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☆ Squirt Guns and ‘Go Home’ Signs: Barcelona Residents Take Aim at Tourists
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Amelia Nierenberg | Rachel Chaundler | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

For the last few months, tourists in certain areas of Spain have found fewer welcome mats and more hostility. Anti-tourism graffiti loops across buildings, and tens of thousands of people have protested this year against unsustainable mass tourism. Over the weekend in Barcelona, locals’ anger over housing shortages, overcrowding and the cost of living was tangible — and wet. Residents of the Catalan capital took to the streets on Saturday with water guns, squirting them at diners eating al fresco. Some carried signs with messages like “tourists go home” and “you are not welcome,” and doused families at restaurants.

Locations: Spain, Barcelona

Mass tourism troubles hit fever pitch in Barcelona on Saturday as protesters threw items and sprayed travelers with water guns and canned drinks, while shouting "tourists go home." In 2023, hotel occupancy rates neared 80% in July and August, as the city of 1.6 million people swelled to accommodate more than 4 million visitors, according to the Barcelona City Council. Paco Freire | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesBut the delicate dance between locals and visitors had spiraled long before that. Two tourists on bicycles being stopped in front of a demonstration against mass tourism in Barcelona on July 6, 2024. Paco Freire | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images

Persons: overtourism, Paco Freire, Jaume Collboni, Collboni Organizations: Barcelona City, Associated Press, Barcelona City Council, Barcelona Cruise Port, Getty Locations: Barcelona, Barceloneta, Spain, France

☆ South Korea: Flying aboard the AC-130J Ghostrider, carrying America’s biggest gun in the sky
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Brad Lendon | Mike Valerio | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

AC-130 gunners Joe Gipson (back) and Isaac Dowell tend the 105mm cannon aboard a US Air Force AC-130J during a live-fire exercise over South Korea. A 105mm howitzer is seen at the rear of a US Air Force AC-130J at Osan Air Base, South Korea, in early June 2024. ‘Spooky’ historyUS Air Force gunships trace their lineage back to the Vietnam War, when the service set up 7.62 mm guns to fire out one side of a C-47 transport aircraft. With the AC-130J model, introduced in 2017, the Air Force removed the machine guns in favor of the more precision-guided munitions. The AC-130’s crew acknowledges the dangers of ground fire to their aircraft, and some analysts question its usefulness in any potential conflict with North Korea.

Persons: Ghostrider, Joe Gipson, Isaac Dowell, Brad Lendon, John Ikenberry, Kim Jong Un, ” Ikenberry, Heath Curtis, Mike Valerio, Curtis, ”, Justin Burris, Peter Layton, Layton, Maj, Christopher Mesnard, CNN’s Yoonjung Seo, Gawon Bae Organizations: Korean Peninsula CNN, US Air Force AC, CNN, Air Force Special Operations Command, US Air Force, Osan Air Base, South, Air Force, National Museum of, Operation, US, Griffith Asia Institute, Royal Australian Air Force, Operations Command Locations: Hurlburt Field, Florida, South Korea, Seoul, North Korea, Washington, Korea, Maj, New Mexico, United States, Vietnam, Asia, Grenada, Panama, Somalia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Kunduz, Iraqi, Persian, Khafji, Saudi Arabia, Korean, Australia, Operations Command Korea

☆ Putin hosts India’s PM to deepen ties, but Ukraine looms over their relationship
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Russia's President Vladimir Putin and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi walk during their meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence near Moscow, Russia July 8, 2024. Their partnership has become more complicated, however, as Russia has moved closer to China amid international isolation of Moscow over Ukraine. Russian state media reported that they would also discuss Moscow helping India build more nuclear power plants. The two countries already are collaborating on the Kudankulam nuclear power project in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. With Moscow's arms industries mostly serving the Russian military in Ukraine, India has been diversifying its defense procurements, buying more from the U.S., Israel, France and Italy.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Narendra Modi, Putin, Modi, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Matthew Miller, Vinay Mohan Kwatra Organizations: India's, Indian, NATO, . State Department, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, India, Russian Locations: Moscow, Russia, Washington, Ukraine, China, Kazakhstan, Beijing, Russian, Kyiv, India, New Delhi, Tamil Nadu, United States, Vladivostok, Uzbekistan, U.S, Israel, France, Italy, Chennai, East

