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The hundreds of fossil fuel-connected people make up just a tiny share of the 90,000 people who registered to attend the climate summit known as COP28. “Let history reflect the fact that this is the Presidency that made a bold choice to proactively engage with oil and gas companies,” al-Jaber said. COP28 comes as the planet faces a mounting imperative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. David Hone, Shell's chief climate adviser, is in Dubai for at least his 17th appearance at the annual climate talks. At the moment, it's preventing about 0.1% of the energy sector's carbon emissions from reaching the atmosphere, according to the IEA.

Persons: Bob Deans, Deans, Sultan al, Jaber, “, ” al, COP28, TotalEnergies, Paul Naveau, Patrick Pouyanné, ” Naveau, Naveau, Shell, that's, ”, Arthur Lee, David Hone, Hone, Rachel Rose Jackson Organizations: The United Nations, U.S, Resources Defense, United Arab Emirates, Global, Coalition, Shell, TotalEnergies, BP, AP, Nations, UN, didn't, ”, International Energy Agency, IEA, Chevron, Corporate Locations: United Nations, Dubai, Chevron, Shell's

☆ Sean 'Diddy' Combs, ex-girlfriend settle sex trafficking, rape lawsuit
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( Brad Brooks | Companies Need To Integrate Climate Reporting Across Functions To Comply With California S New Law | Henry Engler | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Sean "Diddy" Combs performs at the BET Awards 2022 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 26, 2022. REUTERS/David Swanson/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 17 (Reuters) - Hip-hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs and his ex-girlfriend R&B vocalist Cassandra Ventura on Friday settled her lawsuit that accused the rapper of serial physical abuse, sexual slavery and rape, according to lawyers for Ventura. In a joint written statement with Combs, Ventura said that she "decided to resolve this matter amicably on terms that I have some level of control." Ventura, who performs under the stage name Cassie, filed the lawsuit on Thursday in federal court. In it she accused Combs of forcing her to engage in sex acts with a succession of male prostitutes he hired while he watched and filmed the encounters for his own pleasure.

Persons: Sean, Diddy, Combs, David Swanson, Cassandra Ventura, Ventura, Cassie, Ben Brafman, Sean John, Brad Brooks, Kim Coghill Organizations: BET, Microsoft Theater, REUTERS, Ventura, Bad Boy Records, Thomson Locations: Los Angeles , California, U.S, Manhattan, Ventura, Longmont , Colorado

☆ Sean 'Diddy' Combs accused of sex trafficking, rape of singer Cassie
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Steve Gorman | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Sean Combs arrives at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala (Met Gala) to celebrate the opening of “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination” in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., May 7, 2018. Ventura, 37, alleges that Combs raped her near the end of their relationship in 2018 when she broached the idea of leaving him. Combs' lawyer, Ben Brafman, issued a statement saying his client "vehemently denies these offensive and outrageous allegations." The lawsuit filed Thursday depicted Combs, who has formerly gone by such monikers as P. Diddy, Puff Daddy and Diddy, as an erratic, controlling individual with violent tendencies aimed at Ventura and others. The lawsuit cites violations of sex trafficking and human trafficking statutes under federal, New York and California laws.

Persons: Sean Combs, Eduardo Munoz, Cassandra Ventura, Sean, Diddy, Combs, Ventura, Cassie, Ben Brafman, Brafman, Sean John, Kid Cudi, Steven Tyler, Aerosmith, L.A, Reid, Neil Portnow, Steve Gorman, Deepa Babington Organizations: Metropolitan Museum of Art, REUTERS, Ventura, Bad Boy Records, Forbes, Recording Academy, Thomson Locations: Manhattan, New York, U.S, Ventura, Ventura ., California, Los Angeles

In preparing financial statements, also known as compilations, accountants need only documentation used to determine the value of assets, like Trump’s skyscrapers, golf courses and other properties. The firm cut ties with Trump last year and said his financial statements “should no longer be relied upon” after James raised concerns about their accuracy. James, a Democrat, alleges Trump, his company and top executives exaggerated his wealth by billions of dollars on the financial statements by inflating property values. On the stand Tuesday, Flemmons echoed Trump’s longstanding assertion that disclaimers on the financial statements insulated him from liability for discrepancies or misstatements. Trump has argued that, if anything, his financial statements undervalued how much his properties were worth.

