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☆ With AI warning, Nobel winner joins ranks of laureates who’ve cautioned about the risks of their own work
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-13 | by ( Meg Tirrell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Hinton isn’t the first Nobel laureate to warn about the risks of the technology that he helped pioneer. Irene Joliot-Curie and Frederic Joliot shared the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1935. AFP/Getty Images1945: Antibiotic resistanceSir Alexander Fleming shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in medicine with Ernst Chain and Sir Edward Florey for the discovery of penicillin and its application in curing bacterial infections. “I, for one, would not shrink from that challenge.”Jennifer Doudna won the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 2020 for her work on a new method of gene editing. Nobel Prize Outreach/Brittany Hosea-Small/Handout/Reuters2020: Gene editingFour years ago, Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier shared the Nobel Prize in chemistry for the development of a method for genome editing called CRISPR-Cas9.

Persons: Geoffrey Hinton, ”, ” Hinton, John Hopfield “, Hinton, Hinton isn’t, Irene Joliot, Curie, Frederic Joliot, Marie, Pierre Curie, Joliot, “, Sir Alexander Fleming, Ernst Chain, Sir Edward Florey, Fleming, underdose, Jeffrey Gerber, ” Gerber, ” Paul Berg, Tobbe, Paul Berg, Berg, Joanna Rose, it’s, Jesse Gelsinger, ” Jennifer Doudna, Brittany Hosea, Gene, Jennifer Doudna, Emmanuelle Charpentier, ” Doudna, “ We’ve, ” CNN’s Christian Edwards, Katie Hunt Organizations: CNN, Google, University of Toronto, Princeton University, Hulton, Getty, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, World Health Organization, Nobel, Innovative Genomics Institute Locations: AFP, ”, Stockholm

☆ US to deploy about 100 troops to operate advanced anti-missile system in Israel amid heightened tensions
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-13 | by ( Natasha Bertrand | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The US will send an advanced anti-missile system — and US troops to operate it — to Israel “to help bolster Israel’s air defenses following Iran’s unprecedented attacks against Israel on April 13 and again on October 1,” the Pentagon said Sunday. But the deployment of additional US troops to Israel is notable amid the heightened tensions between Israel and Iran, and as the region braces for a potential Israeli attack on Iran that could continue to escalate hostilities. Approximately 100 US troops are deploying to Israel to operate the THAAD battery, according to a US defense official. It is rare for US troops to deploy inside Israel, but this is a typical number of troops to operate the anti-missile defense system. The THAAD system is specifically meant for anti-ballistic missile defense and could help Israel better defend itself against a future Iranian attack if Iran decides to respond to any Israeli strike.

Persons: Israel “, Patrick Ryder, Joe Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu Organizations: CNN, Pentagon, Defense, Israel, Wednesday, US, Street Journal Locations: Israel, Maj, Iran, Sea, Cyprus

Zients also made clear that President Joe Biden had directed the Secret Service to provide the highest level of protection for Trump, the source said. A subsequent letter from Wiles to acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe reviewed by NBC News confirmed several of the campaign’s requests. The Trump campaign also requested that special operations forces be assigned to protect Trump, according to two U.S. officials. A defense official told NBC News that the “department continues to provide enhanced support to the U.S. Secret Service” for the presidential and vice presidential candidates. Another source said Trump is receiving the same level of protection as Biden, so the campaign should not expect more.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Susie Wiles, Jeff Zients, Zients, Wiles, Joe Biden, Ronald Rowe, Trump, Steven Cheung, Mike Waltz, Donald Trump, Anthony Guglielmi, ” Guglielmi, Guglielmi, ”, Biden, Lloyd Austin Organizations: NBC News, Trump, White House, Department of Homeland Security, Service, Secret Service, Boeing, Secret, Department of Defense, Pentagon, U.S . Northern Command Locations: Butler , Pennsylvania, West Palm Beach , Florida, Iran, U.S

U.S. officials believe Israel has narrowed down what they will target in their response to Iran’s attack, which these officials describe as Iranian military and energy infrastructure. There is no indication that Israel will target nuclear facilities or carry out assassinations, but U.S. officials stressed that the Israelis have not made a final decision about how and when to act. U.S. and Israeli officials said a response could come during the Yom Kippur holiday. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin spoke with his Israeli counterpart, Yoav Gallant, last night and they discussed broad strokes about an Israeli response. U.S. officials have continued to urge the Israeli government to make their response proportional, sticking to military targets and avoiding oil, gas and nuclear facilities.

