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☆ Russia is racing to beat the US, India, and China to the south pole of the moon in its first lunar mission since the 70s
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

If successful, it could be the first to do a soft landing on the south pole of the moon. Roscosmos, Russia's space agency, launched the Luna-25 mission on Friday morning from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the far eastern Amur region, Russia, Reuters reported. The Soyuz-2.1b rocket is carrying a lander, which Roscosmos will try to land on the south pole of the moon on August 21, Reuters reported. The south pole is a crucial strategic objectiveRussia isn't the only nation vying for the south pole. Russia's ambitious return to the moon was delayed by invading UkraineRussia's Luna-25 mission, the first moon mission in over a decade, aims to put a rover on the south pole of the moon.

Persons: Roscosmos, Lev Zeleny, Luna, Maxim Litvak, Peter Byrne, Ukraine Russia's Luna, space.com Organizations: Service, Russia, Luna, Vostochny, Reuters, Russian Academy of Sciences, Space Research Institute, NASA, REUTERS Luna, European Space Agency Locations: Russia, India, China, Wall, Silicon, Amur, Liverpool, Ukraine, Handout, Luna

Mr. Garland, who made the announcement at the Justice Department’s headquarters in Washington, said David C. Weiss, the U.S. attorney in Delaware, who has handled the case for years, would become the special counsel. The move comes seven months after Mr. Garland appointed Robert K. Hur to be a special counsel investigating whether President Biden has mishandled classified documents. Mr. Garland said he made the decision to elevate Mr. Weiss after the prosecutor informed him on Tuesday the investigation had “reached the stage” where the powers of a special counsel were necessary to continue. Mr. Garland said Mr. Weiss would have the authority to investigate all related matters in his inquiry and might bring charges in any jurisdiction. The appointment on Friday all but ensures that a yearslong investigation into a wide array of conduct in Hunter Biden’s life — including his foreign business dealings, drug use and taxes — will continue.

Persons: Thrush, Luke Broadwater, General Merrick B, Garland, Biden’s, Hunter, Justice Department’s, David C, Weiss, Robert K, Hur, Biden, “, Donald J, Trump’s, Chris Cameron Organizations: Justice, Privately Locations: Washington, U.S, Delaware

☆ Opinion: What nearly every human seems to be missing about shark attacks
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Opinion Holly Thomas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

For the unlucky few who experience shark attacks, the ordeal is undoubtedly terrifying. Yet every summer, stories about shark attacks top homepages. Unlike shark attacks on humans, which are mainly attributed to curiosity, we know exactly what we’re doing. Throughout, the great white is characterized as a dogged predator obsessed with human flesh. I’d never suggest that the victims of shark attacks had it coming, or that cinemagoers should feel an iota of shame.

Persons: Holly Thomas, Katie Couric, Holly Thomas Holly Thomas, Kyle Van Houtan, Peter Benchley, Steven Spielberg’s, Brody’s, Jonas Taylor, Jason Statham, Taylor, I’d Organizations: Katie Couric Media, CNN, New Yorker, Florida Museum, Natural, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Oceanographic Magazine, Twitter, Facebook Locations: London, New York City, New, finning, Monterey, Amity Island’s

President Biden asked Congress on Thursday for another $24 billion to help Ukraine and other countries affected by Russia’s invasion, the first time lawmakers have been asked to increase financing for the war effort since Republicans took over the House in January. The request will test whether the expansive American effort to bolster Ukraine retains the bipartisan support it has enjoyed in Washington since Russian forces crossed the border nearly 18 months ago. Leading Republicans, including former President Donald J. Trump, have grown increasingly vocal in expressing skepticism or opposition to more aid for Ukraine. Mr. McCarthy said in June that any supplemental appropriation request for Ukraine was “not going anywhere” and that additional aid would have to be worked out in the regular congressional spending process. Seventy House Republicans voted last month to cut off Ukraine altogether and while that suggests a bipartisan majority remains, it was unclear if Mr. McCarthy would defy such a large segment of his conference.

