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☆ Vivek Ramaswamy ends presidential campaign
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Aaron Pellish | Kaitlan Collins | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

CNN —Biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy ended his campaign for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination Monday night after a disappointing finish in the Iowa caucuses. From Vivek Ramaswamy 2024 Presidential Campaign Ramaswamy appears in a sixth-grade musical performance at his school in Sharonville, Ohio, in 1997. From Vivek Ramaswamy 2024 Presidential Campaign Ramaswamy speaks at the Forbes Under 30 Summit in Philadelphia in 2015. Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post/Getty Images Ramaswamy and Nikki Haley participate in the first Republican presidential debate in August 2023. Win McNamee/Getty Images Ramaswamy talks to members of the media after the first Republican presidential debate.

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Traditionally, Iowa caucuses are squeakers, so close that Democrats failed to produce definitive results in the chaotic 2020 contest. Ms. Haley had 20 percent and Mr. DeSantis 16 percent — a separation at the edge of the survey’s margin of error. Ms. Haley, in the Times/Siena poll, had the support of just 3 percent of those voters. (Mr. Burgum endorsed Mr. Trump at the Indianola rally.) But depending on their performance Monday, it remains to be seen whether they will drop out and pick a side: Mr. Trump, or anyone else.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, DeSantis, Donald J, Trump, Nikki Haley, Mr, Trump’s, Biden, Haiyun Jiang, Will, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Haley, Maansi Srivastava, Chris Christie, Haley’s, Charles, David Koch, Ted Cruz, “, Vivek Ramaswamy, There’s, Asa Hutchinson of, Ryan Binkley, Asa Hutchinson, Hilary Swift, Mike Pence, Tim Scott of, Doug Burgum, Burgum, Ramaswamy, Hutchinson, Iowans Organizations: Gov, New, Republican, The New York, Iowa, PAC, Des Moines Register, NBC, New York Times, Mr, CBS, Iowa Republicans, Siena, Times, ., The New York Times, Republicans, Prosperity, Xavier University Locations: Florida, Grimes , Iowa, Iowa, South Carolina, New Hampshire, York, Iowans ., New Jersey, Washington, Siena, Ted Cruz of Texas, Indianola , Iowa, Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas, Texas, Des Moines, Tim Scott of South Carolina, North Dakota, Indianola

☆ Election 2024 Frozen Iowa Is Set to Vote as G.O.P. Presidential Contest Gets Underway
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Adam Nagourney | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +8 min

Traditionally, Iowa caucuses are squeakers, so close that Democrats failed to produce definitive results in the chaotic 2020 contest. Ms. Haley had 20 percent and Mr. DeSantis 16 percent — a separation at the edge of the survey’s margin of error. Traditionally, the Iowa caucuses have winnowed out the also-rans. (Mr. Burgum endorsed Mr. Trump at the Indianola rally.) But depending on their performance Monday, it remains to be seen whether they will drop out and pick a side: Mr. Trump, or anyone else.

☆ Virgin Australia adds Boeing MAX-8 aircraft as demand stays buoyant
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Nov 24 (Reuters) - Airline operator Virgin Australia (IPO-VIR.AX) on Friday said it has added six Boeing MAX-8 aircraft to further expand its fleet and meet travel demand, taking its total order for the planes to fourteen. Australia's second-biggest carrier returned to a profit for the first time in 11 years in fiscal 2023, buoyed by a strong recovery in travel demand following the COVID-19 pandemic. "Travel demand remains high and we continue to grow and renew our fleet, enabling us to deliver great value and choice in the market," Virgin Australia Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer Alistair Hartley said. The MAX-8 aircrafts will enter the domestic and short-haul international routes including Fiji, Bali and Samoa, the carrier said. Reporting by Adwitiya Srivastava in Bengaluru; Editing by Mrigank DhaniwalaOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Australia's, Alistair Hartley, Adwitiya Srivastava, Mrigank Organizations: Virgin Australia, Boeing, Thomson Locations: Fiji, Bali, Samoa, Bengaluru

