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☆ Here’s where Kamala Harris stands on climate and energy
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Ella Nilsen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —As Vice President Kamala Harris marches toward the Democratic nomination, climate advocates like what they see. And as vice president, Harris made the crucial tie-breaking vote to pass Democrats’ historic climate bill. “Vice President Harris would kick ass against Trump,” Biden’s first national climate adviser Gina McCarthy said in a statement. Given the stakes, climate advocates are eager to shine a light on the stark contrast between Trump and Harris. That’s the critical work for her in the coming days.”Second-term prioritiesA second Democratic administration will continue implementing Biden’s climate bill and defend many of Biden’s marquee climate rules against legal challenges.

Persons: Kamala Harris, he’s, Joe Biden, Harris, Tiernan Sittenfeld, ”, Gina McCarthy, Donald Trump –, “ It’s, Trump, ” Jamal Raad, “ Harris, Lori Lodes, Biden, Michael Regan, Saul Loeb, –, Stevie O’Hanlon, “, ” O’Hanlon, That’s, Ben King, Regan, I’ll, ” Regan Organizations: CNN, Democratic, League of Conservation Voters, ConocoPhillips, Exxon Mobil, Senate, Green, Trump, Republican, Evergreen, Big, Power, Republicans, Getty, Sunrise, Sunrise Movement, Biden, Agency, Milwaukee Locations: Baltimore, Willow, Paris

☆ Paul Watson: Anti-whaling activist arrested in Greenland faces extradition to Japan, CPWF says
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Helen Regan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Veteran environmentalist Paul Watson was arrested in Greenland on Sunday and faces possible extradition to Japan allegedly over anti-whaling activities in the Antarctic years ago, his organization said in a statement. The ship John Paul DeJoria and a 25-member crew were en route from Dublin, Ireland to the North Pacific to intercept Japan’s newly launched $48 million factory whaling ship the Kangei Maru, CPWF said. In a statement, Greenland police said they arrested Watson upon his arrival in Nuuk due to a Japanese arrest warrant. His foundation believes the arrest “is connected to a previous Red Notice issued for Watson’s anti-whaling activities in the Antarctic.”“This development comes as a surprise since the Foundation’s lawyers had reported that the Red Notice had been withdrawn. “Japan has never given up on its whaling ambitions,” Watson told CNN at the time.

Persons: Paul Watson, Captain Paul Watson, John Paul DeJoria, CPWF, “, cuffing Paul Watson, Locky MacLean, Watson, Captain Watson, Kaisha, Shepherd, Kyodo Senpaku, ”, ” Watson, Takaaki Sakamoto, Hideki Tokoro, ” Tokoro Organizations: CNN —, Captain Paul Watson Foundation, Greenland police, ” Ship, Police, Japan Coast Guard, CNN, Interpol, Greenpeace, Shepherd Conservation Society, Japan’s Institute of Cetacean Research, Kyodo, Whaling Affairs, Japan’s Fisheries Agency, Kangei, Commission, IWC Locations: Greenland, Japan, Nuuk, Dublin, Ireland, Pacific, Shepherd, Germany, Costa Rica, Guatemala, United States, Australia, Norway, Iceland, Kangei

☆ Swimming at the 2024 Paris Olympics: U.S. hopes, schedule and how to watch
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Zack Pierce | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +8 min

ET) W 100m fly W 100m fly semis (2:30 p.m.) W 400m free M 400m free (2:42 p.m.) M 100m breast W 400m free (2:52 p.m.) M 400m free M 100m breast semis (3:12 p.m.) W 4x100m free W 4x100m free (3:34 p.m.) M 4x100m free M 4x100m free (3:44 p.m.) July 28 Heats Semis/finals (approx. ET) M 200m free M 400 IM (2:30 p.m.) M 400m IM W 100m fly (2:40 p.m.) W 100m breast M 200m free semis (2:46 p.m.) M 100m back W 100m breast semis (3:10 p.m.) W 200m free M 100m back semis (3:32 p.m.) M 100m breast (3:44 p.m.) W 200m free semis (3:50 p.m.) July 29 Heats Semis/finals (approx. ET) M 200m fly M 100m free semis (2:30 p.m.) M 100m free M 200m fly semis (2:42 p.m.) W 1,500m free W 100m back (2:56 p.m.) W 100m free M 800m free (3:02 p.m.) M 200m breast W 100m free semis (3:25 p.m.) M 4x200m free M 200m breast semis (3:47 p.m.) M 4x200m free (4:01 p.m.) July 31 Heats Semis/finals (approx. ET) W 200m breast W 100m free (2:30 p.m.) M 200m back M 200m fly (2:36 p.m.) W 200m fly W 200m fly semis (2:43 p.m.) W 1,500m free (3:07 p.m.) M 200m back semis (3:37 p.m.) W 200m breast semis (3:51 p.m.) M 200m breast (4:15 p.m.) M 100m free (4:22 p.m.) Aug. 1 Heats Semis/finals (approx. ET) M 100m fly M 50m free (2:30 p.m.) W 200m IM W 200m back (2:30 p.m.) W 800m free M 200m IM (2:43 p.m.) Mixed 4x100m medley M 100m fly semis (3 p.m.) W 200m IM semis (3:22 p.m.) Aug. 3 Heats Semis/finals (approx.

