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☆ European soccer round-up: Manchester United sinks to another humiliating defeat, Madrid derby marred by fan trouble
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

United fell to a third league defeat in six games on Sunday, losing 3-0 at home against Tottenham amid captain Bruno Fernandes’ red card. There were dramatic results across the Premier League this weekend, as well as a crowd-disrupted Madrid derby in La Liga and a novel way of protesting a refereeing decision by José Mourinho in Turkey. England’s Premier League: United’s woes persistThe pressure on United manager Erik ten Hag has grown after the club’s latest defeat against Tottenham, another humiliation in an underwhelming start to the season. It means that United is 12th in the Premier League table having also suffered a miserable 3-0 defeat at Old Trafford against Liverpool earlier this month. For me, it’s just not a really good decision.”Elsewhere in the Premier League, Liverpool capitalized on Manchester City’s 1-1 draw against Newcastle by moving top of the table after six games.

Persons: Bruno Fernandes ’, José Mourinho, Erik ten Hag, Brennan Johnson, Micky van de Ven, Fernandes ’, James Maddison, Dejan Kulusevski, Dominic Solanke, Hag, ”, Michael Regan, Getty, Fernandes, “, “ I’ve, I’ve, it’s, didn’t, Mohamed Salah, Arne Slot, James Justin’s, –, Gabriel Martinelli, Leandro Trossard, Mads Hermansen, Wilfred Ndidi, Kai Havertz, Cole Palmer, Militão, Vinícius, Ángel Correa, Marcos Llorente, Atleti, ” Atlético, Diego Simeone, Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno, Blancos, Carlo Ancelotti, We’re, Turkey’s, Jose Mourinho, Edin Dzeko’s, Mourinho, Dušan Tadić, Thalisson, Harry Kane, Kane, “ Kane, ” Aleksandar Pavlović's, Matthias Schrader, Christian Dreesen, Robert Andrich’s, Aleksandar Pavlović, Vincent Kompany’s Organizations: CNN, Manchester United, Tottenham, Premier League, La Liga, England’s Premier League, Spurs, Old, Liverpool, ” Tottenham, United, Sky Sports, Manchester, Newcastle, The Reds, Wolves, Nottingham Forest, Arsenal, Leicester City, Leicester, Chelsea, Liga, Real Madrid, Atlético, Atleti’s Metropolitano, “, Barcelona, Osasuna, Antalyaspor, Germany’s Bundesliga, Bayern Munich, team’s Champions League, Aston Villa, Wednesday, Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern, Leverkusen, Bundesliga Locations: Madrid, La, Turkey, Here’s, Old Trafford, togetherness, Spain, Atlético Madrid, Bayern’s, Bayern

☆ German inflation drops to 1.8% in September, below expectations
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( Sophie Kiderlin | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The September harmonized CPI figure had been forecast to come in at 1.9% according to a Reuters poll. The German harmonized CPI figure was last under 2% — which is the European Central Bank's target rate for inflation — in February 2021, LSEG data indicated. For that, the still elevated core inflation rate would also need to ease notably. Within Europe, data published last week showed that the harmonized inflation rate in France and Spain fell below the 2% target in September. "The recent series of disappointing economic sentiment indicators and lower-than-expected inflation data have provided new strong arguments for ECB doves," he said.

Persons: Destatis, Sebastian Becker, Becker, Carsten Brzeski Organizations: European Union, Deutsche Bank Research, CNBC, European Central Bank, ING, ECB Locations: Berlin, Germany, European, Westphalia, Europe, France, Spain

☆ Stellantis shares plunge as carmaker follows Volkswagen in profit warning
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( Hanna Ziady | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Stellantis said it would reduce inventory levels in the United States and ship 200,000 fewer vehicles to North American dealers in the second half of 2024 than in the same period last year. Volkswagen said earlier this month that around 2 million fewer cars are being sold in Europe per year compared with pre-pandemic levels. Volkswagen itself is selling 500,000 fewer cars annually in the region, the equivalent of around two car plants. “To remain competitively viable, we have to comprehensively restructure Volkswagen… because the situation is serious,” the company said last week. “Volkswagen has to increase efficiency and reduce costs.”For Stellantis, Monday’s profit warning is the latest piece of bad news.

