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☆ Hunter Biden pardon fallout and strategic timing behind Syria's reignited civil war: Morning Rundown
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-03 | by ( Elizabeth Robinson | Elizabeth Robinson Is A Newsletter Editor For Nbc News | Based In Los Angeles. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

Donald Trump could use Joe Biden’s pardon of Hunter Biden for his own gain, some worry. Hunter Biden pardon gives Trump political coverPresident Joe Biden’s decision to pardon his son Hunter Biden was a move by a father to protect his son that some lawmakers said they could understand. “I’ll put it this way — if it was my son, I’d pardon him too,” Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville said. What hasn’t resonated as widely is Biden’s stated reason for pardoning Hunter Biden. Yesterday, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre defended Biden, telling reporters he believes “Hunter was singled out.

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☆ 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

☆ What’s happening in Syria? How an old conflict in the Middle East erupted again
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-02 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Alex-Smith-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Alexander Smith | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

In the messy patchwork of conflicts raging across the Middle East, one country has been absent from the spotlight: Syria. That he has survived was largely because of the intervention of Russia, Iran and Hezbollah, Iran’s Lebanon-based proxy. In all, the U.N. has documented more than 350,000 deaths but says this is “certainly an undercount.”Today, however, Russia, Iran and Lebanon are distracted and depleted. All of this “puts Assad in a much weaker position.”But “the Syrian regime, in coordination with the Russians and less so the Iranians, will hit them with everything they’ve got,” he added. “Much as I oppose the Assad regime, its atrocities and abuses, what is happening in Aleppo right now is terrifying.

Persons: Bashar al, ”, Omar Haj Kadour, Assad, It’s, Abu Mohammed al, Robin Yassin, “ It’s, “, Aaref Watad, Abbas Araghchi, Dmitry Peskov, Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s, Aleppo . Omar Haj Kadour, Hellyer, they’ve, Donald Trump, —, Charles Lister, ” Chris Doyle Organizations: Royal United Services Institute, Getty, Pentagon, Syrian, Human Rights, United Nations, State Department, ISIS, Observatory, Syrian Civil Defence, Middle East Institute, Foreign Relations, Council, Arab Locations: Syria, Syrian, Aleppo, Russia, London, AFP, Idlib, Hama, U.K, Qaeda, U.S, Golani, Russian, Aaref, Iran, Iraq, Iran’s Lebanon, Omar, Homs, moonscapes, ”, Lebanon, Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Washington, Kyiv, Moscow, Assad, Aleppo . Omar, Israel, Gaza, Cairo, Washington, Deir el, Monday, British

☆ Syrian Opposition Demands Assad Commit to Transition of Power
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-02 | by ( Aryn Baker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Russian and Syrian fighter jets struck targets across territory seized by rebels in northwestern Syria on Monday, according to Syrian state media and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The forceful response made clear that Russia, one of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s staunchest allies, intended to keep supporting him in the face of a sudden rebel advance. It is not yet clear whether they will be able to help hold off the rebels. On the other side, the rebels’ startling gains appeared to embolden the opposition in exile, with one of its leaders demanding on Monday that Mr. al-Assad commit to a political transition. The opposition leader, Hadi al-Bahra, spoke from Turkey as rebels continued their advance through Aleppo, once Syria’s largest city, and the surrounding areas.

Persons: Bashar al, Assad’s, Al, Assad, al, Hadi al Organizations: Syrian, Human Rights, Mr Locations: Syrian, Syria, Russia, Iran, Turkey, Aleppo

☆ Syria's 13-year frozen war has ignited again after allies Russia and Iran let down their defenses
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-02 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

It comes as Syria's powerful allies, Iran and Russia, are distracted with other conflicts. With Russia and Iran distracted by regional conflicts, a stagnant 13-year-long civil war in Syria has exploded into renewed violence. It's the most intense outbreak of fighting in the war since Syrian government forces, backed by Iran and Russia, drove rebels back to their strongholds in the north eight years ago, and a stalemate developed. "Israel has changed the balance of power in the region by going on this all-out war on the axis of resistance." Meanwhile, Russia, whose 2015 entry into the Syrian Civil War was crucial in propping up the Assad regime, has problems of its own.

