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☆ Live updates: Israel-Hamas war, Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital, tunnel videos
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Tara Subramaniam | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

A doctor inside Gaza’s Al-Shifa hospital has spoken to CNN about conditions inside the facility, accusing Israeli forces of pushing around staff and questioning them about Hamas. Israeli forces have been inside the hospital complex for days, looking to uncover what they say is a major Hamas underground base. Appealing for more international support, El Mokhallalati said Israeli forces had only made a single delivery of water and food to the hospital. Some context: Al-Shifa, the largest hospital in Gaza, has become a flashpoint in Israel’s war in the besieged enclave. The Israeli military alleges the facility is being used by Hamas as a shield for its operations and raided the hospital last Wednesday.

Persons: Gaza’s, Dr, Ahmed El Mokhallalati, Helal, El Mokhallalati, ” Organizations: CNN, Maternity, Israel’s Defense Ministry, Hamas Locations: Gaza

☆ ‘Never going back.’ Israelis evacuated from border town with Lebanon fear war with Hezbollah
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Tara John | Adi Koplewitz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

There are fears of a full-blown confrontation with Hezbollah in southern Lebanon – that would open up a dangerous new front in the war. Israelis who were evacuated from the north of the country and seen in a hotel lobby in Tiberias, Israel, on November 16. They have lived through the Six-Day War, the Yom Kippur War, Israel’s invasion of Lebanon in 1982 and fight with Hezbollah in 2006. View of the Sea of Galilee from a hotel in Tiberias, Israel, on November 16. Tara John/CNNA group of cousins, who were evacuated from the town of Dovev, knit quietly in a hotel lobby in Tiberias, Israel on November 16.

Persons: Jesus, Boaz Yosef, Tara John, Hassan Nasrallah, Elana Pilveny, ”, ’, Shoshana, “, ” Pilveny, Yosef, Israel “, Yoav Gallant, David Shenfer, ” Shenfer, Israel’s, Kibbutz Bar’am, “ We’ve, ” Lea Raivitz, Raivitz Organizations: CNN, Hamas, Reuters, Defense Ministry, Israeli, Nations, CNN Hezbollah, Kibbutz, Residents Locations: Tiberias, Galilee, Israel, Lebanon, Dovev, Israel’s, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Gaza, Beirut, Kiryat Shmona, Lebanese, View, overflights

☆ First-ever World of Frozen opens at Hong Kong Disneyland
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Maureen Ohare | Tara Subramaniam | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Hong Kong CNN —Elsa, Anna, Olaf and Sven have a new home on a subtropical island in Asia. World of Frozen, Disney’s first-ever themed land dedicated to the “Frozen” media franchise, opened at Hong Kong Disneyland on November 20. Michael Moriarty, managing director of Hong Kong Disneyland, called World of Frozen “the most immersive attraction we’ve ever built.”Hong Kong Disneyland's World of Frozen includes a recreation of the Arendelle Palace and other key elements from the beloved film franchise. Courtesy DisneyHe added that the decision to bring World of Frozen to Hong Kong was influenced by the regional interest in the franchise and the unique natural elements of Lantau Island, where Hong Kong Disneyland is located. Visitors can get to Hong Kong Disneyland by car or via the orange line on Hong Kong’s MTR public transit system.

Persons: Hong Kong CNN — Elsa, Anna, Olaf, Sven, Disney’s, Prince Hans, “, Bob Iger, Disney Imagineers, Elsa, Kristoff, ”, Michael Moriarty, ” Moriarty, Moriarty, Arendelle Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, Hong Kong Disneyland, Disney, Disney Parks, Kong’s Locations: Hong Kong, Asia, Hong, Norway, Arendelle, Olaf, Sunny

☆ Djokovic destroys Sinner to win record seventh ATP Finals title
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

TURIN, Nov 19 (Reuters) - A ruthless Novak Djokovic destroyed home favourite Jannik Sinner to win the ATP Finals title for a record seventh time on Sunday -- reaching yet another milestone in his incredible career. A sell-out crowd in Turin's Pala Alpitour had hoped to cheer the 22-year-old Sinner to the biggest title of his career but Djokovic was simply in a different league. At one point Djokovic won 14 points in a row against a player ranked fourth in the world before Sinner briefly slowed the march of the 24-time Grand Slam champion. Djokovic also failed to convert break points that would have given him a 5-2 lead as a few errors crept into his game. The crowd tried their best to energise their man but Djokovic moved on towards victory and a Sinner double fault ended the contest.

