “It reveals a higher level of crime than first understood,” the Research Lab, which is part of the Conflict Observatory, a program supported by the U.S. Department of State, said in a statement.

Persons: Vladimir V, Putin, “, ” Organizations: Kremlin, Yale University, Yale’s, Research, U.S . Department of State Locations: Russia, Ukraine

Ties to Fox Lobbyist Scott Bessent Potential role Treasury secretary Role infirst term — Billionare Yes Major donor Yes Events atMar-a-Lago — AttendedN.Y. trial — Ties to Proj. 2025 or AFPI Yes Tiesto Fox Yes Lobbyist — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Potential role Health and human services secretary Role infirst term — Billionare — Major donor — Events atMar-a-Lago — AttendedN.Y. trial — Ties to Proj. 2025 or AFPI — Tiesto Fox Yes Lobbyist — Dave Weldon Potential role C.D.C. administrator Role infirst term — Billionare — Major donor — Events atMar-a-Lago Yes AttendedN.Y. trial — Ties to Proj.

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☆ Earn $800,000? You Might Get Financial Aid at an Elite N.Y.C. School.
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-03 | by ( Eliza Shapiro | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It’s one thing to be rich in New York City these days. It’s quite another to be able to afford private school. This divide between the haves and have-mores helps tell the story of a city turned so upside down by rising prices that even the very upper end of the middle class is feeling squeezed. Private schools are seen by many families as a crucial ladder to top colleges and social connections. New York City private schools have turned out some of the most influential people in America, including Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken; Jamie Dimon, the JPMorgan Chase chief executive; and several generations of Rockefellers and Kennedys.

Persons: Antony J, Blinken, Jamie Dimon Organizations: Private, JPMorgan Chase Locations: New York City, America

CNN —The Biden administration is rushing assistance to Ukraine in an effort to put Kyiv “in the strongest possible position” as Russia steps up its attacks and President Joe Biden prepares to leave office in less than two months. The new tranche of military assistance includes Stinger missiles, ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) and anti-personnel landmines. Still, two US officials and three defense officials told CNN last week that the Pentagon is unlikely to use all of the billions of dollars authorized by Congress to arm Ukraine before Biden leaves office. The administration has fewer than two months left to use nearly $7 billion, part of a larger package authorized by Congress earlier this year to help Ukraine in the war with Russia. For months, the US has run into the limits of its ability to replenish its own weapons inventories, which limited what the Biden administration has been able to send Ukraine.

Persons: CNN —, Biden, ”, Joe Biden, Jake Sullivan, ” Sullivan, Antony Blinken, Blinken, Vladimir Putin, “, Mark Rutte, Putin, ” “ Putin, ” Rutte, CNN’s Duarte Mendonça, Natasha Bertrand, Oren Liebermann, Katie Bo Lillis, Alex Marquardt Organizations: CNN, Kyiv “, “, Department of Defense, High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, NATO, Congress, Defense Department, State Department Locations: Ukraine, Russia, “, Brussels

☆ How Washington reacted to the Hunter Biden pardon: From the Politics Desk
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-02 | by ( The Politics Desk | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

In today's edition, our reporters go through President Joe Biden's pardon of his son — and the part that's particularly rankling fellow Democrats. Some Democrats bristle at Biden's pardon justificationBy Carol E. Lee, Sarah Fitzpatrick, Gary Grumbach and Dareh GregorianIt’s not just that President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter. The pardon comes after Biden repeatedly said he would not use his executive authority to pardon his son or commute his son’s sentence. “Does the Pardon given by Joe to Hunter include the J-6 Hostages, who have now been imprisoned for years? : White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre defended Biden’s decision to pardon his son, despite telling the press multiple times that the president had no such plans.