☆ Napoleon’s ornate flintlock pistols sell for $1.83 million
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-08 | by ( Catherine Nicholls | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Two flintlock Gossard pistols once owned by French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte have sold at auction for €1.69 million ($1.83 million). They were originally valued at an estimated €1.2 million-€1.5 million ($1.3 million- $1.63 million). According to the auctioneer, they were given to Napoleon’s friend and squire Armand de Caulaincourt just after the emperor attempted suicide in April 1814. The emperor “had frequently examined his pistols, removing bullets from his nécessaire” during this time, Osenat reports Caulaincourt as saying. Last November, Osenat sold one of Napoleon’s famous black hats for a record €1.932 million ($2.1 million).

Persons: French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, Armand de Caulaincourt, Michel Bury, Osenat, Napoleon, Caulaincourt, “ Napoleon, “, Jean, Pierre Osenat, ” Organizations: CNN, Sunday Locations: French, Fontainebleau, Paris, Russia, Elba, Burr, France

☆ What is China’s ‘monster’ coast guard ship and why is the Philippines spooked by it?
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-08 | by ( Brad Lendon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

“It’s an intimidation on the part of the China Coast Guard,” Tarriela said during a forum on Saturday, according to a Reuters report. Powell and other analysts say intimidation is one of the main jobs of the CCG-5901, which is larger than any regular coast guard ship in the world (a specialty US Coast Guard icebreaker is bigger) and even outsizes US Navy destroyers. The US Coast Guard, for instance, is part of the US Department of Homeland Security, not the Defense Department, although US Coast Guard vessels can come under US Navy control in certain scenarios. The China Coast Guard is part of the country’s People’s Armed Police, which is under the command of the Central Military Commission. The China Coast Guard “doesn’t want to be outdone thus this monster came along to show who’s got a bigger set of muscles,” Koh said.

Persons: ”, Jay Tarriela, Sabina Shoal, Tarriela, BRP Teresa Magbanua, “, ” Tarriela, “ We’re, we’re, Shoal, wasn’t, Ray Powell, SeaLight, ” Powell, Powell, Arleigh Burke, ‘, ” Carl Schuster, Collin Koh, Teresa Magbanua, who’s, ” Koh Organizations: CNN, Philippine, Philippine Coast Guard, China Coast Guard, United, Coast, National Security, BRP, Stanford University, Coast Guard, US, Guard’s National Security Cutters, Chinese Coast Guard, CNN Coast, US Coast Guard, US Department of Homeland Security, Defense Department, Armed Police, Central Military Commission, Analysts, Pacific Command’s Joint Intelligence Center, Guard, Rajaratnam, of International Studies Locations: China, Philippines, Beijing, Manila, South China, Sabina, Spratly, Philippine, Palawan, The Hague, Singapore

☆ A Revolutionary War-era musket was stolen more than 50 years ago. It has been recovered and given to a Philadelphia museum
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-07 | by ( Ashley R. Williams | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —After going missing for more than 50 years, a firearm dating back to the Revolutionary War has been recovered and donated to a Philadelphia museum, the FBI says. “This historic weapon from the American Revolution was taken and hidden from generations of Americans. The artifact was among several Revolutionary War-era items taken during a string of thefts that occurred in the 1960s and 1970s in the area of Valley Forge Park. However, 10 of the items looted from Valley Forge Park and other locations, including the recently returned musket, remained lost. The company donated it to the Museum of the American Revolution, signing over the deed at the July 1 ceremony,” according to a release.