Persons: Tahrir, Sham, Bashar al, Assad, who've, that's, Joshua Landis, Charles Lister, it's Organizations: Rebels, Syrian Observatory, Human Rights, University of Oklahoma, New York Times, Middle East Institute, Turkey Locations: Syria, Hayat, Aleppo, Iran, Russia, Hama, Idlib, Sunday, Israel, Syrian, Tunisia, Egypt, Gaza, Lebanon, Tehran, Ukraine

☆ Webb telescope offers an unexpected view of the Sombrero galaxy
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-02 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a surprising new view of a long-studied galactic neighbor, the Sombrero galaxy, revealing a perspective that looks quite different from the wide-brimmed Mexican hat for which it was named. Hubble: Messier 104, The Sombrero Galaxy Looking like a broad-brimmed Mexican hat, the “Sombrero” galaxy, M104, is a spiral galaxy seen nearly edge-on. NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI The Sombrero Galaxy is imaged in visible light by the Hubble Space Telescope, left, and in mid-infrared light by the James Webb Space Telescope’s MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument). But the Sombrero galaxy is quiet in terms of star formation compared with other galaxies such as Messier 82. The Webb telescope, launched in December 2021, will begin its fourth year of observing the universe in July.

Persons: James Webb, Pierre Méchain, Méchain, Charles Messier, NASA’s, Webb Organizations: CNN, Telescope, Hubble, Spitzer, NASA, Hubble Heritage, James Webb Space Telescope, micron, ESA, CSA, Way Locations: MIRI

☆ Freezing weather threatens post-Thanksgiving travel, GOP readies priorities for Trump's second term: Weekend Rundown
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-01 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | Josh Feldman | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

More than 100 National Guard troops were staged in western New York “to support local communities,” she said in a statement. Erie, Pennsylvania, has recorded 30 inches of snow, the highest total so far, according to the NWS. President-elect Donald Trump’s second-term agenda has some Americans worried about the impact on their lives and livelihoods. Notably, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with Trump at Mar-a-Lago after Trump threatened to impose a 25% tariff on Canadian goods. I still watch that film even as I’m turning 24, and she’s still one of my favorites today,” Cravalho said.

Persons: Kathy Hochul, Joe Biden’s, “ I’ve, ”, Steve Scalise, Donald Trump’s, Justin Trudeau, Trump, Abbas Araghchi, ” MUHAMMAD HAJ KADOUR, Tahrir, Jake Sullivan, Bashar al, Assad, Press Sen, Bill Hagerty, ” Hagerty, “, Kristen Welker, we’ve, Kashyap, Kash ” Patel, they’ll, Saquon Barkley, Ric Tapia, Barkley, Auli‘i Cravalho, she’s, ” Cravalho Organizations: Weather Service, Florida . New York Gov, National Guard, NWS, Republicans, Trump, Canadian, Mar, Getty, Observatory, Human Rights, Aleppo International Airport, White House, NBC, Press, ., FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Giants, North, NBC News Locations: Midwest, Great, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Georgia, Florida, Lake Ontario, Erie , Pennsylvania, Iran, Syria, Aleppo, Iranian, AFP, London, Canada, Mexico, United States, Inglewood , Calif, North America

Next month, NASA will get an up-close view of the solar activity as the Parker Solar Probe makes its closest-ever approach to the sun. The active period is likely to continue over the next year, which means more solar storms and spectacular auroras could be in store. “This is definitely the season for big solar storms,” said Kelly Korreck, a program scientist in the heliophysics division at NASA. The Parker Solar Probe in a clean room in Titusville, Fla., in 2018, after the installation of its heat shield. In some sunspot areas, the magnetic field can be about 2,500 times stronger than Earth’s magnetic field, according to NASA.

