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☆ Picture Books That See Shadows in a New Light
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( Leigh Ann Henion | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Which is why it’s so refreshing to find two picture books that present shadows for what they are: the non-nefarious interplay of light and dark. Ultimately, her shadow is joined in a meadow by those of two other children and a dog (the four of them now “friendly” shadows). It is in the presence of harsh light — rather than the depths of darkness — that the story turns somber. It was a thinking shadow, a shadow you could feel but not see. Feng’s soft-lined illustrations visually articulate the essence of Handy’s “stretching shadows,” easing day into night.

Persons: Bruce Handy, Lisk Feng

☆ Europe has shown it's less afraid of calling Putin's bluff than the US and getting Ukraine what it needs to fight Russia
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

Many European countries have also given more as a proportion of their GDP than the US has. AP Photo/Peter DejongIn early 2023, France became the first Western country to promise to send Ukraine Western armored combat vehicles. European countries have also led in letting Ukraine use Western weapons to hit military targets in Russia. But there are still hangups, and some European countries want partner support for Ukraine to go much further. He said that for most Americans, "if you ask them to name five European countries, they probably wouldn't be able to do it."

Persons: —, Vladimir Putin's, George Barros, Russia doesn't, Ukraine's, Joe Biden, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Peter Dejong, Bradleys, Abrams, Davis Ellison, John Hamilton, Russia didn't, Ellison, Donald Trump, Mark Cancian, Kaja, Andrew Kravchenko Barros, Ingrida Šimonytė, Putin, Barros, It's, forwardness, Philip Ingram, Ingrida Simonyte, Denys Shmyhal, it's, Getty Images Ingram, Biden, JD Vance, it'll Organizations: Service, Kyiv, Business, High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, Mirage, AP, Ukraine Western, US, Army Tactical Missile Systems, Storm Shadows, The Hague, Strategic Studies, Army Tactical Missile, Russian, NATO, Marine, Center for Strategic, International Studies, Eastern, Estonia's, Lithuanian, REUTERS, British Army, Ukrainian Governmental Press Service, Anadolu, Getty Images, Republican, America, GOP, Ukraine, Prosecutor's, Getty, White Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Washington, Europe, United States, Russian, Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, Belgium, European, Sweden, France, Paris, Kharkiv, Poland, Germany, Zhytomyr, Kyiv, Borodianka, Ukraine's Kyiv, Ukrainian

☆ Emmy Nomination Snubs: John Mulaney, ‘The Curse’ and More
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-17 | by ( Mike Hale | More About Mike Hale | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Surprise: Idris ElbaThe lead acting categories were virtually surprise free, which makes sense when you consider that the comedy series and drama series categories were even more surprise free. The one really unexpected nomination was for Elba’s performance as a professional negotiator trying to get a hijacked airliner safely to the ground in the surprisingly popular Apple TV+ potboiler “Hijack.” Never bet against Stringer Bell. (Performers who were thought to have a better chance included Cosmo Jarvis for “Shogun” and Colin Farrell for “Sugar.”)Snub: Kelsey GrammerIf there were a category for Lead Actor in a Comedy Rebooted After 20 Years, Grammer would have been a shoo-in for “Frasier” on Paramount+. Snub: A few people in ‘The Bear’ and ‘Shogun’“The Bear” received the most comedy nominations ever in a single year and on the drama side, “Shogun” received the most of any series this year. As well as FX’s presumptive winners in their series categories did, however, they did not sweep the nominations to quite the extent they could have: Oliver Platt and Matty Matheson of “The Bear” did not receive bids for comedy supporting actor and Moeka Hoshi and Fumi Nikaido of “Shogun” were shut out for drama supporting actress.

Persons: Idris Elba, Stringer Bell, Cosmo Jarvis, ”, Colin Farrell, “, Kelsey Grammer, Grammer, Frasier ”, D’Pharaoh Woon, Matt Berry, Larry David, Jeremy Allen White, Steve Martin, Martin, ’, Shogun ”, Oliver Platt, Matty Matheson, Moeka Hoshi Organizations: Apple, Paramount Locations: Indigenous Oklahoma, “

☆ NASA Spent $450 Million on a Moon Rover. Now It’s Canceling the Mission.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-17 | by ( Kenneth Chang | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

NASA will spend about $800 million to not send a robotic rover to the moon. The rover, known as the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER, is already built. The launch is still scheduled to take place late next year, but VIPER will not be aboard. However, delays with both the VIPER rover and the privately built spacecraft that was to have landed the rover on the moon’s surface led to uncertainty about the mission’s timeline. “Decisions like we’ve been discussing today are extremely difficult to make,” Nicola Fox, the associate administrator for NASA’s science mission directorate, said during a news conference.

