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☆ Oil prices ease but remain near 2-week highs on Russia, Iran tensions
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-25 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Oil prices retreated on Monday following 6% gains last week, but remained near two-week highs as geopolitical tensions grew between Western powers and major oil producers Russia and Iran, raising risks of supply disruption. "Oil prices are starting the new week with some slight cool-off as market participants await more cues from geopolitical developments and the Fed's policy outlook to set the tone," said Yeap Jun Rong, market strategist at IG. "Tensions between Ukraine and Russia have edged up a notch lately, leading to some pricing for the risks of a wider escalation potentially impacting oil supplies." Enforced sanctions could sideline about 1 million barrels per day of Iran's oil exports, about 1% of global oil supply, he said. Investors were also focused on rising crude oil demand at China and India, the world's top and third-largest importers, respectively.

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☆ Ukraine says it found Western parts inside North Korean ballistic missiles fired by Russia
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-25 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

AdvertisementUkraine said on Monday that it found Western-made parts inside North Korean ballistic missiles. Ukraine's military intelligence agency said that it found Western-made parts inside North Korea's KN-23 and KN-24 short-range ballistic missiles. Kyiv said that it had previously found Western technology in the North Korean missiles. The Monday statement marks Ukraine's latest announcement on the finding of Western-made parts inside weapons used by Russia in this war. NATO said the introduction of North Korean troops into the war marked a "significant escalation" in the grinding conflict.

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CNN —At least five people have died as Storm Bert swept across the United Kingdom, causing power outages and widespread train and flight cancelations. Further north, a 34-year-old man died in a single-vehicle collision in the early hours of Saturday, West Yorkshire Police said. There have been 53 heavy rainfall reports across the UK, according to the European Severe Weather Database. More than 60 flood warnings and alerts were reported in Wales alone for the past day, according to Natural Resources Wales. The cold front associated with Storm Bert will impact parts of western Europe, where orange warnings for high winds are in place for parts of Germany and France.

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☆ Laos methanol poisonings: Father of Australian teen who died urges government ‘to protect others’ from tainted alcohol
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-25 | by ( Helen Regan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —The father of an Australian teenager who died from methanol poisoning while on a backpacking holiday has issued a plea to the Laos government to fully investigate his daughter’s death and ensure such incidents don’t happen again. Bianca Jones, 19, was one of six foreign tourists who died in a suspected mass methanol poisoning in Vang Vieng, a popular backpacker destination in northern Laos. Bianca Jones was enjoying a backpacking trip to Laos with her friend when they became severely ill after a night out in Vang Vieng. Foreign tourists float on tubes in a river in Vang Vieng, Laos, on November 19, 2024. Anupam Nath/APA major part of that much-needed revenue comes from towns like Vang Vieng.

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☆ Huawei's self-sufficient era shows just how splintered the US and China are in tech
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-25 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

AdvertisementHuawei is set to launch its new line of Mate 70 phones on Tuesday. It marks a new era of self-sufficiency at a moment of tech division between the US and China. On Tuesday, the Shenzhen-based tech giant is set to unveil a slate of new smartphones — the Mate 70 series — that will be the most free they have ever been of Western software and hardware. The Huawei Mate 60. Depending on the success of the Mate 70 phones, that gap could widen in the months ahead.

Persons: Donald Trump, Joe Biden's, Trump, —, Wang Gang, Beijing's mandarins, Tim Cook, Steve Jobs Organizations: Huawei, Wall Street, Kirin, Bloomberg, Apple Locations: China, Shenzhen, Washington

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☆ 'We were willing to risk everything': Gen-Z duo started a pasta sauce brand that brings in $1 million a month
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-24 | by ( Nicolas Vega | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

That kind of energy, they thought, was missing from the pasta sauce aisle. "We probably took $150,000 — everything we made from that business, honestly, bottom line — and put it into Sauz," Bonde says. The pasta sauce aisle was crammed with basil marinaras, vodkas and creamy alfredos. Maybe shoppers would enjoy the flavor in their pasta sauce. "If I went and surveyed 1,000 pasta sauce shoppers, I don't think any of them would have said hot honey marinara.

Persons: Troy Bonde, Winston Alfieri, Sauz, they'd, Gen, —, Bonde, Alfieri, Covid, I'd, Ally Kroeckel, They'd Organizations: USC, CNBC, NextPace Ventures, Foods, Ford, Mazda Locations: China, WhatsApp, Angeles, California

☆ Rich nations raise COP29 climate finance offer in bid to break deadlock
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-23 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

The agreement was criticized by developing nations, who called it insufficient, but United Nations climate chief Simon Steill hailed it as an insurance policy for humanity. It also laid bare divisions between wealthy governments constrained by tight domestic budgets and developing nations reeling from costs of storms, floods and droughts. Delegates applaud during a closing plenary meeting at the COP29 United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Baku, Azerbaijan on Nov. 24, 2024. Donald Trump’s victory this month has raised doubts among some negotiators that the world’s largest economy would pay into any climate finance goal agreed in Baku. The showdown over financing for developing countries comes in a year that scientists say is destined to be the hottest on record.

