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The idea is to help Ukraine hold on to Kursk for as long as possible, the official said. : Biden’s decision comes at one of the most perilous moments for Ukraine in a war that has raged for nearly 1,000 days. Thousands of North Korean troops have been deployed to support Moscow’s effort in Kursk, while Russian troops are making significant gains on the eastern frontlines in Ukraine. The shift in policy also comes as Biden prepares to make way for President-elect Donald Trump. Trump has said he could settle the war in one day, without saying how he would do so.

Persons: Joe Biden, Chip Somodevilla, Biden, Donald Trump, “ Trump, Trump Organizations: White, Getty, Kyiv, Ukraine Locations: Washington ,, Ukraine, Russia, Moscow, Kursk, Russian, United States

☆ Can India's 5,000-Year-Old Disposable Clay Cups Compete With Plastic?
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-18 | by ( Emily Christian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

A kulhad is a biodegradable, disposable clay cup used in India by food vendors to serve hot beverages like chai and some desserts like yogurt. The cups have been excavated from the Indus Valley as far back as the end of the Stone Age, 5,000 years ago. Lately, synthetic materials like plastic and paper have started replacing these clay cups, as they are cheaper and more convenient for vendors to acquire. But the clay cups still persist in India. We went inside a kulhad workshop outside Kolkata to see how the traditional clay cup business is still standing.

Locations: India, chai, Kolkata

☆ Hollywood is turning to conservative values to find new audiences
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-18 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

The conservative shift comes as streamers try to make every dollar count but face cultural hurdles. The Prime Video series will be the first to come out of Amazon's deal with The Wonder Project, a Christian-focused production company for faith-based films and TV shows. In this newly conservative greenlighting era, buyers are looking around for sure things and pockets of audiences where there's opportunity. "Conservative, faith-based, family, is not a bad place to look," Thompson said. AdvertisementStudios and streamers want to serve rural America but are reluctant to touch something they consider too religious or conservative.

Persons: David, Vernon Sanders, Donald Trump's, Jennifer Salke, Nick Barnes, UTA's, Kevin Costner, Bob Iger, Tyler Perry, DeVon Franklin, Ruth, Boaz, Mary, Anthony Hopkins, Tim McGraw, Jim Caviezel, Jesus, Dallas Jenkins, Jon Erwin, UTA's Barnes, Dennis Quaid, Reagan, Matt Walsh's, Jesus of Nazareth, Angel, Robert Thompson, Thompson, Hilary Swank, Jamie McCarthy, That's, Jason Blum, Taylor Sheridan, Barnes Organizations: Netflix, Amazon MGM Studios, Paramount, Heartland, Angel, Angel Studios, Wonder, Networks, Cable, Syracuse University's Newhouse School of Public Communications, Center for Television, Popular, Conservative, York, Kingdom, Co, Lionsgate, UTA, Ampere Locations: Hollywood, UTA's Nashville, Los Angeles, American, California, America, Yellowstone, Georgia , Texas, Tennessee

☆ European tech CEOs urge 'Europe-first' mentality to counter U.S. dominance after Trump victory
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-18 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Thomas Plantenga, CEO of used fashion resale app Vinted, on center stage during Web Summit 2024 in Lisbon, Portugal. The Republican politician's victory was a key topic on various prominent tech bosses' lips at the Web Summit conference in Lisbon, Portugal. "It's time for Europe to step up," Yen told CNBC on the sidelines of Web Summit. US Big Tech 'playing extremely unfairly'However, Proton's Yen urged the EU not to water down its push to rein in America's tech giants. 'AI sovereignty' now a key battlegroundAnother theme that attracted much chatter on the ground at Web Summit was the idea of "AI sovereignty."

