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☆ How dating apps are changing in the wake of swiping fatigue and new startups emerging
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-01 | by ( Sydney Bradley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Business Insider has interviewed several founders of the newest dating startups entering the ring. Dating apps are in for a shake-up. Read: Meet the founders behind 11 dating startupsThe new crop of dating apps is tackling various pain points in the online dating experience. AdvertisementThere's also a wave of IRL-focused startups that forgo the experience of a dating app entirely with in-person events bringing singles together. Read more about new dating startups launching to compete with Tinder, Hinge, and Bumble:

Persons: There's Organizations: Match, Tech, Facebook Locations: New York

☆ British Airways' new first-class is a major upgrade and shows airlines' luxury arms race is heating up
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-30 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Since the pandemic, premium cabins have been more profitable as travelers appear to be more willing to pay extra for luxury. Related storiesA new first-classComing in 2026, British Airways' new first class has a large wall featuring the airline's logo. AdvertisementEmirates and British Airways' first-class suites. BA isn't the only airline to recently unveil first-class seats that take on-board luxury to a new level. Among the flurry of new first-classes, British Airways is unique in upgrading those on its Airbus A380s.

Persons: Ed Bastian, Concorde —, Pete Syme, Badr Mohammed Al Meer, Calum Laming Organizations: British Airways, Lufthansa, Qantas, UK, Airbus, Air Lines, United Airlines, American Airlines, Consumers, Concorde, Emirates, Qatar Airways, Lufthansa Australia's Qantas, Singapore Airlines, Swiss International Airlines, CNBC Locations: United, Sydney, London, Air France, Air India, Cathay Pacific, Emirates

☆ I'm a travel writer who has visited 68 countries—the 4 'magical places' I think about moving to most
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-30 | by ( Meena Thiruvengadam | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

I wonder what it would be like to live in most of the places I visit, but I know I can't make everywhere home. As a Chicago-based travel writer, I constantly discover magical new places all over the world. Of the nearly 70 countries I've made it to so far, these are the four places I think about moving to the most. I love its long summer days and midnight sunsets, its love of electronic music, and its robust art and food scenes. Courtesy of Meena ThiruvengadamUnlike Chicago, where I live now, winters in Portugal are mild, making Lisbon pleasant year-round.

Persons: don't, Meena Thiruvengadam Organizations: Meena, U.S Locations: Sydney, Australia, Istanbul, Reykjavik, Chicago, Helsinki, Finland Helsinki, Finland, Meena Thiruvengadam Singapore, Singapore, Marina, Sands, Texas, Lisbon, Portugal, Chicago , New York, Italy, Sorrento, New York City, Rome

☆ California man is indicted after allegedly trying to fly with 71 pounds of meth-soaked clothes, including a cow onesie
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-27 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | Daniel Arkin | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

A California man was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport after he allegedly tried to check two suitcases filled with clothing soaked in methamphetamine, including a cow pajama onesie, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday. Prosecutors have indicted Raj Matharu, 31, with one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, according to a Department of Justice news release. Matharu is scheduled to be arraigned Monday in U.S. District Court in downtown Los Angeles. Officers field-tested a sample of the residue, which yielded positive results for meth. The total weight of the meth-soaked clothing items was roughly 71.5 pounds.

Persons: onesie, Prosecutors, Raj Matharu, Matharu, Martin Estrada, “, ” Matharu Organizations: Los Angeles International Airport, Department, Justice, United Airlines, Central District of Locations: California, Los Angeles, U.S, Sydney, Australia, Central District, Central District of California

☆ Australia nears social media ban for children under 16 after heated debate
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-27 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

The planned law would force social media platforms to take reasonable steps to ensure age-verification protections are in place. The ban was first announced during an emotionally charged parliamentary inquiry into social media, which included testimony from parents of children who had self-harmed due to cyberbullying. “I understand that using social media a lot is not a good thing and I’m working on it,” said Sydney high school student Enie Lam, 16. Australian media, from the publicly owned Australian Broadcasting Corp. to Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., also support the ban. Let’s try and reduce the incidents we’re hearing involved with social media and young people in Australia.”

