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The town in south Lebanon appeared deserted, its roads empty and its market shuttered, after months of fighting between Hezbollah and Israel across the nearby border made many residents flee. As the coffins arrived, martial music blared and a few hundred of the remaining residents came to pay their respects. Watching the procession, Asmaa Alawiyeh, an accountant, said life was hard after months of clashes. Her husband, a plumber, could not find work. And no one knew when life would return to normal.

Persons: Israel, Bint Jbeil, Asmaa Locations: Lebanon, Israel, Bint

☆ Can Venezuela's political crisis affect migration and U.S. politics?
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Juliana Jiménez J. | Juliana Jiménez J. Is A Reporter For Noticias Telemundo. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

After 25 years of autocratic rule, a significant portion of Venezuelans in the country and in exile had enormous expectations of change. But of “those millions who have emigrated from Venezuela, criminals are the minority,” he said. In addition, experts on Venezuela told Noticias Telemundo that there is no evidence of a state policy aimed at sending criminals to other countries. The Trump campaign has also stated that Kamala Harris is “intentionally importing millions of illegals in hopes of turning them into Democratic voters,” which is also false. “The campaign does not comment on hypothetical situations,” Florez said, adding that “the Republican National Committee’s statement is identical to that of the Trump campaign."

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But although Mr. Nasrallah promised that Hezbollah would respond, he equivocated on the scope and nature of that retaliation. “We have entered a new phase,” he said, speaking in a televised address during the funeral for Mr. Shukr. “You do not realize the red lines you have crossed,” warned Mr. Nasrallah, addressing Israel directly. “The only things lying between us and you are the days, the nights and the battlefield,” said Mr. Nasrallah, again addressing Israel. Credit... Diego Ibarra Sanchez for The New York TimesAfter Mr. Nasrallah finished his speech, Mr. Shukr’s coffin was carried onto the street outside and met a sea of mourners.

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The strike on Beirut was the first time during this war that Israel has targeted such an influential Hezbollah leader in Lebanon’s capital. Hours later, the killing in Iran of Hamas’s political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, was considered the most brazen breach of Iran’s defenses in years. Image A protests in Tehran on Wednesday after Ismail Haniyeh, a senior Hamas leader, was assassinated in Iran. Despite his title as Hamas’s political leader, Mr. Haniyeh is replaceable, said Joost Hiltermann, the Middle East and North Africa program director for the International Crisis Group. In January, Israeli strikes killed a senior Hamas leader in Hezbollah’s stronghold in Beirut, leading to fears that Hezbollah would mount a particularly fierce response on Hamas’s behalf.

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Set to a peppy electronic soundtrack, a recent video clip showed what the Hezbollah militia said was a missile-firing drone, a new weapon in its arsenal as it ratchets up its strikes on Israel. Flaunting a new weapon is the type of muscle flexing that Hassan Nasrallah, the organization’s elusive leader, crows about. Israel, too, is hitting targets farther into Lebanon. The latest surge by Hezbollah came this week, with a series of daily drone strikes by the militia hitting some civilian targets well into Israel. Senior officials starting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stoked their rhetorical threats against Hezbollah, suggesting that a day of reckoning was close at hand.

Persons: Flaunting, Hassan Nasrallah, ”, Benjamin Netanyahu stoked Organizations: Senior, Israeli Locations: Israel, Gaza, Lebanon

What Ukraine Has Lost A drone photograph shows numerous severely damaged buildings with labels highlighting residential buildings, a football field and a high school. This is the first comprehensive picture of where the Ukraine war has been fought and the totality of the destruction. More buildings have been destroyed in Ukraine than if every building in Manhattan were to be leveled four times over. In mid-May, the Russians bombed some towns in northeastern Ukraine so ferociously that one resident said they were erasing streets. “No matter how unpatriotic it may sound, there’s not much future for her in Ukraine,” Ms. Hrushkovska said.

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☆ Laken Riley killing: Man accused of killing nursing student indicted on murder and ‘peeping Tom’ charges
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-08 | by ( Devon M. Sayers | Eric Levenson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The man accused of killing nursing student Laken Riley in February was indicted Wednesday on charges of murder and aggravated assault with intent to rape as well as for an earlier incident in which he allegedly peeped into the window of a student. Riley, a 22-year-old Augusta University College of Nursing student, was killed on February 22 while out for a run on the University of Georgia’s campus. Ibarra struck Riley in the head with a rock multiple times and asphyxiated her, according to the indictment. Ibarra, of Athens, Georgia, is an undocumented immigrant from Venezuela who was not a university student. Clarke County Sheriff’s OfficeThe killing and suspect’s immigration status renewed debate on the country’s immigration policies at the highest level.