☆ How Walmart, Kroger, and other major retailers are ramping up self-checkout tech to combat theft
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-23 | by ( Dominick Reuter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Retailers and tech firms are developing new ways to detect — and prevent — theft. Companies like Walmart and Kroger are using cameras, AI sensors, and other tech at self-checkouts. These days, companies like Walmart, Kroger, and more are outfitting their self-checkouts with cameras, AI-enabled sensors, and other high-tech tools to tamp down theft at self-checkout stations. They previously said, "As with other retailers, theft is always a challenge, and we're always looking for better ways to tackle this issue. The presence of a person is one of several low-tech ways retailers have managed to curb shoplifting at self-checkout lanes.

Persons: —, Craig Szklany, Dominick Reuter, we're, Sensormatic, Kroger, Abhinai Srivastava, haven't, Srivastava, Sensormatic's Szklany Organizations: Companies, Walmart, Kroger, Service, Business, BP

☆ Goldman, JPMorgan and others crank up Nvidia price targets in wake of latest earnings
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Several analysts hiked their price targets for the stock to show they expect greater upside ahead after the latest financials. Below, CNBC Pro compiled a list of major investment firms that raised their price targets following the Nvidia report, along with their key conclusions: Goldman Sachs Analyst Toshiya Hari raised the price target by $20 to $625. Morgan Stanley Analyst Joseph Moore added $3 to his price target, bringing it to $603. BMO Capital Markets Like JPMorgan, BMO analyst Ambrish Srivastava hiked his target price by $50 to $650. Bernstein Analyst Stacy Rasgon increased his target price by $25 to $700, equating to 40% upside over the coming year.

Persons: Jensen Huang, chalked, Goldman Sachs, Toshiya Hari, Harlan Sur, Morgan Stanley, Joseph Moore, Aaron Rakers, Vivek Arya, Timothy Arcuri, NVDA, Ambrish Srivastava, Grace Hopper, Ruben Roy, Bernstein, Stacy Rasgon, Vijay Rakesh yanked, 2024E, INTC's, William Stein, Michael Bloom Organizations: Nvidia, CNBC Pro, Center, Foundry Service, JPMorgan, NVIDIA, " Bank of America, NVDA, UBS, BMO, Markets, AMD Locations: China, Tuesday's, CY24, CY25

☆ Trump Builds Out Defense Against New York Fraud Allegations
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Jacob Gershman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

New York’s attorney general alleges that former President Donald Trump inflated his worth to secure unfair financial advantages. Photo: Maansi Srivastava/pool/ReutersDonald Trump and his lawyers are mounting a multifront defense against the civil fraud case threatening his personal fortune as he seeks to reclaim the White House. Trump’s trial team is heading into its second week calling its own witnesses to rebut the New York attorney general’s claim that the former president deceived banks to secure low-cost loans on major real-estate projects. The roster so far has included an accounting expert whose testimony last week disputed a number of the allegations regarding Trump’s financial disclosures.

Persons: Donald Trump, Maansi Srivastava, Reuters Donald Trump, Trump’s, general’s Organizations: Reuters, New Locations: New York

☆ Indian capital resumes some activities despite hazardous air, river foam
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Kanjyik Ghosh | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis Acquire Licensing RightsNEW DELHI, Nov 20 (Reuters) - India's capital Delhi re-opened schools and some building sites on Monday amid signs of receding air pollution, although it remained classified as hazardous, while a toxic foam besmirched stretches of the Yamuna river flowing through the city. The world's most polluted capital resumed its annual battle on pollution this month, despite government pledges to improve. Monday's air quality index (AQI) of 336 was down from Thursday's level of 509, but still "hazardous", Swiss group IQAir said. Delhi's air pollution gets worse in winter, when wind speeds drop and cooling air traps pollutants spewed by vehicles, industry and farmers burning agricultural waste in surrounding states to prepare for new planting. PM2.5 levels remained above 128 micrograms per cubic meter of air since Sunday in the National Capital Region, according to the federal pollution control board.

