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☆ China’s coast guard has triggered ‘panic’ in Taiwan. That’s only part of Beijing’s plan
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Nectar Gan | Wayne Chang | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

“It’s super scary,” a passenger told Taiwan’s United Daily News in a video upon returning to shore under the escort of a Taiwanese coast guard ship on Monday. “(The Chinese coast guard) chose a tourist vessel because it’s high profile – you would expect lots of people on the boat with cameras and phones,” he said. The stakes are high, as the increased presence and closer proximity of Chinese and Taiwanese coast guard vessels raise the specter of miscalculations that could potentially spiral into open conflict. Speaking to reporters about the inspection by the Chinese coast guard, Taiwan’s Defense Minister Chiu Kuo-kcheng highlighted such risks, saying the defense ministry is “very concerned” about potential miscalculations. Taiwan's coast guard inspects a vessel that capsized during a chase off the coast of Kinmen on February 14, 2024.

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☆ ‘Poor Things,’ the Weird Movie, Was a Weird Novel First
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( A.J. Goldmann | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Hot air balloons soar above the Mediterranean. Aerial streetcars fly along ropes suspended above the alleys of a candy-colored Lisbon. Pastel green smoke billows into the night sky from the funnels of a cruise ship. And it may not even be his most eccentric book. A prolific writer and visual artist who died at 85 in 2019, Gray wrote five other novels, two novellas, 89 short stories and a version of Dante’s Divine Comedy (“Decorated and Englished in Prosaic Verse”).

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☆ Our kids live in the family home and my ex-husband and I take turns staying there. Here are our tips to make 'bird nesting' work.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Cordelia Newlin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

"Bird nesting" is when children stay in the family home post-divorce, and parents move in and out. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . The split needs to be amicable for nesting to workIt is unlikely that a nesting arrangement will work if the separation is acrimonious. Successful nesting requires open lines of communication between parents, particularly during the first year as you work out the unexpected. Having a written agenda allowed us to save and track issues as they emerged, so we only needed to use Messenger for urgent matters.

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☆ These stocks are a way for regular investors to buy the private credit boom, Morgan Stanley says
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-20 | by ( Jesse Pound | In Jesse-Pound | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Private credit firms can help companies raise money more quickly and with more flexibility than traditional lenders. Many everyday investors can't buy into big private credit funds, but they can get exposure to the space through the stocks of some of the biggest private lenders. Hamilton still sees upside in buying private credit firms, especially one stock. "Our credit and insurance teams had a remarkable year in 2023, with gross returns of 16.4% in the private credit strategies and 13% in liquid credit. There are also private credit firms that trade outside of the U.S., for investors who are able to buy stocks in foreign markets.

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☆ Apple's freshest design might just be this puffy space-age carrying case
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-19 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewApple products appear to be sporting a new aesthetic with its case for the Vision Pro. The Apple Vision Pro travel case is a white, bulbous pouch designed to protect the $3,500 mixed reality headset when carried on the go. Product reviewers say the $200 Apple Vision Pro travel case sports a different look than Apple's typical accessories. Despite the concerns, reviewers agree that the case fits their Vision Pro headsets and accessories well. "I just bought a $200 camping pillow to put my Vision Pro inside,"he said.

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☆ My mom had me when she was 40. It created a uniquely honest bond between us.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-19 | by ( Muriel Steinke | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

My mom had me when she was 40 years old. I've never thought of her as an old mom despite me being a geriatric pregnancy. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementBy the time I was born, my mom was a fully formed adult, complete with a prefrontal cortex and a closet full of skirt suits. By allowing me to see all sides of her personhood, she raised me to be a good adult rather than just a good kid.

