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☆ This greenhouse keeps crops cool. It could prove valuable as our planet bakes
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-28 | by ( Tom Page | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —In a world where the climate is increasingly hot and volatile, farmers are having trouble keeping their crops cool. A startup founded in the desert of Saudi Arabia thinks it might have a solution. Heat peaks can desiccate crops, killing them outright if unmitigated, or stressing crops, leaving them more vulnerable to pests and disease. A prototype farm in Bada, Saudi Arabia, uses SecondSky in polyethylene greenhouse covers manufactured by SABIC. Desertification is a pressing issue and will be the focus of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification’s COP16 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in December, as leaders seek to curtail an accelerating problem.

Persons: Derya Baran, John Keppler, ”, Mark Tester, Ryan Lefers, Iyris, Keppler, Armando Alvarez, Vincent Martin, SecondSky, Martin Organizations: CNN, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, United Arab, Innovation, UN Food and Agriculture Organization, National Food Production Initiative, Sea, SABIC, Sea Global, UN Convention, United Nations Locations: Saudi Arabia, Iyris, KAUST, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Latin America, Mexico, Europe, South Africa, Morocco, Spain, Bada, Bada , Saudi Arabia, Riyadh

Chabad’s website says he was abducted from Dubai – one of the seven emirates that make up the UAE. Relations between the UAE and Israel have thawed in recent years. In 2020, the UAE became the most prominent Arab nation in decades to open relations with Israel, under the US-brokered agreement known as the Abraham Accords. But Reuters says the public presence of Israelis and Jews has receded since the October 7 attacks. Jewish community members told the agency that informal synagogues in Dubai were closed in the wake of the attacks due to security concerns.

Persons: ” Zvi Kogan, Chabad’s, Israel, ”, Abraham Organizations: United Arab Emirates, Dubai –, CNN, UAE, Abraham Accords, Reuters Locations: Israel, Dubai, UAE, Israeli, Gulf

☆ Opinion | Three Global Challenges That Will Shape Trump’s Legacy
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-26 | by ( Thomas L. Friedman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Donald Trump left the White House nearly four years ago. Given his self-confidence, I suspect he is now thinking: “What could be so different? What I saw and heard exposed me to three giant, shifting tectonic plates that will have profound implications for the new administration. The most significant geopolitical eventIn just the last two months, the Israeli military has inflicted a defeat on Iran that approaches its 1967 Six Day War defeat of Egypt, Syria and Jordan. Let’s review:Over the past few decades, Iran built a formidable threat network that seemed to put Israel into an octopuslike grip.

Persons: Donald Trump, I’ve, Israel Organizations: White House, United Locations: Tel Aviv, United Arab Emirates, London, Iran, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon

☆ Trump’s Middle East Envoy Has Prior Ties to Oil-Rich Nations There
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-25 | by ( Eric Lipton | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Steven Witkoff, the billionaire New York real estate executive whom President-elect Donald J. Trump has named as his special envoy to the Middle East, was in a jam. But there was a two-part rescue of sorts from the kind of real estate angels that New York property investors have increasingly turned to. First, Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund expanded its stake in the troubled hotel, Park Lane, which sits at the southern edge of Central Park. Then, in an even more crucial move, the Qatar Investment Authority last year dispatched $623 million as a leveraged buyout of Mr. Witkoff and his partners. The transactions — involving two oil-rich sovereign wealth funds from the Middle East — are a hint of the enormous flow of dollars pouring into U.S. real estate firms from entities associated with countries like Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.

Persons: Steven Witkoff, Donald J, Trump, Witkoff’s, Abu, Witkoff Organizations: New, Justice Department, Qatar Investment Authority, Mr, United Arab Locations: New York, Manhattan, Park, Central, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait

☆ UAE Arrests 3 in Connection With Murder of Israeli Rabbi
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-25 | by ( Ismaeel Naar | More About Ismaeel Naar | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The United Arab Emirates on Monday announced the arrests of three Uzbek nationals in connection with the kidnapping and murder of an Israeli-Moldovan rabbi, an attack that raised alarm over the safety of the small Jewish community in the country. A statement from the U.A.E.’s interior ministry named the suspects in the abduction and death of Zvi Kogan as Olimboy Tohirovich, Makhmudjon Abdurakhim, both 28, and Azizbek Kamilovich, 33. and included photos of them blindfolded and handcuffed. Emirati authorities said they were still working to uncover the circumstances and motives of the crime. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the murder “an abhorrent antisemitic terrorist attack.”Image Zvi Kogan, an Israeli-Moldovan rabbi whose body was found on Sunday, was part of the small Jewish community in the United Arab Emirates. Israeli news outlets have reported that his car was found abandoned in Al Ain, a city in the adjacent emirate of Abu Dhabi, on the border with Oman.

