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☆ Israel is weighing up how to strike back against Iran. Here's how it could play out.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-03 | by ( Mikhaila Friel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Global stocks dipped again on Thursday, while oil prices rose further as markets braced for a wider regional war in the Middle East. "He has been advocating for hitting Iran and for the United States to target Iran. There are several potential targets Netanyahu may be considering:Iran's oil facilitiesOne target could be Iran's oil production facilities. Oil prices spiked for a third day on Thursday, fueled by speculation that the growing conflict could limit production. With oil prices rising, there are fears that the industrial recession the US economy is experiencing could snowball into a full-fledged downturn.

Persons: —, Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu's, Netanyahu, Sen, Lindsey Graham of, Biden, Piper Sandler, Jake Oubina, Axios, Beni Sabti, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Chris Doyle, Naftali Bennett, Bennett, Gen Herzi Halevi, Farzan, Sabet, Israel's Organizations: Service, Experts, Central, Politics, Deakin University, Iran, Financial Times, Reuters, Brent, West Texas, Fox Business, Institute of National Security, Iran's Revolutionary Guard, Council, Guardian, US, Military, Global Governance Centre, Geneva Graduate Institute Locations: Israel, Iran, Middle East, Australia, United States, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Tel Aviv, British

☆ China’s Coast Guard claims to have entered the Arctic Ocean for the first time as it ramps up security ties with Russia
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-03 | by ( Simone Mccarthy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The statement came a day after the US Coast Guard said it spotted four vessels from the Russian Border Guard and Chinese Coast Guard in the Bering Sea – the “northernmost” location it said it had ever observed the Chinese ships. A banner visible on one of the vessels in accompanying photos read “China Coast Guard devoting its heart to the Party; demonstrating loyalty in the Arctic Ocean,” referring to China’s ruling Communist Party. The US Coast Guard (USCG) on Monday said it spotted the four vessels from the Russian Border Guard and Chinese Coast Guard “transiting in formation in a northeast direction” in the Bering Sea, some five miles inside Russia’s Exclusive Economic Zone on Saturday. A China Coast Guard member pictured during recent joint drills with Russia. The coast guard collaboration “relates to Chinese interests in maritime transportation along at least parts of the Northern Sea Route,” according to Østhagen.

Persons: Russia –, China’s, ”, Megan Dean, irked, Carl Schuster, it’s, –, Sophie Arts, ” Andreas Østhagen Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, China’s Coast Guard, US Coast Guard, Russian Border Guard, Chinese Coast Guard, China Coast Guard, Communist Party, CCTV, TASS, 17th Coast Guard District, USCG, Canadian, Russia’s Federal Security Service, East China, Coast Guard, Guard, US Navy, Pacific Command’s Joint Intelligence Center, China, US Department of Defense, German Marshall Fund, Fridtjof Nansen Institute, CNN, Armed Police, Central Military Commission, Centre for High North Logistics, Norway’s Nord University Locations: Hong Kong, Russia, Beijing, ”, Bering, Alaska, Asia, North America, China, Washington, South, East, irked Beijing, Ukraine, Russian, Norway, South China, Philippines, Europe

☆ Paris Fashion Week: Highlights from the Spring-Summer 2025 shows
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-03 | by ( Alice Pfeiffer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

Editor’s Note: CNN Style is one of the official media partners of Paris Fashion Week. Fashion house Coperni took over Disneyland Paris on Tuesday evening and staged their show in front of the iconic Sleeping Beauty castle. Brand history was similarly front and center at Alexander McQueen, where Seán McGirr showed his second collection for the label. River Callaway/WWD/Getty ImagesBirds were a recurring motif in the Stella McCartney collection shown during Paris Fashion Week and chosen by the designer to protest their use in the fashion industry. Jerome Domine/Abaca Press/Sipa USA"I’ve been thinking of the billions of birds that get killed for the fashion industry," said McCartney.