Persons: Kevin R, Steele, Joel Bohy, “, ” Bohy, “ Chubb, ” Organizations: CNN, FBI, Museum, American, Federal Bureau of Investigation Philadelphia, Police Department, Investigators Locations: Philadelphia, Valley Forge , Pennsylvania, Montgomery County, Valley Forge, Massachusetts, Merion, Pennsylvania, Maryland

☆ Protesters spray water guns at tourists in Barcelona as thousands rally against overtourism
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-07 | by ( Lauren Edmonds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Footage showed protesters squirting water guns at tourists and telling them to "go home." download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Multiple outlets reported that thousands of protesters, including more than 150 organizations, marched through Barcelona on Saturday. Photos showed protesters carrying signs that read, "Barcelona is not for sale" and "Tourists go home." This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

Persons: — Organizations: Service, Tourists, Business Locations: Barcelona

☆ North Korean troops could be sent to Ukraine due to their sheer numbers, not their effectiveness, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-07 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewSpeculation has been growing that North Korea could send troops to Ukraine. As of now, the prospect of North Korean soldiers being deployed to Ukraine is speculative and unlikely, experts told Business Insider. "Given what we know about nutrition in North Korea, even in the army, they might have issues," he told BI. But if it does, he added that North Korean soldiers may "simply" be helping rebuild a destroyed city like Mariupol. Bennett, from RAND, said he thinks it is "fairly likely" that North Korea will send troops to Ukraine, without elaborating further.

Persons: —, Pat Ryder, Edward Howell, John Hardie, Evans Revere, Albright, Revere, George W, Bush, Bruce Bennett, Kim Jong Un, Bennett, Kim, Wallace Gregson, Benjamin Young, Young, Guns, Hardie, Howell Organizations: Service, South Korea's, Chosun, Korean, Business, Pentagon, Military Commission, Institute, North, Korea, Chatham, Programme, Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Korean People's Army, Group, East, RAND, US Marine Corps, Pacific Security Affairs, Chatham House, Virginia Commonwealth University, Great Locations: Korea, Ukraine, Russia, North Korea, South, Chatham House's Asia, Korean, East Asia, Pacific, South Korea, Koreans, Howell, Chatham, Europe, Mariupol

☆ Russian forces appear to be making crude artillery guns by pulling the main armaments off of old BMP armored fighting vehicles
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-07 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewRussian forces appear to be fashioning improvised artillery guns from the main armaments of old BMP-1 armored fighting vehicles. Another video shows a group of soldiers towing the improvised gun into position. And while the improvised 2A28 artillery gun may act as a temporary fix for dwindling supplies, it is highly likely to be inaccurate. Related storiesOne video shows the device, which is designed to be fired from a stable armored turret, jumping off of the ground as each shot is fired. In March, videos appeared to show Russian troops using vulnerable golf cart-style vehicles to transport infantry to the frontline.

Persons: —, Rob Lee, Lee Organizations: Service, Business, The General, of Ukraine's Armed Forces, Foreign Policy Research Institute Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Ukrainian

☆ Britain’s Keir Starmer has done the hard part. Now comes the really hard part
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-06 | by ( Luke Mcgee | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Keir Starmer’s historic victory in Britain’s general election Thursday hands him a level of power that was unthinkable for a Labour leader just five years ago. Convincing the public that the Labour Party could be trusted with public finances was a big part of his electoral campaign. Most notably, the hard-right Reform UK, led by friend of Donald Trump Nigel Farage, secured 14% of the national vote. It’s extremely likely that with Starmer now in power, Farage and his acolytes will turn their attention to tearing chunks out of the Labour Party. Fortunately for Starmer, he has quite a lot of political capital to spend.

