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☆ Starlink traffic tripled again in 2024 in another win for Elon Musk
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-09 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Internet traffic from Elon Musk's satellite web service more than tripled in 2024, per Cloudflare data. Global internet traffic from SpaceX's satellite internet service more than tripled in 2024, according to data from IT service provider Cloudflare. Several major cruise companies have begun offering Starlink on their ships, with Carnival Cruises announcing in May that all of its cruise liners are now equipped with Starlink. Traffic in Georgia and Paraguay, where Starlink launched in November and December 2023, has increased by 100 and 900 times this year, respectively. It also almost tripled traffic in 2023.

Persons: Elon, Starlink, Pete Syme, Cloudflare, Elon Musk Organizations: United Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, Qatar Airways, Carnival Cruises, SpaceX, Elon, NASA Locations: Elon, Chad, Mongolia, Argentina, Georgia, Paraguay

☆ US charges two former Syrian officials for allegedly torturing Americans and Syrian nationals
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-09 | by ( Jack Forrest | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Two former high-ranking Syrian intelligence officials have been charged with war crimes for allegedly torturing Americans and other civilians who were deemed enemies by the Syrian government and held in a military prison, the Department of Justice said Monday. They were charged with conspiracy to commit war crimes through cruel and inhuman treatment, according to an unsealed indictment filed in federal court in Chicago. Warrants for their arrests have been issued, and they remain at large, the Justice Department said. “The Justice Department has a long memory, and we will never stop working to find and bring to justice those who tortured Americans,” he said. “Hassan and Mahmoud allegedly oversaw the systematic use of cruel and inhumane treatment on perceived enemies of the Syrian regime, including American citizens,” said FBI Director Christopher Wray.

Persons: Bashar al, Assad, Jamil Hassan, Abdul Salam Mahmoud, “, General Merrick Garland, ”, —, Hassan, Mahmoud, Lisa Monaco, “ Hassan, Christopher Wray, Rob Picheta, Helen Regan, Holmes Lybrand, Hannah Rabinowitz, Evan Perez Organizations: CNN, Department of Justice, Mezzeh, Justice Department, Syrian, The Justice Department, U.S, FBI, Damascus “, United Nations Locations: Syrian, Damascus, Chicago, American, Ukraine, ”, Russia, Syria

☆ Inside the Mind of Sam Altman: How the OpenAI CEO Sees the World
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-08 | by ( Adam Rogers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +21 min

To answer that question, I've spent weeks taking a Talmudic dive into the Gospel According to Sam Altman. Unlike Jobs, who bestrode the stage at Apple events dropping one-more-things like a modern-day Prometheus, Altman doesn't spew ego everywhere. AdvertisementAnother contrast with the tech gurus of yore: Altman says he doesn't care much about money. AdvertisementAs the CEO of OpenAI, Altman says that "superintelligence" — the moment machines become smarter than their human masters — is only "thousands of days" away. Altman doesn't know what the future will bring, but he's in a hurry to get there.

Persons: It's, Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, Altman, Fortune, —, I've, he's, Jason Kempin, Jobs, Joe Rogan, Rogan, it's, Goldman Sachs, Brian Ach, he'd, Charming, Altman didn't, you've, Paul Graham, aren't, Kara Swisher, doesn't, Ezra, We'll, Isaac Asimov, Iain Banks, Drew Angerer, OpenAI, squished, Justin Sullivan, He's, Jeff Bezos didn't, Adam Rogers Organizations: Harvard, San, bros, Getty Images, Apple, TechCrunch, Stanford, Elon, SpaceX, AIs, OpenAI, Big Tech, Business Locations: Silicon Valley, Uniball, San Francisco, Midwest, Stanford, OpenAI, Mexico, ChatGPT, Silicon, Valley

☆ The mind of Sam Altman
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-08 | by ( Adam Rogers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +21 min

And now, after years of stasis in Silicon Valley, we have Sam Altman . To answer that question, I've spent weeks taking a Talmudic dive into the Gospel According to Sam Altman. Unlike Jobs, who bestrode the stage at Apple events dropping one-more-things like a modern-day Prometheus, Altman doesn't spew ego everywhere. AdvertisementAnother contrast with the tech gurus of yore: Altman says he doesn't care much about money. Altman doesn't know what the future will bring, but he's in a hurry to get there.

