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☆ Two killed as walkway collapses at Italy’s notorious ‘Gomorrah’ slum
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Barbie Latza Nadeau | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Rome CNN —Two people were killed and at least 13 injured Tuesday when an elevated walkway collapsed in a condemned Italian slum notorious for its links to organized criminal groups. The Italian Fire Brigade said a 29-year-old man and a 35-year-old woman were killed in the collapse at the Le Vele housing slum in the Neapolitan suburb of Scampia. More than 800 people were living as squatters in the apartment complex at the time, including 300 children, according to the fire brigade. The housing complex, built in the 1970s and 1980s, originally consisted of four apartment buildings shaped like sails (“vele”) joined by elevated walkways. After the order to clear the complex in 2020, the local municipality launched a redevelopment project to house those still living at La Vele.

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☆ A look at Spotify’s chart after its post-earnings jump — and where it can go from here
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Todd Gordon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

This reaction is especially encouraging, as it's happening during a tumultuous market environment with lots of geopolitical and domestic political uncertainty. Looking at Spotify, we own it in our growth portfolio at Inside Edge Capital, first adding the position in February 2023. Judging by this post-earnings reaction, I see the stock moving above $400 in coming months. -Todd Gordon, Founder of Inside Edge Capital, LLC DISCLOSURES: Gordon owns SPOT personally and in his wealth management company Inside Edge Capital. BEFORE MAKING ANY FINANCIAL DECISIONS, YOU SHOULD STRONGLY CONSIDER SEEKING ADVICE FROM YOUR OWN FINANCIAL OR INVESTMENT ADVISOR.

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☆ Warner Bros. Discovery notifies NBA it will match Amazon’s $1.8 billion offer to carry league games
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Liam Reilly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

A person familiar with the matter confirmed WBD’s matching offer Monday was for Amazon’s bid, which includes regular season and playoff games. It’s unclear if the NBA will accept or reject WBD’s offer, which the league intended for a streaming partner. The showdown over the NBA rights comes as legacy media companies struggle to retain audiences, with viewers opting to leave cable bundles behind in favor of cheaper, on-demand content. The cable channel TNT has built a programming slate around the NBA games, most notably the highly rated “Inside the NBA” show featuring Barkley, Ernie Johnson, Kenny Smith and Shaquille O’Neal. Asked last week about the fate of WBD’s broadcast rights, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver told reporters, “I don’t know yet.”“Much of it is outside my control,” he added.

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☆ Croatia: Assailant kills five people at care home for the elderly, media reports say
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Story Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Zagreb, Croatia AP —An assailant entered an elderly care home on Monday in central Croatia, killing and wounding several people, Croatian police said. Media reports said five people were killed. The Index news portal said five people died immediately, while others were still receiving medical assistance. The suspect fled the scene, but the police soon caught him in a cafe near the facility in the town of Daruvar, the report said. Police said they were informed after 10 a.m. Monday that a man using firearms killed and wounded several people at the nursing home.

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☆ A 'Trump trade' hedge using options
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Michael Khouw | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The reason this matters to investors is the so-called Trump trade. The stock market did very well following former President Donald Trump's victory over Hillary Clinton in November 2016, but smaller businesses, in particular, were beneficiaries. When we listen to some of the policy ideas that Trump has discussed, such as measures intended to protect smaller U.S.-based businesses, companies in the small-cap Russell 2000 index stand to benefit. Since the June 27 debate, the Russell 2000 has outperformed the S & P 500 by more than 6 percentage points. So, investors must acknowledge that if Trump's path to victory against Harris or a potential unknown pinch-hitter is less certain, then uncertainty must, by extension, apply to the Trump trade.

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☆ This health-care stock just broke out higher and shows little signs of slowing down, according to charts
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Katie Stockton | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

During earnings season, we can gain value from the charts by judging how stocks react to their reports. We are especially mindful of support and resistance levels, watching for breakouts and breakdowns as technical catalysts. This supports upside follow-through for IQV in the weeks ahead towards resistance from a Fibonacci retracement level near $258. We ultimately expect the stock to retest final resistance, near $285, with a long-term time horizon. Long-term support on the chart is defined by the weekly cloud model, which rises to roughly $215 next month.