Persons: Thomas Plantenga, Harry Murphy, Donald Trump's, Andy Yen, Yen, Trump, Proton's Yen, Mitchell Baker, Baker, it's, Plantenga, we'll, OpenAI, Christian Kroll, Shelley McKinley, GitHub, McKinley Organizations: Web, Getty Images, Portugal — Tech, Big, Republican, Proton, CNBC, European Union, Apple, Microsoft, Meta, Markets, US Big Tech, Mozilla Foundation, Google, Trump Locations: Lisbon, Portugal, Getty Images LISBON, Europe, America, EU, Lithuania

☆ China's KFC and Pizza Hut CEO said she spends hours watching her customers eat
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-18 | by ( Aditi Bharade | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

AdvertisementChina's KFC and Pizza Hut CEO said that she sits and watches her customers eat. Joey Wat, the head of KFC and Pizza Hut in China, has an unusual approach to designing new products: She sits in restaurants for hours, watching her customers eat. Wat is the CEO of Yum China, the company that owns KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and other fast-food brands in the country. According to Yum China, KFC is China's most popular fast-food chain, with over 11,000 outlets in the country. Representatives of Yum China didn't respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.

Persons: Jason Buechel, LVMH's Bernard Arnault, Joey Wat, Wat, Fortune, Sam Walton, Laxman Narasimhan, foodie, Buechel, Bernard Arnault, Celine, Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior, Alexandre Arnault Organizations: Pizza, KFC, Yum, Taco Bell, Global, New York City, Walmart, Starbucks, Foods, Tiffany, Bloomberg, Business Locations: China, Yum China, New York, Austin

☆ Vladimir Shklyarov, Russian ballet star, dies after falling from building
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-18 | by ( Christian Edwards | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Vladimir Shklyarov, a world-renowned Russian ballet star, has died after falling from the fifth floor of a building on Saturday. His death was confirmed by the Mariinsky Theater, a venue in the city of St. Petersburg where Shklyarov was the highest-ranking dancer. “This is a huge loss for the entire Mariinsky Theater team,” it said. Shklyarov died two days before he was due to undergo complex spinal surgery and had been taking “serious painkillers” for some time, Russian media reported. Born in Leningrad — now St. Petersburg — Shklyarov studied at the prestigious Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet and graduated in 2003.

Persons: Vladimir Shklyarov, Shklyarov, ”, “, It’s, Diana Vishneva, Instagram, Petersburg — Shklyarov, —, ” “ Romeo, Juliet ”, “ Don Quixote, Alexei Ratmansky, Ratmansky, Maria Shirinkina Organizations: CNN, Mariinsky Theater, RIA Novosti, Mariinsky, Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet, London’s Royal Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Russia, Bolshoi Ballet Locations: Russian, St . Petersburg, Leningrad —, St, Petersburg, Swan, Russia, New York, Ukraine, Ukrainian

BYBLOS, Lebanon — The anguish in Lebanese archaeologist Nader Siklaoui’s voice is clear as he films Israeli missiles slamming down near ancient Roman columns he has spent much of his life protecting. But the conflict is also taking a devastating toll on Lebanon’s unique and ancient heritage, with airstrikes wiping out centuries-old villages and endangering fragile, millenia-old archaeological sites, like the celebrated Roman ruins of Baalbek, a United Nations world heritage site. First responders evacuate an injured person following an Israeli airstrike near Tyre, Lebanon, on Oct. 30. What can we do?” said Siklaoui, who oversees heritage sites in southern Lebanon, speaking to NBC News at the national museum in the capital Beirut. Israel’s military says it only targets Hezbollah, but accuses the group of embedding itself in and near civilian infrastructure, including heritage sites.

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☆ ‘Landman’: What you need to know about Taylor Sheridan’s new gritty Texas oil industry show
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-17 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Taylor Sheridan’s hit western series “Yellowstone” may soon be coming to an end, but the producer’s latest offering “Landman” might just be the show to fill that void. “Landman” stars Billy Bob Thornton and chronicles the gritty tale of the dangerous oil business in the boomtowns of West Texas. It is based on the “Boomtown” podcast, which covered the Permian Basin’s historic oil boom. Ali Larter plays Angela Norris, Tommy’s wife and Demi Moore plays Hamm’s wife Cami. The series will follow Norris as he secures land in the boomtowns of West Texas, with the billion-dollar oil and gas industry serving as the backdrop for the series.