Persons: Coperni, Lyvans Boolaky, Chemena Kamali, Pascal Le Segretain, Valentino, Alessandro Michele, Gucci, Michele, Alexander McQueen, Seán McGirr, ”, Johanna Geron, Ann Demeulemeester, Stefano Gallici, ” Gallici, Francois Durand, Alphonse Maitrepierre’s, Donald Duck, Miyake, Julien De Rosa, Kristy Sparow, Issey Miyake, Wool, knitwear, Mickey, Sébastien Meyer, Arnaud Vaillant, “, Chanel, Van Noten, Sarah Meyssonnier, Stella McCartney, I’ve, McCartney, Jerome Domine, Jerome, Andreas Kronthaler, Vivienne Westwood’s, Paul Watson, Dame Vivienne, Vivienne Westwood, Louis Sullivan, Junya Watanabe, Dior, —, Sagg Napoli, Sofia Ginevra Giannì, Jonathan Anderson's, Loewe, Ik, Louis Vuitton, Miu Miu, Miuccia Prada, Goshka Macuga, Saint Laurent, Yves Saint Laurent, Demna Gvasalia, Giovanni Giannoni, Dykes, Williams, Harri Shanahan, Thatcher, Antonin Tron, Gigi Hadid, McGirr, Donald, Justin Shin, Mary Jane, Victor Virgile Organizations: CNN, Paris, Paris CNN, Paris Fashion, Disneyland Paris, Getty, Pompidou, Disney, Balmain, Reuters, Callaway, Fashion, Abaca, Louis, Art, femmes, Lingerie Locations: France, Europe, Chloé, AFP, Paris, Bermuda, Greenland, Stockholm, London, Balenciaga, Siân

☆ The woman fighting to save the Philippines’ last rainforests
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-01 | by ( Nell Lewis | John Lewis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Palawan, a cluster of islands in the Philippines, is breathtakingly beautiful. According to Global Forest Watch, Palawan had the most tree cover loss in the country between 2001 and 2023. “Our mission is to conserve the Philippines’ last remaining 3% of pristine rainforest through the establishment of national parks,” she says. The island of Palawan is home to much of the Philippines' last remaining pristine rainforest. Duncan A. MurrellNow, their attention has turned to Sultan Peak, a mountain in the southern half of Palawan island, which has no formal protection.

Persons: Karina May Reyes, KM Reyes, ”, Reyes, Duncan A, Murrell, Aubrey Jayne Padilla, ” Reyes Organizations: CNN, Initiative, UNESCO, Global Forest Watch, Sustainability, Philippines ’, CS Locations: Palawan, Philippines, Puerto, Tubbataha, “, Puerto Princesa, Duncan

☆ What does work wellbeing have to do with business success? Everything, pretty much.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-01 | by ( Sponsor Post | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Indeed's new Work Wellbeing 100 demonstrates that companies with higher work wellbeing collectively outperform stock market benchmarks. Here's a quick overview of the Work Wellbeing 100 index, along with new data that shows the current state of wellbeing at work — plus strategies for what your company can do to improve its Work Wellbeing Score. Building upon this massive dataset — the world's largest study of work wellbeing — Indeed has collaborated with the University of Oxford to create The Work Wellbeing 100, an index of the top 100 publicly traded companies ranked by the Work Wellbeing Score. As detailed in Indeed's first-ever Global Work Wellbeing Report, only 22% of respondents say they're thriving at work, even though the benefits of work wellbeing are more apparent than ever. Discover your company's Work Wellbeing Score and explore strategies and resources from Lead with Indeed to enhance your wellbeing initiatives.