Persons: Joe Biden's, —, Mark Murray, Carol E, Lee, Sarah Fitzpatrick, Gary Grumbach, Joe Biden, Hunter, It’s, ”, Hunter Biden, “, Biden, Greg Stanton, Donald Trump, ” Stanton, Trump, Joe, ” Trump, David Weiss’s, Weiss, Harris, 🚨, Dru, ️ Organizations: NBC, White House, Capitol, Democratic, Democratic Party, Department of Justice, NBC News, Telemundo, CNBC, Trump, FDA Locations: Arizona, Stanton, California, Biden’s

LUANDA, Angola — President Joe Biden will make history Monday as he becomes the first American head of state to visit the West African nation of Angola, where he will showcase U.S.-backed infrastructure projects designed to link three nations. Biden will also announce initiatives related to global health and security cooperation, among other things, a senior administration official said Friday. “We’re preparing the ground for eventually reaching all the way to Tanzania, connecting the Atlantic and Indian oceans,” a second administration official said Friday, of the system which also runs through Zambia and Congo. U.S. investment, the senior administration official said, is spurring economic growth for people in Africa in ways that Chinese spending isn’t. Carlo Angerer reported from Luanda, Angola, and Aaron Gilchrist from Washington, D.C.

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden, João Lourenço, We’re, Ulisses Correia e Silva, Hurricane Milton, Carlo Angerer, Aaron Gilchrist Organizations: U.S, White, Angolan, Slavery Museum, Democratic, China Global Locations: LUANDA, Angola, West African, Saharan Africa, Luanda, Lobito, Tanzania, Zambia, Congo, China, Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, U.S, Cabo Verde, Hurricane, Washington ,

☆ Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi released after death sentence overturned
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-02 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi was released from prison Sunday after completing a one-year sentence for speaking out against the Iranian regime, the Iranian judiciary’s Mizan news agency reported early on Monday. Salehi had been sentenced to death in April by a revolutionary court on charges linked to unrest in the country from 2022 to 2023, although Iran’s Supreme Court overturned that sentence in June. His songs eulogized months-long protests sparked by the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman arrested for allegedly wearing an “improper” hijab that flouted Iran’s Islamic dress code. Salehi was arrested in October 2022 after making public statements in support of the nationwide protests. Amini’s death in September 2022 unleashed protests that posed the biggest challenge to the Islamic Republic’s clerical leaders in decades.

Persons: Toomaj Salehi, Salehi, Mahsa Organizations: United Locations: United Nations

☆ Trump to travel to Paris for Notre Dame Cathedral reopening
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-02 | by ( Alayna Treene | Kristen Holmes | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —President-elect Donald Trump is planning to visit Paris later this week to attend the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral on December 7, his first overseas trip since his election in November to a second term in office. “President Emmanuel Macron has done a wonderful job ensuring that Notre Dame has been restored to its full level of glory, and even more so,” Trump posted on his Truth Social platform Monday. As soon as the invitation was received, Trump told his team he wanted to attend as he has long held a fascination with Notre Dame, which was severely damaged by a fire in 2019. At the time, Trump had watched footage of the fire burning while aboard Air Force One, commenting on social media: “So horrible to watch the massive fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. Trump’s Paris visit also comes just days after another world leader, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, flew to Florida and dined with him at Mar-a-Lago.

Persons: Donald Trump, Emmanuel Macron’s, Emmanuel Macron, ” Trump, Macron, Trump, Laurent Nunez, Elon Musk, Jared Kushner’s, Charles Kushner, Trump’s, Justin Trudeau, Trudeau Organizations: CNN, Notre Dame Cathedral, “, Notre Dame, Trump, Air Force, Paris ’ Police, Associated Press, Tesla, SpaceX, Saturday, Federal, Commission, Canadian, Mar Locations: Paris, Notre, France, Trump’s Paris, Florida

☆ Wisconsin Judge Strikes Down Limits on Public Sector Unions
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-02 | by ( Mitch Smith | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A Wisconsin judge on Monday struck down portions of a 2011 law that stripped most government workers in the state of collective bargaining rights and set off fierce demonstrations. The ruling by Judge Jacob Frost of the Dane County Circuit Court is certain to be appealed. “Restoring union freedoms to Wisconsin workers will strengthen Wisconsin’s middle class, lift up the voices of workers and lead to better public services for our communities,” said Stephanie Bloomingdale, the president of the Wisconsin AFL-CIO, in a statement. Republicans passed the law, known as Act 10, shortly after winning control of state government in the 2010 elections, arguing that limits on public sector unions were necessary to balance the budget and attract business investments. They advanced the legislation despite large-scale protests at the State Capitol in Madison and an attempt by Democratic lawmakers to scuttle the vote by fleeing to Illinois.