Persons: — Donald Trump, Letitia James ’, Jason Flemmons, Donald Bender, Bender, he'd, —, “, Flemmons, James, Trump, Judge Arthur Engoron, “ It’s, ” Flemmons, Steven Witkoff, Trump’s, ” Engoron, Donald Trump Jr, Allen Weisselberg, ” Trump, Eric, Donald Trump, ”, Michael Organizations: USA, York, Trump Organization, U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, Trump, Ankura Consulting, Mazars, Republican Locations: New York, Lago, Florida, Trump’s Doral , Florida, Michael Sisak, x.com

☆ Rugs That Ripple Like a Stream
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

When Tina Swedrup, its current co-owner, received his message, “I of course Googled him,” she says. “My motto was ‘keep it simple,’” says Zanini, who counts traditional Swedish rag rugs and the distinctively glazed mid-20th-century pottery by Berndt Friberg among his inspirations. In preparation for the process, Zanini had to handpick threads in 1,800 different hues. The resulting mélange creates the illusion that the stripes are rippling like the surface of a stream. “I thought, ‘It will never match the beauty [Måås-Fjetterström] created in her lifetime,’” says Zanini, whose rugs are available made to order from the company’s permanent collection.

Persons: Marco Zanini’s, “, ”, Halston, Märta, Tina Swedrup, Swedrup, Zanini, Berndt Friberg, ’ ”, ” — Laura May Todd Locations: Italy, Milan, Swedish, Båstad

Here are six takeaways from the third GOP presidential primary debate:Foreign policy takes center stageOn Israel’s war with Hamas, there was little disagreement between the five candidates. “I am going to send troops to our southern border.”It was like Tuesday night never happenedJust like in the second debate, abortion concerns didn’t make it into the first more than 90 minutes of the program. The biotech entrepreneur came out swinging against the media, Haley, the debate moderators, the media, Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, DeSantis and the Florida governor’s boots. Instead, the former South Carolina governor spent much of the debate sparring with Ramaswamy. During the Simi Valley debate, Haley said during a discussion about the app that she felt “dumber” every time she heard him speak.

Persons: Nikki Haley’s, South Carolina Sen, Tim Scott’s, Glenn Youngkin, Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, Trump, Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy, Ramaswamy, “, Chris Christie, Bibi, ” DeSantis, ’ ” Haley, Volodymyr Zelensky, ” Ramaswamy, Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, ” Christie, Hitler, Scott, ” Haley, Roe, Wade, DeSantis, you’ve, ”, Christie, Tuesday’s, framers, let’s, China DeSantis, We’ve, we’ve, ” Haley wasn’t, DeSantis ’, Ron, Ken Griffin, Ronna McDaniel, McDaniel, Lester Holt, Kristin Welker, Salem, Hugh Hewitt, Tucker Carlson, Joe Rogan, Elon Musk, Benjamin Netanyahu, Dick Cheney, “ We’ve, That’s, TikTok, Lindsey Graham, he’s, “ That’s, Christie didn’t Organizations: CNN, South Carolina Gov, South, Virginia Gov, GOP, Florida Gov, Former New Jersey Gov, Tuesday’s, Confucius Institutes, Citadel, “, Republican, NBC, America, Trump, United Nations Locations: Miami, Israel, Iran, China, South Carolina, ”, Former, Gaza, United States, Ukraine, Europe, Mexico, Florida, Ohio, Kansas , Michigan, California , Vermont, Iowa, Virginia, Roe, “, Simi Valley , California, Korea, Beijing, Simi

☆ Here are the 'unwritten rules' of air travel
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Monica Pitrelli | Marylou Costa | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

A new report has an ominous warning for air travelers. "No matter what you do on a plane, you're probably annoying another passenger," it states. "When the unwritten rules of airlines etiquette are broached, it can lead to conflict," writes Lindsey Roeschke, a travel and hospitality analyst at Morning Consult who authored the report. Nearly one in five respondents said concerns about other passengers' behavior may deter them from taking a trip. Some 77% of people in the survey said they were "bothered" by it, with 51% saying they were "very bothered."