Persons: Laken Riley, Jose Antonio Ibarra, Tom, Riley, Ibarra, “, Tom ”, Investigators, ” Jose Antonio Ibarra, Joe Biden, “ Laken Riley, legals, ” Biden, ” Organizations: CNN, Augusta University College of Nursing, University of Georgia’s, University of Georgia, State, MSNBC Locations: Athens , Georgia, Venezuela, Clarke, Georgia

☆ A Times Photographer Went on a Gaza Airdrop. Here’s What He Saw.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-30 | by ( Diego Ibarra Sanchez | Lars Dolder | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The huge rear gate of the Jordanian air force cargo plane slowly lowers like a stiff iron jaw, revealing a hazy blue sky and, far below, the battered landscape of northern Gaza. Inside the plane’s cavernous hold, the aid being delivered by the crew is lined up in neat rows: chest-high bundles of boxes stacked atop wooden pallets, each one bound by shrink-wrap and heavy straps and marked with images of Jordan’s flag. With humanitarian groups and others sounding the alarm over a looming famine in northern Gaza and hunger widespread throughout the territory, airdrops are playing a prominent role in efforts to deliver food, water and urgent supplies to Palestinians. On Thursday, the Jordanian air force allowed a photographer for The New York Times on one of its planes to observe the airdrop of bundles of aid across northern Gaza. The trip, taking off and returning from Jordan’s King Abdullah II air base, east of Amman, took several hours.

Persons: Jordan’s King Abdullah Organizations: The New York Times Locations: Jordanian, Gaza, Jordan’s, Amman

☆ Progressives are fuming at Biden for describing a migrant as an 'illegal' during his State of the Union address
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-08 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

During the SOTU, Biden called Laken Riley's alleged killer, an undocumented immigrant, an "illegal." download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementDuring his State of the Union address on Thursday night, President Joe Biden referred to a Venezuelan migrant as "an illegal." I don't think he should've either." "I don't think it's a big deal."

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☆ Takeaways from Biden and Trump’s dueling visits to the border
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Michael Williams | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Washington CNN —President Joe Biden and his political opponent Donald Trump both agree: The situation along the US-Mexico border needs to change. “Join me – or I’ll join you – in telling Congress to pass this bipartisan border security bill,” Biden said, addressing Trump directly. “The United States is being overrun by the Biden migrant crime,” Trump said in Eagle Pass, adding that Biden has “the blood of countless innocent victims” on his hands. “We work for the American people.”Addressing Trump, Biden said: “So instead of playing politics with the issue, why don’t we just get together and get it done?”It’s an unlikely prospect. Biden previously signaled openness to Republican-favored concessions in order to get the border bill passed.

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☆ After U. of Georgia Killing, Lawmakers Seek Tougher Immigration Laws
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Jacey Fortin | Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Republican lawmakers in Georgia are pushing to toughen state laws that govern detentions of undocumented migrants after a killing at a college campus sent shock waves through the state. Last Thursday, the body of Laken Riley, a 22-year-old woman, was found in a wooded area on the campus of the University of Georgia in Athens. Officials said that Mr. Ibarra and Ms. Riley did not know each other before the encounter that ended in Ms. Riley’s death. As an outpouring of grief ensued in Athens, immigration policies in Georgia have come under renewed scrutiny, with Republican lawmakers looking to exercise more state power over local law enforcement agencies. Mayor Kelly Girtz of Athens-Clarke County has faced criticism from conservatives for his welcoming stance toward migrants, and a bill in the State House that would harden Georgia’s existing laws on immigration has gained new momentum.

Persons: Laken Riley, Jose Antonio Ibarra, Mr, Ibarra, Riley, Mayor Kelly Girtz Organizations: University of Georgia, Republican Locations: Georgia, Athens, Venezuela, Clarke

☆ Arrest of Migrant in Georgia Killing Turns City Into Latest Battleground on Immigration
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-26 | by ( Richard Fausset | Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When a 22-year-old nursing student was found dead on a wooded trail at the University of Georgia in what’s believed to be the first homicide on campus in nearly 30 years, it set off waves of grief and fear that shook the university to its core. But when a 26-year-old migrant from Venezuela was charged on Friday with kidnapping and murdering the student, Laken Riley, it did something else: It transformed Athens and Clarke County, a community of about 130,000 people some 70 miles east of Atlanta, into the latest flashpoint in the political fight over American immigration policy. In a social media post on Monday, former President Donald J. Trump called the suspect, Jose Antonio Ibarra, a “monster,” and blamed President Biden for an “invasion” that is “killing our citizens.” Earlier in the day, at an event at the university, Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia decried “an unwillingness by this White House to secure the southern border.”A third Republican, Representative Mike Collins, who represents Athens, wrote on social media: “The blood of Laken Riley is on the hands of Joe Biden, Alejandro Mayorkas and the government of Athens-Clarke County,” referring to the unified city-county government.