Persons: Zvi Kogan, Olimboy, Makhmudjon Abdurakhim, Azizbek Kamilovich, Benjamin Netanyahu, Rabbi Kogan Organizations: United, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Moldovan, Credit, UGC Locations: United Arab, Israeli, Dubai, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, Oman

☆ West Bank: Palestinians fear more evictions under Trump presidency
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-25 | by ( Nic Robertson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Where the high hills of the occupied West Bank tumble into the Jordan valley, half a dozen heavy Israeli diggers pound the ancient rocks around the Palestinian village of Bardala. Such evictions are common in the West Bank, according to the United Nations. During a visit to Israel in 2017, the former governor of Arkansas told reporters: “There is no such thing as a West Bank. The eviction notice Israeli officials handed to a Palestinian farmer near the village of Bardala in the occupied West Bank, ordering him to leave his land. The hard reality in Bardala, as elsewhere in the occupied West Bank, is that even before Trump’s approaching inauguration, the Palestinian state had become a distant dream.

Persons: Khalid Sawafta, –, Benjamin Netanyahu’s, Donald Trump’s, Mike Huckabee, ”, Nic Robertson, CNN “, Yishai Fleisher, Huckabee, Mike, ” Fleisher, David Friedman, Friedman, Fleisher, “ David Friedman, He’s, Alon Pinkas –, Shimon Peres, Trump, ” Donald Trump’s, Pinkas, Biden, “ He’s, ” Pinkas, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Israel, Mohammad Shtayyeh, it’s, Huckabee who’ll, Shtayyeh, Belazel Smotrich, God’s, Ibrahim Sawafta, Wadi Salman, Ibrahim, they’d, Khalid, “ Organizations: CNN, Bank, Israel Defense Forces, West Bank, United Nations, Jewish, Gali Tibbon, Getty, Abraham Accords, United Arab, Saudi, Former Palestinian Authority Locations: Jordan, Bardala, Israel, Arkansas, Judea, Samaria, Palestinian, Jerusalem, Israeli, Beit El, Ramallah, Gali, AFP, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco, Gaza, Saudi Crown, Saudi Arabia, Wadi

After Matt Gaetz withdrew from consideration for attorney general, President-elect Donald Trump selected former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi for the role. Trump’s choice for second-in-command at the Justice Department is Todd Blanche, who served as his lead criminal defense lawyer in the Stormy Daniels hush money case. Jordan’s government communications minister, Mohamed Momani, described the shooting as a terror attack that targeted public security forces in the country. The one-two punch of witches and warriors delivered a strong box office weekend to kick off the holiday season. “Wicked,” the first of a two-film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical, dominated with an estimated $114 million in North America alone.

Persons: Matt Gaetz, Donald Trump, Pam Bondi, Bondi, indicting Trump, Todd Blanche, Daniels, Blanche won’t, Blanche, he’s, Rabbi Zvi Kogan, Benjamin Netanyahu, Mohamed Momani, Urologist, Darius Paduch’s, Weill, Weill Cornell urologist, Maansi Srivastava, Darius Paduch, Paduch, Press Sen, Eric Schmitt, “, ” Schmitt, Kristen Welker, Trump, Schmitt, ”, Republican Sen, Markwayne Mullin, Sarah McBride, Caroline Choe, lar Organizations: FBI, Trump, Justice, Justice Department, UAE, United Arab Emirates, Chabad Lubavitch, Jewish, Weill Cornell, NBC News BR, BR, Press, Promotion, Republican, American Farm Bureau, NBC News, Paramount Pictures Locations: Florida, Trump, Moldovan, Abu Dhabi, New York, Gulf, Jordan, Afghanistan, Turkey, North America

☆ Israel says missing rabbi was killed in UAE in 'antisemitic terrorist' murder
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-24 | by ( Freddie Clayton | Freddie Clayton Is A Freelance Journalist Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

A missing Israeli-Moldovan rabbi has been found dead in the United Arab Emirates, in what Israel called an antisemitic murder on Sunday. The Israeli government said the death of Rabbi Zvi Kogan, who has been missing in the Gulf state since Thursday, was a "criminal antisemitic terrorist event." A man walks past Rimon Market, a Kosher grocery store managed by the late Rabbi Zvi Kogan, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Sunday. The United Arab Emirates government gave no immediate comment or acknowledgment that Kogan had been found dead. Jamshid Sharmahd, an Iranian-German software developer living in California, was kidnapped in 2020 during a stopover in the United Arab Emirates and taken to Iran.