Persons: Lindsey Roeschke, Thomas Trutschel, I'm, —, Zs —, Roeschke, Gen Zs, Sandy Huffaker, Zs, hasn't, that's, Sara Nelson Organizations: Morning, United Arab Emirates, Passengers, CheapAir.com, Getty, Photothek, Corbis, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, Association of Flight, NBC Locations: Asia, New York, United States of America, Berlin, Germany, United States

In the wake of Matthew Perry's death at 54, fans in China are mourning the loss of the star who felt less like a distant celebrity and more like an old friend. “People shared their own memories about Chandler and ‘Friends’ and many teared up.”A large poster displayed on the bar featured pictures of Perry over the years. Once Chinese fans added Mandarin subtitles to the show, which ran in the U.S. from 1994 to 2004, it quickly gained a following. “This TV show actually offered a way to imagine this kind of so-called metropolitan utopian imagination.”Many Chinese fans learned English through watching the show and got a peek into American life and culture. “It feels like I just got to know this long-lost friend, but he’s just gone.”___Fu Ting reported from Washington.

Persons: Long, ”, Matthew Perry's, Chandler Bing, Nie Yanxia, Chandler, Perry, Xian Wang, ” wasn't, China —, Wang, ” Wang, Nilufar Arkin, Monica, “, ” Arkin, ” Fu Xueying, ” Fu, Zhang Fengguang, Sun Tiantian, Zhang, Sun, ” Zhang, he’s, Fu Ting, Han Guan Ng Organizations: University of Notre Dame, Associated Press Locations: China, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Sohu, U.S, Shanghai, Tianjin, Xinjiang, Guangzhou, Washington

In the Minnesota case, the plaintiffs are asking the state’s highest court to declare that Trump is disqualified and direct the secretary of state to keep him off the ballot for the state’s March 5 primary. But as awful as the melee was, and as disturbing as the rioters’ actions were, it was not a war upon the United States,” they wrote in an earlier filing. The Minnesota Supreme Court justices have scheduled just over an hour for oral arguments Thursday. The Minnesota case was filed by Free Speech For People, while the Colorado case came from another long-established group with significant legal resources, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. In Colorado, ballot challenges first go to a judge for a hearing and then can be appealed to the state Supreme Court.

Persons: Donald Trump, Joe Biden's, “, Trump, They’ve, Biden's, Trump’s, ”, ″, don’t, —, Joan Growe, Paul Anderson, Steve Simon, Simon, ___ Riccardi Organizations: PAUL, Trump, U.S . Capitol, U.S, Supreme, United States, Capitol, Republican Party of Minnesota Locations: Minnesota, Colorado, United States, The Minnesota, Washington . In Colorado, Denver

WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert joked Sunday she'll have to get new shoes now that the league has added one expansion team, with another most likely on the way soon. Engelbert has a pair of high heels with all of the WNBA team logos on them. The shoes will become a collectors' item in 2025 when the expansion team owned by the Golden State Warriors starts playing. “The goal is to add a second one, or 14th team, by 2025,” Engelbert said before Game 1 of the WNBA Finals. Portland had a WNBA team from 2000-02, playing its games at the Rose Garden before the franchise folded.

Persons: Cathy Engelbert, Engelbert, “, ” Engelbert, I've, Charlotte ,, Dearica Hamby, Becky Hammon, “ wasn't, ” Organizations: WNBA, Golden State Warriors, Oregon State, Los Angeles Sparks, Las Vegas Aces, Commission Locations: Denver, Philadelphia, Charlotte, Charlotte , North Carolina, Nashville , Tennessee, Portland , Oregon, Portland, Oregon

☆ The objects we keep when loved ones die — and what they say about mourning
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Oscar Holland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

In the years since, she has gathered the stories behind dozens of objects that people have kept after their loved ones died. Jody Servon and Lorene Delany-Ullman/savedobjectsofthedead.com This metal colander is among the everyday items that Servon's interviewees selected for the project. Jody Servon and Lorene Delany-Ullman/savedobjectsofthedead.com This item tells the story of a woman, Elaine, who sewed and sold star-shaped gifts prior to her murder. Jody Servon and Lorene Delany-Ullman/savedobjectsofthedead.com "Saved: Objects of the Dead," published by Artsuite (Wilson, NC), is available now. Jody Servon and Lorene Delany-Ullman/savedobjectsofthedead.comPower of memoryServon and Delany-Ullman say the project has been therapeutic for the interviewees — and themselves.