Persons: Novak, Turin's Pala Alpitour, Djokovic, Sinner, Roger Federer, Carlos Alcaraz, Stefan, Tara, I've, Jannik, Carlos, Spain's, Holger Rune, ender, Martyn Herman, Toby Davis Organizations: ATP, Thomson Locations: TURIN, Turin's, Saturday's

☆ Sex Workers Have Been Shunned by Banks, Even When Their Work Is Legal
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( Tara Siegel Bernard | More About Tara Siegel Bernard | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

“We do not prohibit people in this industry from having personal bank accounts with us,” she added. One of the risks associated with sex work is money laundering and human trafficking, where victims, mostly women, are forced or coerced to engage in commercial sex acts. Many banks and other financial platforms avoid doing business with these industries altogether. “That is the problem we have — trying to recognize potential human trafficking that we would have to report.”Beyond banks, many financial services apps have blanket bans, which state they won’t process any transactions related to adult content or services. CashApp — which, like Square, is owned by Block — lists “selling adult content and services” on its “not allowed” list.

Persons: Trish Wexler, Chase, ”, — Organizations: Treasury, PayPal, Block Locations: OnlyFans

☆ Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu battles on all fronts, amid growing pressure to free hostages
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( Tara John | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Only a small handful of families have met with the Israeli leader since the attacks, infuriating the hundreds of other relatives. Freeing hostages should be at the top of the Israeli war cabinet’s agenda, he said. Winds have been shifting against the prime minister as Israel’s war in Gaza drags past its sixth week. Cracks emergeOpposition parties initially rallied behind Israel’s war effort, with National Unity Party leader Benny Gantz joining the wartime government – but cracks have begun to emerge. Freeing hostages from Hamas was worth it, “whatever the cost,” he said.

Persons: Jerusalem CNN —, Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu, ” Gil Dickmann, Carmel Gat, ”, Benny Gantz, , Yair Lapid, Lapid, “, ” Lapid, Ada Gansach, Tara John, Israel, Bezalel Smotrich, Itamar Ben Gvir, ’, Ilan Rosenberg, Gilad Shalit, Asher Elyahol, ” Ofir Dagan, Dagan, Yehudit Waiss, Waiss, Elyahol, “ we’ll Organizations: Jerusalem CNN, Israel’s, CNN, Palestinian, National Unity Party, Likud, Twitter, Israeli, National, Palestinian Prisoner’s Society, Family, Hamas, Reuters Locations: Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Israel, Gaza, United States, Gulf, Qatar

☆ Where are they now: The many fascinating Bridgewater employees from the book on Ray Dalio 'The Fund'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Bradley Saacks | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +17 min

The new book, "The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates, and the Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend" — which Dalio and his lawyers have pushed back against — describes everything from Bridgewater's investment process to internal grudges and backstabbing to allegations of sexual harassment. Here are the places where the dozens of Bridgewater employees and consultants named in the book ended up. Dalio, the book said, wrote into the firm's bylaws that he could never hold that title again. Before that, she was the head of investment research and a co-chief investment officer for sustainability. He's worked at different funds since leaving in 2006, including Larch Lane Advisors and Bonaccord Capital as an investor and business-development professional.