Persons: we’ve, ” Nicola Fox, ” Organizations: NASA, Exploration Rover

☆ Here are Wednesday's biggest analyst calls: Rivian, Nvidia, Apple, Micron, Microsoft, Sweetgreen, Tesla, Netflix & more
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-17 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Here are Wednesday's biggest calls on Wall Street: Morgan Stanley reiterates Rivian as overweight Morgan Stanley raised its price target on Rivian to $17 per share from $13. UBS reiterates Apple as neutral UBS said it sees Apple results as "in-line" when the company reports on Aug. 1. UBS initiates Sweetgreen as buy UBS said the restaurant chain has "margin potential." Guggenheim reiterates Netflix as buy Guggenheim said it's sticking with its buy rating on Netflix heading into earnings Thursday. UBS reiterates Micron as buy UBS said it's sticking with its buy rating on shares of Micron.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, Rivian, Jefferies, Bernstein, TD Cowen downgrades Charles Schwab, Cowen, Schwab, it's, Morgan Stanley downgrades, TD Cowen, 2H24, Tesla, Oppenheimer downgrades Morgan Stanley, Oppenheimer, Guggenheim, Needham Organizations: VW, Susquehanna, Nvidia, AMD, UBS, Apple, Chevron, bbl, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche, Valero, Mizuho, Citi, Hershey Citi, TD Cowen downgrades, Airlines, Barclays, MasterCard Citi, Mastercard, " Bank of America, Bank of America, Enterprise, NASDAQ, HSBC, Qualcomm, Netflix, Micron, Microsoft

☆ Nita Ambani was the 'CEO' behind the wedding that drew global A-listers to Mumbai over the weekend, daughter-in-law says
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( Amanda Goh | Lian Kit Wee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewAnant Ambani — the son of Asia's richest man, Mukesh Ambani — married Radhika Merchant over the weekend. of the wedding, as I like to say," Merchant told Vogue in an exclusive interview. Nita Ambani oversaw the planning of the wedding festivities alongside her daughter, Isha Ambani, and her daughter-in-law, Shloka Ambani, Merchant said. A multi-day Indian celebrity wedding can require around 500 staff, wedding planners previously told Business Insider. The wedding festivities sparked some controversy over the weekend due to disruptions caused by traffic diversions and road closures.

Persons: —, Anant Ambani, Mukesh Ambani —, Radhika Merchant, Nita Ambani, Merchant, Isha Ambani, Shloka Ambani, Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Anant, She's, Mama, Ambani's, Justin Bieber, Rihanna, Bharat Jagasia Organizations: Service, Vogue, Business Locations: Mumbai, Delhi

☆ Who is Mohammed Deif, the Hamas military chief targeted by Israel?
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-14 | by ( Sophie Tanno | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Israel has targeted Hamas’ military chief Mohammed Deif in a strike on a designated humanitarian zone in southern Gaza which killed at least 90 Palestinians. He has led the Palestinian militant group’s armed wing for more than two decades. This image taken from video and released by Hamas on August 26, 2005, shows a man identified as Mohammed Deif. He became a founding member of Hamas’ armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, in the early 1990s. Deif, a man who lives his life in the shadows, has managed to survive for decades while running Hamas’s armed wing.

Persons: CNN —, Mohammed Deif, Deif, Khan, Mohammad Diab Ibrahim al, Masri, El, –, Graves, Mohammed Salem, Reuters Deif, ”, Ismail Haniyeh Organizations: CNN, EU, AP, Hamas, Qassam, Israel, Reuters, Criminal Court Locations: CNN — Israel, Gaza, Israel, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Palestine, Israeli

☆ I spent 3 days hiking Big Bend. The famous national park had some cool views, but I'd never go back.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-14 | by ( Isobella Jade | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewWhen my fiancé said he had a few days off from work at the end of May, we quickly planned a trip to Big Bend National Park. I hadn't realized just how massive Big Bend National Park would feel at 1,200 square miles of land or just how spread out its landmarks were. In Big Bend, temperatures can hit 100 degrees Fahrenheit by late morning in May. Many find Big Bend to be paradise, but I'm not sure it was for meThe Balanced Rock is a famous photo opportunity in Big Bend. I learned Big Bend is not a park where one can just "wing it."