Persons: Biden, Donald J, “, Young, Kevin McCarthy, McCarthy Organizations: Republicans, Trump, Ukraine, White, Office of Management, Republican Locations: Ukraine, Washington, Russian, California

President Biden escalated his confrontation with China on Wednesday by signing an executive order banning American investments in key technology industries that could be used to enhance Beijing’s military capabilities, the latest in a series of moves putting further distance between the world’s two largest economies. The order will prohibit venture capital and private equity firms from pumping money into Chinese efforts to develop semiconductors and other microelectronics, quantum computers and certain artificial intelligence applications. Administration officials stressed that the move was tailored to guard national security, but China is likely to see it as part of a wider campaign to contain its rise. “The Biden administration is committed to keeping America safe and defending America’s national security through appropriately protecting technologies that are critical to the next generation of military innovation,” the Treasury Department said in a statement. A series of expanding export controls on key technologies to China has already triggered retaliation from Beijing, which recently announced the cutoff of metals like gallium that are critical for the Pentagon’s own supply chain.

Persons: Biden, “, Richard M, Nixon, Henry Kissinger Organizations: Treasury Department, U.S . Locations: China, U.S, Beijing

☆ Rocket Lab results match Wall Street estimates, company adds contracts for 10 launches
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Michael Sheetz | In Michaeljsheetz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Rocket Lab on Tuesday reported second-quarter results that largely met Wall Street's expectations, and the company said it added contracts for 10 more launches in 2023 and 2024. Revenue grew 12% year over year in the second quarter to $62 million, versus $61.8 million expected by analysts surveyed by Refinitiv. Rocket Lab's launch business saw $22.5 million in revenue in the second quarter, while its space systems unit brought in $39.6 million. For the third quarter, Rocket Lab expects revenue to grow to between $73 million and $77 million. Beck told CNBC that Archimedes features "new manufacturing technologies" that Rocket Lab "hasn't really disclosed in any great detail."

Persons: Peter Beck, Adam Spice, Spice, Beck Organizations: Refinitiv, Revenue, Rocket, Lab, CNBC Locations: Virginia

Yet what we consider theatrical minimalism today used to be standard: Greek tragedies barely had sets; the major visual element in Elizabethan theater was the performance space itself. This changed in the latter half of the 17th century as indoor staging became the norm. As lighting technology improved over the next 200 years, among other aspects, productions grew increasingly ornate and complex. Throughout the 20th century, many attempted to bring minimalism back: Orson Welles and John Houseman thrilled audiences with a scenery-free “Dr. “There’s no visual noise to take your eye off what you’re meant to be focusing on,” Gilmour says of her recent production.

Persons: Orson Welles, John Houseman, Faustus ”, “ Julius Caesar, ”, Konstantin Stanislavsky, Vsevolod Meyerhold, Peter Brook, “, ” Gilmour, Mike Bosner Organizations: Broadway Locations: Russia

☆ Watch CNBC's full interview with Bankrate's Ted Rossman and Bleakley's Peter Boockvar
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWatch CNBC's full interview with Bankrate's Ted Rossman and Bleakley's Peter BoockvarTed Rossman, Bankrate senior industry analyst, and Peter Boockvar, Bleakley Financial Group CIO, join 'Power Lunch' to discuss the increasing consumer credit debt and its economic risk.

Persons: Bankrate's Ted Rossman, Peter Boockvar Ted Rossman, Peter Boockvar Organizations: Bleakley Financial

☆ William Friedkin, acclaimed 'Exorcist' director, dead at 87
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Will Dunham | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

[1/3] Director William Friedkin attends a walking tour around Georgetown that focused on some of the film locations from the original Exorcist in Washington D.C., U.S. April 17, 2018. "The French Connection" won five Academy Awards, including best picture, best director for Friedkin and best actor for Gene Hackman, who Friedkin initially did not want in the memorable role of New York narcotics detective Popeye Doyle. "The Exorcist" was nominated for 10 Academy Awards, including best picture and best director for Friedkin. In "The French Connection," cops played by Hackman and Roy Scheider in the decaying New York City of the early 1970s track a French heroin smuggler. William David Friedkin was born on Aug. 29, 1935, and grew up in Chicago, the son of poor Ukrainian immigrants.

