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☆ Why this man swapped San Francisco for Colombia
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( Tamara Hardingham-Gill | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

CNN —After spending several years building a life he loved in San Francisco, Jason Bennett, originally from the Bay Area, had every intention of remaining in the Californian city for good. At the same time, he realized that he was mostly returning to San Francisco because he felt that was what was expected of him. “The (Colombian) culture is so kind, they don’t really like to say, ‘No,’” he says. “And I don’t ever want to come across as like I’m shading San Francisco or the United States in general. Since choosing to relocate to Colombia, Bennett has noticed a considerable change in his overall wellbeing and says he couldn’t be happier with how things have turned out.

Persons: Jason Bennett, “, couldn’t, Bennett, ”, ” Bennett, Jason Bennett Bennett, San, he’d, “ You’ve, ’ ” Bennett, Jen, who’s, Pablo Escobar, Medellín, ” He’s, he’s, you’re, I’m, “ It’s, It’s, Uber, He’s, hasn’t, “ I’ve, …, Bennett, I’ve Organizations: CNN, Gap Inc, Medellín, True Star Consulting, of, ”, World Health Organization, Colombian, US State Locations: San Francisco, Bay, American, Colombia, Lebanon, India, Estonia, Argentina, Lisbon, Portugal, Cartagena, Medellín, Castropol, Medellín’s El Poblado, Miami, America, United States, ”, Japan, Medellin, Francisco, Bogota, Cali

However, if you want the convenience of a cordless vacuum with suction that rivals the best vacuum cleaners, the LG CordZero All-in-One Auto-Empty Cordless Vacuum is a worthwhile splurge. LG CordZero All in One Cordless Stick Vacuum The LG CordZero All-in-One is a powerful cleaning tool that comes with a variety of handy attachments, including a self-emptying base and mopping attachment. Weighing about seven pounds, it's not the lightest model I've ever used, but this cordless vacuum is one of the most well-balanced. Camryn Rabideau/Business InsiderI tested the LG CordZero All-in-One Vacuum at my home for more than two months, and it had its work cut out for it. If you like the idea of a cordless vacuum that can also mop, another option is the Dyson V15s Submarine.

Persons: it's, Camryn, Dyson, that's, Jaclyn Turner, Read, LG CordZero Organizations: Business, LG, Amazon, Shark

That’s why I’ll continue updating this article throughout October Prime Day, which is halfway over — if you haven’t started shopping, what are you waiting for? SKIP AHEAD Best Prime Day deals | More Prime Day sales | Best sales at other retailers | How I found the best Prime Day deals | Why trust NBC Select? Best Prime Day salesHere are the best Prime Day sales to know about. Best Prime Day home essentials salesBest Prime Day beauty and wellness salesBest Prime Day tech salesBest Prime Day grocery salesBest Prime Day home salesBest Prime Day kitchen salesBest Prime Day pet supplies dealsBest sales at other retailersHow I found the best Prime Day dealsAll of my recommendations above are based on NBC Select’s previous coverage and reporting. I’m an associate updates editor for NBC Select who's covered deals and sales for five years.

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I combed through Amazon’s many deal pages — through thousands of discounted products — to find the best October Prime Day deals. SKIP AHEAD Best Prime Day deals | More Prime Day sales | Best sales at other retailers | How I picked the best deals | Why trust NBC Select? 4.6-star average rating from 7,532 reviews on AmazonThese are some of the best wireless earbuds I’ve tested. Best Prime Day salesHere are the best Prime Day sales to know about. Best sales at other retailersHow I found the best Prime Day dealsAll of my recommendations above are based on NBC Select’s previous coverage and reporting.

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Persons: It's, Smart, Keurig, Creatista Organizations: Business, Deal, FlexBrew, Hamilton

☆ How activist Irenic can amicably build shareholder value at Reservoir Media
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-05 | by ( Kenneth Squire | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Business: Reservoir Media operates a music publishing business, a recorded music business, a management business and a rights management entity in the Middle East. It operates through two segments: Music Publishing and Recorded Music. The Music Publishing segment is involved in the acquisition of interests in music catalogs, from which royalties are earned, as well as signing songwriters to agreements. The Recorded Music segment acquires sound recording catalogs and discoves recording artists, as well as markets, distributes, sells and licenses the music catalogs. After 12 years as a private company, RSVR went public in July 2021.