Persons: —, Jade, hadn't, Ross Maxwell, I'd, Isobella Jade, it's, I'm, Big, we'd Organizations: Service, Big, Business Locations: Big Bend, Rio Grande, Houston, Santa, Rio, Mexico, Santa Elena, Texas

☆ Wende Zomnir revolutionized makeup with Urban Decay. She's not done building her empire.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-13 | by ( Amanda Krause | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

And Urban Decay was the first brand to have all recycled paper cartons," she told BI. "So it's not like Caliray's wellness and sustainability is a 180 departure from Urban Decay. Wende Zomnir at an Urban Decay party in 2018. Wende Zomnir CalirayStarting fresh with CalirayConceptualizing a new makeup brand with a California aesthetic was a no-brainer for Zomnir. While on the road promoting Urban Decay, she noticed that people asked her the same questions: What's California like?

Persons: I'm, Zomnir, she's, Calvin Klein, Elizabeth Arden skincare, Leo Burnett, Sandy Lerner, Lerner, she'd, Wende, Han Myung, Carol Hamilton, Tara Simon, Caliray's mascara, Caliray, There's, She's Organizations: Business, Leo, Leo Burnett Worldwide, Cisco Systems, Beauty Independent, Urban, Fast Company, BI Locations: New Jersey, she's, Newport Beach , California, It's, Texas, California, Sandy, L'Oréal, Sephora

☆ Behind the scenes of billionaire Indian weddings: Hired 'shadows,' phone bans, and a circus master to lead the chaos
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Shubhangi Goel | Lian Kit Wee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

"Now, when it comes to a high-net-worth wedding or a celebrity wedding, everything becomes 10 times or hundred times" of that cost, Aggarwal said. AdvertisementPlanners' cost estimates of the Ambani wedding varied widely, from tens of millions of dollars to hundreds of millions of dollars. For a big celebrity wedding, planners divide their staff into teams and hire hundreds of additional people leading up to and on the day of the ceremony. Setting a blueprint for other weddingsThe Ambani wedding is already influencing how other Indians are envisioning and planning their own nuptials. The festivities are slated to kick off Friday at the Jio World Convention Centre, which is owned by the Ambani family.

Persons: —, Radhika Merchant, Anant Ambani, Ambani, Nishita Aggarwal, Nishita, Rihanna, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Pitbull, Purvi Modgil, Aggarwal, Isha Ambani, Anant Ambani's, Modgil, Darshan Shroff, We've, Abu Jani Sandeep Khosla, Tarun Tahiliani, Abu Jani, Sandeep Khosla, Ashish Vaishnav, Bharat Jagasia Organizations: Service, Business, Planning, Boys, Reliance, Forbes, butlers, Planners, Convention Locations: Mumbai, India, Getty, Delhi

☆ Supporters of the High Line Aim to Block Plan to Build a Casino Nearby
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Stefanos Chen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

A plan to build a casino over a sprawling rail yard on Manhattan’s Far West Side has a new, formidable opponent: parkgoers. Friends of the High Line, an influential nonprofit that operates the nearby 1.5-mile rail-line-turned-park, said Wednesday that it will muster supporters to attempt to thwart the development plan. The opponents of the casino proposal said the development would block views of the city from the High Line and create gusty winds and cast long shadows that could hurt local businesses. The proposal, submitted in February, would also create a 1,180-foot apartment tower, a 1,376-foot office building, a public school and day care. The development, in Hudson Yards, is being led by Related Companies, which built the eastern half of the site, and Wynn Resorts, a Las Vegas gambling giant.

