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☆ Lithuania says it intercepted military supplies on their way to Russia, and sent them to Ukraine instead
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-07 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Lithuanian customs intercepted military supplies leaving the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. Lithuania, once part of the Soviet Union, is one of Ukraine's largest donors, in terms of GDP. AdvertisementLithuanian customs officials say they intercepted shipments of military supplies en route by rail to Moscow — and sent them straight to Ukraine. Lithuania is the most direct route for goods passing from Kaliningrad to Russia. In terms of aid sent to Ukraine as a percentage of GDP, it comes behind only Denmark and Estonia, according to the Kiel Institute for the World Economy's aid tracker.

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As a matter of fact, arrivals quadrupled from the last year of President Trump. Walz says Harris told him to be more careful with his wordsLater, it also featured Harris’ running mate, Minnesota Gov. Trump sat down with “60 Minutes” correspondent Lesley Stahl in October 2020 and abruptly ended the interview when he apparently objected to Stahl’s questions. Trump told reporters in Wisconsin last week that he’d “like to get an apology” for that interview before sitting down for another one. “If he is not going to give your viewers the ability to have a meaningful, thoughtful conversation, question and answer with you, then watch his rallies,” Harris told Whitaker.

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☆ Rodrigo Duterte: Former Philippine president to run as mayor despite drug killings legacy
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-07 | by ( Story The Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Manila, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines’s former President Rodrigo Duterte registered Monday to run for mayor of his southern home city despite his notorious legacy over his brutal anti-drugs crackdown that the International Criminal Court is investigating as a possible crime against humanity. His son – incumbent Davao city Mayor Sebastian Duterte – would run as his vice-mayor in next year’s mid-term elections, officials said. More than 6,000 people, mostly poor drug suspects, were killed under a massive police-enforced crackdown against illegal drugs that Duterte oversaw when he was president, according to government pronouncements. Duterte has denied condoning extrajudicial killings of drug suspects, although he has openly threatened suspects with death and has ordered police to shoot suspects who dangerously resist arrest. During his presidency, Duterte nurtured cozy ties with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian leader Vladimir Putin while lambasting the security policies of the United States and other Western governments.

Persons: Rodrigo Duterte, Mayor Sebastian Duterte –, Duterte, Sara Duterte, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, Marcos, Marcos administration’s, China’s, Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin Organizations: Mayor, ICC Locations: Manila, Philippines, Davao city, Davao, Duterte, China, United States

The terror attack has helped push the Middle East to the brink of a wider regional war. One year after the massacre, the Middle East has only plunged deeper into violence and is on the brink of a broader war. Globally, the immediate concern is that oil supplies will diminish significantly should conflict spill over to the rest of the Middle East. Everyone but Biden can see this," wrote Andrew Exum, a former US deputy assistant secretary of defense for Middle East policy, in The Atlantic last week. The global economy on edgeWhen the conflict began a year ago, there were fears that wider conflict in the Middle East could impact the global economy.

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☆ Ildar Dadin: Anti-Kremlin Russian activist killed while fighting for Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-07 | by ( Lauren Kent | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Anti-Kremlin Russian activist Ildar Dadin has been killed while fighting for Ukraine in Kharkiv, according to his friend and Russian independent media. Dadin was once jailed in Russia for repeatedly protesting the government of Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a series of peaceful street demonstrations. He was the first person to be convicted under a 2014 law that cracked down on public assembly and protests in Russia, according to Amnesty International. Ukraine said it shot down 32 Russian drones and two missiles overnight and on Monday morning. Meanwhile, the General Staff of Ukraine reported that it successfully struck an offshore oil terminal in Russian-occupied Crimea, near the city of Feodosia.

Persons: Ildar Dadin, Dadin, Vladimir Putin, ”, Ilya Ponomarev, “ Ildar, Putinism, ” Ponomarev, “, –, Serhiy Popko, Igor Tkachenko, CNN’s Nathan Hodge Organizations: CNN, Kremlin, Ukraine, Amnesty International, Siberian Battalion, of Russia Legion, Russia Legion, Staff Locations: Kremlin Russian, Kharkiv, Russia, Russian, Ukraine, Donetsk, Kherson, Sumy, Kyiv, Crimea, Feodosia

☆ Russia's defense industry has a massive labor shortage. Rules on what jobs women can do are part of the issue.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-05 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Russia's defense industry is short some tens of thousands of skilled laborers. Demographic trends and policies further strain Russia's labor force and defense industry. AdvertisementRussia does have one largely untapped source of labor for the defense industry: women. AdvertisementThe decline in Russia's labor force is forecast to continue until 2040, Massicot wrote. This would make bringing women into defense manufacturing a hard cultural and political pivot, Massicot said on X.