Persons: We've, —, Here's, Russell, Emmanuel De Neve, hasn't, LaFawn Davis, Davis Organizations: Delta Air Lines, Accenture, NIKE, University of Oxford, Nasdaq, Research, Insider Studios Locations: Oxford, Canada

☆ Israel faces a major issue in how deep it should go in Lebanon, security experts say
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-01 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Israel launched ground incursions into Lebanon on Tuesday, opening up a new war front. AdvertisementIsrael faces a security dilemma in deciding how far it should go in its operations inside Lebanon, according to security experts. A more perilous terrain than GazaIsrael's ground operations inside Lebanon bear some resemblance to the ones it conducted in Gaza about a year ago. He mentioned Israel's own "costly" experiences of invasion in Lebanon, including the Second Israeli Invasion of Lebanon of 1982 and the Second Lebanon War in 2006. AdvertisementHowever, those sums, and Israel's overall military calculations, could quickly change if Iran gets involved on the side of Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Persons: Israel, —, Hezbollah's, Hassan Nasrallah, Ameneh, MENAHEM KAHANA, ACLED, Israel isn't, Ramiz, Yannay Spitzer, Benjamin Netanyahu Organizations: IDF, Service, Israel Defense Forces, Global Governance Centre, Geneva Graduate Institute, Hezbollah, Getty, Middle East Security, Royal United Services Institute, Raleigh, Israel, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Media, UN, Israeli Locations: Lebanon, Israel, Iran, Raleigh, East, Gaza, Galilee, AFP, Lebanese, Hiyam, Nabatieh, Anadolu, Mehvar, Israeli, Tehran

☆ Nepal rains: Rescuers use zip lines and boats to reach survivors as flooding and landslides kill nearly 200 people
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( Helen Regan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Days of heavy monsoon rains in Nepal have triggered widespread flooding and landslides across the Himalayan nation, killing almost 200 people and causing widespread destruction. Nepal's Armed Police Force rescues stranded people using a zip line from a flooded river in Lalitpur, Nepal, on September 28, 2024. Sunil Pradhan/Anadolu/Getty ImagesNepal Army personnel evacuates an infant using a kayak from a flooded residential area in Kathmandu, Nepal, on September 28, 2024. Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty ImagesA woman carrying a chair walks along a muddy street that was flooded by the overflowing Bagmati River following heavy rains in Kathmandu, Nepal, on September 29, 2024. Navesh Chitrakar/ReutersA man cleans mud from his house in a flood-affected area following heavy monsoon rains in Kathmandu on September 29, 2024.

Persons: Subaas Shrestha, Sunil Pradhan, Dil Kumar Tamang, Navesh Chitrakar, Ellie Wirth, “ I’ve, ”, Arun Bhakta Shrestha, Prakash Mathema Organizations: CNN, Nepal's Armed Police Force, Anadolu, Getty Images Nepal Army, Nepal Armed Police Force, Nepal’s Ministry of Home Affairs, Reuters, Nepal Police, Associated Press, International Centre, Integrated Mountain Development, Getty Locations: Nepal, Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Dhading, Bhimeshwor, Dolakha, Pokhara, “, Katmandu, AFP, South Asia, Asia

☆ The Briefing: Manchester United’s latest crisis is on INEOS – and has Palmer outgrown Chelsea?
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( Nick Miller | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +10 min

They didn’t take it, and now they’re left with another season of mopping up and making do. Extraordinarily, saying that Palmer ‘scored four goals before half-time’ (which nobody has ever done before in the Premier League) undersells what he did against Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday. GO DEEPER Is 'amazing' Palmer the best attacking player in the Premier League? Over the years, some brilliant Italian players have appeared in the Premier League. Tottenham are off to Budapest to play Ferencvaros, while the travelling Manchester United circus rolls into Porto.

