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☆ This digital nomad worked in 20 countries in 5 years. Here are her best money tips
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Goh Chiew Tong | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Daniella Pashuk decided to be a digital nomad 5 years ago, even before the pandemic when she was just 19. But Daniella Pashuk became a digital nomad five years ago, well before the pandemic when she was just 19. "I got to be wherever I want to be and do whatever I want to do in different countries. Daniella Pashuk digital nomadNow 24, Pashuk has traveled to over 20 countries in five years. Daniella Pashuk Digital nomad

The U.N. Security Council includes five permanent members—the U.S., Russia, China, France and the United Kingdom—as well as 10 nonpermanent members. U.S. allies are considering denouncing Russia’s arrest and detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich in the United Nations Security Council Monday, when Russia assumes the rotating monthly presidency of the body. Mr. Gershkovich, 31 years old, was detained March 29 while reporting in Yekaterinburg, more than 800 miles east of Moscow. Russian authorities have accused him of espionage, which the Journal and the Biden administration deny.

☆ Florida aquarium to release orca after more than 50 years in captivity
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-30 | by ( Tyler Clifford | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] A killer whale jumps out of the water in the sea near Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan, July 1, 2019. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-HoonMarch 30 (Reuters) - A Florida aquarium has reached a deal with animal welfare advocates to release Lolita, a 5,000-pound (2,268 kg) killer whale held in captivity for more than half a century, officials said on Thursday. The plan to return Lolita to her natural habitat requires federal approval, according to the newspaper. The Seaquarium's previous owner, SeaWorld Entertainment Inc (SEAS.N), phased out killer whale shows in 2016. Killer whales are highly social mammals that have no natural predators and can up to 80 years.

☆ U.N. Sees Wide Range of War Crimes by Russian Forces in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-16 | by ( Daniella Cheslow | Isabel Coles | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The conflict in Mariupol, Ukraine, has left apartments destroyed and residents devastated. United Nations investigators have gathered evidence of a range of atrocities that Russian forces committed against Ukrainians that amount to war crimes, a United Nations commission found. An independent commission formed under the U.N. Human Rights Council cited evidence of killings, imprisonment, torture, sex crimes and the deportation of civilians, according to a report released on Thursday. Ukrainian forces also committed “a small number of violations” of international law, the commission found, including the shooting and torture of Russian prisoners of war, the report stated.

☆ Can the Army Be All It Can Be? Service Revives Slogan to Solve Recruiting Woes
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( Daniella Cheslow | Ben Kesling | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The U.S. Army is relaunching the phrase ‘Be All You Can Be’ in an effort to boost its recruiting numbers. WASHINGTON—The U.S. Army is dusting off its slogan from the 1980s in hopes of boosting recruiting after its most challenging year since the advent of the all-volunteer force in 1973. At an event near the White House, Army Secretary Christine Wormuth announced the official launch—or relaunch—of the slogan “Be All You Can Be,” which Army pollsters found was likely to resonate as much with a new generation as it did for teens in the post-Vietnam, Cold War era.

☆ Turkey’s Culinary Capital Opens Its Kitchens to Feed the Hungry After Earthquakes
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-25 | by ( Daniella Cheslow | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

GAZIANTEP, Turkey—This southern Turkish city was often hailed as the country’s food capital for its rich variety—from liver kebabs and yogurt-thickened stews to an intricate dessert known as a nightingale’s nest. After this month’s earthquakes, many of its eateries switched to simpler fare to feed thousands of people across the devastated region. Scores of restaurants, cafes and street food vendors joined spontaneous efforts to feed the city of about two million people and its neighbors immediately after the Feb. 6 earthquakes.

ANTAKYA, Turkey—Two weeks after earthquakes devastated swaths of Turkey, the government and aid groups are rushing to bolster the area’s heavily damaged health system, which is struggling to treat tens of thousands of injured and those who require routine care. The death toll from the Feb. 6 quakes has risen to more than 48,200—about 42,300 in Turkey and at least 5,900 in Syria. In Turkey, some 108,000 were injured and at least two million lost their homes, authorities and experts estimate. Health professionals are also warning of a heightened risk of infectious disease outbreaks in the disaster zone.

☆ Syrian Brothers Reunite for Desperate Search After Turkey’s Quake
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-19 | by ( Daniella Cheslow | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

ANTAKYA, Turkey—Alaa Sannaa received a text message from his mother after twin earthquakes rocked Turkey and Syria, telling him to fly immediately from his home in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to Antakya, where his brother Abdo’s wife and three children were buried under the rubble of their 12-story apartment building. Alaa, 37 years old, quickly messaged his other three brothers, who live in Germany and the U.S. They immediately booked tickets to Turkey.