Persons: what’s, Laken Riley, Donald J, Trump, Jose Antonio Ibarra, Biden, Brian Kemp of Georgia, “, Mike Collins, Joe Biden, Alejandro Mayorkas Organizations: University of Georgia, Gov, Republican Locations: Venezuela, Athens, Clarke County, Atlanta, Clarke

☆ Laken Riley: Vigil to be held for Augusta University student killed on UGA campus as a suspect remains in custody
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-25 | by ( Elizabeth Wolfe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —A vigil will be held Monday afternoon for Laken Hope Riley, an Augusta University nursing student who was found dead after jogging on the University of Georgia campus last week, as her suspected killer’s immigration status has drawn the scrutiny of Republican leaders. Riley, who was a UGA student until May 2023, was found dead Thursday near a lake on the university’s campus from blunt force trauma, according to UGA Police Chief Jeff Clark. Riley’s killing has left the University of Georgia to grieve two tragic deaths that occurred less than a day apart: Her body was discovered just hours after the death of a UGA student the previous night. The Monday afternoon vigil will be co-hosted by Riley’s Alpha Chi Omega sorority at UGA in remembrance of both of the dead students, the university said. Clark referred to Riley’s killing as a “crime of opportunity,” noting he believes the suspect acted alone.

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☆ Laken Riley: Suspect in University of Georgia killing didn’t know victim and is not a student on the campus, police say
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-24 | by ( Jamiel Lynch | Dalia Faheid | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —The suspect in the killing of an Augusta University College of Nursing student on the University of Georgia campus in Athens did not attend school at the campus and did not know the victim, authorities said Friday. The Athens-Clarke County Coroner identified the 22-year-old nursing student on Friday morning. All classes on the University of Georgia’s Athens campus were canceled Friday and will resume Monday, the school said. I will miss and love you forever Laken.”Before her enrollment at Augusta University, Riley was a student at the University of Georgia until 2023, UGA spokesperson Cole Sosebee said. Riley’s body was discovered mere hours after the death of a University of Georgia student the previous night.

Persons: Laken Hope Riley, “, Jeff Clark, Jose Antonio Ibarra, Ibarra, Riley, Clark, ” Clark, haven’t, Greg Trevor, Riley “, ”, Joshua L, Jones, ‘, ” Riley, Lauren Phillips, “ I’m, Cole Sosebee Organizations: CNN, Augusta University College of Nursing, University of Georgia, Augusta University, ” University of Georgia Police, Campus, University of Georgia’s, ” Police, Police, UGA, College of Nursing, University of, University of Augusta College of Nursing, of Nursing, University, Georgia Locations: Athens, Clark, Clarke, “, University of Georgia’s Athens

A 26-year-old man charged with kidnapping and murdering a nursing student at the University of Georgia in Athens will remain in jail after he was denied bond at a hearing on Saturday, the authorities said. Ms. Riley, a student at nearby Augusta University and a former student at the University of Georgia, had been reported missing by friends after she did not return from a run. Mr. Ibarra, a resident of Athens who is not a U.S. citizen, migrated to the United States from Venezuela, the authorities said. That release, or parole, was a practice the administration used when officials were overwhelmed with high numbers of crossings. Some six million Venezuelans have fled their troubled country, the largest population displacement in Latin America’s modern history.

Persons: Jose Antonio Ibarra, Laken Riley, Jeffrey Clark, Riley, Ibarra Organizations: University of Georgia, Augusta University, Border Patrol Locations: Athens, U.S, United States, Venezuela

A 26-year-old man was charged on Friday with kidnapping and murdering a nursing student whose body was found in a wooded area at the University of Georgia in Athens the previous day, the authorities announced. They called the homicide, the first in nearly 30 years on campus, “a crime of opportunity” and said that the two apparently had not known each other. The victim, Laken Riley, 22, was an undergraduate student at the school until the spring of 2023 and then enrolled at Augusta University’s nursing program, which has a campus in Athens, school officials said. University police identified the suspect as Jose Antonio Ibarra, 26, at an evening news conference. He said that while Mr. Ibarra lives in Athens, he is not a citizen of the United States.