Persons: Meta, Anthony Albanese’s, Albanese, “ Young, ”, Sen, Karen Grogan, ByteDance’s TikTok, Elon Musk’s X, Enie Lam, Rupert, “, Jenny Branch, Allen, Let’s Organizations: Australia —, Google, Facebook, Labor, Sydney, Senate, Greens, Human Rights Commission, Australian Broadcasting Corp, Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, News Corp, country’s, Australian Parents Council Locations: SYDNEY, Australia, Australia — Australia

☆ Australian police officer who Tasered 95-year-old is found guilty of manslaughter
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-27 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

SYDNEY, Australia — An Australian police officer who fatally shocked a 95-year-old care home resident with a Taser gun was found guilty of manslaughter on Wednesday. He shocked Nowland, who was holding a steak knife, with his Taser, police said at the time. The jury found White guilty of the manslaughter of Nowland after deliberating for almost a week, said a spokesperson for the Supreme Court of New South Wales, the state where the incident took place. Manslaughter carries a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison in the state. Nowland’s death came in the same week that a police officer in the same state was found guilty of assault after an incident involving a 16-year-old boy from the country’s Indigenous community in 2020.

Persons: Australia —, Kristian White, Clare Nowland, Nowland, White, Karen Webb Organizations: New, Reuters TV State Police Locations: SYDNEY, Australia, Cooma, Canberra, New South Wales

☆ TikTok's obsession with matcha has created a reported shortage of the tea in Japan
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-27 | by ( Kenneth Niemeyer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

TikTok's obsession with matcha has appeared to create a shortage of the tea in Japan. TikTok's most popular tea brands appear to be hit hard. Kanaike's shop announced limits on online matcha purchases because of the shortage, she told the outlet earlier this month. Marukyu Koyamaen and TikTok did not immediately return requests for comment from Business Insider about the reported matcha shortage. One TikTok video shows a sign at a Japanese matcha shop that says the shop sold too much in the summer months and "ran out of raw materials."

Persons: matcha, Megumi Kanaike, Kanaike's, Marukyu, Zach Mangan, TikTok, Kithumini Organizations: Matcha, Guardian, Sydney Morning Herald, Business Locations: Japan, Sydney, Kyoto, Brooklyn, Tokyo

☆ Asia markets to open mixed even as Wall Street notches fresh records; investors assess Australia inflation
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-27 | by ( Dylan Butts | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The full moon, otherwise known as a strawberry supermoon, is seen over the Skyline of the CBD in Sydney, Australia June 15, 2022. Steven Saphore | Anadolu Agency | Getty ImagesAsia-Pacific markets are set to open mixed on Wednesday, following gains on Wall Street that saw the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average reach new intraday and closing records. Traders in Asia will assesses monthly consumer price index figures out of Australia, set for release later in the day. A poll from Reuters expects the monthly CPI indicator to have risen 2.3% in October year on year, from 2.1% in September. Hong Kong Hang Seng index futures were at 19,172 slightly higher than the HSI's last close of 19,159.2.

Persons: Steven Saphore, Australia's Organizations: Skyline, Anadolu Agency, Getty, Dow Jones, Traders, Reuters, Nikkei Locations: Sydney, Australia, Asia, Pacific, Chicago, Osaka, Hong Kong

☆ Instead of spending Thanksgiving at home, we take advantage of the time off to travel. We've made core memories.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-27 | by ( Michelle Arellano Martin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

AdvertisementWe love extending our Thanksgiving break for a more affordable, less crowded offseason holiday. Instead of spending Thanksgiving at home, our family takes advantage of the school break to go abroad for unique experiences. For Thanksgiving, he took us to Temple Street Night Market, where he perused buckets of fresh fish, explained the differences to our kids, and ordered a feast. Peru should be experienced once in a lifetime at leastA sojourn through Peru started in Cusco, accompanied by good friends. We stayed in a former monastery where incense and Gregorian chants filled the hallways, stocked up on textiles from the local market, discovered chicha and made chocolate from raw cacao.

