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☆ Webb telescope pinpoints asteroid collision in nearby planetary system
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-16 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

“The James Webb Telescope: Are We Alone?” on The Whole Story With Anderson Cooper offers an inside look at the most powerful telescope ever built. The Beta Pictoris system, located just 63 light-years from Earth, has long intrigued astronomers because of its proximity and age. “So I was super excited to reobserve this system in 2023 using the James Webb Space Telescope,” Chen said. The dust was then pushed out of the planetary system by radiation from the central star, which is slightly hotter than our sun. But the powerful Webb telescope was unable to detect any dust.

Persons: James Webb, Anderson Cooper, Pictoris, Christine Chen, ”, “, ” Chen, Beta, Chen, Webb, JWST, Cicero Lu, Johns Hopkins, Spitzer, Kadin Worthen, “ We’re Organizations: CNN, Beta, Johns Hopkins University, American Astronomical Society, Spitzer, Telescope, Johns, Johns Hopkins Locations: Baltimore, Madison , Wisconsin

☆ A plane disappeared in 1971 and experts believe they’ve found it in Lake Champlain
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-15 | by ( Kaila Nichols | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The crash site was never found, but over the years she held out hope it would be uncovered, steadily accumulating newspaper clippings and documents related to the case. There was no mayday or communication from the jet, Kozak says. Courtesy Garry KozakKozak first learned of the plane crash from a friend in the 1980s. Now that the crash site was found, the National Transportation Safety Board will make its evaluation to confirm it’s the right aircraft. While the crash site may have been found, it’s important to the passengers’ children the next generation also knows about their fathers.

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☆ TikTok is the top social-media app Americans trust for news, according to new data
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Dan Whateley | Sydney Bradley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewCongress is terrified that TikTok could be deployed as a disinformation tool to shape Americans' views of current events in China's favor. Respondents who said they consumed news also tended to be less concerned about the accuracy of the news information they found on TikTok compared to other social apps. According to Pew's survey, 25% of X users said that getting news was a "major" reason they used the platform, and 15% of TikTok users also reported that getting news was a "major" reason for why they're on TikTok. Meanwhile, TikTok is also leaving users feeling the least "worn out" by the amount of news they see on the platform compared to the other apps. The news content that reaches TikTok users is often not from accounts run by traditional news organizations like The New York Times or the Washington Post.

Persons: —, It's, TikTok, Instagram, Joe Biden, ByteDance, Donald Trump, it's, influencers, Kelsey Russell Organizations: Service, Pew Research Center, Business, Facebook, The New York Times, Washington Post Locations: China, Israel, TikTok

☆ Caitlin Clark: WNBA star says people weaponizing her name is ‘disappointing’
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —As she adjusts to life in the WNBA, rookie phenom Caitlin Clark is also having to navigate becoming a lightning rod for societal discourse. “It’s disappointing,” replied Clark ahead of the Indiana Fever’s home game against the Atlanta Dream. Her rivalry with fellow star Angel Reese, for example, has triggered discourse about race in the US. Clark has had a mixed start to her WNBA career so far, showing flashes of her brilliance but struggling initially with the physicality of the professional game. “Nobody’s apathetic about the WNBA because we’ve brought in so many new fans into what we call the fan funnel this year.”

Persons: Caitlin Clark, Clark, she’d, “ It’s, ”, “, Steph Chambers, Angel Reese, Reese, I’ll, ” Reese, ‘, ” Clark, don’t, DiJonai Carrington, ” Carrington, reignite, Cathy Engelbert, haven’t, ’ ’, Engelbert of Clark, “ We’re, Caitlin, Engelbert, Cameron Brink, we’ve Organizations: CNN, WNBA, Indiana Fever, Indiana Fever’s, Atlanta, Seattle Storm, NCAA, Sun, Twitter, Indiana, Chicago Sky, USA, Wednesday Locations: USA

☆ You could get partial ownership of an AI company that may have scraped photos of your face online
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewYour face could make you a shareholder in Clearview AI, thanks to the terms of a potential settlement of a lawsuit against the company. Related storiesLawyers leading the charge against Clearview argued that the company's approach violated the privacy of people whose photos it used. "Clearview AI is pleased to have reached an agreement in this class-action settlement," Jim Thompson, a partner at Lynch Thompson and lawyer for Clearview, told Business Insider through a spokesperson. The proposed settlement gives people whose photos were used by Clearview a stake in the company's future. AdvertisementBut the proposal also contains an irony for the people whose photos Clearview AI used.

