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☆ China says Israel's actions in Gaza are 'beyond self defense' as U.S. races to avert wider conflict
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Clement Tan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Children crying because of Israeli raids on October 15, 2023 in Khan Yunis, Gaza. Many Gazan citizens have fled to the south following warnings from the Israeli government to do so. Israel has sealed off Gaza and launched sustained retaliatory air strikes, which have killed at least 1,400 people with more than 300,000 displaced, after a large-scale attack by Hamas. Israel's actions have gone beyond self-defense and it should heed the call of the international community. "As I said in Tel Aviv, as President Biden has said, the way that Israel does this matters.

Persons: Ahmad Hasaballah, Antony Blinken, Wang Yi, Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Wang, Hakan Fidan, Wang's, Blinken, Ebrahim Raisi, Emmanuel Macron, Biden Organizations: Getty, Getty Images, U.S, United, Turkish Locations: Khan Yunis, Gaza, Israel, Getty Images China, East, Kippur, Jewish, Wang Yi Chinese, United Nations, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Cairo, Tel Aviv

Cricket is an Olympic sport again. Five sports were finally added to the 2028 Los Angeles Games by the International Olympic Committee on Monday with baseball-softball, lacrosse and squash also confirmed for the program. All five were voted in as a single package with two “no” votes from about 90 IOC members in the room. “We want L.A. 2028 to have the same springboard effect for our five sports,” Los Angeles organizing committee chairman Casey Wasserman told IOC members. Football in its full-contact form was a demonstration sport at the 1932 Olympics when Los Angeles first hosted the Summer Games.

Persons: Casey Wasserman, “, Greg Barclay, Roger Goodell, Tidjane, William Blick, Niccolo Campriani, ” Wasserman, Wasserman, ”, Syed Shahid Ali of Pakistan, Guy Drut, Drut, ___ Organizations: Flag football, Los Angeles Games, International Olympic, IOC, Olympic, India, ” International Cricket, Flag, NFL, MLB, Football, Los Angeles, Lacrosse, Summer, French IOC Locations: Olympic, Mumbai, India, Los Angeles, Paris, Africa, Ivory Coast, Uganda, U.S, Angeles, Ukraine, Israel, Russia, Gaza

As the death toll rises in the Israel-Hamas war, they have become seats of anguish. On many campuses, these students agree on one thing: Their colleges, which are increasingly staking out positions of neutrality, have not done enough to support them. College officials, already under pressure to allow conservative opinions on campus, have been trying to preserve free speech and open debate. Some students were angry that a statement from the university president did not go far enough to acknowledge Palestinian deaths. “It shouldn’t be hard to support Palestinian rights and dignity ... while still condemning what Hamas did to Israeli civilians,” Spitalnick said.

Persons: ”, Alex Morey, ” Morey, —, Stanford, Richard Saller, Jenny Martinez, Martinez, we’re, Nadia Ali, Ashkenazie, Zareena Grewal, Grewal, “, ” Eytan, they’ve, Israel, Hussam Ayloush, Ayloush, Israel “, “ Harvard’s, Lawrence Summers, ” Summers, Claudine Gay, ” Harvard Hillel, Amy Spitalnick, ” Spitalnick, Chris Megerian, Collin Binkley Organizations: Jewish, College, Foundation, Rights, Stanford University, ”, Columbia University, Israel, Palestinian, Hamas, Yale University, “, Yale, Islamic, Harvard University, Palestine Solidarity Committee, Media, Harvard, Twitter, university’s Hillel, Jewish Council, Public Affairs, Hillel, Tufts University, Associated Press, Carnegie Corporation of New, AP Locations: Israel, Gaza, California, Manhattan, ” Eytan Israel, Palestine, U.S, Washington, Carnegie Corporation of New York

☆ Kaiser Permanente labor deal shows why short, disruptive strikes are becoming more common
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-15 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

And the union’s win is just the latest reason why short strikes are happening more and more. That’s up 86% from the number of short strikes in the same period of 2021. There have been only 98 strikes lasting more than a week so far this year, or half the number of short strikes, a more modest 20% increase from 2021. The short duration strikes pain on employers while not forcing union members to give up as much. “Sometimes the shock of the short strike produces the movement at the table.

