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☆ California's attorney general is investigating a school district over its handling of Rosemead High sex abuse claims
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Matt Drange | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

The California attorney general is investigating the El Monte Union High School District in Southern California. The action follows Business Insider's reporting on a pattern of sexual misconduct at one district school, Rosemead High. Investigators are looking at compliance failures related to "suspected child abuse, sexual abuse, assault." AdvertisementThe California attorney general is investigating a Southern California school district over whether it properly handled claims of educator sexual abuse and misconduct, records reviewed by Business Insider show. Investigating a local school district is a rare step for the top law enforcement office in the state.

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☆ Madrid derby descended into chaos as players pleaded for peace with fans in balaclavas
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( Dermot Corrigan | Guillermo Rai | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +13 min

It is one of Spanish football’s most iconic fixtures, but Sunday’s 1-1 draw between Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid will be remembered for all the wrong reasons. AdvertisementIn the second half, the referee suspended play and both teams were taken off due to home fans throwing objects at Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois. The ‘Frente Atletico’ fans group was formed in the 1980s and has a reputation for holding radical right-wing views and being involved in violence. There was also tension when some fans passed by wearing Real Madrid shirts against the backdrop of a heavy police presence. AdvertisementCristiano Ronaldo was hit by a lighter thrown by Atletico fans at their old Calderon home in February 2014.

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☆ 'Living death' was my dad's nickname for office work. Now I'm in my 40s — and I can see why.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( Ariel Sophia Bardi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. I'd spent carefree years bouncing around Kyrgyzstan and Lebanon, Sri Lanka and Mexico, India and Armenia. Advertisement"Living death," that's how my philosopher-slash-guitarist father had nicknamed office work. Author's view from hotel overlooking the Bay of Algiers Ariel Sophia BardiA freelance job helped me feel free againI needed to start living again. I make no comparison between their incredible courage and my own infinitely milder risks, which soon included drifting back to freelance work.

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☆ Photos: Asia’s most powerful storm Typhoon Yagi wreaked havoc in Vietnam, Thailand
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Kathleen Magramo | Noemi Cassanelli | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

After hitting the Philippines, where it killed more than a dozen people, it churned westwards towards southern China and shortly after parts of Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar and Laos. Rescue teams pick up schoolchildren and residents in Chiang Rai, Thailand on September 12, 2024. Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP/Getty ImagesFlood waters surround an entire neighborhood in the northern Thai city of Chiang Rai on September 12, 2024. Nhac Nguyen/AFP/Getty ImagesRescue officials clean up debris from a landslide in a remote mountainous village in Vietnam's northwestern Lao Cai province on September 12, 2024. Stringer/AFP/Getty ImagesVillagers wade through waist-deep floodwaters in Taungoo in Myanmar's Bago region on September 12, 2024.

Persons: Yagi, Chiang Rai, Lillian Suwanrumpha, Nhac Nguyen, Stringer, Sai Aung, Huang Yun, Lei Wenzhen, Eloisa Lopez Organizations: CNN, Reuters, Getty, Getty Images, Tropical Locations: China, Southeast Asia, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam’s Phu Tho, Chiang, Chiang Rai, AFP, Thai, Hanoi, Vietnam's, Lao Cai province, Taungoo, Myanmar's Bago, Bago, Sai, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Pampanga

☆ Matt Kuchar: PGA golfer finishes tournament alone on empty course
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Kevin Dotson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

No, it wasn’t a recreational golfer out for an early 18 holes; it was nine-time PGA Tour champion Matt Kuchar, the only golfer in the field at the Wyndham Championship who hadn’t finished the tournament on Sunday. Less than 12 hours earlier, Kuchar baffled onlookers when he marked his ball in the 18th rough and walked off the course. “Sorry that you guys had to come out this morning,” Kuchar said sheepishly. Kuchar said he thought Greyserman still had a chance to win the tournament and believed that his stopping would prompt Greyserman to follow suit. By finishing in a 10-way tie for 12th place, Kuchar was paid $134,695, nearly double what he would have been paid if he had bogeyed the final hole.