Persons: Katie Ledecky, Caeleb Dressel, Dressel, Regan Smith, Gretchen Walsh, Kate Douglass, Lilly King, Simone Manuel, Torri Huske, Alex Walsh, Katie Grimes, Grimes, Bobby Finke, Chase, Ryan Murphy, Kieran Smith, Thomas Heilman, Chris Guiliano, There’s, Ariarne, Summer McIntosh, Ledecky, McIntosh, Titmus, Erika Fairweather, Fairweather, swimming’s, Maddie Meyer Organizations: U.S ., Olympic, Paris La Défense, NBC, Telemundo, Universo, USA, U.S, Ledecky, Notre Dame, didn’t, June’s U.S Locations: Paris, Tokyo, USA, Chase Kalisz, East Germany, Ledecky

☆ Trump shooter surveilled rally site with a DJI-made camera drone just hours before attempted assassination, reports say
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewThomas Matthew Crooks, the gunman who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump, flew a drone over the rally site just hours before he opened fire, according to multiple reports. The Secret Service has already received backlash over its role at the event. The Secret Service had excluded the warehouse from its security zone. Crooks was killed by a Secret Service sniper. The director of the Secret Service, Kimberly Cheatle, is set to testify before Congress on Monday.

Persons: —, Thomas Matthew Crooks, Donald Trump, Crooks, Butler, Tim McCarthy, Ronald Reagan, Regan, Matt Shoemaker, Mike Johnson, NBC's, Kimberly Cheatle, Anthony Guglielmi, Trump Organizations: Service, Street Journal, Business, NBC News, NBC, Secret Service, WGN, Trump, Defense Intelligence Agency, FBI Locations: Butler , Pennsylvania, Bethel Park , PA, Trump, Chicago

☆ Bangladesh protests: Anger over job quotas escalates into deadly violence. Here’s what you need to know
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( Helen Regan | Samra Zulfaqar | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Huge protests across Bangladesh escalated into deadly violence this week with clashes between students, pro-government supporters and armed police fueling widespread anger over civil service job quotas opponents say are discriminatory. Many Bangladeshi students are demanding an end to the government’s quota system, which reserves more than half of civil service posts for certain groups. In 2018, the quota system was scrapped following similar protests but in June the High Court reinstated it, ruling its removal was unconstitutional. Critics and protesters say the quota system creates a two-tier Bangladesh where a politically connected elite benefit by their birth. “This is not just about quota protests anymore, this is much bigger than that, in simple quota protests the government wouldn’t go around hurting and shooting students.

Persons: Sheikh Hasina, Hasina, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Hasina’s, “, ”, Maruf Khan, Stringer, Tahmeed Hossain, –, Hossain, Munir Uz Zaman, Hassan Abdullah, Abdullah, Prothom Alo, ” Hasina, Salman, ” Hossain, Antonio Guterres, Stephane Dujarric, ” Dujarric Organizations: CNN, Bangladesh Television, Mobile, Awami League, Getty, Bank, Dhaka University, Bangladesh Chatra League, Rapid Action Battalion, Wednesday, Agence France, Press, Authorities, Student, State Department, ” UN Locations: Bangladesh, Dhaka, State, Pakistan, Australia, Sydney, “, AFP, United States, ”, New, Melbourne, Copenhagen

☆ Thailand: Cyanide poisoning likely killed six found dead in Grand Hyatt Erawan hotel, including two US citizens, police say
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-17 | by ( Helen Regan | Kocha Olarn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

The grisly discovery was made on Tuesday when staff at the five-star Grand Hyatt Erawan in the Thai capital entered the fifth-floor suite after the guests missed check out by more than 24 hours. Uneaten meals are left on a table in a suite at Bangkok's Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel, where six people were found dead on July 16, 2024. Rescue teams arrive at the Grand Hyatt Erawan hotel in Bangkok on July 16, 2024. The Grand Hyatt hotel, where the deaths occurred, is located in a bustling tourist area in the heart of Bangkok that’s home to luxury shopping malls and restaurants. Next to the hotel is the Erawan shrine, a famous landmark popular with Buddhist, Hindu and Sikh communities and tourists.