Persons: ”, Laken Riley, Augusta University’s, Jose Antonio Ibarra, ” Jeffrey Clark, Ibarra, Clark Organizations: University of Georgia, Augusta, University police Locations: Athens, Augusta, United States

☆ With a low cocoa supply, this Valentine’s Day chocolate prices are up
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-12 | by ( John Towfighi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Rising cocoa prices aren’t the only concern for customers this Valentine's Day. Last Thursday, Hershey Co. said it would cut 5% of its workforce after historic cocoa prices and inflation-weary consumers dampened fourth quarter earnings. “And it looks like it’s not necessarily going to subside anytime soon.”The Supreme Valentine’s Day SweetRoughly 92% of Americans say they plan to share chocolate and candy for Valentine’s Day this year, according to the National Confectioners Association. In 2023, Valentine’s Day chocolate and candy sales exceeded $4 billion, the NCA says. Issaka said that while high demand and low supply raise prices, cocoa farmers are getting squeezed.

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☆ 'Authentic' is Merriam-Webster's word of the year—see the other 13 words that defined 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Ece Yildirim | In Ecedyildirim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Did you try to be more authentic this year? Were you trying to figure out what "authentic" even means? Either way, you weren't alone: It's Merriam-Webster's word of the year for 2023, an annual recognition given to a word that dominates searches and lookup volume on the dictionary's website. It's an important distinction: Coming across as phony can be alienating, while conveying authenticity can help you amass popularity and inspire others, surveys show. Trying too hard to be natural or relatable often seems fake, Merriam-Webster's announcement noted: "Ironically, with 'authentic content creators' now recognized as the gold standard for building trust, 'authenticity' has become a performance."

Persons: It's Merriam, Rebecca Zucker, Herminia Ibarra, Ibarra Organizations: CNBC, Merriam, London School of

☆ Stop following this common piece of career and life advice, says behavior expert: It's not 'the solution to everything'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Ece Yildirim | In Ecedyildirim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Plenty of experts — from Harvard University neuroscientists and Yale University psychologists to self-made millionaires and ex-Google executives — preach self-awareness as a crucial trait separating highly successful people from everyone else. At least one researcher is over it. It certainly can't hurt to understand what you're good at and where you need to improve, whether that's at work or anywhere else in your life. "When you are focused introspectively, you are going to favor what you have past experience doing," Ibarra says. "But a lot of the stuff that we are being challenged to do [in our careers], we have no past experience doing.

Persons: Harvard University neuroscientists, Herminia Ibarra, that's, Ibarra Organizations: Harvard University, Yale University, London Business School, CNBC

☆ Fighting Intensifies in Northeast as Russia Presses on Kupiansk
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Gaya Gupta | Oleksandr Chubko | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

Svitlana, right, traveled several hours from her village of Kamianske to Stepnohirsk to receive humanitarian aid alongside two other women, Lesya and Natasha. Vitya, a resident of the village of Stepnohirsk, which sits on the front line of the Zaporizhzhia region. Svitlana’s village, Kamianske, sits in a gray zone between Russian and Ukrainian forces in the Zaporizhzhia region. Image Members of Ukraine’s State Emergency Service loading animal food and other supplies into a van in Stepnohirsk, Ukraine, fire station this month. He said his home, along with almost every building in Kamianske, had been destroyed by Russian shelling.

Persons: Svitlana, Stepnohirsk, Lesya, Natasha, Vitya, Svitlana’s, “, ” Lesya, ”, ” Natasha, “ I’m, ” Svitlana, Diego Ibarra Sanchez, Serhii, ’, Vladimir V, Alla Viktorivna Organizations: Ukraine’s, Emergency Service, The New York Times Local, “, The New York Times Locations: Kamianske, Stepnohirsk, Svitlana’s, Ukrainian, Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Russia, Russian, Stepnohirsk .

The images a reconnaissance drone sent back to Ukrainian forces provided a vivid portrait of the Russian side of the war zone. Damaged houses gave way to cratered fields on Ukraine’s southern steppe. A jagged Russian trench along a tree line had been blasted by American-supplied cluster munitions barely a week earlier, according to Lt. Ashot Arutiunian, the commander of the unit that recorded the images. This was on a recent morning, with Ukrainian artillery firing relentlessly, the deep rumbling explosions of the impact resonating in the distance. Mixed in were the louder explosions of Russian shells landing on Ukrainian positions.