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The last two races of the Paris Games were a gold rush for the U.S., with both the women and men dominating the 4x400-meter relays Saturday. A three-time gold medalist after wins in the 200-meter and 4x100-meter relay, Thomas helped widen the gap in the third lap that McLaughlin-Levrone created in the second. In the last lap, it came down to a race between two gold medalists: Benjamin and Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo. With the victory, 16-year-old Quincy Wilson — who ran earlier in the week for the U.S. but not in the final — is now the youngest Olympic track-and-field gold medalist ever. He is also the youngest male U.S. Olympic gold medalist in any sport since 1952.

Persons: Sydney McLaughlin, Levrone, Gabby Thomas, Alexis Holmes —, McLaughlin, Thomas, Holmes, Rai Benjamin, Christopher Bailey, Bryce Deadmon, Vernon Norwood, Benjamin, Botswana’s, Tebogo, Quincy Wilson —, Wilson Organizations: Paris Games, Jamaica, Great Britain, American, U.S Locations: Shamier, Netherlands, Great, Tebogo

☆ Quincy Wilson, 16, is the youngest male U.S. track Olympian in history
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Andrew Greif | Andrew Greif Is A Freelance Sports Journalist. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

With that run, Wilson became the youngest male U.S. track Olympian, eclipsing middle-distance runner Jim Ryun, who was 17 at the 1964 Olympics. Wilson later became the youngest male Olympic track and field gold medalist ever after the U.S. 4x400-meter relay team — made up of Chris Bailey, Vernon Norwood, Bryce Deadmon, and Rai Benjamin — won gold over Botswana on Saturday. “I was kind of in the moment because I’m watching a 16-year-old running the Olympics — Olympics history,” Norwood said. Quincy Wilson competes in the men's 400-meter final at the U.S. Track and Field Trials on June 24. The showing led USA Track & Field to include him in the pool of runners eligible to run on a U.S. relay in Paris.

Persons: Quincy Wilson, Wilson, Jim Ryun, —, Chris Bailey, Vernon Norwood, Bryce Deadmon, Rai Benjamin —, “, ” Wilson, wasn’t, Norwood, ” Norwood, Patrick Smith, Wilson wasn’t, Shaniya, Quincy Organizations: PARIS, Olympic Games, U.S, Stade de France, Botswana, Bullis, Team, James Madison University, University of Oregon, AAU Junior Olympic Games, Stade, Quincy Hall Locations: U.S, Potomac , Maryland, Eugene , Oregon, Florida, Paris

☆ U.S. men, with Rai Benjamin anchoring, win 4×400 relay gold for third consecutive Olympics
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Marcus Thompson Ii | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

SAINT-DENIS, France — No issues with this men’s relay team. One night earlier, the 4×100 relay team — featuring some of the fastest men in the world — squandered their chance at gold. Rai Benjamin holds off Letsile Tebogo to anchor Team USA to gold in the 4x400m relay! Their names aren’t on the marquee of USA Track and Field. And Benjamin — as he did in Tokyo, and in the 2023 World Championships, and in the 2019 World Championships — brought home the gold for the third consecutive Games.

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☆ U.S. women coast to victory in 4×400 relay, wrapping up dominant Olympic track and field performance
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Marcus Thompson Ii | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The U.S. women’s 4×400 relay team, the final track event at an epic Olympics, blazed to the gold medal with a time of 3:15.27. Shamier Little, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Gabby Thomas and Alexis Holmes put together a dominant performance illustrative of American track and field’s dominance in the 33rd Olympiad. It doubled the gold medal count from the Tokyo Games when it took home 26 total medals. Thomas won her third gold medal of these games: one in the 200-meter hurdles, and two as the third leg in both relays. McLaughlin-Levrone secured her second gold medal, joining Thomas and Rai Benjamin as the Americans in track and field with multiple golds.