Persons: Parker, ”, Kelly Korreck, “, auroras, Leon Neal, ” Korreck, Johns Hopkins, Ed Whitman, Korreck, —, skywatchers, Jacob Anderson, Michael Chow Organizations: NASA, Probe, Parker, Venus, Solar Dynamics, of, Getty, USA Locations: Kiruna, Sweden, American, Titusville, Fla, Texas, Alabama, of Scotland, Edinburgh, AFP, Phoenix

☆ Iran throws its support behind Assad as rebels expand their shock offensive in Syria
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-01 | by ( Freddie Clayton | Freddie Clayton Is A Freelance Journalist Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

“The Syrian army will once again be victorious over these terrorist groups as in the past,” he added. In his first public comments released by the state news agency Saturday evening, Assad said Syria will continue to "defend its stability and territorial integrity against terrorists and their supporters." Iran’s support for Assad mirrors that of Russia, which helped to turn the tide of the war during 2016's battle for Aleppo between Syrian government forces and rebel fighters. The victory helped Assad to secure Assad's hold on strategic areas of Syria, with opposition factions and their foreign backers controlling areas on the periphery. The U.S., for its part, opposes Assad, opposes Russia, and opposes Iran, but has allied itself with Syrian Kurdish forces despite their fight against U.S.’ NATO allies Turkey.

Persons: ”, Abbas Aragchi, “, Hayat Tahrir, Sham, Bashar Assad's, Assad, Iran’s, BAKR Organizations: Human Rights, Fighters, Getty, Kurdistan Workers ’ Party, U.S, NATO, Humanitarian Affairs Locations: Iran, Aleppo, Syria’s, Damascus, London, Syria, Hama, U.S, Turkey, Tehran, Lebanon, Russia, AFP, Tartus, Kurdish, Ankara, Syrian Kurdish, The U.S, Sham

☆ In a shock offensive, insurgents breach Syria’s largest city for the first time since 2016
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-30 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

The advance on Aleppo followed a shock offensive launched by insurgents Wednesday, as thousands of fighters swept through villages and towns in Syria's northwestern countryside. A ceasefire in Hezbollah's two-month war with Israel took effect Wednesday, the day the Syrian opposition factions announced their offensive. Turkish security officials said Thursday that Syrian opposition groups initially launched a long-planned "limited" offensive toward Aleppo, where attacks targeting civilians originated. Besides backing opposition forces, Turkey has also established a military presence in Syria, sending troops into parts of the northwest. The opposition groups also seized heavy weapons and military vehicles belonging to the government forces, the agency said.

Persons: Hayat Tahrir, Robert Ford, Israel, Dareen Khalifa, It's, Hezbollah's, Bashar Assad's, Dmitry Peskov, Rami Abdurrahman, Abbas Araghchi Organizations: Syrian Observatory, Human Rights, International Crisis Group, Islamic, Anadolu Agency, Iranian, U.S, Zionist Locations: Rashidin, Aleppo, Hayat, Gaza, Lebanon, Israel, Russia, Iran, U.S, Syria, Hayat Tahrir, Hezbollah's, Ukraine, Turkey, Syrian, United States, Syrian Kurdish, Idlib, Damascus, Turkey's, Palestine

BEIRUT — Islamist rebels breached neighborhoods in Syria’s second-largest city of Aleppo and clashed with government military forces after detonating two car bombs Friday. The Syrian Observatory of Human Rights, the monitoring organization, said fierce clashes were underway between the attacking insurgents and regime troops. Syrian armed forces were repelling attacks, the Syrian Defense ministry said Friday, adding government forces involved in combat operations were able to regain control over some areas. "Our armed forces have inflicted heavy losses on the attacking organizations, resulting in hundreds of deaths and injuries among the terrorists," Syria's general command of the army and armed forces said in a statement translated by NBC News. The Syrian civil war started in early 2011 with a wave of protests against the authoritarian rule of President Bashar al-Assad.

Persons: Bakr, Witnesses, Bashar al, Assad, Assad's, Matt Bradley, Daniel Arkin Organizations: Associated Press, Syrian Observatory of Human, Fighters, Getty, AP, Syrian Defense, NBC News, Syrian Observatory, Human Rights Locations: BEIRUT, Syria’s, Aleppo, Russia, Iran, Rashidin, AFP, Syrian, Beirut, Atlanta

☆ Starbucks opens a cafe with a view of North Korea
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-29 | by ( Chris Lau | Yoonjung Seo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

The 30-seat cafe is located at the Aegibong Peace Ecopark in Gimpo city, about 20 miles north of the capital Seoul. Reuters“I wish I could share this tasty coffee with the people living in North Korea right in front of us,” local resident Baek Hea-soon, 48, told Reuters. North and South Korea are technically still at war, as no treaty to end the 1950 to 1953 Korean War was ever signed. South Korean veterans drink coffee at an observation deck of the Starbucks Coffee in Gimpo. In January, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country would no longer seek reconciliation and reunification with South Korea.