Persons: Ashot Arutiunian Locations: Ukrainian, Russian, American

☆ Ukraine Warns of Renewed Russian Infrastructure Attacks
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Enjoli Liston | Diego Ibarra Sanchez | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

The findings echoed the warnings President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said he gave allies ahead of the counteroffensive that began in early June. “The most glaring deficiency is the inability of Ukraine’s partners to appreciate the lead times between decisions and their desired effects,” Mr. Watling wrote. Even so, Mr. Watling noted, decisions to fulfill the requests were not made until mid-January. That is when Britain, France, Germany and the United States agreed to send Western tanks and other armored fighting vehicles to Ukraine, essentially allowing other NATO countries to follow suit. But the fight has unfolded slowly, with Ukraine’s forces tripped up by minefields and outgunned by Russian forces.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelensky, Jack Watling, Mr, Watling, Abrams, “, Zelensky, ” Organizations: Royal United Services Institute for Defense, Security Studies, United, Ukrainian, NATO Locations: British, Ukraine, Britain, France, Germany, United States, Russia, Russian

Most of the fighting has been hidden from the view of the news media since the start of operations in early June. Ukraine’s new brigades, trained and equipped according to NATO standards, have a different look and feel from many other Ukrainian units. These marines now carry American M4 assault rifles and drive Humvees, which they repainted, changing the desert brown of the vehicles so often seen in Afghanistan and Iraq to a deep green for better cover in Ukraine’s lush countryside. He watched as men from his unit loaded two laser-guided rockets into a launcher on the back of a Humvee for a firing mission. “It’s a great new system and we have new vehicles too,” he added.

Persons: ”, Ukrop, “ It’s Organizations: The New York Times, NATO, 38th Marine Brigade Locations: Afghanistan, Iraq, “

CNN —Mexico’s President Andres Manuel López Obrador has condemned Texas’s anti-migrant buoys, calling the border enforcement tactic on the Rio Grande river “inhumane” after bodies were found in the waters that flow along the US-Mexico border. “Abbott shouldn’t act like that; it’s inhumane,” he also said, directly attacking Texas Gov. Two bodies were found in separate incidents by United States and Mexican officials in the Rio Grande river, according to Mexico’s foreign ministry on Wednesday. It is unclear what caused their deaths, though Texas officials have said that they suspect that the person found caught in the floating barrier had died upstream. Texas began installing buoy barriers along portions of the Rio Grande river in July.

Persons: CNN —, Andres Manuel López Obrador, ” Lopez Obrador, “ Abbott, ”, Greg Abbott, Brandon Bell, Alicia Bárcena Ibarra, ” López Obrador, Abbott, “ Organizations: CNN, Texas Gov, Mexico’s National Institute of, US Justice Department, Foreign, Biden, Border Patrol Locations: Rio, Mexico, United States, Texas, Rio Grande, Eagle, Maverick County . Texas

☆ Florida ocean temperatures top 100 degrees as coral bleaching is found
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Eric Zerkel | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —An urgent rescue operation is underway to save Florida coral species from extinction as a mass bleaching event and die-off from unprecedented water temperatures spreads across reefs in the the Florida Keys. Extreme heat and a lack of rain and wind pushed water temperatures around Florida to some of the highest levels ever observed anywhere. The most significant concentration of coral isn’t located in the shallower Florida Bay, where the readings were taken, but that matters little for coral around the Florida Keys baking in water temperatures topping 90 degrees. “The pictures are frankly horrifying,” Katie Lesneski, the monitoring coordinator for NOAA’s Mission: Iconic Reefs told CNN. Coral bleaching as seen at Cheeca Rocks off Islamorada in the Florida Keys.

Persons: ” Keri O’Neal, ” Andrew Ibarra, ”, Ibarra, Andrew Ibarra Ibarra’s, Katie Lesneski, “, ” Lesneski, ” O’Neal, O’Neal, Andrew Ibarra The, KML, Cynthia Lewis, ” Lewis Organizations: CNN, Florida Bay, Data, Florida Aquarium, Coral Restoration Foundation, NOAA, Florida Keys National, NOAA’s, Florida Institute, Oceanography’s Keys Marine Laboratory, “ Locations: Florida, Sombrero, Marathon, Elkhorn

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