Persons: —, Vladimir Putin, Dara Massicot, Massicot, Putin, El País, Health Mikhail Murashko Organizations: Service, BBC, Carnegie Endowment, International, Workers, American Welding Society, Russian Academy of Science's Institute of Economics, Reuters, Russia's, Health Locations: Ukraine, Russia, BBC Russia, Eurasia, El

☆ Russia has lost access to CERN in a sign that its war in Ukraine is causing a major scientific brain drain
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-04 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

CERN is revoking access for 500 Russian scientists over the Ukraine war, cutting them off from key facilities. But experts say the move is a major setback for Russian science, and is fueling brain drain. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Pierre Albouy/ReutersTriggering a Russian brain drainScientific experts, including several with working ties to CERN, spoke about the consequences to Russia and the wider scientific community. Advertisement"The relationship with Russian scientists has always been very strong because they have a very long and very good reputation in particle physics," Grimes said.

Persons: —, Denis Balibouse, Mikhail Kovalchuk, Sidortsov, Vladimir Putin, CERN's, Pierre Albouy, Kate Shaw, Roger Cashmore, Robin Grimes, Putin, Grimes, Lionel Flusin, It's, Arnaud Marsollier, Marsollier, Anja Niedringhaus, Tara Shears, Shaw Organizations: CERN, Service, European Organization for Nuclear Research, Collider, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Reuters, Kremlin, TASS, Kurchatov Institute, UK's University of Sussex, London's Imperial College, Foreign, Commonwealth Office, Getty, Novaya Gazeta Europe, Nature, CERN's Globe, UK's University of Liverpool Locations: Ukraine, Geneva, Switzerland, Russia, Belarus, Moscow, Europe, Russian, Soviet, Novaya, CERN's

☆ Ukraine appears to be beating Russia in the drone production race
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-04 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ukraine and Russia have boosted domestic drone production efforts to meet front-line needs. AdvertisementThe stunning rise of drone warfare has pushed Ukraine and Russia to boost their respective domestic efforts to produce unmanned systems, kicking off a high-stakes race to out-manufacture the other. By contrast, Russian President Vladimir Putin said last month that Moscow intended to ramp up drone production tenfold to around 1.4 million a year, noticeably less than its neighbor. Although more traditional military drones are active. The demand for more unmanned systems has pushed Ukraine and Russia to increase their domestic drone output to keep up with battlefield requirements — setting the stage for an unprecedented arms race.

Persons: —, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Zelenskyy, Vladimir Putin, Diego Herrera Carcedo Organizations: Service, Kyiv, International Defense Industries, Getty, Institute for Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Kyiv, Russian, Moscow, Anadolu, Europe

☆ How Trump consolidated control over his party and right-wing media in a ‘cloud of confusion’
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-03 | by ( Brian Stelter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The filing emphasizes Trump’s fake electors plot and describes the former president’s attempts to sow confusion in the aftermath of the election. The following is adapted from the newly expanded paperback edition of “Network of Lies,” my book about the 2020 election and the chaotic aftermath. “Cloud of confusion” was the perfect, succinct summary of the right’s strategy. He is emulating the successful strategy of Vladimir Putin.”The “cloud of confusion” clearly affected some of the people who stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021. His social media footprint showed how he was radicalized—and how he trusted both Trump and Carlson over reliable sources of news.

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☆ Ukraine gives the US a sweet deal with one dead Russian soldier for every $20,000 spent on drones, unit commander says
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-03 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A Ukrainian drone commander says his unit can use $100 million to carry out 5,000 lethal strikes, per The Atlantic. The big takeaway was that, on average, for each $20,000 spent on his unit, Ukraine could score one kill on Russian forces. According to The Atlantic's writers, the commander's slides said that a drone unit funded with $100 million could stay on the battlefield for a full year, carrying out 5,000 lethal strikes. AdvertisementThe commander is based out of Kharkiv, according to his Telegram channel, which publishes clips of his drones attacking Russian forces and equipment. In February, Ukraine's then-military chief, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, called for a mindset shift away from a reliance on Western aid and instead toward cheap drones.

