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☆ The ‘Administrative State’ That Keeps Us Safe Could Be at Risk - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Belle Boggs | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

My husband stayed up working, and very early the next morning a bat flew into our bedroom, through a screen door left open by accident. What happened over the next few days restored my faith in the systems in our country that keep us safe. “Bat!” I told my husband, sleeping beside me. “It’s one thing after another,” my husband said, clambering out of bed to grab something to catch it with. Though bats are beneficial insectivores, they’re also our highest risk for contracting rabies, a fatal disease carried by about 6 percent of bats tested in the continental United States.

Persons: Biden’s, Donald Trump’s, clambering, they’re Organizations: ABC Locations: United States

Emergency crews recovered 50 to 60 bodies in the Tal al-Hawa neighborhood in the west of Gaza City, according to Gaza’s Civil Defense. “There is unprecedented destruction of infrastructure and vital facilities in the Shujaya… and Tal al-Hawa areas,” Al-Nabih told CNN. Israeli strikes in Gaza have since killed 38,345 Palestinians and injured another 88,295 people, according to the Ministry of Health there. “I don’t know what crime civilians did to deserve this,” one resident, Tareq Ghanem, told CNN on Friday. The mother told CNN she was desperate to return home for the wellbeing of her children.

Persons: Tal, Mahmoud Basal, Asem, ” Al, Nabih, Omar Al, Tareq Ghanem, “, ”, Umm Ihab Arafat, Tal Al Organizations: CNN, Civil Defense, Getty, UN, Hamas, Ministry of Health, Al, Sina’a, Israel Defense Forces Locations: Gaza, Gaza City, Shujaya, Tal al, Al, AFP, Israel, ”, Beit Hanoun, Rafah

☆ How Uruguay vs Colombia descended into chaos – and the questions raised by the ugly scenes
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Stuart James | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +8 min

Smith/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)There was a mixture of anger and frustration in the voices of the Uruguay players afterwards. As for the actions of Nunez, Gimenez and others, Alonso maintained what they did was only to be expected in the circumstances. Some Colombia and Uruguay players embraced one another while others — Uruguay’s Luis Suarez and Colombia’s Miguel Borja among them — became involved in an altercation. Moments later, though, some of the Uruguay players started to sprint towards the touchline, in an area just to the right of their dugout. Prior to that, it had threatened to turn into a free-for-all as other Uruguay players and staff got involved, clambering over seats.

Persons: Darwin Nunez, Jose Maria Gimenez, Nunez, Nick Tre . Smith, “, ” Gimenez, ”, ” Ignacio Alonso, Gimenez, Alonso, Daniel Munoz, Uruguay’s Luis Suarez, Colombia’s Miguel Borja, —, Ronald Araujo, …, ” Suarez, You’re, oyDQM0d9Ik — Lloyd sam, Rodrigo Bentancur, Suarez, Luis Diaz, Matias Vina, Nicolas de la Cruz, — Sebastián Amaya, Sergio Rochet, Marcelo Bielsa Organizations: Copa America, Bank of America, Canada, Getty, Uruguayan Football Association, Colombian, Liverpool, Uruguay, Uruguayan, CONMEBOL Locations: Charlotte, Uruguay, Colombia, Barcelona, brazos, Los jugadores, el

The allegations provide a window into the scale and force of this Israeli operation to free hostages taken during the attack on Israel last October. The UN human rights office (OHCHR) warned that Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups may have committed war crimes through their actions. CNNMohammad told CNN that before the Israeli forces withdrew, they threatened to shoot his relatives, after which he heard gunshots. “I called the ambulance, but they said they cannot come because the area is dangerous,” Mohammad told CNN. Palestinians inspect the damage a day after Israeli forces launched an operation to rescue four hostages, in Nuseirat, central Gaza, on June 9.