Persons: Judge Jacob Frost, ”, Stephanie Bloomingdale Organizations: Dane, Circuit, Democrats, Wisconsin AFL, State Capitol, Democratic Locations: Wisconsin, Madison, Illinois

☆ Meet the Press – December 1, 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-01 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +56 min

ANNOUNCER:From NBC News in Washington, the longest-running show in television history, this is Meet the Press with Kristen Welker. He credited President-elect Trump with this ceasefire, Jake, saying, quote, "Everyone is coming to the table because of President Trump." The second dynamic to watch is, Kash Patel is on the record for the retribution agenda that Donald Trump ran on. I will never forget when you asked former President Trump – President-elect Trump and President Biden during that last presidential debate in 2020 about 545 children who were still separated from their parents. And before we go, the newest member of the Meet the Press family, Frankie Alice Katz was born at 12:23 a.m. on Wednesday.

Persons: KRISTEN WELKER, Donald Trump, Christopher Wray, Kash Patel, KASH PATEL, I’d, FBI Hoover, Trump, PRES, JOE BIDEN, JUSTIN TRUDEAU, He’d, Bill Hagerty, Chris Murphy, Jake Sullivan, JONATHAN WHITE, Oscar, Errol Morris, NBC's Jacob Soboroff, Jonathan Allen, Kimberly Atkins Stohr, Matt Gorman, Sahil Kapur, it’s, Kristen Welker, Patel, “, STEVE BANNON, Bannon, DONALD TRUMP, Justin Trudeau, Trudeau, he'd, Biden, Edan Alexander, YAEL ALEXANDER, Jake, JAKE SULLIVAN, Kristen, we're, that's, Mike Waltz, President Trump, we've, Joe Biden, Bashar al, Assad, it's, I'm, They're, Chris Wray, Joe Biden didn't, Hagerty, SEN, BILL HAGERTY, Let's, I've, Kash, Colin Kahl, Kamala Harris, You've, Rob Malley, He's, Ariane Tabatabai, It's, Hunter, Hunter Biden, Kash Patel's, – SEN, –, Bill Barr, Tony Blinken, Israel, That's, Trump's, Tulsi Gabbard, she's, Tulsi, – KRISTEN WELKER, Murphy, Press . SEN, CHRIS MURPHY, Donald Trump's, Adam Schiff, Marco Rubio, Marcio Rubio, Donald Trump carte, who's, they're, you've, Harris, Nancy Pelosi, Tim Scott, Hope, Jon, John Bolton, JONATHAN ALLEN, John Bolton's, Matt Gaetz, SAHIL KAPUR, he's, doesn't, tweeting, MATT GORMAN, Gaetz, it's Tulsi, Betsy Devos, Matt Gaetz didn't, DOJ – didn’t, Pete Hegseth, Jr, KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR, Matt, Claudia Sheinbaum, Biden's, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, We've, Yitzhak Rabin, YITZHAK RABIN, Jacob Soboroff, JACOB SOBOROFF, ERROL MORRIS, Errol, Jacob, Adam Serwer, haven't, Jacob – ERROL MORRIS, Jonathan White, Pope, hadn't, Frankie Alice Katz, Sally Bronston Katz, Michael, Frankie Alice, Fredalee, Adrien, We'll Organizations: FBI, Senate, Democratic, Connecticut, National Security, Trump, Boston Globe, NBC, Press, Bureau, Canadian, Hezbollah, Hamas, National, Lebanese Army, Rebels, UN, Republican, The Press, DOD, Department of Justice, China, United States, Depot, Walmart, Communist, Press ., of Justice, White, Wall Street, Republicans, of Commerce, Treasury, Education, Biden White House, Communications, AG, RFK, DOJ, Heritage, U.S ., Mar, Democrat, Clean Energy, U.S, Supreme, Palestine Liberation Organization, Israeli, Oscar, NBC News, Human Rights, American Academy of Pediatrics, Department of Homeland Security, Trump –, MSNBC, Refugee, . Locations: Tennessee, Israel, Gaza, Washington, Mexico, Canada, China, Mar, United States, U.S, Lebanon, Iranian, France, Lebanese, Syria, Aleppo, Iran, Russia, American, Japan, Europe, –, Connecticut, America, States, Trump, Oslo Accords, Eastern Europe

