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A hiker was found dead Monday along a trail in Big Bend National Park in Texas after rangers noticed a vehicle that had been parked for several days and launched a search, staff members said. The National Park Service did not name the 24-year-old hiker in a statement. The Marufo Vega Trail is one of the most rugged locations at Big Bend National Park in Texas. "Big Bend National Park staff and partners are saddened by this loss,” Deputy Superintendent Rick Gupman said in the statement. “Our entire park family extends condolences to the hiker’s family and friends.”Even though it is late October, temperatures in the desert parts of Big Bend National Park have been reaching almost 100 degrees each afternoon, the park service said.

Persons: Vega, Rick Gupman Organizations: National Park Service, National Park, Lajitas International, Weather Locations: Big Bend, Texas, Big, Odessa

☆ America’s largest newspaper chain, including USA Today, won’t endorse in 2024 presidential race
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Liam Reilly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —Gannett, owner of the nation’s largest newspaper chain, announced that its more than 200 publications, including USA Today, will not publish presidential endorsements in the run-up to the November 5 election. The newspapers aren’t alone in declining to publish presidential endorsement in the 2024 race. “Until now.”In 2020, USA Today again broke with its own tradition, this time offering its first full-throated endorsement for Joe Biden’s candidacy. David Mastio, who was part of the USA Today opinion team that published the 2020 endorsement of Biden, called the decision deeply disappointing. “I am deeply disappointed that USA TODAY has lost its voice at this critical time for our country.”

Persons: New York CNN —, Gannett, ”, Lark, Marie Antón, Kristin Roberts, Roberts, Gannett Media newsrooms, ” Antón, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump “, Hillary Clinton ”, “, ” “ We’ve, Joe Biden’s, Ronald Reagan, David Mastio, Biden, ” Mastio Organizations: New, New York CNN, New York CNN — Gannett, USA, USA Today Network, ” Gannett, CNN, Gannett Media, USA Today, Gannett, The Arizona Republic, Detroit Free Press, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Locations: New York, USA, “

☆ Israel’s strikes on Iran shattered a forty-year taboo. Tehran may now be forced to rethink its defense strategy
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Mostafa Salem | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Israel openly said it conducted “precise strikes” on military targets in Iran. “Israel now has broader aerial freedom of operation in Iran,” Israel’s military spokesman Daniel Hagari said, touting achievements in the attack. The idea was that if Israel were to strike Iran, Tehran would retaliate by unleashing its militias against Israel. Iranian officials have repeatedly stated that they have no intention of weaponizing the country’s nuclear program, while simultaneously using its potential as leverage in negotiations with the West. “Even the more hawkish American presidents have not favored taking military strikes because the most likely outcome is that, at some point, that will make Iran turn nuclear,” Parsi said.

Persons: CNN —, Israel, Israel didn’t, “, ”, Daniel Hagari, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Benjamin Netanyahu, Nicole Grajewski, Hassan Nasrallah, ” Mohammad Ali Shabani, Amwaj.media, Trump, Fatemeh, Parsi, Grajewski Organizations: CNN, Schools, Iran’s, Quincy Institute, Responsible, Nuclear, Carnegie Endowment, International Peace, Israel, West, Bushehr Nuclear Power, Anadolu Agency, Getty Locations: CNN — Iran, Republic, Israel, Iran, Islamic Republic, Israeli, Damascus, “ Israel, Tehran, Washington, Syria, Israel’s, Gaza, Lebanon, London, Iraq, Bushehr

“Make no mistake, an attack on a ballot box is an attack on our democracy and completely unacceptable,” Oregon Secretary of State LaVonne Griffin-Valade said Monday. All ballot boxes in Multnomah County and Clark County have fire suppressant installed, election officials said during a news conference Monday. Voting in Oregon and Washington is done almost entirely by mail or ballot drop off. Enhanced ballot box securityA damaged ballot drop box is displayed during a news conference at the Multnomah County Elections Division office on Monday in Portland, Oregon. Following the ballot box fires, Gluesenkamp Perez requested overnight law enforcement patrols at drop boxes through Election Day.

