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☆ I volunteered in Ukraine when Russia invaded and in Israel when Hamas attacked. In Ukraine, I saved lives. In Israel, I collected bodies.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Alisa Shodiyev Kaff | Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Dyksztejn was living in Kyiv when Russia invaded and vacationing in Israel when Hamas attacked. Dyksztejn volunteered with ZAKA in both the Ukraine and Israel wars. My husband and I spoke a lot of languages and it was mostly tourists in Ukraine asking for help. When the war in Ukraine started, we were in Kyiv. The main difference between Israel and Ukraine was that in Ukraine, I helped rescue people who were still alive.

Persons: Valerie Dyksztejn, Dyksztejn, —, ZAKA, Bet Shemesh, Shemesh, Alisa Shodiyev Kaff Organizations: Hamas, Service, ZAKA, Barzilai, Gaza Health Ministry, they'll Locations: Ukrainian, Kyiv, Russia, Israel, Ukraine, Dyksztejn, Gaza, Belgian, Antwerp, Belgium, Moldova, Bet Shemesh, Bet, Israel's Jerusalem, Ashkelon

Leading Senate Democrats are teasing a new path forward to bypass one senator’s blockade of military promotions, leaning on GOP frustrations that bubbled to the surface this week and culminated in a dramatic confrontation from members of the senator’s own party. A group of Republican senators took to the Senate floor late Wednesday to attempt to circumvent a dispute in which Sen. Tommy Tuberville has single-handedly held up more than 300 military promotions over a Pentagon abortion travel policy. The stunning scene comes nine months into the blockade and as Democrats – and more recently fellow Republicans – have grown anxious to move the military promotions forward. It would require the support of all Democrats and independents and at least nine Republicans. But they suggested that Tuberville should take his issue to the courts, rather than holding up the chamber and setting a dangerous precedent.

Persons: Sen, Tommy Tuberville, –, Tuberville, Chuck Schumer, “, ” Schumer, Jack Reed, Kyrsten, Richard Blumenthal, servicewomen, ” Sen, Joni Ernst, I’m, Ernst, ”, Schumer, …, Biden, Mitt, Blumenthal, Joe Manchin, ” Manchin Organizations: Republicans, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, Democratic, GOP, Pentagon, Tuberville, United States Senate, DOD, Iowa Republican, Utah Republican Locations: Alabama, Rhode Island, Arizona, Richard Blumenthal of, Israel, Mitt Romney, Utah, West Virginia

☆ As Gaza conflict rages, online maps from Chinese companies are missing Israel’s name
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Simone Mccarthy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Hong Kong CNN —Beijing has clarified that Israel remains marked on official maps issued by Chinese authorities after questions emerged over why the country’s name was not visible on online maps provided by two major Chinese companies. The maps also don’t include a country name marker for “Palestine,” which China recognized as a state in 1988 and is listed on its official maps alongside Israel. It’s not clear whether the missing country names are a new development. In a response to CNN, a Baidu Maps spokesperson said: “Where space is limited, our maps may not display the names or flags of some territories. Users can find corresponding countries or areas on Baidu Maps by simply using the map’s search function.”CNN has also reached out to Alibaba for comment.

Persons: Israel ”, Wang Wenbin, —, Zhai Jun, Zhai, Jordan, It’s Organizations: Hong Kong CNN —, Baidu, Israel, Foreign, Hamas, CNN, Palestine, United Nations, United Arab Locations: China, Hong Kong, Hong Kong CNN — Beijing, Israel, Cyprus, Lebanon, Kuwait, Palestine, ”, Taiwan, Beijing, — Israel, Gaza, Qatar, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, United States

☆ Here's what to watch in Friday's big October jobs report
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Jeff Cox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Don't hold your breath looking for that big of a decline, said Amy Glaser, senior vice president at global staffing firm Adecco. We're still seeing resilience in the market," Glaser said. Indeed, a potentially important trend has been the hiring of part-time workers in recent months. Strike impactClose to half a million American workers have gone on strike in recent months. While a number of those high-profile stoppages have been resolved, some of the activity will show up in the October jobs report.