Persons: CNN — Keir Starmer’s, Jeremy Corbyn, Starmer, Donald Trump Nigel Farage Organizations: CNN, Labour, Conservative Party, Labour Party, Conservative Locations: Britain’s, Europe, Britain, Downing

☆ Critics roasted LVMH for spending big on Tiffany. 4 years later, the bet doesn't look so bad.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-06 | by ( Madeline Berg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

When luxury giant LVMH shelled out $15.8 billion for storied jewelry company Tiffany in 2021, it faced outsize expectations. On the luxury resale site The RealReal, Tiffany is the most-searched jewelry brand of 2024 so far. Meanwhile at Tiffany, LVMH is using a team of Cartier veterans. Growing pains have tarnished TiffanyBut reviving a luxury brand isn't easy, and investors have been murmuring that Tiffany's turnaround hasn't met expectations. "When you go into a Tiffany store, you're going to expect to have that amazing experience in customer service."

Persons: —, Blake Lively, Gabrielle Union, Hailey, Katy Perry, Tiffany, That's, haven't, Bernard Arnault, they're, Cartier, it's, — hasn't, Arnault, Abraham Lincoln, Mary Todd, Theodore Roosevelt, LVMH, Fflur Roberts, HSBC's Rambourg, Cindy Ord, Rambourg, Bernard Arnault's baguette, Euromonitor's Roberts, Bulgari, Jelena Sokolova, Morningstar, China —, Roberts, Jeremy Moeller, Vierig, It's, Van, Taylor Swift, Chiara Battistini, " Roberts, There's, Battistini, Audrey Hepburn, — it's, LVMH's Tiffany, Hailey Bieber, Taylor Hill, Sokolova, I'm Organizations: Service, Business, LVMH's, HSBC, Bloomberg, Getty, Cartier, Fifth, Nike, McKinsey Locations: Manhattan, China, Asia, Paris, Tiffany, influencers, LVMH's

☆ Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps gets powerful ships to confront adversaries well beyond the Persian Gulf
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-04 | by ( Benjamin Brimelow | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +17 min

Read previewIn the last three years, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy has commissioned hundreds of new vessels. AdvertisementThe Shahid Hassan Bagheri is one of three new Soleimani-class missile corvettes that are the most heavily armed warships in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy's fleet. Despite being lightly armed, it has a record of harassing US vessels and civilian ships in the Persian Gulf. AdvertisementThree Soleimani-class corvettes, Shahid Soleimani, Shahid Hassan Bagheri, and Shahid Sayyad Shirazi, have been commissioned, while a fourth, Shahid Ra'is-Ali Delvari, is under construction. AdvertisementMahdavi will eventually be joined by another converted container ship, the Shahid Bagheri.

Persons: —, Shahid Hassan Bagheri, Morteza Nikoubazl, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Shahid Soleimani, Nazeri, Shahid Nazeri, SAMs, Shahid Sayyad Shirazi, Shahid Ra'is, Ali Delvari, Hassan Bagheri, Abu Mahdi al, Shahid, Alireza Tangsiri, Shahid Mahdavi, 400Y8DYPlr — Mehdi H, Shahid Roudaki, Roudaki, Mahdavi, Lewis B, Puller, Shahid Bagheri, Bagheri, Tangsiri, IRGCN, Ayatollah Khamenei, Nadimi, Saviz, Diego Garcia, Benjamin Brimelow Organizations: Service, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy, Business, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy's, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, US, Quds Force, Guard, Southern Hemisphere, American, British, Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Global Affairs, Fletcher School of Law, Diplomacy, Modern, Institute Locations: Iran, Saudi Arabia, Persian, Gulf of Oman, Hormuz, China, Russia, Taiwan, Norway, Yemen, Makran, Morteza, Israel, Lebanon, Hamas, Gaza, Syria, Mahdavi, West

☆ Putin and Kim Jong Un are getting alarmingly close, and it's put US ally South Korea in a predicament
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-04 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewRussia and North Korea's newfound friendship has left key US ally South Korea in a predicament with few good options. Last month, Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Pyongyang, where he and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un further strengthened their partnership. SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: A TV at Yongsan Railway Station shows North Korea's fired Hwasong-18 solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un drive a Russian Aurus limousine during their meeting in Pyongyang, North Korea. With Putin supporting North Korea, tensions are higher between Pyongyang and Seoul, and the two could find themselves on the brink.