Persons: LaVonne Griffin, Valade, ”, Steve Hobbs, “, Jenny Kane, Tim Scott, Greg Kimsey, Kimsey, Scott, ” Jay Riestenberg, John Burnside, ” Burnside, They’ve, Burnside, “ It’s, ” “, Mike Benner, Amanda McMillan, Jay Inslee, Jessica Vega Pederson, Tina Kotek, Inslee, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, Gluesenkamp Perez, CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, I’m, ” Larry Olson, suppressants, ” Olson, CNN’s Nicole Chavez, Taylor Romine, David Williams, Natasha Chen Organizations: CNN, US Department of Homeland Security, Division, Portland Police, Portland Police Bureau, Vancouver Police Department, US Postal Service, . Portland Police, ” Police, Volvo, Oregon Department, Driver, Vehicle Services, Washington Gov, Congressional, Rep Locations: Pacific Northwest, Portland, Vancouver , Washington, Vancouver, Oregon, Washington, Multnomah, Portland , Oregon, Multnomah County, Clark, Clark County, In Oregon, Southeast Portland, Seattle, Washington’s, American, Oregon’s Multnomah County

☆ Israeli strikes dealt a serious blow to Iran's missile operations but far from destroyed them
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Satellite images show the strikes caused damage at sites linked to Iran's missile program. Officials and analysts say Iran's missile operations took a hit, but it's unclear how badly. The strikes were a long-awaited response to Iran's massive ballistic missile attack against Israel on October 1, the second such attack this year. AdvertisementHowever, Nadimi said Iran's missile industry is large, dispersed, and hardened underground. The Israeli strikes "can only delay certain processes for weeks or months at best," he said, adding that follow-up strikes likely three times as large would be needed to have lasting effects.

Persons: —, Yoav Gallant, Nadimi, ISW, Michael Allen, Bush, Morteza Nikoubazl, Getty Images Allen, Israel Organizations: Iran, Service, Israel, Israeli Air Force, Israel Defense Forces Iran, Israeli, Planet Labs PBC, Business, Planet, Planet Labs PBC Farzin, The Washington Institute for Near East, Planet Labs PBC Nadimi, Institute for, National Security Council, Getty Images, Royal United Services Institute Locations: Israel, Iran, Tehran, Shahroud, Washington, Russia

☆ America’s CEOs don’t have the stomach for Trump’s promised revenge tour
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

While dozens of American business leaders — your Reeds Hoffman, your Marks Cuban, etc. “I was very grateful … for his willingness to stand up to the pressure from Donald Trump in 2015 … until now. That’s why 88 business leaders last month endorsed Harris. On the other hand, a little back-channeling and olive-branch-extending could give business leaders and their companies some goodwill in an administration helmed by a notoriously impulsive, vengeful leader. In a business world that craves certainty and economic stability, executives may be telling themselves that their silence is purely a business decision.

Persons: CNN Business ’, New York CNN —, Donald Trump, didn’t, Hoffman, Marks, Kamala Harris, Jeff Bezos, Trump, Marty Baron, Patrick Soon, Harris, Baron, CNN’s Michael Smerconish, Bezos “, Bezos, …, Elon Musk, “ Trump, ” Baron, NPR’s David Folkenflik, Steve Contorno, Alayna Treene, Tim Cook, Sundar Pichai, Andy Jassy, Mark Zuckerberg, it’s Organizations: CNN Business, New York CNN, Democratic, The Washington Post, Republican, Los Angeles Times, Saturday, SpaceX, Washington, LA Times, Apple, Trump, European Union, Las, Google, Amazon, CNN, Meta, White Locations: New York, Amazon, Las Vegas, Pennsylvania

☆ China Halloween: Partygoers pushed boundaries in Shanghai last year. This year, police are taking notice
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Chris Lau | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

People stage a Halloween cosplay carnival in Shanghai, China, October 27, 2024. “Was dressing up for Halloween no longer allowed at Julu Road in Shanghai this year? A reveler dressed up as Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is taken away by police in Shanghai during Halloween celebrations on October 26, 2024. “(I guess) there will never be any Halloween celebration in Shanghai as innovative as the one in 2023. The Shanghai municipal government even praised last year’s Halloween celebration as “a sign of cultural tolerance.”A partygoer dressed up as Buddha is escorted away by police in Shanghai during Halloween celebrations on October 26, 2024.