Persons: fleck, Abdel Miqdad shudders, Yamen, “, ”, Jeremy Laurence, ” Israel, ‘, Mohammad, –, ” Mohammad, Rasha, ” Rasha Abdel Miqdad, Zain, Abdul Raouf, Ahmad, ” Ahmad, CNN Mohammad, ’ ” Mohammad, Richard Weir, Trevor Ball, Weir, Eyad Baba, clamor, Médecins, Karin Huster, Maryame El Abbassi, Mumen, Khan Younis, ” Mumen Organizations: CNN, ” CNN, Israel Defense Forces, Israeli Paratroopers Reconnaissance Battalion, Health, UN, IDF, Flames, Artillery, “, IMI, Military Industries, Human Rights Watch, US Army, Awda, Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, Nasser Hospital, Getty, Humanitarian Affairs Locations: Gaza, Israel, Rafah, Nuseirat, ‘, Al, Aqsa, AFP, Khan

☆ Papua New Guinea landslide: More than 100 people feared dead in remote region
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-24 | by ( Heather Chen | Alex | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —More than 100 people are feared dead in a remote village in the Pacific nation of Papua New Guinea after a landslide flattened homes and buried people alive while they were sleeping, officials said Friday. “The debris is as big as approximately three to four football fields, and is blocking the lifeline of the province’s main highway, which is making the relief efforts all the more difficult,” Serhan Aktoprak told CNN. It’s already night time in Papua New Guinea. There’s no power to continue the relief efforts. Rescuers are trying to reach the remote village in Enga Province.

Persons: Serhan Aktoprak, “, ” Aktoprak, Janet Philemon, ” Philemon, James Marape, ” Organizations: CNN, Mission, International Organization for Migration, IOM, National, Papua New Guinea Red Crescent Society, AFP, Getty Images, ABC, Reuters, of Works, Highways, police Locations: Pacific, Papua New Guinea, Kaokalam, Enga Province, Port Moresby, Enga’s

☆ Whatever happened to the two-door car?
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-20 | by ( Peter Valdes-Dapena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

There are still two-door cars today, of course, but they’re almost all high-performance sports cars not intended for comfortable cruising. For car designers, two-door models can offer more striking proportions to play with, long hoods that evoke power and tapered, aerodynamic back ends. Today, it’s rare to see a two-door car that isn’t a performance model like the Mustang or Corvette. Today, if you have a two-door car and you have kids, you also have a backache. While some two-door cars used to be bargain items – the cheapest entry-level cars were almost always two-door hatchbacks – today two-door models are seen mostly in European luxury car showrooms.

Persons: Ricardo Montalbán, Brian Rabold, Bob D'Olivo, ”, Kevin Kirbitz, who’s, “, Rabold, ” Rabold, Scott Krugger, Kia Rio, You’ve, Gorden Wagener Organizations: CNN, Chrysler, Network, Riviera, GM, Ford Thunderbird, Chevrolet Corvette, Thunderbird, Ford, Stellantis’s Dodge, Nissan, Cox Automotive, BMW, Audi, Mercedes, Benz, American Mercedes Locations: Chrysler Cordoba, Cordoba, United States, American

☆ Iran says Israel bombs its embassy in Syria, kills commanders
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-02 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Emergency and security personnel gather at the site of strikes which hit a building next to the Iranian embassy in Syria's capital Damascus, on April 1, 2024. Suspected Israeli warplanes bombed Iran's embassy in Syria on Monday in a strike that Iran said killed seven of its military advisers, including three senior commanders, and that marked a major escalation in Israel's war with its regional adversaries. Reuters reporters at the site in the Mezzeh district of Damascus saw emergency workers clambering atop rubble of a destroyed building inside the diplomatic compound, adjacent to the main Iranian embassy building. Iran's ambassador to Syria said the strike hit a consular building in the embassy compound and that his residence was on the top two floors. Israel has long targeted Iran's military installations in Syria and those of its proxies, but Monday's attack was the first time Israel hit the vast embassy compound itself.

Persons: Faisal Mekdad, Mohammad Reza Zahedi, Israel Organizations: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iranian, Syrian, Force, Hamas Locations: Syria's, Damascus, Iranian, Gaza, Syria, Iran, Mezzeh, Israel

☆ A 500-Year Old Chapel, 438 Solar Panels and an Architectural Squabble
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-30 | by ( Mark Landler | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Clambering across the sloped roof of King’s College Chapel with the agility of an undergraduate, Toby Lucas, 56, pointed to where his craftsmen had welded solar panels to an expanse of newly installed lead. It was the scariest part of the project, he said, because an errant spark could have ignited the 500-year-old timbers underneath, which hold up the roof of this English Gothic masterpiece. “It’s an iconic landmark in Cambridge, and it’s part and parcel of where I live,” said Mr. Lucas, whose firm, Barnes Construction, did the restoration. “You don’t want to be the person who is responsible for burning part of it down.”The chapel came through the project unscorched and now stands at the heart of Cambridge University, no longer just a glorious relic of the late-medieval period but also a cutting-edge symbol of the green-energy future. Its 438 photovoltaic panels, along with solar panels on the roofs of two nearby buildings, will supply a shade over five percent of the college’s electricity.