Persons: Simon Steill, we’ve, ” Steill, Murad Sezer, Donald Trump’s Organizations: Nations, COP29 United, Change, Republican Locations: BAKU, Baku, Azerbaijan, Paris, U.S, Canada, China, Baku . Trump, Ukraine, Africa, Asia, South America, Valencia, Spain

The NFL highlighted the risks posed by what it called “organized and skilled groups” of burglars targeting wealthy athletes. Mahomes has called the ordeal “frustrating” and “disappointing.”Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer in Santa Ana, Calif., on July 3. “It’s totally military”-level technology, Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer told NBC News over the summer. “The FBI reported that, in most of the incidents, the homes were equipped with alarm systems that were not activated,” reads the NBA memo obtained by NBC News on Friday. “The FBI also reported that the homes were all unoccupied and, in most cases, no dogs were present.”

Persons: Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce, Bobby Portis, Alan Hamilton, there’s, Mike Conley’s, Portis, Todd Spitzer, Allen J, ” Hamilton, “, Hamilton, “ It’s, we’ve, ” Organizations: NBA, FBI, American Theft Groups, NFL, Kansas City Chiefs, Milwaukee Bucks, Southern California ., South America, Electronic, NBC, ” Minnesota Timberwolves, Minnesota Star Tribune, Los Angeles Times, “, ”, NBC News Locations: Southern California, Southern California . Federal, Los Angeles, Orange County, Central, South, Instagram, Kansas City, Mahomes, Santa Ana, Calif, Chicago, Houston, Dallas, Chile, ”

☆ Israeli-Moldovan rabbi living in UAE is missing; Israeli officials fear he may have been kidnapped
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-23 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — An Israeli-Moldovan rabbi living in the United Arab Emirates has gone missing, with Israeli authorities raising the suspicion Saturday he may have been kidnapped as tensions remain high with Iran. Israeli media citing unnamed security sources reported that Zvi Kogan, who has been missing since noon Thursday, may have been kidnapped. Western officials believe Iran runs intelligence operations in the UAE and keeps tabs on the hundreds of thousands of Iranians living across the country. Iran also kidnapped Iranian-German Jamshid Sharmahd in 2020 from Dubai, taking him back to Tehran where he was executed in October. However, the Mideast wars have sparked deep anger among Emiratis, Arabs and others living in the UAE.

Persons: Zvi Kogan, Kogan, ”, Abbas Yazdi, Jamshid Sharmahd, Emiratis Organizations: United Arab Emirates —, United Arab, Local, UAE, Ben Gurion International Locations: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Israeli, Iran, Israel, Tehran, Gaza, Lebanon, UAE, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, British, Iranian, Tel Aviv, Jewish

☆ The US is finally going to make a key explosive at home, and that's good news for the military
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-23 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

But a new US Army contract for a TNT production facility in Kentucky will change that. The US intends to start making TNT at home again. The US Army plans to build a domestic production facility for the explosive compound, which the Pentagon has long been forced to obtain from overseas. Restarting domestic TNT production is an investment in the country's industrial base, she said. The new TNT production facility is expected to help strengthen the US military's preparation for large-scale conflict.

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Russia has fired about 60 North Korean KN-23 missiles at Ukraine this year, according to a Ukrainian defense official. These less-sophisticated missiles are part of North Korea’s growing support to Moscow, which also includes about 11,000 North Korean soldiers deployed to Russia’s Kursk region. Strikes using North Korean missiles have killed at least 28 people and injured 213 this year, the Ukrainian prosecutor general told CNN. Ukrainian investigators found evidence that crucial components used in the North Korean missiles are produced by at least nine Western manufacturers. There are more than 250 companies whose components have been identified in North Korean missiles, according to CAR.

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An Israeli airstrike on a residential building in central Beirut killed at least 11 people on Saturday, the Lebanese Health Ministry said, part of an intensifying Israeli military campaign that appears aimed at pressuring Hezbollah into a cease-fire deal. The strike was an attempt to assassinate a top Hezbollah military commander, Mohammad Haidar, according to three Israeli defense officials who requested anonymity to discuss sensitive military operations. Hezbollah officials on Saturday afternoon said that none of the group’s leaders were at the site of the airstrike, and later in the day, one of the Israeli officials said Mr. Haidar was not killed. The strike came just after 4 a.m., jolting Beirut residents awake with thundering explosions that left much of the city enveloped in acrid smoke. It was the third strike this week in central Beirut, an area that had largely been spared since the war between Hezbollah and Israel escalated.