Persons: American carmaker, Ram Trucks, Stellantis, Volkswagen’s, Aston Martin Lagonda Organizations: London CNN —, Chrysler, Milan, Citroen, Peugeot, North, Volkswagen, Aston, IG Metall, United Auto Workers Locations: American, North America, United States, North American, China, London, Europe, Detroit

☆ Far right wins close Austria election, a boost for Putin
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-29 | by ( Freddie Clayton | Freddie Clayton Is A Freelance Journalist Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Projections from ORF public television based on exit polls suggest that the pro-Russia, anti-immigration Freedom Party, or FPÖ, has finished first, with 29.1% of the vote. It appears to have knocked the ruling conservative Österreichische Volkspartei (ÖVP), or Austrian People’s Party, into second place, with 26.2% of the vote. But it has fallen far short of an absolute majority in the tight election and will need help to form a stable government. But even if the party fails to form a coalition government, the result will serve as a symbolic victory for the far right. Chancellor and ÖVP leader Karl Nehammer has so far ruled out any coalition that includes Kickl.

Persons: Österreichische, Herbert Kickl, ”, Adolf Hitler, Kickl, Vladimir Putin —, Karl Nehammer Organizations: Party, Austrian People’s Party, Social Democratic Party of Austria, ÖVP, NATO Locations: Russia, Europe, Austria, East, North Africa, Ukraine, Germany, France, Netherlands

☆ Austria election results: Freedom Party secures first far-right win since World War II
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-29 | by ( Story Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Preliminary official results showed the Freedom Party finishing first with 29.2% of the vote and Chancellor Karl Nehammer’s Austrian People’s Party was second with 26.5%. Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders, whose party dominates the Netherlands’ new government, congratulated the Freedom Party on social network X Sunday. Herbert Kickl, leader of the Freedom Party of Austria poses with supporters, in Vienna, Austria, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024, after polls closed in the country's national election. The People’s Party is the far right’s only way into government, and now holds the key to forming any administration. But that looks very unlikely with the Freedom Party in first place.

Persons: Chancellor Karl Nehammer’s, Greens –, Herbert Kickl, “, Kickl, ” Kickl, ” Nehammer, ”, Geert Wilders, Alice Weidel, Heinz, Peter Bader, Christian Strache, Andreas Babler, Nehammer, Storm Boris Organizations: Freedom Party, Sunday, Chancellor Karl Nehammer’s Austrian People’s Party, Social Democrats, Greens, Rivals, Party, Russia, Sky Shield, European Union, Germany, Freedom Party of Austria, People’s, People’s Party, Nazi Locations: Austria, Ukraine, “, Germany, Brussels, Netherlands, Vienna, Russian, Europe

☆ Far-right wins close Austria election, a boost for Putin
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-29 | by ( Freddie Clayton | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

People walk past election campaign billboards showing Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer of the Austrian People's Party (OeVP) and Herbet Kickl of the far-right Austria Freedom Party (FPOe) on September 24, 2024 in Vienna, Austria. A far-right party founded by former Nazis appeared to have won Austria's election Sunday, in a result that could reshape Europe's political landscape and help tilt the balance of power between Russia and the West. They appear to have edged out the ruling conservative Österreichische Volkspartei (ÖVP) or Austrian People's Party, into second place with 26.2% of the vote. But even if the party fails to form a coalition government, the result will serve as a symbolic victory for the far-right. The OVP is the only party that has been open to allying with the far-right party in the past, and it remains to be scene whether they will accept the role of sidekick this time around.