TikTok is defending itself in federal court over legislation President Joe Biden signed in April that would ban TikTok if it doesn’t sell itself to an American owner by the time Trump takes office. Most Trump allies who oppose TikTok have cited claims of Chinese government influence over American users, which TikTok denies. They have both publicly criticized the legislation that would force a sale of TikTok or lead to a U.S. ban. “Don’t be fooled — the TikTok ban is not about China harvesting your data. Vivek Ramaswamy, who Trump has said will work alongside X owner Elon Musk in newly created government efficiency advisory roles, has over 855,000 TikTok followers.

Persons: Donald Trump, TikTok, Joe Biden, Trump, ”, hasn’t, that’s, Brendan Carr, Kevin Roberts, John Ratcliffe, ” Ratcliffe, JD Vance, Karoline Leavitt, Leavitt, ” Leavitt, ” Sebastian Gorka, Tulsi Gabbard, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Don’t, ” Kennedy, Gabbard, Joe Rogan, Kennedy, “, Mehmet Oz, Vivek Ramaswamy, Elon Musk, Ramaswamy, Jake Paul, ” Ramaswamy, Musk, ” Musk, Shou Chew, Michael Waltz, Waltz, ” Waltz, ” Trump’s, Sen, Marco Rubio, Rubio, ” “, ” Rubio, Kristi Noem, Doug Burgum, Noem, Lori Chavez, Elise Stefanik, Tik Tok, ” Stefanik, Doug Collins, Newsmax, ” Collins, Janette Nesheiwat Organizations: White House, Facebook, Federal Communications Commission, Heritage Foundation, CIA, Fox Business, Trump, Chinese Communist Party, CCP, “, Trump’s, Democratic, Medicare, Services, X, Iowa, YouTube, Street Journal, Senate, Management, Fox News, TikTok, South Dakota Gov, North Dakota Gov, Chinese Community Party, ”, United Nations Locations: U.S, America, China, CCP, USA, Soviet Union, American

The Supreme Court will consider a law restricting transition-related health care for minors for the first time Wednesday, and legal experts say the court’s decision could affect access to transition-related care nationwide for both minors and adults for decades to come. The Supreme Court granted the Biden administration’s appeal of a 6th U.S. The court won’t consider the part of the law that bans surgery, which wasn’t covered by the lower court’s injunction. The ACLU and Lambda Legal noted in their petition to the Supreme Court that circuit courts have become split on the restrictions. Many families with trans kids have had to work around care restrictions to continue care for their children.

Persons: Biden, Jonathan Skrmetti, Harleigh Walker, she’s, Walker, Jeff, Harleigh Walker Walker, Walker wouldn’t, Trump, …, ” Walker, that’s, Donald Trump’s, ”, Shannon Minter, “, Izzy Lowell, Lowell, ” Lowell, “ It’s, Trump’s Organizations: American Civil Liberties Union, Lambda, Justice Department, Circuit, NBC News, Affordable, National Center for Lesbian Rights, U.S, Supreme, Tennessee, ACLU, Court, Movement Advancement, Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law, Boston Logan International Locations: Tennessee, U.S, Auburn , Alabama, Alabama, United States of America, Arkansas, Tennessee , Kentucky, Florida, Georgia

☆ Biden fulfilling promise to visit Africa as US looks to counter China’s deepening influence in region
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-01 | by ( Arlette Saenz | Betsy Klein | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

It will also be the first time a US president has visited Angola, with which Biden has sought to shore up relations in recent years. As he hosted African leaders in Washington for a 2022 summit, Biden vowed to visit the continent the following year but ultimately missed that deadline. He scheduled a trip to Angola for this October, which was postponed due to a pair of devastating hurricanes hitting the US. The initiative is at the center of the Biden administration’s efforts to boost investment in Africa to blunt China’s growing influence in the region, which has outpaced that of the US. In an interview with The New York Times ahead of Biden’s visit to Angola, Lourenço said he is “ready to work” with Trump in the White House.