ANTAKYA, Turkey—Marketed as “a little piece of heaven,” the 12-storey Ronesans Residence apartment complex opened in 2013 and stood until last week as a symbol of this southern city’s rapid urbanization and the two-decade expansion of Turkey’s middle class. Now the 249-unit development is a tomb and a crime scene after toppling over sideways in a devastating earthquake and trapping hundreds of bodies below. Its developer, Mehmet Coskun, is under arrest. Mr. Coskun, who was detained at Istanbul airport en route to Montenegro, said he obtained all necessary permits and inspections and denied that the building collapsed, telling a prosecutor: “Our building just laid on its side.”

☆ Turkey Faces Acute Homelessness Crisis After Earthquakes
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( Sune Engel Rasmussen | Daniella Cheslow | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

ADIYAMAN, Turkey—Turkey is dealing with one of the world’s worst homelessness emergencies following earthquakes that devastated swaths of the country, with the government scrambling to provide shelter to hundreds of thousands of displaced people a week after the disaster. More than 41,200 died in Turkey and Syria from the Feb. 6 earthquakes. At least two million people in Turkey, a nation of 85 million, have lost their homes, experts estimate.

GAZIANTEP, Turkey—Turkish authorities widened a crackdown on those allegedly involved in shoddy construction practices and looting in cities across southern Turkey devastated by last week’s earthquakes, making dozens of new arrests as hopes faded of finding many more survivors in collapsed buildings. The death toll from the massive quakes has reached over 35,000, with 31,600 fatalities in Turkey and 3,500 deaths in Syria, according to authorities, who say they expect the casualty numbers to continue to rise sharply.

GAZIANTEP, Turkey—Aid is now rushing into Turkey since twin earthquakes devastated vast swaths of the country, but anger is growing in destroyed towns over a stuttering government response and allegedly shoddy construction that has led to dozens of arrests of contractors. The death toll across Turkey and Syria has reached over 28,000, with 24,600 dead in Turkey and another 3,500 dead in Syria.

☆ Frozen Afghan Funds Have Done Little to Sway Taliban
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-08 | by ( Daniella Cheslow | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The U.S. wants Kabul’s central bank, the Da Afghanistan Bank, to show it is independent and ready to counter money-laundering and terrorism financing. When the Biden administration seized $7 billion of Afghanistan’s central bank reserves two years ago, it set aside half for victims of the Sept. 11 attacks, and deposited the rest in a Swiss-based fund that it said would benefit the Afghan people. Today, that $3.5 billion remains frozen. The Taliban-controlled central bank says it wants the money to stabilize its crippled financial sector. In the U.S., officials close to the situation say the money hasn’t been enough of an enticement to dissuade the Islamist regime from policies the U.S. and the West find objectionable.

In protests that followed the killing and the police sweeps, six people were arrested and charged with domestic terrorism. In December, the same charges were filed against five people after law enforcement moved in to clear barricades and confront protesters. But in a number of states, including Georgia, domestic terrorism laws include a wide range of offenses outside those motivated by hate. The Atlanta Solidarity Fund said that the state of Georgia was trying to “set an alarming precedent” with the charges. “If they are successful, protesters across the country could be facing similar speech-chilling ‘domestic terrorism’ charges,'” it said in a statement this week.

☆ IMF Warns Unraveling Economic Ties Could Shrink Global Output
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-16 | by ( Daniella Cheslow | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Trade restrictions, such as export bans on foodstuffs and other goods, could take a toll on the global economy, the IMF said. Declining international cooperation and commerce could shrink the global economy, particularly harming low-income countries, the International Monetary Fund said in a new study. The report cited several ways that government policies are driving a reversal of global economic integration, such as by restrictions on trade, immigration and cross-border capital flows. The authors labeled this process geoeconomic fragmentation and warned it could lower global gross domestic product by up to 7% over an unspecified “long-term” period.

☆ McCarthy Renews Calls for Spending Cuts to Raise Debt Ceiling
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-15 | by ( Daniella Cheslow | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Sunday didn’t commit to specific cuts, nor did he rule out any parts of the budget for reductions. WASHINGTON—House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.) said Sunday he would seek to negotiate with President Biden over raising the federal debt ceiling but renewed his calls for cuts in spending, days after the Treasury Department said the government may not be able to pay its bills by early summer. “Let’s sit down together. Let’s look at the places that we can change our behavior,” Mr. McCarthy said in an interview on Fox News. “Why would we sit back and be so arrogant to say, ‘No, there’s no waste in government?’”

☆ House GOP Seeks Biden Residence Visitor Logs as Classified-Document Saga Continues
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-15 | by ( Daniella Cheslow | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Republicans want to see visitor logs from the home of President Biden, who was at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta on Sunday. House Republicans are seeking two years of visitor logs from President Biden’s Delaware home as part of a push for more details about documents marked as classified that were found in Mr. Biden’s home and at a Washington office he used after his vice presidency. “Given the serious national security implications, the White House must provide the Wilmington residence’s visitor log,” House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R., Ky.) wrote in a Sunday letter to White House chief of staff Ron Klain .