Persons: —, Karl Marlantes, Elliot Ackerman, Achilles, David Hambling, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Biden, Ukraine's, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Stanislav Ivanov, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Oleksandr Kamyshin, Jake Epstein, Volodymyr Zelenskyy Organizations: Service, West, 92nd Assault Brigade, Ukraine, Capitol, Kyiv wanes, Kiel Institute, Getty Locations: Ukrainian, Ukraine, The, Russia, China, Iran, Kharkiv, Kyiv

☆ Russia is likely trying to exploit the conflict in the Middle East to expand its influence, war experts say
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-03 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

AdvertisementThe Kremlin is likely trying to exploit the conflicts in the Middle East to expand its own influence, according to military experts. Wall Street's main indexes opened lower again on Thursday amid persistent worries that hostilities in the Middle East could escalate. Advertisement"Russia clearly benefits from the war in the Middle East, at least since it distracts global attention from Ukraine," he added. AdvertisementRussia "wants to appear relevant in the Middle East but not getting sucked in ongoing conflicts," he said. It said it was trying, through these efforts, to regain major influence on Middle Eastern and Eastern Mediterranean gas sales, especially liquefied natural gas.

Persons: —, Hezbollah's, Hassan Nasrallah, Mikhail Bogdanov, Israel, Anatoly Viktorov, Sergey Lavrov, Vladimir Putin, Alexander Libman, Mark N, Katz, doesn't, It's Organizations: Service, Russian, Israel, Lebanese, Israel Defense Forces, TASS, Washington Institute for Near, Policy, Free University of Berlin, George Mason University, Reuters, Jamestown Foundation Locations: Israel, Iran, Russia, Lebanon, Ukraine, Tehran, Red, Iraq, Syria, Palestinian, Eastern

KYIV, Ukraine — Russian troops on Wednesday took charge of the eastern Ukrainian town of Vuhledar, a bastion that had resisted intense attacks since Russia launched its full-scale assault in 2022. Russian Telegram channels, however, published video of troops waving the Russian tricolor flag over shattered buildings. Russia has been using pincer tactics to trap and then constrict Ukrainian strongholds. Russian bloggers said Russia could now try to push towards Velyka Novosilka, just over 20 miles to the west. Russian forces currently control 98.5% of the Luhansk region and 60% of the Donetsk region.

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☆ VP debate highlights: The biggest moments from JD Vance's and Tim Walz's first and only faceoff
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-02 | by ( Bryan Metzger | John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

Tim Walz and JD Vance are debating on Tuesday night for the first and only time. Tim Walz of Minnesota met on Tuesday night for the first and only vice presidential debate. Tuesday night's faceoff represents an opportunity for both Walz and Vance to introduce themselves to their biggest audience yet while reinforcing their respective running mates' campaign messages. AdvertisementWalz then pivoted to attacking Trump, saying that "a nearly 80-year-old Donald Trump talking about crowd sizes is not what we need in this moment." "I think it's important for us, first of all, to say Donald Trump and I support clean air, clean water.

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☆ Russia appears to have seized a strategic Ukrainian town after almost 2 years of trying
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-02 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Russia appears to have finally seized Vuhledar, a key frontline town in eastern Ukraine. AdvertisementRussia appears to have gained control over a key Ukrainian frontline town, military experts said, as the town's governor described a difficult situation for Ukraine there. Citing open sources and pro-Russian military bloggers, the Institute for the Study of War said that as of Tuesday, "Russian forces likely seized Vuhledar." Russian forces have been seen moving freely about the town and planting flags there, the ISW reported. Advertisement"It is unclear if Russian forces will make rapid gains beyond Vuhledar in the immediate future," the think tank added.