Persons: you've, payrolls, Dow Jones, Amy Glaser, We're, Glaser, Jerome Powell, Jeffrey Roach, Roach, Homebase Organizations: Labor Department, Federal Reserve, LPL, Employers, of Labor Statistics, United Auto Workers

☆ Europe’s gas prices are a worry ahead of winter despite brimming stores
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Anna Cooban | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

But while gas shortages are unlikely in Europe this winter, the price of the fuel remains a worry. According to S&P Global, about one-fifth of global LNG supply travels through the channel on Iran’s south coast. In a less jittery market, neither incident may have had the effect it did, helping boost European gas prices by more than 40% over the course of a single week. High gas prices have presented a persistent economic headwind for Europe's biggest economy due to its reliance on energy-intensive industries. Together, these milestones should push European gas prices down to €30 ($32) per megawatt hour by the end of next year, Weatherburn added.

Persons: Asia —, Soeren, ”, Jack Sharples, Heikki Saukkomaa, Simone Tagliapietra, Bill Weatherburn, Stefan Sauer, Weatherburn, “ Organizations: London CNN, European Union, International Energy Agency, EU, Getty, “, Oxford Institute of Energy Studies, CNN, Hamas, P, Chevron, Egyptian, Steam, ”, Capital Economics, Qatar, Energy Locations: Russia, Moscow, Ukraine, Europe, North America, Asia, Norway, Hungary, Austria, Azerbaijan, Algeria, Germany, Israel, Gaza, Hormuz, Jordan, Egypt, Cairo, Estonia, Australia, AFP, “, ” Europe, France, Italy, Lubmin, Pomerania, United States, Qatar

☆ Bank of America says be wary of a soft holiday shopping season, gives its top picks
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Pia Singh | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Holiday spending will be sluggish as consumers grapple with inflation, but Bank of America thinks a handful of value retailers and specialty stores could see a boost. Bank of America projects holiday sales-weighted average same-store sales will rise 0.6% year over year for its retail universe. Here are the buy-rated retailers that could stand out amid broader retail softness, according to Bank of America. Sporting goods chain Academy Sports and Outdoors was also highlighted as a Bank of America favorite. "Consumers are looking for deals and will choose retailers offering the best value," Hutchinson said.

Persons: Lorraine Hutchinson, Hutchinson, Ralph Lauren, Tuesday's, Michael Bloom Organizations: Bank of America, Bank of America ., Walmart, Target, Sporting, Academy Sports Locations: Tuesday's

Washington CNN —President Joe Biden and his top national security officials are increasingly confronting questions about Israel’s commitment to minimizing civilian deaths and how scenes from Gaza could affect his domestic political standing. Already, Biden had been walking a tightrope in his support for Israel following the Hamas terror attacks on October 7. Biden has resisted calls for a ceasefire, including at the United Nations, and insists Israel has a “responsibility” to defend its citizens from terrorism. It also included attempts by US officials to interrogate Israel’s war plans, which appeared not fully developed to some. And I think everyone understands that,” Biden told reporters as he returned home from his brief trip to Israel on October 18.

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☆ DoubleLine’s Gundlach says interest rates are going to fall as recession arrives early 2024
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

DoubleLine Capital CEO Jeffrey Gundlach believes interest rates are about to trend lower as the economy deteriorates further and tips into a recession next year. "I do think rates are going to fall as we move into a recession in the first part of next year," Gundlach said Wednesday on CNBC's "Closing Bell." The Federal Reserve's rate-setting committee unanimously agreed Wednesday to hold the key federal funds rate in a target range between 5.25% to 5.5%, where it has been since July. "One thing that the market is going to have to confront is we cannot sustain these interest rates and this deficit any longer," Gundlach said. "We can't afford this government that we're running at today's interest rate level.