Persons: CNN — Taylor Sheridan’s, Billy Bob Thornton, Jon Hamm, Emerson Miller, Tommy Norris, Monty Miller, Ali Larter, Angela Norris, Tommy’s, Demi Moore, Hamm’s, Cami, Andy Garcia, Michael Peña, James Jordan, Michelle Randolph, Norris, Adrian Hernandez, Emilio Rivera, Jacob Lofland, Sheridan, Christian Wallace, fracking, Thornton Organizations: CNN, Paramount, Yellowstone, Texas, ”, Daily Locations: West Texas, Texas

☆ NFL Week 11 top storylines: Chiefs-Bills, Ravens-Steelers and can Bears get right vs. Packers?
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-17 | by ( Mike Jones | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +12 min

Mahomes vs. Allen, Round 8The NFL schedulers probably should have made this the Sunday night contest. The Bears rank seventh against the pass, have allowed only 18.6 points per game (seventh-best) and have 16 takeaways (also seventh). Foes do find it hard to run on Baltimore, which gives up an NFL-low 73.0 rushing yards per game. They are holding opponents to a league-best 13.1 points per game, and haven’t allowed more than 20 points in any game this season. So this matchup will be a good measuring stick for the Chargers’ defense, while proving whether Herbert and company can win in a shootout if necessary.

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☆ AP photographer captures moment bomb hits apartment building in Lebanon
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-17 | by ( Catherine Nicholls | Story Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Beirut AP —As a bomb descended on a multi-story apartment building in Beirut’s Tayouneh area Friday, hundreds of onlookers gathered in the street at a traffic roundabout several hundred meters (yards) away. The Israeli army said the building contained facilities belonging to the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. A bomb dropped from an Israeli jet prepares to hit a building in Tayouneh, Beirut, Lebanon, on November 15, 2024. Hassan Ammar/APThick smoke and flames erupt from the building after it is struck. The Israeli military has maintained that it takes measures to reduce civilian casualties by issuing warnings before many of its strikes in Lebanon.

Persons: Hassan Ammar, Ammar, “, ”, Richard Weir, Weir, Bilal Hussein Organizations: Beirut AP, Associated Press, Hezbollah, Human Rights Watch, Health Ministry Locations: Beirut, Beirut’s Tayouneh, Lebanese, Tayouneh, Lebanon, Horsh Beirut, Israel

☆ King Arthur left an ancient trail across Britain. Experts say it offers clues about the truth behind the myth
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-16 | by ( Julia Buckley | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

Today, he is best associated with Tintagel Castle, where remains of a settlement dating back to the fifth century perch strikingly on an islet off the wild coast of Cornwall. Bettmann Archive/Getty ImagesFor Stoyle, it’s likely that the myth of Arthur has at least its roots in fact. This Arthur was played by Clive Owen in the 2004 film, “King Arthur,” alongside Keira Knightley as Guinevere. The sixth-century “Artognou stone," discovered in 1998, has linked Tintagel with King Arthur for some scholars, though others dismiss it. Of course, medieval history writers were fast and loose with the facts.

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☆ Katie Taylor wins controversial rematch with Amanda Serrano to retain super lightweight title
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Mark Puleo | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

For the second time, Taylor defeated Serrano via a decision that left more fans questioning the scorecards than praising Taylor’s skills. “She kept head butting me, but we knew that from the very beginning from the first fight,” Serrano said in the ring. Serrano kept Taylor circling on her back foot through the first five rounds as the bout turned into a streetfight — exactly what Serrano wanted. Taylor won the initial bout two years ago by weathering a surge from Serrano in its middle stages. This time, Serrano left no room for Taylor to come back.

Persons: Katie Taylor, Amanda Serrano superfight, Taylor, Serrano, Jake Paul, Mike Tyson, “, ” Serrano, Chantelle Cameron, Jordan Maldonado, Maldonado, Ariel Helwani, that’s, Erika Cruz, Christian Petersen Organizations: Netflix, T, Dallas Cowboys, Paul’s, WBA, Getty Locations: Arlington , Texas, Serrano

☆ Bernard Arnault, the world's richest person, appoints son to CEO role at LVMH amid leadership shake-up
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Lauren Edmonds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Bernard, CEO and chairman of LVMH, is the world's richest person with a $158.5 billion net worth. Related Video 5 ways Elon Musk shook up Twitter as CEOAlexandre Arnault and Bernard Arnault in 2016. Representatives for LVMH, Arnault, and Guiony did not respond to requests for comment from Business Insider. The new appointments also drum up speculation about who will succeed Bernard as LVMH's CEO. The Arnault family has been compared to the Roy family, the subjects of the HBO drama, "Succession."