Persons: Rabbi Zvi Kogan, Benjamin Netanyahu, “, ” Chabad, ”, Jon Gambrell, Isaac Herzog, Kogan, Zvi Kogan, Jamshid Sharmahd, Netanyahu’s Organizations: Moldovan, United Arab, Chabad Lubavitch, Jewish, Lubavitch, Israel’s National Security Bureau, Sunday, United Arab Emirates, Emirati Interior Ministry, NBC News, UAE's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Israel, The UAE Locations: United Arab Emirates, Israel, Gulf, Abu Dhabi, New York, UAE, Dubai, Iran, Gaza, Lebanon, The, Iranian, California

An Israeli rabbi in the United Arab Emirates who had been missing since Thursday has been found dead, the Israeli authorities announced early Sunday. Israeli officials said the rabbi, Zvi Kogan, had been murdered and called his death an act of terrorism, without providing any further details. The Emirati authorities — who on Saturday said officials were investigating the rabbi’s disappearance — did not immediately comment on his death. But a senior official stressed on Sunday that the Emirates was a safe place, without explicitly mentioning Rabbi Kogan. will remain a safe haven, an oasis of stability, a society of tolerance and coexistence,” Anwar Gargash, a diplomatic adviser to the Emirati president, wrote on social media.

Persons: Zvi Kogan, —, Rabbi Kogan, “, ” Anwar Gargash Organizations: United Arab Emirates, Emirates

☆ Israeli-Moldovan rabbi living in UAE is missing; Israeli officials fear he may have been kidnapped
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-23 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — An Israeli-Moldovan rabbi living in the United Arab Emirates has gone missing, with Israeli authorities raising the suspicion Saturday he may have been kidnapped as tensions remain high with Iran. Israeli media citing unnamed security sources reported that Zvi Kogan, who has been missing since noon Thursday, may have been kidnapped. Western officials believe Iran runs intelligence operations in the UAE and keeps tabs on the hundreds of thousands of Iranians living across the country. Iran also kidnapped Iranian-German Jamshid Sharmahd in 2020 from Dubai, taking him back to Tehran where he was executed in October. However, the Mideast wars have sparked deep anger among Emiratis, Arabs and others living in the UAE.

Persons: Zvi Kogan, Kogan, ”, Abbas Yazdi, Jamshid Sharmahd, Emiratis Organizations: United Arab Emirates —, United Arab, Local, UAE, Ben Gurion International Locations: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Israeli, Iran, Israel, Tehran, Gaza, Lebanon, UAE, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, British, Iranian, Tel Aviv, Jewish

In a joint statement Sunday, the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Kogan’s body had been located by UAE authorities. “The murder of Tzvi [Zvi] Kogan, of blessed memory, is a heinous antisemitic terrorist act. The State of Israel will use all means at its disposal to bring the perpetrators of this crime to justice,” the statement said. Kogan worked alongside other Chabad emissaries to establish and expand Judaism in the UAE. Relations between the UAE and Israel thawed in recent years.

Persons: ” Zvi Kogan, Tzvi, Zvi, Kogan, Israel Katz, “, Zvi Kogan, Rivky, Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg, Israel thawed, Abraham Organizations: CNN, United Arab, Moldovan, Prime, Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, UAE, Israel’s Defence, Abraham Accords, Reuters Locations: United Arab Emirates, Dubai, State, Israel, UAE, Mumbai, Gulf

☆ An Israeli citizen is missing in the UAE. Israel says ‘information’ suggests a terror incident
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-23 | by ( Tamar Michaelis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —The Israeli Prime Minister’s office says that an Israeli citizen living in the United Arab Emirates has been missing for two days. The PMO said in a statement Saturday that Zvi Kogan, an Israeli-Moldovan citizen, had been missing since Thursday afternoon. Kogan is a representative of Chabad, a religious movement of Hasidic Jews with communities, synagogues and other institutions in many countries. This is a developing story. More to come.