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☆ JW Anderson offers a twist on the nosy neighbor
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-19 | by ( Fiona Sinclair Scott | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

London CNN —Next season’s style brief is to channel your gray-haired nosy neighbor, according to designer Jonathan Anderson. Moments after unveiling his latest collection for his label JW Anderson on Sunday, during London Fashion Week, Anderson told a huddle of journalists that he was interested in the rise of nostalgia as he thought about women “doing the washing in their neighbor’s garden.”A model walks the runway at the JW Anderson show during London Fashion Week. Eamonn M. McCormack/Getty ImagesBut the Northern Irish designer’s interpretation of this quintessentially British scene was devoid of the frump you might expect from a 1950s housewife. Salt and pepper permed wigs were paired with a striking red lip. Hair stylist Anthony Turner worked with the brand on the wigs worn by some of the models in the show.

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☆ Marilynne Robinson Considers Biden a Gift of God
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-18 | by ( David Marchese | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +9 min

Mamadi Doumbouya for The New York Times Talk Marilynne Robinson Considers Biden a Gift of GodFor years, I had a secondhand paperback copy of Marilynne Robinson’s 1980 novel, “Housekeeping,” on my bookshelf that I never got around to reading. I think that’s true. Well, I have to say I’m very surprised, shocked, disillusioned perhaps by the turn that things have taken in this country in the last decade or so. Genesis has a lot to do with the way people who claim to be religious understand the nature of God. Marilynne Robinson receiving the National Humanities Medal from President Barack Obama in 2013.

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☆ Opinion: Alexey Navalny, one man who stood up to a dictatorship
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-18 | by ( Richard Galant | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +18 min

We’re looking back at the strongest, smartest opinion takes of the week from CNN and other outlets. “In his courageous and too short life,” wrote Russia scholar Daniel Treisman, “Navalny became a symbol of hope for the younger generations of his compatriots. “He never gave up on the prospect of what he called ‘the beautiful Russia of the future,’” Treisman noted. “For a ‘beautiful Russia of the future’ to emerge in coming years, Putin must lose the war he started. Navalny understood this.”“Navalny’s death represents the extinguishing of all hope for Russia’s turnaround,” wrote Sasha Vasilyuk.

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☆ Trump Comments Show Europe Must Spend More on Defence, Latvia Says
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-17 | by ( Feb. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

Trump sparked fierce criticism from top Western officials for saying that, as U.S. president, he had told an unnamed leader he would not protect countries that failed to meet NATO defence spending targets, and would even encourage Russia to attack them. "Many presidents have been saying for many years that in Europe, we - being a generally wealthy society - should invest more in our own defence," Karins said as he walked between events at the annual Munich Security Conference on Friday. Karins said part of Europe's response should be to continue to spend more on defence - a trend fuelled by Russia's seizure of Crimea in 2014 and full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Karins said Europe would still need the structures and coordination provided by the U.S.-led North Atlantic Treaty Organization for its forces to operate effectively together, as Europe was not a country with a single army. "We will still need NATO to help coordinate us."

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☆ Last Chance Lake: A ‘soda lake’ in North America could point to the origin of life on Earth
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-17 | by ( Ayurella Horn-Muller | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Last Chance LakeLast Chance Lake is no more than 1 foot deep. Haas displays a piece of dry-season lake crust taken from Last Chance Lake in September 2022. Last Chance Lake isn’t 4 billion years old — in fact, it’s estimated to have been around less than 10,000 years. Past studies suggest a primordial version of the soda lake may very well have included the substance. “Understanding how life originated on Earth has this importance for our search for life outside of Earth,” Haas told CNN.

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☆ I lived in California for 26 years but am moving to Texas because all the rules and regulations made it tough to run my business
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-17 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

California has served me well and the industry has certainly served me well, but it's just, wow. California has too many rules and regulations for businessesIn California, there are so many rules and regulations that change constantly. They're going to go down to those making $50,000, $40,000, $30,000. Jeffrey VonderHaarIn Texas, we got a large home with wide open spacesI've been doing business in Texas since 2016. Moving to Texas is disrupting in terms of my business because now I'm going to have to have a second front.