Organizations: Related Companies, Wynn Resorts Locations: Hudson Yards, Las Vegas

☆ Paramount Agrees to Merge With Skydance
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-07 | by ( Benjamin Mullin | Lauren Hirsch | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Paramount’s board on Sunday signed off on a deal to merge with Skydance, according to two people familiar with the negotiations, ushering in a new era for CBS, Nickelodeon and the film studio behind the “Top Gun” and “Mission: Impossible” franchises. Ms. Redstone, Paramount’s board chair, is cashing in much of her ownership in the company she fought to preserve and control. David Ellison, the tech scion behind Skydance, will become the top power broker at Paramount. The Ellisons’ considerable resources was a major selling point for the Redstones, who were seeking to fortify Paramount for the long-term. Paramount has tried to replace its fading cable TV enterprise with streaming businesses like Paramount+, but those efforts are still nowhere near as profitable as traditional TV operations.

Persons: David Ellison, Ellison, Larry Ellison Organizations: Sunday, CBS, Nickelodeon, Paramount, Oracle, Netflix Locations: Hollywood

☆ As a young hitchhiker, he survived a ride with a serial killer. Now he’s telling his story
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-07 | by ( Faith Karimi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

CNN —Steve Fishman was still in his teens when he came face-to-face with a serial killer. But as Fishman would learn later, the man harbored a dark secret: His name was Robert Frederick Carr III, and he was a serial killer who preyed on young hitchhikers. Although her father died in a Florida prison in 2007, Donna continues to struggle with her family’s dark past. In an exclusive interview with CNN, Donna tearfully described an adolescence filled with bullying and jokes about having a serial killer dad. “And that’s when I started to withdraw.”Serial killer Robert Carr’s daughter, Donna, in an undated photo he'd kept with him in prison.

Persons: Steve Fishman, Fishman, Robert Frederick Carr III, hitchhikers, Carr, who’d, Fishman’s, — Carr, —, Edna Buchanan, ” Fishman, “, ”, Donna, Rhonda Holloway, he’d, ” David Simmons, Robert Carr’s, ” Donna, Donna’s, Steve Fishman “, ‘, ’ ” Fishman, I’m, ’, ‘ I’ve, She’d, Steve, Sheriff Gordon Martin, Todd Payton, James, Jesus, unwrapped Organizations: CNN, Miami, Bettmann, Norwich Locations: Boston, Norwich , Connecticut, Miami, Connecticut, Florida, Norwich, Louisiana and Mississippi, Mississippi, Louisiana , Mississippi, West Virginia, St, James Parish , Louisiana

☆ The American Inspiration for Britain’s First Female Chancellor
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-06 | by ( Eshe Nelson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

After 14 years in the shadows, Britain’s Labour Party has returned to governing. And the country’s first female chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, is faced with the tough job of restoring Britain’s economic growth prospects and ending a decade and a half of stagnation. For inspiration, she has turned to another glass-ceiling-shattering woman, on the other side of the Atlantic: the U.S. Treasury secretary, Janet L. Yellen. Ms. Reeves was named chancellor on Friday after the Labour Party won a majority in Thursday’s general election. Ms. Yellen’s “modern supply-side economics” aims to bolster economic growth by increasing the number of workers and raising productivity while reducing inequality.

Persons: Rachel Reeves, Janet L, Reeves, Yellen, Yellen’s Organizations: Britain’s Labour Party, U.S, Treasury, Labour Party Locations: United States

☆ CNN anchor: ‘As long as there are sharks in the ocean, I’ll be diving in’
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-30 | by ( Boris Sanchez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Yet, there are arguments that the potential problems caused by shark feeding tourism are outweighed by the benefits. When it comes to migratory patterns, the science is limited but points to shark feeding having a negligible effect on their movement. As long as there are sharks in the ocean, I’ll be diving in – hoping to cherish them in person. CNNOpponents of shark feeding will also point to several fatal accidents during shark dive tours, including one late last year. As long as there are sharks in the ocean, I’ll be diving in — hoping to cherish them in person.