Persons: Katie Stockton, Will Tamplin Organizations: IQVIA Holdings, IQV, CNBC, NBC UNIVERSAL Locations: IQV

☆ China’s summer of devastating floods shows steep challenge as it grapples with extreme weather
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Simone Mccarthy | Joyce Jiang | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Villagers clean rubbish after torrential rains caused flooding in Meizhou, Guangdong province of China on June 19. John Ricky/Anadolu/Getty ImagesA man drives through a muddy street in the aftermath of flooding from heavy storms in Meizhou, Guangdong province last month. “All my hard work for a year has come to nothing.”A road is flooded following heavy rainfall in Jiangxi province on July 4. China’s government has mounted a top-down effort to revamp how the country responds to extreme weather in recent years after 2021 floods in Henan’s Zhengzhou killed more than 300 people. But there have been past issues of misappropriation of state recovery funds, for example following the deadly 2021 floods in Zhengzhou.

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☆ Ballet-inspired double skyscraper design tricks the eye
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Jacqui Palumbo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

These were two of the visual cues for Bond Tower, a 50-story residential building and hotel that seems to trick the eye. Designed by Portuguese architecture firm OODA, the skyscraper will feature two connected structures that gently separate before rejoining one other, giving it a warped effect. Bond Tower was designed by the firm OODA, which has three more projects underway in the city. This month, OODA will break ground on a greenery filled residential tower called Hora Vertikale that was designed as a “vertical village,” according to the firm. On the avenue where Bond Tower will rise, Brito expects that OODA’s design will soon be joined by other high-rise companions.

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☆ Biniam Girmay: The Black African cyclist making history wherever he rides
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Biniam Girmay made history at this year’s Tour de France and the Eritrean cyclist wants to use his success to inspire others to follow his path. The Intermarche-Wanty rider, who previously became the first Black African to win a stage at the Giro d’Italia, now wants other Black riders to excel in the sport. “I’m convinced that my compatriots will be happy to hear that my future is intertwined with the team who gave me the opportunity to write important pages of African cycling history,” he said after signing his long-term contract. Only two other African riders, Robbie Hunter and Daryl Impey of South Africa, both White, had previously won stages at the Tour de France, per Reuters. Winning today is unbelievable.”He has since gone on to claim victories in Stages 8 and 12, achievements he hope will blaze a trail for the next generation of young Black riders to follow.

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☆ Israeli jets strike Houthi targets in Yemen after Tel Aviv attack
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

A giant fire erupts at an oil storage facility following Israeli strikes in Yemen's Houthi-held port city of Hodeida on July 20, 2024. Israeli warplanes struck the Houthi-controlled Yemeni port of Hodeida on July 20, a day after a drone attack by the Houthi rebels killed a civilian in Tel Aviv, both sides said. Israeli fighter jets struck Houthi military targets near Yemen's Hodeidah port on Saturday, killing at least three people and wounding 87, a day after a drone launched by the Iranian-backed group hit Israeli economic hub Tel Aviv. Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said the Houthis "will not hesitate to strike vital targets of the Israeli enemy." On Friday, a long-range Iranian-made drone launched from Yemen hit the center of Tel Aviv in an attack claimed by the Houthis, killing one man and wounding four others.

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Instead, Biden’s campaign unraveled over the course of the next 24 days. It’s a high-risk, high-reward gamble for Democrats, resetting a campaign Biden was losing with a new nominee just 107 days before the election. Dunn and her husband, Bob Bauer, were among Biden’s debate prep team and had faced the ire of the president’s family in the aftermath of the debate. Several news outlets, including CNN, reported that Pelosi and former President Barack Obama had privately expressed concerns about the future of Biden’s campaign. That same day, ABC News reported that Schumer told Biden in their Saturday meeting that it would be best if he bowed out of the presidential race.

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☆ 27-year-old 'House of Dragon' star couldn't afford drama school, but was determined to break into the industry 'by hook or by crook'
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Nicolas Vega | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

As a child growing up in the U.K., Mitchell always knew he wanted to be an actor. But because his family couldn't afford to send him to drama school, he instead worked "part-time at a restaurant and in customer service at a local soccer club" and attended vocational school to study design and technology. His second try proved more successful and the experience in the drama group helped him score a part in 2015's short film "Fire". Without formal drama school training, Mitchell looks at every project he gets as an "opportunity" to improve his process. Plus, sign up for CNBC Make It's newsletter to get tips and tricks for success at work, with money and in life.