Persons: Israel, Ismail Haniyeh, Hassan Nasrallah, Defense Lloyd Austin, Yoav Gallant, it’s, Gallant, Joe Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu, Biden, Netanyahu Organizations: U.S, Defense Locations: Israel, Iran, Lebanon, Tehran, Beirut, The U.S, U.S, Gaza

☆ China’s ‘New Great Wall’ Casts a Shadow on Nepal
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-12 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +14 min

Hilsa Village NEPAL CHINA Area of detail CHINA Humla District NEPAL Kathmandu INDIA 75 miles NEPAL CHINA Hilsa Village CHINA Area of detail Humla District NEPAL Kathmandu INDIA 75 miles Source: OpenStreetMap, ESRI By Agnes ChangThe Nepalis have other complaints, too. “This is the new Great Wall of China,” said Jeevan Bahadur Shahi, the former provincial chief minister of the area. Without proper roads, it takes goat herders three days to cover the seven miles from Simikot, Nepal, to Humla. CHINA NEPAL CHINA-NEPAL BORDER CHINA NEPAL CHINA-NEPAL BORDER CHINA NEPAL CHINA-NEPAL BORDERThe Chinese side used to be nearly as remote, the seclusion broken only by a flow of pilgrims to Mount Kailash, which is holy to four faiths. Just 20 miles away is the junction of China, Nepal and India.

Persons: Nepalis, Agnes Chang, Dalai Lama, ”, Jeevan Bahadur Shahi, Xi’s, Xi, Brian Hart, ” Mr, Hart, Arzu Rana Deuba, —, Saud, Saud’s, “, Mr, Deuba, Pan Yue, China “, Shahi, Lhamu Lama, Hilsa, Pema Wangmu Lama Organizations: Chinese Communist Party, Covid, China Power, Center for Strategic, International Studies, Liberation Army, U.S . Department of Defense, The New York Times, Nepali Home Ministry, The Times, Communist, Security, Guard, Times, National Ethnic Affairs, Nepali Locations: Tibet, Nepal, Nepal’s Humla District, China, Hilsa, NEPAL CHINA, CHINA Humla District NEPAL Kathmandu INDIA, NEPAL CHINA Hilsa, CHINA, Humla, NEPAL Kathmandu INDIA, ESRI, Nepali, Nepal’s Humla, Simikot, Beijing, Washington, Philippine, India, Humla District, N.P, Hulma, Kathmandu, Vietnam, People’s Republic of China, CHINA NEPAL CHINA, NEPAL, Mount Kailash, Xinjiang, Purang, ”, Bhutan, District

☆ Efforts by the US to counter China in the South China Sea could backfire
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-12 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

The US has played a key role in countering China in the South China Sea. They "want a Goldilocks situation in the South China Sea — not too hot, not too cold," he added. A China Coast Guard ship, at right, sails past the Philippine Coast Guard ship BRP Cape Engaño on August 26, 2024. AdvertisementASEAN held its annual summit in Laos this week, in part to discuss territorial tensions in the South China Sea. A Philippine Coast Guard vessel and a Chinese Coast Guard vessel during an incident in the South China Sea on August 19, 2024.

Persons: —, Bill Hayton, Antony Blinken, Hunter Marston, Omar Zaghloul, Bush, Marston, George W, Obama, Trump, Biden, It's, Martson, Gregory B, Poling, Chatham House's, Samuel Paparo, Hayton, Sabina, REUTERS Poling, Mutual Defense Treaty, of National Defense Gilberto Teodoro Organizations: US, Service, Chatham, South China, China Coast Guard, Philippine Coast Guard, BRP, ROSA, Getty, ASEAN, Southeast, Australian National University, Coral Bell School of Asia, Pacific Affairs, Anadolu Agency, Center for Strategic, Studies, Asia Program, Transparency Initiative, Pacific Command, US National Bureau of Economic Research, coastguard, Coast Guard, Chinese Coast Guard, REUTERS, Mutual Defense, CBS, of National Defense Locations: China, South China, Philippines, South, Asia, Chatham House's Asia, BRP Cape Engaño, AFP, Laos, Filipino, United States, Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia, Brunei, Pacific, Chatham House's Hayton, Philippine, Taiwan, Hong Kong, West Philippine, Weibo, Handout, Poling, Ukraine