Persons: —, Clearview, Jim Thompson, Lynch Thompson, Jay Edelson Organizations: Service, The New York Times, Business, FBI, US Army, Court, Facebook, Apple

☆ Investigation underway into rare, unsafe airliner roll experienced by a Boeing 737 Max
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Gregory Wallace | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Federal authorities and Boeing are trying to figure out why a 737 Max 8 experienced a rare, unsafe back-and-forth roll during flight. There were no injuries onboard Southwest Airlines flight 746 on May 25, according to the airline and a preliminary report by the FAA. It is unclear if the damaged unit led to or was a result of the roll. The plane has not flown since landing in Oakland, California after the incident, except to move it to a Boeing facility in Washington state. Southwest told CNN it referred the incident to the FAA and National Transportation Safety Board and is participating in and supporting the investigation.

Organizations: CNN, Federal, Boeing, Max, Federal Aviation Administration, Southwest Airlines, FAA, Southwest, National Transportation Safety Board, NTSB, Authorities Locations: Oakland , California, Washington, Dutch

☆ Come inside star-studded King’s Foundation awards
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Max Foster | Lauren Said-Moorhouse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

London CNN —King Charles III was in his element this week as he celebrated a very special moment for his foundation at St. James’s Palace in London. On Tuesday, the 75-year-old monarch attended the inaugural awards of his King’s Foundation, so we thought, why not take our Royal News readers along with us? Now, to rewind for just a moment – King Charles set up the charity back in 1990 when he was still the Prince of Wales. King’s Foundation chief executive Kristina Murrin told CNN that the charity is underpinned by the monarch’s philosophy of working in concert with nature to “build sustainable thriving communities.”King Charles III presents the Harmony Award to Ban Ki-moon, left, the former United Nations secretary-general, at the King's Foundation awards. King Charles III smells a wool sample at the King's Foundation awards.

Persons: London CNN — King Charles III, James’s, King Charles, Prince of Wales, Kristina Murrin, ” King Charles III, Ban, Kirsty Wigglesworth, ” Murrin, Rod Stewart, Penny Lancaster, David Beckham, Sienna Miller, Edward Enninful, Naomi Campbell, Raymond Blanc, King Charles III, we’ve, “, Charles, King, Alan Titchmarsh, ”, Isabelle Pennington, I’d, Beckham, “ we’ll, Murrin Organizations: CNN’s Royal, London CNN, Foundation, Royal News, King’s Foundation, CNN, United Nations, King's Foundation, Dumfries House, King Charles III Harmony, UN, Pipers, National Piping Centre, Rock Choir, King’s, England, Royal Locations: London, St, United Kingdom, Korean, James’s, Edmead, Caribbean, Germany, Iceland

☆ Solar storm hits Mars, creating planet-engulfing auroras, NASA says
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —When the sun unleashed an extreme solar storm and hit Mars in May, it engulfed the red planet with auroras and an influx of charged particles and radiation, according to NASA. Solar radiation hits MarsThe most extreme storm occurred on May 20 after an X12 flare released from the sun, according to data collected by the Solar Orbiter spacecraft currently studying the sun. The Curiosity rover, currently exploring Gale Crater just south of the Martian equator, took black-and-white images using its navigation cameras during the solar storm. But Mars lost its magnetic field billions of years ago, which means the planet has no shield from incoming energized solar particles. By tracing the data from multiple Martian missions, scientists were able to watch how the solar storm unfolded.

Persons: Gale, “, ”, Don Hassler, ” Auroras, Mars, Deborah Padgett, MAVEN, Christina Lee Organizations: CNN, NASA, Solar Orbiter, Goddard Space Flight, Mars, Caltech, JPL, Southwest Research, Exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, University of California, Space Sciences Laboratory Locations: Northern California, Alabama, Greenbelt , Maryland, Boulder , Colorado, Pasadena , California

☆ Passengers say they were stuck on grounded Qatar Airways plane for hours amid Greek heatwave
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Catherine Nicholls | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Dozens of passengers who boarded a Qatar Airways plane in Athens, Greece on Monday expected to be on their way to their destination – Doha, Qatar – relatively quickly. Instead, they found themselves trapped inside a grounded plane for more than three hours, according to passenger Garth Collins, who posted about his experience on Instagram. In a video posted by Collins, passengers can be seen standing up from their seats and in the aisles of the plane, fanning themselves and fellow passengers with paper. Zeiher told 7News that she received “zero information” from Qatar Airways, so she decided to rebook her onward flight to Australia through Emirates. According to flight tracking website Flightradar24, flight QR204 was supposed to leave Athens International Airport at 1:55 p.m. local time.

