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☆ Olympic chocolate muffins brought to New York City for pop-up
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-24 | by ( Victoria Feng | Victoria Feng Is An Intern On The Nbc News Technology Desk. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Three weeks later, she tracked down the French supplier, facilitated a shipment of muffins to the U.S. and dealt with the resulting challenges, all to bring the viral muffins to New York City for a pop-up event. In a thread on X, Zhang detailed how she worked with New York City cafe Isshiki Matcha to bring the viral muffins to hundreds of New Yorkers on Aug. 17. Isshiki Matcha, which has been open for four months, primarily sells premium matcha and matcha drinks. “I could eat this viral muffin that all these Olympic athletes can’t stop talking about.”Zhang described the muffin as light, moist and not too sweet. Zhang and Zheng are trying to import another batch of muffins to sell (and eat), but nothing has been finalized yet.

Persons: Kelin Carolyn Zhang, Henrik Christiansen, Christiansen, Stephen Nedoroscik, Gabby Thomas, Zhang, “, ” Zhang, de, Angel Zheng, Isshiki Matcha, ” Zheng, Isshiki, Zheng, pates, ” Organizations: New, Yorkers, NBC News Locations: Norwegian, TikTok, New York City, U.S

☆ A stretch of Florida beaches has soared from a lesser-known gem to 'the Hamptons of the South'
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-24 | by ( Dan Latu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. A decade ago, those visitors were mostly from Southern cities within driving distance, like Atlanta and Nashville, local real-estate agent Beau Blankenship told Business Insider. Sunset over Rosemary Beach, Florida, in 30A. The boom, Stewart told Business Insider, had two inflection points. Advertisement"There'd be a few vacant lots, and then a house surrounded by trees and brush," he told Business Insider.

Persons: —, Mexico —, Beau Blankenship, It's, Rosemary, Barry Winiker, Blankenship, Alys, Christian Blouin, Kemp Stewart, Rosemary Beach, Stewart, Truman, Kemp, hasn't Organizations: Service, Panama City Beach, Business, Hamptons, Street, The New York Times, Management, BI Locations: Florida, Rosemary, Seaside, Santa Rosa, Mexico, Destin, Panama, Southern, Atlanta, Nashville, Salt Lake City , Utah , Colorado, Walton County, Rosemary Beach , Florida, Inlet Beach, Chicago, Montana, Santa Rosa Beach, Oklahoma, Alys

☆ The Loch Ness Monster Has Company in the Neighborhood: Wild Boars
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-24 | by ( Stephen Castle | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

“Heaven” is how Peter Jamieson describes his home in Scotland, with its uninterrupted view of Loch Ness and the green hills stretching beyond, seemingly forever. But there is a problem in paradise, and it has nothing to do with the mythical aquatic monster that brought fame to the area. Centuries after being hunted to extinction, wild boars are back, roaming the hills and roads around the lake. And so Mr. Jamieson, who lives not far from the village of Drumnadrochit, often wakes to discover his front lawn plowed as if by an excavator.

Persons: Peter Jamieson, Loch, Jamieson Locations: Scotland, Loch Ness, Drumnadrochit

☆ Travel news: World’s best city for nightlife, according to Time Out
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-24 | by ( Maureen O'Hare | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Editor’s Note: Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter. Get the latest news in aviation, food and drink, where to stay and other travel developments. CNN —In travel news this week: the world’s best party spots, the city taking a stand against electric scooters, plus the story of how the world’s tallest bridge transformed a continent. Best nightlife citiesSun, sea and samba: Rio de Janeiro in Brazil has been declared the best place in the world to party right now, according to Time Out’s new survey of thousands of people worldwide. The best place to party in Europe, unsurprisingly, is Germany’s legendary clubbing capital Berlin.