☆ Iran's attacks on Israel suggest ballistic missiles are an overhyped threat
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-12 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

But after launching hundreds of ballistic missiles at Israel in two separate barrages, what has Iran to show for it? The October strike by 180 ballistic missiles saw a higher percentage of rockets penetrate defenses. All of which raises a question: is the danger of ballistic missiles overhyped? In 2015, Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen began a bombardment campaign against Saudi Arabia that included ballistic missiles. Ilia Yefimovich/picture alliance via Getty ImagesIt is not that conventional ballistic missiles aren't lethal, especially the modern versions.

Persons: —, Hitler, Ilia Yefimovich, doesn't, Michael Peck Organizations: Service, Israeli Air Force, Soviet Union, British, Fortress, Getty, Minuteman, Soviet, Patriot, Aegis, Allied, South, Defense, Foreign Policy, Rutgers Univ, Twitter, LinkedIn Locations: Israel, Ukraine, Iran, Britain, Jordan, Nazi Germany, Western Europe, British Lancaster, Iraq, Iranian, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, America, Russia, Nodong, Tehran, Europe, Berlin, North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Lebanon, Gaza, Forbes

☆ Ina Garten left a White House job to pursue a cooking career—how the ‘crazy risk’ turned her into a millionaire
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-12 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

In her 20s, Garten worked in the White House for Presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter writing policies for the nuclear energy budget. Garten had no idea that her next chapter was waiting 300 miles away — in a tiny 400-square-foot food shop in Long Island, New York. Garten thought she might be happier working in the food business over politics, as cooking was her passion. Compared to her stifling government job, Garten thought the food business could offer a greater sense of freedom and creativity. The following weekend, Garten and her husband Jeffrey drove out to New York and bought the shop for $20,000.

Persons: Ina Garten, didn't, Garten, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, —, Julia Child's, Jeffrey Organizations: White, Management, New York Times, Barefoot, Hamptons Locations: Garten, Long Island , New York, New York

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Bracing itself for a retaliatory strike for last week’s ballistic missile attack, Iran has been urging its Arab neighbors not to allow Israel to use their airspace as part of any potential attack, two diplomats from Gulf nations told NBC News Friday. Israel has vowed to respond to the strikes and while the nature and timing of the attack remain unclear, Iran warned countries that do help Israel in any way could potentially become part of a war, one of the diplomats said. His death came days after several Hezbollah leaders were killed by exploding pagers and walkie-talkies, an attack which Israel was widely believed to have been behind. Both militant groups are backed by Tehran and Pezeshkian has portrayed Iran as “exercising restraint” because it waited for two months after Haniyeh's death before launching the attack on Israel. NBC News has reached out to the Israel Defense Forces for comment but has not received a response.

Persons: Israel, Masoud Pezeshkian, Abbas Araghchi, Araghchi, Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Pezeshkian, Vladimir Putin, Sameh Khadr Hassan Al, Ismail Haniyeh, Hassan Nasrallah, Haniyeh, Nasrallah, Joe Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant, Biden, Rasoul, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, ” Biden, Abu al, Askari, Matthew Savill, wouldn’t, ”, Israel “ Organizations: NBC, Gulf Cooperation Council, United, United Arab Emirates, U.S, European Union, West Bank, Israel, AFP, Getty, Israeli, Iran’s, Hezbollah, Military Sciences, Royal United Services Institute, NBC News, Israel Defense Forces Locations: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Iran, Israel, Jordan, United Arab, Washington, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Ashgabat, Russian, United States, Tehran, Syria's, Damascus, Brig, Gen, Fars, Iraq, U.S, London, Gaza, Lebanon, Beirut, Deir el

☆ Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Japanese anti-nuclear weapon group Nihon Hidankyo
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-11 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Alex-Smith-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Alexander Smith | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to a Japanese anti-nuclear weapon group comprising survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Nihon Hidankyo was given the award “for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons,” the Norwegian Nobel Committee said. "The nuclear powers are modernizing and upgrading their arsenals; new countries appear to be preparing to acquire nuclear weapons; and threats are being made to use nuclear weapons in ongoing warfare," the committee said. In terms of conventional warfare, this peace prize was awarded in a year with more active conflicts than at any time since World War II. Getting a Nobel Peace Prize is by no means a guarantor that the efforts of its recipient have or will be successful.