Persons: Joni Mitchell, Isley, Billy Strayhorn, Hoagy Carmichael, John Denver, Ali Tamposi, Jamie Hartman, Oak Felder, Steph Jones, Hans Zimmer, RSVR, Roth, Adam Rothstein, Irenic, SPACs, Khosrowshahi, Hipgnosis, Richmond Hill's, Ryan Taylor, Ken Squire Organizations: Reservoir Media, Publishing, Reservoir, Blackstone, Richmond Hill Investments, Richmond, 13D Locations: RSVR, Richmond

☆ Bailey Sharp, 23, was killed after plotting California man's murder; co-conspirators sentenced to life, as seen on Dateline
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-04 | by ( Tim Stelloh | Rebeccah Glaser | Tim Stelloh Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +11 min

For years, Jeff Sharp often relied on the same refrain when he came upon an addict. The only reason Bailey wasn’t charged in Hilbert’s murder, Zois told “Dateline,” is because she is dead. A lawyer for Bischoff disputed this account, telling “Dateline” that his client had nothing to do with Hilbert’s murder. Bailey Sharp, 23, was killed weeks after Justin Hilbert's murder. And without that money, the arrangement between Bischoff, Bailey and Serrano fell apart in the weeks that followed.

Persons: Jeff Sharp, Sharp, —, ”, Bailey, Bailey Sharp, Justin Hilbert —, — Bailey, Amy Zois, Zois, Jared Bischoff, Bischoff, Danny Serrano, Bailey wasn’t, Ericka Sharp, “, Ericka, Jeff, it’s, ” Jeff, he’d, ” Ericka, hadn’t, Tonya Reppe, Justin Hilbert, Hilbert, Bailey —, Serrano, Bailey’s, Lance Stoyer, Justin Hilbert's, Reppe, Stoyer, Hilbert —, she’d, Ricky, Bischoff’s, ” Zois, Dateline ”, Cathy, Steve Hudson Organizations: Seattle Police, Riverside, Former Navy, “ Dateline, ”, Zois, Sheriff’s, Facebook, NBC, “, Dateline, Sharps, “ Dateline ” Locations: Southern California, Riverside County, Riverside, Inland, Riverside , Calif, Seattle, California, Texas, she’d, Palm Springs

I’ll frequently update this list leading up to October’s Prime Day sale on Oct. 8 and 9. SKIP AHEAD Best early Prime Day deals | More early Prime Day sales | Best sales at other retailers | How I picked the best early Prime Day deals | Why trust NBC Select? Best early Prime Day kitchen deals4.3-star average rating from 68,314 reviews on AmazonThis microwave popcorn maker is one of my favorite kitchen gadgets. Best early Prime Day salesHere are the best early Prime Day sales to know about. Best sales at other retailersHow I found the best early Prime Day dealsAll of my recommendations above are based on NBC Select’s previous coverage and reporting.

Persons: I’ve, I’ll, It’s, petrolatum, You’ll, it’s, you’re, —, popper, fryer, Lindsay Schneider, TikTok Organizations: NBC, October’s, Alexa Voice, Amazon, Bluetooth, Wellness, Bath, Giftable Tech, Deal, Facebook, Twitter Locations: California

☆ Dating Apps Helped Me Find Love. Now They've Become a Total Scam.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-03 | by ( Albert Fox Cahn | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +22 min

I spent some time alone after things ended, but by the end of 2012, I was ready to re-embrace online dating. Within a few years, my fellow millennials and I were reportedly spending 10 hours a week on dating apps. "Dating apps are designed to be a miserable experience," Stephanie Rodgers, the founder of the forthcoming dating app Verb, said. Increasingly, it feels like dating apps make things more monotonous and cumbersome to incentivize us to pay for upgrades. And while dating apps' cost in terms of harassment, threats, and violence is paid disproportionately by women, its financial cost is disproportionately paid by men.