Persons: Jeffrey Gundlach, Gundlach, Stanley Druckenmiller, Jerome Powell, hasn't Organizations: DoubleLine, Billionaire, Social Security, CNBC PRO Locations: New York, U.S

☆ Is Meta a buy after the brutal tech sell-off? Here's what the pros are saying
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Amala Balakrishner | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Both Meta Platforms and Alphabet saw their shares caught up in a broad tech sell-off last week — but several analysts remain bullish. On Meta, concerns emerged last week following CFO Susan Li's comments on the advertising market in the fourth quarter. META YTD mountain Year-to-date share price movement in Meta Year-to-date, shares in Meta are up over 150% higher. Morgan Stanley views Meta as one of the companies best positioned to weather the volatility in the tech sector. We would be buying the pullback in Meta shares" in an Oct. 26 note.

Persons: Susan Li's, Dan Ives, CNBC's, He's, it's, Meta, Ives, Meta they're, pricings, Mark, Zuckerberg, Morgan Stanley, —, Jonathan Vanian, Michael Bloom Organizations: Facebook, Meta, Wedbush Securities, Labs, JPMorgan, Baird Equity Research Locations: Meta

The mass shooting upended life in Lewiston and surrounding communities, injecting fear into the area and ripping families apart. A mourner attends a candlelight vigil for the victims of this week's mass shootings on October 28, 2023, in Lisbon Falls, Maine. The ex-wife and son said their plan was to stay away from Card, according to the documents. Due to an ongoing Army investigation, we cannot go into any further details,” the email statement from Castro, the Army spokesperson, said. His commander said they were trying to get treatment for Card and that “he thought it best to let Card have time to himself,” the sheriff’s office added.

Persons: Robert Card, “, Ruth Castro, –, Janet Mills, mourner, Robert F, Card’s, Card, Jack Clements, WMTW, Castro, teletype, ” “ Robert, Joel Merry , ” Merry, Mike Sauschuck, Matt Rourke, Michael Sauschuck, I’ve, I’m, ” Sauschuck, ” CNN’s Mark Morales, Linh Tran, Sara Smart, Andy Rose Organizations: CNN, US Army, Army, Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Department, Card, Schemengees, 3rd Battalion, Army Reserve, Sheriff’s, Saco Police, National Guard, Public, Card Investigators, Subaru, Smith, Wesson, Maine Department of Public Safety, Maine Public Locations: Lewiston , Maine, Sagadahoc County, Lewiston, United States, Maine, Lisbon Falls , Maine, Saco, West Point, Sagadahoc, WMTW Maine

☆ Heavily armed man found dead at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park, Colorado officials say
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Raja Razek | Jamiel Lynch | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —A man armed with guns and explosive devices was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound at a Colorado amusement park, potentially averting “an attack of devastating proportions,” officials said. The 20-year-old’s body was found in a women’s bathroom Saturday morning before the scheduled opening time of the Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park in Glenwood Springs, the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office said. Investigators also found a “very well-put-together” fake IED in Medina’s car, in addition to a real explosive device, Vallario said. Patches affiliated with law enforcement groups were found, the sheriff said, but investigators don’t know how Medina got them. With the volume of weapons, ammunition and explosive devices Medina had, he “could have done a tremendous amount of damage,” the sheriff said.

Persons: ”, Lou Vallario, Diego Barajas, –, Medina, “, Vallario, there’s, Patches, ” Vallario Organizations: Lifeline, CNN, Sheriff’s, Diego Locations: Colorado, Glenwood, Glenwood Springs, Garfield, Garfield County, Diego Barajas Medina, Carbondale , Colorado, Maine, United States, Medina, Glenwood Caverns, Denver

☆ Is your hotel sustainable? Not if these two things are in your room, says Soneva’s founder
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Monica Pitrelli | Harriet Akinyi | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

A quick-and-easy test is to look for two items, said Sonu Shivdasani, founder of Soneva and Six Senses hotel brands. First, sustainable hotels should not have branded water of any sort, he told CNBC Travel. "Governments can create the context, but businesses need to make the change," Shivdasani told CNBC Travel. Source: SonevaShivdasani said he decided to institute a guest environmental levy after the company measured its "scope 3" emissions. Shivdasani said that after Soneva determined that 85% of its carbon emissions were "scope 3" emissions, the company introduced the 2% carbon levy.