Persons: Alexandre Arnault, Moët Hennessy, Bernard Arnault's, —, Bernard Arnault's multibillion, LVMH, Bernard, Christian Dior, Bernard's, Alexandre, Elon Musk, Bernard Arnault, Donato Sardella, Louis Vuitton, Jean, Jacques Guiony, Guiony, — Alexandre, Frédéric —, Delphine Arnault, Dior Couture, Antoine Arnault, Antoine, Jean Arnault, Roy, Roy family's Organizations: Service, company's Sustainability, LVMH's, Product, Communications, Tiffany, LVMH, Business, Reuters, Christian Dior, HBO, New York Times Locations: LVMH

☆ Tua Tagovailoa says he has no regrets about his tackle attempt after throwing an interception against LA Rams
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Samuel Joseph | Sam Joseph | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa said that he does not regret his tackle attempt in his team’s 23-15 victory over the Los Angeles Rams on Monday, despite his history of head injuries. During the second quarter of the Monday Night Football matchup, Tagovailoa threw a pass intended for wide receiver Jaylen Waddle that was intercepted by Rams linebacker Christian Rozeboom. I’ll make the tackle, that’s what I’ve got to do. Tagovailoa suffered his most recent concussion against the Bills when he dove for a first down and took a hit from Buffalo safety Damar Hamlin. Tagovailoa recorded 207 yards through the air in Monday’s victory and threw a touchdown pass to receiver Tyreek Hill.

Persons: Tua Tagovailoa, Tagovailoa, Jaylen Waddle, Christian Rozeboom, Rozeboom, headfirst, “, ”, ‘, ’ “, you’ve, I’ve, Damar Hamlin, ” Tagovailoa, “ Tua, Mike McDaniel, Tyreek Organizations: CNN — Miami Dolphins, Los Angeles Rams, Rams, Dolphins, Buffalo Bills, Bills, Buffalo, Miami, Arizona Cardinals

☆ Ozempic and Wegovy may help curb alcohol addiction, study suggests
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-13 | by ( Kaitlin Sullivan | Kaitlin Sullivan Is A Contributor For Nbcnews.Com Who Has Worked With Nbc News Investigations. She Reports On Health | Science | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

The blockbuster drugs Ozempic and Wegovy may help people cut back on drinking, new research published Wednesday in JAMA Psychiatry suggests. Just over 28 million adults in the U.S. have alcohol addiction, according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Several other studies have examined drinking habits among people taking GLP-1 drugs who do not have alcohol use disorder. Around 75,000 people in the study used some type of medication to treat alcohol use disorder. So far, the clearest results have come from studies on alcohol addiction — but there is still a lot to understand.

Persons: Ozempic, ”, Alex DiFeliceantonio, Markku, “, ” DiFeliceantonio, Christian Hendershot, Hendershot, Lähteenvuo, DiFeliceantonio, ” Hendershot Organizations: Psychiatry, National Institute, Alcohol, Biomedical Research Institute, Niuvanniemi Hospital, University of Southern California Institute for Addiction Science Locations: Sweden, U.S, Virginia, Finland, Swedish

☆ How Pete Hegseth went from Fox News host to Trump’s Defense Secretary pick
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-13 | by ( Brian Stelter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

New York CNN —Two years ago, Pete Hegseth relocated his family from New Jersey, near Fox News headquarters, to a small town outside of Nashville, Tennessee. On Tuesday evening, President-elect Donald Trump said Hegseth is his pick for Defense Secretary – a decision that shocked even some of his friends at Fox. Hegseth and Rauchet disclosed their relationship to Fox management when Rauchet was pregnant (and Hegseth was still married). After returning home from Iraq in 2006, Hegseth wrote that more troops were urgently needed. Hegseth wrote “Modern Warriors” in 2020 and “War on Warriors” earlier this year, both for Fox’s book imprint.