Persons: —, Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong, Korea's, KIM Jae, Sue Mi Terry, Putin, he's, Victor Cha, they've, Cha, Terry, what's, Caesar, LIONEL BONAVENTURE, Kim Organizations: Service, North, Business, SOUTH, Getty, Council, Foreign Relations, South Korean, Ukraine, KCNA, Reuters, Center for Strategic, International Studies, Putin Locations: Russia, North, South Korea, Seoul, Ukraine, North Korea, Russian, Pyongyang, SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA, Yongsan, Korea, North Korean, Moscow, Asia, Poland, Ukrainian, Tarbes, France, Kyiv, China, United States

☆ The America trade: These stocks highly exposed to the U.S. are primed to outperform
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( Brian Evans | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

A handful of stocks partial to the U.S. market could see strong gains ahead. MGM YTD mountain MGM Resorts stock. Delta Airlines , which also made the cut, has become the most profitable U.S. airline thanks to its reputation as a luxury option. DAL YTD mountain Delta Airlines stock. Other stocks on the list include Axon Enterprise , which makes Taser stun guns and police body cameras, and ConocoPhillips .

Persons: Hope, BTIG, Clark Lampen, Ed Bastian, DAL, John F Organizations: Nasdaq, Dow Jones, Traders, Nvidia, Federal Reserve, CNBC Pro, U.S, MGM Resorts, MGM, Delta Airlines, Delta, CNBC, Kennedy International Airport, United Airlines, ConocoPhillips Locations: U.S, Las Vegas, Vegas, China, Atlanta

☆ A Ban on Elephant Hunting Has Collapsed. Or Maybe It Never Existed.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( Shola Lawal | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On the lush, rolling savannas that link northern Tanzania to Amboseli National Park in Kenya, foraging elephants move back and forth on a sloping landscape in the shadow of snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro. The animals are accustomed to open-sided 4x4s full of tourists on the Kenyan side and seem to sense no danger from the visitors pointing phones. At least two were so-called super tuskers, with tusks so long that they swept the ground. There hasn’t been a similar cluster of rapid killings in the area since the mid-1990s. Conservationists say it points to a breakdown of a tacit agreement between the countries that banned hunting in the border zone.

Persons: hasn’t Organizations: Kenyan Locations: Tanzania, Kenya, Amboseli

☆ What is Canada Day and how is it celebrated? The answer is more complicated than some might think
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-01 | by ( Karla Cripps | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Meanwhile, the July 1 holiday to commemorate Canada’s Confederation became official in 1879, and was originally called Dominion Day. The late Queen Elizabeth II, seen here joining the Canada Day celebrations in Ottawa in 1997, visited Canada 22 times during her reign. Some early Dominion Day celebrations featured a ‘Dominion Salute’ of one gun for each province. Cole Burston/Getty ImagesIt wasn’t until 1982 that Dominion Day officially became Canada Day. For more information on the event, visit the official Canada Day website.

Persons: Matthew Hayday, don’t, ”, Hill, Mark Horton, Forrest, –, ’ ”, Queen Elizabeth II, Carlo Allegri, “, King, Cole Burston, Hayday Organizations: CNN, Canada, Canadian Forces, Department, Ontario’s Guelph University, Royal Canadian Air Force, Independence, Canada’s, Dominion, British North America, United Province of, “, Archives, Toronto Globe, Globe, Ottawa, of Canada, National Capital Locations: Canada, Vancouver, Toronto, Charlottetown, Ottawa, British, United Province, United Province of Canada, Ontario, Quebec, Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Independence, AFP, Canadian, United States, Union, “, American, ”, LeBreton

☆ Elon Musk came up with a perfect audiobook list for anyone who thinks about Rome on a daily basis
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-01 | by ( Polly Thompson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

You can opt-out at any time by visiting our Preferences page or by clicking "unsubscribe" at the bottom of the email. download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewElon Musk has come up with a list of recommended audiobooks — but they may not make terribly relaxing listening by the pool or beach this summer. "Admittedly, this is a list that appeals to those who think about Rome every day," Musk wrote on X, referring to the viral internet craze questioning how often men dwell on the Roman Empire. Musk is known to be fascinated by history, particularly the study of warfare and civilization.