Persons: Boris Sanchez, Anderson Cooper, you’re, I’m, it’s, I’ve Organizations: CNN, Central, Tiger, chum, Zoological Society, Saturn Locations: Washington , DC, Bahamas, bonito, –, Australia, —

☆ Disputes About Race and Party Strategy Shape N.Y. Democratic Primaries
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-23 | by ( Grace Ashford | Jeffery C. Mays | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In Brooklyn, a State Assembly race has attracted the involvement of marquee figures like Hakeem Jeffries, the House Democratic leader, and Letitia James, the New York State attorney general. In East Harlem, race and ethnicity have cast shadows over another contest, with the question of whether the neighborhood should be represented by a Latino. And in Westchester County, a Democratic primary fight has included ugly accusations of lies, betrayal and purloined emails. If there was any illusion that Democrats in New York would play nice until November’s all-important general election, these contests for the Assembly in Tuesday’s primaries suggest otherwise. At the heart of many of these contests lies a long-simmering tension between institutional and progressive Democrats that has come to dominate many debates inside the State Legislature, including those involving housing and criminal justice.

Persons: Hakeem Jeffries, Letitia James Organizations: Assembly, Democratic, New York, Legislature Locations: Brooklyn, New York State, East Harlem, Westchester County, New York

☆ My parents attended Big Ten universities, but I chose a smaller, lesser-known one. They often chastised me for that choice.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Amy Abbott | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

I was not interested in my dad's college, Purdue, because it lacked a humanities focus. I asked to visit Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, because I had heard good things about the midsize college. AdvertisementI was irritated and surprised but still wanted to visit Ball State. Ball State lacked the national ratings of the other schools but was renowned for several programs, including one that interested me. I fell in love with Ball StateI attended a summer high school journalism workshop at Ball State, which clinched the deal for me.

Persons: —, impatiently, Aren't, we've, Amy, David, Dorothy, Oz, Tom K, Ryan, Jim Davis, Garfield, I'm, I've Organizations: Service, Business, Purdue, Indiana University, Ball State University, Big Ten, Ball State, Ball, Indiana Locations: Minnesota, mater, Muncie , Indiana

One by one, each country with the money and the drive to compete started its own nuclear weapons program. Even with this kind of evidence in hand, science has reached only limited conclusions about how nuclear weapons testing affects individuals’ health. They helped create the 2021 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, signed by 93 countries, which bans the possession, use and testing of nuclear weapons. France has acknowledged its “debt” to Polynesians over nuclear testing, and it created a commission in 2010 to evaluate nuclear testing victim compensation claims, but it has never apologized. We are still wrestling with the damage wrought by testing nuclear weapons in our past.

Persons: —, Ernest Moniz, Barack Obama, ” Mr, Moniz, Trump, Trump’s, Biden, United States ’, Republic of Kiribati —, we’re, Robert Oppenheimer’s, Oppenheimer, Ben Wyatt, King Juda, Harry Truman, Oppenheimer’s, Karina Lester, ”, Willard F, Libby, Louis, couldn’t, Merril Eisenbud, Hinamoeura, Britain —, “, it’s, John Moody, Benetick Kabua Maddison, Maddison, Benetick, It’s, Vladimir Putin Organizations: Las, Washington, United States, Marshall, Embassy, D.C, Marshalls, U.S, Navy, United, Soviet Union, Britain, Atomic Energy Commission, St, Louis University, Washington University School of Dental Medicine, Bravo, U.S . Navy, Atomic Energy, Centers for Disease Control, Polynesia —, Nuclear Weapons, ., Pacific Mart, Educational, America Locations: U.S, Japan, United States, Russia, China, Nevada, Soviet Union, — Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan, Reggane, Algeria, Montebello, Australia, Republic of Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Republic, Washington, Hiroshima, New Mexico, Las Vegas, Marshall, Hawaii, Philippines, Bikini, Atoll, Soviet, Africa, Polynesia, Xinjiang, The, Britain Britain, Britain, American, Kwajalein Atoll, France, France France, Tahiti, Nagasaki, Asia, Europe, India, Pakistan, North Korea, United, Kwajalein, Hawaii , California, Washington and Oregon, Arkansas, Springdale, you’re, Rhode Island, Moscow

☆ Analysis: Biden’s immigration whiplash, from tough talk to empathy in 2 weeks
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Obama enacted DACA; Trump tried to end itThe DACA policy was enacted after bipartisan, comprehensive immigration reform efforts failed for the umpteenth time. Nearly 600,000 people have sought protected status under the program, which defers but does not necessarily end any immigration action against them. The Trump administration tried to end the DACA program in 2017, but the effort eventually failed at the Supreme Court in 2020. Instead, Trump hit pause on new applications, something the Biden administration then reversed. The much more modest bipartisan effort pushed by Biden earlier this year would not have helped the undocumented spouses of citizens and their children.