Persons: Hong Kong CNN —, revelers, Donald Trump, partygoers, Trump, Douyin, Alfred Wu, Lee, ” Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, CNN, Publishing, Shanghai Disney Resort, Weibo, Douyin CNN, Lee Kuan Yew, of Public, National University of Singapore Locations: China, Hong Kong, Shanghai, United States, Asia, Japan, South Korea, ”, “

☆ American Battleground: Christianity and chokeholds, the powerful forces propelling Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Tom Foreman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +22 min

“Hey hey, ho ho, thank you, Joe, it’s time to go!”The success of former President Donald Trump’s campaign is becoming a catastrophe for sitting President Joe Biden. A fundraising appeal from the Biden campaign says, “How does a guy who used to say that Donald Trump and his policies were ‘reprehensible,’ become Donald Trump’s running mate? Through years of being a rubber-stamp for Donald Trump’s extreme, MAGA agenda. Women voters, whom the Trump campaign desperately needs, start posting cat memes sharply critical of Vance’s views. But even though Trump is casting himself as the martyr, within days it will seem he was playing the prophet.

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☆ New York Yankees’ offense explodes against Los Angeles Dodgers in World Series Game 4 to stave off elimination
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Wayne Sterling | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

The Yankees beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 11-4 in Game 4, spoiling a historic night for Los Angeles Dodgers’ first baseman Freddie Freeman. It’s like you finally got to see the top blow off Yankee Stadium in a World Series game,” Boone told reporters. It was Yankee Stadium World Series game.”The Dodgers now lead the series three games to one. Ashley Landis/APThe contest started off promisingly for the visitors when Freeman continued his hot World Series run. The New York Yankees' Anthony Volpe hits a grand slam in Game 4 of the World Series on Tuesday, October 29.

Persons: Freddie Freeman, Anthony Volpe, Daniel Hudson, Volpe, ” Volpe, “ We’ve, Aaron Boone, ” Boone, “, Anthony, they’ve, Dave Roberts, ” Roberts, we’re, We’ll, Ashley Landis, Freeman, homering, Luis Gil, George Springer, whittling, Austin Wells, Alex Verdugo, Will Smith, Gleyber Torres, Wells –, Verdugo, Juan Soto, Torres ’, Aaron Judge –, –, Gerrit Cole, Jack Flaherty, Elsa, Mike Lawrence, Brent Honeywell, Anthony Rizzo, Seth Wenig, Luke Hales, Mookie Betts, Al Bello, Giancarlo Stanton, Frank Franklin II, Daniel Shirey, Stanton, Alex Slitz, Maddie Meyer, Sarah Stier, Smith, Alex Vesia, Harry, Michael Kopech, Jayne Kamin, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Yamamoto, Julio Cortez, Shohei Ohtani, Mary DeCicco, Tommy Edman, Rob Tringali, Carlos Rodón, — Kirk Gibson’s, Gibson, Steph Chambers, Nestor Cortes, Jazz Chisholm, Mark J, Terrill, Aaron Judge, Brusdar Graterol, Enrique Hernández, Fernando Valenzuela, Valenzuela, ”, Gina Ferazzi, Brad Paisley Organizations: CNN, The New York Yankees, Yankee, Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers, The Bronx Bombers, ” Yankees, Dodgers, Atlanta Braves, Houston Astros, Astros, MLB, Getty, North, AP Yankees, The Dodgers, USA, Sports, Reuters, AP Dodgers, Dodger, Los Angeles Times Locations: New York, It’s, Los Angeles, York, North America