Persons: Machu Picchu, Lin, Hong Kong, Bruno Mars, Michelle Arellano Martin Organizations: Big, La Boca, Aguas Calientes, Sydney Opera House, Raymis Locations: Machu, Buenos Aires, Hong Kong, ceviche, Peru, London, Lantau, Maldives, Hong, Argentina, empanadas, La, Palermo, Mendoza, Cusco, Aguas, Australia, Ecuador Ecuador, Quito, Cuenca, Ecuador, California, Basque

☆ Man arrested at LAX after allegedly checking suitcases filled with over 70 pounds of meth-caked clothing, including a cow onesie
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-27 | by ( Lex Harvey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A California man was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport after he allegedly tried to check two suitcases containing more than 70 pounds of clothing caked in methamphetamine – including a cow pajama onesie – on a flight to Australia, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. Law enforcement extracted more than one kilogram (two pounds) of meth from the suitcases, the statement said. Matharu was intercepted at his gate and admitted to owning the suitcases, according to the court records. The clothing was likely “washed” in methamphetamine and left to dry, the court records said. Matharu is free on a $10,000 bond and is scheduled to be arraigned on Monday in Los Angeles, according to prosecutors.

Persons: onesie, Raj Matharu, Matharu, Martin Estrada Organizations: CNN, Los Angeles International Airport, United Airlines, Central District of, “, US Department of Justice Locations: California, Australia, Sydney, Central District, Central District of California, Los Angeles

☆ Google and Meta urge Australia to delay social media ban for children
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-26 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

SYDNEY, Australia — Google and Facebook-owner Meta Platforms urged the Australian government on Tuesday to delay a bill that will ban most forms of social media for children under 16, saying more time is needed to assess its potential impact. Google and Meta said in their submissions that the government should wait for the results of an age-verification trial before going ahead. The age-verification system may include biometrics or government identification to enforce a social media age cut-off. “In its present form, the bill is inconsistent and ineffective.”The law would force social media platforms, and not parents or children, to take reasonable steps to ensure age-verification protections are in place. ByteDance’s TikTok said the bill lacked clarity and that it had “significant concerns” with the government’s plan to pass the bill without detailed consultation with experts, social media platforms, mental health organizations and young people.

Persons: Anthony Albanese’s, Meta, ” Meta, “, ByteDance’s TikTok, ” TikTok, Elon Musk’s Organizations: Google, Facebook, Meta, “, Liberal Locations: SYDNEY, Australia, U.S

☆ The hot new dating-app trend: matchmaking
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-26 | by ( Sydney Bradley | Dan Latu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Several new "matchmaking" dating apps have launched in the past year, addressing dating-app fatigue. Sitch, an AI-powered matchmaking app launched in New York in November. The current trend of new matchmaking apps generally splits into two categories: Either the users themselves are doing the matchmaking, or the app (typically built with AI) is matching users directly. Related storiesLoop, founded by siblings Lian and Adam Zucker, is a "matchmaking app where everyone can set up their single friends," Lian said. Sitch"We've tried to replicate the exact human flow of matchmaking," Sitch cofounder Nandini Mullaji — who has experience in matchmaking friends of friends IRL — told BI.