Persons: Dolly Parton —, we’ve, Dolly Parton, you’ve, James Beard, Harry Styles, they’ve Organizations: CNN, Rio, •, CNN CNN Travel, Wall Street Locations: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Manila, Philippines, Europe, Berlin, Melbourne, New Jersey, Monterey , California, California, Knoxville , Tennessee, Tennessee

☆ I took my 4-year-old to Champagne houses in France. She had more fun than I did.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-24 | by ( Stephanie Cain | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

I very much wanted to visit Champagne. We even took our drinks to the playroom where my daughter crafted an elaborate imaginary adventure with a stuffed giraffe. The Champagne houses were also kid-friendlyI was equally delighted when booking our visits to the Champagne houses. At Champagne Ayala, a winery in village Aÿ, my daughter played tour guide with our actual tour guide. We visited a small grower Champagne house, a word for wineries run by those who own the vineyards.

Persons: —, Dame de Reims, Champagne Ayala, Dom Perignon, Lady Gaga, Lenny Kravitz, Champagne Michel Gonet's Villa Signolle, Pamela Druckerman, United States — Organizations: Service, Business, Champagne, Notre, Dame, Dom Locations: Napa Valley , California, France, Paris, Champagne, Reims, Paris's, Aÿ, Hautvillers, American, United States

☆ Russia is putting up a stiffer fight in Kursk and is sending well-equipped soldiers, says Ukrainian commander
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-23 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewA Ukrainian drone battalion commander says Russia is putting up a stronger fight in Kursk and is sending well-equipped soldiers to the region. AdvertisementThey are now dug down in cellars north of the town of Sudzha, deploying reconnaissance and strike drones to assist Ukrainian forces in their advance, it said. Ukraine's army chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi, said on Tuesday that Ukrainian forces were 22 miles into Russia. US officials told CNN last week that Russia appeared to be diverting thousands of troops from Ukraine into Kursk. It remains unclear exactly how many soldiers Russia is redeploying to Kursk from the main 600-mile front line in eastern Ukraine.

Persons: —, Oleksandr Syrskyi Organizations: Service, Regiment, Wall Street, Business, Institute for, CNN, Russian Presidential Administration Locations: Russia, Kursk, Ukraine's, Sudzha, Russia's Kursk, Ukraine, Russian, redeploying

☆ Russia is barely using one of its best weapons against Ukrainian forces in Kursk because it's scared to hit itself, war expert says
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-23 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Russia has increasingly fired glide bombs at Ukrainian territory in its invasion of the country. AdvertisementBut Russia has not been using the bombs at the same scale against Ukrainian forces that crossed the border into Russia earlier this month. Russia used 750 glide bombs on Ukrainian cities and villages last week alone, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Sunday. It's also fewer than the 50 glide bombs Russia has reportedly been firing daily into Ukraine's Sumy region, which neighbors Kursk. But these were relatively isolated incidents rather than something that was happening as a result of a new strategy, such as using glide bombs in Kursk.

Persons: —, Mark Cancian, Russia hasn't, that's, Cancian, REUTERS Cancian, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, It's, Scott Peterson, Rajan Menon, Columbia University's, George Barros, Barros, Zelenskyy, it's Organizations: Service, Ukrainian, Business, Russian Defense Ministry Press, Marine, Center for Strategic, International Studies, NATO, 95th Air Assault Brigade, REUTERS, Columbia, Columbia University's Saltzman Institute of War, Peace Studies, Russian Ministry of Defence, Russian Ministry of Defense Locations: Russia, Russian, Kursk, Ukrainian, Malaya Loknya, Russia's Kursk Region, Ukraine, Ukraine's Sumy, Petropavlivka

☆ Peace Talks at Swiss Resort Beckoned. Sudan’s Divided Generals Wouldn’t Go.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-23 | by ( Declan Walsh | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

American-led talks to halt Sudan’s war, convened at an exclusive Swiss ski resort, ended after 10 days on Friday with agreements to deliver food and medicine to millions of starving Sudanese in the country’s most famine-stricken areas. But the mediators failed to broker a cease-fire, or even to get both sides around the table, after Sudan’s military refused to show up. Frustrated American and Arab diplomats said the breakdown exposed the disarray and internal divisions in Sudan’s weakened military, which are a major obstacle to ending Africa’s biggest war. The United States hoped the talks in Villars-sur-Ollon, a picturesque village 80 miles by road from Geneva, could break an eight-month diplomatic deadlock. Since then, war has spread, bringing a widespread humanitarian crisis that this month led to a rare declaration of famine.