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☆ Ukraine: Russians capture strategic town of Vuhledar in yet another blow for Kyiv
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-02 | by ( Clare Sebastian | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Russia has captured the key eastern Ukrainian town of Vuhledar, ending months of resistance and underscoring the scale of Kyiv’s challenge as it heads into its third wartime winter. While not a transport and logistics hub like Pokrovsk, Vuhledar was heavily fortified and viewed as a crucial bastion at the intersection of Ukraine’s eastern and southern fronts. Just like Avdiivka, another strategic eastern town which fell in February, Vuhledar is a victim, not of Russian strategic prowess, but brute force attrition. For two years Ukraine had put up a formidable defense there, as Russia tried and failed several times to take the town. “It’s painful, Vuhledar or rather those who settled there, drank a lot of blood,” he said.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Zelensky, Joe Biden, Vuhledar, Boris Rozhin, ”, Voenkor Kotenok, “, Stanislav Buniatov Organizations: CNN, Kremlin, NATO, ABC, International Energy Agency Locations: Russia, Ukrainian, Vuhledar, Pokrovsk, Russian, Donetsk, Ukraine, Kyiv, Kursk, Kharkiv, It’s

☆ NATO's new chief will have to confront threats outside the alliance — and within
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-01 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Mark Rutte, incoming secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), during a transition ceremony at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. Mark Rutte, the affable and meticulous former Dutch premier, has a daunting task ahead to keep the defense alliance a global force. "As Secretary General, I will work on three main priorities," Rutte said as he took over the reins from Jens Stoltenberg during a handover ceremony in Brussels. "The first is to keep NATO strong and to ensure our defenses remain effective and credible against all threats. U.S. President Donald Trump (L) speaks with Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of NATO as they attend the NATO summit at the Grove Hotel on December 4, 2019 in Watford, England.

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☆ Satellite images capture Russia's scramble to shield a key bridge from Ukraine's exploding naval drones and other threats
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-01 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

New satellite imagery shows how Russia has continued to add defenses to protect the Kerch Bridge. AdvertisementNew satellite imagery shows how Russia has stepped up its efforts to protect a key bridge from Ukrainian attacks, including its exploding naval drones. An overview of barriers near the Kerch Bridge on September 28. The threat has prompted Moscow to add defenses like the ones at the Kerch Bridge to the key ports of Sevastopol and Novorossiysk. A second Pantsir air-defense system on a tower near the Kerch Bridge on September 28.

Persons: —, Brady Africk, Maxar, Vladimir Putin Organizations: Service, Maxar Technologies, Business, Technologies, Fleet, American Enterprise Institute, Ukrainian Navy Locations: Russia, Kerch, Crimean, Crimea, Ukraine, Moscow, Sevastopol, Novorossiysk, Brady, Kyiv

☆ Russia proposes record defense spending as it pursues victory in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( Story The Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The government’s draft budget released Monday proposes spending just under 13.5 trillion rubles (over $145 billion) on national defense. The Ukraine war is Europe’s biggest conflict since World War II and has drained the resources of both sides, with Ukraine getting billions of dollars in help from its Western allies. Russian President Vladimir Putin is also looking at how to sustain his war effort as military spending has placed a huge strain on the Russian economy. Ukraine, too, has developed a new generation of drones for the battlefield and for long-range strikes deep inside Russia. More than 100 Ukrainian drones were shot down over Russia on Sunday, Russian officials said.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelensky, Vladimir Putin, Monday Putin, Vitalii Kim, Putin, ” Putin, ” Organizations: State Duma, Federation Council, Monday, West Locations: Russian, Moscow, Ukraine, United States, State, Russia, Ukrainian, Kyiv, Mykolaiv, “, Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Crimea

☆ Far right wins close Austria election, a boost for Putin
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-29 | by ( Freddie Clayton | Freddie Clayton Is A Freelance Journalist Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Projections from ORF public television based on exit polls suggest that the pro-Russia, anti-immigration Freedom Party, or FPÖ, has finished first, with 29.1% of the vote. It appears to have knocked the ruling conservative Österreichische Volkspartei (ÖVP), or Austrian People’s Party, into second place, with 26.2% of the vote. But it has fallen far short of an absolute majority in the tight election and will need help to form a stable government. But even if the party fails to form a coalition government, the result will serve as a symbolic victory for the far right. Chancellor and ÖVP leader Karl Nehammer has so far ruled out any coalition that includes Kickl.