Persons: there’s, —, Kaiser, ”, Todd Vachon, John Borsos, Johnnie Kallas, “, ” Kallas, “ We’re, Lester Garcia, ” Garcia Organizations: New, New York CNN, Kaiser Permanente, United Auto Workers Union, General Motors, Ford, Hollywood, Writers Guild, SAG, Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Los Angeles Unified School District, Rutgers University, “, Labor Department, UAW, Sacramento City Teachers Association, Cornell, Starbucks Workers United, Los Locations: New York, Minnesota, Los Angeles

☆ Israel flattened a West Bank pizzeria with a bulldozer after it used a picture of an elderly hostage in an advert, reports say
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-14 | by ( Marta Biino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Israel wiped out a pizza place in the West Bank town of Huwara, The Telegraph reported. The pizzeria used a picture of an Israeli woman who was taken hostage by Hamas as part of an ad. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementAdvertisementIsrael destroyed a pizzeria in the West Bank town of Huwara after it used an image of an elderly woman who was held captive by Hamas in an advert, The Telegraph reported.

Persons: Israel, —, vzLOWF4gT9 — Younis Tirawi, Yehuda Fox, ככה, סגל Amit Segal Organizations: West Bank, The Telegraph, Facebook, Service, Hamas, Telegraph, Eiffel Locations: West, Huwara, Israel, Gaza, Palestinian

☆ Biden Offers Backing to Palestinian Authority's Abbas in Call
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-14 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

President Biden spoke Saturday with President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority, offering it during the call his "full support" for humanitarian efforts in Gaza. The White House said Abbas briefed the U.S. president on his engagement in the region and “his efforts to bring urgently needed humanitarian assistance" to the Palestinian people, particularly in Gaza. Biden condemned Hamas’s attack on Israel, the White House said, “and reiterated that Hamas does not stand for the Palestinian people’s right to dignity and self-determination.” Biden spoke to Abbas about U.S. efforts with partners to prevent the conflict from widening, and the two leaders discussed the need to preserve stability in the West Bank and the broader region, the White House said.

Persons: Biden, Mahmoud Abbas, Abbas, Hamas’s, “, ” Biden Organizations: Palestinian Authority, West Bank Locations: Gaza, Israel

☆ Vomit fees are being added to some restaurant brunch bills. Be careful with those bottomless mimosas!
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

California restaurants are charging customers $50 cleaning fees for drunken incidents, reports say. Bottomless brunch specials give customers an hour or so to enjoy as many mimosas as they want. A $50 cleaning fee will automatically include in your [tab] when you throw up in the public areas. San Francisco-area restaurant Home Plate has added the warning of a $50 cleaning fee to their menu. Airbnb hosts charge guests up to $300 in cleaning fees in some cases.

Persons: —, Chaiporn Kitsadaviseksak, SFGate, hasn't, Uber Organizations: Service Locations: California, San Francisco, Francisco

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is in Israel on Friday for meetings with senior government leaders and to see firsthand some of the U.S. weapons and security assistance that Washington rapidly delivered to Israel in the first week of its war with the militant Hamas group. Austin is the second high-level U.S. official sent by President Joe Biden to visit Israel in two days. His quick trip from Brussels, where he was attending a NATO defense ministers meeting, came a day after Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in the region. Gaza's Hamas rulers responded by calling on Palestinians to “remain steadfast in your homes and to stand firm" against Israel. Within hours after the brutal Hamas attack across the border into Israel, the U.S. moved warships and aircraft to the region.