Organizations: United, Rapid Support Forces Locations: Swiss, Sudan’s, United States, Villars, Geneva

“They are using food as a weapon,” a senior aid official told CNN. “No official travel authorization has been granted to humanitarian partners to implement activities outside of Sittwe township since November 2023,” a senior aid official told CNN. The UN aid officials made clear in their meetings, which have not been previously reported, that the status quo is unacceptable, the sources said. A World Food Programme (WFP) warehouse in Maungdaw was looted and burned in June, depriving that community of urgently needed food aid. A senior UN aid official in Myanmar blamed the funding shortfall in part on international apathy.

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☆ Mike Lynch, man once dubbed 'Britain's Bill Gates,' dies at age 59
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-22 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Mike Lynch, 59, is the founder of enterprise software firm Autonomy. Dominic Lipinski | PA Images | Getty ImagesDuring the course of the trial, Lynch took the stand in his own defense. He became a key voice supporting the U.K. technology industry, backing key names like cybersecurity firm Darktrace and legal tech firm Luminance. Mike Lynch, founder of software firm Autonomy, at the company's headquarters in, Cambridge, U.K., Aug. 24, 2000. Bryn Colton | Hulton Archive | Getty Images"I keep rare breeds," Lynch told LeadersIn in a 2016 interview.

Persons: Mike Lynch, Hewlett Packard, Chris Ratcliffe, Lynch, —, Angela Bacares —, Bacares, Hannah, Bill Gates, Graham Barclay, David Tabizel, Richard Gaunt, Thomas Bayes, Dominic Lipinski, Autonomy's, Stephen Chamberlain, Sushovan Hussain, Hussain, Thoma, Bryn, LeadersIn Organizations: Autonomy, Hewlett, Bloomberg, Getty, LONDON, CNBC, Sky News, Bancroft's, British Industry, University of Cambridge, Lynett Systems, Cambridge, South Yorkshire Police, Cambridge Neurodynamics, HP, U.S, Packard, Prosecutors, Capital Management, Thoma Bravo, BBC, Council for Science, Technology, Forbes, East Anglian Times, The Times Locations: Sicily, U.S, Porticello, Palermo, Italy, Ilford, East London, Chelmsford, English, Essex, Woodford Green, London, Cambridge, Britain, Suffolk, Bryn Colton, England

☆ 'Britain's Bill Gates': Who is Mike Lynch, the UK tech entrepreneur missing after superyacht sinks?
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-20 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Mike Lynch, 59, is the founder of enterprise software firm Autonomy. Lynch, 59, is the founder of enterprise software firm Autonomy. During the trial, Lynch took the stand in his own defense, denying wrongdoing and telling jurors that HP botched Autonomy's integration. "I keep rare breeds," Lynch told LeadersIn during an interview. Weeks before he was reported missing, Lynch told The Times newspaper of how he feared dying in prison if found guilty over the HP allegations.

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CNN —The Russian border region of Belgorod declared an emergency on Wednesday after new attacks by Ukrainian forces, with Kyiv claiming control of hundreds of square miles of Russian territory after its rare cross-border incursion. “The situation in the Belgorod region continues to be extremely difficult and tense,” Belgorod Gov. The declaration came after Belgorod began evacuations on Monday as a result of Ukrainian advances, following Kyiv’s surprise incursion into the neighboring Kursk region last week. It was a notable change in tactics for Ukraine and marked the first time foreign troops had entered Russian territory since World War II. Two locations in Belgorod, the city of Shebekino and the village of Ustinka, had been attacked by Ukrainian drones, he added.