Persons: South Korea CNN —, Reuters “, Baek Hea, Lim Jong, ”, Kim Byung, SeongJoon Cho, hyeon Kim, Kim Jong Un, Kim Organizations: South Korea CNN, Starbucks, American, Korean, Reuters, Gimpo, Bloomberg, Getty, South Koreans, Korea Tourism Organization, South Locations: Seoul, South Korea, North Korea, Gimpo city, It’s, Kaepung, Vietnam, Gimpo

☆ Rebels in Syria Reach Outskirts of Aleppo, in Biggest Advance in Years, Monitor Says
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-29 | by ( Raja Abdulrahim | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Syrian rebels reached the outskirts of the major city of Aleppo on Friday, according to the fighters and a war monitor, raising fears that the nation’s long-running civil war is reigniting with an intensity not seen in years. The Russian government confirmed that it was bombing Syrian rebels, but did not specify where. On the ground, the rebel fighters did not appear to meet much resistance from government forces, according to the rebels, Syrian media and the Observatory. The rebel offensive launched on Wednesday is the most serious challenge to President Bashar al-Assad’s regime in years. And the timing of it has raised questions about whether the rebels are trying to take advantage of weakness across an alliance with Iran at the center, and groups like Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Syrian regime closely aligned with it.

Persons: Bashar al Organizations: Government, Human Rights Locations: Aleppo, Russian, Idlib, Syrian, Iran, Lebanon

☆ What a Deadly Offensive in Syria Means for a Stalled Civil War
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-28 | by ( Raja Abdulrahim | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The largest offensive in years by Syrian opposition fighters against government forces has stirred fears of reigniting a civil war that has been mostly frozen for years. The new rebel push began Wednesday in Aleppo Province in northwestern Syria. On Thursday, the opposition forces advanced, capturing several new villages, according to a British-based monitoring group, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The offensive aims to stop attacks by government forces and their Iran-backed militia allies, a rebel commander said. The group gathers information from a network of activists and others across Syria, and its numbers could not be independently verified.

Organizations: Syrian, Human Rights Locations: Aleppo Province, Syria, British, Iran

☆ First-of-its-kind saber-toothed kitten mummy find is covered in soft fur
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-23 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Woolly mammoths, giant sloths and saber-toothed cats were a fact of life for early humans. Fantastic creaturesScientists compared the mummified saber-toothed baby cat (top) with a modern lion cub (bottom). courtesy Prof. Alexey V. LopatinPaleontologists excavating in Russia’s Yakutia region uncovered the first known mummy of a saber-toothed cat. The well-preserved remains, uncovered in Siberian permafrost, are nearly intact, including surprisingly soft fur and even the “toe beans” — as cat lovers call feline footpads — on its front paws. The red supergiant star, called WOH G64, is about 160,000 light-years from Earth in the Large Magellanic Cloud, which orbits the Milky Way.

Persons: Alexey V, Homotherium latidens, Amelia Earhart’s, Earhart, ”, Tony Romeo, “, Ohnaka, Jacco van, Kelly, Zach Weinersmith, Elon, Blain, we’ve, Aviv, —, Ashley Strickland, Katie Hunt, Jackie Wattles Organizations: CNN, Lockheed, ESO, Keele Observatory, UK’s Keele University, Institut, la Vision, HCL, Human Cell, SpaceX, CNN Space, Science Locations: Russia’s Yakutia, Asia, Homotherium, Howland Island, Jacco van Loon, Mars, Paris, Lyon, England

☆ First close-up image of a star beyond our galaxy may reveal impending supernova
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The star, known as WOH G64, is 160,000 light-years from Earth in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small neighboring galaxy that orbits the Milky Way. Van Loon has observed WOH G64 since the 1990s and studied it as a student at the European Southern Observatory. The Hubble Space Telescope soon revealed it had indeed been a red supergiant in the past, perhaps 20,000 years before the explosion. “If this is what we are seeing (WOH G64) doing, then a spectacle awaits us soon,” van Loon said. It’s nowhere near as bright or variable as WOH G64, van Loon said, and only experienced a brief hiccup compared with what WOH G64 is undergoing.