Persons: Toby Lucas, ”, Lucas Organizations: Barnes, Cambridge University Locations: Cambridge

☆ From New England to Notre-Dame, a U.S. Carpenter Tends to a French Icon
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-29 | by ( Aurelien Breeden | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Notre-Dame Cathedral sat in the pre-dawn chill like a spaceship docked in the heart of Paris, its exoskeleton of scaffolding lit by bright lights. Pink clouds appeared to the east as machinery hummed to life and workers started clambering around. A crane hoisted them onto the nave of the cathedral, which was devastated by fire in 2019. Mr. Silver — a 41-year-old American-Canadian carpenter — is something of an unlikely candidate to work on the restoration of an 860-year-old Gothic monument and Catholic landmark in France. It also has given them a way to show the world that their manual tools and techniques have stood the test of time.

Persons: Dame Cathedral, Hank Silver, Silver, — Organizations: Dame, Mr Locations: Paris, France, New York City, New England

She passed away.”As Israel’s severe restrictions on aid entering the Gaza Strip drain essential supplies, displaced Palestinians told CNN they are struggling to feed their children. CNNFood shortages are reportedly the worst in northern Gaza, where Israel concentrated its military offensive in the early days of the war. Dr. Muhammad Salha, acting director of Al-Awda Hospital, in northern Gaza, told CNN medical workers are treating cases of dehydration, gastroenteritis, and hepatitis among women and children. The US military said it had, alongside the Royal Jordanian Air Force, parachuted more than 36,800 meals into northern Gaza that day. He told CNN that he injured his foot while trying to buy flour along Al-Rashid Street.

Persons: CNN — Anwar Abdul Nabi, Kamal Adwan, tenderly, Mila, Nabi, Ashraf Al, Hussam Abu Safiya, Israel, “, ”, Ikhlas Shehadeh, ” Anwar Abdul Nabi, Richard Peeperkorn, Dr, Muhammad Salha, ’ wombs, Mohammed Salem, Ahmad Salem, Kosay Al Nemer, Melanie Ward, Riyad Mansour, Faraj Abu Naji, Rashid Organizations: CNN, Kamal, Health, Hamas, Ministry of Health, Integrated Food Security, UNICEF State, United Nations Population Fund, World Health Organization, WHO, Al, Awda, Reuters, Humanitarian Affairs, Kamal Adwan Hospital, United Arab, Emirati Ministry of Defense, Royal Jordanian Air Force, Medical Aid, Israel Defense Forces, United Nations Locations: Gaza, Israel, Palestine, Rafah, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Gaza City, ”, Kuwait, Rasheed, Palestinian, Al

☆ New footage appears to show 23 Russian tanks and IFVs destroyed on a 'road of death' by Ukrainian paratroopers
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-02 | by ( Cameron Manley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ukrainian troops released footage appearing to show the total destruction of a Russian brigade. Ukrainian troops refer to the area as the 'road of death' because of Russia's continued losses in the region. Further clips appear to show Russian soldiers attempting to escape from strike drones, clambering out of their tanks and hiding behind mounds of soil. The warriors from the 72nd Mechanized Brigade, with the help of drones, turned a convoy of russian tanks and IFVs into a scrap metal army. The route in to the village was dubbed the "road of death" due to the number of Russian soldiers killed.

Persons: —, Russia's, Novomykhailivka, Oleksandr Ratushniak Organizations: Air Assault Brigade, Service, Ministry of Defense, 79th Air Assault Brigade, —, Ukraine's 72nd Mechanized Brigade, 72nd Mechanized Brigade, Reuters, REUTERS, CNN Locations: Russian, Russia, Novomykhailivka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, @DefenceU, Ukrainian, Donbas . Russian, Blahodatne, Avdiivka

It swerves and is hit by a grenade, dropped from a Ukrainian drone. Russian soldiers appear to stagger away from it, one rolling. Yet since the fall of Avdiivka on February 17, Ukrainian military officials have reported regular Russian assaults on Robotyne. Two Russian soldiers can be seen clambering inside the ruins of a dugout, one manhandling a shovel. Ukrainian drone pilots now face Russian counterparts who have replaced their units but at a much larger scale, they said.