Persons: Lloyd Austin, Washington, Austin, Joe Biden, Antony Blinken, Benjamin Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant, Netanyahu, “, ”, Gallant, Gerald R, Blinken, King Abdullah II, Mahmoud Abbas, Matthew Miller, ” Miller, Abbas, Abdullah, Matthew Lee, Omar Akour Organizations: —, . Defense, Hamas, Israel, NATO, Ford, Biden, Qatar, ”, U.S, Palestinian Authority, West Bank, United Nations, United Arab, Associated Press Locations: TEL AVIV, Israel, U.S, Brussels, Gaza City, “, Virginia, Austin, Jordan, Amman, Jordanian, Gaza, Doha, Qatar's, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt

New York CNN —Starbucks on Wednesday criticized a message by its union about Hamas’ terrorist attack on Israeli civilians. Starbucks Workers United did not respond to CNN’s request for comment. In a separate post on X, SEIU International President Mary Kay Henry wrote that “the violence in Israel and Palestine is unconscionable. In its statement, Starbucks distanced itself from the reported comments. Starbucks unequivocally condemns acts of hate, terrorism and violence,” wrote Sara Kelly, Starbucks’ executive vice president and chief partner officer.

Persons: Mary Kay Henry, “, ” Starbucks, ”, Sara Kelly Organizations: New, New York CNN, Starbucks, Hamas, Starbucks Workers United, Israel, Starbucks Workers, SEIU, ” Workers, Workers United, “, UN, Palestine, Harvard, Harvard Palestine Solidarity Groups Locations: New York, Palestine, Gaza, Israel, @SEIU, United States, Harvard’s

☆ 'It rocks my spirit.' Harvard students share their takes on the difficult week on campus.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Tim Paradis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Harvard students spoke to Insider about the controversies roiling campus. The disputes followed the terroist attack by Hamas on Israel and a letter signed by student groups. One woman told Insider people falsely accused her and her fellow Jewish students at Harvard Law School of sponsoring the truck. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe Harvard campus on October 12. First-year law studentOne first-year law student said he wished both the student groups and the Harvard administration would take a more nuanced approach.

Persons: —, Israel —, Bill Ackman, they're, who'd, it's, Tim Paradis, Eden Mendelsohn Mendelsohn, that's, Harvard, aren't Organizations: Harvard, Service, Harvard Law School Locations: Israel, Harvard

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho law restricting which bathrooms transgender students can use in schools will go into effect while a court challenge plays out. It prohibits transgender students from using public school restrooms and locker rooms that align with their gender identity. It also allows other students to sue their school if they encounter a student using a bathroom that doesn’t align with their sex assigned at birth. About a quarter of Idaho schools allow transgender students to use restrooms and locker rooms that align with their gender identity, Nye said in a previous decision. The group also pushed a new Idaho law criminalizing gender-affirming health care for minors.

Persons: David Nye, Nye, ” Nye, “, ”, Thursday's, Peter Renn, Debbie Critchfield, Raúl, Republican Sen, Ben Adams Organizations: Chief U.S, District, The Idaho Statesman, Lambda, Lambda Legal, Idaho State, of Education, Boise School District’s, “, Republican, Policy, GOP, U.S, Circuit, Appeals Locations: BOISE, Idaho, An Idaho, Raúl Labrador, Labrador, Nampa

☆ I worked as an engineer on merchant vessels and my ship was held hostage by pirates for 8 months. I still cherish my career at sea.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Hannah Towey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

Chirag Bahri worked as an engineer on merchant vessels during a nearly decade-long career at sea. In 2010, his chemical tanker was held hostage by pirates for eight months. I had just joined the crew and I really needed to be on the ship to earn money. I was in the engine room when I got the call that pirates had boarded the ship. I still cherish the time I spent working onboard ships and I would encourage people to look at seafaring as a very positive, rewarding profession.