Persons: Anushree, IQAir, Ankit Srivastava, Gopal Rai, Kanjyik Ghosh, Shivam Patel, Clarence Fernandez, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: REUTERS, Delhi's, Vehicles, National Capital, World Health Organization, Thomson Locations: New Delhi, India, DELHI, Delhi, Mumbai

☆ A UNESCO World Heritage site with thousands of people living inside it
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-12 | by ( Shalbha Sarda | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

It's life as usual in Jaisalmer Fort, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that thousands of people call home. Jaisalmer Fort, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Rajasthan, India. But today, the fort attracts other types of outsiders – hundreds of thousands of travelers who come to the location, which was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2013, along with five other forts in Rajasthan. But unlike the others, Jaisalmer Fort boasts a royal palace as well as public temples, shops, hotels, cafes and homes. Struggles of a 'living fort'But Jaisalmer Fort's status as a "living fort" isn't without consequence, said heritage specialist Kavita Jain.

Persons: Chaitanya Raj Singh, Sanjay Vasu, Didier Marti, Vasu, King Rawal Jaisal, Kavita Jain, Asheesh Srivastava, Shri Girdhar Smarak, Srivastava Organizations: UNESCO, Heritage, Indian National Trust for Art, Cultural Heritage Locations: Jaisalmer Fort, Rajasthan, India, Jaisalmer, Pakistan

It was hard to miss Mark Aaron Polger, Alexi Pappas and Masashi Kondo at the New York City Marathon on Sunday. With energy gels and bodega coffees in hand, the crowd made its way to Fort Wadsworth, where thousands of runners congregate each year before running the New York City Marathon. Speed demons wearing Nike Vaporflys and short-shorts mingled with casual runners wearing “Monsters, Inc.” onesies. That’s the record I’m going for. Running is therapeutic, even though I’m going to be running really, really slowly.

Persons: Mark Aaron Polger, Alexi Pappas, Masashi Kondo, ”, “, Adam Tjolle, Simon Waterhouse, Malina Roberts, we’ll, they’re, they’ve, Stephen Zachensky, Marlinda Francisco, Mika Shaw, Maansi Srivastava, It’s, I’ve Organizations: New York City Marathon, Nike, Inc, New York Times, York Locations: Fort Wadsworth, Edinburgh, Scotland, Newmarket, England, Brooklyn, York City, Tokyo, Berlin, New York, Westchester, N.Y, How’d, New York Times Tucson, Ariz, Ogden , Utah, Japan, Los Angeles, Manhattan

☆ Israelis are lining up to buy guns in 'unprecedented' numbers with one shop staying open on the Jewish Sabbath due to demand: report
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Paul Squire | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Israeli gun shops are seeing a surge in demand, according to the Financial Times. Long lines are keeping stores open late, with one doing business on the Jewish Sabbath. The country's right-wing national security minister loosened Israel's gun permit rules after Hamas' attacks. AdvertisementAdvertisementLast week, Israel's right-wing National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir loosened Israel's previously tight restrictions on gun permits, allowing thousands more Israelis to purchase firearms in the aftermath of the attacks. The changes automatically qualify residents of Sderot, Israel, the city that was attacked by Hamas, to buy a firearm, Ben-Gvir said.