Persons: Grand, Trairong Phiewphan, ” Trairong, Noppasin Poonsawat, “, Noppasin, ” Noppasin, Lauren DeCicca, Matthew Miller, Rangsiwuthaporn Organizations: Thailand CNN, Grand Hyatt Erawan, Police, Hyatt, Hotel, Royal Thai Police, Deputy Metropolitan Police, Rescue, Getty Images Police, US State Department, Reuters, Thai Locations: Bangkok, Thailand, Thai, Bangkok ”

☆ Team USA has owned the Olympic swimming pool — is that about to change in Paris?
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-16 | by ( Nicole Auerbach | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +9 min

Its anthem played, over and over again, as the Americans received their gold medals atop the podium. AdvertisementU.S. swimmers have won the overall medal count and the gold medal count so often over the years that it almost has been taken for granted. Heading into the Paris Games, the Australians will be favored to win the most gold medals in the pool. Of the nine swimmers who won multiple individual gold medals, Katie Ledecky was the only American swimmer to do so. Still, USA Swimming president and CEO Tim Hinchey III has said the organization’s goal is to win the total medal count and the gold medal count.

Persons: Michael Phelps, wasn’t, Todd DeSorbo, we’ve, —, ”, Cate Campbell, ” Campbell, Katie Ledecky, Bob Bowman, Caeleb Dressel, Simone Manuel, Sarah Stier, Campbell, Phelps, he’d, we’ll, ” Phelps, Mollie O’Callaghan, Dressel, he’s, Bobby Finke, Ryan Murphy, Gretchen Walsh, Regan Smith, Kate Douglass, Walsh, Smith, Kaylee McKeown, Maggie Mac Neil, Summer McIntosh, Zhang Yufei, Douglass, McIntosh, McKeown, Alex Walsh, breaststroker Lilly King, Katie Grimes, breaststrokers Nic Fink, Matt Fallon, Carson Foster, Frenchman, Léon Marchand, Ryan Lochte, Ledecky, Lochte, Tim Hinchey, ” DeSorbo, “ We’re, Dan Goldfarb, Tom Pennington, Al Bello Organizations: Paris Games, Team USA, ” Count, “, Australia’s, NBC, Ledecky, Games Locations: Barcelona, Tokyo, United States, East Germany, Fukuoka, Japan, Paris, U.S, “ Australia, China, Britain, Rio de Janeiro, Ledecky, USA, Croatia

On Sunday, the Israeli military claimed to have targeted Hamas’ military chief and killed a Hamas brigade commander in an airstrike in Khan Younis. The Israeli military said its air force struck the location where “a number of terrorists” were operating. Palestinians and UN workers examine the destroyed UNRWA school in Nuseirat refugee camp of Deir al-Balah, Gaza on July 15, 2024. Meanwhile, the latest Israeli strikes have put new pressure on the success of ongoing ceasefire and hostage negotiations, which hit yet another roadblock last week. The Israeli military is verifying whether he was killed while Netanyahu acknowledged it is uncertain whether he died.

Persons: Israel, amputees, ”, “, Ruwaida Issa, Khan Younis, Nasser, Scott Anderson, Abed Rahim Khatib, Abu, ” Mary Al Sammouna, ” Samir Tafesh, Tal, Philippe Lazzarini, Antonio Guterres, Guterres, Benjamin Netanyahu –, –, Mohammed Deif, Deif, Netanyahu Organizations: CNN, United Nations, UN, Gaza Health Ministry, UNRWA Affairs, Anadolu, Getty, UNRWA, Gaza Ministry, Health, Civil Defense, Humanitarian Affairs, Al, Israel’s Locations: Gaza, Khan, Israel, Al, Deir, Nuseirat, Gaza City

☆ Former Secret Service agent who took a bullet for Reagan said the Trump shooting was a failure 'plain and simple'
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-14 | by ( Matthew Loh | Cameron Manley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewA former Secret Service agent said that the assassination attempt on Donald Trump represented a "failure" for his security team. He was seen defiantly raising his fist with a bloodied ear before being ushered away from the scene by the Secret Service. "Now, in some cases, it's almost impossible to do that, but that's why the Secret Service has counter-sniper teams. "We are engaged with President Biden, former President Trump, and their campaigns, and are taking every possible measure to ensure their safety and security." AdvertisementThe Secret Service is "probably gonna have to hold his horses to keep him from getting out into the public right away," he said.