Persons: PMO, Zvi Kogan, Kogan, “, ” Organizations: CNN, United Arab, Moldovan, National Security Agency Locations: United Arab Emirates, Israeli, UAE

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

☆ TJ Maxx parent says holiday shopping is off to a 'strong start,' but its guidance tells another story
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-20 | by ( Gabrielle Fonrouge | In Gabrielle-Fonrouge | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

TJX Companies touted a "strong start" to the holiday shopping season on Wednesday, but its shares slid after the fast-growing retailer offered guidance that appeared to underwhelm Wall Street. "The fourth quarter is off to a strong start, and we are excited about our opportunities for the holiday selling season. For its holiday quarter, TJX is expecting comparable sales to grow between 2% and 3%, largely in line with the 3% uptick that StreetAccount analysts had expected. TJX is standing by its comparable sales guidance of 3% growth for the full year, just shy of the 3.2% growth that StreetAccount analysts had expected. It raised its pretax profit margin outlook from 11.2% to 11.3%, which matches StreetAccount's expectations, along with its earnings per share guidance.

Persons: TJX, Ernie Herrman, It's, LSEG, Maxx, TJ Maxx Organizations: TJX Companies, LSEG, Company, It's, HomeGoods, TJX, Brands, United Arab, Burlington, Ross, Bank of America Locations: HomeGoods, Sierra, TJX Canada, Europe, Australia, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Spain

☆ Denmark’s Victoria Kjær Theilvig wins Miss Universe 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-16 | by ( Jessie Yeung | Oscar Holland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Victoria Kjær Theilvig of Denmark has been crowned Miss Universe 2024, becoming the first Dane to ever win the competition. This year’s finale featured a performance by singer Robin Thicke and was hosted by “Saved by the Bell” star Mario Lopez and former Miss Universe Olivia Culpo. Theilvig participates in the Miss Universe competition at Arena Ciudad de Mexico in Mexico City on November 16, 2024. Hector Vivas/Getty ImagesDelegates for each country were selected via local pageants that license local rights from the Miss Universe Organization. This year’s contest saw Cuba, represented by Marianela Ancheta, take part in Miss Universe for the first time since 1967.

Persons: Victoria Kjær Theilvig, Dane, Sheynnis Palacios, Robin Thicke, Mario Lopez, Olivia Culpo, Theilvig, “, ”, Chidimma, Maria Fernanda Beltran, Suchata, Ileana Marquez Pedroza, Malta’s Beatrice Njoya, —, Hector Vivas, Marianela Ancheta, Adetshina, Karen Celebertti, Palacios Organizations: CNN, Victoria, Miss, Bell, Miss Universe’s, Miss Universe Organization, Arena Ciudad de, Getty, Miss Universe, United Arab Locations: Denmark, Mexico City, Sheynnis Palacios of Nicaragua, Nigeria, Mexico, Thailand, Venezuela, Arena Ciudad de Mexico, Cuba, Belarus, Eritrea, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Miss Universe South Africa, Miss Universe Nicaragua, Nicaraguan

☆ Jared Kushner expected to be pivotal to Trump admin’s Middle East efforts without taking a formal job
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Kylie Atwood | Kevin Liptak | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —President-elect Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner is seen as being pivotal to the incoming administration’s Middle East efforts, even though he is not likely to take a formal job within it, regional diplomats and Trump allies told CNN. Trump’s Middle East team has been taking shape this week after he selected a former Republican governor and a close friend and real-estate developer to take on key roles. Since Trump left office in 2021, Kushner and his wife, Ivanka Trump, have moved to Miami and largely exited politics. Kushner has also maintained relationships with key players in the Middle East, including Israeli officials and leaders in the Arab Gulf. That is the key question,” explained Aaron David Miller, a former Middle East negotiator at the State Department, referring to Trump’s longtime friend and real estate developer who will serve as his special envoy to the Middle East.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Jared Kushner, Kushner, Trump, Jared, ”, –, ” Kushner, Abraham, Ivanka Trump, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Trump’s, bin Salman, Israel, “, Kusher, Ghaith Al, Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu, Ron Dermer, Brian Hook, ” Hook, “ Kushner, Mike Huckabee, Steve Witkoff, Kushner –, Aaron David Miller, Rubio, ” Witkoff, Witkoff Organizations: CNN, Trump, Trump’s, Republican, White, Abraham Accords, United, United Arab Emirates, Affinity Partners, Washington, Saudi Crown, MBS, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, Harvard, Washington Institute, Israel, State Department, CNN International, Former Arkansas Gov Locations: Israeli, Israel, Isreal, United Arab, Gaza, Lebanon, Miami, Arab, Saudi, Saudi Arabia, New Jersey

☆ Urban areas are getting hotter. A startup from one of the world’s hottest cities wants to help
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Amy Gunia | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The urban heat island effect means that city temperatures can be several degrees higher than nearby rural regions. But detailed information about urban temperatures is scarce. Today, his company FortyGuard is focused on leveraging data and artificial intelligence (AI) technology to provide a detailed view of urban temperature dynamics. Ren said what’s most important about urban heat information is how it will be used. “The question is really, who will be the end user of your data, and who will put such urban heat information into their practices?” she says.