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☆ William Friedkin, ‘Exorcist’ director, dead at 87
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Dan Heching | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —William Friedkin, director of iconic 1970s films including “The French Connection” and “The Exorcist,” has died, his wife Sherry Lansing, the former CEO of Paramount Pictures, told The Hollywood Reporter on Monday. Friedkin won the Oscar for best director for “French Connection” in 1972, going on to be nominated for the same trophy again two years later for occult horror “Exorcist,” the genre-defying hit that racked up ten nominations and two statuettes. Curiously, Friedkin once told Cinephilia Beyond that his original intention wasn’t even to make a horror film with “The Exorcist.”“I recognize that audiences for generations have considered it a horror film,” he observed. “I won’t deny that, but when I set out to make it, the writer and I never had any concept of it as a horror film. He is survived by his wife, along with two sons, Jackson and Cedric Friedkin.

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☆ William Friedkin, Director of ‘French Connection’ and ‘Exorcist,’ Dies at 87
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( William Grimes | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Both parents were Jews who had left Ukraine early in the century with their families to escape the tsarist pogroms. His mother, who was known as Rae, was an operating room nurse; his father worked a variety of low-paying jobs. After graduating from Senn High School on Chicago’s North Side in 1953, Mr. Friedkin took a job in the mailroom of the local television station WGN. Within a few years he had worked his way up to director, turning out hundreds of shows, from “Bozo’s Circus” to live performances of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, as well as documentaries. His documentary work coincided with the advent of portable cameras, a decisive influence on his style.

Persons: Friedkin, ” Peter Biskind, “, ” William Friedkin, Billy, Louis, Rachel, Green, Rae, ”, Gene Siskel, Paul Crump, David Wolper Organizations: Riders, Raging Bulls, ‘ Star, ‘ Raiders, Senn High, WGN, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, The Chicago Tribune, Jail, San Francisco Film Locations: Chicago, Ukraine, Cook, Los Angeles

☆ Thinking of building an ADU in your backyard? Here are some pros and cons.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Kelsey Neubauer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Backyard tiny homes are increasing in popularity, especially in California. If you're considering building a tiny home in your yard, here are some pros and cons to consider. San Jose homeowner and ADU advocate Joyce Higashi rents her backyard home to traveling nurses for $3,000 per month, she previously told Insider. Pro: Tiny homes can allow a child or elderly parent to remain nearbyAn ADU in Seattle. Selma Hepp, chief economist at CoreLogic, previously told Insider she ran into many challenges when building her ADU.

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☆ Credit delinquencies have returned to pre-pandemic levels, says Bankrate's Ted Rossman
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailCredit delinquencies have returned to pre-pandemic levels, says Bankrate's Ted RossmanTed Rossman, Bankrate senior industry analyst, and Peter Boockvar, Bleakley Financial Group CIO, join 'Power Lunch' to discuss the increasing consumer credit debt and its economic risk.

Persons: Ted Rossman Ted Rossman, Peter Boockvar Organizations: Bleakley Financial

☆ William Friedkin, director of 'The Exorcist' and 'The French Connection,' dies at 87
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Daniel Arkin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

William Friedkin, the maverick film director who helped revolutionize 1970s Hollywood with the electrifying, era-defining classics "The French Connection" and "The Exorcist," died Monday, a representative from his office told the Associated Press. Friedkin won an Academy Award for directing "The French Connection," a white-knuckle 1971 crime thriller about a brash New York City narcotics detective played by Gene Hackman. Friedkin got his big break in 1971 with "The French Connection," a smash with audiences and critics alike. "The French Connection" catapulted Friedkin to the top ranks of American filmmakers, putting him in league with other New Hollywood rising stars like Martin Scorsese, Peter Bogdanovich and Francis Ford Coppola. Friedkin leaped from "The French Connection" to "The Exorcist," adapted from William Peter Blatty's novel of the same name.