Persons: Karl Nehammer, Österreichische, Herbert Kickl, Adolf Hitler, Kickl, Vladimir Putin —, Alexander Smith, Carlo Angerer Organizations: Austrian People's Party, Freedom Party, Party, Social Democratic Party of Austria, ÖVP, OVP, NATO, NBC Locations: Vienna, Austria, Russia, Europe, East, North Africa, Ukraine, Germany, France, Netherlands

Do vibration plates have health benefits? Although vibration plates are safe for most people, ultimately, Johnson says, “when we make changes, we tell people to listen to their body.”Deja Mason of Roanoke, Virginia, said she first heard about vibration plates on TikTok. As vibration plates experience a resurgence, some hear echoes of past fitness fads. “Trends come and go,” she said, pointing to other trends that displaced vibration plates, like group fitness and CrossFit. But just as vibrating plates shake users up and down in quick succession, trends too are always oscillating.

Persons: ”, Jörn Rittweger, Rittweger, “, that’s, There’s “, Håkan, Peter W, Johnson, ” Johnson, Lifepro, Deja Mason, ” Mason, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, ” Petrzela Organizations: German Aerospace Center, University of Cologne, Lund University Cancer Centre, International Society of Lymphology, School of Public Health, University of Washington, New School Locations: TikTok, Germany, Sweden, Roanoke , Virginia, New York City

☆ Austria’s far-right is the frontrunner for Sunday’s elections. How did it get here?
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-28 | by ( Sophie Tanno | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

The FPÖ is known as the grandfather of European far-right parties and pedals an anti-migrant, anti-Islam, Eurosceptic and anti-vaxx agenda. It has held power at a federal level three times, in coalition with other groupings, making it one of just a few far-right parties in Europe to have done so. AFP/Getty ImagesIts political stance changed again when Jörg Haider – the son of former Nazi party members – became leader of the party in 1986. FPÖ leader Herbert Kickl speaks to supporters ahead of European parliamentary elections on June 7. According to Reinhard, the FPÖ is more likely to form a government if it comes second than if it comes first.

Persons: –, ” Benjamin Biard, FPÖ, ” Biard, “, ”, Biard, Heinz, Christian Strache, Jörg Haider –, Haider, ’, Herbert Kickl, Taylor, “ remigration, Christian Bruna, Viktor Orban –, Vladimir Putin’s, Kickl, ” Heinisch Reinhardt, Reinhardt, Karl Nehammer, Thomas Kronsteiner, Reinhard, ” Reinhard Organizations: CNN, Party, Italian Lega, Dutch Party for Freedom, “, Getty, Nazi, Austrian People’s Party, EU, Hungary’s Fidesz, Greens, University of Salzburg, Social Democrats Locations: Austria, Europe, Brussels, Flemish, Italian, Germany, Nazi, Austrian, Salzburg, AFP, Ukraine, Vienna, Lower Austria, Russia, loggerheads, ÖVP

☆ NATO is planning for mass medical evacuations in case of a war with Russia: report
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-28 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

NATO is planning for the mass transport of wounded troops in case of a war with Russia. NATO could use hospital trains and buses to move injured troops in such an event, a German general told Reuters. The general's comments come amid increasing tension between NATO and Russia. AdvertisementNATO is developing plans to manage the evacuation of large numbers of wounded troops in case of a war with Russia, a senior military officer told Reuters. Germany's defense minister, Boris Pistorius, said in an interview published in January that Russia could attack NATO within the next decade.

Persons: —, General Alexander Sollfrank, Sollfrank, Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Putin, Vyacheslav Volodin, Volodin, Boris Pistorius, Pistorius, Der Tagesspiegel Organizations: NATO, Reuters, Service, Command, British Storm Shadow, New York Times, Russia's Duma, Business Locations: Russia, Western, warzones, Afghanistan, Iraq, Russian, Moscow, United States

☆ Arrowheads carried by Bronze Age warriors reveal who fought on Europe’s oldest battlefield
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-28 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

But to archaeologists, the Tollense Valley is considered Europe’s oldest battlefield. The biggest mysteries that researchers aim to uncover are why the battle occurred and who fought in it. A long time agoYears of excavations in the Tollense Valley have uncovered evidence that the site was the scene of Europe's oldest battlefield 3,250 years ago. S. SauerDozens of bronze and flint arrowheads recovered from the Tollense Valley are revealing details about the able-bodied warriors who fought in the Bronze Age battle. The research team analyzed and compared the arrowheads, some of which were still embedded in the remains of the fallen.