Persons: Sean Rad, Harry Stebbings, Lian, Adam Zucker, Ram Chirimunj, Zoe Mazakas, Chirimunj, Sahil, Ahuja, We've, Nandini Mullaji —, Sitch, Alex Weitzman, Nick Rosen, Rosen Organizations: Facebook, Match Group, IRL, New, New York City Locations: New York, swiping, New York City

☆ New dating apps are betting on matchmaking in the era of swipe fatigue
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-26 | by ( Sydney Bradley | Dan Latu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Several new "matchmaking" dating apps have launched in the past year, addressing dating-app fatigue. Matching and matches are everyday phrases in the online dating app lexicon. Sitch, an AI-powered matchmaking app launched in New York in November. Big dating apps have previously dabbled in matchmaking. Sitch"We've tried to replicate the exact human flow of matchmaking," Sitch cofounder Nandini Mullaji — who has experience in matchmaking friends of friends IRL — told BI.

☆ Australia drops plan to fine social media giants accused of enabling misinformation
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-25 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

SYDNEY, Australia — Australia’s government said Sunday that it had dropped plans to fine internet platforms up to 5% of their global revenue for failing to prevent the spread of misinformation online. The bill was part of a wide-ranging regulatory crackdown by Australia, where leaders have complained that foreign-domiciled tech platforms are overriding the country’s sovereignty, and comes ahead of a federal election due within a year. The Liberal-National coalition, as well as the Australian Greens and crossbench senators, all opposed the legislation, Sky News reported. Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young called the government bill a “half-baked option” in remarks televised on Australian Broadcasting Corp. on Sunday. Industry body DIGI, of which Meta is a member, previously said the proposed regime reinforced an existing anti-misinformation code.

Persons: Australia —, Michelle Rowland, Rowland, Sarah Hanson, Young Organizations: Senate, ”, Labor, Liberal - National coalition, Australian Greens, Sky News, Greens, Australian Broadcasting Corp, Meta Locations: SYDNEY, Australia

☆ Celebrity lookalike contests are taking over the internet. But they aren’t new
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-25 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

It feels all the more fitting then, that amid today’s geopolitical conflicts, increasing climate catastrophes and economic uncertainties, we’re seemingly hooked on celebrity lookalike contests. But the idea of a lookalike contest is in fact a time-honored form of entertainment. Nine girls in a Fox Films and Daily Telegraph Shirley Temple lookalike contest in Sydney, Australia, October 1934. For the last 40 years, a bar in Key West, Florida has been staging an annual Ernest Hemmingway lookalike competition. Humanity isn’t fixed.”Oscar Journeaux won the Harry Styles lookalike competition on November 9 in London.

Persons: Timothée Chalamet, jostle, YouTuber Anthony Po, Oscar, ” Reed Putman, ”, Paul Mescal, Harry Styles lookalikes, Matthew Chattle, Max Braunstein, Glen Powell, Mikala Compton, Harry Styles, Dev Patel’s doppelgänger, Zayn Malik’s, Jeremy Allen White, White, Carmy, —, White’s, Daily Telegraph Shirley Temple, Charlie Chaplin, Dolly Parton, Shirley Temple, femme, Myrna Loy, Alice Faye, Katharine Hepburn, Ernest Hemmingway, Ellis Cashmore, “, Oscar Journeaux, Leon Neal, Angie Huntley, Jim Wilkes, Cashmore, ” Andy Harmer, David Beckham, Lookalikes, it’s, ” Harmer, Beckham, Victoria Beckham, Andy Harmer, Camilla Shadbolt, David, Fiona Hanson, Denise Ohnona, Kate Moss, Ohnona, Stephane Cardinale, Corbis, Manel Esteller, Harmer, Vetements, “ She’s, You’re, ” Miles Mitchell, Stefan Jeremiah, lookalikes Organizations: CNN, Washington, “, Gaelic Athletic Association, American, Statesman, USA, Marlboro Reds, Fox Films, Daily Telegraph, Mitchell Library, State Library of New, Cleveland Food, Toronto Star, Argentina, University of Barcelona’s School of Medicine, Cell, Paris Fashion Locations: Ireland, London, Austin , Texas, San Francisco, New York, Chicago, “ The, Oakland , California, Sydney, Australia, State Library of New South Wales, Hollywood, Santa Monica, Cleveland, Key West , Florida, British, Toronto, Canada, Victoria, Lancashire