Persons: ”, Keiichi Ohnaka, Jacco van, UK’s Keele University . Van Loon, van Loon, Gerd Weigelt, Max Planck, It’s, Edward Guinan, Guinan, “, ” van Loon, Ohnaka Organizations: CNN —, Southern, Astrophysics, “, Andrés Bello National University, Keele Observatory, UK’s Keele University . Van, European Southern Observatory, Max, Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, Villanova University in, Hubble Locations: Atacama, Chile, Jacco van Loon, Bonn, Germany, Villanova University in Pennsylvania

☆ Argentina votes against UN resolution combating online violence against women and girls
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Abel Alvarado | Manuela Castro | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Argentina was the only country to vote against a United Nations resolution promoting the end of all forms of online violence against women and girls. During Thursday’s UN General Assembly session, the South American nation argued that the resolution contained ambiguous terms such as “hate speech,” “misinformation,” and “disinformation” that could be used “abusively” to restrict freedom of expression. A total of 170 nations voted in favor, while 13 others abstained, including Iran, Russia, Nicaragua, and North Korea. Milei, who ran on a libertarian platform, has rolled out drastic social and economic measures in Argentina since taking office. During Milei’s presidential campaign, he and his party were accused of making offensive remarks against LGBTQ communities which were deemed hate speech by multiple groups, including Argentina’s National Observatory of LGBTQ Hate Crimes.

Persons: Javier Milei, ”, Milei Organizations: CNN —, United, UN, Assembly, CNN, Ministry of Women, Ministry of Human, Justice Locations: CNN — Argentina, United Nations, Iran, Russia, Nicaragua, North Korea, Argentina

Four years after the radio telescope at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico collapsed, a report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine is shining a light on the unprecedented failures that caused its destruction. The zinc gradually lost its hold on the cables suspending the telescope’s main platform over the reflector dish. The telescope was built in the 1960s with money from the Defense Department amid a push to develop anti-ballistic missile defenses. Following a few other cable failures, the federal agency decided to begin a plan to decommission the telescope in November 2020. In 2022, the National Science Foundation said it would not rebuild Puerto Rico's renowned radio telescope.

Persons: Roger L, McCarthy Organizations: Arecibo, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine, University of Central, National Science Foundation, Arecibo Observatory, Defense Department Locations: Puerto Rico, University of Central Florida, Puerto

☆ Climate Action 15: 2024's Leading Innovators for a Sustainable Future
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-11 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +40 min

Editor's note: Business Insider's reporters and editors nominated leaders based on insights from past Climate Action honorees, expert sources, and reader submissions. Courtesy of Jayson RicamaraSaudi Arabia, with its hot desert climate and little fresh water, is one of the most difficult farming environments. AdvertisementIyris in October also launched a sustainable-farming pilot in Saudi Arabia with chemical and plastic manufacturers as well as companies including Red Sea Global, a luxury tourism developer. A UN climate panel estimated that harnessing wave energy could supply 20% more electricity than the world produced in 2022. The US is trying to shore up its own mining and manufacturing base to curb China's power, including in battery recycling.