Persons: Sauer, Al Hadid, ”, Martijn Oei, carolinus, Grearson, Ashley Strickland, Katie Hunt Organizations: CNN —, United Arab Emirates, ., California Institute of Technology, Grearson Harvard, Stanford, CNN Space, Science Locations: Germany, Bavaria, Moravia, Dubai, United Arab, China —, Chile, Australia, New Zealand, Falkland, Antarctica

☆ Insider Today: Austin's genius housing fix
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-28 | by ( Joi-Marie Mckenzie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

This week's dispatchThe high cost of weight-loss drugsiStock; Rebecca Zisser/BIWhy are two popular weight-loss drugs — Wegovy and diabetes medication Ozempic — so expensive in the US? Patients also bargain-hunt for cheaper weight-loss drugs online, or try to use manufacturer-issued coupons. See the full listiStock; Rebecca Zisser/BIDeals we loveCalling all Madewell shoppers: The bi-annual Madewell Insiders sale is here with 25% off almost everything full-price and an additional 40% off sale. The bi-annual Madewell Insiders sale is here with 25% off almost everything full-price and an additional 40% off sale. The Insider Today team: Dan DeFrancesco, deputy editor and anchor, in New York City.

Persons: —, you've, Shailene Woodley, George Clooney, Rebecca Zisser, Ozempic, Lars Fruergaard Jorgensen, Sen, Bernie Sanders, it's, Gabby Landsverk, Ro, Henry Meds, Eli Lilly, Stefania Pelfini, Jenny Chang, Rodriguez, BI Marie, Mangin, Yellowstone Joey Hadden, Jackson, Wyoming's, Natalie Ammari, Zers, Austin, Tyler Le, Dan DeFrancesco, Jordan Parker Erb, Lisa Ryan, Amanda Yen, Grace Lett Organizations: Business, Service, Novo Nordisk, Federal Trade Commission, FDA, copycats, BI, Yellowstone, Austin, Lone Star, Disney, Pixar, British, Netflix, Insiders Locations: Washington ,, Germany, New York City, New York, Chicago

☆ The battle of Irpin narrowly saved Ukraine. Here's how it went down.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-28 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Ukraine narrowly won the battle of Irpin in the war's earliest days. That's the conclusion of American and British experts who examined the fighting along the Irpin River northwest of Kyiv. "The Battle of Irpin River was a close-run thing," wrote Richard Sladden, Liam Collins and Alfred Connable in an article in British Army Review, a British military magazine. An attack in the east and south of Ukraine was the most likely course of action, therefore Ukrainian forces were primarily arrayed against this." Russian forces weren't prepared to rapidly deploy pontoon bridges to replace those across the Irpin River that Ukrainian troops had blown up.

Persons: —, Richard Sladden, Liam Collins, Alfred Connable, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Collins, weren't, Oleksii Chumachenko, Carl von Clausewitz, Michael Peck Organizations: Service, British Army, Paratroopers, Hostomel Airport, Ukrainian 72nd Mechanized Brigade, Kyiv, Airport, 5th Company, 72nd Brigade, Hostomel, US Army Special Forces, Getty, 72nd Mechanized Brigade, Defense, Foreign Policy, Rutgers Univ, Twitter, LinkedIn Locations: Ukraine, Irpin, Kyiv, Russia, Ukrainian, —, British, Russian, Belarus, Dnipro, Hostomel, city's, Holland, Germany, Forbes

In Catawba County, North Carolina, a 4-year-old who lit up every room she walked into was killed in a head-on car crash on a rainy road. And in Charlotte, North Carolina, a tree fell on a home, killing a resident. Leon Davis via FacebookOn Thursday morning, Davis’ brother, James Carlas Davis, who lives in Mississippi, texted Davis, their two sisters and other family members in a group text chat and asked whether they were ready for Helene. In North Carolina, officials said a resident of Charlotte was pronounced dead early Friday after wind and rain caused a tree to topple onto their home. Gaddis, who lives in Iredell County, North Carolina, added that her faith has helped her through the tragedy of losing Luna.