☆ How measles, whooping cough, and worse could roar back on RFK Jr.’s watch
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-06 | by ( Arthur Allen | Kff Health News | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

“The litany of things that will start to topple is profound,” said James Hodge, a public health law expert at Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law. “One in 3,000 kids who gets measles is going to die. The U.S. has seen 16 measles outbreaks this year — 89% of cases are in unvaccinated people — and a whooping cough epidemic is the worst since 2012. “If you overturn the administrative state, the impact on public health will be long-term and serious,” said Dorit Reiss, a professor at the University of California’s Hastings College of Law. It would take years before enough children died before people said, ‘I guess measles is a bad thing,’” she said.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, ”, James Hodge, Sandra, “ We’re, Lawrence Gostin, Northe Saunders, Kennedy, Dave Weldon, — Kennedy, Weldon, —, Kennedy’s, Karoline Leavitt, Gregory Poland, Scott Gottlieb, Paul Offit, ” Offit, “, Hodge, he’ll, Peter Hotez, virologist, Stanley Plotkin, hasn’t, Karen Ernst, ’ “, ” Ernst, who’ll, ” That’s, Ernst, I’m, Walter Orenstein, Orenstein, Saunders, can’t, Rekha Lakshmanan, “ It’s, Trump, Dorit Reiss, Billionaire Elon Musk, Dr, Sanjay Gupta, Jesse Goodman, ‘ Organizations: Health, Arizona State, O’Connor College of Law, Georgetown University, State, SAFE Communities Coalition, Republican, Department of Health, Human Services, Centers for Disease Control, Trump, NPR, Academy of Science & Medicine, FDA, CNBC, Vaccine Education, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Justice, Children’s Health Defense, Vaccine, ”, Children, Health Defense, Baylor College of Medicine, HHS, Vaccines, ’ “ RFK, Texas, Research, University of California’s Hastings College of Law, Billionaire, CNN, CNN Health, Center, KFF Locations: U.S, Samoa, United States, —, ” Poland, Georgia, Idaho, India, Texas, In Louisiana

☆ CEO rejected an 'earth-shattering' $500,000 windfall to build his business instead—now it's worth $633 million
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-06 | by ( Tom Huddleston Jr. | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

So when a customer offered him $500,000 to buy the company, seemingly out of nowhere, the "transformative" offer stopped him dead in his tracks, he says. Today, Gecko is valued at $633 million, as of a fundraising round last year. Its clients include the U.S. Navy and Air Force, and it ranked 42nd on the 2024 CNBC Disruptor 50 List in May. Loosararian "didn't even know who Y Combinator was at the time," he says, but the representatives convinced him to submit an application. Within months, Loosararian turned down another investment offer, from a "very renowned" billionaire investor that would've valued Gecko at $10 million, he says.

Persons: Jake Loosararian, he'd, DON'T, Loosararian, Combinator Organizations: Robotics, U.S . Navy, Air Force, CNBC Locations: Pittsburgh, Silicon

☆ UnitedHealthcare CEO killing: Police believe person of interest left New York, report says
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-06 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Closed circuit screenshots of a person of interest in the UnitedHealthcare CEO killing. Police believe that the person of interest being sought in connection with the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson left New York City shortly after the slaying, on a bus from upper Manhattan. New York has an extensive network of government and private surveillance cameras. "Those buses are interstate buses," Kenny told CNN. "That's why we believe he may have leftNew York City."

Persons: Brian Thompson, Jessica Tisch, Tisch, Thompson, George Washington, Joseph Kenny, Kenny Organizations: Police, New York Police, CNN, NYPD, Central Park, West, Columbus, Port Authority Bus, George Washington Bridge Locations: New York City, Manhattan, New York, midtown Manhattan, Central, West, Washington Heights

☆ Abu Mohammad al-Jolani: How Syria’s rebel leader went from radical jihadist to a blazer-wearing ‘revolutionary’
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-06 | by ( Mostafa Salem | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

His mission was to establish Al Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate, Jabhat Al Nusra. Sharaa is now commanding thousands of men in an armed rebellion threatening to topple the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. “This new formation has no relation to any external party,” he said at the time, distancing it from his radical Islamist past. It was also the start of Jolani’s gradual transformation from the classic anti-West jihadist, to a more palatable revolutionary. He conducted operations against ISIS including the 2023 high-profile killing of ISIS leader Abu Hussein Al-Husseini al-Qurashi.