Persons: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Trump, Biden, Barack Obama, Xi Jinping, Biden “, ’, Biden’s, ”, João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço, ” Biden, Antony Blinken, Andrew Caballero, Reynolds, Lourenço, “, ” Lourenço, Powers Organizations: CNN, Biden, Initiative, US Africa Command, “, Democratic, Angolan, Getty, UNESCO, Heritage, The New York Times, Trump Locations: Africa, Angola, Luanda, Saharan Africa, Kenya, Ethiopia, Washington, Lobito, United States, Europe, Beijing, Russia, China, US, Democratic Republic of Congo, America, Brazil, Peru, U.S

☆ Here's the state of the last uncalled House race and why it's important
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-01 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Republicans are headed into 2025 in control of the presidency, the Senate, and the House of Representatives. But there's still one outstanding House race yet to be called. Gray has 105,083 votes, compared to 104,856 votes for Duarte, according to the California Secretary of State's office. The race is a rematch of their 2022 contest, which saw Duarte ultimately defeat Gray by 564 votes out of nearly 134,000 ballots cast. Due to the number of competitive US House races in California, a state with over 22 million registered voters, control of the chamber can theoretically rest on the Golden State alone.

Persons: John Duarte, Democrat Adam Gray, there's, Donald Trump's, —, Adam Gray, Gray, Duarte, Kamala Harris —, Mike Johnson, Elise Stefanik, Trump, Michael Waltz of Florida, Matt Gaetz, Johnson Organizations: GOP Rep, Democrat, Senate, Democratic, Golden State, California, GOP, Republican, United Nations, Trump, Republicans Locations: California, Merced County, Madera County, Fresno, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Louisiana, New York, Florida, Washington

☆ Zelensky wants to ‘work directly’ with Trump on ending Ukraine’s war with Russia
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-30 | by ( Hanna Ziady | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he wants to work “directly” with US President-elect Donald Trump and is open to his ideas, highlighting Kyiv’s eagerness to keep its most important ally onside as Russia intensifies its attacks. I want to work with him directly,” Zelensky said in an interview with Sky News released Friday, adding that he did not want people around Trump to “destroy” their communication. According to the US Department of State, the government has contributed $64.1 billion to Ukraine’s war effort since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022. Prior to winning the election, Trump repeatedly claimed that the Russia-Ukraine war would not have started if he had been president. He admitted that he was afraid Ukraine might lose the war, and particularly the independence of its people.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelensky, “, Donald Trump, ” Zelensky, ”, Zelensky, Andriy Yermak, Ukraine Keith Kellogg, Kellogg, Vladimir Putin, Trump, Putin, Maria Kostenko Organizations: CNN, Trump, Sky News, US Department of State, NATO Locations: Russia, Trump, United States, Ukraine, Kyiv, New York, Moscow

☆ Elon Musk just gave a shoutout to this new Apple feature
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-29 | by ( Kenneth Niemeyer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

AdvertisementElon Musk praised Apple's new hearing aid feature for AirPods. The FDA approved the feature as the first over-the-counter hearing aid software. Elon Musk, who has previously criticized Apple, appears to have been won over by one new feature. It shows a hard-of-hearing father using the feature on the Apple AirPods Pro 2 to hear his daughter opening Christmas presents. "Don't want it," Musk wrote in a June response to a Tim Cook post promoting Apple Intelligence on X.

Persons: Elon Musk, Musk, Apple, Tim Cook, Tesla's, Apple's Organizations: FDA, Apple, ChatGPT, Apple AirPods, OpenAI, Apple Intelligence, AirPods

☆ Turkey angles for Trump to break the deadlock on F-35 purchases
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-29 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Turkey wants the F-35s and may be willing to move the Russian air defenses that triggered the ban. Until five years ago, Turkey had planned to buy 100 of Lockheed Martin's F-35 stealth jets to modernize its air force. According to Bloomberg, Turkey may agree to restrict its Russian S-400s air defenses in return for the US lifting sanctions. Advertisement"So, it will remain to be seen if Trump can overcome these institutional hurdles to a sale to Turkey," Bohl told BI. The intervening Ukraine war, where Russian S-400s suffered losses, could reduce the value Turkey sees in them.