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Chin-Hong said the variant is a so-called recombinant of two other strains — KS.1.1 and KP.3.3 — meaning that genetic information was exchanged between them to form a third strain, XEC, Chin-Hong said. Is the XEC variant more contagious? Chan School of Public Health, said there’s no evidence yet that the XEC variant is much more transmissible than what’s currently circulating. The variant is closely related to KP.2, the strain targeted by the updated vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna. Bright, however, cautioned that clinical data is ultimately needed to determine how well the updated vaccines work against the XEC variant.

Persons: “, ”, Peter Chin, ” XEC, we’re, Rick Bright, Hong, Bill Hanage, ” Hanage, It’s, XEC, Hanage, “ It’s, Marc Johnson, Johnson, There’s, ” Chin, ” Johnson, ” Bright Organizations: Centers for Disease Control, Prevention, University of California, Biomedical, Research, Development Authority, Department of Health, Human Services, CDC, Harvard, of Public Health, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Pfizer, Moderna Locations: United States, San Francisco, Europe, Chin, U.S, Chan, Germany, Netherlands, France

Destruction in a area targeted by Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon's town of Saksakiyeh, on September 26, 2024. Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP/Getty ImagesIsrael said it is considering a US-led ceasefire proposal that would see a 21-day pause in fighting in Lebanon, as fears rise of a fully-fledged war between Israel and Hezbollah that risks escalating into a wider regional conflict. • Has Hezbollah agreed? : Hezbollah has not yet commented on the proposed deal, and Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati has denied reports of signing the framework for Lebanon. Media reports claimed earlier that Mikati signed a ceasefire proposal after meeting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and envoy Amos Hochstein on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.

Persons: Mahmoud Zayyat, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Joe Biden, •, Najib Mikati, Mikati, Antony Blinken, Amos Hochstein, Netanyahu Organizations: Getty, United Nations General Assembly, European Union, United Arab, Media, UN, Assembly Locations: Lebanon's, Saksakiyeh, AFP, Lebanon, Israel, New York, United States, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar

Destruction in a area targeted by Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon's town of Saksakiyeh, on September 26, 2024. Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP/Getty ImagesIsrael said it is considering a US-led ceasefire proposal that would see a 21-day pause in fighting in Lebanon, as fears rise of a fully-fledged war between Israel and Hezbollah that risks escalating into a wider regional conflict. : President Joe Biden said the plan had been endorsed by the United States, Australia, Canada, the European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. : Hezbollah has not yet commented on the proposed deal, and Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati has denied reports of signing the framework for Lebanon. Media reports claimed earlier that Mikati signed a ceasefire proposal after meeting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and envoy Amos Hochstein on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.

☆ Commerzbank and UniCredit set to meet as takeover prospect looms
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-27 | by ( Sophie Kiderlin | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

A Commerzbank AG bank branch, in the financial district of Frankfurt, Germany, on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024. Krisztian Bocsi | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesCommerzbank and UniCredit are set to begin talks Friday, with the German bank on the defensive over a potential takeover after its Italian counterpart unexpectedly increased its stake earlier this month. Speaking at a financial conference, Orlopp said the German bank was open minded, but that the speed of synergies and risks needed to be considered. The potential for a takeover or merger has been met with opposition from Germany's government and several senior figures at Commerzbank. Orlopp herself earlier this month told journalists that the process had taken Commerzbank by surprise, but urged a calm approach.

Persons: Krisztian Bocsi, Bettina Orlopp, Orlopp, Commerzbank, Manfred Knof, Germany's, Jens Weidmann, Stefan Wittmann Organizations: AG, Bloomberg, Getty, Reuters, CNBC Locations: Frankfurt, Germany, Commerzbank

☆ Maggie Smith, 2-time Oscar winner and 'Harry Potter' star, dead at 89
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-27 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | Palmer Haasch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Smith was well known for roles in the television series "Downton Abbey" and the "Harry Potter" films. Smith later became well known for her role as Professor Minerva McGonagall in the "Harry Potter" films, a role she said helped her bond with her grandchildren. Related storiesBut her most prolific TV role was as Violet Crawley on "Downton Abbey," which earned her three Emmy awards. The series ran for six seasons, and Smith returned for two subsequent "Downton Abbey" films, which were released in 2019 and 2022. She was later diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007 and went through chemotherapy while filming "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince."