Persons: Riccardo Calafiori, League’s, Cole Palmer, “ I’ve, Erik ten, Brennan Johnson, Dominic Solanke, Timo Werner, Bruno Fernandes “, Sir Dave Brailsford, Omar Berrada, Michael Regan, Getty, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, — Mauricio Pochettino, Roberto De Zerbi, Antonio Conte, Thiago Motta —, They’ve, United, Palmer, Morgan Rogers, Liam Delap, Jadon Sancho, sparky, there’s Cole Palmer, Palmer ‘, Nicolas Jackson —, you’re, Cole Palmer’s, Mike Hewitt, he’s, Chelsea, they’re, Chelsea don’t, Cole, Calafiori, Gianfranco Zola, Paolo Di Canio, Gianluca Vialli, Jorginho, Roberto Di Matteo, Mario Balotelli, Carlo Cudicini, Guglielmo Vicario, Gianluca Festa, Alessandro Pistone, Marco Materazzi, Angelo Ogbonna, Destiny Udogie, Facundo Buonanotte, Adrian Dennis, Gabriel Martinelli, Martinelli, Germain Organizations: weekend’s Premier League football, Newcastle United, Manchester City, Liverpool, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Arsenal, Leicester City, Everton, Manchester United, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur didn’t, United, Sky Sports, FA, Fulham, Southampton, Ten, Tottenham, Spurs, Aston Villa, Ipswich Town, Premier League, Brighton & Hove Albion, Champions League, Getty, Leicester, Bournemouth, League, Paris Saint, Slovan Bratislava, Borussia Dortmund, Celtic, Bayer Leverkusen, Milan, Bayern Munich, Bologna, RB Leipzig, Juventus, Conference League, UEFA, Gent, Fiorentina, Welsh, New Saints, Europa League, Ferencvaros, Newcastle, AFC Wimbledon Locations: Chelsea, Italy, England, AFP, Manchester, Copenhagen, Bialystok, Budapest, Porto, Newcastle

☆ Madrid derby descended into chaos as players pleaded for peace with fans in balaclavas
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( Dermot Corrigan | Guillermo Rai | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +13 min

It is one of Spanish football’s most iconic fixtures, but Sunday’s 1-1 draw between Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid will be remembered for all the wrong reasons. AdvertisementIn the second half, the referee suspended play and both teams were taken off due to home fans throwing objects at Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois. The ‘Frente Atletico’ fans group was formed in the 1980s and has a reputation for holding radical right-wing views and being involved in violence. There was also tension when some fans passed by wearing Real Madrid shirts against the backdrop of a heavy police presence. AdvertisementCristiano Ronaldo was hit by a lighter thrown by Atletico fans at their old Calderon home in February 2014.

Persons: Vinicius Junior, Thibaut Courtois, Angel Correa, Eder, Courtois, Mateo Busquets Ferrer, Busquets Ferrer, Koke, Jose Maria Gimenez, Diego Simeone, Gimenez, Simeone, gestured, Courtois ’, Florencia Tan Jun, Correa, Marcos Llorente, Fran Garcia, Aitor Zabaleta, Vicente Calderon, Javier, Jimmy ’ Romero Taboada, Calderon, Miguel Angel Gil Marin, Vinicius Jr, “ Vinicius, Vinicus Jr, Dennis Agyeman, Enrique Cerezo, ”, “, Oscar del Pozo, Joan Jordan, Benito Villamarin, Valencia, Real Madrid's Vinicius Jr, Cristiano Ronaldo, Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno, Carlo Ancelotti Organizations: Atletico Madrid, Atletico’s Estadio Metropolitano, Real Madrid, Atletico, Metropolitano, Liga, Atletico ‘, Spanish Football Federation, Play, Frente Atletico ’, Real Sociedad, Frente Atletico, Deportivo La Coruna, Deportivo, Real Betis, Europa League, Marseille, Sport, Atletico de, Spanish TV, Cuatro, Players, Copa del Rey, Europa Press, Getty, Athletic, Madrid, La Liga, Champions League, Belgian, Courtois, Copa, Rey, Sevilla, Benito, Betis, €, Valencia, Aitor Alcalde, Villarreal, Real Madrid’s Estadio Santiago Bernabeu, Real’s, Bernabeu, “ Atletico Madrid, Real Locations: Spanish, Real Madrid, balaclava, Nazi, Madrid, AFP, Spain, Valencia, ” Madrid

☆ Nepal closes schools as heavy rains kill more than 150
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-29 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Nepal has shut schools for three days after landslides and floods triggered by two days of heavy rain across the Himalayan nation killed 151 people, with 56 missing, officials said on Sunday. Authorities said students and their parents faced difficulties as university and school buildings damaged by the rains needed repair. “There may be some isolated showers, but heavy rains are unlikely,” he said. Haphazard development amplifies climate change risks in Nepal, say climate scientists at the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD). The level in the Koshi river in Nepal’s southeast has started to fall, however, said Ram Chandra Tiwari, the region’s top bureaucrat.