Persons: DENIS, France, Shamier, Sydney McLaughlin, Levrone, Gabby Thomas, Alexis Holmes, McLaughlin, —, Bol, mpics &, Mc Organizations: Paris Games, Team USA Locations: United States, U.S, Netherlands

☆ Typhoon Gaemi (Carina): Thousands stranded by floods in Philippine capital as deadly typhoon prompts calls for climate action
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Helen Regan | Kathleen Magramo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Much of the Philippine capital remained underwater Thursday after deadly Typhoon Gaemi worsened torrential monsoon rains that lashed the country, trapping thousands of people in rising flood waters and causing widespread damage. Lisa Marie David/ReutersA road is seen flooded caused by Typhoon Gaemi and monsoon rains on July 24, 2024 in Quezon city, Metro Manila, Philippines. Ezra Acayan/Getty ImagesRescuers evacuate residents from their flooded homes on July 24, 2024 in Quezon city, Metro Manila, Philippines. An aerial view shows Xindian river's rising water level at New Taipei City as typhoon Gaemi passes Taiwan on July 25, 2024. Residents wade a flooded road caused by Typhoon Gaemi and monsoon rains on July 24, 2024 in Marikina, Metro Manila, Philippines.

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☆ Track and field at the 2024 Olympics: World-record watch, schedule and how to watch
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Mark Puleo | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +11 min

AdvertisementThat makes track and field by far the most contested sport at the Olympics. Men’s shot put: Behind Duplantis, American Ryan Crouser has a case for the world’s most dominant athlete in track and field. She broke her own record for the fourth time with a time of 50.65 seconds in June at the U.S. Olympic trials. Hocker’s winning time of 3:30.59 broke the trials record by 3.5 seconds and showed he has the world-class fitness to mix it up at Paris. She withdrew from the Jamaican Olympic Trials and later revealed she was dealing with an Achilles injury.

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CNN —President Joe Biden outraised – and dramatically outspent – the campaign of Republican rival Donald Trump last month, new campaign reports filed Saturday show, raising questions about how long the president’s political team can operate at full throttle if donations dry up. By contrast, Trump’s campaign spent just shy of $10 million, leaving $128 million in its war chest. One fundraiser that proceeded over the weekend in Cape Cod brought in more $2 million, campaign officials said. Trump’s campaign, meanwhile, has consistently spent far less than Biden’s. A super PAC backing Trump’s candidacy, MAGA Inc., meanwhile, entered July with nearly $114 million in available cash.

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☆ When is the Ambani wedding? A timeline of the couple’s 7 months of celebrations
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

But a wedding that spans seven months is an outlier — even in the extravagant world of big Indian weddings. January: The engagement partyActor Ranveer Singh and his wife actor Deepika Padukone attend the engagement ceremony in January. Ahead of the party, the Ambani family also hosted a communal dinner for more than 50,000 villagers outside Jamnagar. July 2-5: Mass wedding and musical nightBrides and grooms perform rituals during a mass wedding ceremony for underprivileged couples hosted by Anant Ambani's parents, Nita and Mukesh. The Ambani family residence Antilia, which will host some of the weekend's festivities, has been extravagantly decorated ahead of the ceremony.

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☆ Rai Benjamin: You have to love the process
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailRai Benjamin: You have to love the process"You definitely have to love what you do, especially in this sport." Olympic hurdler and sprinter Rai Benjamin shares what ambition means to him and how his passion for track & field has helped him succeed in the sport.

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☆ Russia pledges to discharge Indians fighting for Moscow in Ukraine, New Delhi says
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Helen Regan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Russia has promised to discharge Indian nationals who were “misled” into joining its army to fight in Ukraine, India’s foreign secretary said Tuesday. “The Russian side promised the early discharge of all Indian nationals from the service of the Russian army,” he said. “The trafficked Indian Nationals were trained in combat roles and deployed at front bases in Russia-Ukraine War Zone against their wishes,” the CBI statement said. In neighboring Nepal, lawmakers have called on the Russian authorities to provide figures for its nationals fighting in Ukraine. The Russians position themselves a few hundred meters back as support,” said Suman Tamang, after he returned from Russia.