Persons: Pete Hegseth, Friends ”, Biden, Donald Trump, Hegseth, –, Pete, “, Trump, ” Hegseth, ”, Roger Ailes, Ailes, buzzed, Hegseth’s, Samantha, Jennifer Rauchet, Rauchet, Kaitlan Collins, George W, Bear Stearns, Amy Klobuchar, Glenn Beck’s, Tucker Carlson, Jack Carr, Bernstein, he’d, Fox, Carr Organizations: New, New York CNN, Fox News, “ Fox, Friends, Fox, Army, Department of Defense, Inside Fox, Trump National Golf, Nashville Christian, CNN, Princeton University, New Jersey Army National Guard, National Guard, Harvard University, White, Trump, Department of Veterans Affairs, Twitter, Fox Nation, Veterans, Warriors, FOX News Media, Princeton Locations: New York, New Jersey, Nashville , Tennessee, Washington, DC, Iraq, Afghanistan, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, United States, Bear, Guantanamo, Minnesota, Nashville, Tennessee

☆ Private equity can now invest in NFL teams. Here's what it could mean for the league
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-13 | by ( Christian Nunley | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The National Football League is now accepting investment from private equity firms. The process was a long time in the making, after peer leagues like Major League Baseball and the National Basketball Association began doing so starting in 2019. In recent years valuations of professional football teams have skyrocketed, boosted in part by soaring media rights packages. The average NFL franchise is valued at $6.5 billion, according to CNBC's Official NFL Valuations, while the NBA's average franchise is worth about $4.4 billion, according to Forbes. Watch the video above to learn more about how the NFL's new guidelines for private equity will work and how they may affect the league moving forward.

Persons: we've, Clark Hunt, Forbes, Sportscorp, Marc Ganis Organizations: National Football League, Major League Baseball, National Basketball Association, Kansas City Chiefs, NFL, NBA

☆ Oldest stone tablet inscribed with Bible’s Ten Commandments to be sold at auction
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-13 | by ( Lianne Kolirin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The oldest known tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the Old Testament is expected to fetch up to $2 million when it goes up for auction next month. The ancient stone will be on show in Sotheby's New York showroom from December 5, before going on sale later in the month. The inscription was placed face upward and the stone was exposed to heavy foot traffic. According to a press statement sent to CNN by Sotheby’s, which will auction the tablet in New York next month, the stone was sold to a scholar in 1943. Last year, a Hebrew Bible more than 1,000 years old was sold for $38.1 million at Sotheby’s in New York.

Persons: Samaritanism, Gerizim –, Zion, Sotheby’s, ”, Gerizim, Richard Austin, Sassoon Organizations: CNN, Sotheby’s, Bank – Locations: Israel, Sotheby's New York, New York, York

☆ How Trump's Army veteran pick for Pentagon chief, Fox & Friends' Pete Hegseth, sees the world
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-13 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

AdvertisementTrump has tapped Pete Hegseth, an Army veteran and Fox News host, to be secretary of defense. US President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Pete Hegseth, a Fox & Friends host and US Army National Guard veteran, to be secretary of defense. Hegseth was considered for Veterans Affairs secretary during Trump's first term and faced pushback from veterans group leaders. All US military combat roles opened to women in 2015. AdvertisementThroughout the war, Hegseth has shifted stances, calling Putin a "war criminal" and criticizing Biden for not getting Ukraine military aid quickly enough.

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A coalition of parents attempting to block a state law that would require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in public school classrooms by next year have won a legal battle in federal court. The judge wrote that the law is "facially unconstitutional" and "in all applications," barring Louisiana from enforcing it and adopting rules around it that require all public K-12 schools and colleges to exhibit posters of the Ten Commandments. We've shown that in our briefs by creating a number of posters," Murrill told reporters. The displays included historical context for the commandments that the state believes makes its law constitutional. When asked what he would tell parents concerned about having the Ten Commandments in public schools, Landry said in August: "Tell your child not to look at them."