Persons: Jay Sadiq, Sadiq couldn’t, Smith, ”, James Voogt, Chao Ren, Sadiq, ” Sadiq, Brandon Bell, Zillow, Ren Organizations: CNN, University of Western, University of Hong, United Arab, Google Locations: Chicago, Los Angeles, Abu Dhabi, Lafayette Reservoir , California, University of Western Ontario, Hong Kong, University of Hong Kong, San Jose , California, Phoenix , Arizona, Masdar City, United Arab Emirates

☆ COP29: Azerbaijan’s leader takes a wrecking ball to climate talks as calls mount for a total ‘overhaul’
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Angela Dewan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —From the moment the US election results rolled in, climate leaders knew Donald Trump would be a blow to the COP29 talks in Baku. Amid the chaos, prominent global climate leaders on Friday issued an open letter calling for a “fundamental overhaul” of the entire UN climate process. COP29 marks the third year in a row that the climate talks have been held in either a petrostate, or economy that relies heavily on oil and gas. World leaders and delegates pose for a "family photo" on day two of the COP29 talks. Sean Gallup/Getty ImagesThe geopolitical chaos comes as global climate leaders scramble to find ways to Trump-proof progress so far, as the president-elect has vowed to again pull the US out of the Paris Agreement.

Persons: Donald Trump, Ilham Aliyev, Sandrine Dixson, —, ”, Alex Scott, they’re, ” Aliyev, Aliyev, Agnès, Joseph Borrell, Azerbaijan’s COP29, Joe Biden, Emmanuel Macron, Ursula von der Leyen didn't, Sean Gallup, Trump, Gerardo Werthein, “, Javier Milei’s Organizations: CNN, The, of Rome, United Arab, Getty, New York Times Locations: Baku, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Italy, Paris, France, Netherlands, New Caledonia, Azerbaijan, Armenia

☆ Nuclear Power Was Once Shunned at Climate Talks. Now, It’s a Rising Star.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Brad Plumer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

For years at global climate summits, nuclear energy was seen by many as part of the problem, not part of the solution. Sama Bilbao y Leon has been attending the annual United Nations climate change talks since 1999, when she was a student of nuclear engineering. And for most of that time, she said, people didn’t want to discuss nuclear power at all. At last year’s climate conference in the United Arab Emirates, 22 countries pledged, for the first time, to triple the world’s use of nuclear power by midcentury to help curb global warming. At this year’s summit in Azerbaijan, six more countries signed the pledge.

Persons: “, ” Organizations: Leon, United Arab Locations: United Nations, United Arab Emirates, Azerbaijan

☆ Landry CEO Fertitta becomes Wynn Resorts' largest individual shareholder with nearly 10% stake
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Contessa Brewer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Billionaire Tilman Fertitta has increased his ownership stake in Wynn Resorts to 9.9%, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Wynn Resorts and Fertitta declined to comment on his increased stake. He is frequently outspoken about issues that affect Las Vegas, whether it is Formula One or historic union wage contracts. Wynn Las Vegas is the top-of-the-line, uber-luxurious resort on the Strip, and it owns two high-end resorts in Macao. That position gave him a 6.2% stake in the company and made him the second-largest individual shareholder in Wynn, after co-founder Elaine Wynn.