Persons: Derya Baran, Iyris Derya Baran, Jayson Ricamara, Baran, SecondSky, who's, Inna Braverman, Braverman, David Leb, Charles Callaway, Environmental Justice Charles Callaway ., Callaway, Clara, Gretchen Cara Daily, Stanford University Gretchen Cara Daily, Daily, NatCap, Juan Carlos Navarro, Panama Juan Carlos Navarro, Panama Navarro, José Raúl, Haiti —, Navarro, del, Reinhold Gallmetzer, Reinhold, Gallmetzer, Brazil's JBS, packer, Diane Gilpin, Smart Green Shipping Diane Gilpin, Gilpin, Drax, Roberta Tuurraq Glenn, Borade, Savok Glenn, Glenn, Cynthia Houniuhi, Houniuhi, it's, Arvind Kumar, Prasad, Rice, Kumar, Ari Matusiak, Gazur, Matusiak, —, Duncan McIntyre, McIntyre, Altenex, Ozane, Biden, It's, Delta, Liz Ricketts, Charlie Engman Ricketts, Ricketts, Ricketts didn't, Chao Yan, Princeton NuEnergy Chao Yan, Yan Organizations: Iyris, United Arab, King Abdullah University of Science, Technology, Red, Eco, UN, Eco Wave Power, Shell, Environmental Justice, Proctor Academy For Callaway, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Green Institute, Callaway, Natural, Stanford University, Stanford, Facility, Ministry, Environment, Panama's, UNESCO, US State Department, National Association for, Nature, Center, for, Carrefour, Nestlé, Smart Green Shipping, Scottish Enterprise, International Windship Association, Maritime Organization, Union, Alaska Arctic Observatory, National Weather Service, AAOKH, University of Alaska, Pacific Islands, University of, International Court of Justice, United Nations, Prasad Seeds, Labor, Prasad, International Rice Research Institute, Rewiring, Reduction, Communities, Highland Electric, Schools, Highland, Beverly Public Schools, Fortune, Edison International, Louisiana, US Department of Energy, Ozane, White, LNG, Vessel Project, Biden, Department of Energy, Kantamanto, London . Brands, McKinsey, Princeton, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Princeton University, Princeton NuEnergy, Energy, Laboratory, EV Locations: Jayson Ricamara Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Spain, Ukraine, Cherkassy, Israel, Gibraltar, Port of Los Angeles, Porto, Portugal, West Harlem, New York City, Clara Hale, Costa Rica, Belize, China, NatCap, Stanford, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Haiti, Panama City, Brazil, Peru, Brazilian, , Norway's, Barrow, Furness, Alaska, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Utqiaġvik, Fanalei, Solomon Islands, Fiji, Vanuatu, Tonga, Asia, Saharan Africa, India, Philippines, Nepal, Bangladesh, Africa, Hyderabad, South, Southeastern Asia, Subhanpur, Rewiring America, Massachusetts —, Sulphur , Louisiana, Calcasieu, Vessel Project Louisiana, Accra, Ghana, New York, London, Kantamanto, Taiyuan, China's Shanxi, Argonne, South Carolina

☆ Alien-like signal from 2023 has been decoded. The next step is to figure out what it means
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-11 | by ( Taylor Nicioli | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —If Earth’s astronomical observatories were to pick up a signal from outer space, it would require an all-hands-on-deck effort to untangle and decipher the extraterrestrial message. The message, decoded by Ken Chaffin and daughter Keli, is not static but is in motion as the white dots are arranged into the five amino acids. The message is not static but is in motion and only displays the arrangement for about one-tenth of a second. The project’s designers confirmed that amino acids are the intended message, but they are leaving the interpretation open. The project team intentionally created a complex message, with some team members predicting it could take weeks or even years to be decoded.

Persons: Ken Chaffin, Keli, Ken Chaffin Ken Chaffin, Daniela de Paulis, Baruch Blumberg, Robert C, ”, “, Chaffin, Keli Chaffin, de Paulis, Paulis, they’re, ’, ” Keli Chaffin Organizations: CNN, SETI Institute, European Space Agency, Green Bank, Allen, Byrd Green Bank Telescope, Medicina Locations: View , California, Astrobiology, West Virginia, Mars, Northern California, Bologna, Italy

☆ Australian school named world’s best new building of 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-08 | by ( Oscar Holland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Singapore CNN —A humble suburban school in Australia has fended off competition from skyscrapers, museums and airport terminals to be named World Building of the Year 2024. Brett BoardmanA school had long been on the south Sydney site, though the old 1970s building was no longer fit for purpose, according to fjcstudio, the design firm behind the project. The World Building of the Year was selected from the winners of each category, as chosen by a panel of 175 festival delegates. Friday’s result marks the second consecutive year that the WAF judges opted for an educational building, with a serene boarding school in China taking last year’s title. Darlington Public School is also the second Sydney building to win in the past three years, after Quay Quarter Tower — dubbed the world’s first “upcycled” skyscraper for retaining two-thirds of an old high-rise on the site — won in 2022.