Persons: Rob Copeland's, Ray Dalio, Dalio, —, Bridgewater, Greg Jensen, YouTube Dalio, nixed, Copeland, He's, Jensen, Eileen Murray, Morgan Stanley, David McCormick, Dina Powell, McCormick, Dave McCormick, Michael M, Nir Bar Dea, Stefanova, Dalio's, Paul McDowell, Bob Eichinger, McDowell, Eichinger, Jen Healy, Osman Nalbantoglu, Matthew Granade, Steve Cohen, Steve Cohen's Point72, Bob Prince, politicking, Karen Karniol, Bridgewater Associates Karen Karniol, Vladimir Putin, Bob Elliott, Elliott, James Comey, Winn McNamee, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Hillary, Britt Harris, Bridgewater's, Julian Mack, L, Michael Partington, Spencer Stuart, Niko Canner, Jon Rubinstein, Beck Diefenbach Jon Rubinstein, Steve Jobs, Tom Adams, Rosetta Stone, J, Michael Cline, Cline, Kevin Campbell, Campbell, Craig Mundie, Bill Gates, Gates, Mundie, Bill Clinton, George W, Bush, David Ferrucci, IBM's Watson, Ferrucci, Keith Alexander, Alexander, Larry Culp, Culp, Jamie Gorelick, conscientiously, Clinton, Jared Kushner, Jesse Horwitz, Comey, Horwitz, Samantha Holland, Perry Poulos, Murray, Joe Sweet, Tara Arnold, Arnold —, Leah Guggenheimer, She's, Charles Korchinski, Harris, Kent Kuran Organizations: New York Times, Bridgewater Associates, Business, Bridgewater, YouTube, HSBC, Broadridge, Life Insurance, Wells, Treasury Department, Republican, Getty, GOP, Israel Defense Forces, Marto, Princeton University, McKinsey, Point72, Bridgewater didn't, Domino Data, CircleUp, FBI, Trump, of, University of Texas Investment Management Co, Apple, Dalio, Health, Cognition, Mundie, National Security Agency, Amazon, General Electric, Boston Globe, Electric, Trump White House, Harvard Law School, —, Hubble, Stefanova's Marto, HBR Consulting, MIO Partners, Burford, Larch Lane Advisors, Bonaccord, Eaton Partners, Stanford, NextEra Energy Resources Locations: Bridgewater, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, China, San Francisco, of Texas, Atlanta, WilmerHale, Asia, India, Shanghai, Singapore, Israel, Africa

☆ Live updates: Israel-Hamas war, Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Tara Subramaniam | Andrew Raine | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

The Israeli military said it is conducting a raid inside Gaza’s biggest hospital Al-Shifa as it targets Hamas militants it claims are operating beneath the structure — which the militant group and hospital officials deny. The United States on Tuesday cited intelligence suggesting Hamas has a command node under the hospital, seeming to back Israel’s assertion. What’s happening on the ground: Khaled Abu Samra, a doctor at the hospital, told CNN they were given 30 minutes’ warning before the Israeli operation on the complex began. Khader Al Za’anoun, a journalist inside the hospital, told CNN that Israeli tanks had moved into the hospital complex, and there were gunfire exchanges across the yard. It’s unclear whether there are IDF soldiers inside the hospital buildings, Al Za’anoun said.

Persons: Israel, Hamas’s “, ” Israel, Peter Lerner, Khaled Abu Samra, “, ”, Khader Al Za’anoun, Al Za’anoun, Mai Al, Kaila Organizations: Hamas, CNN, Palestinian, Palestinian Authority, Health Ministry, Israel Locations: Gaza, United States, “, Ramallah, Israel

According to the Pentagon's most recent report on China's military power, Beijing has “denied, canceled or ignored” military-to-military communications and meetings with the Pentagon for much of last year and this year. In an effort to improve transparency and communication, defense leaders from the two countries were meeting regularly. He and other defense chiefs, Joint Chiefs chairmen and regional high-level U.S. commanders routinely traveled to China over the next decade, and Chinese defense leaders came to the Pentagon. The Pentagon routinely complained that there was little tangible progress in the press for greater transparency in China’s military ambitions and its burgeoning defense budget. But the lack of communications heightened worries about an increase in what the Pentagon calls risky Chinese aircraft and warship incidents in the past two years.

Persons: Joe Biden, Xi Jinping, “, Robert Gates, ”, Chuck Hagel, Hagel, China's, Obama, Trump, Nancy Pelosi’s, Pelosi, Newt Gingrich, Carolyn Bartholomew, Bonnie Lin, ” Lin, Tara Copp Organizations: WASHINGTON, Economic Cooperation, Military Maritime, U.S, Pentagon, Defense Department, Chiefs, Yuchi, Pacific ., Beijing, The Defense Department, China Economic, Security, China, Center for Strategic, International Security, Associated Press Locations: Asia, San Francisco, China, Beijing, U.S, Singapore, South China, South, America's, Taiwan, Russia, Ukraine, Syria, Washington