Persons: Jody Servon’s, “, ” Servon, Jody Servon, Lorene Delany, Ullman, she's, Delaney, Elaine, Mary, Nancy Fowler, Conyers, Virgin Mary, Artsuite, ”, Servon, she’s, ” Delany, “ Grace, Alan’s, savedobjectsofthedead.com There’s, Grace, Delany, doesn’t Organizations: CNN, Appalachian State University Locations: Bavarian, Wilson , NC, North Carolina

Qatar, a wealthy Gulf Arab state with diplomatic ambitions, is pressing both sides to engage in more talks and reach "understandings," sources told Reuters earlier. The diplomat described the New York meetings as "talks for talks," saying the idea was to lay the ground for future indirect discussions to achieve an "understanding" on the nuclear issue. Washington suspects Iran's nuclear program may be aimed at developing nuclear arms, a charge Iran denies. The United States also says Iran has provided one-way attack drones for Russia to strike Ukraine and wants Tehran to stop. The Biden administration's efforts to revive the Iran nuclear deal have failed and many diplomats now regard it as beyond resurrection because of Iran's nuclear advances.

Persons: Hossein Amir, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Majid Asgaripour, spokespeople, Donald Trump, Iran's, Biden, Antony Blinken, We'll, we're, Parisa Hafezi, Jonathan Landay, Arshad Mohammed, Humeyra Pamuk, John Irish, Howard Goller Organizations: Iran's, West Asia News Agency, UNITED NATIONS, Qatari, Reuters, General Assembly, New, U.S, United, United Nations, Thomson Locations: Tehran, Iran, WASHINGTON, Qatar, United States, Russia, Doha, U.S, Gulf Arab, New York, Ukraine, Washington, European, Oman, Saint Paul , Minnesota, Paris

☆ New ‘Meet the Press’ moderator Kristen Welker fails to meet the moment as Trump unleashes flurry of lies in debut interview
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —The Kristen Welker era of “Meet the Press” is off to a bleak start. Unfortunately, Welker failed spectacularly to meet the moment during her interview with Trump. Welker allowed Trump to make a number of statements wholly untethered to reality on a range of critical issues without tenacious, resolute, or meaningful pushback. It’s arguable that, at this juncture, there is really no need to interview Trump. If it is necessary to interview Trump, newsrooms need to approach the task differently than they would any other interview.

Persons: Kristen Welker, Donald Trump, Welker, hyping Welker, “, Trump, timidly, Peter Baker, ” Trump, “ Mr, ”, —, dishonestly, Trump’s, doesn’t bode Organizations: CNN, “, Press, . Television, NBC News, House, Trump, New York Times, White, NBC, Republicans, Republican Party, Republican Party of Locations: Taiwan

Special counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday evening made note of the ongoing harm in a legal filing on a procedural matter. They asked Chutkan to overturn the motion she had granted and allow them at least 14 days to respond. Chutkan ultimately granted Trump’s motion to vacate but told his defense team they had only until Monday to respond. But the admission in Smith’s filing that Trump’s social media presence threatens to prejudice the jury pool is a long time coming. None of the judges overseeing the various cases has yet to punish Trump for pushing the limits of his release in daily social media commentaries – though Chutkan has broached the issue.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Jack Smith, Tanya Chutkan, Smith, ” Smith, Trump, ”, Chutkan, “ Organizations: Trump, Capitol , Justice Department, White Locations: Washington, Trump’s, Georgia, Florida, New York

☆ Inside Adobe, some staff worry their AI tech will kill graphic designer jobs and undermine the company's business model: 'Is this what we want?'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Eugene Kim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Adobe employees worry their AI technology could kill graphic designer jobs. Adobe AI tools make it easy to add new graphic elements or edit photos with text prompts. Inside Adobe, there's a debate raging over new AI technology that threatens to kill jobs among a key group of customers and potentially undermine the company's business model. The response from some Adobe employees has been less enthusiastic, according to internal messages viewed by Insider and interviews with employees. the person wrote.

Persons: Slack, Goldman Sachs, didn't, Brent Thill, David Wadhwani, Adobe, Bernstein, Eugene Kim Organizations: Adobe, Employees, Jefferies, Microsoft

☆ ESPN held talks with NBA, NFL and MLB in search for strategic partner, sources say
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Alex Sherman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

ESPN has held preliminary discussions with the NFL, NBA and MLB about a variety of new partnerships and investment structures, the people said. Spokespeople for ESPN, the NFL and MLB declined to comment. The NBA and Disney have broached many potential structures around a renewal of media rights, the people said. Iger said last week in an interview with CNBC's David Faber that Disney is looking for a strategic partner for ESPN as it prepares to transition the sports network to streaming. Superficially, it may make less sense for the NBA, NFL and MLB which sign lucrative media rights deals with many media partners that fuel team revenue and player salaries with a range of media companies.