Persons: Bahri, —, Marguerite, Farah Abdi Warsameh, I'm, Bahri's, Dharmesh Gohil, Sattish Bate, Chirag Bahri, Dierk Lindemann, there's Organizations: Service, Chirag Bahri, International, International Seafarers Welfare, Assistance, Regional, South, Maritime, Google, International Maritime Bureau, AP, Hindustan Times, Getty, Asphalt Venture, Chirag Locations: South Asia, India, Belgium, Aden, Asia, East, Europe, Somalia, English, al, Shabab, South Somalia, Salalah, Chirag

BRUSSELS, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Defence ministers at NATO's Brussels headquarters watched stunned as their Israeli counterpart Yoav Gallant on Thursday showed them "shocking" and "horrific" video from the Hamas attack on Israeli civilians, diplomats said. Gallant, who remotely attended the one-hour NATO session, briefed ministers on the attack and showed them what the Times of Israel, which was the first to report on it, called an "uncensored video of Hamas atrocities". In a statement after the session with Gallant, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg declared: "Israel does not stand alone." On Wednesday, Stoltenberg said Israel had the right to defend itself and NATO expected its response to the Hamas attack to be proportionate. There was no immediate comment from the Turkish delegation to NATO or the Turkish foreign ministry.

Persons: Yoav Gallant, Israel, Gallant, Germany's Boris Pistorius, Jens Stoltenberg, Stoltenberg, Sabine Siebold, Andrew Gray, Ingrid Melander, Mark Heinrich Our Organizations: NATO's Brussels, NATO, Israel, Turkish, Thomson Locations: BRUSSELS, Gaza, of Israel, Germany, Israel, Turkey

His death has been memorialized as an egregious hate crime that helped fuel the LGBTQ+ rights movement over the ensuing years. In 2011, the military scrapped the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy that kept gay, lesbian and bisexual service members in the closet. Several activists interviewed this week by The Associated Press evoked Matthew Shepard as they discussed broader developments. The act expanded the federal hate crime law to include crimes based on a victim’s sexual orientation, gender identity or disability. It is a popular choice for high school theater productions but has faced opposition due to policies resembling Florida's “Don't Say Gay” law that have surfaced in various states and communities.

Persons: It's, Matthew Shepard, we've, Kevin Jennings, “, you've, they're, we’ve, ”, Ron DeSantis, “ We’re, ” Shannon Minter, Rodrigo Heng, Lehtinen, ” Heng, James Esseks, Esseks, ” Esseks, Kelley Robinson, —, James Byrd Jr, Barack Obama, Shepard, Shepard's, Judy, Matthew Shepard’s, Shelby Chestnut, Chestnut, Cathy Renna Organizations: of Wyoming, U.S, Supreme, Republican, Lambda, GOP, National Center for Lesbian Rights, National Center for Transgender Equality, American Civil Liberties, HIV, Human Rights, Associated Press, Matthew Shepard Foundation, Transgender Law, New, National, Task Force Locations: Vermont, Texas, Colorado, Florida, Laramie , Wyoming, New York City

☆ ‘Lessons in Chemistry’ Review: Brie Larson’s Feminist Flambé
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( John Anderson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Brie Larson Photo: Apple TV+Late in episode 5, the eight-part “Lessons in Chemistry” suddenly turns wonderful. Elizabeth Zott ( Brie Larson ), the world-class chemist who has been deprived of opportunity, dignity and love, ascends to a job she seems born to do: hosting a television cooking show and making it intelligent. She may not be manipulating nucleotides and amino acids, but she’s baking ham and educating minds. And winning an audience.