Persons: —, I've, I'd, it's, undateable, Phil, begrudgingly, Tinder, Charlotte Fox Weber, Weber, Swiping, Koshiro, Stephanie Rodgers, Rodgers, you'll, we're, curt, It's, I'm Organizations: Congressional, New York Times, Harvard Law, Facebook, Match, The League, Upper East, Grand Central Locations: DC, Washington, Western Europe, East, Asia, Raya, Brooklyn, Americas

Persons: I’ve, I’ll, It’s, petrolatum, popper, fryer, Lindsay Schneider, TikTok Organizations: Deal, NBC, October’s, Alexa Voice, Amazon, Bluetooth, Wellness, Bath, Giftable Tech, Facebook, Twitter Locations: California

☆ The battle of Irpin narrowly saved Ukraine. Here's how it went down.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-28 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Ukraine narrowly won the battle of Irpin in the war's earliest days. That's the conclusion of American and British experts who examined the fighting along the Irpin River northwest of Kyiv. "The Battle of Irpin River was a close-run thing," wrote Richard Sladden, Liam Collins and Alfred Connable in an article in British Army Review, a British military magazine. An attack in the east and south of Ukraine was the most likely course of action, therefore Ukrainian forces were primarily arrayed against this." Russian forces weren't prepared to rapidly deploy pontoon bridges to replace those across the Irpin River that Ukrainian troops had blown up.

Persons: —, Richard Sladden, Liam Collins, Alfred Connable, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Collins, weren't, Oleksii Chumachenko, Carl von Clausewitz, Michael Peck Organizations: Service, British Army, Paratroopers, Hostomel Airport, Ukrainian 72nd Mechanized Brigade, Kyiv, Airport, 5th Company, 72nd Brigade, Hostomel, US Army Special Forces, Getty, 72nd Mechanized Brigade, Defense, Foreign Policy, Rutgers Univ, Twitter, LinkedIn Locations: Ukraine, Irpin, Kyiv, Russia, Ukrainian, —, British, Russian, Belarus, Dnipro, Hostomel, city's, Holland, Germany, Forbes

☆ Two failing dams in North Carolina force urgent evacuations after days of heavy rain
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-27 | by ( Evan Bush | Evan Bush Is A Science Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

At least two major dams in North Carolina were at risk or in the process of failing on Friday, forcing evacuations after Hurricane Helene inundated the region. Officials in South Carolina have been warned that a failure could even impact towns there, according to the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality. “RESIDENTS BELOW THE LAKE LURE DAM NEED TO EVACUATE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY! Lake Lure in North Carolina as seen from Chimney Rock National Park. It also received $16.5 million for the project in 2022 from the state of North Carolina.

Persons: Helene, Rob Mathis, “, ” Mathis, Kristin Coulter, Mathis, ” Coulter, Olivia Stewman, ” Stewman, Hurricane Helene, Jared Klein, ” Klein Organizations: Tennessee Emergency Management Agency, Duke Energy, Tennessee Emergency Management, “, ” United States Geological, North Carolina Department of Environmental, Emergency Management, Facebook, National Weather Service, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Association of, Officials, NBC News Locations: North Carolina, Tennessee, Cocke County, Waterville, Newport , Tennessee, Newport, ”, South Carolina, Rutherford, Asheville, Lake Lure, Lure, Southern Appalachia, Hurricane, Lake, U.S, Nebraska

☆ CNBC's Inside India newsletter: Will India's lofty manufacturing ambitions bear fruit?
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Amala Balakrishner | In Amala-Balakrishner | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

This report is from this week's CNBC's "Inside India" newsletter which brings you timely, insightful news and market commentary on the emerging powerhouse and the big businesses behind its meteoric rise. Its intent was clear: to develop India's manufacturing capabilities in sectors like automotives, electronics, pharmaceuticals and aerospace while creating opportunities for locals. India's manufacturing sector has seen "remarkable" growth says, Samir Kapadia, founder and CEO of B2B marketplace India Index. "These infrastructural shifts in India have improved connectivity within and outside the country putting India at a very different playing field than it was 10 years ago when 'Make in India' started," Kapadia told CNBC's Inside India. India vs. other emerging marketsWhile India looks to poach China's manufacturing share, other countries like Indonesia, Vietnam, Bangladesh and Mexico are also stiff competitors.