Persons: Vyacheslav Gladkov, Gladkov, Aleksandr Gusev, Volodymyr Zelensky, “, Vladimir Putin, Russia –, Joe Biden, Putin, ” Organizations: CNN, Belgorod Gov, Kyiv, Kremlin Locations: Belgorod, Ukrainian, Kursk, Ukraine, Russian, Shebekino, Ustinka, Voronezh, Moscow, Bryansk, Russia

☆ Real Estate Status Symbol: New Home From Your Favorite Luxury Brand
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-14 | by ( James Rodriguez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

This spring, the company unveiled plans for Pagani Residences, a 70-unit condo development in Miami's North Bay Village. Beyond automakers, there's a growing list of luxury brands hoping to use real estate to turn their cultural cachet into cold, hard cash. New York's five-star Sherry-Netherland Hotel began welcoming long-term residents almost a century ago, and since then roughly 700 branded residences have graced skylines around the world. But when it comes to branded residences, there are real selling points for buyers. The Elle project may seem out of left field, but Itani told me he's talking with another publication interested in making similar inroads.

Persons: carmaker Pagani, Pagani, Carlo Dipasquale, Aston Martin, Carbone, Gabbana, Elle, Sherry, we've, that's, Itani, Drake, Giorgio Armani, aren't, Brand, They're, they're, Laura Steinbruckner, Ferrari, Rob Sykes, WATG, hadn't, Cipriani, they've Organizations: Pagani Residences, Mercedes, Benz, Porsche, Bentley, Global, Condo, Brands, Carlton, Nobu, Peruvian, Armani Casa, South Florida —, Villa Miami, Major Food Group, Gabbana, Hilton, Fiat, Apple Locations: Bay, South Florida, Miami, Miami Beach, Dubai, London, New York, Netherland, Spain, Toronto, homebuilding, Plenty, Villa

☆ Mortgage refinancing surges 35% in one week, as interest rates hit lowest level in over a year
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-14 | by ( Diana Olick | In Dianaolick | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

It appears to have taken a few weeks for current homeowners to realize mortgage rates had dropped dramatically. Applications to refinance a home loan surged 35% last week, compared with the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association's seasonally adjusted index. While rates dropped just 1 basis point last week, they were down 33 basis points in the past four weeks. They were also 62 basis points lower than the same week a year ago. Mortgage rates started this week essentially flat, but that could change with the release of the government's monthly inflation report, the Consumer Price Index (CPI).

Persons: Joel Kan, Matthew Graham Organizations: Woodland, Lifestyle Homes, Mortgage, FHA, Index, Mortgage News Locations: Cold Springs , Nevada

☆ The 2024 election is anybody's race at this point, says FiveThirtyEight's Nate Silver
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-14 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailThe 2024 election is anybody's race at this point, says FiveThirtyEight's Nate SilverNate Silver, FiveThirtyEight founder and ‘On The Edge: The Art of Risking Everything’ author, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the state of the 2024 election, the art of risk-taking, difference between 'the river' and 'the village', and more.

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Nesmith said she had flown into Greece on Sunday, the day the wildfire initially broke out in the village of Varnavas, about 20 miles north of Athens. As the danger spread, Greece implored fellow European Union members to help respond to the blaze. “We stand with Greece as it battles devastating fires,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in a statement on X on Monday. While wildfires are common during the summertime in Greece, climate scientists have warned that unusually hot and dry weather connected to climate change can make fires more likely to ignite and spread. A satellite image shows the ongoing fire near Athens, Greece.