Persons: Joe Biden, Donald Trump’s playbook, Biden’s, –, Biden, Trump, Michael Williams, Read Williams, “ I’m, ” Chad Wolf, Adriano Espaillat, CNN’s Brianna Keilar, ”, ” Espaillat, Obama, DACA, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Amy Coney Barrett, John Roberts Organizations: CNN, White, American Civil Liberties Union, Department of Homeland Security, New York Democrat, Supreme, Trump Locations: United States, Texas

Beirut CNN —Israel warned Hezbollah on Tuesday of the prospect of “all-out war” after the Lebanese militant group published a 9-minute video, purportedly taken by a drone, showing Israeli military and civilian locations in several Israeli cities. “In an all-out war, Hezbollah will be destroyed, and Lebanon severely beaten,” he added. Those locations include a number of sensitive areas, including at least two military installations: a base in northern Haifa and the port of Haifa. The drone also flew over the oil tanks that sit north of Haifa, the Haifa airport and several residential areas. Hezbollah has said in the past that it will only stop firing on Israel if Israel stops the war in Gaza.

Persons: Beirut CNN — Israel, Israel Katz, ”, Rafael –, Katz, Hassan, Nasrallah, Wim Zwijnenburg, AlMayadeenNews, Yona Yahav, ” Yahav, ” Ibrahim Mousawi, Israel, Amos Hochstein Organizations: Beirut CNN, Hezbollah, Iron, Israel Defense Forces, CNN, PAX, Reshet Bet, Haifa “, Haifa ”, Northern Command, US Locations: Beirut, Lebanese, Lebanon, Haifa, Israel, Gaza, “, China, India, Iran, Haifa Port

☆ Opinion: The fanatical Hamas leader who calls the shots
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Peter Bergen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —In February, the Israeli Defense Forces released a grainy video showing the back of a man they identified as Yahya Sinwar, Hamas’ leader in Gaza. Since the video didn’t show Sinwar’s face, there was no independent confirmation that the shadowy figure was indeed the Hamas leader. Former Israeli dentist Yuval Bitton, who treated Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in an Israeli prison, speaks during an interview in his house in Kibbutz Shoval, Israel, February 5, 2024. While he was in prison, Sinwar admitted that he had killed several Palestinians who he believed were collaborating with the Israelis. While he was in prison, Sinwar became the leader of his fellow Hamas inmates, according to The Washington Post.

Persons: Peter Bergen, ”, Osama bin Laden, CNN —, Yahya Sinwar, It’s, Sinwar, Ali Jadallah, Joe Biden, hasn’t, ” Sinwar, Yuval Bitton, Amir Cohen, Bitton, Peter Bergen Sinwar, Biden, Antony Blinken, “, Gilad Shalit Organizations: New, Arizona State University, Apple, Spotify, CNN, Israeli Defense Forces, Anadolu Agency, Getty, Hamas, Wall Street, New York Times, Reuters, Israel Hayom, The Washington Post, Sinwar, Israel, Gaza Health Ministry Locations: New America, Gaza, Israel, Gaza City, East, Kibbutz Shoval, Israeli

☆ Tucker Carlson is going on tour. Ticketmaster is profiting off his hateful rhetoric
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —Ticketmaster is linking arms with right-wing extremists, boosting their ability to reach mainstream audiences and profiting off their dangerous and hateful rhetoric ahead of the November election. That is because there is not a morsel of truth to how Ticketmaster is presenting Carlson to its customers. How can any decent person not only participate in enabling Carlson’s poisoning of the public discourse but also justify profiting off of his hateful rhetoric in the process? CNN also posed questions to the venues hosting Carlson, which include the Honda Center, T-Mobile Center, Delta Center, Dickies Arena, Intrust Bank Arena and others. Those uncomfortable decisions risk catapulting them squarely into the center of the information wars, where grifters like Carlson thrive.