Persons: Garth Collins, Collins, Michael Mosley, Jennie Zeiher, Joe, Zeiher, ‘, ” Zeiher, ”, 7News, QR204 Organizations: CNN, Qatar Airways, –, Athens International Airport, 7News, Doha’s Hamad International Airport, Athens International Locations: Athens, Greece, – Doha, Qatar, British, Symi, ATH, Doha, Melbourne, Australia, Emirates, DOH

☆ MLB umpire Pat Hoberg disciplined for violating gambling rules
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Ken Rosenthal | Evan Drellich | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

Major League Baseball said Friday night it has disciplined umpire Pat Hoberg for violating the league’s gambling rules, and that he is being held out of games during this season while an appeal is considered. Multiple players have been punished for gambling violations, including Tucupita Marcano, who got a lifetime ban for betting on baseball. Now, an umpire has been punished, with Hoberg becoming the only known umpire in recent history to have been disciplined for a matter related to gambling. “During this year’s Spring Training, Major League Baseball commenced an investigation regarding a potential violation of MLB’s sports betting policies by Umpire Pat Hoberg,” MLB said in a statement. AdvertisementThe most severe is that anyone found to have gambled on a baseball game they are directly tied to — “any baseball game in connection with which the bettor has a duty to perform,” as the rules formally put it — is to be banned permanently from the game.

Persons: Pat Hoberg, Tucupita Marcano, Shohei, Ippei Mizuhara, Hoberg, Glen Caplin, “, ” Hoberg, “ Mr, Rob Manfred, David Fletcher, Mizuhara, Tim Donaghy, Steph Chambers Organizations: Major League Baseball, MLB, ESPN, Major League Baseball Umpires, Hoberg, North, Supreme, Baseball Locations: U.S

☆ A new plane Ukraine is getting will amplify its F-16s and eat into Russia's advantage in the air, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewThe arrival of a new type of aircraft for Ukraine will give it an advantage it's not had before, and will help boost the effectiveness of its promised F-16s, experts told Business Insider. Sweden announced late last month that it is giving Ukraine two ASC 890 airborne control and surveillance aircraft, which act as command centers in the air. They remain highly vulnerableDuring the war, Russia has been using its own A-50 Airborne Early Warning & Control aircraft to monitor Ukraine's air space and coordinate attacks. AdvertisementThe experts said hanging back is also likely the best approach for Ukraine's first F-16s, so the jets can protect cities and infrastructure while staying away from most of Russia's weaponry.

Persons: —, it's, Ukraine Tim Robinson, Pal Jonson, Jose Miguel T, Mark Cancian, Peter Layton, Alexander Zemlianichenko, Layton, Cancian Organizations: Service, Ukraine, Business, UK's Royal Aeronautical Society, Swedish, US Air Force, Marine, Center for Strategic, International Studies, Griffith Asia Institute, Royal Australian Air Force, Control, AP, Aircraft Locations: Ukraine, Sweden, Swedish, Russia, Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, Belgium

☆ Opinion | The Joys and Perils of Return Travel
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Pamela Paul | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Venice is one of those bucket-list places, a city so extraordinary you want to see it at least once. For those of us who love to travel, the question of whether to revisit a place you’ve been to before is a repeated conundrum. You go back to some places to see certain people or to visit in the company of new people. Whichever way, return travel is as much an act of time travel as it is a geographic one. You’ve changed and the place has changed.

Persons: I’d, You’ve, You’re Locations: Venice

☆ Musk’s Friends and Fans Applaud Shareholder Vote on His Payday
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Eli Tan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Tesla shareholders reaffirmed a pay award worth more than $45 billion for Elon Musk on Thursday, but before the announcement was made official at the company’s annual meeting in Austin, Texas, Mr. Musk posted the news on X, his social media platform. “Both Tesla shareholder resolutions are currently passing by wide margins!” he wrote in a post late Wednesday night. !”For months, Mr. Musk’s supporters have used the social media site, which he purchased for $44 billion in 2022, to drum up support for his massive payday, and Tesla board members warned he could leave the company if shareholders voted against him. But for some Tesla investors, Mr. Musk’s involvement with X has been the primary cause of concern, stirring complaints that the pay package has drawn his attention away from Tesla and into other ventures. Mr. Musk has also used the platform to promote right-wing conspiracy theories and vulgar content, offending some of his employees and investors.