☆ MIT neuroscientist: 3 'remarkable' things that happen to your brain when you get rich
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Dr. Tara Swart Bieber | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Imagine waking up one morning and discovering that your financial circumstances have taken an extraordinary turn: you just received a huge financial windfall. As a MIT neuroscientist, I've always been fascinated by the intricate dance that occurs within the brain during these life-altering moments. Here are three remarkable things that happen to your brain when you unexpectedly receive a large sum of money overnight:1. As reality sinks in, bargaining could emerge, as the individual negotiates with themselves about how to manage the newfound wealth. Ultimately, acceptance can settle in, as the individual works through their changed reality and forges a path forward with their newfound wealth.

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☆ Live updates: Israel-Hamas war, Gaza crisis, Palestinian death toll
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Tara Subramaniam | Brad Lendon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

A video has emerged on a Hamas social media channel which claims an Israeli woman held hostage in Gaza has been killed in an Israeli airstrike. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the woman’s family is aware of the video’s existence. Most of the video shows the woman speaking into camera reading a short statement. In a short statement late Monday, the IDF said an army representative had visited the family home to inform them of the video. “Hamas continues to use psychological terror and acts inhumanely, through videos and photos of the hostages, as it has done in the past,” the IDF statement said.

Persons: Al Organizations: Telegram, Brigades, Israel Defense Forces, CNN Locations: Israeli, Gaza

☆ A Salt-of-the-Earth Town That Sparkles
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Amy Tara Koch | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

After he closed Cyrus, the Healdsburg, Calif., restaurant for which he’d earned two Michelin stars, in 2012, it took the chef Douglas Keane a decade to scout the dream locale for his new restaurant. Mr. Keane finally landed last year at a former prune-packing plant overlooking vineyards where the Russian River snakes through the Alexander Valley. Those vineyards are not in Healdsburg, Sonoma County’s unofficial gastronomic headquarters, but eight miles north in blink-and-you’ll-miss-it Geyserville. “Geyserville is real, rural wine country: Farmers are out at 5 a.m.,” said the 52-year-old chef on what drew him to the town. The whole town may be just two blocks of Wild West-looking storefronts, but its charms take an entire weekend to uncover.

Persons: Cyrus, he’d, Douglas Keane, Keane, ” Organizations: Michelin Locations: Calif, Alexander, Healdsburg, Sonoma

☆ Israelis are arming up in the aftermath of Hamas’ attack. Some are worried it is playing to the far right’s vision for the country
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Tara John | Adi Koplewitz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

“We saw this in the first days of the war, wherever there were weapons, the scale of the disaster was smaller,” Ben Gvir said in a press release. Critics see it as part of a far-right vision to inflame Israeli-Palestinian relations in the country, especially in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Some in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet, such as Ben Gvir and far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, support annexing the West Bank. When CNN asked Ben Gvir at the Caesarea event last week whether his actions were inciting violence against Palestinians, CNN was kicked out of the ceremony. He adds that arming people like that “is only showing what he (Ben Gvir) is trying to cause, which is chaos.”CNN has reached out to Eliasi for comment.

Persons: Itamar Ben Gvir, ’, “, Ben Gvir, ” Ben Gvir’s, Mariam Barghouti, Ben Gvir’s, , ”, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu’s, Bezalel Smotrich, we’re, we’ll, Itamar Ben, Gvir, William Bonnett, Amichay Eliyahu, Ben, Eliyahu, Roy Malkan, ” Malkan, Yoav Eliasi, Ori Givati, Guy Ben, Israel’s Ben, ” Ben, Porat, Liat Eisner, We’re, Eisner, she’s, Netanyahu’s, I’m Organizations: Jerusalem CNN, Ministry of National Security, West Bank, Power, New York Times, “, Jewish Power, CNN, Palestinian Ministry of Health, The United Nations, Israeli National Security, Israel Defense Forces, Heritage, ”, ” CNN, Reuters, Survey, Israel’s, Gurion University, ” Protesters, Ben, ” Security Locations: Caesarea, Jerusalem, Israel, Judea, Samaria, Palestinian, East Jerusalem, Abdelathim, Qusra, Nablus, Judaea, ”, Ben Gvir’s, Gaza, Tel Aviv, Swiss