Persons: Brie Larson, ”, Elizabeth Zott Organizations: Apple

☆ North Korea's Kim shares letters with Russia's Putin, wishes victory over 'imperialists'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Hyonhee Shin | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Russia's President Vladimir Putin and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un attend a meeting at the Vostochny ?osmodrome in the far eastern Amur region, Russia, September 13, 2023 in this image released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency. In his letter, Kim said he was extremely satisfied with their "candid, comprehensive" discussions during the visit. He pledged to further develop relations to a "new height" and wished Putin good luck in resisting Western pressure over Ukraine. Putin, in his message to Kim, said their recent meeting was more evidence of developing ties. Washington has accused has accused North Korea of providing weapons to Russia for its war in Ukraine, including artillery shells, shoulder-fired rockets and missiles.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong Un, Kim Jong, KCNA, Putin, Kim, Kim's, Hyonhee Shin, Lincoln Organizations: North, Korean Central News Agency, KCNA, REUTERS, Rights, Thomson Locations: Amur, Russia, Rights SEOUL, North Korea, Ukraine, Northeast Asia, Moscow, Pyongyang, Washington

☆ Hamas proudly committed war crimes. Is Israel's government about to do the same?
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Mattathias Schwartz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

AdvertisementAdvertisementThere is no special carve-out in international law that allows the victims of war crimes to commit war crimes in return. War crimes are seldom punished if they are endorsed by a superpower. Even during the bloody post-9/11 period, Western governments refrained from announcing that they intended to commit war crimes. When it came to terrorists, he said during his first campaign, "you have to take out their families," an explicit endorsement of war crimes. But it took Vladimir Putin's 2022 invasion of Ukraine to fully put Trump's stated doctrine into practice — a modern military, in uniform, openly committing war crimes at scale.

Persons: Biden, Netanyahu, —, Michael Sfard, Tom Dannenbaum, Dannenbaum, Gallant, Benjamin Netanyahu, Marco Rubio, Mahmud Hams, Netanyahu's, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Trump, institutionalizing, Vladimir Putin's, Trump's, Vladimir Putin, weren't Organizations: Service, Israeli Defense Forces, Tufts, Terrorists, CIA, Prosecutors, Hague, US Justice Department, ICC, Hamas Locations: Gaza, Israel, Europe, Southeast Asia, Latin America, Afghanistan, Ukraine

☆ An Israeli lawmaker is urging her government to use 'everything in its arsenal,' including 'doomsday' weapons, against Hamas
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

An Israeli lawmaker says Israel should use nuclear weapons against Hamas. Revital "Tally" Gotliv wrote on X that she thinks it is time to fire "powerful missiles without limit." AdvertisementAdvertisementAn Israeli lawmaker has urged her government to consider using nuclear weapons in their war against Hamas. Revital "Tally" Gotliv, a member of the Israeli parliament, wrote in a post on X on Monday. It's time to kiss doomsday," Gotliv wrote in her post on X.

Persons: Gotliv, Benjamin Netanyahu, —, Israel, Netanyahu Organizations: Service, Palestinian, Hamas, Israel Defense Forces, Gaza Ministry, Health, Israel's Ministry of Defense Locations: Israel, Hamas, Gaza, Palestinian

☆ Opinion: In Gaza, Palestinians have nowhere to run
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Sheena Mckenzie | Opinion Omar Ghraieb | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

People carry bodies of Palestinians killed during an Israeli airstrike prior to their burial in Khan Younis, Gaza, on Wednesday, October 11. Tamir Kalifa/The New York Times/Redux Palestinians walk amid the rubble following Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City on October 10. Samar Abu Elouf/The New York Times/Redux Children run for cover as bombs fall near the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on October 9. Ronen Zvulun/Reuters Palestinians inspect the damage following an Israeli airstrike on the Sousi mosque in Gaza City on October 9. Eyad Baba/AFP/Getty Images Relatives of Palestinians killed on Saturday, October 7, mourn at the morgue of a hospital in Gaza.