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Persons: Saatva, we've, Long Organizations: Business, Saatva Locations: Saatva, Copenhagen, Sydney, Amalfi

☆ Asia markets set to open higher as Aussie stocks hit record high; India GDP and Korea rates in focus
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-25 | by ( Lim Hui Jie | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Anadolu Agency | Anadolu Agency | Getty ImagesAsia-Pacific markets were set to mostly climb Monday, with investors awaiting Korean central bank's rate decision and India' third-quarter GDP numbers this week. Singapore later in the day will release its inflation figures for October. Economists polled by Reuters expect the headline inflation rate of 1.8%, down from the 2% in the previous month. Other economic data this week include October inflation readings from Australia, due Wednesday, and November inflation numbers from Japan's capital city of Tokyo on Friday. Tokyo's inflation figures are widely considered a leading indicator of nationwide trends.

Organizations: Skyline, Anadolu Agency, Getty, Reuters, Nikkei Locations: Sydney, Australia, Asia, Pacific, India, Singapore, Tokyo, Chicago, Osaka

☆ School bullies have moved online. But is banning all under-16s from social media really the answer?
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-23 | by ( Hilary Whiteman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

“SOCIAL MEDIA BULLYING IS REAL,” her relatives said in bold caps on a GoFundMe page set up to raise money for her funeral. The Liberal opposition party proposed a social media age limit in June that was backed by the prime minister, then all the state and territory leaders. “Too often social media isn’t social at all, and we all know that. Social media apps subject to the proposed ban include Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Reddit and X. Mateusz Slodkowski/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty ImagesX owner Elon Musk was less diplomatic in a post on his social media platform. Under the law, social media accounts already created by children under 16 would be deactivated.

Persons: Australia CNN — Kirra Pendergast, She’d, ” Pendergast, ”, “, Kirra Pendergast, CNN Pendergast, ’ ”, it’s, aren’t, Charlotte O’Brien, Seven Network Australia Ella Catley, Crawford, GoFundMe Charlotte O’Brien, Ella Catley, Crawford –, Charlotte’s, Matthew Howard, Kelly O’Brien, ” Howard, Danielle Einstein, Einstein, Charlotte O’Brien’s, Anthony Albanese, CNN Dany Elachi, Elachi, who’ve, we’re, It’s, ” Amanda Third, Monica Pronk Amanda Third, Michael Miller, Hilary Wardhaugh, Mateusz Slodkowski, Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Snapchat, Pendergast, she’s, ’ Organizations: Australia CNN, Social, CNN, Facebook, Seven Network Australia, International Association for Suicide Prevention, Befrienders, “, Liberal, Alliance, Young, Western Sydney University, News Corporation, Meta, News Corp, News Corp Australasia, National Press Club, National Press Club News Corp Australia, ” News Corp, . News Corp, Courier, Digital Industry Group Inc, Inc Locations: Brisbane, Australia, Snapchat, Canberra

☆ Orlando Pride, Marta win first NWSL championship thanks to a goal from Barbra Banda
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-23 | by ( Jeff Rueter | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

In a season full of worthy contenders, it was the league leader Orlando Pride who took home the top prize. Forward Barbra Banda, who has led the team for much of the season, scored the game’s lone goal. The final also marked Marta’s first NWSL championship win. “I’ve asked myself why I still play for Orlando after eight years,” Marta told CBS Sports. Barbra Banda scores the opening goal in the #NWSLChampionship pic.twitter.com/5oK0B1h50m — National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) November 24, 2024On the night, Banda’s greatness made all the difference.