Persons: Nihon Hidankyo, Toshiyuki Mimaki, ”, Tomoyuki Mimaki, JIJI Press, Vladimir Putin, Israel, Narges Mohammadi, Ales Bialiatski Organizations: Norwegian Nobel, Little, Nihon, JIJI, Getty, Center for Civil Liberties Locations: Japanese, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Norwegian, United States, Ukraine, Tokyo, Gaza, “, Japan, North Korea, India, China, Pakistan, Iran, East, Europe, Sudan, Ukrainian

A major part of the fears is that the US’ influence with Israel has appeared to be steadily waning over the last year. Israel’s security cabinet has not yet reached a decision on how to proceed, an Israeli official told CNN on Friday. As of last week, Israel had not given any assurances that it would not target Iran’s nuclear facilities, CNN reported. Israel has for decades been planning attacks on Iran’s nuclear capabilities, and just two years ago simulated striking them in a military exercise. ‘Our strike will be powerful’Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant issued a strong warning to Iran about his country’s response on Wednesday.

Persons: CNN —, Israel, Joe Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu, Biden, Hassan Nasrallah, ”, “, Israel —, Yoav Gallant, ” Gallant, Jordan, Abbas Araghchi, Al, Netanyahu “, Araghchi, it’s, Ben Gurion, CNN’s Kayla Tausche, Dania Karni, Katie Bo Lillis Organizations: CNN, Israel, Wednesday, United Arab, US, Israel’s, Iran’s, Zionist Locations: Tehran, Israel, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar, Arab, Iran, Damascus, Gaza, Lebanon, Beirut, France, cyberattacks, Saudi Arabia, Jordanian, backchannels, Washington, Yom, Tel Aviv

☆ Nobel Peace Prize 2024 awarded to Japanese atomic bomb survivor organization Nihon Hidankyo
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-11 | by ( Sam Meredith | In Samuelmeredith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Japanese atomic bomb survivor organization Nihon Hidankyo won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in recognition of the organization's efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons. "Gradually, a powerful international norm developed, stigmatising the use of nuclear weapons as morally unacceptable. The Norwegian Nobel Committee said it had not been able to contact Nihon Hidankyo yet, but that "it hoped to do so very soon." The committee has previously sought to spotlight the issue of nuclear weapons, awarding the peace prize to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) in 2017. Winners of the Nobel Prize typically receive 11 million Swedish krona ($1.06 million), although multiple winners share the sum.

Persons: Kido Suechi, Nihon Hidankyo, Nihon, Alfred Nobel Organizations: Nuclear, Austrian, International Locations: Japan, Vienna, Austria, Norwegian, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Oslo, Norway, Swedish

☆ Iran is threatening to break its fragile truce with Saudi Arabia: reports
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-11 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Iran has threatened to attack Saudi oil sites if the Gulf state supports an Israeli attack. AdvertisementThe fragile truce between longtime regional rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia could unravel if Gulf states allow Israel to use their airspace to strike Iran. He reportedly told the officials that Iranian-backed militias in Iraq or the Houthi militia in Yemen could be deployed against Saudi Arabia. It named Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar, all of which host US military bases, as countries Iran has threatened with reprisals. GetyAn Iranian attack would likely upend the truce brokered between Iran and Saudi Arabia by China in 2023 that saw the longtime rivals establish diplomatic contacts.

Persons: Abbas Araghchi, —, Ali Shihabi, Jordan, Naftali Bennet, they'd, Mohammed bin Salman's, may've, hasn't, Brent, Vladimir Putin's Organizations: Iranian Foreign Affairs, Reuters, Service, Iran, Foreign, Saudi, Street, United Arab, Hamas, European Council for Foreign Relations, Opec Locations: Iran, Saudi, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Riyadh, Islamic Republic, Iraq, Yemen, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Lebanon, Syria, Gulf, Iranian, China, Ukraine

☆ Nobel Peace Prize 2024 won by Japan’s Nihon Hidankyo for efforts to rid world of nuclear weapons
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-11 | by ( Christian Edwards | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The survivors have dedicated their lives to trying to rid the world of nuclear weapons. Video Ad Feedback Watch the moment Nihon Hidankyo is awarded 2024 Nobel Peace Prize 01:54 - Source: CNNDan Smith, the director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), told CNN he was “delighted” that the Hibakusha had been awarded this year’s prize. “As the Soviet and US leaders Gorbachev and Reagan said in 1985, nuclear war can never be won and must never be fought. The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons won the award in 2017. Last month, Putin said Russia would revise its nuclear doctrine, potentially lowering the bar for Moscow’s use of nuclear weapons.