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☆ Anguish in Camelot: Kennedy Campaign Roils Storied Political Family
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-06 | by ( Peter Baker | More About Peter Baker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“It must be painful for them,” said Bob Shrum, who for years was one of the leading advisers to Edward M. Kennedy, the senator and patriarch known as Ted. “He’s been through some struggles himself,” Mr. Shrum added of Bobby, “and I think they want to love him. It’s very sad at every level.”Robert Kennedy Jr. opted against discussing his relations with his family. In a statement to CNN in April shortly before kicking off his campaign, he acknowledged that some relatives do not support him. Amid reports of infidelity, he separated from his second wife, Mary Richardson Kennedy, who also battled addiction and died by suicide in 2012.

Persons: ”, Bob Shrum, Edward M, Kennedy, Ted, “ He’s, ” Mr, Shrum, Bobby, “, ” Robert Kennedy Jr, Mary Richardson Kennedy, Cheryl Hines Organizations: CNN

☆ A Rising Tide Lifts Many Boats, but So Far Not Biden’s
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Peter Baker | More About Peter Baker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

It can take a while for the public perspective to catch up with improving conditions. By the time he came up for re-election in 2012, public confidence in the economy had improved and he secured a second term. Wages have begun rising faster than inflation — but only just begun. While illegal border crossings have dropped significantly since last year, they surged again in July. Likewise, gas prices remain below their peak but have inched up lately.

Persons: George H.W, Bush, Clinton, Biden Organizations: Fitch Locations: Siena

[1/2] The Subway restaurant logo is seen on a napkin in this illustration photo August 30, 2017. Subway expects to fetch well over $9 billion in a deal, and it remains uncertain whether TDR and Sycamore can meet its price expectations, the sources said. Private equity firm Advent International, which had teamed up with Goldman Sachs Asset Management on a bid for Subway, has dropped out of the process, the sources said. Goldman Sachs (GS.N) may decide to team up with one of the other bidders, the sources added. Subway, Roark and TDR did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Persons: Thomas White, Goldman Sachs, Roark, Jimmy John's, Jimmy John’s, TDR, Fred DeLuca, Peter Buck, Anirban Sen, Abigail Summerville, Nick Zieminski Organizations: REUTERS, TDR Capital, Sycamore Partners, Roark Capital, International, Goldman Sachs, Management, Subway, Bloomberg News, JPMorgan Chase &, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Sycamore, Champaign , Illinois, Milford , Connecticut, Bridgeport , Connecticut, The Milford , Connecticut, U.S, New York

☆ India rice export ban, explained
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Danielle Wiener-Bronner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

But for importers and loyal consumers of Indian-grown non-basmati varieties, the ban has been disruptive, including in the United States. Internationally, the ban is causing an upheaval in the market and could especially impact places that rely on Indian rice exports. “So we’re looking to have a really healthy, robust US rice crop.”The United States primarily imports specialty and fragrant rice, he said, like arborio rice used to make risotto; jasmine rice; basmati rice and other varieties. “We are completely dependent on non-basmati rice,” said Kiran Kumar Pola, director of Deccan Foods, an importer and distributor of non-basmati Indian rice that operates out of Arizona. “We at India Bazaar understand the concerns raised in light of the recent ban on Indian Non-Basmati Raw Rice,” the post reads.

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☆ The only consistency we are seeing this year is resilience in the economy, says BondBloxx's Gallegos
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailThe only consistency we are seeing this year is resilience in the economy, says BondBloxx's GallegosJoanna Gallegos, BondBloxx Investment Management co-founder, and Peter Boockvar, Bleakley Financial Group CIO, join 'Last Call' to talk moves in the bond market.

Persons: BondBloxx's Gallegos Joanna Gallegos, Peter Boockvar Organizations: BondBloxx Investment Management, Bleakley Financial

The two previous indictments of Donald Trump focused on his personal conduct, one involving a sex scandal and the other his handling of classified documents. Yesterday’s indictment is different. It involves arguably the most central issue in a democracy: an attempt to subvert an American election. “At the core of the United States of America vs. Donald J. Trump is no less than the viability of the system constructed” by the founders, our colleague Peter Baker, The Times’s chief White House correspondent, wrote. The chargesThe new indictment lays out a scheme that, by now, is widely known: Trump falsely claimed the 2020 election results were rigged and tried to rally federal officials, state lawmakers and his supporters, including rioters at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, to overturn his loss to President Biden.