Persons: CNN — Ahmed Al Sharaa, Abu Bakr al, Al, Jabhat Al Nusra, Bashar al, Assad, He’s, guerre Abu Mohammed al, Jolani, Fateh, Al Sham, ”, Abu Hussein Al, Husseini, “, Dareen Khalifa, Hayat Tahrir, Abu Mohamed al, Omar Haj Kadour, Al Qaeda Organizations: CNN, PBS, Palestinian, Israel, Organization for, ISIS, Al Qaeda, Group, Getty, Al Locations: Syria, Iraq, Abu, Syrian, Sharaa, Saudi, Riyadh, Golan, Damascus, Al Qaeda, Hayat, United States, Russia, Idlib, Hama, Brussels, Besnaya, Turkey, AFP

☆ Ukraine's front-line fighters and dronemakers are trying to crowdfund their way to Russia's defeat through cheap strikes
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-05 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

Another prototype, a modified Soviet ZU-23-2 antiaircraft gun, needs $70,000 worth of parts to be fully automated to strike down Russian drones. Advertisement"For drones, most funding is from volunteer help, by donors," Chernyavskiy told Business Insider. Throughout the war, Ukraine has repeatedly struggled with insufficient amounts of ammunition, such as much-need 155mm artillery shells. In Ukraine, Chernyavskiy is frustrated, too. This is the nature of war," Chernyavskiy said.

Persons: it's, Oleksandr Chernyavskiy, Oleksandr Chernyavskiy Chernyavskiy, Chernyavskiy, Oleksandr Chernyavskiy Crowdfunding, Dmytro Smolienko, Federico Borsari, Borsari, Oleksandr Skarlat, Serhii Sternenko, Skarlat, Mark J, Lindquist, he's, Mark Lindquist, Oleksandr Chernyavskiy It's, Daniel Viksund, Viksund, Daniel Viksund He's, Chasiv, Jennifer Kavanagh, Kavanagh, Andriy Andriyenko, haven't, Sofiia Meleshenko Organizations: Ukraine's 241st Territorial Defense Brigade, Business, Publishing, Getty, Civilian, Center for, Telegram, US Air Force, Ukraine, 241st Territorial Brigade, Army, Veteran Aid Ukraine, Aid Ukraine, Defense, Savannah, BI Locations: Russia, Soviet, Ukraine, Moscow, Ukrainian, Kyiv, crowdfund, Norwegian, Afghanistan, Scandinavia, Chasiv Yar, Europe

☆ Why the Syrian conflict is so important for Russia and Iran
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-04 | by ( Nathan Rennolds | Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Russia and Iran have supported Syrian President Bashar Assad for years. AdvertisementRussia's gateway to the MediterraneanSyria holds strategic importance for Moscow and Tehran, which have both supported Syrian President Bashar Assad's embattled regime. Advertisement"For Iran, Syria is absolutely essential in order to maintain its proxy network," Hall said. Speaking to NBC News, national security advisor Jake Sullivan said that Assad's three key backers, Iran, Russia, and Hezbollah, had all "been distracted and weakened by conflicts elsewhere." AdvertisementFor Russia and Iran, the fall of Aleppo will nevertheless come as a humiliating blow, Hall said.

Persons: Bashar Assad, Hayat, Bashar Assad's, Wagner, Natasha Hall, Vladimir Putin, Riboua, Assad, Putin, Steven Cook, Enrico Mattei, Cook, Jake Sullivan, Hall Organizations: Middle, Center for Strategic, International Studies, Hudson Institute's Center for Peace, Security, Hezbollah, Africa Studies, Council, Foreign Relations, Russian Ministry of Defense, NBC News Locations: Russia, Syria, Iran, Here's, Moscow, Tehran, Aleppo, Africa, East, Saudi Arabia, Sahel, Libya, Baghdad, Damascus, Beirut, Lebanon, Lebanese, Israel, Middle East, reimpose, Gaza, Ukraine

☆ Amazon sued by DC attorney general for allegedly excluding neighborhoods from Prime delivery
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-04 | by ( Annie Palmer | In Annierpalmer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Washington, D.C.'s attorney general sued Amazon on Wednesday, accusing the company of covertly depriving residents in certain ZIP codes in the nation's capital from access to Prime's high-speed delivery. "In the zip codes in question, there have been specific and targeted acts against drivers delivering Amazon packages. Data from the AG shows that before Amazon instituted the change, more than 72% of Prime packages in the two ZIP codes were delivered within two days of checkout. The ZIP codes in Schwalb's complaint are in areas with large Black populations, according to 2022 Census data based on its American Community Survey. According to Scwalb's complaint, Amazon never communicated the delivery exclusion to Prime members in the area.