Persons: Nihon, “, ” Nihon, CNN Dan Smith, ”, Gorbachev, Reagan, ” Smith, Robert Lewis –, Enola Gay, Hiromichi Matsuda, Shigeru Ishiba, Kido, Lev Radin, Nihon Hidankyo, Alfred Nobel’s, Joseph Rotblat –, Jørgen Watne Frydnes, Israel – “, Vladimir Putin, Putin, Henrik Urdal, ” Urdal Organizations: CNN, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Soviet, Enola, Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum, Nihon, United Nations, UN Headquarters, Pacific Press, 141st, Nuclear Weapons, Science, World Affairs, Manhattan Project, Los Alamos Laboratory, ”, Peace Research Institute Locations: Japanese, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Norwegian, Oslo, Stockholm, United States, Laos, Russia, United Kingdom, France, China, India, Pakistan, North Korea, Israel, Ukraine, Russian, Germany, Peace Research Institute Oslo

☆ I toured the only nuclear missile submarine in the US open to the public. Take a look inside.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-11 | by ( Talia Lakritz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The USS Growler is the only nuclear missile submarine in the US that's open to the public. The submarine is now an attraction at the Intrepid Museum in New York City. AdvertisementThe USS Growler was once a top-secret US Navy submarine that patrolled the ocean's depths during the Cold War. Visitors don't just get to look at the USS Growler; they can actually climb inside and walk through its narrow confines on a self-guided tour. I visited the Intrepid Museum in May to tour the only nuclear missile submarine in the US open to the public.

Persons: —, Ken Calvert Organizations: USS, Intrepid Museum, Service, Navy, Israel Locations: Russia, New York City, Hudson, USS Georgia, Iran, Virginia

JPMorgan Chase CEO and Chairman Jamie Dimon speaks during the U.S. Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee oversight hearing on Wall Street firms, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 6, 2023. JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon sees risks climbing around the world amid widening conflicts in the Middle East and with Russia's invasion of Ukraine showing no signs of abating. "We have been closely monitoring the geopolitical situation for some time, and recent events show that conditions are treacherous and getting worse," Dimon said Friday in the bank's third-quarter earnings release. "It's ratcheting up, folks, and it takes really strong American leadership and western world leaders to do something about that," Dimon said. "While inflation is slowing and the U.S. economy remains resilient, several critical issues remain, including large fiscal deficits, infrastructure needs, restructuring of trade and remilitarization of the world," Dimon said.

Persons: Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase, Dimon, I've Organizations: JPMorgan Chase, U.S . Senate Banking, Housing, Urban Affairs, Wall, Capitol, JPMorgan, Georgetown University, Federal Reserve Locations: Washington , U.S, Ukraine, East, China, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Israel, Beirut, Lebanon, U.S

☆ Film on haenyeo, Korea's 'mermaids,' shows women who fight to preserve sea and sisterhood
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Kimmy Yam | Kimmy Yam Is A Reporter For Nbc Asian America. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

South Korea’s “haenyeo,” or women divers, say that they’ve become inseparable from their deep blue environment. The women are preserving a centuries-old tradition, which includes maintaining a sort of sisterhood, and are also vocal against issues like climate change and nuclear waste. Haenyeo divers of South Korea’s Jeju Island in “The Last of the Sea Women.” Hasisi Park / Apple TV+The women argue and bicker almost as much as they crack jokes together. A haenyeo diver of South Korea’s Jeju Island in “The Last of the Sea Women,” premiering October 11, 2024. We have to go to the sea,” Geum Ok, a haenyeo, says in the film.