Persons: LeBron James, Bob Iger, Jimmy Pitaro, Spokespeople, RedZone, Iger, CNBC's David Faber, Faber, I'm Organizations: Los Angeles Lakers, LA Clippers, ESPN, Disney, National Football League, National Basketball Association, Major League Baseball, NFL, NBA, MLB, NFL Network, NFL.com, Warner Bros, Discovery, Hearst, Professional, Comcast, Amazon, Paramount Global, Apple Locations: Lake Buena Vista , Florida, Fox

With polls indicating a PP/Vox coalition government as the most likely outcome of next Sunday's national election, the reversal signals what could be a broader shift in Spain's climate change policy. "We are going to continue building bike lanes," he told Reuters. Vox has also pledged to repeal Spain's climate law, which establishes an obligation to create LEZs in cities. "Bike lanes have to be useful and not generate social alarm, so each municipality has to analyse the most appropriate location," a PP official told Reuters. Valladolid has been awarded 10.6 million euros to create an LEZ and about 4 million for bike lanes.

Persons: Teresa Ribera, Vox, Alberto Gutierrez, Miguel Diaz, Santiago Abascal, Pedro Sanchez, Sanchez, Cristina Monge, LEZs, Carmen Moriyon, Frans Timmermans, Belén Carreño, Pietro Lombardi, Andrei Khalip, Charlie Devereux, Angus MacSwan Organizations: People's Party, Elche, Vox, Reuters, United Nations, Socialist, University of Zaragoza, EU, Brussels, Cars, European Environment Agency, Thomson Locations: MADRID, VALLADOLID, Valladolid, Gijon, Castello, Europe, Spain

☆ Elon Musk doesn't have a natural feel for empathy or emotions, says his biographer who's followed him for three years.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Sindhu Sundar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Walter Isaacson commended Elon Musk's engineering abilities, but suggested he lacks empathy. Isaacson made the comments on CNBC's Squawk Box, discussing his upcoming biography of Musk. Walter Isaacson, whose upcoming biography about Elon Musk is expected in September, said one of his takeaways from three years of observing the voluble executive is that he may lack empathy. He repeated the idea on CNBC's Squawk Box. In the segment, Isaacson also addressed recent headlines about Musk, including a purported cage match with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

Persons: Walter Isaacson, Elon, Isaacson, Elon Musk, Grimes, Musk's, Mark Zuckerberg, Kali Hays, Musk, Musk's Tesla Organizations: Twitter, Meta, Autism, for Disease Control, SpaceX

An expansion of the criteria for medically assisted death that comes into force in March 2024 will allow Canadians like Pauli, whose sole underlying condition is mental illness, to choose medically assisted death. In 2021, the most recent year available, 10,064 people died through medically assisted death, about 3.3% of deaths in Canada that year. Dembo served on an expert panel on assisted death and mental illness that presented a report to Canada's parliament last year. loadingThe reported cases of people resorting to medically assisted death in part due to lack of supports are "tragic," Lametti said. "It does in one sense [represent a slippery slope], doesn't it, because it started off with terminal illness and it's ended up with non-terminal illness and mental illness."

Persons: Lisa Pauli, Pauli, I've, David Lametti, Lametti, It's, Marie, Claude Lacasse, Georges L'Esperance, Sarah Dobec, Justine Dembo, Dembo, She's, Mary Heatley, …, Heatley, Sonu Gaind, Michelle Hewitt, Hewitt, Sean Tagert, Lou Gehrig's, Tagert's, Sean, Charles Falconer, it's, Anna Mehler Paperny, Denny Thomas, Suzanne Goldenberg Organizations: TORONTO, Reuters, Health, Quebec Association for, Canada, Health Sciences Centre, Labour, Thomson Locations: Canada, Netherlands, Belgium, Provinces, Quebec, British Columbia, Ontario, Health Canada, Canadian, Britain

☆ Zayn Malik Talks Life Since One Direction in His First Interview in Years
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( Rebecca Carballo | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

During the interview, Mr. Malik told Ms. Cooper that around the time of his departure, the bandmates were beginning to clash. “We’d been together every day for five years and we’d got sick of each other, if we’re being completely honest,” Mr. Malik said, adding: “I look back on it now in a much fonder light than I would’ve as I’d just left. “I don’t want to go into too much detail, but there was a lot of politics going on. Some people didn’t want to sign contracts, so I knew something was happening,” he said. In response, Mr. Malik said he believed that the issue should stay within the family.