Persons: Brian Schwalb, Schwalb, Steve Kelly, Kelly Organizations: Amazon, Amazon's, U.S . Postal Service, AG, Bloomberg, American, Survey, Federal Trade Commission, UPS, FedEx Locations: Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Washington

☆ College enrollment falls 5% for 18-year-old freshmen; FAFSA failures to blame, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-04 | by ( Jessica Dickler | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

watch now'Aftermath of the FAFSA fiasco'Experts had warned that problems with the new FAFSA would result in fewer students applying for financial aid and fewer students enrolling in college. "Freshman enrollment dropped by a dramatic 5% this fall in the aftermath of the FAFSA fiasco, reversing previous gains," said higher education expert Mark Kantrowitz. Submitting a FAFSA is one of the best predictors of whether a high school senior will go on to college, according to the National College Attainment Network. "FAFSA completion and college enrollment move in the same direction — that relationship is pretty consistent," said Bill DeBaun, NCAN's senior director. As a result of changes to the financial aid application, more students now qualify for a Pell Grant, a type of aid awarded solely based on financial need.

Persons: Mark Kantrowitz, Bill DeBaun, NCAN's, Kantrowitz, FAFSA, DeBaun, Grant, Pell Grant, Pell Organizations: National College, Network, Seniors, U.S . Department of Education, Student Clearinghouse Research, Black Colleges, Universities, Federal Student Aid, Department of Education

☆ How UK Export Finance is supporting ethnic minority-led businesses to achieve their global ambitions
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-03 | by ( Sponsored Uk Export Finance | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

UK Export Finance helps ethnic minority-led businesses win, fulfill, and get paid for international business by providing guarantees, insurance and loans to support export activities. UK Export Finance (UKEF) is the UK government's export credit agency. UKEF can help ethnic minority-led businesses through its network of regional Export Finance Managers (EFMs) based around the UK. Once a business has an export plan in place, UK Export Finance can make it a reality by providing finance support. Supporting ethnic minority-led businesses to access export financeEthnic minority-led businesses contribute £25 billion to the UK economy per year, according to research from the Federation of Small Business.

Persons: Hitesh Patel, EFMs, Alissia Deane, Patel, Deane, they're, it's Organizations: Export Finance, UKEF's Export Insurance, Department for Business and Trade, Federation of Small, UK Finance, Research, The British Business Bank, London Chamber of Commerce, Venture Capital, UKEF, Department for Business, Trade, UK Export Finance, Insider Studios Locations: London, West Yorkshire, DBT, UKEF

But more recently, Republicans have signaled plans to defang the agency, and Trump has named authors of Project 2025 — which calls for eliminating the CFPB — to influential posts. It has clawed back nearly $20 billion in consumer relief and issued a litany of rules and guidance aiming to rein in financial institutions. The financial services industry bristles at many of these efforts. Buy now, pay later protectionsAs BNPL services skyrocketed in popularity during the pandemic, the agency quickly built guardrails around them. Removal of medical debt from credit reportsThis summer, the agency proposed banning medical debt from appearing on consumers’ credit reports.

Persons: Donald Trump, Sen, Elizabeth Warren, Trump, multibillionaire Trump, Elon Musk, ” “, ”, Adam Rust, Jesse Van Tol, “, Rohit Chopra, Michael A, McCoy, ” Lindsey Johnson, JD Vance, —, everyone’s, Mick Mulvaney, Trump’s, Oliver Contreras, Armen Meyer, Meyer, Chopra, Rob Bonta Organizations: Consumer Financial, Senate, White, NBC, Federal Reserve, Republicans, Consumer Federation of America, Community Reinvestment Coalition, Consumer Bankers Association, Biden, Trump, Apple, GOP, ” Agency, Agency, Consumer, overdrafts, Electronic, Washington Post, Reuters Locations: Wells, Washington, Colorado, New York, California

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Since the early months of the war in Gaza, Israeli forces have occupied a four-mile road, known as the Netzarim corridor, that bisects the enclave, to keep hundreds of thousands of displaced Gazans from returning north. That has slowly grown into an 18-square-mile block of territory controlled by Israeli forces, according to the Israeli military and a New York Times analysis of satellite images and video footage. The buildup suggests a shift for Israel, which had largely avoided holding Gazan territory, creating a vacuum that has allowed Hamas to reassert control in some parts of Gaza. Israelis leaders have vowed to maintain security control in Gaza even after the war, without saying clearly what that might entail. Israeli military analysts say the increase in infrastructure along the Netzarim corridor might serve that purpose.