Persons: ” Lakshmi Bhattarai, Govinda Jha, ”, “ I’ve, Arun Bhakta Shrestha, Ram Chandra Tiwari Organizations: Authorities, Reuters, International Centre, Integrated Mountain Development Locations: Nepal, Kathmandu, Bay, Bengal, India, Nepal’s, Bihar

☆ An uncertainty guru says investors can't dismiss doubt — and even Warren Buffett's success may be down to luck
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-29 | by ( Theron Mohamed | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

David Tuckett, an uncertainty researcher, told BI that dismissing doubt eventually "leads over a cliff." He said the success of elite investors like Warren Buffett may be largely down to luck, not skill. AdvertisementEven the smartest minds in finance and tech don't know for sure what the future holds, and even the most successful investors may have gotten lucky, one expert says. Elon Musk responded on X that "Buffett is already preparing for this outcome," ostensibly suggesting Warren Buffett will offload stocks too if Donald Trump secures a second term. AdvertisementThat applies to even the best investors like Warren Buffett, he told BI.

Persons: it's Elon Musk, John Paulson, David Tuckett, Warren Buffett, —, John Paulson —, Kamala Harris, Elon Musk, Buffett, Donald Trump, Paulson, Musk, David Tuckett Lucking, Tuckett Organizations: Service, Centre, University College London, HSBC Locations: Berkshire, Tuckett

☆ Operation Match: The dating service that changed our love lives
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-29 | by ( Tacita Quinn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Although Tarr’s ambition may have been to meet women, the success of Operation Match ironically kept him too busy to date. In fact, while Operation Match was a hugely influential moment in dating history, it wasn’t the first known online dating service. That honor goes to Joan Ball, a woman from the UK who started the St. James Computer Dating Service, later Com-Pat (get it?). Her program made its first match in 1964, a year before Operation Match went online. Operation Match was an inspiration for Dateline in the seventies and eighties, before big business computer dating began in 1995 with the birth of Match.com.

Persons: Jeff Tarr, Vaughan Morrill, Patsy Tarr, Jason Tarr's, Patsy Tarr “, ”, Patsy, Jeff, Tarr, Morrill, scandalously, Joan Ball, James, “, Luke Brunning, Dr Natasha McKeever, “ There’s, ” McKeever, operandi, Douglas Ginsburg, Phillip Harrington, noughties, Ashley Madison, McKeever, Brunning Organizations: CNN, Harvard, Match, James Computer Dating Service, for Love, University of Leeds, IBM, Pew Research Centre Locations: Harvard

Do vibration plates have health benefits? Although vibration plates are safe for most people, ultimately, Johnson says, “when we make changes, we tell people to listen to their body.”Deja Mason of Roanoke, Virginia, said she first heard about vibration plates on TikTok. As vibration plates experience a resurgence, some hear echoes of past fitness fads. “Trends come and go,” she said, pointing to other trends that displaced vibration plates, like group fitness and CrossFit. But just as vibrating plates shake users up and down in quick succession, trends too are always oscillating.

Persons: ”, Jörn Rittweger, Rittweger, “, that’s, There’s “, Håkan, Peter W, Johnson, ” Johnson, Lifepro, Deja Mason, ” Mason, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, ” Petrzela Organizations: German Aerospace Center, University of Cologne, Lund University Cancer Centre, International Society of Lymphology, School of Public Health, University of Washington, New School Locations: TikTok, Germany, Sweden, Roanoke , Virginia, New York City

☆ Austria’s far-right is the frontrunner for Sunday’s elections. How did it get here?
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-28 | by ( Sophie Tanno | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

The FPÖ is known as the grandfather of European far-right parties and pedals an anti-migrant, anti-Islam, Eurosceptic and anti-vaxx agenda. It has held power at a federal level three times, in coalition with other groupings, making it one of just a few far-right parties in Europe to have done so. AFP/Getty ImagesIts political stance changed again when Jörg Haider – the son of former Nazi party members – became leader of the party in 1986. FPÖ leader Herbert Kickl speaks to supporters ahead of European parliamentary elections on June 7. According to Reinhard, the FPÖ is more likely to form a government if it comes second than if it comes first.