Persons: Tucker Carlson, Alex Jones, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Carlson, ”, Donald Trump’s, White supremacists, George Soros, Rupert Murdoch, Jones, Infowars, Anthony Fauci, Trump Organizations: New York CNN, Ticketmaster, Trump, Democratic Party, New York Times, Fox News, Live Nation, CNN, Carlson, Honda Center, Mobile Center, Delta Center, Dickies, Intrust Bank, Republican Party, Companies, Republicans Locations: New York, U.S

☆ Ukraine's big strike on Crimea shows how its older missiles can take out Russia's most advanced air defenses
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewUkraine's latest claimed strike on Crimea is likely another example of how its older, Western-supplied missiles can foil even Russia's most advanced air-defense systems. Rybar, an influential Russian military blogger, said on Monday that Ukraine had attacked Crimea with at least 12 ATACMS missiles. AdvertisementThe S-400 is Russia's most advanced air defense system. Ukraine said none of its missiles were downed in the attack, while mocking Russia's descriptions of its own air defenses. "None of our missiles fired were intercepted by the enemy's 'highly effective' air defense," Ukraine's General Staff said.

Persons: —, Rajan Menon, DIMITAR DILKOFF, Ian Williams, Fredrik Mertens, Maxim Shemetov, George Barros, Philip Karber Organizations: Service, Ukraine's, Staff, Business, Washington, for, Defense, Getty, US, UK Ministry of Defence, Russian Telegram, Missile Defense, Center for Strategic, International Studies, Storm, Hague, Strategic Studies, REUTERS, Institute for Locations: Crimea, Russian, Russia, Ukraine, AFP, France, Ukrainian, Moscow, Russian Kerch

Millions around the world caught a glimpse of the North Korean men’s team in two World Cups. The secrecy surrounding the North Korean national team was also evident in the case of star player Han Kwang Song. Carl Recine/Action Images/ReutersEarning respectWhen An joined the North Korean national team upon receiving a call-up letter in 2002, he remembers not being immediately accepted by teammates. To be accepted by the squad, newcomer An had to prove himself to the other North Korean players. Although, as fate would have it, An met his former teammate and current manager of the North Korean national team, Sin Yong Nam, last March.

Persons: –, Yong Hak, Han Kwang, Han, “, ”, Yong, Son Heung, Pak Kwang, Choe, I’ll, ” Han, Yong Nam, ‘ It’s, ’ ”, “ Han’s, ‘, …, Kim Jong Hun, Jong Tae, Philip Fong, Kim, Jong Tae Se, Carl Recine, didn’t, Sin Yong Nam, Sin Organizations: CNN, Korean men’s, CNN Sport, North, Korean, Juventus, Qatari, Al, UN, North Korean, –, SC, Cagliari, South, Tottenham Hotspur, Radio Free Asia, Tokyo's, Getty, Portugal, DPRK, Thailand Locations: North Korea’s, East, Italy, Middlesbrough, England, South Africa, Portugal, North Korean, Japan, Qatar, North Korea, Myanmar, China, Pyongyang, South Korea, Austria, Tokyo, DPRK, Brazil, Ivory Coast, Korean, AFP, Korea

☆ Vinícius Jr.: Spanish court orders prison time for soccer fans over racist abuse toward Real Madrid star
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Kevin Dotson | Patrick Sung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Thank you to La Liga and Real Madrid for helping with this historic conviction.”The Brazilian vowed to keep using his platform to fight racism. “The three defendants acknowledged their criminal liability and have released an apology letter addressed to our player Vinícius Jr., to Real Madrid C.F. and to everyone else who felt offended and degraded by their behavior,” Real Madrid said in a statement. “La Liga will identify them, report them and there will be criminal consequences for them.”Global soccer’s governing body FIFA also praised the news. “I am pleased to see the firm action and sentencing taken by the Spanish authorities in relation to the racist abuse directed at Vinícius Jr in a Spanish La Liga match in May 2023.

Persons: CNN —, Vinícius, Vinícius Jr, “, I’ve, I’m, ”, Pierre, Philippe Marcou, Javier Tebas, Gianni Infantino, Infantino Organizations: CNN, Real Madrid, La Liga, Valencia CF, Spanish, LaLiga, Royal Spanish Football Federation, Liga, Getty, ” Real, ”, FIFA Locations: Valencia, Spain, Real, Real Madrid, AFP, ” Real Madrid, Spanish

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