Persons: Elon Musk, Musk, Musk’s, X Organizations: Elon Locations: Austin , Texas

☆ El Niño is dead. Here’s what to expect in the coming months
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Mary Gilbert | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —El Niño has officially come to an end and the ripples from its demise will shake up weather around the globe. With El Niño out of the spotlight, its opposite is preparing to take center stage later this summer: La Niña. For now, neither La Niña nor El Niño are present and a so-called neutral phase has begun, according to NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center. Here’s what a summer without El Niño and a budding La Niña could have in store. Luis Tato/AFP/Getty ImagesCalifornia and the western US also typically pick up more rain during El Niño, especially over the winter months.

Persons: CNN — El Niño, Niño, El Niño, Marcio Jose Sanchez, Luis Tato, Laura Paddison Organizations: CNN, El, Getty Images Locations: West, El, Beverly Crest, Los Angeles, California, South America, Africa, Africa’s, Kenya, Garissa, AFP, Getty Images California, US, West Coast

☆ Elon Musk's payday drama comes to a head today
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

It's always sunny at Business Insider when "Welcome to Wrexham" star Rob McElhenney is around. In today's big story, we're looking at the drama between Tesla shareholders over Elon Musk's bumper pay package that gets decided on today . As funny as that sounds, the battle over Elon Musk's pay package is no joke. One longtime Tesla investor said the EV maker is " kind of the bottom of the pecking pole of Elon's companies ." Vote here on if you're for or against Musk's pay package .

Persons: —, Rob McElhenney, Elon, Apu Gomes, Chelsea Jia Feng, Insider's Grace Kay, they're, he's, Brooks Kraft, Musk, it's, Gwynne Shotwell, Somodevilla, Blackstone, Dan Ives, Araya Doheny, Patrick Fallon, Jenny Chang, Rodriguez, Henrik, Fisker, VCs, that's, whittle, Mark Zuckerberg, de Haro, Gen Zers, Mike Verdu, Slack, Brad Smith, Dan DeFrancesco, Jordan Parker Erb, Hallam Bullock, George Glover Organizations: Service, Business, Elon, Getty, Retail, Brooks Kraft LLC, Nvidia, Tesla, Wall, SpaceX, Federal Reserve, Big Apple, Apple, Microsoft, BI, Adobe Locations: Wrexham, Delaware, Tesla, Manhattan, New York, London

☆ Why Donald Trump loves his Boeing 757 private jet even though almost everyone else ditched the plane
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Benjamin Zhang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

AdvertisementThere's a common saying in the business-aviation industry: The private jet isn't a luxury; it's a time machine. The point of a private jet is to save its occupant time and increase their productivity. AdvertisementThe old (top) and new (bottom) paint jobs on Trump's Boeing 757 private jet. AdvertisementTrump aboard his Boeing 757 private jet. But what stands out the most about the Boeing 757 is that it's the muscle car of the airline world.

Persons: —, there's, Donald Trump's, it's, Thomas Pallini, Donald, Trump, Gene J, Paul Allen, N757AF, Taylor Swift, John Minchillo, James Devaney, Drake, Andrew Milligan, Royce RB211, Whitney Organizations: Service, Boeing, Business, Bombardier, Gulfstream, Bombardier Global, Trump, New York Times, Trump Force, AP Trump, Microsoft, Sterling Airlines, TAESA, DHL, FedEx, Qatari, Images, Pratt, Airbus, Shanghai Airlines, Delta Air Lines Locations: Danish, Delta, Saudi, Paris, New York, Renton , Washington

☆ Senate Democrats call for higher taxes on Wall Street profits to address federal budget deficit
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Kate Dore | Cfp | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Senator Chuck Grassley, a Republican from Iowa and ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, during a hearing in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, March 12, 2024. As Congress wrestles with a looming decision over trillions in expiring tax breaks, lawmakers and experts in a Senate Budget Committee hearing debated several Democratic proposals for higher taxes on corporations and wealthy Americans. Proponents said the plans aim to address income inequality and the federal budget deficit. However, many of these proposals, such as reforms to carried interest, have failed to gain broad support even among Democrats, said Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa. While carried interest reform was originally included in the Inflation Reduction Act, those changes were removed before the bill passed in the Senate.