Persons: –, ” Benjamin Biard, FPÖ, ” Biard, “, ”, Biard, Heinz, Christian Strache, Jörg Haider –, Haider, ’, Herbert Kickl, Taylor, “ remigration, Christian Bruna, Viktor Orban –, Vladimir Putin’s, Kickl, ” Heinisch Reinhardt, Reinhardt, Karl Nehammer, Thomas Kronsteiner, Reinhard, ” Reinhard Organizations: CNN, Party, Italian Lega, Dutch Party for Freedom, “, Getty, Nazi, Austrian People’s Party, EU, Hungary’s Fidesz, Greens, University of Salzburg, Social Democrats Locations: Austria, Europe, Brussels, Flemish, Italian, Germany, Nazi, Austrian, Salzburg, AFP, Ukraine, Vienna, Lower Austria, Russia, loggerheads, ÖVP

☆ Independent journalist publishes Trump campaign document hacked by Iran despite election interference concerns
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-27 | by ( Kevin Collier | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

The PDF document is a 271-page opposition research file on former President Donald Trump's running mate, Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio. But on Thursday, reporter Ken Klippenstein, who self-publishes on Substack after he left The Intercept this year, published one of the files. "If the document had been hacked by some 'anonymous' like hacker group, the news media would be all over it. Three U.S. agencies have publicly attributed the hack and the subsequent distribution of the files to Iran. As president, Trump authorized the assassination of military leader Qassem Soleimani.

Persons: Donald Trump's, Sen, JD Vance, Ken Klippenstein, I'm, Klippenstein, Vance, Hillary Clinton's, Trump, Mohammad Javad Zarif, Qassem Soleimani, Robert, Robert persona's, Elon Musk, Joe Biden's, Hunter, Substack Organizations: European Union, Austria International, Politico, Trump, Google, Microsoft, NBC, National Intelligence, Intelligence, NBC News, New York Post Locations: Iran, China, Russia, Britain, Germany, France, American, R, Ohio, U.S, Substack

☆ UK finance chiefs are banging the drum for one major reform to boost economic growth
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-26 | by ( Karen Gilchrist | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Ian Forsyth | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesLiverpool, ENGLAND — U.K. finance chiefs are banging the drum for pension reforms to boost anaemic investment and growth in the country. William Vereker, chairman of Santander U.K., cited pension reform as one of three paths to economic growth, alongside skills and education, and regulation. "If we do not have domestic capital investing in domestic businesses, we will not see the growth that this government is so rightly focused on," he added. "For me, pension reform is the way to unlock growth in the U.K.," Lee told "Squawk Box Europe." UK pensions reviewU.K. Finance Minister Rachel Reeves in July announced a landmark pensions review as part of a "big bang" of reforms to unlock growth.

Persons: Ian Forsyth, —, William Vereker, Vereker, Muirinn O'Neill, we're, Tiina Lee, Lee, it's, Rachel Reeves, Tulip Siddiq Organizations: Labour Party Conference, ACC Liverpool, Getty, Labour, Santander U.K, Citi U.K, CNBC, Finance, Treasury Locations: Liverpool, England, ENGLAND, City, London

☆ Andrew Holmes’ hyperreal drawings of trucks look just like photographs
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( Francesca Perry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Andrew Holmes’ images of trucks on Californian highways are sun-drenched, saturated and sharp. Now, Holmes’ works have been brought together in a book — “Gas Tank City” (Circa Press) — alongside a show of the same name at London’s Architectural Association (AA). The drawings that make up the "Gas Tank City" book and exhibition celebrate every inch of the classic American truck, particularly the iconic Kenworth model. While the words “hyperreal” and “photorealistic” are used to describe his work, Holmes points out that the drawings are “completely unlike” photographic images. Together, “Gas Tank City” creates a portrait of life on the road, detached from specificities of time and place.