Persons: Donald Trump, Donald J, Trump, Peter Baker, Biden Organizations: “, White House, U.S, Capitol Locations: United States, America

☆ For the Court of Public Opinion, Trump Relies on a ‘Whataboutism’ Defense
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Peter Baker | More About Peter Baker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

President Trump now faces 78 felony counts in three different criminal cases, not to mention a slew of civil lawsuits and trials alleging all sorts of wrongdoing. At least in the court of public opinion, though, his defense can be boiled down to three words. The real outrage, Mr. Trump’s defenders maintained, is Hunter Biden’s shady business dealings. The Justice Department, they claimed, is only going after the former president to cover up for the current president. Mr. Trump is a victim persecuted by his enemies, so the argument goes, while Hunter Biden is a one-man crime wave who personifies the Washington swamp.

Persons: Trump, Trump’s, Biden’s, Hunter, Hunter Biden Organizations: Republican Party, Justice Department, Trump Locations: Washington

☆ Australia's Bol cleared of doping after false positive test
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

MELBOURNE, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Australia's anti-doping authority has dropped its investigation into athlete Peter Bol in the lead-up to the world championships after finding his positive test for synthetic erythropoietin (EPO) was wrong. The provisional suspension was lifted a month later after the 'B' sample of his test did not match its 'A' sample. Sport Integrity Australia (SIA) continued its investigation, though, saying the 'B' sample was an "atypical finding" and not negative. "As a result, Sport Integrity Australia has taken the decision not to progress an anti-doping rule violation for this sample. "Sport Integrity Australia will now await outcomes of the WADA review of the EPO review process," it said.

Persons: Peter Bol, WADA, Bol, Peter, Ian Ransom, Sonali Paul Organizations: MELBOURNE, Tokyo, Integrity Australia, SIA, Doping Agency, Athletics Australia, Thomson Locations: Budapest, Melbourne

☆ Trump’s Case Has Broad Implications for American Democracy
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Peter Baker | More About Peter Baker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

In the newborn republic, by contrast, the framers set limits on power through four-year presidential terms renewable only by the voters. As Ronald Reagan once put it, what “we accept as normal is nothing less than a miracle.”Until Mr. Trump came along. Bringing the case to court, of course, may or may not restore some of that public faith in the system. Mr. Trump has been laying the ground for the eventual indictment for months, making clear to his backers that they should not trust anything prosecutors tell them. “Why didn’t they do this 2.5 years ago?” Mr. Trump wrote on his social media page on Tuesday afternoon.

Persons: George Washington, John Adams, Ronald Reagan, Trump, Trump’s Organizations: Mr, Republican Locations: United States

☆ This tiny home built in a Seattle backyard was designed to maximize sunlight in one of the rainiest cities in America — see inside
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Kelsey Neubauer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

There have been a growing number of small flats, called accessory dwelling units, or ADUs, popping up in backyards in Seattle. An ADU in a Seattle backyard. Peter Bohler for CAST ArchitectureThis comes about four years after Seattle first rolled back restrictions on these units in 2019, in an attempt to ease the city's housing shortage. Source: Seattle Times

Persons: Peter Bohler Organizations: Seattle, Seattle Times Locations: backyards, Seattle, An

☆ Biden Presses Ahead With Effort to Broker Israeli-Saudi Rapprochement
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-29 | by ( Peter Baker | More About Peter Baker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Saudi Arabia, like Israel, worries about Iranian hostility. The Saudis also want access to sophisticated American weapons, including the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense antiballistic missile defense system, known as THAAD. And they want Israel to take steps to preserve the possibility of a two-state solution to resolve the long-running conflict with the Palestinians. It was not entirely clear what conditions to which Israel would have to agree, but Mr. Friedman floated ideas like a permanent commitment not to annex the West Bank and limits on future settlements. The negotiations come at a time of friction between the United States and Israel as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushes through legislation to curb judicial authority in defiance of Mr. Biden and hundreds of thousands of protesters in the streets.

Persons: Thomas L, Friedman, Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu, Mr Organizations: New York Times, NATO, Defense, West Bank Locations: United States, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Yemen, China, Iran

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