Persons: John deGravelles, DeGravelles, Jan, Liz Murrill, Jeff Landry, —, nonreligious —, Steven Green, Murrill, We've, Landry, Moses, Martin Luther King Jr, Hamilton Organizations: U.S, District, Gov, GOP, — Jewish, Unitarian Universalist, American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of, Americans United, and State, Religion Foundation, Willamette University, Supreme Locations: Louisiana, American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana, Oregon, Murrill, Oklahoma

☆ Archbishop of Canterbury resigns amid abuse scandal
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-12 | by ( Hannah Peart | Hannah Peart Is An Intern In The Nbc News London Bureau. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON — Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the spiritual leader of the global Anglican church, resigned Tuesday after an investigation found that he failed to promptly report serial physical and sexual abuse by a volunteer at Christian summer camps. Welby said in a statement that he was stepping down "in sorrow" and "having sought the gracious permission of His Majesty The King." In his resignation letter, Welby acknowledged “personal and institutional responsibility” for “wrongly” believing that there wasn’t a need to make a formal report to police on the case in 2013. The church should have “properly and effectively” reported Smyth to the relevant authorities, the report found. A petition calling for Welby's resignation, created by members of the national assembly of the Church of England, the General Synod, had reached over 13,000 signatures at the time of his announcement on Tuesday.

Persons: Canterbury Justin Welby, Welby, ”, “, John Smyth, Smyth, Stephen Cottrell, Keir Starmer Organizations: LONDON, of England, British Locations: United Kingdom, Africa, Canterbury

☆ The best street-style outfits Taylor Swift has ever worn
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-12 | by ( Amanda Krause | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Outside of music, Taylor Swift is widely known for her sparkling red-carpet outfits and stage looks. But she also has a strong street style, as seen during her New York City strolls over the years. Go to newsletter preferences Thanks for signing up! But there's also the matter of her concert outfits, red-carpet looks, and standout street style. Related Video 10 functional clothes and accessories for holiday giftingHere are the best ensembles she's worn while out and about over the years.

Persons: Taylor Swift, Swift, —, there's, Vivienne Westwood, Louboutin Organizations: New, Service Locations: New York City

☆ Justin Welby resigns as Archbishop of Canterbury over abuse scandal
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-12 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby resigned "in sorrow" on Tuesday, saying he had failed to ensure there was a proper investigation into allegations of abuse by a volunteer at Christian summer camps decades ago. "The last few days have renewed my long felt and profound sense of shame at the historic safeguarding failures of the Church of England," Welby said in a statement. "I hope this decision makes clear how seriously the Church of England understands the need for change and our profound commitment to creating a safer church. As I step down I do so in sorrow with all victims and survivors of abuse." The Anglican churches in African countries such as Uganda and Nigeria are likely to welcome Welby's resignation, after saying last year they no longer had confidence in him.

Persons: Canterbury Justin Welby, Welby Organizations: of, of England Locations: North America, Britain, Africa, Uganda, Nigeria

☆ Germany sets early election date for February after collapse of the ruling coalition
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-12 | by ( Sophie Kiderlin | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Germany is set to hold a federal election in February, earlier than Chancellor Olaf Scholz had originally proposed after his ruling coalition collapsed last week. The election is set to be held on February 23, according to sources within the parliamentary group of Scholz' social democratic party (SPD). It is a necessary step ahead of early elections in Germany as the chancellor must first call for the vote in parliament. Lindner was replaced by Jörg Kukies who was appointed as the new finance minister on November 7. Scholz' SPD and the Green party will form a minority government in Germany until the election in February.

Persons: Olaf Scholz, Joerg Kukies, Scholz, Christian Lindner, Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Lindner, Jörg Kukies Organizations: Bundestag, Authorities, Green Locations: Berlin, Germany

☆ European Google rivals partner on search engine infrastructure to counter Big Tech
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-12 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The two internet search firms agreed a joint venture, called the European Search Perspective or EUSP, with ownership split 50-50 between both firms. Why build a European search index? Currently, alternative search engines like Ecosia, Qwant and DuckDuckGo don't develop their own back-end infrastructure. The new venture will see them build their own search index from scratch, however, amassing results from a mix of different search engines. Both companies will use the search index themselves but the tech will also be made available to other independent search engines and tech firms.

Persons: Nikolas Kokovlis, Portugal —, it's, Christian Kroll, DuckDuckGo, Bing, Olivier Abecassis, Abecassis, Kroll, Donald Trump, Ecosia's Kroll, ChatGPT Organizations: Nurphoto, Getty, Google, . Big Tech, Microsoft, CNBC, European Union, The, Markets, Big Tech, U.S Locations: LISBON, Portugal, France, Berlin, Paris, Qwant, United States, Russia, Europe, Ukraine

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