Persons: Sonu Shivdasani, Soneva, Shivdasani, that's, It's, it's, Eva, Soneva Shivdasani, Kelvin Law Organizations: CNBC Travel, Nanyang Technological University, CNA, Soneva, World Health Organization Locations: Maldives, Thailand, British, India, Myanmar, Darfur, Sudan

☆ Why the Fed could be wrong — again — on its latest interest rate call
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Jeff Cox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

"The Fed has never kept the target fed funds rate at peak levels for longer than nine months after a tightening cycle," Arone said. Nine months from now, at least based on history, the target fed funds rate is likely to be lower, not higher." He also sees lower rates ahead and pointed out the history of what happens with tight monetary policy. "The market is eager for lower rates or rate cuts. If the Fed has to rate cuts, it's likely because we're in recession or something in the capital markets is broken," he said.

Persons: Jerome Powell, aren't, Michael Arone, Powell, JPMorgan Chase, Jamie Dimon, Arone, Barry Sternlicht, —, I'm, They've, Thomas Ryan, Nick Elfner, Elfner, Breckinridge, Street's Arone Organizations: Federal, U.S, SPDR, State Street Global Advisors, Fed, JPMorgan, Starwood Capital, Future Investment Initiative, Capital Economics, Breckinridge Capital Advisors Locations: United States, Saudi Arabia, U.S, Breckinridge

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Officials in Mexico said Monday that three foreign residents were among at least 45 people killed when Hurricane Otis hit the resort city of Acapulco last week. Meanwhile, the Navy said the search effort will now focus on finding possible bodies among the 29 boats known to have sunk in Acapulco Bay the night the hurricane hit. The government reported Sunday that at least 48 people died when Category 5 Hurricane Otis slammed into Mexico’s southern Pacific coast, most of them in Acapulco. In Acapulco, families held funerals for the dead on Sunday and continued the search for essentials while government workers and volunteers cleared streets clogged with muck and debris left by the hurricane. “There are many, many people here at the (morgue) that are entire families; families of six, families of four, even eight people,” she said.

Persons: Hurricane Otis, Adm, José Rafael Ojeda, ” Ojeda, Otis, Coyuca de Benitez, Guerrero state’s, Evelyn Salgado, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Katy Barrera, Barrera’s, ” Barrera, Barrera —, —, ”, “, Kristian Vera Organizations: MEXICO CITY, —, Navy, Hurricane, Gov Locations: MEXICO, Mexico, Acapulco, England, Acapulco Bay, Pacific, Coyuca, hearses

☆ Joe Biden: Democrats dismiss worries about president’s reelection bid as Dean Phillips launches primary challenge
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Edward-Isaac Dovere | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

CNN —President Joe Biden is just as low in the White House’s internal polls as in any of the public ones. But while Biden advisers are dismissive of Rep. Dean Phillips’ primary challenge launched this week, they are also annoyed about it. Still, they remain confident that Biden is Democrats’ best option in 2024. Boyle told CNN this week that between the war in Israel and Gaza and the chaos of House Republicans electing their new speaker, he had not had “one conversation with anyone” about Phillips. Asked if he was worried about Phillips being a factor even back home in their state’s primary, Walz laughed.