Persons: —, Mehul Srivastava, Itamar Ben, Gvir, Ben Organizations: Financial Times, Service, Hamas, United Nations, National Security, National Locations: Israel, Gaza, Holon, Sderot

☆ Australia's Lynas plans temporary shutdown of Malaysia ops, shares fall
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Echha Jain | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

A small toy figure and mineral imitation are seen in front of the Lynas Rare Earths logo in this illustration taken November 19, 2021. Shares of the miner closed 1.9% lower, after falling as much as 2.7% to A$6.24 mid-trade, the stock marked its lowest since May 3. It will implement an upgrade to its downstream operations at Lynas Malaysia to increase production of neodymium-praseodymium (NdPr) to about 10,500 metric tons per annum. The world's largest producer of rare earths outside China also reported a 21.8% drop in its first quarter sales revenue to A$128.1 million ($81.04 million). NdPr production for the quarter came in at 1,526 rare earth oxide tonnes (REOt), compared with 1,045 REOt a year earlier.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Lynas, Anwar Ibrahim, Echha Jain, Adwitiya Srivastava, Roushni Nair, Devika Syamnath, Jacqueline Wong Organizations: REUTERS, 10,500tpa, Malaysian, Thomson Locations: Malaysia, Lynas Malaysia, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, China, Bengaluru

☆ Australia's Lynas announces planned shutdown of Malaysia ops
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A small toy figure and mineral imitation are seen in front of the Lynas Rare Earths logo in this illustration taken November 19, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Acquire Licensing RightsOct 20 (Reuters) - Australia's Lynas Rare Earths (LYC.AX) said on Friday there will be a planned shutdown of all its operations in Malaysia except its mixed rare earth carbonate processing plant in the December quarter. The company also reported a 21.8% fall in first-quarter revenue, hurt by lower product prices and continued accumulation of inventory. The company will implement an upgrade to its downstream operations at Lynas Malaysia to increase production of neodymium-praseodymium to about 10,500 tonnes per annum. ($1 = 1.5808 Australian dollars)Reporting by Echha Jain and Adwitiya Srivastava in Bengaluru; Editing by Devika SyamnathOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Lynas, Echha Jain, Adwitiya Srivastava, Devika Organizations: REUTERS, Malaysian, Mt, Thomson Locations: Malaysia, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, China, Bengaluru

☆ Australia's Lynas announces planned shutdown of Malaysia ops, shares fall
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Echha Jain | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

A small toy figure and mineral imitation are seen in front of the Lynas Rare Earths logo in this illustration taken November 19, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Acquire Licensing RightsSummaryCompanies Lynas to conduct planned shutdown of Malaysia opsCo to upgrade NdPr production in Malaysia to 10,500tpaQtrly sales revenue slips 21.8%Shares fall as much as 2.7%Oct 20 (Reuters) - Australia's Lynas Rare Earths (LYC.AX) said on Friday it planned to shut all operations in Malaysia except a mixed rare earth carbonate processing plant in the December quarter, with minimal volumes of the raw material processed during the shutdown. Shares of the miner fell as much as 2.7% to A$6.24 by 0045 GMT, the lowest since May 3. It will implement an upgrade to its downstream operations at Lynas Malaysia to increase production of neodymium-praseodymium (NdPr) to about 10,500 tonnes per annum. NdPr production for the quarter came in at 1,526 rare earth oxide tonnes (REOt), compared with 1,045 REOt a year earlier.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Lynas, Anwar Ibrahim, Henry Jennings, Echha Jain, Adwitiya Srivastava, Devika Syamnath, Jacqueline Wong Organizations: REUTERS, Co, 10,500tpa, Malaysian, Marcustoday, Thomson Locations: Malaysia, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, China, Bengaluru

☆ Sam Bankman-Fried isn't the only one on trial. The entire crypto industry is.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

But first, we're looking at why FTX cofounder and ex-CEO Sam Bankman-Fried's criminal trial has implications that could upend the entire crypto industry. Bankman-Fried, the cofounder and ex-CEO of crypto exchange FTX, was deeply enmeshed in the crypto ecosystem. The proceedings will likely provide more fascinating details about the inner workings of FTX and the broader crypto industry, potentially airing out its dirty laundry and shortcomings. Chelsea Jia FengThe crypto industry, meanwhile, is ready to move on. Some in the crypto industry are embracing a more grown-up approach.