Persons: Mohammad Haidar, Mr, Haidar, Firass Abiad Organizations: Lebanese Health Ministry, Health Ministry Locations: Beirut, Lebanon, Israel, Basta

☆ School bullies have moved online. But is banning all under-16s from social media really the answer?
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-23 | by ( Hilary Whiteman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

“SOCIAL MEDIA BULLYING IS REAL,” her relatives said in bold caps on a GoFundMe page set up to raise money for her funeral. The Liberal opposition party proposed a social media age limit in June that was backed by the prime minister, then all the state and territory leaders. “Too often social media isn’t social at all, and we all know that. Social media apps subject to the proposed ban include Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Reddit and X. Mateusz Slodkowski/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty ImagesX owner Elon Musk was less diplomatic in a post on his social media platform. Under the law, social media accounts already created by children under 16 would be deactivated.

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☆ Russia will keep testing new ‘Oreshnik’ missile, Putin says
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-23 | by ( Katharina Krebs | Christian Edwards | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Russia will continue to test and start mass-producing the hypersonic ballistic missile that it fired at Ukraine Thursday. The firing of the missile came after the White House authorized Ukraine to fire its long-range missiles into Russia. In a televised meeting with the leadership of Russia’s defense ministry, Putin claimed the missile could not be intercepted by air defenses and said Russia will begin serial production of the new weapon. Putin added Russia was developing “several similar systems” for further testing. Putin’s comments come a day after Russia fired the “Oreshnik” missile – which contains multiple warheads – at the Ukrainian city of Dnipro.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Putin, ” Putin, ”, Volodymyr Zelensky, ” Zelensky, Donald Tusk Organizations: CNN, Friday, Ukraine, White House, Poland’s, NATO Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Ukrainian, Dnipro

☆ Hezbollah Said to Be Using Copy of Israeli Missile Against Israel
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-23 | by ( Lara Jakes | Ronen Bergman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has been using an advanced missile against Israel that was reverse-engineered from an Israeli weapon it captured in a past war, according to Israeli defense officials. Hezbollah fighters are believed to have seized the original Israeli Spike anti-tank missiles during the 2006 Israeli-Hezbollah war in Lebanon and shipped them to their main state backer, Iran, for cloning, Israeli and Western defense officials and weapons experts say. Eighteen years later, Hezbollah is firing the rebranded Almas missiles at Israeli military bases, communication systems and air-defense launchers with enough precision and power to pose a significant challenge for Israeli military forces. The missiles have a range of up to 10 miles and carry advanced guidance seekers to track and lock onto targets. That Iran and its proxy forces have cloned weapons systems to use against the very adversaries who designed them is not new.

Organizations: Hezbollah Locations: Lebanese, Israel, Lebanon, Iran

☆ Trump might be able to get Ukraine and Russia to stop fighting. A real peace is harder.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-23 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Russian President Vladimir Putin this week indicated he's willing to take part in negotiations. "Given its own track record in Ukraine, Russia has a history of taking 'a crunch at a time,'" Paul Cormarie, a policy analyst at the RAND Corporation, told BI. AdvertisementPutin has said that as a condition of any peace deal, Ukraine must agree to remain neutral. If Trump takes Ukrainian NATO membership off the table, a different type of security deal could still be negotiated, said Cormarie. A truce containing a watered-down security deal for Ukraine would likely only mean a pause in the war while Russia regathers its strength.

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☆ IAEA board passes Iran resolution as West pushes Tehran toward talks
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

After previous criticism at the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Board, it has stepped up its nuclear activities and reduced IAEA oversight. It has enough material enriched to lower levels for more bombs, but Iran denies seeking nuclear weapons. Grossi said on Wednesday he had asked Iran to cap that stock of 60% material and Iran had accepted his request. With the resolution passed, Iran is likely to respond. “If there is a resolution, it (Iran) will either increase its activities or reduce the agency’s access,” a senior diplomat said before the vote.

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The Kremlin said Friday that its attack using a new ballistic missile was a warning to Ukraine's "reckless" Western allies, the culmination of a week of escalating threats from President Vladimir Putin. The latest round of saber rattling from Putin and Kim has come during a week in which the war in Ukraine passed 1,000 days and with Washington preparing for a change in leadership. Still, Western officials and many analysts have sought to play down what they said was a clear effort to intimidate Kyiv and its backers. And a top official in U.S. ally South Korea shone new light on what Kim may be getting out of his Putin partnership. But the U.S. official said Russia would not be able to bully Ukraine, the U.S. or other countries helping Kyiv fend off invading Russian forces.