Persons: Ukraine CNN —, Maja Rappard, “, ” Bohdan, ”, Anton, shellfire Organizations: Ukraine CNN, CNN, 15th National Guard, Robotyne, 65th Mechanised Brigade, NATO Locations: Orikhiv, Ukraine, Ukrainian, Belgian, Russian, Avdiivka, Lviv

Nearly half of all flash flood deaths are vehicle-related, experts say, which is why you should never drive into a flooded street. Here’s what to do in advance — and in the moment — to get through a flash flood safely. A “flash flood warning” means a flash flood is imminent or already occurring, and you should immediately move to higher ground if you’re outside or in a basement apartment. The most dire alert is a “flash flood emergency,” which indicates that not only is flooding occurring, but it’s posing a severe threat to human life. “People need to realize that most people who lose their footing in a flash flood don’t get out,” she said.

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☆ Hungary needs to change the EU, not leave it, Orban says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Orban again reiterated his government's opposition to starting talks with Ukraine about its accession to the EU. "Correcting the mistaken promise (by Brussels) to start talks (with Ukraine about EU membership) will also be our task, as Ukraine is light years away from the EU now," Orban said, adding that he would fight off attempts by the EU to settle migrants in Hungary. Ukraine, which applied to join the EU days after Russia's invasion in February 2022, sees membership as a top priority. The question of starting accession talks with the country will be on the agenda at an EU summit next month. With Hungary clambering out of an inflation crisis, nationalist Orban has this week started campaigning heavily for European parliamentary elections due next June.

Persons: Victor Orban, Johanna Geron, Viktor Orban, Orban, Krisztina, Kirsten Donovan, Mike Harrison Organizations: European Union, of, Caribbean, REUTERS, Rights, Fidesz, Ukraine, EU, Hungary, Thomson Locations: Caribbean States, Brussels, Belgium, Hungary, Europe, Ukraine, Kyiv

☆ Billionaires are driving South Florida home prices to new records
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Robert Frank | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

From Palm Beach to Miami Beach, luxury home prices in Florida's richest enclaves are reaching new records as billionaires and millionaires continue to buy up property. The average price per square foot of homes sold in Palm Beach reached $4,554, more than 2.5 times more expensive than Manhattan. "The prices are mind-blowing," said Chris Leavitt, a top Palm Beach broker with Douglas Elliman. Miami Beach has also seen a spike in prices from wealthy buyers — especially billionaires. "Both Palm Beach and Miami Beach are disconnected from the interest rate trend."

Persons: Douglas Elliman, Miller Samuel, Chris Leavitt, Jonathan Miller, Leavitt, James Tigani, Harvey Jones, Tommy Hilfiger, Michael Cantanucci, Corcoran, Eric Schmidt, Ken Griffin, Alex Rodriguez, Griffin, Jeff Bezos, Tom Brady Organizations: Palm, Tech, Brokers, National Football League, CNBC Locations: Palm Beach, Miami Beach, Manhattan, New York , New Jersey, California, Florida, Miami

☆ Russian missile strike on cafe and shop kills 51 in Ukraine, Kyiv says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Olena Harmash | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Firefighters work at a site of a Russian military strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the village of Hroza, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine October 5, 2023. The attack was the deadliest in the Kharkiv region since Russia's invasion more than 19 months ago, a spokesperson for the Kharkiv regional military administration told Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne. It also appeared to be one of the biggest civilian death tolls in any single Russian strike since the start of the war. UKRAINIAN OFFICIAL CONDEMN ATTACKKlymenko cited preliminary information that he said showed the attack was carried out with an Iskander ballistic missile. He said the strike was clearly very targeted and that Ukrainian security services had launched an investigation into the matter.