Persons: Malala Yousafzai’s, ”, Hasisi, Yousafzai, ” Yousafzai, “, Jang, Duk, Sue Kim, ” Kim, Lee Hee, ” Jang, It’s Organizations: Apple, UNESCO Intangible, Human Rights Locations: Jeju, South, “, Switzerland, Japan

☆ Israel is trying to dismantle Hezbollah's leadership, but there's a big problem
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Mikhaila Friel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Israel has been targeting Hezbollah's leaders with a series of air strikes. Hezbollah's leadership crisis may lead to internal power struggles and strategic shifts. AdvertisementIsrael is continuing its relentless campaign to dismantle Hezbollah's leadership. Israel says it killed Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah in an airstrike on Beirut. As well as taking out Hezbollah's leadership with strikes in Lebanon and Gaza, Israel is also weighing up a counterattack against Iran after it launched a ballistic missile attack.

Persons: —, Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah's, Fu'ad, Ali Karaki, Ibrahim Aqeel, Hashem Safieddine, Israel, Chris McGrath, Benjamin Netanyahu, it's, Netanyahu, Mohammed Albasha, Albasha, Antony Loewenstein, KAWNAT HAJU, William F, Wechsler, Abbas al, Mireille Rebeiz, Nasrallah, Al, Ahmet Kaya Organizations: Service, Israel, Palestine, Sky News, Getty, Atlantic Council, Rafik Hariri Center and Middle, Islamic Jihad Organization, Middle East, Dickinson College, UK's National Institute of Economic, Social Research, CNN Locations: Israel, Syria's, Golan, Beirut, Chris McGrath Israeli, US, Lebanon, AFP, Rafik, Buenos Aires, Iran, Pennsylvania, Gaza

This article is part of the Opinion series At the Brink,about the threat of nuclear weapons in an unstable world. It follows a decades-long freeze on designing, building or testing new nuclear weapons. The new buildings and cutting-edge machinery will eventually process the uranium needed to make the next generation of American nuclear weapons. Now there are an estimated 12,000 nuclear weapons in the world. It is undeniably true that the world is becoming more contentious, and nuclear weapons do deter our adversaries.

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☆ North Korean army to completely sever road and rail lines to South Korea
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

North Korea’s Army said it will completely cut off roads and railways connected to South Korea starting from Wednesday, and fortify the areas on its side of the border, state media KCNA reported. North Korea had already been installing landmines and barriers and creating wasteland along the heavily militarized border for months this year despite accidents, South Korea’s military said in July. South Korea’s defense ministry said in a statement that the United Nations Command (UNC) has been notified of the matter, but declined to give specifics. South Korea is in close communication and cooperation with UNC concerning North Korea’s announcement, the ministry added. KCNA also did not mention any law change to designate South Korea as a “primary foe” or similar wording, or any clarification of its borders, amid the continued tense relationship between the neighbors.

Persons: KCNA, Kim Jong Un, ” Organizations: Korea’s Army, General Staff, Korean People’s Army, U.S, United Nations Command, UNC, North, Assembly Locations: South Korea, Korea, South, U.S, North Korea, Pyongyang

Seoul, South Korea CNN —North Korea’s army said it will take the “substantial military step” of completely cutting off its territory from South Korea on Wednesday, after months of fortifying its heavily armed border. Since January, Pyongyang has fortified its border defenses, laying land mines, building anti-tank traps and removing railway infrastructure, according to the South Korean military. Over the past year, a US aircraft carrier, amphibious assault ships, long-range bombers and submarines have visited South Korea, drawing angry rebukes from Pyongyang. “North Korea’s threats, both real and rhetorical, reflect the regime survival strategy of a hereditary dictatorship.”North and South Korea have been separated since the Korean War ended in 1953 with an armistice agreement. In January, Kim said North Korea would no longer seek reconciliation and reunification with South Korea, calling inter-Korean relations “a relationship between two hostile countries and two belligerents at war,” KCNA reported at the time.