Persons: Dame Maggie Smith, Tony, Oscar, Smith, Downton, Harry Potter, —, Maggie Smith, Toby Stephens, Chris Larkin, Miss Jean Brodie, Minerva McGonagall, Delahunty, Violet Crawley, dames Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins, Joan Plowright, Sir Christopher Hampton's, Brunhilde Pomsel, Propaganda Joseph Goebbels, Graves, Prince, Sir Robert Stephens, Stephens, Alan Beverley Cross, Anjelica Oswald Organizations: Service, Business, Oxford Playhouse, Broadway, British Academy of Film, Television Arts, HBO, dames, Nazi Locations: British, Umbria, Nazi Germany

☆ Bosses at Tesla's German Gigafactory are reportedly knocking on some workers' doors when they're at home sick
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-27 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Tesla workers in Germany have received home visits from managers when out sick, a German newspaper reported. AdvertisementSome Tesla workers have received visits at home from managers while off sick, according to a report from German newspaper Handelsblatt, which cited a recording of an internal meeting. AdvertisementHe added that Tesla workers report "extremely high workloads," with management pressuring those who are out sick as healthy employees are overloaded with additional work. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 26, 2024In January, Musk warned Tesla workers to prepare for a ramped-up workload as he previewed plans for a mass-market EV. AdvertisementIn 2022, shortly after he took over X, Musk complained that because the company's San Francisco headquarters was about 90% empty, its free-lunch perk cost it more than $400 per meal.

Persons: Handelsblatt, Elon Musk, —, Dirk Schulze, Musk, Alex Tourville, — Elon, Tesla Organizations: Berlin, Service, Metall, Bloomberg, Business, San, X's Locations: Germany, Tesla's, Fremont , California, San Francisco, Austin , Texas

☆ European markets head for higher open as investors weigh global economic outlook
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-27 | by ( Sophie Kiderlin | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

LONDON — European markets headed for a higher open on Friday as investors weighed the outlook for the economy and looked to fresh data. European stocks had climbed Thursday, with the pan-European Stoxx 600 closing 1.25% higher after being boosted by gains in Asia-Pacific markets. Those widely continued their climb on Friday, still buoyed by China's announcement of stimulus measures earlier in the week. Economists are expecting headline PCE to have risen 2.3% on an annual basis and 0.1% from the previous month. Back in Europe, preliminary inflation data for September is expected out of France, and the latest German unemployment data is also due.

Persons: Germany's DAX Organizations: CAC, MIB, LONDON, People's Bank of, PCE Locations: Asia, Pacific, People's Bank of China, U.S, Europe, France

☆ AI helps uncover hundreds of unknown ancient symbols hidden in Peru’s Nazca Desert
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-27 | by ( Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Archaeologists working in Peru, assisted by artificial intelligence, have discovered 303 previously unknown giant symbols carved in the Nazca Desert. A geoglyph of a humanoid with a headdress is one of the newly discovered symbols. Deciphering Nazca symbols’ purposeIt’s not clear why the Nazca people made the symbols. The bigger Nazca symbols were near networks of straight lines, squares and trapezoids etched into the earth. “Our findings suggest that their meaning is formed through their combinations,” he said, referring to the way the Nazca geoglyphs are grouped together.