The comedian who let loose a series of racist jokes, some about Puerto Rico, at former President Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally on Sunday night workshopped the material the night before at a local comedy club. I love Puerto Rico and vacation there." There, Puerto Rican voters stand to be a deciding electorate. More than half of the nearly 580,000 eligible Latino voters in Pennsylvania are of Puerto Rican descent. The Republican Party of Pennsylvania is leading efforts to engage Latino and Puerto Rican voters in the state.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Tony Hinchcliffe, Hinchcliffe, Trump, Vianca Rodríguez, Danielle Alvarez’s, ” Hinchcliffe, Hurricane Maria, Rafael Collazo, Puerto Ricans, Kamala Harris, Harris, Collazo, ”, Bunny, Marc Anthony, Trump “, Maria, “, Donald Trump, Peter W, Stevenson, Jennifer Lopez, Ricky Martin, Lin, Manuel Miranda, “ Despacito, Luis Fonsi, María Elvira Salazar, Sen, Rick Scott, Jenniffer González Organizations: New, Trump, NBC, Noticias Telemundo, Republican National Committee, Puerto Rico, Hurricane, Puerto Rican, Puerto Ricans, Mexican, Puerto, Reading, of Housing, Urban Development Office, Madison, Washington, Getty, Michigan, Latino, Politics Institute, UCLA, Republican Party of Pennsylvania, Republican Party, GOP Locations: Puerto Rico, New York City, Madison, Spanish, Puerto, Puerto Rican, U.S, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, New York, America

☆ 3 dead in pair of shootings at Minneapolis homeless camps that police say may be linked
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Antonio Planas | Antonio Planas Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Two shootings at separate homeless encampments in Minneapolis that killed three people and wounded three others over the weekend are possibly connected, police said. “This is the second triple shooting at two separate homeless encampments in two days,” police said. Police on Monday afternoon said there have been no arrests in the encampment shootings. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey told the media that, while violent crime is going down in areas of the city, violence in and near homeless encampments has escalated. "MPD continues to address crime related issues associated with homeless encampments and the city continues to offer resources.," O'Hara said.

Persons: Jacob Frey, ” Frey, Deven Leonard Caston, Caston, Brian O’Hara, ”, O'Hara Organizations: Minneapolis Police Department, MPD, Police, Minneapolis, Centers for Disease Control, Hennepin County Medical, Minneapolis Police Locations: Minneapolis, Hiawatha, Snelling, Hennepin County

Philadelphia Union goalkeeper Holden Trent died suddenly in a "tragic passing" that cut short his "bright future," officials said Sunday. "Major League Soccer joins the Philadelphia Union and our entire soccer community in mourning the tragic passing of Union goalkeeper Holden Trent," according to a Major League Soccer statement on Sunday. “The Philadelphia Union is devastated by the heartbreaking passing of Holden Trent,” the Union said in a statement. Trent last played on June 26 for the club's MLS Next Pro (MLSNP) developmental squad, the Philadelphia Union II. The Philadelphia Union II dedicated its playoff match to Trent on Saturday and advanced on penalties against Crown Legacy.

Persons: Holden Trent, Trent, fiancé, ” Organizations: Philadelphia Union, Major League Soccer, Major League, Philadelphia, MLS, High Point University, Philadelphia Union II, Trent, Panthers, North Locations: Philadelphia, North Carolina, Greensboro

A woman died on Saturday after backing into plane's propeller while trying to take a picture at an airfield in Kansas, officials said. The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office said the woman was critically injured in the incident and later died at the hospital, according to NBC News affiliate KSNW. The woman was identified by the sheriff's office as 37-year-old Amanda Gallagher of Wichita, Kansas. The sheriff's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from NBC News on Monday. The airfield is also the home of Air Capital Drop Zone.

Persons: Amanda Gallagher, KSNW, Gallagher, “, ” Martin Myrtle, Myrtle, Cook, Wichita —, GoFundMe Organizations: NBC News, . Air, Air, Federal Aviation Administration, National Transportation Safety Board Locations: Kansas, Sedgwick, Wichita , Kansas, Derby, Wichita

Ballot drop boxes in Portland, Oregon, and neighboring Vancouver, Washington, were set on fire early Monday morning, police said, just over a week out from Election Day. The Portland Police Bureau said an "incendiary device" was placed inside of a sidewalk ballot box in the Central City district. At around 4 a.m. local time, about a half-hour after the reported fire in Portland, police in Vancouver also responded to a ballot box fire. Earlier this month, the Vancouver bomb squad responded to reports of a "suspicious device" near a downtown ballot box, police said. The device was "safely removed" and the ballot box itself was "not compromised," according to a news release.