Persons: Kim Jong, Kim, ”, Hong Min, ” Hong, Yoon Suk Yeol, Leif, Eric Easley, “ Kim Jong Un, ” Easley, ” KCNA Organizations: South Korea CNN, North, South, DPRK, Staff, Korean People’s Army, Democratic People’s, South Korean, General Staff, US, Korea’s, Chiefs, Korea Institute for National Unification, CNN, Inter, Korean, Armed Forces, Ewha Womans University, North Korean, United Nations Command Locations: Seoul, South Korea, North Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Pyongyang, Hong, Russia, West

☆ Biden held ‘direct,’ 30-minute call with Netanyahu, White House says
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( Kevin Liptak | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Biden has grown frustrated that Netanyahu appears to brush off his advice and recommendations, and to publicly reject his attempts at lowering regional temperatures. Biden last week made clear he expected to speak with Netanyahu ahead of any potential reprisal against Iran for its missile onslaught. Still, she acknowledged the significance of the conversation, the first between Biden and Netanyahu since August 21. Still, Biden was insistent that he speak to Netanyahu ahead of Israel’s next steps, believing it important to convey his views directly. The White House, which has declined to comment on those reports, has insisted the two men maintain a functional relationship.

Persons: Joe Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s, “, Karine Jean, Pierre, Biden, Netanyahu, Donald Trump, Biden’s, Biden “, ”, unstick, Kamala Harris, Dana Bash, Hurricane Milton, Simon Harris, Still, Bob Woodward, ” Jean, Pierre said Organizations: CNN, Wednesday, ”, Hurricane Locations: Iranian, Lebanon, Iran, Israel, Beirut, ”, Gaza, New York, Gaza . Irish, Washington, Ireland, Israel’s

☆ When Harlem Was ‘as Gay as It Was Black’
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( Derrick Bryson Taylor | Scott Reinhard | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +30 min

Two Black men, in tuxedos, clasp hands and dance in a smoky foreground in a scene from "Looking for Langston," the 1989 film that reevaluated gay and lesbian contributions to the Harlem Renaissance. When Harlem Was ‘as Gay as It Was Black’ Mapping the people, homes and hot spots that transformed the neighborhood during its Renaissance. A map of Harlem with a location labeled “Ma Rainey at the Lincoln Theater” near 135th Street and Lenox Avenue. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty ImagesMap with location labeled “Bessie Smith at Hotel Olga” in the northernmost part of Harlem. was often called the living room of the Harlem Renaissance, and over the years provided a safe and affordable space for Black artists, writers and thinkers.

Persons: Langston, Henry Louis Gates Jr, Nicholas Park, Clare Corbould, ”, Ma Rainey’s, Ma Rainey, ” Ma Rainey, “, ” Donaldson, Gladys Bentley, Gladys Bentley West, Gladys Bentley West 133rd Street Gladys Bentley, Bentley, Michael Ochs, Bessie Smith, Hotel Olga ”, Bessie Smith Lenox, Lillian Simpson, Emma Chen, ” Smith, Porter Grainger, Everett Robbins, Ain’t, Jimmie Daniels ”, Jimmie Daniels, Daniels, Ethel Waters, Nicholas Avenue, Nicholas, Ethel Williams, Waters, ” Everett, Edna Thomas ”, Edna Thomas, Lloyd Thomas, Olivia Wyndham, Thomas, Wyndham, Georgette Harvey ”, Georgette Harvey, Maria, Porgy ”, Porgy, Bess, Musa Williams, Billy Rose, Hunter ”, Alberta Hunter, Lottie Tyler, Bert Williams, ’, ” Michael Ochs, Lindy Hop, Shane Vogel, Vogel, Jerome Robbins, James F, Wilson, Duke Ellington, Josephine Baker, Heather Nickels, Harry, Nickels, “ SAVOY, George Karger, Alain Locke, Countee Cullen, Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, Langston Hughes, Olga ”, Olga Lenox, Edward H, Olga, Victor Hugo Green’s “, Bill “ BoJangles ” Robinson, Robert W Kelley, Alain Locke Washington, ” Alain Locke, Locke —, —, Nella Larsen ”, Nella Larsen, Street Nella Larsen, Larsen, Octavio González, Audre Lorde, Hughes, ” Arnold Rampersad, Countee Cullen ”, Harold Jackman, Cullen, Richard Bruce Nugent ”, Richard Bruce Nugent, Thurman, Jade ”, González, Nugent, ” Carl Van Vechten, Carl Van Vechten, Street Carl Van Vechten, Harold Jackman ”, ” Harold Jackman, Jackman, Maurice Hunter ”, Maurice Hunter, Corbould, Claude McKay ”, Claude McKay, West 142nd Street Claude McKay, Alexander Gumby, A’Leila Walker, A’Lelia Walker, Madame C.J, Walker, “ Wallace Thurman ”, Wallace Thurman, Zora Neale Hurston, Gwendolyn Bennett, Sydney ”, Sydney, Iolanthe Sydney, Du Bois, Thurgood Marshall, Robert “ Bobby ” Winchester, Horace Hicks, Isaac Julien, Mr, Julien Organizations: Harlem Renaissance, Harlem, The New, Black, Greenwich, Harvard, Central, Deakin University, Ma Rainey’s Georgia Jazz, Jazz, Lincoln, Lenox, Lincoln Theater, Street, Gladys Bentley West 133rd Street, New York Times, Michael Ochs Archives, Hotel Olga, Blues, Hotel, Lesbian, Blues Women, Communities, West, of Congress, Music Division, Federal, St, Library of Congress, Guild Theatre, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public, 138th Street, Alberta Hunter, West 138th, ” Michael Ochs Archives, Getty, Savoy, African American Studies, Yale University, Cabaret, 155th Street, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, 131st, CUNY, Hulton, West 133rd, 133rd, Avenues, Cotton, 142nd, Cotton Club 142nd Street, U.S, Swing, 141st, Ballroom, Blacks, 125th, 135th, Harlem Y.M.C.A, Harlem Branch, Columbia University, Lafayette Theater, Lafayette Players, Washington D.C, Wellesley College, 127th, Mount Morris Park, East 127th, 136th, The New York Public Library, Bettmann, Everett, 134th Street, Eighth, West 142nd, West 142nd Street, Cabaret School, Yale, American, Library, 136th Street, “ Infants, Columbia, Harlem’s Locations: tuxedos, Manhattan, Harlem, Central, Rockland, New York, St, Australia, Ma Rainey’s Georgia, Philadelphia, Colonial, British, Alberta, ”, —, Hamilton Lodge, Lenox, Seventh, Morris, Lafayette, Washington, Eighth, Mount Morris, Lenox Avenue, United States, Midtown, Black, Sugar