Persons: Wistron, Narendra Modi, Foxconn, Samir Kapadia, Kapadia, CNBC's, U.S . Franklin Templeton's Yi Ping Liao, Liao, Deveshwar Organizations: Tata Group, Indian, Apple, Dixon Technologies, Kia, Divi's, Novartis, GSK, Merck, China, U.S ., TS Lombard, Inside, Mutual Fund Locations: India, China, Silicon Valley, Bengaluru, Kolar, Doddaballapura, Foxconn, Kia India, Anantapur —, Indonesia, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Mexico, Asia, Inside India, Brazil

☆ Diving lizard’s ‘scuba tank’ allows it to breathe underwater, scientists say
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-17 | by ( Mindy Weisberger | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Footage that Swierk recently captured of submerged anoles shows prominent bubbles swelling and deflating on the reptiles’ heads. Diving anoles aren’t fast runners and rely mostly on camouflage to hide from predators such as birds, snakes, mammals and other lizards. For diving anoles, gular pumping may also play a part in circulating stored oxygen, affecting how long anoles can stay underwater. A throat-pumping action called gular pumping may play a part in circulating stored oxygen, affecting how long anoles can stay underwater. Another unresolved question is how diving anoles store and circulate oxygen while underwater.

Persons: Lindsey Swierk, Swierk, —, ”, ” Swierk, Earyn McGee, anoles, McGee, “ We’re, ” Mindy Weisberger Organizations: CNN, Binghamton University, Los Angeles Zoo, Las Cruces Biological, Scientific Locations: Costa Rican, New York, Costa Rica, Panama, Costa, Las Cruces

☆ Central Europe braces for more flooding as death toll rises
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

A man shovels debris in floodwater following heavy rainfall in Jesenik, Czech Republic, on Sept. 15, 2024. In Jesenik, a Czech town across the border that was inundated on Sunday, a clean-up was starting after waters receded to show damaged cars and debris on the streets. Flooded parts of the northeastern Czech city of Ostrava forced the closures of a power plant supplying heat and hot water to the city as well as two chemical plants. State news agency PAP reported five deaths in Poland, and in the Czech Republic one person died, a police official said. Slovakia’s capital Bratislava and the Hungarian capital Budapest were both preparing for possible flooding as the River Danube rose.

Persons: Donald Tusk, Michal Piszko, David W Cerny, ”, Zdenek Kuzilek, Emil Dragomir, Slobozia Conachi, Jacek Sutryk, Sandor Pinter Organizations: European Union, Reuters, “ Telephones, Facebook Locations: Europe, Czech Republic, Poland, Austria, Romania, European, Klodzko, Czech, Jesenik, Polish, Nysa, Slobozia, Romanian, Kozielno, Wroclaw, Silesia, Prague, Ostrava, Austrian, Lower Austria, Vienna, Slovakia’s, Bratislava, Budapest, Hungarian

☆ Exercise may help you store fat better, new research suggests
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-10 | by ( Madeline Holcombe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Exercise doesn’t just help you lose fat. Exercise is important for many facets of health, and it may even impact how fat is stored, a new study showed. “Fat tissue itself is very, very important for health,” he said. The goal isn’t more fat tissue, but better capacity to store it, Horowitz said. Fat tissue is supposed to be stored under the skin, and if it can’t go there it’s going to go other places such as your liver, heart or pancreas, he added.

Persons: ”, Jeffrey Horowitz, Horowitz, ” Horowitz, Andrew Freeman, Freeman, “, ” Freeman Organizations: CNN’s, CNN, University of Michigan, Jewish Health Locations: kinesiology, Denver

☆ No longer a financial reservoir? Saudi Arabia’s spending confirms clear shift in strategy
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-23 | by ( Natasha Turak | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The fund's investments in domestic infrastructure and real estate development grew 15% year-on-year to 233 billion riyals, while its foreign investments increased 14% to 586 billion riyals. The days of viewing Saudi Arabia as a mere financial reservoir are ending," Tarik Solomon, chairman emeritus at the American Chamber of Commerce in Saudi Arabia, told CNBC. watch nowSaudi Arabia's recently-updated Investment Law seeks to attract more foreign investment as well — and it's set itself a lofty goal of $100 billion in annual foreign direct investment by 2030. Spurring greater foreign buy-in "should also ease the burden that has recently been placed on the Public Investment Fund to offset the weaker foreign investment into the Kingdom," he added.