Persons: Greg Kimsey, Shasti Conrad, Kimsey, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, Donald Trump, Joe Kent Organizations: Vancouver . The Portland Police Bureau, Officers, Portland police, Unit, NBC News, Disposal Unit, FBI, Vancouver, Washington State Democratic Party, Congressional, Democratic Rep, Republican, U.S . Postal, Police Locations: Portland , Oregon, Vancouver , Washington, Portland, Vancouver ., Central City, Vancouver, Multnomah County, Clark County, Washington's, Phoenix

☆ Women's volleyball dispute touches on a broader question: How to define 'fair'
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

One member of the women’s volleyball team at San Jose State University has signed on to being part of a federal lawsuit against the NCAA challenging the presence of transgender athletes in women’s college sports. As with other points of dispute in the struggle over gender identity and transgender rights, one thing opposing sides have in common is framing their stance as a matter of what’s fair and right. This political and cultural backdrop makes the attention surrounding the SJSU situation more understandable. Anawalt echoes such an idea — that a resolution to the “fairness” question is muddy, elusive and perhaps ultimately unanswerable. And so where do you draw the bright white line in terms of what’s fair and what’s not fair?”

Persons: ”, Bradley Anawalt, Anawalt, we’re, McKenna Dressel, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, SJSU, hasn’t, Todd Kress, PFLAG, —, Sarah Fields, Zola Budd, we’ve Organizations: San Jose State University, NCAA, University of Washington School of Medicine, University of Nevada, SJSU, Associated Press, San, University of Colorado Denver Locations: —, States, Reno, Gilbert , Arizona, “, San Jose State, San Jose, British

☆ Trump refers to CNN’s Anderson Cooper by a woman’s first name
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

“If you watched her being interviewed by Allison Cooper the other night, he’s a nice person. You know Allison Cooper? Oh, no.”CNN journalist Anderson Cooper in New York City on Dec. 10, 2023. “Even Allison Cooper was embarrassed by it. He was embarrassed by it.”In referring to Cooper with a woman’s name, Trump appeared to turn to a stereotype heterosexual people have long deployed against gay men.

Persons: Donald Trump, Anderson Cooper, “ Allison Cooper, ” Trump, Cooper, Kamala Harris, Allison Cooper, Anderson, Mike Coppola, Trump, “, Joe Rogan, Arnold Palmer’s Organizations: CNN, Republican, Saturday, Trump Locations: NOVI, Mich, —, U.S, Traverse City , Michigan, New York City, Michigan, Pennsylvania

☆ Gaza girl, 6, who carried sister in viral video speaks to NBC News
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Freddie Clayton | Freddie Clayton Is A Freelance Journalist Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Video of Qamar carrying her injured sister to a hospital and back in central Gaza was shared widely across social media recently. With Sumaya in need of treatment and unable to walk, Qamar slung her younger sister over her shoulders and carried her to the hospital. Qamar, 6, carries her injured sister Sumaya, 5, in Gaza on Oct. 21. But most of all, she said, she wants to see her father again, after the family lost contact with him after fleeing from northern Gaza. But she expressed pride in her daughter, "who took her sister, who carried her, healed her and brought her back," she said.

Persons: Qamar Subuh, Qamar, Sumaya Subuh, Sumaya, Alaa Hamouda, Al, Hanan, Volker Türk, Muhammad Al Organizations: NBC News, United Nations, Civil Defense, NBC, Israel Locations: Gaza, Al Bureij, Palestinian, Beit Lahia

Halloween revelers in Shanghai on Sunday. Video shared on social media and geolocated by NBC News shows dozens of police officers crossing a road near Zhongshan Park where Halloween revelers gathered in recent days. My 6-year-old was wearing a hat with a pirate emblem, and they even asked him to take it off,” read one comment Sunday from a Shanghai resident on Chinese social media platform Weibo. There was no official announcement of an outright ban or clear restrictions on Halloween activities from Shanghai officials, but local businesses reported receiving notices. Halloween-related activities appeared to go ahead as planned at Shanghai Disneyland and another theme park, Happy Valley.