Persons: Kharkiv Regional Military Administration Oleg Syniehubov, Zelenskiy, Oleh Synehubov, Ihor Klymenko, Klymenko, Rustem Umerov, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Olena Harmash, Timothy Heritage, Andrew Heavend Organizations: Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, REUTERS Acquire, Kharkiv, Suspilne, Thomson Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Hroza, Kharkiv region, Kyiv, Spain KYIV, Kupiansk, Kharkiv, Ukrainian, UKRAINIAN, Spain, Russia, Moscow

☆ More than 100 dead, 150 injured in fire at Iraq wedding party
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Timour Azhari | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

NINEVEH, Iraq, Sept 27 (Reuters) - More than 100 people were killed and 150 were injured in a fire at a wedding party in Hamdaniya district in Iraq's Nineveh province that left civil defence searching the charred skeleton of a building for survivors into the early hours of Wednesday. Nineveh Deputy Governor Hasan al-Allaq told Reuters that 113 people had been confirmed dead, with state media putting the death toll at at least 100, with 150 injured. The fire ripped through a large events hall in the north-eastern region after fireworks were lit during the celebration, local civil defence said, according to state media. Preliminary information indicated that the building was made of highly flammable construction materials, contributing to its rapid collapse, state media said. Ambulances and medical crews were dispatched to the site by federal Iraqi authorities and Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, according to official statements.

Persons: Hasan al, Allaq, Timour Azhari, Enas, Sonali Paul, Jacqueline Wong Organizations: Reuters, Thomson Locations: NINEVEH, Iraq, Hamdaniya district, Iraq's Nineveh, Nineveh, Kurdistan, Baghdad, Cairo

☆ Mexican officials push migrants away from border-bound cargo trains
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( Jose Cortes | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Asylum seekers heading to the U.S. travel on a train after thousands of migrants crossed into the United States in recent days, in El Carmen, Mexico September 21, 2023. Thousands of people have reached the northern border in recent days and crossed into the United States, many after taking dangerous journeys on freight trains known as "The Beast." Mexican railroad operator Ferromex this week suspended 60 trains due to the influx of people, and Mexico's National Migration Institute (INM) has deployed agents to dissuade people from climbing aboard. "We want to take the train to get to the border and cross into the United States... Reporting by Jose Cortes in Huehuetoca; Writing by Daina Beth Solomon in Mexico City; Editing by William MallardOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Daniel Becerril, Jason, Milagros Narvaez, It's, Jose Cortes, Daina Beth Solomon, William Mallard Organizations: REUTERS, Migration Institute, Grupo Mexico, Thomson Locations: United States, El Carmen, Mexico, Mexico City, Huehuetoca, Venezuelan, INM, Venezuela

☆ Mexican Officials Push Migrants Away From Border-Bound Cargo Trains
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Sept. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

By Jose CortesHUEHUETOCA, Mexico (Reuters) - Several dozen migrants retreated in frustration from train tracks outside Mexico City on Friday, blocked by Mexican officials from hitching rides on cargo wagons in a major new enforcement effort to curb the flow of people headed north. Mexican railroad operator Ferromex this week suspended 60 trains due to the influx of people, and Mexico's National Migration Institute (INM) has deployed agents to dissuade people from climbing aboard. "They forced us away from the rail," said Jason, a Venezuelan migrant who asked to be identified only by his first name. Migrants carrying backpacks and jugs of water made their way through tall grass under the hot sun to retreat on foot to the nearest town. (Reporting by Jose Cortes in Huehuetoca; Writing by Daina Beth Solomon in Mexico City; Editing by William Mallard)

Persons: Jose Cortes HUEHUETOCA, Jason, Milagros Narvaez, It's, Jose Cortes, Daina Beth Solomon, William Mallard Organizations: Migration Institute, Grupo Locations: Mexico, Mexico City, United States, Huehuetoca, Venezuelan, INM, Grupo Mexico, Venezuela

REUTERS/Nacho Doce Acquire Licensing RightsTINMEL, Morocco, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Villagers in parts of Morocco devastated by the country's biggest earthquake in over a century camped outside for a fourth night on Monday, as the death toll rose to more than 2,800 people. State TV reported late on Monday that the death toll had risen to 2,862, with 2,562 people injured. With much of the quake zone in hard-to-reach areas, authorities have not issued any estimates for the number of missing. In the village of Tinmel, almost every house was pulverised and the entire community has been left homeless. The stench of death from dozens of animals buried under the rubble wafts through parts of the village.