☆ Israel has not briefed U.S. military officials on its plans for retaliation against Iran, U.S. officials say
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-08 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Courtney-Kube-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Courtney Kube | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

After Iran launched approximately 200 ballistic missiles at Israel last week, U.S. military officials discussed options for joining Israel in its retaliation against Iran, according to two U.S. officials familiar with the discussions. The U.S. has long supported Israel with intelligence and that support could continue during Israel’s retaliatory strikes against Iran, the two officials said. Senior U.S. military officials have also discussed conducting very limited strikes against Iranian targets, the two officials said. Strikes inside Iran have been discussed, as have strikes on targets outside Iran, though strikes of any kind are less likely than intelligence sharing, the officials said. And U.S. officials say Israel has made it clear that it is not ruling out a response during the Yom Kippur holiday this week.

Persons: Lloyd Austin, Yoav Gallant, Israel, Gallant, Austin, Hassan Nasrallah, Benjamin Netanyahu, Washington . Austin, Nasrallah, Pat Ryder, ” Ryder, “ We’ve, …, Michael “ Erik ” Kurilla Organizations: Defense, Israeli, U.S, Austin, Israel, Senior U.S, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Iran, Pentagon, United Nations General Assembly, “, ” Senior U.S, U.S . Central Command Locations: United States, Iran, Washington, Israel, U.S, Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Beirut, New York, Washington .

☆ North Korea's Kim Jong Un wants to speed up becoming a nuclear superpower
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-08 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country will speed up steps toward becoming a military superpower with nuclear weapons and would not rule out using them if it came under enemy attack, state news agency KCNA reported Tuesday. This does not preclude the use of nuclear weapons.”“Our footsteps towards becoming a military superpower and a nuclear power will accelerate,” he added. North Korea has for decades pursued a nuclear weapons program and is believed to have enough fissile materials to build dozens of the weapons. It has conducted six underground nuclear detonation tests. Last week, South Korea marked an annual armed forces day with a large military parade showcasing a ballistic missile capable of carrying a massive warhead and featuring a flypast of a U.S. strategic bomber.

Persons: Kim Jong Un, KCNA, Kim, Yoon Suk, “ Yoon Suk Yeol, ” KCNA, ”, Kim Jong Organizations: South, Republic, U.S, Kim Jong Un National Defense University Locations: Seoul, colluding, Washington, South Korea, North Korea, U.S

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