Persons: “, ” Organizations: HONG KONG — Police, Publishing, Getty, Shanghai, NBC News, Police, Shanghai Information, Reuters Locations: HONG KONG, Shanghai, China, Zhongshan Park, Weibo, Jing, Zhongshan

☆ The U.S. Navy apologized 142 years after shelling and burning an Alaska Native village to oblivion
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Shells fell on the Alaska Native village as winter approached, and then sailors landed and burned what was left of homes, food caches and canoes. It was Oct. 26, 1882, in Angoon, a Tlingit village of about 420 people in the southeastern Alaska panhandle. Now, 142 years later, the perpetrator of the bombardment — the U.S. Navy —has apologized. The residents are vastly outnumbered by brown bears, and the village in recent years has strived to foster its ecotourism industry. Merriman, the top U.S. official in Alaska, saying a Tlingit uprising threatened the lives and property of white residents.

Persons: U.S . Navy —, Mark Sucato, ”, “, Angoon, Nobu Koch, Daniel Johnson Jr, Julianne Leinenveber, Klane, Shgen George, E.C . Merriman, Johnson, Merriman, ” Johnson, Billy Jones, Tith Klane’s, ” Jones, Rosita Worl, Leinenveber, Eunice James, Tith Klane, we’ve Organizations: U.S . Navy, Navy, Department of Interior, Alaska Natives, U.S ., Army, Wrangell, Admiralty, North West Trading Co, Naval, U.S, Sealaska Heritage Institute Locations: ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Angoon, Angoon , Alaska, Russia, Kake, Juneau

☆ British lawmaker suspended from Labour Party after video shows apparent assault
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

A member of the British Parliament was suspended Sunday by the Labour Party after a video appeared to show him punching and knocking a man to the ground. Mike Amesbury, 55, from Runcorn and Helsby in northwest England, was suspended pending an investigation into the incident that took place early Saturday morning. “Last night, I was involved in an incident that took place after I felt threatened on the street following an evening out with friends,” Amesbury said. Video had surfaced Saturday on social media that appeared to show Amesbury berating a man in the street. Pointing his finger at the man, Amesbury yelled: “You won’t ever threaten me again, will you?”Amesbury had said on social media Friday that he was attending a local meeting about policing and community safety.

Persons: Mike Amesbury, Amesbury, ” Amesbury Organizations: Labour Party, Mail, Amesbury, Cheshire police Locations: Runcorn, Helsby, England, Cheshire, Frodsham

☆ Georgian president calls for protests after ruling party wins disputed election; U.S., allies call for probe
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

Georgian Dream Party supporters celebrate the exit poll results in Tbilisi on Saturday. Diego Fedele / Getty ImagesPresident Salome Zourabichvili spoke the day after the vote, which the electoral commission said the ruling party had won. The Georgian Dream party clinched nearly 54% of the vote, the commission said, as opposition parties contested the result and vote monitors reported significant violations. Georgian Dream has become increasingly authoritarian over the past year, adopting laws similar to those used by Russia to crack down on speech. Despite that, Georgian Dream has adopted Russia-style laws and many Georgians fear the government is distancing the country from the West and into Moscow’s orbit.