Persons: —, Elon, Tesla, Will, Ariel Durant, Rousseau, Musk, Friedrich Hayek, Durant, Hayek, Caesar, Doom, Kushner, The, Junger The, Tuchman, — Elon, General Douglas MacArthur, David Kushner, cofounders John Carmack, John Romero, Caesar himself, Mathias Döpfner, Axel Springer, Alexander the Great, William Bolitho, Christopher Columbus, Genghis Khan, Jack Weatherford, Richard Ernest Dupuy, Trevor Dupuy, Edward Shepherd Creasy Organizations: Service, Business, Manchester Masters, SpaceX, Tesla, Archaeologic Museum Locations: Rome, Naples, Italy

☆ China is testing the limits of a critical U.S.-Philippines defense pact — will Washington respond?
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Dylan Butts | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

An aerial view shows a Philippines Navy vessel that has been grounded since 1999 to assert the nation's sovereignty over the Second Thomas Shoal, a remote South China Sea reef also claimed by China. Experts say the latest incident represents an escalation and shows the limitations of the U.S.-Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty signed in 1951. Ezra Acayan | Getty Images News | Getty Images"The Philippines will continue to resupply the Sierra Madre, and hopefully invest in more outposts in their Exclusive Economic Zone in the South China Sea ... The Philippines defense chief has reiterated that the military would not announce its resupply missions to the shoal in advance. The country has also been working to bolster its own defense capabilities in the South China Sea with the support of the U.S.What's at stake?

Persons: Thomas, Jay Directo, Thomas Shoal, Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty, Chester Cabalza, Cabalza, Ezra Acayan, Richard Heydarian, Abdul Rahman Yaacob, Matteo Piasentini, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, Paisentini, Lowy Institute's Yaacob, Geopolitica's Organizations: Philippines Navy, Afp, Getty, U.S ., Philippines Mutual Defense, International Development, Security Cooperation, Bilateral, Philippine Coast Guard personnel, Coast Guard, University of the, U.S, Pacific Command, Philippines, Lowy, Asia Program, Philippine Navy, Sierra Madre Locations: Philippines, China, South China, Spratly, Philippine, Manila, Beijing, U.S, South, U.S . China, Washington, University of the Philippines, Philippine Government, United States, Pacific, Italian, Sierra, Asia

☆ Opinion: Dear Joe, it’s time to go
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Opinion Jay Parini | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Dear Joe,I write to you urgently, as your old neighbor from Scranton. You, Joe, pushed through the Safer Communities Act, which included the most significant gun control measures in nearly thirty years. But you’re an old man now, like me. You’re a man of huge integrity, Joe, and you must — you MUST — stand down. Be the great man you are, Joe, the one we’ve seen in action and admired for many decades.

Persons: Jay Parini, “ Borges, ”, Jorge Luis Borges, CNN —, Joe, I’ve, Oliver Parini, Mike Pence, you’ve, Donald Trump, Donald, Trump, Vladimir Putin, Benjamin Netanyahu, Chuck Schumer, Hakeem Jeffries, Nancy Pelosi, Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s, Barack Obama, Don’t, Joe Bader Biden, You’ve, Gretchen Whitmer, Gavin Newsom, Pritzker, Jay Organizations: Middlebury College, CNN, Capitol, White, NATO, Supreme, Michigan Gov, Illinois Gov, Trump, Twitter, Facebook Locations: Scotland, Argentine, Scranton, freefall, Ukraine, Atlanta, You’re, China, Trump, California, Illinois, United States of America

☆ Drone-on-drone clashes in Ukraine are like WWI dogfights — and tactics are evolving fast
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Read previewThe sheer scale of drone use in Ukraine has given rise to an increasing battle for the skies, and the rise of drone-on-drone dogfights. He described how a small commercial drone out on reconnaissance might notice an enemy drone in the sky, fly above it, and drop down to clip its rotors. Armed Forces of UkraineOne of the simplest attacks is using an FPV drone to crash into an enemy drone, with or without an explosive attached. Ukrainian drone footage shows a Russian drone with an explosive payload hanging from it. Drones can be sent to look for antenna peeking out of windows — "a tell-tale sign of an enemy drone pilot covertly operating," he said.