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☆ NFL season recap: Record viewing numbers, Taylor Swift and a new dynasty
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-17 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

CNN —With its bright lights, big names and halftime shows, the Super Bowl has always been the biggest sporting ticket in the US. Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes holds the Lombardi Trophy after the Chiefs won Super Bowl LVIII on Sunday, February 11. Steph Chambers/Getty Images Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce kisses his girlfriend, singer Taylor Swift, during the postgame celebrations. This was just the second Super Bowl in history to go to overtime. Swift, Ice Spice, Blake Lively and others were in attendance for Super Bowl LVIII.

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In exchange for executing the deed, Trump "paid significantly lower property taxes on Mar-a-Lago," Engoron said. REUTERS/Marco BelloOn the witness stand in November, mid-way through his three-month civil fraud trial, Trump obsessed over the valuation of Mar-a-Lago. Under oath, Trump griped that Mar-a-Lago was worth at least $1 billion and called the judge a "fraud" for not agreeing to that valuation. Advertisement"The fraud is on the court when you rule that Mar-a-Lago is worth $18 million," Trump said on the witness stand in November. In the trial, Trump switched back to claiming Mar-a-Lago was worth much more.

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☆ To Save San Francisco, a Democrat Wants to Scrap Environmental Reviews
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-16 | by ( Heather Knight | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Not long ago, it would have sounded preposterous: A San Francisco Democrat asking to peel back California’s treasured environmental protections in the heart of the city. It would have been like painting the Golden Gate Bridge gray or cheering on the Los Angeles Dodgers. It just would not have flown. But as California grows more desperate for housing and San Francisco struggles to revive its city core, State Senator Scott Wiener says one thing must go: environmental review. Mr. Wiener on Friday will propose one of the broadest rollbacks of the once-vaunted California Environmental Quality Act by asking the state legislature to allow most projects in downtown San Francisco to bypass the law for the next decade.

Persons: Scott Wiener, Wiener Organizations: San Francisco Democrat, Los Angeles Dodgers Locations: California, San Francisco

☆ Beyoncé approves of cowboycore
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-16 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Completing her look were a pair of aviator-style shades, an embellished head scarf and a stone-colored cowboy hat. In fact, Beyoncé hasn’t been without a cowboy hat in nearly two weeks. On TikTok #cowboycore has 11.4 million views and counting, where users video themselves styling a wide-brimmed rancher cap or, as in one video, pairing vintage leather chaps with a belted trench coat. Cowboy boots, for one, were plucked from their country context and thrust onto the urban streets of metropolitan cities years ago. The embroidered leather boots have been a mainstay of the style set ever since, transcending over the years from a subversive statement piece to something more timeless.

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☆ Belgian PM Backs EU Bonds to Boost Defence Spending
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-16 | by ( Feb. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +4 min

By Andrew GrayBRUSSELS (Reuters) - Joint European Union borrowing could help fund higher defence spending but governments would still have to make tough political choices to sustain it, Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said. To succeed, proponents will need to convince those traditionally sceptical of EU joint borrowing such as Germany, the Netherlands and Nordic nations. European defence spending has been on an upward curve since Russia first invaded Ukraine and seized Crimea in 2014. NATO said on Wednesday it expected defence spending by its European members would grow by $33 billion this year to $380 billion. Last year, NATO estimated Belgium would spend 1.13 % of GDP on defence in 2023, second lowest among NATO members.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Gushing after the New York Philharmonic performed Leonard Bernstein’s music, Bradley Cooper talked about creating the film “Maestro ″ in hopes of drawing more attention to the composer and conductor. They were joined by Carey Mulligan, who played Felicia Montealegre, the actor and wife of Bernstein. Nézet-Séguin, a 48-year-old Canadian who is music director of the Metropolitan Opera and the Philadelphia Orchestra, served as a consultant to Cooper on conducting. Cooper, who is not Jewish, also faced scrutiny for wearing a prosthetic nose as part of his transformation into Bernstein, who was. What’s next for Cooper, a biopic of Herbert von Karajan, the iron-willed leading conductor of the second half of the 20th century?