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☆ Biden just made the hardest decision any politician can make
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —President Joe Biden ran for reelection to save democracy. “It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your President,” Biden said in a letter he posted to X on Sunday afternoon. His struggles validated concerns of majorities of voters that he would be too old for a second term that would have ended when he is 86. But in the end, Biden could not find a way to make voters unsee the poignant picture of an 81-year-old commander in chief who appeared to have seriously declined and was stumbling in the debate. Years earlier, in March 1952, Harry S. Truman, another Democratic president, had decided not to seek his own second term.

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☆ Behind Bangladesh Protests, Rage Over Inequality
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Anupreeta Das | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The video, taken this month, shows a Bangladeshi protester wearing a black T-shirt and standing on one side of an empty street. His arms are outstretched, and he is holding a stick in one hand. Across the street stand several policemen, wearing bulletproof vests and helmets and pointing their guns at him. Late on Friday, the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina declared a nationwide curfew and brought the army in to quell the protests. On Saturday alone, the police reported that 12 people had died.

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☆ Copa América 2024: Federal class action lawsuit seeks refunds on behalf of ticketed fans who weren’t allowed into final
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-20 | by ( Denise Royal | Carlos Suarez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

“Hard Rock Stadium was responsible for implementing the security plans negotiated with CONMEBOL and CONCACAF and implementing protocols designed for fan safety. Hard Rock Stadium hired BEST security for additional assistance,” the complaint states. The class would consist of people who purchased tickets but were not allowed to watch the match in the stadium. Fans try to enter the stadium amid disturbances prior to the CONMEBOL Copa America 2024 Final match between Argentina and Colombia at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida on July 14, 2024. Hard Rock Stadium and CONMEBOL told CNN separately that they cannot comment on litigation.

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☆ Cyprus marks 50 years of division with Greeks grieving, Turks celebrating
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-20 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Turkish military helicopters fly over the military parade in the Turkish-occupied area of Nicosia on Saturday. Petros Karadjias/APPeace talks are now stalled at two seemingly irreconcilable concepts - Greek Cypriots want reunification as a federation. Turkish Cypriots want a two-state settlement. In Turkey, state television focused on violence against Turkish Cypriots prior to the invasion, particularly on bloodshed in 1963-64 and in 1967. Turkey’s invasion took more than a third of the island and expelled more than 160,000 Greek Cypriots to the south.

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☆ The CrowdStrike outage affected less than 1% of Windows machines, but it was enough to send the world into chaos
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-20 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

A worldwide IT outage caused by a CrowdStrike update disrupted air travel, banking, and TV. Microsoft estimated that 8.5 million machines using Windows software were affected. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementA worldwide IT outage on Friday caused by an update issued by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike resulted in widespread disruptions to air travel, banking services, and even television broadcasts. Microsoft announced Saturday that the outage affected less than 1% — or about 8.5 million — machines using Windows software worldwide.

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☆ Bangladesh army enforces curfew as students-led protests spiral
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-20 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Bangladesh students vowed on July 18 to continue nationwide protests against civil service hiring rules, rebuffing an olive branch from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina who pledged justice for seven killed in the demonstrations. Bangladesh soldiers patrolled the deserted streets of the capital Dhaka on Saturday during a curfew meant to quell deadly students-led protests against government job quotas that have killed at least 105 people this week. In addition to the deaths, the clashes have injured thousands, according to data from hospitals across Bangladesh. With the death toll climbing and police unable to contain the protests, Hasina's government imposed the national curfew and deployed the military. Those venturing out on the streets had their identification cards inspected by army personnel at different check points, TV footage showed.