Persons: —, James Patton Rogers, Mike Monnik, DroneSec, Monnik, DroneHunter, Skip, Patton Rogers, John Moore, we'll Organizations: Service, Business, Cornell Brooks Tech Policy Institute, Armed Forces of, Royal United Services Institute, Ukraine's Center, Strategic Communications, Information Security, Scientific, BI, Ukrainian Army's 93rd Brigade, Aircraft Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Russian, Ukrainian, Armed Forces of Ukraine, Bakhmut

☆ Inside the Supreme Court’s Chambers
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Abbie Vansickle | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The Supreme Court conducts its work largely out of public view, letting its opinions stand as one of the most visible markers of the justices’ rigorous debates on all aspects of American life. The justices typically take the bench to announce their decisions after presiding over arguments that have touched on some of the thorniest topics in the country: guns, abortion and the scope of presidential power. No cameras are allowed. The New York Times received rare access to capture the courtroom during a momentous term.

Organizations: The New York Times

☆ Why AriZona Iced Tea CEO won't raise 99-cent price: 'It's my little way of giving back'
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Nicolas Vega | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

AriZona Iced Tea first put its iconic 99-cent cans in stores in 1992. the brand's chairman and founder Don Vultaggio said in a recent interview with Today. And while Arizona has expanded into selling merch and alcoholic beverages, it is still focused on selling as many 99-cent cans as it can. Sign up today and use code EARLYBIRD for an introductory discount of 30% off through July 10, 2024. Plus, sign up for CNBC Make It's newsletter to get tips and tricks for success at work, with money and in life.

Persons: Don Vultaggio, Forbes, Vultaggio, doesn't Organizations: CNBC, Coke, Pepsi Locations: AriZona, , AriZona, Arizona

☆ Greg du Toit: Award-winning photographer on a life spent in the wild
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Victoria Barauna | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Playing safe is not an option for wildlife photographer Greg du Toit. Unlike many in his field, du Toit says he doesn’t use bait, camera traps, digital manipulation, captive bred animals or drones. Du Toit says that his photographs may look beautiful, "but the reality of getting those photographs is very different." Du Toit famously once spent 16 months photographing lions at a waterhole in Kenya’s South Rift Valley. Du Toit: I want to photograph animals in their wild habitats, doing what they naturally do.

Persons: Greg du Toit, Toit, Du Toit, it’s, Simon YM Pang, … Du Toit, I’d, I’ve, ”, I’m Organizations: CNN, Nikon, Wildlife, Fine, Simon YM Pang CNN, Greg du Toit CNN Locations: ”, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Africa, India

☆ Former President of Honduras Sentenced to 45 Years in Sweeping Drug Case
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Colin Moynihan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

During the eight years that Juan Orlando Hernández was president of Honduras, the tiny country was a conduit for hundreds of tons of cocaine that flowed north into the United States. Mr. Hernández’s political fortunes were tied to the gangs that transported those drugs, according to federal prosecutors in Manhattan. The traffickers fueled his rise, subsidizing Mr. Hernández’s campaigns in return for promises of protection, even as the two-term president presented himself as a U.S. ally in the war against drugs, prosecutors said. Now Mr. Hernández will spend 45 years in prison. Judge P. Kevin Castel called Mr. Hernández “a two-faced politician hungry for power” who had masqueraded as an antidrug crusader while partnering with traffickers.

Persons: Juan Orlando Hernández, Hernández’s, Hernández, Judge P, Kevin Castel, Hernández “, ” Organizations: Court Locations: Honduras, United States, Manhattan, U.S

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