Persons: Tarik Solomon, —, Solomon, James Swanston, We've, Swanston Organizations: Getty Images, Public Investment Fund, Saudi, American Chamber of Commerce, CNBC, Eastern, Saudi Arabia's, Gulf, Capital Economics Locations: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Getty Images Saudi Arabia, Saudi, James Swanston , Middle East, Africa

Ricaurte Vásquez Morales is a man obsessed with water. An app on his phone displays the fluctuating level of Lake Gatún, the artificial reservoir that is the centerpiece of the Panama Canal system. Mr. Vásquez Morales is the administrator of the Panama Canal, which is both the economic heart of his isthmus nation and a central artery for global trade. Last year, a drought dropped the lake to critical levels, prompting canal authorities to limit traffic. At the worst point, in December, only 22 ships a day were allowed to pass through the canal, down from the usual 36 to 38.

Persons: Ricaurte Vásquez Morales, ”, Vásquez Morales Organizations: Atlantic Locations: Gatún, Panama, Asia, East Coast, United, Central American

☆ Wildfire With 80-Foot Flames Spreads Near Athens
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Mike Ives | More About Mike Ives | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Firefighters in Greece were working early Monday to contain a major and fast-spreading wildfire that broke out near Athens a day earlier, which has damaged buildings and produced flames more than 80 feet tall, the authorities said. The fire started on Sunday afternoon in Varnava, a town less than 30 miles north of Athens by road, and spread rapidly within minutes because of high winds, Greece’s national fire service said. The fire then spread on Sunday evening, in some cases between residential buildings, Col. Vassilios Vathrakogiannis, a spokesman for the fire service, said in a news release. He said the fire also threatened Lake Marathon, a reservoir serving Athens. The fire service warned of strong winds.

Persons: Vassilios Locations: Greece, Athens, Varnava, Lake

☆ Another point for life on Mars: Signs of liquid water discovered under the planet's surface
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Mars just scored another point in favor of alien life. Scientists discovered signs of an ocean's worth of liquid water miles below Mars' surface. Sign up for our newsletter to get the latest on the culture & business of sustainability — delivered weekly to your inbox. Scientists discovered evidence of a reservoir of liquid water seven to 13 miles below the Martian surface, lingering in the pores of the planet's crust. Still, it's another promising sign that Mars could one day yield the most disruptive discovery in human history — that of life beyond Earth.

Persons: Mars, it's Organizations: Service, NASA, Business

☆ Oceans of water may be trapped deep beneath the Martian surface
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —Data from a retired NASA mission has revealed evidence of an underground reservoir of water deep beneath the surface of Mars, according to new research. A team of scientists estimates that there may be enough water, trapped in tiny cracks and pores of rock in the middle of the Martian crust, to fill oceans on the planet’s surface. NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter took an image of InSight sitting on the Martian surface on February 2, 2019. “It’s certainly true on Earth — deep, deep mines host life, the bottom of the ocean hosts life. Windows into Martian historyThe findings add a new piece to the Martian water puzzle.

Persons: ”, Vashan Wright, ‘, Mars, orbiters, InSight’s seismometer, Wright, James Tuttle Keane, Aaron Rodriguez, Michael Manga, “ It’s, haven’t, Alberto Fairén, Fairén, Bruce Banerdt, we’re, Banerdt, al, ” Banerdt, “, ” Wright Organizations: CNN, NASA, National Academy of Sciences, Reconnaissance Orbiter, JPL, Caltech, University of Arizona, University of California, Diego’s Scripps, of Oceanography, Mars, Interior Exploration, Transport, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, University of Maryland, Cornell University Locations: Mars, Berkeley

☆ The next world’s tallest building could be a 3,000-feet-high battery
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-07 | by ( Amy Gunia | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

A combination of technologies — from various forms of batteries to other energy storage methods — will likely be necessary to increase capacity. As shown in this render, energy storage company Energy Vault, along with Skidmore, Owens & Merrill, the architecture and engineering firm behind some of the world's tallest buildings, is integrating gravity energy storage technology into building designs. A view of the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, in Dubai, in December 2022. Two energy storage experts contacted by CNN questioned if the economics of a skyscraper battery could work, given the space that would need to be used for energy storage and the structural changes that would be needed to support the extra weight. Energy Vault has already completed a project in China which it says is the world’s first commercial-scale, non-pumped hydro gravitational energy storage system.