Persons: Nesmith, Vassilis, Ursula von der Leyen, Kikilias, Angelos Tzortzinis, Maria Sidiropoulou, Chantal Da Silva Organizations: Reuters, Officials, Volunteers, Aris Oikonomou, Getty, Union, Copernicus, NBC Locations: Greece, Varnavas, Athens, “, Vrilissia, AFP, EU, Italy, France, Czechia, Romania, Chalandri, European, Libya, Stamata, London

☆ ‘The fire moved faster than the cars:’ Residents in Athens suburbs describe destruction wrought by deadly wildfires
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Eleni Giokos | Christian Edwards | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Athens, Greece CNN —Where just hours ago there were thick rows of trees, now stumps protrude and smoke still rises from scorched soil. “At some point, the fire went faster than the cars,” Vasilis Xypolitas, mayor of Kifisia municipality on the outskirts of Athens, told CNN. Her car, like scores of others lining the roads that climb out of Athens, was burned. More than 700 firefighters, nearly 200 vehicles and 35 water-bombing aircraft were deployed to battle the blaze, Greek public broadcaster ERT reported. Once the winds and the worst of the blaze abated, residents in Chalandri returned to inspect the damage.

Persons: Greece CNN —, bedsheets –, Vasilis Xypolitas, ”, Sophia, Alexandros Avramidis, Xypolitas Organizations: Greece CNN, CNN, “, ERT, Ministry, Protection Locations: Athens, Greece, Chalandri, Attica, “, Kifisia, Penteli, Varnavas, Grammatiko

☆ Ukraine’s Russia gambit punctures Putin’s veneer of invincibility once again
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Nick Paton Walsh | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —It is another coin-flip in a conflict punctuated with at least annual reminders of how frail Vladimir Putin’s Russia truly is. It is purposefully unclear exactly where Ukraine’s forces are. It is also unclear where Ukrainian forces are digging in and where they are just racing through. This time it is Putin’s own FSB, who couldn’t keep control of the borders, in Putin’s war of choice. Residents of an apartment building damaged after shelling by the Ukrainian side stand near the building in Kursk, Russia, on Sunday.

Persons: Vladimir Putin’s, Kyiv’s, Wagner, Oleksandr Syrskyi, “, ”, Lindsey Graham, Richard Blumenthal, Yevgeny Prigozhin’s, Putin, Andrew Kravchenko, Alexei Smirnov, it’s, he’s, Valery Gerasimov, Joseph Stalin, insurgencies, Putin’s, egotistically, Volodymyr Zelensky, Russia’s Putin, –, Zelensky, Ukraine’s Organizations: CNN, Kyiv, Kremlin, Armed Forces of, Bloomberg, Getty, Manpower, Residents, AP Locations: Vladimir Putin’s Russia, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Russia, Ukraine, Kursk, Rostov, Moscow, Lgov, Armed Forces of Ukraine, Donbas, Pokrovsk, Ukrainian

☆ Opinion | Nate Silver on How Kamala Harris Changed the Odds
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Ezra Klein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +81 min

You know, Hillary Clinton, who was, I think, kind of a terrible candidate, won the popular vote by two points. So I don’t think they gave her a very good hand to play. It doesn’t matter who you are, it matters that you’re right and you’re able to prove it or bet on it in some way. What wasn’t in the Harris model that should have been?” “Yeah, maybe you really can meme your way to victory. And there’s something in it that I don’t think she can explain how she does it, but it makes her a fascinating leader.

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☆ 1st Pakistani individual gold medalist, whose village helped fund his Olympic path, returns home a hero
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Kimmy Yam | Kimmy Yam Is A Reporter For Nbc Asian America. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

After Pakistani javelin athlete Arshad Nadeem hurtled his way into the Olympic history books, his country threw him welcome celebrations fit for a king. Arshad Nadeem, 27, took the top spot in javelin last week in the Paris Games, becoming the first Pakistani to win an individual gold medal in the country’s history. Arshad Nadeem outside his village in Mian Channu, Pakistan, on Aug. 11. Arshad Nadeem of Pakistan during the men's javelin throw final at the Paris 2024 Olympics, on Aug. 8. “We developed our own weight training apparatus by using iron rods, canisters of oil and concrete.”Gold medalist Arshad Nadeem of Pakistan during the victory ceremony.