Persons: ”, Narendra Modi “, Vladimir Putin, Vinay Mohan Kwatra, Putin, Bimala Rai Paudyal, Kwatra, “, ” Kwatra, Imran Mohammad, Asfan Mohammed, Asfan, ” Imran, Suman Tamang, Ramchandra Khadka, ” Khadka Organizations: CNN, Indian, Indian Ministry, Russian, Kremlin, India’s, Bureau of Investigation, Indian Nationals, CBI Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Russian, Moscow, New Delhi, South Asia, Nepal, India, Indian, Hyderabad, Bakhmut –

☆ Rai Benjamin: I love the drive it takes
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailRai Benjamin: I love the drive it takes"Training for my event, it's really, really hard." Olympic hurdler and sprinter Rai Benjamin shares what ambition means to him.

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☆ Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone breaks 400-meter hurdles world record for fifth time
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-01 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone broke the 400-meter hurdles world record for the fifth time on Sunday, clocking 50.65 seconds at the US Olympic Trials. Running in lane five, McLaughlin-Levrone was leading the race by the 250-meter mark and had opened up a huge lead as she raced down the home straight. “I would love to dip under 50 at some point,” said McLaughlin-Levrone. In the men’s event, Rai Benjamin set a trials record of 46.46 as he looks to upgrade the silver medal he won behind Norwegian Karsten Warholm at the Tokyo Olympics. CJ Allen and Trevor Bassitt also made the team after finishing second and third respectively.

Persons: CNN — Sydney McLaughlin, Levrone, McLaughlin, Anna Cockrell, ” McLaughlin, ”, Femke Bol, Cockrell, Jasmine Jones, “, that’s, Rai Benjamin, Karsten Warholm, CJ Allen, Trevor Bassitt Organizations: CNN, US, Eugene’s Hayward Field, Paris, Paris Olympics, Paris Games, Hayward, Tokyo Locations: Paris

☆ Sha’Carri Richardson makes statement with blistering 200m at US Olympic trials
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Sha’Carri Richardson became the second-fastest women’s 200-meter runner in the world this year as she cruised to victory in her heat at the US Olympic Trials. Long ran the fifth-fastest time in Thursday’s heats, behind Gabby Thomas – the 200m bronze medalist at the Tokyo Olympics – NCAA record holder Abby Steiner, and 2019 world championship silver medalist Brittany Brown. “Any time I touch the track, there’s an opportunity for me to work on being my best self,” Richardson told NBC after her heat. The 24-year-old ran the fastest 100m time in the world this year with her victory at the trials on Saturday, finishing in 10.71 seconds. In the men’s event, Tokyo silver medalist Rai Benjamin comfortably won his heat, while Caleb Dean set the fastest time of the day with 49.45.

Persons: CNN — Sha’Carri Richardson, compatriot Mckenzie Long, Long, Gabby Thomas –, Abby Steiner, Brittany Brown, ” Richardson, “ I’m, Richardson, Noah Lyles, Lyles, Sydney McLaughlin, Levrone, Anna Cockrell, Rai Benjamin, Caleb Dean Organizations: CNN, US, Paris Olympics, NCAA, Tokyo Olympics, Eugene’s Hayward, NBC, Tokyo Locations: Tokyo, Erriyon

☆ Athing Mu’s hopes of defending her Olympic 800m title end after falling at the US trials
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Athing Mu’s hopes of defending her 800-meter title at the Paris Olympics ended in heartbreaking fashion on Monday as she fell to the floor at the US track and field trials. The trio of Nia Atkins, who won in a time of 1:57.36, Allie Wilson, and Juliette Whittaker completed the podium to make the Olympic team. Mu’s fall underlined the sometimes brutal nature of the US Olympic trials, which dictate that only the top three finishers will make the team for an individual event, regardless of an athlete’s pedigree and past results. Despite her lack of races due to a lingering hamstring issue, Mu appeared in good shape at the trials, winning her semifinal in a time of 1:58.84. “I don’t know if my season’s over yet,” Wilson told reporters on Monday.