Persons: Orlando Pride, Barbra Banda, “ I’ve, ” Marta, “, I’ve, Orlando, Banda, Aubrey Kingsbury, parry, Angelina, Leicy Santos, Marta, Alex Morgan, Ali Krieger, Sydney Leroux, Seb Hines, Hines —, Jamie Squire Organizations: Orlando, CBS Sports, Washington, Women’s Soccer League, Brazil, Angelina, Orlando Pride, Zambian, United States, Pride, MLS, Orlando City, USL Locations: Zambia, Kansas City, Kingsbury, Orlando, Orlando City, American

Were Trump to follow through on his vow to impose tariffs on imports on Europe as well as from China, they would likely deviate further. There is also uncertainty across the continent about what the new White House will mean for the war in Ukraine. In their view, China could help to pressure Russia over Ukraine as Xi loses patience with a war he did not expect would drag on for almost three years. One senior European diplomat said that while China has never explicitly condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it has helped in other ways to rein in Moscow. continues to say that Ukraine will negotiate when Ukraine wants to negotiate,” another European official said, “and that the E.U.

Persons: Donald Trump, don’t, Trump, Vladimir Putin, “, Olaf Scholz, Putin, Sydney Walsh, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, ‘, Mike Waltz, Xi, Sergey Bobylev, ”, Keir Starmer, Xi Jinping, Starmer, Jimmy Lai, Scholz, Emmanuel Macron, David Lammy, Wang Yi, Liu Bin, Joe Biden, Wu Xinbo, ” Wu, ” Cao Lei, Kim Jong, trickier, ” Keir Simmons, Jennifer Jett Organizations: NBC, Union, NBC News, “, U.S, Economist, Chinese Communist Party, Getty Images, ”, Group, British, Xinhua News Agency, Getty, Trump, Center for American Studies, Fudan University, University of Hong Kong’s, Contemporary, Foreign, South China Locations: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Beijing, Brussels, China, Europe, Ukraine, we’ll, Kazan, Russia, Anadolu, South, Taiwan, Moscow, Rio de Janeiro, Britain, Hong Kong, British, Shanghai, “, Contemporary China, “ China, European, North Korea, U.S, Dubai

☆ Elon Musk criticizes Australia’s proposed ban on social media for children
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( Brian Cheng | Brian Cheng Is An Intern On Nbc News'S Asia Desk. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

Tech billionaire Elon Musk, the owner of social media platform X, criticized proposed legislation in Australia that aims to ban social media for children under 16. The legislation, which was introduced in Parliament by Australia’s center-left government on Thursday, is among the world’s toughest on social media. Other countries have tried to impose limits on social media for children, including the United States which requires technology companies to obtain parental consent to collect data from children under 13. This is not the first time Musk has been publicly critical of the Australian government over tech regulation. At the time, Albanese called Musk an “arrogant billionaire who thinks he is above the law.”In September, Musk called the Australian government “fascists” over plans to crack down on misinformation online.

Persons: Elon Musk, ”, Anthony Albanese, Albanese, Musk Organizations: Tech, Facebook, Australian Locations: Australia, Australia’s, United States

☆ Australia launches ‘landmark’ bill to ban social media for children under 16
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

SYDNEY, Australia — Australia’s center-left government on Thursday introduced a bill in Parliament that aims to ban social media for children under 16 and proposed fines of up to $32 million for social media platforms for systemic breaches. Australia plans to trial an age-verification system that may include biometrics or government identification to enforce a social media age cut-off, some of the toughest controls imposed by any country to date. France last year proposed a ban on social media for those under 15, but users were able to avoid the ban with parental consent. The law would force social media platforms, and not parents or young people, to take reasonable steps to ensure the age-verification protections are in place. “Social media has a social responsibility ... that’s why we are making big changes to hold platforms to account for user safety,” she said.