☆ Live updates: Israel-Hamas war, Gaza evacuations, Al-Shifa Hospital
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( Tara Subramaniam | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

A premature Palestinian baby lies in an incubator at the maternity ward of Shifa Hospital in Gaza on October 22. Staff at the Al-Shifa hospital were fighting to keep the newborns alive after oxygen supplies ran out and they had to move the babies by hand from the neonatal unit’s incubators to a different part of the hospital. Images show several newborn babies who were taken off incubators at the hospital clustered helplessly together and placed in one bed. Ministry spokesman Dr. Ashraf al-Qidra said the complex was “out of service” after repeatedly being targeted by Israeli fire. Meanwhile, thousands of Palestinians, injured or displaced by Israel’s escalating war against Hamas, have packed its wards, seeking shelter from the seemingly endless barrage of Israeli airstrikes.

Persons: Mohammed Al, Masri, Muhammad Abu Salmiya, Al, Israel’s, Dr, Ashraf al, Qidra Organizations: Shifa, Staff, Hamas, CNN, Al Locations: Gaza, “, Israeli

"These investments are being made in areas with very high growth," Christel Bories, Eramet's chair and CEO, told Reuters. "Lithium is not tied to world economic growth, it's tied to the development of batteries and the energy transition." A $400 million deal with Glencore (GLEN.L) to market lithium from the project's first stage will mostly cover Eramet's financing needs for the next tranche, Bories said. In Chile, meanwhile, the group said it had acquired for an initial $95 million a 120,000-hectare lithium concession in the Atacama region. Reporting by Gus Trompiz, Editing by Charlotte Van Campenhout and Louise HeavensOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Ivan Alvarado, it's, Bories, Eramet's, Gus Trompiz, Charlotte Van Campenhout, Louise Heavens Organizations: National Reserve, REUTERS, Rights, Reuters, Centenario, BASF, Koniambo, SAS, Thomson Locations: Antofagasta region, Chile, Argentina, Indonesia, Centenario, Atacama, Gabon, China, New Caledonia, SLN

☆ Live updates: Israel-Hamas war rages as Gaza evacuations continue
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Tara Subramaniam | Heather Chen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

"We fear for the worst for our colleagues in Gaza,” Phillips-Barrasso said. Aid agencies have repeatedly warned that shortages of vital supplies including water are contributing to the unfolding humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza. Phillips-Barrasso said one person had described waiting nearly 22 hours in a queue to get any sort of drinkable water. One woman, referred to as Nasma, wrote that "at night, we try to guess which room is the safest. My mom insists on sleeping with us even though it is very crowded, so that if we die at night, at least we will die together."

Persons: Kenzo Tribouillard, CNN's Kaitlin Collins, Kate Phillips, Barrasso, ” Phillips, Phillips, Nasma Organizations: Getty Images, Mercy Corps Locations: Gaza, AFP, Israel

A delay in the new mine's ramp-up would add to the growing stresses on the zinc raw materials supply chain. Low prices have resulted in a lengthening list of mine curtailments in recent months, resulting in falling smelter treatment terms and a rising refined zinc price. London Metal Exchange three-month zinc pricePRICE CASUALTIESThe LME zinc price hit a three-year low of $2,215 per metric ton in May, triggering a string of mine closures. By the end of September analysts at Macquarie Bank had already totted up closures totalling 300,000 metric tons of annual zinc capacity. It is designed to churn out around 345,000 metric tons a year of contained zinc, making it the single largest addition to zinc mine supply in 2024.

Persons: Ilya Naymushin, Boliden, Price, it's, David Evans Organizations: REUTERS, London Metal Exchange, Metals, Aeris Resources, Macquarie Bank, Fastmarkets, Study, Thomson, Reuters Locations: Angara, Novoangars, Russia, Swedish, Ireland, Queensland, Western Australia, Portugal, Mexico, Tennessee

The Associated Press has not yet called the race — one of four uncalled contests that will determine the final margins in each chamber. Senate Republicans conceded late Tuesday that Democrats had taken that chamber's majority. House Republicans had not issued any kind of statement as of mid-morning Wednesday. Also uncalled by the AP Wednesday morning was the Tidewater matchup between Democratic incumbent Monty Mason and his GOP challenger, Danny Diggs. And in a competitive race south of Richmond uncalled by the AP, Republican incumbent Kim Taylor held a narrow lead over Democrat Kimberly Pope Adams.