Persons: —, Sam Bankman, Donald Trump's, JANE ROSENBERG, Tom Brady, Kevin O'Leary, Michael Lewis, Katie Balevic, Jacob Shamsian, Grace Kay, Mark Cohen, Caroline Ellison, Chelsea Jia Feng, they'll, Spencer Platt, what's, Michael M, Arvind Krishna, Rahul Pandey's, Seth Wenig, AP Trump, scowled, Donald Trump, Tyler Le, Dianne Feinstein's, Kamala Harris, Sen, Chuck Schumer, Marc Anthony, Sofia Reyes, Pluma, Bad, Wells, Dan DeFrancesco, Naga Siu, Hallam Bullock, Lisa Ryan, Annie Smith, Shona Ghosh, Jack Sommers, Spriha Srivastava Organizations: Service, Tech, Chelsea, Financial, Fidelity, PayPal, Visa, Getty, Treasury, Wall, Nvidia, IBM's, Meta, AP, IRS, trailblazing, Grupo Frontera, NBA, Dallas Mavericks, Minnesota Timberwolves, Etihad Arena, The Dallas Mavericks, Etihad, Corporation National Media Locations: crypto's, Plenty, trailblazing California, Abu Dhabi, New York City, San Diego, London, New York

☆ Singapore SPAC Vertex Tech to buy streaming platform for up to $676 mln
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Oct 2 (Reuters) - Singapore's Vertex Technology Acquisition Corp (VTAC) (VERT.SI) will buy live streaming platform 17LIVE Inc for up to S$925.1 million (about $676 million), the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) backed by state investor Temasek said on Monday. The pro-forma equity value of the proposed deal will be up to S$1.16 billion, VTAC said. "We see 17LIVE as a company at its inflection point, backed by a strong management bench," VTAC Chief Executive Jiang Hong Hui said. VTAC will issue up to 160.6 million new shares at S$5.00 each and another 24.4 million new shares once certain financial targets are met. ($1 = 1.3682 Singapore dollars)Reporting by Adwitiya Srivastava in Bengaluru; Editing by Savio D'SouzaOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: VTAC, 17LIVE, Jiang Hong Hui, Adwitiya Srivastava, Savio D'Souza Organizations: Technology, Corp, Temasek, 17LIVE, Thomson Locations: Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, Bengaluru

☆ Miss USA 2023: Noelia Voigt of USA wins pageant
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-30 | by ( Alex Rees | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Following a recent rule change implemented by the Miss Universe Organization, this year’s Miss USA featured the first married state titleholder — Juliana Morehouse-Locklear of Maine. (Morehouse-Locklear, the daughter of a contestant in the 1994 Miss USA pageant, did not advance to the top 20.) Miss USA R'Bonney Gabriel is crowned the 2022 Miss Universe on January 14 in New Orleans. Gabriel’s win at the 2022 Miss USA pageant was marred by claims made by some of her fellow contestants that the pageant had been “rigged” in her favor. In the weeks after her crowning in October 2022, Miss USA’s parent company, the Miss Universe Organization, opened an investigation and suspended then-Miss USA national director Crystle Stewart — winner of the 2008 Miss USA pageant — and her company, Miss Brands.

Persons: CNN — Noelia Voigt, Voigt, — Voigt, Gankiewicz, Jasmine Daniels of, Lluvia, Alexis Loomans, ”, Vivica, ” Luann, Patrick Starrr, Laylah Rose, — Juliana Morehouse, R'Bonney Gabriel, Jason Kempin, Morgan Romano, Romano, R’Bonney Gabriel, Gabriel’s, Crystle Stewart —, —, Gabriel, Stewart, ” Gabriel, “, Crystle, Miss Brand’s, … Crystle, UmaSofia Srivastava, Stephanie Skinner Organizations: CNN, Miss, Sierra, CW Network, Savannah, Wisconsin —, Miss Universe Organization, Miss USA, Fox, Morehouse, Locklear, USA, Miss Brands, Miss USA Organization, Sierra Resort, Miss Teen USA Locations: Utah, Reno , Nevada, Savannah Gankiewicz, Hawaii, Jasmine Daniels of Pennsylvania, Texas, Wisconsin, United States, USA, Locklear, Maine, New Orleans, North Carolina, Miss USA, New Jersey, New York