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Former Illinois lawmaker and gubernatorial candidate William “Sam” McCann abruptly pleaded guilty on Thursday to nine felony counts of wire fraud, money laundering and tax evasion, halting his federal corruption trial over misusing up to $550,000 in campaign contributions. The seven counts of wire fraud and single count of money laundering each carry a sentence of up to 20 years in federal prison. But a complex set of advisory guidelines before Lawless, who set sentencing for June 20, will likely yield a far shorter term. “Are you pleading guilty because you are in fact guilty?” Lawless asked. McCann's trial was repeatedly delayed.

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☆ London Overground gets a rebrand, with six new line names revealed
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-15 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

“The London Overground network has grown considerably over recent years. “Giving each of the six routes their own line name and colour will make travel on London Overground easier and simpler for our customers.”A London Overground train in orange livery. Dinendra Haria/SOPA Images/hutterstockThe routes will be known as Lioness line, the Mildmay line, the Windrush line, the Weaver line, the Suffragette line and the Liberty line from autumn. The Mildmay line, which will appear as blue parallel lines, runs from Stratford to Richmond/Clapham Junction. The Suffragette line, which will be marked in green parallel lines, runs from Gospel Oak to Barking Riverside.

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☆ Putin says he thought Tucker Carlson would ask tougher questions
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-15 | by ( Sarah Gray | Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Read previewRussian President Vladimir Putin told Russian state TV presenter Pavel Zarubin that he expected tougher questions from Tucker Carlson, seemingly trolling the former Fox News host. Putin, for his part, "didn't get complete satisfaction" from the interview, according to Politico EU's translation. Putin's chief complaint was that he expected more "sharp" questions from Carlson, a commentator who at Fox News previously defended Russia. Carlson was the first Western journalist to interview Putin since the invasion of Ukraine two years ago. An attorney for Carlson did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Senate voted Wednesday to put a politically appointed board in control of the Alabama Department of Archives and History, a change proposed after some lawmakers were upset about the department hosting a lecture on LGBTQ+ history. State senators also approved legislation that would allow local government officials to dismiss library board members they appointed if they become displeased with their performance. He said the change would ensure board members are responsive to elected officials. Board members are selected by a vote of the trustees and confirmed by the Alabama Senate. Elliott said existing state law gives city councils the ability to appoint library board members but currently gives no mechanism for removal.

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☆ Marriage is hard, but these 3 couples share what makes their decades-long relationships so successful
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( Julia Pugachevsky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewIf one wanted to be cynical about the length of today’s romantic relationships, it wouldn’t be hard. At first glance, they’re all quite different: Rita Smith and Theodore Smith, Sr. are devout Christians in New Orleans, Louisiana who speak openly about their sex life on TikTok . Yet for all their differences, the couples all share some core commonalities that make their relationships so successful. “It gets you stimulated, and when you do go home, the next thing you know you want to take your bath and be sexual again,” Rita Smith, 62, said. “I like to have this pink piece around my neck, it just makes me feel more sexy,” Rita Smith said.

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☆ Guys in tech, finance, and other white-collar jobs are paying stylists thousands of dollars to dress them
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

These stylists charge thousands to help workers balance professional and casual styles. So white-collar workers in tech, law, and finance are turning to professional stylists to help them navigate their sartorial confusion. And they’re willing to shell out thousands of dollars to nail the right balance of cool and professional. Those hiring a professional stylist should be prepared to swap their $50 shirts for ones closer to the $250 range, Michelle Sterling, a professional image consultant previously told Business Insider. AdvertisementFinding the right style for your corporate jobSome white-collar stylists start by assessing their clients’ personalities before they start dressing them.

Persons: —, Michelle Sterling, Brunello Cucinelli, Sterling, Peter Nguyen, Cassandra Sethi, Nate Dudek —, Ted Baker, Jacci Jaye, Jaye, Sylvie di Giusto Organizations: Service, Wall Street Journal, Consulting Locations: New York, Patagonia

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