Persons: Chuck Grassley, Joseph Stiglitz, Sen, Mitt Romney Organizations: Republican, Finance, Biden, Trump, Columbia University, Senate Locations: Iowa, Washington ,, R, Utah

☆ Electric ‘seagliders’ that skim over water could make ferries a thing of the past
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-12 | by ( Jacopo Prisco | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

More than 600 seagliders have already been sold for a total of over $9 billion, according to Thalheimer. “When you’re coming in on a bumpy approach, then sort of get right over the runway, and the plane just sort of floats for a second before landing — that’s the ground effect at work. Wouldn’t that be a great place to spend the entire flight, that nice calm state over the runway?”The United States and Germany also experimented with ground effect vehicles, but ultimately the concept never took off. First, Thalheimer says, seagliders are better at dealing with waves than vintage ekranoplans. Old ground effect vehicles were more akin to aircraft, with pilots controlling them at all times.

Persons: “ We’re, ”, Billy Thalheimer, REGENT, seagliders, Regent, Thalheimer, ekranoplans, Rather, “, Brittany Ferries, Ras Al Khaimah, Darren Biddlecombe Organizations: CNN, REGENT, United Arab, Regent, Air Mobility, Key West, Japan Airlines, New, Abu Dhabi Department of Transport Locations: Boston, North America, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Europe, Asia, Dubai, Soviet Union, United States, Germany, Hawaii, Miami, Key, Bahamas, Brittany, France, Italy, New Zealand, Ras Al

☆ Politicians keep courting the TikTok vote. Users aren’t impressed
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-12 | by ( Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Many TikTok users in the survey said they care far more about entertainment, culture and friends. TikTok users don’t care much about politicsMany TikTok users, roughly 4 in 10, said they do see at least some politics content on the app, according to the survey. Only a third of TikTok users said they use the app to keep up with politics; 41% said they use it to get news. Right now, 22% of TikTok users say content on the app is mostly liberal, while 6% say it’s mostly conservative, according to Pew’s latest survey. TikTok users who identify as Republicans were slightly more likely than Democratic TikTok users to say TikTok is bad for US democracy, but only by a slim margin of 7 percentage points.

Persons: Washington CNN —, John S, James L, Donald Trump, Joe Biden’s, TikTok, Biden, Pew, ” Pew, we’ve, ”, Colleen McClain, —, Elon Musk, ” McClain, McClain, Musk, it’s Organizations: Washington CNN, Pew Research Center, Knight Foundation, TikTok, Facebook, Trump, CNN, Pew, Democratic, Elon, “, Republican Twitter Locations: China, United States, TikTok, Gaza

☆ Anti-abortion groups to Trump: Don’t water down GOP platform by removing support for federal ban
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-12 | by ( Steve Contorno | Alayna Treene | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —Anti-abortion leaders are warning Republicans not to remove a federal abortion ban from the party’s platform at next month’s GOP convention even as their presumptive nominee, Donald Trump, backs away from it. “Our expectation is that the GOP platform will continue to unequivocally call for national protections for unborn children, rooted in the 14th Amendment,” Dannenfelser told CNN in a statement. CNN has asked Trump’s campaign for comment. Trump would not be the first Republican presidential nominee to appear at odds with the party platform on abortion. He insisted, though, there’s not much daylight between the party’s platform and Trump’s latest stance.

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☆ Ex-employees sue Elon Musk and SpaceX, claiming illegal firings after they called out alleged gender bias and harassment
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-12 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

New York CNN —SpaceX and CEO Elon Musk were sued on Wednesday by former employees who claim they were illegally fired for raising concerns about gender discrimination and sexual harassment at the rocket company. The eight former employees were involved in writing a 2022 open letter criticizing Musk and urging SpaceX executives to make the firm’s culture more inclusive. Following the letter’s release, the eight employees were fired. Wednesday’s complaint alleges that “Musk personally ordered the Plaintiff’s terminations.”SpaceX did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the lawsuit. (Musk has denied the harassment claims.)