Persons: Nadav Organizations: New York Times Locations: Gaza, Israel

☆ Sex workers in Belgium now have maternity leave and sick pay in world first for employment rights
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-02 | by ( Anna Cooban | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

London CNN —Sex workers in Belgium are now entitled to formal employment contracts, which include sick pay and maternity leave, under a landmark law that went into effect Sunday. The new law requires the employers of sex workers to obtain a license from the government, Deltour told CNN. These laws made it “impossible to perform the job in a normal and safe way,” according to the Belgian Union of Sex Workers. That was a crucial step in protecting sex workers from violence, for example, but didn’t give them access to social security. “Sex workers deserve the same rights and freedoms as all workers, and this law is a world first moving us in that direction.”The new law, however, doesn’t cover all types of sex workers.

Persons: Daan Bauwens, Quentin Deltour, Deltour, “, ” Deltour, Erin Kilbride, ” Organizations: London CNN, Belgian, Belgian Union of Sex Workers, CNN, Espace, Global Network, Sex, “ Employers, Belgium “, Human Rights Watch Locations: Belgium, Belgian, Germany, Netherlands, US

☆ Trump Picks Warren Stephens, Billionaire Investment Banker, for U.K. Ambassador
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-02 | by ( Minho Kim | More About Minho Kim | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Warren Stephens, an investment banker and billionaire who donated to President-elect Donald J. Trump’s rivals before eventually supporting him in the 2024 race, was tapped as Mr. Trump’s ambassador to Britain on Monday. Mr. Trump and the alliance had a tense relationship at times over the course of his campaign. In 2016, Mr. Stephens, the chief executive of Stephens, Inc., an investment bank based in Little Rock, Ark., gave $2 million to a group dedicated to stop Mr. Trump from winning the Republican presidential nomination. During the most recent election cycle, he backed other Republican presidential candidates, including Asa Hutchinson, Chris Christie, Mike Pence and Nikki Haley. He also donated $3.5 million to Mr. Trump’s super PACs in 2019 and 2020 during his re-election campaign.

Persons: Warren Stephens, Donald J, Stephens, Trump, Asa Hutchinson, Chris Christie, Mike Pence, Nikki Haley, Trump’s Organizations: American Opportunity Alliance, Mr, Inc, Republican Locations: Britain, Little Rock

☆ Iran throws its support behind Assad as rebels expand their shock offensive in Syria
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-01 | by ( Freddie Clayton | Freddie Clayton Is A Freelance Journalist Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

“The Syrian army will once again be victorious over these terrorist groups as in the past,” he added. In his first public comments released by the state news agency Saturday evening, Assad said Syria will continue to "defend its stability and territorial integrity against terrorists and their supporters." Iran’s support for Assad mirrors that of Russia, which helped to turn the tide of the war during 2016's battle for Aleppo between Syrian government forces and rebel fighters. The victory helped Assad to secure Assad's hold on strategic areas of Syria, with opposition factions and their foreign backers controlling areas on the periphery. The U.S., for its part, opposes Assad, opposes Russia, and opposes Iran, but has allied itself with Syrian Kurdish forces despite their fight against U.S.’ NATO allies Turkey.

Persons: ”, Abbas Aragchi, “, Hayat Tahrir, Sham, Bashar Assad's, Assad, Iran’s, BAKR Organizations: Human Rights, Fighters, Getty, Kurdistan Workers ’ Party, U.S, NATO, Humanitarian Affairs Locations: Iran, Aleppo, Syria’s, Damascus, London, Syria, Hama, U.S, Turkey, Tehran, Lebanon, Russia, AFP, Tartus, Kurdish, Ankara, Syrian Kurdish, The U.S, Sham

☆ Luxury chalet buyers in the Alps are now interested in a lot more than just skiing
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-01 | by ( Maria Noyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Property companies say the quality of the skiing is not the only criteria for some Alpine buyers. Instead of winter sports, wellness is taking priority for many seeking an Alpine chalet. AdvertisementYet, for some wealthy chalet buyers in upmarket towns such as Gstaad and Courchevel, it seems skiing is no longer the only draw. Pristine slopes are not the only draw for Alpine chalet buyers. Rollason added that if the uber-wealthy are buying a chalet, "then it's not just a chalet — it's an all-encompassing leisure object."