Persons: Joe Biden, Mike Donilon —, —, Donilon, Biden, Dean Phillips, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Tim Walz, Phillips, Walz, “, ‘, ’, Ron, Brendan Boyle, ”, ” Boyle, daydreaming, Harris, Emanuel Cleaver, ” “ Joe Biden, ” Ben Wikler, ’ Phillips, Gretchen Whitmer, Louis, “ We’ve, ” Biden, Trump –, Trump, ” Harris, St . Louis, Boyle, Democratic Sen, Dianne Feinstein’s, Gavin Newsom, California politicos, Nancy Pelosi, Jamie Raskin, Raskin, Biden’s Organizations: CNN, ’, GOP, Democratic, Center, American, Florida Gov, president’s, MAGA Republicans, Democrat, Granite, Democrats ’, Biden, Democratic National Committee, Trump, “, New Hampshire Democrats, Republicans, Los Angeles Times, California Gov, Senate, Maryland, House Democratic Locations: Washington, Florida, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St, Louis, Wisconsin, Concord , New Hampshire, Michigan, Israel, St ., Gaza, Minnesota, California

☆ Jamie Dimon's stock-moving trades show why investors should track CEOs' buying and selling
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Kevin Stankiewicz | In Kevinstankiewicz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +24 min

While executive stock sales — such as Dimon's planned transactions next year — are not universally red flags, they can get complicated. Insider stock sales Executive stock trades are usually disclosed through SEC filings known as Form 4 documents and accessible through the regulator's EDGAR database — the electronic data gathering, analysis, and retrieval system. Rule 10b5-1 trading plans came into the fold just over two decades ago to reconcile these two discordant facts. Adopting Rule 10b5-1 trading plans gives public-company executives a way to protect against allegations of illegal insider trading in the future. Compared with a tiny stock sale executed through a predetermined plan, executive stock buys generally send a much stronger signal: The executive wants to make money, too.

Persons: Jamie Dimon, Dimon, Jim Cramer, Jim, Eliezer Fich, Dimon's, EDGAR, Chester Spatt, Spatt, —, Susan Li, Drexel's, Wharton, Drexel's Fich, Fich, I'm, Nancy Quan's, Quan, Marc Benioff, Carnegie Mellon's Spatt, Benioff, Howard Schultz, Schultz's, Schultz, Carnegie Mellon's, Nikesh Arora, Arora, Charles Scharf, Wells, Sehwa Kim, Kim, Foot, Mary Dillon, Locker, Dillon, Foot Locker, Jim Cramer's, Al Drago Organizations: JPMorgan Chase, JPMorgan, Dow Jones Industrial, Wall, Dimon, Pfizer, Capitol, Drexel University, Club, Securities, Exchange Commission, SEC, Carnegie Mellon's Tepper School of Business, CNBC, Stanford University, University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, Stanford, Cola, Salesforce, Carnegie, Starbucks, Palo Alto Networks, Alto Networks, Broadcom, Federal Reserve, Washington Service, Columbia Business School, JPMorgan Chase &, Bloomberg, Getty Locations: U.S, Coke, Salesforce, FL

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — They were banned under Soviet dictator Josef Stalin but commonplace under later Kremlin leaders. Now, after less than a century, official attitudes about abortion in Russia are changing once again. Although abortion is still legal and widely available, new restrictions are being considered as President Vladimir Putin takes an increasingly socially conservative turn and seeks to reverse Russia's declining population. In 2012, the number of “social reasons” for allowing abortion between weeks 12 and 22 was cut to just in the case of rape. He also moved to restrict abortion pills, which are approved to be taken to end a pregnancy in the first 10 weeks.