Persons: Glenn Youngkin, Joel Griffin, Tara Durant, ” Griffin, Youngkin, ” Susan Swecker, Monty Mason, Danny Diggs, Diggs, Republican David Owen, Democrat Susanna Gibson, Gibson, Kim Taylor, Democrat Kimberly Pope Adams, Taylor, Adams, Dave Rexrode, ” “ Organizations: Senate, Republican Gov, Democratic, Republican, Associated Press, Virginia Republicans, Commonwealth, Democratic Party of Virginia, Republicans, House Republicans, AP, Tidewater, GOP, House, Democrat Locations: RICHMOND, Va, Virginia, Virginia's, Stafford County, “, Richmond, Hampton Roads, ”

☆ Virginia elections: Youngkin looks to prove that non-MAGA politics can be a winning Republican strategy
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Jake Tapper | Arit John | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Glenn Youngkin isn’t on the ballot this year, but his push for a new conservative direction for the Republican Party is. The discipline extended beyond the 10 candidates Youngkin endorsed in competitive primaries, so as to keep distractions at bay. Virginia Democrats, who would normally use such a post to put the entire GOP in an awkward position, did not apparently even notice. Still, there isn’t a lot of evidence that the Virginia Democratic Party sees Youngkin as any sort of liability for the GOP — he isn’t featured negatively in any of their ads, for example. “What we have found out over the last two years is that that vest-wearing, affable, basketball playing dad is really a MAGA Extremist,” said Virginia Democratic Party Chair Susan Swecker.

Persons: Glenn Youngkin isn’t, MAGA, He’s, Youngkin –, aren’t, that’s, Donald Trump, ”, “, Youngkin, “ I’ve, Joe Biden, ” Youngkin, ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, Youngkin’s, Mark J, Rozell, Roe, Wade, ” Rozell, Taylor Keeney, Bob McDonnell, Thomas Peterffy, Sen, Siobhan Dunnavant, Dunnavant, Del, Tara Durant, Matt Strickland, Emily Brewer, Hermie Sadler, Durant, Juan Pablo Segura, Jason Ballard, John McGuire, Bryce Reeves, Bill Woolf, Buddy Fowler, John, Lee Peters, Mike Dillender, McGuire, Reeves, Ballard, Daniel Squadron, Tim Kaine, Mark Warner, he’s, Susan Swecker Organizations: CNN, Virginia Gov, Republican Party, Democratic, Democrat, Republican, GOP, Privately, Trump, Commonwealth, Virginia Democrats, Schar School of Policy, Government, George Mason University . Virginia, Republican Gov, PAC, OB, Covid, NASCAR, Heritage Festival, Heritage Indian, The States, States Project, Democratic National Committee, Democrats, Republicans, Virginia Democratic Party, Virginia Democratic Locations: Virginia, Fredericksburg, “, Richmond, Chantilly, Sens

REUTERS/Sergio Perez Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Nov 7 (Reuters) - European Union (EU) energy ministers last month struck a deal to reform the bloc's power market. German power market forwards for 2024 and 2025LIGHT-TOUCH REFORMEuropean power prices have fallen a long way from their 2022 peaks, when the region was still reeling from the reduction in Russian gas supplies. EU member states were deeply split on proposals for more fundamental reform of Europe's power market to allow for a complete break of the gas-power price linkage. The hard-won compromise keeps the existing market mechanism, which its supporters claim is more efficient than other models in a liberalised electricity market. The bloc's power prices have historically been twice those of the U.S., but are now three or four times higher.