Persons: Knight Frank, Kurti, Kate Everett, Allen, Jeremy Rollason, sanatoriums, Rollason Organizations: Bain & Company, Alpine, Swiss Locations: Savills

☆ Up-and-coming companies race to develop drone defenses that militaries and multinational corporations may now need
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-30 | by ( Lauren Frias | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Defense companies like MARSS and Dedrone sell systems designed to defeat drones. Attack drones are evolving so rapidly in the cauldrons of combat in the Middle East and Ukraine that militaries and even law enforcement agencies see a pressing need for defenses. Companies are rushing to meet these needs even as unmanned aerial vehicles continue to change rapidly to exploit vulnerabilities. AdvertisementOne company specializing in creating the battlefield awareness systems to spot and defeat drones is MARSS, a global defense technology company. DedroneVirginia-based drone company Dedrone by Axon has integrated artificial intelligence and machine learning solutions into its open-architecture counter-drone platforms.

Persons: we've, Jamey D, Jacob, Josh Harman, MARSS, Harman, UASWeekly, MARSS's Harman, Mary, Lou Smulders Organizations: Defense, Oklahoma State University's Unmanned Systems Research Institute, Business, MARSS, Red, US Army Combat Capabilities, Command, Red Sands, OSU Locations: East, Ukraine, Saudi Arabia, Saudi, Dedrone Virginia, Dedrone

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is in line to lead the Department of Health and Human Services in the next Trump administration, is well-known for promoting conspiracy theories and vaccine skepticism in the United States. But Mr. Kennedy, an environmental lawyer, has also spent years working abroad to undermine policies that have been pillars of global health policy for a half-century, records show. He has done this by lending his celebrity, and the name of his nonprofit group, Children’s Health Defense, to a network of overseas chapters that sow distrust in vaccine safety and spread misinformation far and wide. He, his organizations and their officials have interfered with vaccination efforts, undermined sex education campaigns meant to stem the spread of AIDS in Africa, and railed against global organizations like the World Health Organization that are in charge of health initiatives.

Persons: Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Trump, Kennedy Organizations: Department of Health, Human Services, Children’s Health Defense, World Health Organization Locations: United States, AIDS, Africa

BEIRUT — Islamist rebels breached neighborhoods in Syria’s second-largest city of Aleppo and clashed with government military forces after detonating two car bombs Friday. The Syrian Observatory of Human Rights, the monitoring organization, said fierce clashes were underway between the attacking insurgents and regime troops. Syrian armed forces were repelling attacks, the Syrian Defense ministry said Friday, adding government forces involved in combat operations were able to regain control over some areas. "Our armed forces have inflicted heavy losses on the attacking organizations, resulting in hundreds of deaths and injuries among the terrorists," Syria's general command of the army and armed forces said in a statement translated by NBC News. The Syrian civil war started in early 2011 with a wave of protests against the authoritarian rule of President Bashar al-Assad.

Persons: Bakr, Witnesses, Bashar al, Assad, Assad's, Matt Bradley, Daniel Arkin Organizations: Associated Press, Syrian Observatory of Human, Fighters, Getty, AP, Syrian Defense, NBC News, Syrian Observatory, Human Rights Locations: BEIRUT, Syria’s, Aleppo, Russia, Iran, Rashidin, AFP, Syrian, Beirut, Atlanta

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☆ From Marc Andreessen to Sriram Krishnan, these are all the Silicon Valley leaders linked with Elon Musk's DOGE
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-29 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

AdvertisementDonald Trump has tapped Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead the Department of Government Efficiency. The advisory group is aimed at reducing federal spending and cutting waste. Donald Trump has picked Elon Musk and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy to lead the Department of Government Efficiency, also known as DOGE — and they appear to be tapping into their network of Silicon Valley contacts to make it happen. Musk has already reportedly been consulting Silicon Valley leaders about the advisory group. These are the tech figures that have already been linked to DOGE.

Persons: Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy, DOGE, —, Dave Chappelle's, Musk Organizations: Department of Government, Trump

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