Persons: Andrew Holmes, Holmes ’, Holmes, Richard Rogers, ”, ” Holmes, “ Organizations: CNN, Gas, Press, London’s Architectural Association, AA, Centre Pompidou, “, “ Gas Locations: Paris, Bromsgrove, New York City, Los Angeles, California, London, Andrew Holmes In California, England, “ Gas Tank, ”

☆ TSMC and Samsung in talks with UAE to build chip megafactories, WSJ reports
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-23 | by ( Anniek Bao | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

South Korea-based Samsung Electronics has also been considering investing in building chip manufacturing facilities in the country in the coming years. The Gulf state has been ramping up efforts and investments in developing its domestic tech industry as it works to build its position as a global hub for advanced technology and artificial intelligence. However, the discussions with UAE officials are still in the early stages, the report said. A tug-of-war between the U.S. and China has played out in the region as tech deals speed up and Washington grows increasingly wary over Beijing's influence in the Gulf state. TSMC and Samsung have held discussions with U.S. officials who are worried about potential shipments of advanced AI chips coming from UAE-based plants to China.

Persons: Alex Capri Organizations: Dubai International Financial, Global, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, Samsung Electronics, United, Street, TSMC, South Korean, UAE, U.S, Samsung, National University of, CNBC, Wall Locations: Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Burj, Gulf, Taiwan, South Korea, China, Washington, UAE, The U.S

☆ Marxist lawmaker leads the vote count in Sri Lanka's presidential election
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-22 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

This is Sri Lanka’s first election since the Indian Ocean nation’s economy buckled in 2022 under a severe foreign exchange shortage, leaving it unable to pay for imports of essentials including fuel, medicine and cooking gas. Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake leaves a polling station after casting his vote in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo on Saturday. Grinding poverty for millionsButtressed by the IMF deal, Sri Lanka’s economy has posted a tentative recovery. The younger Premadasa polled 42% of the votes in 2019 to finish second, behind Rajapaksa, in the last presidential election. Support from farming communities in north and central Sri Lanka helped him close the gap on Dissanayake as counting progressed.

Persons: Kumara Dissanayake, Sajith Premadasa, Sri Lanka’s, Ranil Wickremesinghe, Dissanayake, Premadasa, Lanka’s, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, ”, Pradeep Peiris, ” Dissanayake, Eranga, Ranasinghe Premadasa, Rajapaksa Organizations: Sri, Sunday, University of Colombo, Monetary Fund, Marxist, IMF, National People’s Power, JVP Locations: “, Sri Lanka's, Colombo, Sri, Sri Lankans, Premadasa’s, Sri Lanka

☆ Man City 2 Arsenal 2 – Controversial red, quick free kicks and rivalry ignited in classic
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-22 | by ( Sam Lee | James Mcnicholas | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +11 min

John Stones sends Man City back to the top of the table 🔝#MCIARS pic.twitter.com/XY8DbUAVDD — Premier League (@premierleague) September 22, 2024Is this now a proper rivalry? AdvertisementThe tussle at the top of the Premier League is hotting up. Gabriel’s header to put them 2-1 up made it 31 Premier League goals they’ve scored from corners since the start of the 2022-23 season. I’m expecting 100 Premier League games to be 10 against 11 or nine vs 10 this season. Tuesday, September 24: Watford (H), Carabao Cup, 7.45pm BST, 2.45pm ETSaturday, September 28: Newcastle United (A), Premier League, 12.30pm BST, 7.30am ETWhat next for Arsenal?