Persons: —, Josef Stalin, Vladimir Putin, ”, Lina Zharin, we’re, Michele Rivkin, natalist ”, Rivkin, Fish, Mikhail Gorbachev's, Boris Yeltsin, Lyubov, ” Rivkin, Tatyana Golikova, Mikhail Murashko Organizations: Kremlin, Orthodox Church, University of North, Abortion, Conservative, Russian Association of Population, Health, Russian Association for Population, Development, Health Ministry Locations: TALLINN, Estonia, Russia, Kaliningrad, University of North Carolina, Chapel, —

☆ Analysis: Israel’s allies fear it could be walking into a trap in Gaza as Hamas and its backers seek a wider conflict
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Jerome Taylor | Sam Kiley | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

The bomb-making skills of Hezbollah, the Lebanese militant group and close ally of Hamas, have metastasized across the Middle East. In Gaza, Israeli troops will know they face improvised explosive devices built with charges that can cripple a tank. Hamas does hope to establish a Palestinian state based on the teachings of Islam. There have been pro-Palestinian marches throughout the world protesting at the level of destruction visited already on Gaza by Israel. They’ll be looking to exploit Israel’s next moves in Gaza as their own “phase two” of the October 7 attacks.

Persons: Israel’s, ”, Hossein Amir, Abdollahian, Joe Biden, Saddam Hussein, Benjamin Netanyahu, Rishi Sunak, “, Emmanuel Macron, ” Atatra, –, Hassan Nasrallah, Saleh Al, Ziad Al, Tehran’s, Quds, They’ll, John Kirby, Jalaa Marey, Biden, Islam, Iraq ’, Karin von Hippel, Martin Sherman, Israel Organizations: London CNN, Hamas, American, ISIS, Iran’s, British, Islam, Israel Defense Forces, UN, Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps Quds Brigade, US, US National Security Council, Palestinian, Getty, Israel’s, Royal United Services Institute, Israel Institute for Strategic Studies Locations: Gaza, Tehran, Israel, Hamas, Mosul, Iraqi, Lebanese, Lebanon, Beit Hanoun, Washington, Iraq, realpolitik, Palestine, Iran, Baghdad, Iranian, Yemen, Israeli, AFP, United States, State, Afghanistan

☆ Claudia Quaatey dreamed of becoming a nurse before she was fatally shot in New York City
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Aya Elamroussi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —At just 14 years old, Claudia Quaatey decided to run her own hair braiding business from her New York home as she prepared to support herself through nursing school. “Claudia was not perfect, but Claudia was exactly what I prayed for.”Claudia Quaatey and her mother, Marian Abbey. Claudia was shot once while sitting in the back seat of a car, a law enforcement official with knowledge of the case told CNN. Her mother later told CNN that Claudia had plans to braid a friend’s hair that evening. Courtesy Marian AbbeyBorn to Christian Ghanian parents in New York City, Claudia grew up to be the kind of person who was empathetic and caring.

Persons: Claudia Quaatey, “, Claudia, ”, Marian Abbey, ” Claudia, “ Claudia, ” Claudia Quaatey, Marian, Howard University’s, ’, sweatshirts, Claudia’s, ” Albert Quaatey, There’s, daydreams, “ She’s, ’ Claudia, Christian Ghanian, they’re, Keon Anderson, ” Keon, Keon, don’t, Roberta Anderson Keon, Roberta Anderson, Keon’s, ” Anderson Organizations: CNN, Howard University, New York Police Department, Police, NYPD, Queens High School of Teaching Locations: New York, Jamaica, Queens, Washington, DC, Ghana, St, Albans, Queens , New York, United States, New York City, ’ West

☆ UPenn donors were furious about the Palestine Writes Literature Festival. What about it made them pull their funds?
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +20 min

Gottheimer criticized UPenn for including Waters and Hill as festival speakers in a letter posted the day after the University released its statement. “Situating those individual Palestinians and our allies in league with actual antisemites is wholly irresponsible and dangerous.”At the festival, speakers acknowledged the allegations of antisemitism and denied them. It said they were notified 48 hours before the event Waters wished to show up in person, but that would have required additional security unavailable at short notice. ‘Felt like home’Planning the Palestine Writes Literature Festival took endless hours, according to Abulhawa. Susan Abulhawa, a Palestinian-American writer and human rights activist, speaks at a 2014 Palestine Festival of Literature event at Qasr al Qassem on June 4, 2014 in Beit Wazan, near Nablus, West Bank.