Persons: Malik, Cooper, We’d, we’d, we’re, Mr, “, ”, Yolanda Hadid, Gigi Hadid

☆ Stock market heads into the second half with near 15% total return so far in 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-24 | by ( Michael Santoli | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

The S & P 500 had just sustained its worst calendar-year loss in half a generation. Textbook consolidation Last week's modest 1.4% decline in the S & P 500 did little to alter either the favorable underlying market trend or the notion that more consolidation might be in store. The median year-end S & P 500 target among Street strategists is 4250, 100 points below Friday's close, and the most-bullish forecast is for about a 5% further gain. And just as the market's performance has been skewed toward these hit hyper-cap tech stocks, so is the S & P 500's valuation. .SPX 1Y mountain S & P 500 1-year Big picture: The market this year has chewed through plenty of perfectly valid excuses to falter without doing so.

Persons: Ned Davis, Ed Clissold, Jeremy Schwartz, Lori Calvasina, we'll Organizations: Big Tech, Federal Reserve, Nasdaq, Intelligence, Ned Davis Research, New, Nvidia, General Motors, Whirlpool, RBC Capital Locations: DC

☆ Pride at Work Is Priceless, but It’s Nice to Be Paid
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-18 | by ( Roxane Gay | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Pronoun EtiquetteIs it OK when first talking alone with a new colleague to ask pronouns to ensure you are referring to them correctly, if it hasn’t already been broached? Asking about pronouns simply removes any ambiguity and ensures that you’re always referring to your colleagues in the manner they prefer. They should value your safety and ensure that you work in an environment that doesn’t tolerate discrimination of any kind. I wish at least some of the time they would affirm my they/them pronouns, which help me feel seen and known. Am I making this too hard for my colleagues by not making a firm request to always use they/them?

Persons: I’m, I’ve, “, ”, Roxane Gay

WASHINGTON, June 2 (Reuters) - CIA director William Burns visited China last month for talks with Chinese counterparts, two U.S. officials said on Friday as Washington seeks to boost communications with Beijing. Burns, a veteran U.S. diplomat before leading the CIA, has made dozens of sensitive overseas trips as head of the agency, including to hold talks with Russian counterparts, as well as the Taliban in Afghanistan. The CIA, which does not regularly announce such visits, declined to comment on the China trip. Ties between the world's two largest economies are strained over issues ranging from Taiwan and China's human rights record to military activity in the South China Sea. "That's why we're also ready to engage China without preconditions, helping ensure that competition is managed, and that competition does not veer into conflict," Sullivan said.

Persons: William Burns, Burns, Joe Biden's, Antony Blinken, Janet Yellen, Gina Raimondo, Biden, Lloyd Austin, National Defense Li Shangfu, Li, Jake Sullivan, Sullivan, we're, Wang Yi, Michael Martina, Jonathan Landay, David Brunnstrom, Susan Heavey, Tim Ahmann, Alistair Bell, Matthew Lewis, Don Durfee Organizations: CIA, Washington, Reuters, Financial Times, Russian, Blinken, U.S . Defense, China's, National Defense, Pentagon, White House, People's, Arms Control, Thomson Locations: China, Beijing, Washington, Afghanistan, U.S, Taiwan, South China, . U.S, Singapore, Austin, People's Republic of China, Vienna

David Solomon has been Goldman Sachs' CEO for over four years since succeeding Lloyd Blankfein. There's been a lot of talk about the morale at Goldman Sachs. Solomon said there were fewer "partner transitions at Goldman Sachs" in 2022 than any year "going back to 2014." Meanwhile, Solomon's expensive foray into consumer banking raised the ire of some longtime Goldman partners, as Insider has previously reported. The fresh faces among the Goldman Sachs executives who took the stage at the bank's investor day highlight the leadership changes under Solomon.

☆ I was a freelancer and hated every moment of it. Here's what my experience was like and why I went back to a full-time job.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-22 | by ( Elizabeth Blackstock | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

For her, full-time freelance writing was a torturous cycle of overwork and underpayment. I left a previous full-time job on February 28, 2020, right as the COVID-19 pandemic took America — and my job prospects — by surprise. I learned a lot from it, though, and I'd hope that my experience can help a different freelancer or potential freelancer on their journey. My pay rate remained dismal. It was a valuable experience that taught me a lot — but I won't miss it for a second.

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