Median prices for nearly every type of child care in New York City have shot up since 2017, according to state surveys of providers. And the workers who provide child care are reeling from high costs and are leaving the industry. Many make just over minimum wage, leaving them barely able to afford to stay in New York City or pay for care for their own children. Interviews with more than three dozen parents, nannies, day care providers and experts revealed a potentially devastating crisis for the future of New York City. In recent years, only the astronomical cost of housing has presented a greater obstacle to working families than the cost of child care, experts said.

Organizations: Yorkers, New York City, U.S . Department of Labor Locations: New York, New York City, York City

Sept 6 (Reuters) - Intuit (INTU.O) launched an artificial intelligence-powered assistant on Wednesday to help clients in financial decision-making when using its products, ranging from tax-preparation tool TurboTax to bookkeeping software QuickBooks. The generative AI tool named "Intuit Assist" marks the latest effort by the financial software company to capitalize on the technology that has taken the world by storm after the rise of OpenAI's ChatGPT. The service uses the company's proprietary generative AI (GenAI) operating system designed to run with its own large language models. Chief Data Officer Ashok Srivastava told Reuters that Intuit's models "competed favorably" against sophisticated third-party rivals in accuracy tests conducted internally. The assistant is currently available to all TurboTax customers and select customers of Intuit's remaining products, with more features lined up for the 2023 tax season, the company said.

Persons: Ashok Srivastava, Arsheeya Bajwa, Akash Sriram, Shweta Agarwal Organizations: Intuit, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Bengaluru

☆ Gen Z is giving up on college
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Charlotte Lytton | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

"The world is rapidly evolving — and so is the college experience." Srivastava is one of a soaring number of Gen Zers who has decided to skip college altogether. The widening gap between the value and the cost of college has started to shift Gen Z's attitude toward higher education. They're not as interested in the typical "college experience" — whiling away four years rooming with friends and drinking at frat parties. But other members of Gen Z are taking a hard look at the "essence" of college.

Persons: Rushil Srivastava, you'll, Srivastava, he's, Gen Zers, haven't, millennials, Gen Xers, Nora Taets, James Connor, Connor, they're, —, Richard Saller, Saller, COVID, Meghan Reinhold, Reinhold, hasn't, María Gorgojo, Gen Z, Gen, Charlotte Lytton Organizations: UC Berkeley, Pew Research Center, Higher Education Authority, Pew, Iowa State University, of Computing, Data Science, Society ., School of Business, Information Technology, San Francisco Bay University, Harvard, Marymount University, Stanford University, Miami University of Ohio, Arizona State Locations: San, San Francisco, Silicon, COVID, Berkeley, Arizona, London

☆ Global warming link to intense rains in India's Himalayas - scientists
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Shivam Patel | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

At least 240 people have died this year in the mountainous region as landslides and flash floods triggered by heavy rains buried homes and destroyed crops and infrastructure. Seasonal monsoon showers are vital for India's $3-trillion economy, bringing nearly 70% of the rain the country needs to water farms and refill reservoirs and aquifers. But the monsoon's convergence with a low-pressure weather system in the Himalayas in recent years has caused extremely heavy rains, something that scientists and officials have blamed on rising temperatures. Rains battered the two states following the convergence of the monsoon system with Western Disturbances, a weather system that originates in the Mediterranean Sea and moves east, bringing moisture-laden winds that cause winter rain and snow in the Himalayas. "The most significant change is that instead of having moderate rains spread out through the monsoon season, we have long dry periods intermittent with short spells of heavy rains," Koll said.