Persons: Liz Magill, Magill, Penn, Roger Waters, Pink Floyd, Rogers, “, Anne Frank, ”, Waters, Andreas Arnold, demagogue, ” Waters, Tala, Fahmawi, Josh Gottheimer, Marc Lamont Hill, Gottheimer, UPenn, ” Hill, Hill, Susan Abulhawa, Amer Zahr, Abulhawa, Ronald Lauder, Marc Rowan, Rowan, Scott Bok, ” Abulhawa, Dalia Al, Ahmad, Palestine — Ibrahim Nasrallah, Elias Khoury, Mahmoud Shukair, Habayeb, Salman Abu Sitta, Mahmoud Darwish, it’s, ” Dalia Al, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer, Gary Younge, Nguyen, Younge, Israel, Bernard Schwartz, 92NY, ” Nguyen, ‘, Rob Stothard, ” UPenn, David Magerman, Cliff Asness, Lauder, Dick Wolf, Jon Huntsman, Elizabeth Magill, John Jackson , Jr, ” Rowan, Ed Rendell Organizations: New, New York CNN, The University, Ivy League, CNN, Defamation League, ADL Philadelphia, Jewish Federation of Greater, Pink, US State Department, ADL, Democratic New Jersey Rep, University, Apollo Global Management, ” CNN, The Daily, UN, Assembly, Jewish Chronicle, New York, New York City Jewish, New York Times, Palestine, Palestinian, Facebook, West Bank, Student, Daily Pennsylvanian, Penn, Twitter, Venture, Law, Renaissance Technologies, University of Pennsylvania, CNBC Locations: New York, UPenn, Philadelphia, Israel, Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, Magill, Germany, Nazi, Frankfurt, “ Palestine, Palestine, The, Europe, Canada, British, New, New York City, Palestinian, American, Qasr, Qassem, Beit Wazan, Nablus, West

According to the United Nations, there are now some 5.9 million Palestinian refugees worldwide, most of them descendants of that 1948 generation of exiles. The struggle of the Palestinians is felt especially keenly in Jordan, where more than half of the population is either Palestinian or of Palestinian descent – including more than two million Palestinian refugees. But that passion for the Palestinian cause resonates across the Arab world that is home to more than 450 million people. Young people from across the Arab world have chanted the very same rallying cries their parents and grandparents chanted before them. Leon Neal/Getty Images“For much of the Arab world, the question of Palestine represents the last colonized Arab people trying to gain their freedom,” said H.A.

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☆ A 2% global tax on all billionaires could raise $250 billion annually, a research report backed by a Nobel Prize-winning economist says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Billionaires worldwide should have to pay a 2% wealth tax, the EU Tax Observatory says. AdvertisementAdvertisementBillionaires should have to pay a 2% global minimum tax imposed by governments, researchers at the EU Tax Observatory say. They listed the tax as a key proposal in their Global Tax Evasion Report and argued that it would raise close to $250 billion annually. Its researchers said that the tax would mimic the 15% global minimum tax introduced for multinational companies. Currently the world's billionaires collectively pay around $44 billion a year in individual income taxes and wealth taxes, the researchers wrote.

Persons: Joseph Stiglitz, —, Stiglitz Organizations: EU, Service, European Union, Paris School of Economics, London School of Economics, King's College Locations: King's College London

☆ Davos in the Desert: Jamie Dimon and other bankers visit Saudi Arabia as Israel-Hamas war rages
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Hanna Ziady | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Dubbed “Davos in the Desert,” the annual Future Investment Initiative (FII) will welcome about 6,000 participants from more than 90 countries over the next three days. Since the Hamas assault on October 7, Israel has widened its offensive against the Palestinian militant group and other regional enemies. Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammad bin Salman, denied any personal involvement in Khashoggi’s murder but later confirmed it was carried out by Saudi officials. Bin Salman chairs the Public Investment Fund. “Very few people” had canceled plans to attend the conference, according to Richard Attias, the CEO of the FII Institute, the event’s organizer.