Persons: Sheikh Hasina, Hasina, Tarique Rahman, Nahid Islam Organizations: Overseas, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Supreme, AFP, Bangladesh Nationalist Party . Police Locations: Dhaka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Narsingdi, Spain, Brazil

☆ Opinion | How Trump Sabotaged His Own Apotheosis
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-20 | by ( Ross Douthat | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The six days that carried Donald Trump from the stage in Butler, Pa., to the rostrum at the Republican National Convention seemed at times like the buildup to a moment of total political domination, an apotheosis for the Republican nominee and confusion and defeat for his opponents. The image of Trump rising, alive and fighting and undaunted, under the red, white and blue. The cohesive and enthusiastic Republican convention that followed, complete with the anointing of a youthful vice president and heir apparent, all in contrast to the spectacle of a Democratic Party trying desperately to jettison its senescent standard-bearer. The promises of a conciliatory and unifying acceptance speech, finally delivering the “presidential” Trump that Republicans have strained to see these last eight years. For the first nearly 20 minutes of the speech, as Trump walked the audience through the experience of surviving an assassin’s bullet, the apotheosis seemed to be on track.

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☆ Rucking is a buzzy fitness trend so I tried it. I'm fit and loved how efficiently it turned my daily walk into a challenging workout.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-20 | by ( Rachel Hosie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Rucking appealed to me because it seemed like a simple way to make my daily lunchtime walks more efficient. That said, it doesn't look like a normal backpack, so I did get a few strange looks as I strolled around the rural village where I live on a weekday lunchtime. It felt very different from carrying a normal backpack, too, likely due to the weight and its positioning. AdvertisementI also learned that the ruck isn't something I will just always throw on when going for my daily walk. It ended up being a great workout, and definitely left me with aching muscles the next day.

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☆ Journalist told to pay Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni $5,400 for Tweet mocking her height
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Rome Reuters —A Milan court has ordered a journalist to pay Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni damages of €5,000 (around $5,400) for making fun of her in a social media post, news agency ANSA and other local media reported. I can’t even see you.”Meloni’s height is given as between 1.58 meters (5 feet 2 inches) and 1.63 meters (5 feet 4 inches) on various media websites. Cortese can appeal against the sentence, and Meloni’s lawyer said the prime minister would donate to charity any damages she eventually receives. Writing in English on X on Thursday, Cortese said it was a tough time for independent journalists in Italy. Last year, a Rome court fined best-selling author Roberto Saviano €1,000 ($1,088) plus legal expenses after he insulted her on television in 2021 over her hardline stance on illegal immigration.

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☆ The Protests in Bangladesh
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( The New York Times | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

For days, university students in Bangladesh have been locked in deadly clashes with the police and supporters of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s party, in which at least 17 people have been killed and more than 1,000 injured. Students have been demonstrating against a quota system for government jobs, which they consider unfair. On Thursday, protesters set fire to at least two government buildings in Dhaka, the capital, including Bangladesh’s national television station. Ms. Hasina’s government has deployed the police and paramilitary forces, including an antiterrorism unit, against the demonstrators. Students, armed mainly with sticks and bats, have fought the police and members of the student wing of the Awami League, Ms. Hasina’s party.

Persons: Sheikh Hasina’s Organizations: Bangladesh’s, Awami League Locations: Bangladesh, Dhaka

☆ Committing to the Bit, and Each Other
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( Kaitlin Menza | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It began with an Instagram comment. (They now include fashion from the sequel “And Just Like That”.) They assumed very few of those followers would be heterosexual men. One such follower was Timothy Paul Glover, 34, who goes by his middle name, a graphic designer and founder of the design firm Bookplate Studio. Appreciating his comment, Ms. Fairless encouraged Ms. Garroni, who happened to be single and looking at the time, to message him directly.

Persons: Lauren Cassandra Garroni, Chelsea Fairless, —, Ms, Fairless, “, ”, Garroni, Timothy Paul Glover, Steve, Aiden, Harry Organizations: City, Parsons School of Design, Bookplate Locations: New York, Los Angeles

☆ Carol Burnett shares time capsule tribute to Bob Newhart
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( Dan Heching | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Sid Avery/MPTV/Reuters Newhart poses as an addled accountant at an adding machine for a promotional photo of "The Bob Newhart Show." Allan Grant/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images Newhart appears in a supermarket sketch during an episode of "The Bob Newhart Show" in 1961. Herb Ball/NBCU Photo Bank/Getty Images Newhart performs on the set of "The Bob Newhart Show." CBS/Getty Images Newhart counsels a clown about his problems in a 1972 episode of "The Bob Newhart Show." Walt Disney Television/Getty Images Newhart takes direction from Dick Martin, right, during a scene for "The Bob Newhart Show" in 1977.

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