Persons: Chicago’s Willis, Bill Baker, Abdelhadi Ramahi, Robert Piconi, Stefano Boeri, Daniel Safarik, ” Organizations: CNN, Skidmore, Owings, Merrill, Energy, Owens & Merrill, Trade Center, Sears, Burj, International Energy Association ., SOM, Reuters Locations: Burj Khalifa, Dubai, China, Milan, Italian

☆ Avocado goldrush links U.S. companies with Mexico’s deforestation disaster
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

The U.S. lawsuits filed in DC Superior Court Monday shine a spotlight on the supply chains of some U.S. companies operating in the Mexican avocado industry. Reuters could not independently verify the accounts from the local residents or Climate Rights International’s findings. “They have even gone to destroy avocado orchards,” said Claudia Alejandra Sanchez, an activist for Michoacán’s Purepecha Indigenous people. Reuters reviewed copies of letters shared by Climate Rights International. Most of those companies have publicly pledged to adhere to sustainable supply chains in compliance with local laws.

Persons: Del, Richman, Mexico Ken Salazar, avocados, ”, Claudia Alejandra Sanchez, Michoacán’s, Guardian Forestal, ’ avocados, ” Daniel Wilkinson, Climate Rights International’s, Alejandro Mendez, Savas Melchor Gómez, deforest, Alfredo Ramírez, ” Ramirez Organizations: Reuters, U.S, Organic Consumers Association, Inc, Produce Inc, West Pak, DC, Rights, Climate Rights International, Richman Law, U.S . Department of Agriculture, Climate Rights, Residents, Foods, Costco, Guardian, Pak, Trade, “ Locations: Madero, Mexico’s, United States, Minnesota, U.S, West, Irvington, N.Y, Mexico, Washington, Michoacán, Jalisco

☆ In Mexico City, women water harvesters help make up for drought and dicey public water system
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

“I’m always looking for different rainwater harvesting systems,” she said, smiling. “I’m also always looking for places to install one.”Driven by prolonged drought and inconsistent public water delivery, many Mexico City residents are turning to rainwater. At the height of the pandemic, she taught classes on urban farming and water harvesting at a local community space. Huitzil’s mother had qualified for a free water harvesting system from Mexico City’s government in 2021. As women, she and the other members of Pixcatl want to set an example for those who want to get involved in water harvesting.

Persons: Sonia Estefanía Palacios, “ I’m, Palacios Díaz, Sonia Estefania Palacios Diaz, E, Pineda Castro, Marco Ugarte, ”, That’s, Palacios, Lizbeth Esther Pineda Castro, Sara Huitzil Morales, Huitzil, Pineda, Palacios Díaz plopped, ” Sara Huitzil Morales, Iztapalapa, ” Palacios Diaz, “, ” Loreta Castro Reguera, Abigail López Durán Organizations: Isla Urbana, Authorities, National Water Commission, Sporting, National Autonomous University, Mexico City, NBC Locations: Mexico City, Mexico, Iztapalpa, Iztapalapa’s Buenavista, Mexico City’s, State of Mexico

☆ How Aleksei Navalny’s Death Restored Evan Gershkovich’s Life - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( M. Gessen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A few days ago, Russian political prisoners started vanishing from their prison colonies: Their lawyers would come to see them only to be told their clients were no longer there. The disappearance of an inmate is often bad news — it can mean a move to a more remote colony, illness or death. “A trade,” a prominent Russian in exile posted on his Facebook page, without bothering to explain the reference. “Definitely a trade,” posted a young Russian activist in exile, a day later. On Thursday, Russia released the Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, along with 15 other inmates.

Persons: ”, “, Evan Gershkovich, Vadim Krasikov, Christo Grozev, Maria Pevchikh, Aleksei Navalny Organizations: Street Locations: Russian, Russia, Germany, United States, Slovenia, Norway, Poland, Vienna, Los Angeles

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