Persons: Singapore CNN —, Brett Boardman, fjcstudio, Alessandro Rossi, “, ”, — Organizations: Singapore CNN, Darlington Public School, Housing, Darlington Public, National Star Observatory of Locations: Singapore, Australia, Sydney, Chippendale, fjcstudio, WAF, ” Sydney, National Star Observatory of Cyprus, Polish, Turkey, China, Copenhagen, Denmark

☆ Drought plagues majority of Northeast as dry, windy weather raises fire risk
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-08 | by ( Denise Chow | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Several homes were evacuated as a wildfire spread through the Colliers Mills Wildfire Management Area in Ocean County, New Jersey. Lokman Vural Elibol/ | Anadolu | Getty ImagesDry and unseasonably warm conditions in the Northeast have plunged much of the region into drought, fueling wildfires in New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts. "To have such persistent periods of really intense drought conditions is not very common." The Drought Monitor's latest map, released Thursday, showed drought conditions expanding from Virginia, Pennsylvania and New York up into Massachusetts and Maine. Dry conditions have intensified in some states, with parts of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Maryland now in "extreme" drought.

Persons: Lokman Vural, Benjamin Cook, Lamont, Brian Fuchs, " Fuchs, Fuchs, rainier Organizations: Colliers, Management, Anadolu, Getty, National Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, Regional Climate Center, D.C, U.S . Drought Monitor, University of Nebraska, U.S, Drought Monitor Locations: Ocean County , New Jersey, New Jersey , Connecticut, Massachusetts, U.S, Philadelphia, Newark , New Jersey, Wilmington , Delaware, Norfolk , Virginia, Washington, Palisades , New York, Virginia , Pennsylvania, New York, Maine, New Jersey , Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, Lincoln, New York , New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Great Lakes, Northeast

TOKYO — Mount Fuji has finally gotten its iconic snowcap, meteorologists in Japan said Thursday, more than a month later than it did last year and the latest of any year in 130 years of record-keeping. The previous record was in 2016, when Mount Fuji’s first snowfall arrived on Oct. 26, while last year the first snow was on Oct. 5. Mount Fuji, a national symbol of Japan, is a pilgrimage destination and UNESCO World Heritage site that attracts hikers from all over the world. It usually starts getting snow in early October, about a month after the end of the summertime hiking season. Arata Yamamoto reported from Tokyo, and Mithil Aggarwal reported from Hong Kong.

Persons: Mount, Fuji’s snowless, ” Shigeru Kiryu, Arata Yamamoto, Mithil Aggarwal Organizations: Mount, Japan Meteorological Agency, UNESCO, Associated Press Locations: TOKYO, Japan, Kofu, Tokyo, Hong Kong

Kamala Harris supporters embrace as they watch poll results at the Harris-Walz watch party at Howard University in Washington, DC, on Tuesday. Brandon Bell/Getty ImagesHarris campaign aides and allies are in a state of shock and disbelief the morning after Election Day, reeling from their candidate’s loss to Donald Trump. “Stomach in knots,” one source close to the campaign said. In the lead-up to election night, Harris campaign officials had projected confidence about the vice president’s standing, citing conversations with teams on the ground and internal data. “It was gloomy,” another source close to the campaign said, describing the mood among Harris campaign officials overnight.

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In making the remarks, Harris did something her opponent refused to do in the aftermath of the 2020 election: Accept its results. My allegiance to all three is why I am here to say: While I concede this election, I do not concede the fight that fueled this campaign,” she said. Closing a chapter in the history books after a tense campaign, the vice president offered a call to supporters to “roll up our sleeves” in response to the election results. Supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris react following Harris' remarks, conceding 2024 U.S. presidential election to President-elect Donald Trump, at Howard University in Washington, DC, on November 6. Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff at Howard University in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, November 6, 2024.

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