Persons: Omar Ghraieb, Gaza CNN — Omar Ghraieb, Khan, Abed Rahim Khatib, Yahya Hassouna, Mapal Adam, Francisco Seco, Baz Ratner, Agha, Ibraheem Abu Mustafa, Jack Guez, Itzik, Miriam Shafir, Dor Shafir, Savion Kiper, Maya Alleruzzo, Mohammed Salem, CNN Sergey Ponomarev, Mohammed Abed, Eden Guez, Violeta Santos Moura, Atef Safadi, Fatima Shbair, Tamir Kalifa, Ohad, Mohammed Soboh, Said, Noam Elimeleh Rothenberg, Yuri Cortez, Belal Khaled, Samar Abu, Amir Cohen, Ilai Bar Sade, Erik Marmor, Ali Jadallah, Oren Ziv, Mohammed Saber, Ronen Zvulun, Majdi, Ilia Yefimovich, Ramez Mahmoud, Mahmud Hams, Roi Levy, Alleruzzo, Tali Touito, Jalaa Marey, Oded, Khan Younis, Ahmad Hasballah, Mohammed Fayq Abu Mostafa, Tsafrir, Ahmad Gharabli, Mustafa Hassona, Ilan Rosenberg, Eyad Baba, Itai Ron, Hadas Parush, I’ve Organizations: CNN, Gaza CNN, Getty, Reuters, Israel Defense Forces, New York Times, Nova Festival, Ben Gurion, AP, Mount, Anadolu Agency, Shifa, West Bank, Rockets, Israel's, United Nations, Palestinian, Reuters Police, Reuters Rockets Locations: Gaza, Khan Younis, Gaza City, AFP, Tel Aviv, Israel, Be'eri, Modiin Maccabim, Kfar Aza, Ashkelon, Mount Herzel, Jerusalem, Samar, Samar Abu Elouf, Yassin, Palestinian, Beitar Ilit, Mount Herzl, Sderot, Ramat Gan, Israeli, Kiryat Shmona, Itai, Beit Hanun, Rishon Lezion

☆ Role of women in society at stake in Polish election
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Anna Wlodarczak-Semczuk | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

"PiS doesn't respect women," Magdalena Bojko, a 36-year-old office worker, said during an opposition rally this month. Some surveys show the mainstream opposition could form a majority government even if PiS is in first place. Activists say that's in part because women are scared of having children following a handful of cases when pregnant women died of sepsis in hospitals as doctors waited for the fetus' heart to stop beating. "Women in Poland are terrified." "The opposition says the biggest problem for women is the lack of access to abortion.

Persons: Kacper, Agata, Magdalena Bojko, PiS, Anna Materska, Antonina Lewandowska, Anna Giszczak, Karolina Kowalewska, Agnieszka Pikulicka, Justyna Pawlak, Christina Fincher Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Law and Justice, Foundation, Civic Coalition, Reuters, Political, Warsaw University, Foundation for Women, Thomson Locations: Europe, Warsaw, Poland

☆ Down syndrome families' fight for access to Alzheimer’s trials, treatments
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Julie Steenhuysen | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +9 min

In an extended portion of Eisai’s main Leqembi trial, CAA was associated with one death. 'THE DIGNITY OF RISK'Hillerstrom said the groups are "very strongly" lobbying Eisai and Lilly to conduct the safety trials in Down syndrome, and said he has been meeting with the companies to push them to design such trials. Lilly declined to comment on whether it is considering either a safety trial or taking part in that study. An Eisai spokeswoman said the company "has no immediate plans" to conduct clinical trials of Leqembi in people with Down syndrome. The company is collaborating with LuMind in a study gathering data on how Alzheimer's manifests in people with Down syndrome.

Persons: Oskar Hillerstrom, Lianor, Hampus, Brian Snyder, Lianor da Cunha, Oskar, de Oeiras, Teresa, Oskar’s, Hampus Hillerstrom, Eli Lilly's, LuMind, Hillerstrom, Lilly, Emily Largent, Beau Ances, Louis, I've, Ances, I'm, Michael Rafii, William Mobley, Mobley, Dawn Brooks, donanemab, Margot Rhondeau, Hannah, Julie Steenhuysen, Caroline Humer, Bill Berkrot Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Reuters, CAA, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Medicare, U.S . Food, Drug Administration, Washington University, National Institute, Aging, University of Southern, UC San Diego School of Medicine, LuMind, Syndrome, Thomson Locations: Lexington , Massachusetts, U.S, Santo, Portugal, United States, St, University of Southern California