Persons: Diego Fedele, Salome Zourabichvili, Georgia’s, ”, Zourabichvili, Antonio López, White, Charles Michel, “, Irakli Kobakhidze, ” Hungary’s Victor Orbán, Tiko Gelashvili, Natia Seskuria Organizations: European Union, Georgian Dream Party, Getty, European, Sunday, Georgian, The United National Movement, Regional Institute for Security Studies, AP Locations: United States, Russia, Europe, Tbilisi, Georgian, Russian, Brussels, South Caucasus, ”, Georgia, Tiko, Georgia’s, Moscow, Soviet Union, Javakheti

☆ ‘Venom 3’ slinks to $51 million, lowest opening weekend of comic book trilogy
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Variety-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

1 at the box office, but the comic book film fell significantly short of expectations. After much bigger launches, the first “Venom” powered to $856 million worldwide while “Let There Be Carnage” surpassed $500 million worldwide. The follow-up to 2019’s billion-dollar hit “Joker” has turned into a box office disaster with $57.8 million domestically and $201.1 million globally. The R-rated sequel to 2022’s “Smile,” which topped the box office last weekend, has generated $40.7 million in North America and $83 million worldwide to date. The well-reviewed family film has endured at the box office with minimal week to week drops, amassing $111 million domestically and $232 million worldwide so far.

Persons: “, Tom Hardy, ”, Venom, Kelly Marcel, Hardy, Eddie Brock, Jeff Bock, ’, Robert Zemeckis, Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Dwayne “, ” Johnson, “ Moana, David A, Gross, Ralph Fiennes, Edward Berger, Audiences, Andrew Garfield, Florence Pugh, Sean Baker’s Palme d’Or Organizations: Marvel, Sony, Yankees, Dodgers, Rotten, Entertainment Research, Warner Bros, Catholic, Universal, DreamWorks, Cannes Locations: New York City, Los Angeles, North America, CinemaScore, Russian

A Palestinian inspects the damage after an overnight Israeli airstrike in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza, on October 27. Here’s what to know from the weekend:In Gaza:• An Israeli strike killed several people at a school west of Gaza City on Sunday, according to Gaza’s Civil Defense. Israel’s military claimed it targeted Hamas operatives in the strike. At least 30 medical staff were detained by Israeli forces at the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, according to the enclave’s Ministry of Health. In Israel:• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel’s strikes on Iran had severely damaged Tehran’s defense capabilities, without providing further details on what was targeted.

Persons: Stringer, Kamal Adwan, Khalil Al, ”, António Guterres, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Yoav Gallant, • Organizations: Civil Defense, Kamal, enclave’s Ministry of Health, CNN, Al, Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, World Health Organization, United Nations ’, •, Gaza Locations: Beit Lahia, Gaza, AFP, Iran, Israeli, Gaza City, Beit Lahiya, Aqsa, Israel, Egypt

Israel’s Knesset opened its winter session on Monday against a backdrop of war in Gaza and Lebanon and after an Israeli strike on Iran on Saturday. UNRWAThe Knesset was set to debate on Monday bills that would make it illegal for Israeli officials to cooperate with UNRWA, the main U.N. agency that aids Palestinians. The bills would effectively shut down the agency’s work in Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem within 90 days. According to the Jerusalem Post, the first bill states that UNRWA could no longer operate in Israel, while the second would abrogate the treaty that underpins the relationship between UNRWA and Israel. The Knesset has already voted in favor of advancing the bill and it is being prepared for a second and third reading.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu’s, Netanyahu’s, Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant, Gallant, Yuli Edelstein, Kan, Mr, Edelstein, Israel’s, Matthew Miller, UNWRA, Adalah Organizations: Likud, Division, Lawmakers, UNRWA, West Bank, United Nations, Department, Police Locations: Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, Israel, East Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Canada, France, Germany, Australia, United Kingdom, United States

☆ Foreign investors flock to flagship Saudi economic conference — but face less free-flowing cash
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Natasha Turak | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

A delegate arrives at the King Abdulaziz Conference Centre in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh to attend the Future Investment Initiative (FII) forum. The kingdom's $925 billion sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund, saw its assets jump 29% to 2.87 trillion Saudi riyals ($765.2 billion) in 2023 — and local investment was a major driver. "Value meaning hiring, developing the asset management ecosystem, creating new products, bringing in talent, and investing in Saudi capital markets also. Oil prices and the Saudi economy appear to so far have stayed largely unscathed, dropping 4% early Monday after Israel's weekend strike on Iran. A key reason for that may be the rapprochement deal the kingdom signed with Iran, brokered by China, in March 2023.watch now

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