Persons: Athing Mu’s, Mu, Nia Atkins, Allie Wilson, Juliette Whittaker, “ I’ve, I’ve, ”, Bobby Kersee, ” Mu, Kirby Lee, Kersee, hadn’t, “, Rai Benjamin, that’s, Quincy Wilson, Wilson, Quincy Hall’s, Michael Norman, Chris Bailey, ” Wilson Organizations: CNN, Paris Olympics, Olympic, Associated Press, USA, AP, Eugene’s Hayward, US Olympic, Paris, Tokyo Games, NBC, Quincy, Bullis

☆ World’s best airline for 2024 named by Skytrax
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Barry Neild | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

We look forward to more wins in the future.”Close-run contestSaudia was named by Skytrax as winner of the World's Most Improved Airline award. Singapore also won for Best First Class service and Best Airline in Asia. ANA, meanwhile, picked up the accolade for World’s Best Airport Services, as well as Best Airline Staff Service in Asia. Saudia was named World’s Most Improved Airline, beating Taiwan’s Starlux and Iceland’s Play into second and third places. Delta Air Lines was declared the Best Airline in North America, also picking up the award for Best Airline Staff Service for the region.

Persons: weren’t, ”, Edward Plaisted, Badr Mohammed Al, Meer, Saudia, Skytrax, Nicolas Economou, Tan, Tan Pee Teck, Taiwan’s Starlux, Singapore’s Scoot, Tony Fernandes, “, ISMOYO, Vistara, airBaltic Organizations: CNN, Qatar Airways, Hamad International, Dubai, Boeing, Airbus, Singapore Airlines, Dubai’s Emirates, ANA All Nippon Airways, Hong, Cathay Pacific, Japan Airlines, Turkish Airlines, Air France, Swiss International Airlines, Singapore, Best, ANA, World’s Best, Services, Best Airline Staff Service, AirAsia, Airline, Airasia, Rai International, Getty, Bangkok Airways, Fiji Airways, Ethiopian Airlines, Hainan Airlines, China . Delta Air Lines, Airlines, Emirates, Cathay, Air, Swiss International Air Lines, Korean, British Airways, Iberia, Virgin, Lufthansa, Etihad Airways, Saudi, Saudi Arabian Airlines, Garuda, Cathay Pacific Airways, Thai Airways, Malaysia Airlines, Transavia, Vueling Airlines, Ryanair, SKY, JetSMART, Aegean Airlines, Azerbaijan Airlines, Rex Airlines, Azul, Royal Air Maroc, Porter Airlines, . Alaska Airlines, Hong Kong Airlines, Asiana Airlines, China Airlines, Korean Air Locations: Qatar, London’s, Abu Dhabi, Qatar’s, Tan Pee, Asia, Denpasar, Bali, AFP, India, Australia, Pacific, Eastern, China ., North America, Singapore, Air France, Saudi Arabian, Garuda Indonesia, Transavia France

☆ Death of Indian farm worker in Italy sparks outrage
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Sharon Braithwaite | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Satnam Singh, a 31-year-old farm worker, was left on the street Monday after losing his right arm while working at a farm near Latina, which is southeast of Rome, CNN’s affiliate SkyTG24 reported. His arm was reportedly severed by a plastic wrapping machine on the farm. Singh was then loaded into a van and abandoned near his home, while his severed arm was left in a vegetable collection box, RAI reported. CNN has reached out to De Falco and to Lovato’s lawyers for comment, as well as to the Indian government. Italy Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni expressed her condolences and strongly condemned Singh’s death at Thursday’s cabinet meeting.