Persons: Billionaire Tilman Fertitta, Jefferies, David Katz, Wynn, Craig Billings, Ras Al Khaimah, Fertitta, Elaine Wynn, Steve Wynn Organizations: CNBC, Wynn Resorts, U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, Hilton, Fertitta, Houston Rockets, Golden, Las, Wynn, United, United Arab Emirates, United Arab Locations: U.S, Las Vegas, Wynn Las, Macao, United Arab, Ras Al, United Arab Emirates, Wynn

☆ Who’s Attending COP29, the International Climate Summit?
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-13 | by ( Mira Rojanasakul | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +9 min

Over 50,000 people are gathered in Baku, Azerbaijan, for the United Nations climate conference known as COP29. This is the second largest of the annual gatherings in their history, according to official estimates and recently published data. Diplomats from nearly 200 member countries will seek a deal on climate financing to support the clean energy transition in developing economies. Recent years have seen a spike in the number of guests, particularly from Europe, sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East. Politicians started to take more interest in the climate talks in 2009, when they were held in Copenhagen.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, COP6, Keir Starmer, ”, Richard Kinley, they’ve, They’ve Organizations: Climate, United Nations, Diplomats, Paris Copenhagen, Berlin, COP3, Dubai, New York, Paris Copenhagen Official, CENTRAL, NORTH, NORTH AFRICA EAST, NORTH AFRICA Official, EAST ASIA, COP1, CENTRAL ASIA, EAST, PACIFIC, Copenhagen COP15, United, United Arab Emirates, Azerbaijan Russia United Arab, Swarthmore, Ivory, Ivory Coast Democratic Locations: Baku, Azerbaijan, United States, Europe, Saharan Africa, COP28, Dubai, Paris, Copenhagen, United Kingdom, China, SAHARAN AFRICA, NORTH AFRICA, NORTH AFRICA EAST ASIA, Berlin, ASIA, EUROPE, EAST ASIA, AFRICA, Russia, United Arab, Qatar, Doha, Azerbaijan Russia, Azerbaijan Russia United Arab Emirates Qatar, Ivory Coast, Ivory Coast Democratic Republic of Congo Senegal Ghana

☆ 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

☆ Young Chinese are ditching planes to travel long distances by train and bus. Meet the ‘iron butt’ travelers
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-08 | by ( Chris Lau | Joyce Jiang | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

A growing group of Chinese travelers are now turning to extreme forms of transportation for their vacations. They call themselves “iron butt” travelers – inspired by the amount of time they spend traveling on uncomfortable seats that make flesh start to feel like metal. Iron butt travel lets me visit more places for less money,” another self-identified “iron butt” traveler, 27-year-old Peng Fei, told CNN. But that doesn’t mean he and his fellow “iron butt” travelers have to compromise the fun. Now, though, iron butt travelers are redefining – or perhaps gentrifying – this form of travel.

Persons: Hong Kong CNN — Lin En, Lin, isn’t, Lin En, Peng Fei, ‘, ”, I’d, “, Lin En's, Lin En, Peng, “ I’ve, They’re Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, CNN, Tibet Autonomous, United Arab Emirates Locations: Hong Kong, Xinjiang, China’s, Astana, Kazakhstan’s, China, Kazakhstan, Laos, Kunming, Huay, Thailand, Myanmar, megacities, Beijing, Shanghai, Lhasa, Tibet, Tibet Autonomous Region, Guangzhou, Central Asia, Europe, Turkey, Armenia, Georgia, Uzbekistan, Tibet Autonomous, Egypt

☆ Bahrain Finance Minister: ‘Rising tide will lift all economies in the GCC’
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-08 | by ( Jacopo Prisco | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Like many other Middle Eastern economies, Bahrain has been trying to move away from its dependence on fossil fuels. In October, the National Bank of Bahrain launched a Bitcoin investment fund, aimed at institutional investors — a first for the GCC. At the Gateway Gulf event, Bahrain’s Minister of Tourism announced the construction of 16 new hotels totaling over 3,000 rooms. However Al Khalifa believes that the success of its GCC partners will ultimately prove beneficial for Bahrain. “All of us are working together to increase economic activity, increase the pie for the whole region, and this rising tide will lift all of the economies of the region.”

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Abu Dhabi and Jerusalem CNN —If his first term in the White House is any indication, President-elect Donald Trump is likely to keep the Middle East high on his agenda. But the Middle East has changed significantly since he left office in 2021, and all regional actors are keenly watching how the new president will navigate these shifts. Here’s how Trump’s election could affect key players in the Middle East:Israel and the PalestiniansEnding the wars in Gaza and Lebanon and integrating Israel in the Middle East are likely to be at the top of the president-elect’s Middle East agenda, analysts said. “When the war will be over, you’ll need a real restart in the Middle East,” and Trump will be the best person to bring about a “new Middle East,” Bismuth added. Nadav Shtrauchler, a political strategist who has worked closely with Netanyahu, said Trump’s election sends a message to Israel’s enemies in Iran.

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