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“In this time, it’s extremely important that we bring the voices of Afghan women forward,” Yousafzai said in a Zoom interview with NBC News. (The militant group Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, also known as the Pakistani Taliban, is a separate organization from the Taliban in Afghanistan, but a close ally.) “The Taliban are attempting to make women invisible, in a way,” said Yousafzai, who graduated from Oxford University in 2020. Mani, who also serves as a producer, said she was working on a different documentary in Afghanistan when the Taliban takeover happened. “We need women’s demands and rights to be on the agenda where the future of Afghanistan is being discussed and decided.

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Were Trump to follow through on his vow to impose tariffs on imports on Europe as well as from China, they would likely deviate further. There is also uncertainty across the continent about what the new White House will mean for the war in Ukraine. In their view, China could help to pressure Russia over Ukraine as Xi loses patience with a war he did not expect would drag on for almost three years. One senior European diplomat said that while China has never explicitly condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it has helped in other ways to rein in Moscow. continues to say that Ukraine will negotiate when Ukraine wants to negotiate,” another European official said, “and that the E.U.

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The first emperor penguin found in Australia has been released after spending 20 days in the care of a wildlife expert, the Australian government said Friday. The bird, nicknamed Gus by its caretaker, was released from a vessel off the southern coast of Western Australia on Wednesday morning, according to the state’s Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. The team initially weighed the penguin at about 50 pounds, only around half the weight of a healthy male. “Good luck, Gus,” Biddulph shouted with a smile after the penguin dived into the water and swam away from the vessel. Don’t stop for anyone.”It remains unknown how the bird ended up arriving in Australia from its icy Antarctic home.

Persons: Gus, Carol Biddulph, “, ” Biddulph, Biddulph, Don’t Organizations: Western Australia, state’s Department of Biodiversity Locations: Australia, Western

CNN —A Norwegian man working as a security guard for the US Embassy in Oslo was arrested this week on allegations of spying for Russia and Iran. According to Norway’s public broadcaster NRK, the man is in his 20s and was arrested at home in his garage on Wednesday. He is charged with attempted aggravated intelligence activities against state secrets and admitted to having collected and shared information with Russian and Iranian authorities, according to NRK. The arrest comes amid ongoing concerns about Moscow and Tehran’s espionage and influence operations around the globe. Western officials have disrupted plots from Tehran to harm or kill individuals, including an alleged assassination plot against President-elect Donald Trump.

Persons: Donald Trump, John Christian Elden, Elden, ” Organizations: CNN, US, NRK, Wall Street Journal, Norway “, US State Department, Norwegian Locations: Oslo, Russia, Iran, Moscow, Tehran, Germany, United Kingdom, Canada, Norway, ”

☆ Harold W. Sims Jr., Whose Museum Honored the House Cat, Dies at 89
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( Clay Risen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Harold W. Sims Jr., a fanatic for all things feline, who poured his life savings into his own no-kill animal shelter and then took his passion a step further by founding the American Museum of the House Cat, displaying some 10,000 cat-themed artifacts, including antique windup tabbies and an ancient Egyptian cat mummy, died on Nov. 17 in Sylva, N.C. His death, at a care facility, was confirmed by Kaleb Lynch, who helped run the shelter and served as Dr. Sims’s caregiver. Dr. Sims discovered his love for cats relatively late in life. He began volunteering at an animal shelter, where he helped care for cats. Around the same time, he and Kay adopted their first feline, a Persian named Buzzy.

Persons: Harold W, Sims Jr, Kaleb Lynch, Sims, Kay Organizations: American Museum of Locations: Sylva , N.C, Florida, Western North Carolina

☆ China’s richest man blasts tech giants and government inaction in rare rebuke
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( Juliana Liu | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

It is very unusual for Chinese businesspeople to take public aim at the government and those who have done so have often faced repercussions. In particular, Pinduoduo’s pricing system has done great harm to China’s brands and its industries,” he was quoted as saying by state-owned media outlet The Paper. In further remarks from the same press conference that were not widely reported by state media, Zhong singled out the Chinese government for not doing more to stop the trend. CNN has reached out to Nongfu Springs and PDD (PDD) for comment. A worker prepares to transfer packages after sorting at a warehouse for an e-commerce company in Beijing on November 11, 2024.

Persons: Hong Kong CNN —, Zhong Shanshan, Zhong, Pinduoduo, Alibaba, Jack Ma, Ma, Colin Huang, Wang Zhao, Zhong’s, Huang Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, PDD Holdings, Sina Technology, CNN, Ant Group, Alibaba, Getty, Bloomberg Locations: China, Hong Kong, Beijing, AFP

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