Persons: Arshad Nadeem hurtled, Arshad Nadeem, Asim Tanveer, Nadeem, Mian Channu, ”, Neeraj Chopra, Arshad Nadeem of, Matthias Schrader, Salman Iqbal Butt, Ali Sher Bajwa, ” Nadeem, Arshad, Muhammad Ashraf, “, Shahid Nadeem, Kirill Kudryavtsev, Chopra, ” Chopra, “ Arshad, that’s, “ I’ve, Imran Khan, “ Neeraj, Al Organizations: Paris Games, Express Tribune, Olympics, Barcelona Games, Times, Reuters, Getty, Economic Times, Al, Indian Express Locations: Lahore, Mian Channu, Pakistan, Mian, Los Angeles, Arshad Nadeem of Pakistan, Times of India, AFP, India

☆ How this US couple scored rare Italy self-employment visas
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Silvia Marchetti | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

For those who want to move but need to work the options are extremely limited – working visas to Italy are like gold dust. “We wanted a fresh start, a place where we could enjoy more pleasure in life and quality time,” says Walker. Abandoning the American dreamBowers and Walker wanted to make a change before they got older. Back to the countryTopped by the Orsini castle, Soriano nel Cimino is in the Tuscia area of Italy, north of Rome. The couple have also started a new business, organizing itineraries for visitors craving to discover bucolic Italy.

Persons: we’ll, Stanley Tucci, Vita, Zeneba Bowers, Matt Walker, Soriano nel Cimino, Bowers, “, ”, Walker, –, Orsini, Davide Seddio, it’s Organizations: CNN, intel, Nashville Symphony, Getty Locations: Italy, Tennessee, Rome, Ireland, mull, Italian, Detroit, Tuscia, Viterbo, Walker, Nashville

☆ Major wildfire rages out of control around Athens; hundreds of firefighters deployed
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Hundreds of firefighters backed by more than 30 water-dropping planes were battling a major forest fire raging out of control Monday on the northern fringes of the Greek capital. A car burns in Varnava village during a wildfire, north of Athens, Greece, on August 11, 2024. Three Athens hospitals were put on heightened alert to treat any potential injuries. It began Sunday afternoon about 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Athens and was fanned by strong winds that quickly drove it out of control. Women embrace after being rescued during a wildfire in Varnavas, north of Athens, Greece, on August 11, 2024.

Persons: Vassilis Kikilias, Michael Varaklas, ” Kikilias, Angelos Tzortzinis, ”, Vassileios Vathrakogiannis, “ Organizations: Civil, AP Authorities, Local, Authorities, Getty Locations: Greece, Athens, Varnava, Marathon, Varnavas, AFP, Mati

☆ Myanmar: Hundreds of fleeing Rohingya reportedly killed in drone strikes as fears mount of ethnic cleansing
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Avery Schmitz | Helen Regan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Renewed fears of ethnic cleansing against the stateless Rohingya Muslim community are mounting after reports that hundreds of people, including women and children, were killed by drone strikes while fleeing violence in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state last week. Witnesses and Rohingya activists told CNN that a series of drone strikes on August 5 hit civilians fleeing fighting and violence in their villages in Maungdaw, northern Rakhine. The displaced families had been waiting to cross the river to Bangladesh at the time of the attack, they said. Forced recruitment of Rohingya men and boys is stoking religious tensions between the Rohingya Muslim and Rakhine Buddhist communities, the report said. “Ethnic Rohingya and Rakhine civilians are bearing the brunt of the atrocities that the Myanmar military and opposition Arakan Army are committing,” said Elaine Pearson, Asia director at Human Rights Watch.