Persons: Österreichische, Herbert Kickl, ”, Adolf Hitler, Kickl, Vladimir Putin —, Karl Nehammer Organizations: Party, Austrian People’s Party, Social Democratic Party of Austria, ÖVP, NATO Locations: Russia, Europe, Austria, East, North Africa, Ukraine, Germany, France, Netherlands

☆ Far-right wins close Austria election, a boost for Putin
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-29 | by ( Freddie Clayton | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

People walk past election campaign billboards showing Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer of the Austrian People's Party (OeVP) and Herbet Kickl of the far-right Austria Freedom Party (FPOe) on September 24, 2024 in Vienna, Austria. A far-right party founded by former Nazis appeared to have won Austria's election Sunday, in a result that could reshape Europe's political landscape and help tilt the balance of power between Russia and the West. They appear to have edged out the ruling conservative Österreichische Volkspartei (ÖVP) or Austrian People's Party, into second place with 26.2% of the vote. But even if the party fails to form a coalition government, the result will serve as a symbolic victory for the far-right. The OVP is the only party that has been open to allying with the far-right party in the past, and it remains to be scene whether they will accept the role of sidekick this time around.

Persons: Karl Nehammer, Österreichische, Herbert Kickl, Adolf Hitler, Kickl, Vladimir Putin —, Alexander Smith, Carlo Angerer Organizations: Austrian People's Party, Freedom Party, Party, Social Democratic Party of Austria, ÖVP, OVP, NATO, NBC Locations: Vienna, Austria, Russia, Europe, East, North Africa, Ukraine, Germany, France, Netherlands

Though Austria is a member of the European Union, its far-right party leading the polls has strong links with Russian President Vladimir Putin — the bloc’s arch nemesis. The chairman and top candidate of the Freedom Party of Austria Herbert Kickl waves to supporters after kicking off his party's electoral campaign on September 7, 2024 in Graz, Austria. Kickl’s vision is to build “Fortress Austria” and “Fortress Europe,” as he put it during a debate on Austrian public television Thursday night. In 2016, party leader Heinz-Christian Strache signed a formal “cooperation pact” with Putin’s United Russia party. The FPÖ’s return is far from certain, currently polling at 27%, narrowly ahead of the ruling Austrian People’s Party on 25% and the Social Democratic Party of Austria on 21%, according to European polling aggregator PolitPro.

Persons: that’s, Adolf Hitler —, it’s, Vladimir Putin —, Peter Filzmaier, Kerms, Herbert Kickl, ”, Hitler, Kickl, Freedom Party of Austria Herbert Kickl, Alex Halada, Nazi ”, “, Karl Nehammer, Andreas Babler, Joe Klamar, Gabriela Bacher, Donald Trump, Heinz, Christian Strache, Karin Kneissl, Putin, Strache, Victor Orban, Bacher Organizations: Freedom Party, NATO, Ukraine, Moscow, European Union, Gratz, Freedom Party of Austria, Getty, Immigrants, “, Austrian, Nazi, Austrian People’s Party, Social Democratic Party, NBC, Trump, NBC News, Putin’s United, Social Democratic Party of Austria Locations: Austria, Russia, Europe, Graz, AFP, East, North Africa, Jerusalem, Austrian, Vienna, American, Austrian Republic, Ukraine, Putin’s United Russia, Russian, Moscow, Slovakia, Hungary, Republic

Olga, who did not want to give her last name for privacy reasons, said the proposed bill doesn’t change her plans. And the Russian parliament gave its initial backing Wednesday to legislation that would ban the adoption of Russian children by people from countries that allow gender transition. “It’s not because I read ‘childfree’ information or someone tried to persuade me not to have children. It’s just that I decided it for myself,” said Panarina, 40, adding that the proposed legislation would not change her mind. For her, the proposed legislation is not about women’s rights per se, Panarina said, as much as the government’s effort to defend Russia’s traditional way of life.