Persons: Mohamed Ouchen, Mouhamad Elhasan, Elhasan, Antonio Nogales, Alexander Cornwell, Ahmed Eljechtimi, Moaz Abd, Angus McDowall, Rosalba O'Brien, Lincoln Organizations: REUTERS, State TV, Imi N'Tala, United, UNESCO, Heritage, IMF, World Bank, United Arab, Reuters Graphics Reuters, Thomson Locations: Tikekhte, Adassil, Morocco, Spain, Britain, Qatar, Moroccan, Tinmel, Spanish, Nogales, Marrakech, gridlocked, United Arab Emirates, Algeria

☆ Will Hollywood Learn These 5 Lessons From ‘Barbie’?
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Kyle Buchanan | More About Kyle Buchanan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

But can the runaway success of “Barbie” reshape Hollywood? I’m too cynical to think studio executives will learn all the right lessons from it. Still, “Barbie” proved at least five things to be true, if decision makers are willing to think outside the pink box. A summer movie can be smartly writtenWe count on summer movies to deliver spectacle, but how many also come with a witty, thoughtful script? “Barbie,” by contrast, feels totally thought through instead of frantically rewritten.

Persons: Greta Gerwig’s, Barbie ”, Mario, it’s, Jim Carrey, “ Barbie, they’ll, “ Barbie ”, “ Frances Ha ”, America, Gerwig, Noah Baumbach, Barbie Organizations: Mario Bros

☆ At least 15 killed, 40 injured after train derails in Pakistan
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-06 | by ( Benjamin Brown | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

CNN —At least 15 people were killed and 40 injured after a train derailed in Pakistan on Sunday, according to state public broadcaster Radio Pakistan. The train derailed near Nawabshah in the southern Sindh province of Pakistan, the public broadcaster reported, adding that it was heading from Karachi to Havelian. Pictures from the scene showed twisted wreckage and people clambering on the train’s roof. Pakistan’s railway system has a poor safety record, with a series of deadly accidents in recent years a tragic reminder of the country’s ageing infrastructure and safety standards. More to follow…

Organizations: CNN, Radio Pakistan Locations: Pakistan, Nawabshah, Sindh province, Karachi, Havelian

☆ Cambodia holds lopsided election ahead of historic transfer of power
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-22 | by ( Prak Chan Thul | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Hun Manet, 45, needs to win a National Assembly seat to become prime minister, which he is expected to do in Sunday's general election. Analysts had expected the transition to come mid-term, giving time for Hun Manet to earn legitimacy with the public and political elite. "The reality is that as long as Hun Sen is around, nobody will move against Hun Manet." Hun Manet has given few media interviews and no clues over his vision for Cambodia and its 16 million people. 'PEACE NOT WAR'[1/3]Hun Manet, son of Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, speaks during the final Cambodian People's Party (CPP) election campaign for the upcoming general election in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, July 21, 2023.

Persons: Hun Sen's, Hun Sen, Hun Manet, Gordon Conochie, Cambodia's, Cindy Liu, Sam Rainsy, Conochie, Chantha Lach, Martin Petty, Robert Birsel Organizations: Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party, Former Khmer Rouge, National Assembly, La Trobe University, New York University, University of Bristol, Cambodian People's Party, REUTERS, Candlelight Party, Thomson Locations: PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, Phnom Penh, China, United States, Som, Bangkok

☆ A Current War Collides With the Past: How World War II Endures in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Andrew E. Kramer | More About Andrew E. Kramer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Clambering over boulders, past old tires and shellfish-encrusted scrap metal, Oleksandr Shkalikov ventured onto the dry bed of a vast reservoir. Out in this wasteland rested a haunting reminder of long-ago battles on this same swath of southern Ukraine: a swastika, chipped into a rock, had emerged from the receding water. The year “1942’’ was written next to it. “History is repeating itself,” Mr. Shkalikov, a tank driver on leave from the Ukrainian army, said of the World War II-era carving. “We are fighting this war on the same landscape and with the same weapons” as those used in World War II, he said, evoking the heavy artillery and tanks that still shape the course of a land war.

Persons: Oleksandr Shkalikov, ’, ” Mr, Shkalikov Locations: Ukraine, Salt Lake, Utah

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