Kristi and Steve Goncalves told Dateline that their daughter, 21-year-old Kaylee Goncalves, was due to graduate college early and had lined up a job with an IT firm in Austin, Texas. Kaylee Goncalves had just moved out of the house she shared with her longtime best friend, 21-year-old Madison "Maddie" Mogen. “These girls were best friends since sixth grade, like inseparable,” Kristi Goncalves said. “Maddie had been a huge part of our life.”Steve and Kristi Goncalves during an interview with Dateline on NBC. “I hope that maybe in a struggle, she pulled it off of him,” Kristi Goncalves said.

Protecting property does not typically justify the use of lethal force under Washington, D.C., law, legal and criminal justice experts said as police investigate the fatal shooting of a 13-year-old boy in Washington over the weekend. Legal experts agreed that deadly force is not a legally justifiable way to defend property, except, perhaps, in cases of self-defense or home intrusion. "I know of no law that allows for deadly force purely in the defense of property," NBC News legal analyst Danny Cevallos said. "It’s always been the case that you can’t use deadly force to protect your property." But he added that in Washington and in most of the country, the use lethal force is not allowed in defense of property.

"That’s what’s killing me, he’s a baby.”Long's grandson, Karon Blake, was killed Saturday, Metropolitan Police said, after he was shot by a man who “heard noises and observed someone that appeared to be tampering with vehicles” in his Northeast Washington neighborhood. Courtesy Sean LongThe man who shot Karon called police after the incident, according to authorities. The man who shot him has not been identified or arrested. Contee said detectives are gathering the facts and will present the case to the U.S. attorney’s office for possible charges. Long said he was “really proud” of Karon’s mother, who has been devastated by her son’s death, but also working hard toward planning his funeral.

☆ West Faces Hurdles Delivering Drone-Fighting Technology to Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( Daniella Cheslow | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The Pentagon approved a contract for a counterdrone system, called Vampire, that is designed to fit in the bed of a pickup. WASHINGTON—More than three months after Russia started using large numbers of Iranian-made drones against Ukraine, the U.S. is struggling to supply effective systems that can meet the threat, according to Western officials and analysts. The Pentagon first said it would provide a counterdrone system called Vampire in August, but only approved the $40 million contract for the weapons in mid-December, according to the company that makes them. The delivery of the first four systems won’t take place until mid-2023, with 10 more arriving by the end of the year.

An active-duty Marine was arrested and charged with the death of his 4-month-old baby in Jacksonville, North Carolina, police said Friday. The baby was pronounced dead on the scene by paramedics with the Onslow County Emergency Medical Services, the statement said. The Jacksonville Police Department conducted an investigation into the death of the infant and then arrested McGill, according to the statement. Investigators were working with the local district attorney’s office as well as the Naval Criminal Investigative Services, because of McGill’s status as an active-duty Marine, the statement said. The Naval Criminal Investigative Services confirmed that McGill, who is an Active-Duty Marine Lance Corporal, was arrested on Friday in connection with a murder investigation.

☆ Should you hide your side hustle from your employer? Here's what to consider
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

So is your hustle something you should disclose to your full-time employer? Side hustle expert Daniella Flores, who uses they/them pronouns, has seen bosses react in multiple ways. At first, their employer was fine with the hustle, but eventually, they gave Flores an ultimatum, asking them, "Would you rather paint or would you rather code?" Whatever you do, though, Flores says, remember not to use company equipment or company time for your hustle. Make sure "you're doing it on your own laptop, on your own time, not onsite at work," says Flores.

☆ Former officer Aaron Dean found guilty of manslaughter in the shooting death of Atatiana Jefferson
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Daniella Silva | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Former Fort Worth police officer Aaron Dean attends the first day of his murder trial on Monday, Dec. 5, 2022, in Fort Worth. Dean fatally shot Atatiana Jefferson in 2019 during a police call at her home. Aaron Dean, a white Fort Worth police officer, fatally shot Atatiana Jefferson, a 28-year-old Black woman who had been playing video games at home with her 8-year-old nephew before she was shot. During his testimony, Dean said that after he shot Jefferson, he was briefly blinded by muzzle flash. Prosecutors have also argued that Dean shot Jefferson "not a second" after shouting for her to put up her hands, without giving her time to process and follow his commands.

The bill already passed the Senate and now goes to President Joe Biden for his signature. “In removing Taney’s bust, I’m not asking that we would hold Taney to today’s moral standards,” House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said on Wednesday while advocating for the statue’s removal. Figures like Taney belong in history textbooks and classroom discussions, not in marbled bronze on public display of honor.”A similar effort in 2020 that passed the House aimed to remove Taney’s bust from the Capitol along with monuments honoring Confederates. That bill, however, was eventually stalled by Senate Republicans who argued that states should decide which statues they’d like to display in the Capitol. A statue of Taney was previously removed in 2017 from the grounds of the Maryland State House.

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