Persons: Russia’s, ” Vyacheslav Volodin, Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Peskov, Russia —, Volodin, childlessness ”, it’s, ”, Dariana Gryaznova, ” Olga, Olga, “, ” Putin, Natalia Kolesnikova, Daria Panarina, “ It’s, It’s, Panarina, ” Panarina, Ella Rossman, Rossman, ” Gryaznova Organizations: West, Kremlin, U.S, State Duma, “ Bills, NBC, Getty, NBC News, Russia’s Academy of Sciences, University College London School of Slavonic, East European Studies Locations: Ukraine, Russia, United States, State, Russian, Moscow, Russia’s, Primorsky Krai, Red, AFP, Philippines

☆ Masayoshi Son is the $100 billion gambler who went from dirt track to tech titan — and he isn't done betting yet
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-28 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son has spent his life putting bold bets on the future of technology. SoftBank, the media-technology conglomerate Son founded two decades prior, was riding high on the glory it attained in the dot-com boom. He was told he was special," Barber told BI. "He wants to be seen as the great modernizer transforming this petrostate into a truly modern economy where technology is at the forefront," Barber told BI. But as previous cycles in Son's life dictate, the flurry of enthusiasm is typically followed by failure.

Persons: Masayoshi Son, Lionel Barber, —, Son, Bill Gates, Masa —, Uber, Barber, Vladimir Putin, Barack Obama, — he's, Jack Ma's Alibaba, Wang, he's, Napoleon Bonaparte, Genghis Khan, Qin Shi Huang, Emperor of, Microsoft's Gates, Jordan Strauss, Mitsunori, SoftBank, Rupert Murdoch, Larry Ellison, Jack Welch, Steve Jobs, Masayoshi, Justin Sullivan, Rajeev Misra, Nikesh Arora, Phil McCarten, Abu Dhabi's Mubadala, Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi, Michael Moritz, Kim Jong, Adam Neumann, Donald Trump, Wirecard, Jesus, NurPhoto, He's, Allen Lane Organizations: Service, Financial Times, Kremlin, Yahoo, Popular Electronics, Vision, Deutsche Bank, Google, Reuters, Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, Vision Fund, Valley's, Sequoia Capital, Greensill, Nvidia, Signal Publishers Locations: Tokyo's Roppongi, Japan, Masayoshi, Washington, Wayne, Emperor of China, Kyushu, United States, Riyadh, Berkeley, Las Vegas

☆ Austria’s far-right is the frontrunner for Sunday’s elections. How did it get here?
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-28 | by ( Sophie Tanno | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

The FPÖ is known as the grandfather of European far-right parties and pedals an anti-migrant, anti-Islam, Eurosceptic and anti-vaxx agenda. It has held power at a federal level three times, in coalition with other groupings, making it one of just a few far-right parties in Europe to have done so. AFP/Getty ImagesIts political stance changed again when Jörg Haider – the son of former Nazi party members – became leader of the party in 1986. FPÖ leader Herbert Kickl speaks to supporters ahead of European parliamentary elections on June 7. According to Reinhard, the FPÖ is more likely to form a government if it comes second than if it comes first.

Persons: –, ” Benjamin Biard, FPÖ, ” Biard, “, ”, Biard, Heinz, Christian Strache, Jörg Haider –, Haider, ’, Herbert Kickl, Taylor, “ remigration, Christian Bruna, Viktor Orban –, Vladimir Putin’s, Kickl, ” Heinisch Reinhardt, Reinhardt, Karl Nehammer, Thomas Kronsteiner, Reinhard, ” Reinhard Organizations: CNN, Party, Italian Lega, Dutch Party for Freedom, “, Getty, Nazi, Austrian People’s Party, EU, Hungary’s Fidesz, Greens, University of Salzburg, Social Democrats Locations: Austria, Europe, Brussels, Flemish, Italian, Germany, Nazi, Austrian, Salzburg, AFP, Ukraine, Vienna, Lower Austria, Russia, loggerheads, ÖVP

☆ NATO is planning for mass medical evacuations in case of a war with Russia: report
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-28 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

NATO is planning for the mass transport of wounded troops in case of a war with Russia. NATO could use hospital trains and buses to move injured troops in such an event, a German general told Reuters. The general's comments come amid increasing tension between NATO and Russia. AdvertisementNATO is developing plans to manage the evacuation of large numbers of wounded troops in case of a war with Russia, a senior military officer told Reuters. Germany's defense minister, Boris Pistorius, said in an interview published in January that Russia could attack NATO within the next decade.

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