Persons: Sergio Perez, Teresa Ribera, Bernard Respaut, Mats Gustavsson, Boliden, Gustavsson, Respaut, Jan Harvey Organizations: REUTERS, Union, Spain's Energy, Producers, European Copper Institute, EU, Alcoa, PPA, European Commission, Metals, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain, Ukraine, San, EU, U.S, Ireland, Europe

[1/2] File photo: Heavy traffic as seen on the M3 motorway heading towards the English coast, near Southampton, Britain, August 7, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File photo Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Britain will make the makers rather than the owners of self-driving cars legally liable for any crashes under a framework for developing autonomous vehicles (AV), the government said on Tuesday, in a move welcomed by insurers and AV startups. King Charles said the government would bring forward an Automated Vehicles Bill as he set out the government's legislative agenda for the forthcoming parliamentary session, after one promised last year did not materialise. "My ministers will introduce new legal frameworks to support the safe commercial development of emerging industries, such as self-driving vehicles," Charles said in a speech to lawmakers. The bill will establish processes to investigate incidents and improve the safety framework, and will also set the threshold for what is classified as a self-driving car.

Persons: Toby Melville, King Charles, Charles, Tara Foley, Alex Kendall, Paul Newman, Alistair Smout, Nick Carey, William James, Kate Holton, Barbara Lewis Organizations: REUTERS, Ireland, AXA, Companies, Microsoft, Motors, Oxford, Thomson Locations: Southampton, Britain, U.S, California

☆ How Do You Use Checks? And Do They Work Well for You?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Ron Lieber | Tara Siegel Bernard | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

How Do You Use Checks? And Do They Work Well for You? Banks are worried about check fraud and are trying to discourage the use of paper checks. Share full articleWith check fraud on the rise, banks prefer other forms of payment these days. Image Source Pink/Getty Images

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☆ Why Banks Are Suddenly Closing Down Customer Accounts
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Ron Lieber | Tara Siegel Bernard | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Bank customers get a letter in the mail saying their institution is closing all of their checking and savings accounts. Instead, they discover that their accounts no longer work while they’re at the grocery store, rental car counter or A.T.M. “Per your account agreement, we can close your account for any reason at any time,” the script often goes. These situations are what banks refer to as “exiting” or “de-risking.” This isn’t your standard boot for people who have bounced too many checks. Instead, a vast security apparatus has kicked into gear, starting with regulators in Washington and trickling down to bank security managers and branch staff eyeballing customers.

Persons: they’re Organizations: Bank Locations: Washington

CNN —Israel has claimed responsibility for an attack on an ambulance outside Gaza City’s Al-Shifa Hospital, the largest medical facility in the enclave, which witnesses say killed and wounded dozens of people. Israel said it had targeted the ambulance because it was being used by Hamas, according to a statement from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). A spokesperson for the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza, who was at Al-Shifa Hospital, said that Israel was responsible for the attack. Blood is splattered on the side of an ambulance after an Israeli airstrike outside Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on November 3. “When the ambulances moved towards the south, the occupation [Israel] targeted the ambulances in multiple locations, including on the gate of Al-Shifa medical compound,” he said.

Persons: CNN — Israel, Israel, “, ” PRCS, Saeed Jaras, Dr, Ashraf Al, Qidra, Cross, ”, Medhat Abbas, Israel’s, Yousef Abu Al, Tanya Haj, Hassan Organizations: CNN, Shifa, Israel Defense Forces, IDF, Palestinian Ministry of Health, Al, Palestine Red Crescent Society, of Health, International Committee, ICRC, Gaza Health Ministry, United Nations, Medical Locations: Gaza, Al, Palestine, Gaza City, Rafah, Israel, Ramallah

☆ New Zealand Is Becoming a First Choice for Second Homes
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Michael Croley | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When Jim Rohrstaff moved to New Zealand in 2014 to help Ric Kayne manage and start his private golf club, Tara Iti, he didn’t know what the future held. Te Arai sits on the same stretch of Pacific coastline as Tara Iti, on New Zealand’s North Island, and is home to two public golf courses. Mr. Rohrstaff and Mr. Kayne wanted to replicate the feeling of 17-mile drive there, about 60 miles north of Auckland. New Zealand has long been known for its impressive seaside courses, such as Kauri Cliffs and Cape Kidnappers. When it opened in 2015, Tara Iti helped further cement the island nation as a top golf destination.

Persons: Jim Rohrstaff, Ric Kayne, Tara Iti, Rohrstaff, Te Arai, Arai, Kayne, Mike Keiser, “, ” Organizations: Tara, Southern Hemisphere, Tara Iti, Golf Locations: New Zealand, Monterey Peninsula, Coast of California, Tara, New, Auckland . New Zealand, Bandon

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