Persons: Rohingya, “, ”, –, …, Orla Murphy, Hasan, Rehman Asad, Mohammad Elias, Elias, ” Elias, Elaine Pearson Organizations: CNN, Arakan Army, AA, Myanmar, United Nations, International Court of Justice, Free Rohingya Coalition, Resource Management, Sans, MSF, “, ” CNN, Bangladesh’s Border Guard Force, Human Rights, Human Rights Watch Locations: Rakhine, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Ma, Maungdaw, Myanmar’s, Muangdaw, Lwin, Rohingya, Cox’s Bazar, Ukhia, Cox's Bazar, “, Buthidaung, Arakan, Asia

☆ What are the best galleries in New York? Artists choose their favorites
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Lucy Handley | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

CNBC asked artists to name their top New York galleries, ranging from the well-known to the underground. London-based screen-printing artist Diego Arellano likes Manhattan's Chelsea galleries for their large rooms and high ceilings. Hauser & Wirth has two Chelsea galleries, and both are currently showing work by Hungarian-born U.S. artist Rita Ackermann. The Dia Chelsea gallery in New York City will show an exhibition by British filmmaker Steve McQueen in September. Dia Chelsea | Elizabeth FelicellaBrooklyn resident and artist Zhuo Xiong also favors Chelsea galleries.

Persons: Sean Zanni, Patrick Mcmullan, Diego Arellano, Dia, Arellano, Dia Chelsea, Steve McQueen, Wirth, Rita Ackermann, The Dia, Elizabeth Felicella, Zhuo Xiong, Chelsea —, David Zwirner, Xiong, Wendy Olsoff, Penny Pilkington, Edward Akrout, Akrout, Sasha Maslov, Solomon, Eugene Gologursky, Kate Lewis, Matisse, Hopper, Degas, Henri Matisse, Edgar Degas, Edward Hopper, Lewis, Whitney, Metropolitan Museum of Art Xiong, —, gallerists Akrout, Rob Kim Organizations: Whitney Museum of American Art, Getty, Metropolitan Museum of Art, of Modern Art, Art Newspaper, CNBC, Chelsea, Hauser & Wirth, Hauser, The, Tribeca, New, Arellano, Whitney, MoMA, Guggenheim, Whitney Museum of American, Guggenheim Museum, Solidarity, Museum of Modern Art, Maison, Broadway, Swiss Institute Locations: New York City, York, New York, London, Hungarian, The Dia Chelsea, British, Elizabeth Felicella Brooklyn, Chelsea, Tribeca, Ukraine, Mriya, Meatpacking, Manhattan, Midtown, Inner Mongolia, Chinatown, East, Chinatown , New York

☆ Russia orders more evacuations as Ukraine’s incursion into its territory enters its seventh day
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Ivana Kottasová | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Russian authorities were on Monday evacuating civilians from more areas along the Ukrainian border, a week into Kyiv’s surprise cross-border incursion into Russian territory. Vyacheslav Gladkov, the governor of the Belgorod region in southern Russia, said people living in the Krasnoyaruzhsky district were being relocated to safer places. A photo provided by the Government of Kursk region of Russia shows people from the border districts of the region boarding evacuation buses. Russian authorities imposed a sweeping counter-terror operation in the three border regions, but stopped short of declaring the incursion an act of war. The counterterrorist regime officially gives Russian authorities wider powers, including the ability to monitor telephone conversations and restrict communications and limiting the movement of people.

Persons: Vyacheslav Gladkov, ”, Rybar, “, Volodymyr Zelensky, Vladimir Putin Organizations: CNN, Telegram, Government, Government of, Ukrainian, Kyiv, Armed Forces, Ukrainian Defense Ministry, Kremlin Locations: Ukrainian, Belgorod, Russia, Krasnoyaruzhsky, Kursk, Government of Kursk, Russian, Ukraine, Poroz, Moscow, US

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