An emotional President Joe Biden Tuesday denounced the "sheer evil" of the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, where at least 14 Americans are dead and others are being held hostage. Biden said U.S. ally Israel would be assured "whatever it needs" to take care of its citizens and respond to the attack. He said the United States is helping with intelligence and experts to assist in the hostage rescue efforts. Blinken is headed to Israel Wednesday to get an update and to see how the United States can assist. Biden and Jean-Pierre also said American authorities were on the alert for domestic threats that could come following the attack on Israel.

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden, Kamala Harris, Antony Blinken, Benjamin Netanyahu, Jake Sullivan, Sullivan, Yoav Gallant, Gerald R, Karine Jean, Pierre, Vladimir Putin's, Putin, Jean Organizations: White, Israel, Hamas, “, ” National, Ford, Ukraine, White House Press Locations: Israel, Iran, United States, Gaza, U.S, Ukraine, America

☆ Airbnb boss Brian Chesky says he personally called CEOs he knew to ask if they could hire the thousands of staff he laid off during the pandemic
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky made the tough decision to lay off 1,900 staff during the pandemic. Chesky made an alumni directory for laid off Airbnb staff so recruiters could connect with them. Chesky explained to Bartlett that he wanted people to leave with "dignity" and have the chance to get good roles. When describing the layoffs, Chesky said it was like "breaking up with 2,500 people," and said that he had a "deep feeling of love for all of them," referring to his employees. During its pandemic layoffs, Airbnb's severance packages were substantial .

Persons: Brian Chesky, Chesky, —, Steven Bartlett, Airbnb, Bartlett, I'm, Elon Musk, Musk, they'd Organizations: Service, Software

☆ An Israeli father saw a video of his wife, two daughters, and mother-in-law being taken hostage by Hamas militants and he's pleading that the fighters show them 'respect'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

An Israeli dad says he saw a video of his wife and children held hostage by Hamas militants. AdvertisementAdvertisementAn Israeli father is begging Hamas militants not to harm his family after he recognized his wife, two young daughters, and mother-in-law in a viral video being held hostage in the back of a pickup truck and flanked by armed fighters. Asher told Reuters he was able to identify "my wife, my two daughters, and my mother-in-law on some kind of a cart, and terrorists of Hamas all around them." AdvertisementAdvertisementThe father said his daughters are less than 5 and 3 years old, and he pleaded for the militants not to hurt his family. More than 100 people are believed to have been taken hostage by Hamas following the group's attacks on Israel.

Persons: —, Yoni Asher, Doron Asher Katz, Asher, Nir Oz, Asher Katz's mother's, Khan Younis, he's, Israel Organizations: Service, Gaza, New York Times, Reuters, Israel Defense Forces Locations: Israeli, Palestinian, Israel, Nir, Gaza, Khan

☆ An American LGBTQ+ activist who fled Israel during Hamas attacks says she never imagined feeling safer in Dubai, where being gay is a crime
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Talia Lakritz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Hamas launched unprecedented surprise attacks on Israel on Saturday, killing at least 800 people. LGBTQ+ activist Rachael Fried and her wife were visiting Israel during the attacks. But when Hamas launched large-scale surprise attacks on Israel on Saturday, it became the best option. She and her wife took cover in a bomb shelter at their hotel. As the plane landed in Dubai, Fried was struck by the irony of feeling safer there.

Persons: Rachael Fried, —, Fried, Ahmad Gharabli, Ben Gurion Organizations: Hamas, Service, Queer Youth, Emirates, Dignity Trust, Keshet, Israel, Getty, Gaza Ministry, Health Locations: Israel, Dubai, American, New York, Tel Aviv, Gaza, AFP, Jerusalem

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