Persons: Lockheed Martin's, Trump, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Donald Trump, Suleyman Ozeren, Ali Bakir, Erdogan, Bakir, Ozeren, Benjamin Cooper, US Air Force Ryan Bohl, RANE, Marco Rubio, Bohl, Mark Esper, Lockheed Martin, Paul Iddon Organizations: Trump, Lockheed, Bloomberg, Russian, American University, Orion Policy Institute, Ibn Khaldon, Security Initiative, US Air Force, East, Washington, Pentagon, Northrop Grumman, BAE Systems, Pratt & Whitney, RTX Corporation, Ukraine, Iran Locations: Turkey, Ankara, Washington, Incirlik, Qatar, Turkish, North Africa, Russia, China, Ukraine, Russian

☆ How will Beijing respond to Trump’s cabinet of China hawks?
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-29 | by ( Nectar Gan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Hong Kong CNN —One called China an “existential threat.” Another called for a “whole-of-society effort” to confront China and was sanctioned – twice – by Beijing. “If you look at Trump’s team, most, if not all, are China hawks. His nominee for secretary of state, Sen. Marco Rubio, is known in China as the “anti-China vanguard” and currently sanctioned by Beijing. “Many of the hardliners indeed want a full confrontation and decoupling with China, but is that truly Trump’s objective for US-China relations? And in the eyes of Beijing, Rubio is not even the worst pick, according to Chinese experts.

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☆ Trump made unprecedented inroads in Silicon Valley this election
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-28 | by ( Rob Price | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Silicon Valley, long considered a progressive stronghold, has begun to shift toward Donald Trump, according to new voting data analyzed by Business Insider. These numbers show that Trump and Republicans are still a long way off from gaining any real majorities in Silicon Valley. While Elon Musk is based in Texas these days, many of his companies, including Tesla, are still very active in Silicon Valley. Trump, with Musk in support, has promised to cut regulations, which could help Silicon Valley startups grow more quickly. The trend toward Trump in the Silicon Valley electorate mirrors statewide and national trends.

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☆ US urges Ukraine to draft 18-year-olds to solve manpower shortages on the battlefield
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-28 | by ( Hannah Abraham | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

AdvertisementUS wants Ukraine to lower the conscription age to 18 amid a manpower shortage. The White House said aid to Ukraine will not be tied to the conscription age. The current minimum conscription age is 25, but an anonymous US administration official told reporters on Wednesday that reducing it would help Ukraine keep up with Russia's military. The White House clarified that US aid to Ukraine will not be dependent on whether the conscription age is lowered. In the months he has left, Biden has been scrambling to push measures to aid the war effort in Ukraine.

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☆ D.C. protested Trump's first term. Now, Washingtonians worry he'll crush them in his second.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-27 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Alex-Seitz-Wald-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Alex Seitz-Wald | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

But as president, he’ll have direct authority over only one — his once-and-future home of Washington, D.C., where city leaders are bracing for his wrath and hoping for the best. “A second Trump presidency presents risks for D.C., which lacks the protections of statehood and full home rule,” Del. Its limited self-government is derived from Congress and can be rescinded whenever the president and Congress wish. And he could deploy more federal law enforcement officials, as he did during the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020. “The first priority and responsibility of the D.C. Police must be to the residents of the district.”

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“I’ll be withdrawing my name from consideration to serve as Attorney General,” now-former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz posted on social media. Once the nation’s largest swing state, Florida is now stocked with Trump allies and a comfortable home turf for Republicans. It’s a state Trump won by more than 10 percentage points, up from his three-point win in 2020. “You need an Attorney General on Day 1 to be able to executive your plan,” a Trump official said. “I am kind of surprised other states are not pushing back harder, but they just are not.”“But that kind of makes sense to a degree,” Iarossi added of the state Trump won easily.

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