Persons: headdresses, geoglyphs, “, Masato Sakai, IBM’s Thomas J, ”, ” Sakai, Amina Jambajantsan, Jambajantsan wasn’t, ” Jambajantsan, Sakai Organizations: CNN —, Yamagata University Institute of, Japan’s Yamagata University, Watson Research, Yamagata University Institute of Nasca, Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology’s Department of Archaeology Locations: Peru, Peru’s, Yorktown Heights , New York, ”, Jena , Germany, Mongolia

☆ Volkswagen cuts 2024 outlook as car demand falters
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-27 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

A VW Golf GTI stands in a parking lot within sight of the brand tower on the grounds of the VW plant in Wolfsburg, Germany. Volkswagen cut its annual outlook for the second time in less than three months on Friday, citing a weaker-than-expected performance at its passenger car division as pressure on Europe's top automaker continues to rise. The lowered outlook is the latest from Germany's car giants, with Mercedes-Benz and BMW both downgrading their annual forecasts earlier this month as a result of weakening demand in China, the world's biggest car market. Volkswagen said it was cutting its outlook "in light of a challenging market environment and developments that have fallen short of original expectations, particularly at the brands Volkswagen Passenger Cars, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles and Tech. Porsche, the holding company of the Porsche and Piech families that holds most of the voting rights in Volkswagen and is the carmaker's single biggest shareholder, also cut its own outlook in the wake of Volkswagen's downgrade.

Persons: IG Organizations: VW, Volkswagen, Mercedes, Benz, BMW, IG Metall, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, Porsche Locations: Wolfsburg, Germany, China

☆ Independent journalist publishes Trump campaign document hacked by Iran despite election interference concerns
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-27 | by ( Kevin Collier | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

The PDF document is a 271-page opposition research file on former President Donald Trump's running mate, Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio. But on Thursday, reporter Ken Klippenstein, who self-publishes on Substack after he left The Intercept this year, published one of the files. "If the document had been hacked by some 'anonymous' like hacker group, the news media would be all over it. Three U.S. agencies have publicly attributed the hack and the subsequent distribution of the files to Iran. As president, Trump authorized the assassination of military leader Qassem Soleimani.

Persons: Donald Trump's, Sen, JD Vance, Ken Klippenstein, I'm, Klippenstein, Vance, Hillary Clinton's, Trump, Mohammad Javad Zarif, Qassem Soleimani, Robert, Robert persona's, Elon Musk, Joe Biden's, Hunter, Substack Organizations: European Union, Austria International, Politico, Trump, Google, Microsoft, NBC, National Intelligence, Intelligence, NBC News, New York Post Locations: Iran, China, Russia, Britain, Germany, France, American, R, Ohio, U.S, Substack

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he would meet with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Friday morning at Trump Tower in New York. Trump was previously not expected to meet with the Ukrainian president, who has already held meetings on Thursday with both President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. Trump's planned meeting with Zelenskyy comes days after Zelenskyy called Vance "too radical," according to a story published Sunday in The New Yorker. Vance responded to Zelenskyy on Wednesday, saying, "I don’t appreciate Zelenskyy coming to this country and telling the American taxpayers what to do." Biden and Zelenskyy will meet again on Oct. 12 in Germany, according to the White House.

Persons: WASHINGTON —, Donald Trump, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Trump, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Sen, JD Vance, Biden, Zelenskyy, Trump's, Vance, Harris, Putin Organizations: WASHINGTON, Trump, White, Department of Defense, Democratic, New Yorker, United Nations General Assembly Locations: New York, Ohio, Ukraine, Europe, United States, America, Russia, U.S, New, Russian, Germany

☆ U.S. and allies propose 21-day cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-26 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Abigail-Williams-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Abigail Williams | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Israel and Hezbollah, which is based in Lebanon and backs fellow Iranian proxy group Hamas in its ongoing war with Israel, have been engaged in cross-border attacks since Hamas’s Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israel, in which about 1,200 people were killed. The violence further intensified in recent days with the deadly explosions of pagers and walkie-talkies across Lebanon for which Hezbollah blamed Israel, followed by a wave of airstrikes by Israeli forces. The situation between Israel and Lebanon “is intolerable and presents an unacceptable risk of a broader regional escalation. This is in nobody’s interest, neither of the people of Israel nor of the people of Lebanon,” the countries said in a joint statement. It is unclear how Israel and Hezbollah will respond.

Persons: “, ” Organizations: European, European Union, United Arab Emirates, Biden Locations: United States, European Union, Israel, Lebanon, ”, U.S, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom, Qatar, Gaza

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