Persons: Jamie Dimon, Citigroup’s Jane Fraser, Defense Lloyd Austin, Larry Fink, Goldman Sachs, David Solomon, Noel Quinn, Ray Dalio, Stephen Schwarzman, Harvey Schwartz, Blackstone, Carlyle, “ We’re, it’s, ”, Fraser, Fink, “, Karen E, WeWork, Slack, Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi Arabia’s, Mohammad bin Salman, Bin Salman, bin Salman, Masayoshi, Richard Attias, Young, — Winston Lo, Michelle Toh Organizations: London CNN, “, Future Investment Initiative, Defense, Palestinian, Israel Defense Forces, West Bank, HSBC, Citigroup, Saudi, Public Investment Fund, Columbia University’s Center, Global Energy, CNN, Reliance Retail, Softbank’s Vision, Future Investment, FII Institute, Young of Columbia University Locations: Saudi Arabia, Israel, “ Davos, Gaza, Lebanon, Riyadh, Ukraine, Europe, United States, Washington, Russia, Saudi, Istanbul, Kingdom, Hong Kong

CNN —Queen Rania of Jordan has accused Western leaders of a “glaring double standard” for failing to condemn the deaths of civilians under Israeli bombardment in Gaza, as Israel’s war on Hamas threatens to destabilize relations between US and Arab leaders. “This is the first time in modern history that there is such human suffering and the world is not even calling for a ceasefire,” Queen Rania added. Forcing Gaza civilians to relocate amounts “to the war crime of forcible transfer,” the Norwegian Refugee Council said. The people of Palestine should not, [the people] of Gaza should not, be forced to be moved again,” she said. Khalil Mazraawi/AFP/Getty ImagesEven before the war with Hamas, tensions were high between Palestinians and Israelis in the occupied West Bank.

Persons: Rania, Jordan, CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, “, ”, Israel, we’ve, ” Rania, Joe Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu, “ We’re, Strategic Communications John Kirby, we’re, Antony Blinken, Gershon Baskin, Gilad Shalit, Baskin, Gilad Schalit, Amanpour, Jordan’s King Abdullah, Gazans, Queen Rania, Alaa Al Sukhni, Khalil Mazraawi Organizations: CNN, Hamas, Israel Defense Forces, Palestinian Ministry of Health, UN, United Nations, West, US, Palestinian Authority, National Security, Strategic Communications, UN Security, Baskin, Norwegian Refugee, West Bank, Palestine, Reuters, Getty, Protesters Locations: Gaza, Jordan, Israel, Egypt, Washington, United Kingdom, Jerusalem, Palestine, Amman, AFP

New York CNN —The United Auto Workers union sent 6,800 Stellantis employees to the picket line Monday morning in a surprise, targeted strike at the company’s Ram truck facility. The Sterling Heights Assembly Plant is Stellantis’ “largest plant and biggest moneymaker,” UAW said in a statement Monday. The first was at Ford on October 11, when the UAW went on strike at that automaker’s largest plant, the Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville. Expanding strikeThere are now more than 40,000 UAW members on strike as it enters its sixth week, with 14,600 on now on strike at Stellantis, joining the 16,600 on strike at Ford and 9,200 on strike at GM. But the union has stopped short of having all 145,000 members at the three companies all be on strike.

Persons: ”, Stellantis, Fain, Anderson Organizations: New, New York CNN, United Auto Workers, Sterling, Sterling Heights Assembly, ” UAW, Dodge, Chrysler, Ford, General Motors, UAW, Kentucky, Plant, Fiat Chrysler, European, PSA Group, “, ” CNN, GM, Big, Anderson Economic Locations: New York, Sterling Heights, Detroit, Sterling Heights , Michigan, United States, Mexico, Warren , Michigan, Sterling, Louisville, Stellantis, Ford, Europe

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