Persons: Stringer, Kuldeep Srivastava, Rains, Dimri, Roxy Mathew Koll, Koll, Shivam Patel, Mike Harrison Organizations: REUTERS, India Meteorological, HP, Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Indian, Meteorology, Thomson Locations: Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India, New Delhi, Uttarakhand, India's

☆ Run for the White House 2024 Trump and DeSantis will be circling each other at the Iowa State Fair. Our reporters are there to bring you the latest.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-12 | by ( Shane Goldmacher | Nicholas Nehamas | Anjali Huynh | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

00:00:06.860 —> 00:00:09.320 I kind of felt like, why are you making me choose 00:00:09.320 —> 00:00:10.760 between these two people? 00:01:04.410 —> 00:01:05.800 We’re not getting younger voters. 00:01:13.540 —> 00:01:15.270 ”If the choice is Trump-Biden, 00:01:15.270 —> 00:01:18.020 you guys, 100 percent —“ ”Oh, 100 percent Trump. Yep.“ 00:01:18.020 —> 00:01:21.600 I would bite my tongue and go ahead and vote for Trump 00:01:21.600 —> 00:01:22.740 again. 00:01:22.740 —> 00:01:25.770 Would vote Biden again just for our two-party 00:01:25.770 —> 00:01:26.830 political system 00:01:26.830 —> 00:01:29.440 that kind of doesn’t give us very many options.

Persons: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Biden, we’ve Organizations: Biden, Trump, Fair Locations: Iowa

☆ Run for the White House 2024 Presidential hopefuls are courting voters at the Iowa State Fair. Our reporters are on the ground bringing you the latest news on the race.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Reid J. Epstein | Lisa Lerer | John Peragine | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The Republican Party of Iowa booth took shape on Wednesday, the day before the opening of the Iowa State Fair, which nearly every Republican presidential candidate is set to attend. Credit... Maddie McGarvey for The New York Times

Persons: Maddie McGarvey Organizations: Republican Party of Iowa, Iowa, Fair, Republican, The New York

☆ ‘Barbie’ Box Office to the World: The Pandemic Is Officially Over
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-23 | by ( Brooks Barnes | More About Brooks Barnes | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

One high-end theater in the Washington, D.C. suburbs went all out on promotion, with pink lights to highlight “Barbie” and a wall of movie posters featuring both films. Another theater in Arlington, Va., had it worse: The air conditioning went out, leading to a sweltering experience. Studio executives have long pointed out that moviegoing begets moviegoing — that the habit of watching movies in theaters is crucial. “Challengers,” a sports drama involving a love triangle and staring Zendaya, has already been pushed from September to April. “Oppenheimer” helped fuel “Barbie” and vice versa, with their simultaneous release nicknamed Barbenheimer and movie fans captivated by their wild incongruity.

Persons: “ Barbie ”, draping, ”, Jeff Goldstein, Harrison Hood, Maansi Srivastava, Barbie ”, Zendaya, “ Oppenheimer, Barbenheimer, Robert Oppenheimer Organizations: Warner Bros, AMC, New York Times, Hollywood, “, SAG, Universal Pictures, National Association of Theater Locations: Manhattan, Washington, Arlington , Va

☆ Threads is like joining Twitter all over again, just less lonely
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Spriha Srivastava | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Threads feels a lot like joining Twitter in its early days. A lot of its energy comes from people enjoying watching the downfall of Twitter. Threads feels like the early days of Twitter. MetaBut it differs from Threads in one important way: Early Twitter was also...kind of lonely. Like a lot of others on Threads right now, the new app harks bark to brighter days of early Twitter — hopefully the calm doesn't turn into chaos.

Persons: Hasan Chowdhury Organizations: Twitter Locations: Meta

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