Persons: Elon Musk, Musk, Twitter —, “ Musk, Gwynne Shotwell, Tom Moline, ”, ’, “, “ I’ve Organizations: New, New York CNN, SpaceX, Twitter, New York Times, National Labor Relations Board, CNN, MIT, Business Locations: New York, California, Texas

☆ Hamas leader says ‘we have the Israelis right where we want them’ in leaked messages, WSJ reports
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Mostafa Salem | Kylie Atwood | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

“We have the Israelis right where we want them,” Sinwar told Hamas’ political leadership in Qatar recently, according to one of the messages, the WSJ reported Monday. The date of the message isn’t clear but suggests that Sinwar is pressing for the war to continue. “Israel’s journey in Rafah won’t be a walk in the park,” Sinwar allegedly said in a message to the Hamas political leadership. CNN has not seen the leaked messages viewed by the WSJ and is not able to confirm the authenticity of the communications. The landmark vote means the UNSC now joins other major global bodies in backing the plan, increasing international pressure on both Hamas and Israel to end the conflict.

Persons: Yahya Sinwar, ” Sinwar, Sinwar, ”, Israel, Joe Biden, Antony Blinken, ” Blinken, “, Prophet Muhammad, –, Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu Organizations: CNN, Palestinian, Wall Street, Sinwar, WSJ, United Nations Security, Monday’s, Russia, UNSC, US Locations: Israel, Gaza, Qatar, Algeria, Rafah, Karbala, Iraq

☆ Here’s a Look at the U.N.-Backed Plan to Stop the War in Gaza.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Matthew Mpoke Bigg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The U.N. Security Council on Monday endorsed a cease-fire plan for the Gaza Strip that is backed by the United States, adding weight to an international effort to end the eight-month war. Neither Israel nor Hamas has publicly accepted the plan, but Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken on Tuesday held talks in the region to press for its adoption. Here’s a look at how the cease-fire would work, and at some of the areas of dispute between the warring parties. Israeli forces would withdraw from populated areas of Gaza, and more humanitarian aid would be distributed in the enclave. Civilians, most of whom have been displaced, would be free to return to their homes, including in northern Gaza, an area devastated by Israeli airstrikes and fighting.

Persons: Antony J, Blinken Organizations: . Security, Gaza, Hamas Locations: United States, Israel, Gaza

☆ Australian billionaire proposes secure gate system to supply aid to Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Hilary Whiteman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Brisbane, Australia CNN —An Australian billionaire is offering to build a secure gate system on the Israel-Gaza border that he says could allow 10,000 metric tons of food aid to be delivered each day to starving Palestinians. He’s also committed $5 million to improve the Jordanian humanitarian land corridor by building storage warehouses to allow more aid to pass to Gaza. Cargo trucks carrying humanitarian aid move through security inspections before crossing into the Gaza Strip, in Kerem Shalom, Israel on March 14. The IDF has repeatedly said hundreds of trucks carrying humanitarian aid have been entering the Gaza Strip, but aid organizations say the supplies are not reaching civilians in need. The passage of aid into Gaza has become gridlocked by Israeli inspections, and in some cases the temporary closure of access points.

Persons: Australia CNN —, Andrew Forrest, Antony Blinken, He’s, ” Forrest, Minderoo, Forrest, Israel, Fortescue, Marcus Yam Organizations: Australia CNN, Minderoo Foundation, United Nations, US, CNN, Cargo, Los Angeles Times, Israel Defense Forces, Ministry of Health, IDF, United Nations Security, Systems, NET, US Agency for International Development Locations: Brisbane, Australia, Israel, Gaza, Jordan, Egypt, Kerem Shalom, airdrops

☆ Billionaire investor Ryan Cohen beats Bed Bath & Beyond shareholder lawsuit
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Signage is displayed outside a permanently closed Bed Bath & Beyond retail store in Hawthorne, California, on May 1, 2023. The billionaire activist investor Ryan Cohen won the dismissal on Tuesday of a shareholder lawsuit accusing him of profitably cashing out of Bed Bath & Beyond shares too quickly as the home goods retailer was hurtling toward bankruptcy. Cohen revealed a 9.8% stake in Bed Bath & Beyond in March 2022 and pushed for changes that would include new directors and exploring a sale of the Buy Buy Baby brand. Bed Bath filed for bankruptcy in April 2023, and its common shares were canceled when its Chapter 11 plan became effective in September. The case is In re Bed Bath & Beyond Inc Section 16(b) Litigation, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No.

Persons: Ryan Cohen, Dale Ho, Cohen, Lee Squitieri, Dave Wollmuth, Ho, Todd Augenbaum, Judith Cohen Organizations: Bed, U.S, GameStop, Forbes, Court, Southern District of Locations: Hawthorne , California, Manhattan, Chewy, Bed Bath, Southern District, Southern District of New York

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