Persons: Satnam Singh, Singh, Antonello Lovato –, Giuseppe De Falco, De Falco, Lovato’s, Renzo Lovato, “, Valerio Righi, Antonello Lovato “, Righi, Giorgia Meloni, ”, Marina Elvira Calderone, Francesco Lollobrigida, ” Calderone, Italy’s, Maria Grazia Gabrielli, Gabrielli, Maurizio Falco Organizations: CNN, SkyTG24, RAI, Reuters, Italian Labor, FLAI Locations: Italy, Latina, Lazio, Rome, San Camillo

☆ Finally, a Euros for a Whole Continent
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Rory Smith | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Edi Rama’s best friend during the World Cup summer of 1982 just so happened to be the one person he knew who owned a color television. So every evening, Rama would find himself crammed into his kitchen with countless others, desperately hoping that the fuzzy, flickering signal would hold. Even communication with the outside world, particularly the West, was limited. Rama and his friends could only follow that World Cup through what he has subsequently called a “dark network” operated by RAI, the Italian state broadcaster. The commentators’ words, he said, “had the indescribable effect on us of not feeling alone in that black hole.”

Persons: Rama, Enver Hoxha, Italy’s Tuttosport, Dino Zoff, ” Rama, “ Organizations: RAI Locations: Albania, Italian, Italy, Madrid, Tirana

☆ Fintech has hit a bottom after plunge in valuations and squeeze on funding, execs and VCs say
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Executives and investors at the Money20/20 event in Amsterdam last week told CNBC that valuations have corrected from unsustainable highs from the industry's heyday in 2020 and 2021. Iana Dimitrova, CEO of embedded finance startup OpenPayd, told CNBC in an interview at the firm's booth that the market has "recalibrated." "Value is now ascribed to businesses that manage to prove there is a solid use case, solid business model," Dimitrova told CNBC. In 2021, global fintech funding reached an all-time peak of $238.9 billion, according to KPMG. Nanu added that the trend mimics the "craziness" fintech saw in terms of frothy valuations in 2020 and 2021.

Persons: Long, Dimitrova, Horacio Villalobos, Revolut, Prajit Nanu, fintech, Nanu, OpenPayd's Dimitrova, OpenPayd, Crypto, Andrea Pirlo, Fintech execs, they're, James Black, IVP, We've, Black, Charles McManus, Chris Ratcliffe Organizations: Bloomberg, Getty, AMSTERDAM, CNBC, RAI, KPMG, Companies, U.S ., ClearBank, Global Summit Locations: Amsterdam, Lisbon, Portugal, fintech, Italian, stablecoins

☆ Jean Daniel Pession: Italian World Cup skier dies in mountain accident alongside girlfriend
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Amy Cassidy | Sharon Braithwaite | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Italian World Cup speed skier Jean Daniel Pession and his girlfriend, Elisa Arlian, died in a mountain accident in northwest Italy, the Italian Winter Sports Federation (FISI) confirmed. “A terrible tragedy struck the world of winter sports and speed skiing in particular,” the federation said in a June 1 statement. “In a tragic mountain accident above Champoluc (Aosta), Jean Daniel Pession, a 28-year-old World Cup team member, lost his life. Together with Pession, his girlfriend also died,” FISI added. According to the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS), Pession finished 15th in the 2021 World Cup standings for speed skiing.

Persons: Jean Daniel Pession, Elisa Arlian, Pession, ” FISI, Flavio Roda, ” Pession, Rescuers, – Organizations: CNN, Winter Sports Federation, Federation, RAI, Helicopters, Snowboard Federation Locations: Italy, Aosta, Mount Zerbion, Champoluc, Vars

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Persons: —, Norgay, Edmund Hillary, Phurba Wangchhu, Sam Rashid, Rashid, it's, Andrew Murray, Geljen Sherpa, Rully Anwar, LAKPA SHERPA, Nachhiring Rai Organizations: Service, Everest, Business, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, NPR, International Federation of Mountain Guides Association, Nepal's Department of Tourism, World Bank, Mountaineers, Getty, Dawa Locations: Everest, Nepal, Kathmandu

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