Persons: John, Erling Haaland, Riccardo Calafiori, Gabriel, Leandro Trossard, David Raya, Sam Lee, James McNicholas, Charlie Scott, Liam Tharme, John Stones, roper, ade, ames, ree, cott, lew, alf, ecame, lear, nock, J ames, ere,, ince, ike, orth, “ Organizations: League, Etihad, Manchester City, Arsenal, City, Atalanta, Man, ards, ust Locations: ards

☆ Harris agrees to potential CNN debate with Trump on Oct. 23
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-21 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, speaks at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta on Sept. 20, 2024. Jen O'Malley Dillon, chair of Harris and vice presidential nominee Tim Walz's campaign, said in a statement that Harris has accepted CNN's invitation to a debate on Oct. 23. "I will gladly accept a second presidential debate on October 23. But as Harris was raising millions of dollars following the campaign, Trump declined to face her again. "She's done one debate," Trump said at a rally in North Carolina on Saturday.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Harris, Donald Trump, Jen O'Malley Dillon, Tim Walz's, Trump, O'Malley Dillon, It's, it's, Joe Biden, Biden, —, Rebecca Picciotto, Pimco's Libby Cantrill Organizations: Democratic, Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, Republican, ABC News, Trump Media & Technology, Trump, CNBC, CNN, Democratic National Convention Locations: Atlanta, Georgia, North Carolina

☆ Residents ransack chimpanzee centre in Guinea after animal kills infant
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-21 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Conakry, Guinea Reuters —People living near a chimpanzee research center in Guinea attacked the facility on Friday after a woman said one of the animals had killed her infant, the center’s managers said. Eyewitnesses said the crowd was reacting to the news that the mutilated body of an infant had been found 3 km (1.9 miles) from the Nimba Mountains Nature Reserve, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The research center said it had recorded six chimpanzee attacks on humans within the reserve since the start of the year. There are just seven left in Guinea’s Bossou forest, which forms part of the Nimba Mountains Nature Reserve, and is close to subsistence farming communities of the Nzerekore Region. The Nimba Mountains are also home to one of Guinea’s largest iron ore reserves, which has raised concern among environmentalists about the impact of mining on chimpanzees.

Persons: Seny Zogba, Alidjiou Sylla Organizations: Guinea Reuters —, UNESCO, Heritage, Reuters, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Reserve Locations: Conakry, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, West Africa, Guinea’s, Nzerekore Region

☆ Hannah Hampton is one of the world’s top goalkeepers, but she still can’t help spilling water
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-20 | by ( Don Riddell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —The Chelsea and England national team goalkeeper Hannah Hampton was just 11 years old when the diagnosis was made. Yet somehow, Hampton is now one of the best ‘keepers in the world, and she can’t quite explain how she conquered such seemingly impossible odds. Everyone was just laughing at me because, obviously, they know!”Hampton makes a save during the League Cup final between Arsenal and Chelsea. She gives a lot of energy to the group.”Hayes has since moved on from Chelsea, quickly winning an Olympic gold medal with the US women’s team in Paris. “Chelsea without Emma feels a bit weird and sounds weird saying it,” Hampton reflected.

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☆ Scientists store entire human genome on ‘memory crystal’ that could survive billions of years
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-20 | by ( Rosa Rahimi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

London CNN —Scientists in the United Kingdom have stored the entire human genome on a “5D memory crystal,” in the hope that it could be used in the future as a blueprint to bring humanity back from extinction. The crystal is stored in the Memory of Mankind archive in Hallstatt, Austria. “The visual key inscribed on the crystal gives the finder knowledge of what data is stored inside and how it could be used,” said Kazansky. In 2018, Kazansky and his team used the memory crystal technology to store Isaac Asimov’s “Foundation” trilogy of science fiction books, which were then launched into space aboard a Tesla Roadster. The technology has also been used to store major documents from human history, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Magna Carta.

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☆ 'We can’t allow the cultural infrastructure to literally crumble': One of London's most popular arts attractions needs a $200 million fix
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Lucy Handley | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

The exterior of the Hayward Gallery, part of the Southbank Centre. "We can't allow the cultural infrastructure to literally crumble in our hands, because ... without investment, it won't be here," Ball told CNBC. (The neighboring National Theatre and British Film Institute Southbank are not part of the Southbank Centre.) During his first year at the Southbank Centre, he oversaw more than 5,400 events and shows. "Thinking Fountains," an installation by German artist Klaus Weber, outside the Hayward Gallery at the Southbank Centre.

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