Persons: Anthony Albanese, ByteDance’s TikTok, Elon Musk’s, Snapchat, Albanese, Michelle Rowland, Rowland, ” Organizations: ”, Liberal Party, Facebook, Google, YouTube, Labor, United Locations: SYDNEY, Australia, France, United States

☆ CNBC's Inside India newsletter: Gautam Adani's U.S. fraud charges could have wider repercussions for India
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Ganesh Rao | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Gautam Adani, chairman of Adani Group, following a Bloomberg Television interview at the company's headquarters in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, on Saturday, May 25, 2024. The head of a $25 billion Indian energy company, the former CEO of a New York-listed energy firm, and one of Asia's wealthiest men were set to meet in New Delhi to discuss business. To prepare for the meeting, Vneet Jaain, chief executive of $25 billion Adani Green Energy , photographed a document on his cellphone. There are also concerns about whether Adani companies will be able to raise debt in the future in U.S. markets. Earlier this year, the stock market regulator's chair, Madhabi Buch, was accused of having a conflict of interest while investigating Adani group companies, according to short-seller Hindenburg.

Persons: Gautam Adani, Sumit Dayal, Vneet Jaain, Gautam, Jaain, James Dennehy, Adani, Adani Green, What's, firm's, Matt Orton, Raymond James, CNBC's Tanvir Gill, Orton, it's, India's, Rahul Gandhi, Madhabi Organizations: Adani, Bloomberg, Getty, Green Energy, Eastern, of, NYSE, U.S, Securities Exchange Commission, New York Stock Exchange, SEC, U.S . Department of Justice, Energy, Adani Enterprises, GQG Partners, firm's Sydney, Citi, State Bank of India, DBS Group, DBS, Regulators, Federal Bureau of Investigations, Central Bureau of Investigations, Securities and Exchange Board of India, CNBC Locations: Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, New York, New Delhi, of New York, U.S, Foreign, Singapore, Madhabi Buch

☆ Milan’s Via Monte Napoleone is now the world’s most expensive shopping street
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-20 | by ( Hanna Ziady | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

London CNN —Milan’s Via Monte Napoleone has beat out New York’s Fifth Avenue to become the world’s most expensive shopping street, marking the first time a European city has topped the rankings. The Gucci store on Fifth Avenue in New York City, seen in March 2024. In April, Gucci parent Kering paid €1.3 billion ($1.4 billion) to acquire a building on Via Monte Napoleone from a subsidiary of Blackstone. The world’s 10 most expensive shopping locations, by rent per square foot, according to Cushman & Wakefield:1. Via Monte Napoleone, Milan2.

Persons: Thomas Casolo, ”, Gucci, Michael M, Robert Travers, Kering, Blackstone . Chanel, Versace, Cartier, Celine Organizations: London CNN, New, Cushman &, Bond, Hong, Cushman, Wakefield’s, Italy, CNN, Via, Blackstone ., Henley & Partners, Cushman & Wakefield, New Bond, Tsui, Pitt, Mall Locations: Napoleone, Cushman & Wakefield, Paris, New York City, Europe, East, Africa, Via Monte Napoleone, Bottega, Milan, New York, London, Hong Kong, Ginza, Tokyo, Bahnhoftstrasse, Zurich, Sydney, Myeongdong, Seoul, Kohlmarkt, Vienna

☆ Former Australian radio host Alan Jones arrested for alleged indecent assaults
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-18 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Police in Australia charged former radio show host Alan Jones with 24 assault and sexual touching offences on Monday, indictments that followed accusations in a newspaper that Jones had assaulted young men for decades. Police allege the offences took place between 2001 and 2019 against 8 victims, some of whom Jones knew professionally or personally. He denied the assault allegations made against him last year by the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper. Jones had hosted radio shows for decades and anchored the popular Sydney breakfast show on radio station 2GB for about 18 years until 2020. After leaving 2GB, he worked at a digital start-up, but had been off the air since the Sydney Morning Herald allegations were made.

Persons: Alan Jones, Jones, Michael Fitzgerald, Scott Morrison, Jacinda Organizations: Police, New South Wales police, Reuters, Sydney Morning Herald, . Police, New Zealand, Wallabies national rugby union Locations: Australia, Sydney, New South Wales, New, Britain, Ireland

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