Persons: —, Donald Trump, Tim McCarthy, Ronald Reagan, McCarthy, Regan, Trump, Thomas Matthew Crooks, Joe Biden, Alejandro Mayorkas, Biden Organizations: Service, WGN, Business, Secret, Social, FBI, Homeland, DHS, Republican National Convention Locations: Chicago, Butler , Pennsylvania, Wisconsin

☆ Opinion: It’s time more horror films push back against queer stereotypes
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-13 | by ( Opinion Noah Berlatsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

But the portrayal of trans women as predators was a new innovation that had a huge impact on the horror genre. Andit had a big impact on Jonathan Demme’s “The Silence of the Lambs” in which the terrifying serial killer, Buffalo Bill, is a predatory trans woman (or more precisely, as Jos Truitt has explained, Bill is a transphobic caricature of a trans woman). The danger isn’t from trans women — it’s from heterosexual cis patriarchs — a reality much truer to life than Hitchcock’s fever dream. Perhaps in part for that reason, the director is careful not to make Longlegs trans or gay. It’s not just “Longlegs” which displaces violence onto queer people: Movies like “Psycho” and “Silence of the Lambs” are often acts of aggression aimed by male directors at queer people (and especially at queer women).

Persons: Noah Berlatsky, —, Noah Berlatsky Noah Berlatsky, Oz Perkins, Julia Ducournau’s “, ”, John Logan’s “, Longlegs ”, “, Lee Harker, Maika Monroe, Perkins, Anthony Perkins, Norman Bates, Alfred Hitchcock’s, ” Hitchcock, Bates, he’s, Norman, fatales, Hitchcock, Brian DePalma’s, Jason, James Wan’s, Andit, Jonathan Demme’s “, Bill, Jos Truitt, Alfred Hitchcock, Harker, it’s, Harker’s, Hunter ”, Perkins doesn’t, Longlegs, Nicholas Cage, Berry Berenson, Ted Levine, Ken Regan, Orion, queerness, Marc Bolan, Buffalo Bill, It’s Organizations: CNN, FBI, Lambs, Paramount, “, DOJ, Buffalo, Twitter Locations: Chicago, Hollywood, UCLA

☆ The Van Epps family left town for a youth baseball tournament Then tragedy struck
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Thomas Lake | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

The Van Epps family left behind two dogs, a stunned and grieving community, and an untold number of priceless memories. The Van Epps family in an undated photo from several years ago. The Van Epps family took a different route. James Ryan Van Epps pitched in a baseball tournament the morning of the plane crash. Courtesy Ansley Van EppsMeanwhile, she and others who loved the Van Epps family took care of other priorities.

Persons: Georgia CNN —, Ansley Van Epps, ”, Ryan Van Epps, Laura, Harrison, James Ryan, Roger Beggs, Van Epps, Regan Burr, Burr, Ryan’s, Ansley, Ryan, Christine Clements, Christine Marie, “ Harrison, Stefanie Gammage, ” Harrison, Rich Dennis, “, ” James Ryan, Brent Bechard, James Ryan’s, They’d, Chase Timms, Roger, James Ryan Van Epps, Erik Rank, Timms, ” Timms, ‘, ’, Piper, It’s, Walker, Laura wouldn’t, D.J, Jason, who’d, “ James Ryan Organizations: Georgia CNN, Perimeter, Roswell United Methodist Church, Roswell High School, Ridge Christian School, North Atlanta Football Club, Blue Jays, Baseball Hall of Fame, Mirage, Cooperstown, Team Elite National, Elite, Oneonta Municipal, National Transportation Safety Board, NTSB, JFK, Delta Airlines Locations: Milton, Georgia, New York, Catskill, Alpharetta, ”, Cooperstown, Savannah, Oneonta, Charleston , West Virginia, Atlanta, Lake Cecil, Masonville , New York

☆ UN says ‘high likelihood’ a Russian cruise missile hit Ukraine’s main children’s hospital
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Helen Regan | Hira Humayun | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

The UN’s monitoring mission said it was likely that a KH-101 cruise missile launched by Russia struck the children’s hospital. The UN mission’s assessment matches analysis from weapons experts who told CNN that footage of the hospital strike is consistent with a cruise missile rather than a Ukrainian air defense missile. Always.”On Tuesday, Russia’s UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia reiterated Moscow’s denial that it had targeted the children’s hospital. “We have not bombed the children’s hospital,” Nebenzia said at a special meeting of the UN Security Council (UNSC) convened following the attack. “If this had been a Russian strike, there would have been nothing left of the building at all.

Persons: CNN —, Danielle Bell, Bell, ” Bell, General Antonio Guterres, Volker Turk, Joe Biden, Biden, Valentyna, Volodymyr Zelensky, ”, Vassily Nebenzia, ” Nebenzia, Linda Thomas, Greenfield, Putin, SBU, Vasyl Maliuk Organizations: CNN, United, NATO, UN, UN Security Council, UNSC, Kyiv, Ukrainian State Security Service Locations: Russian, United Nations, Russia, Kyiv, Ukrainian, Ukraine, Kyiv’s, Washington, United States

☆ Russia pledges to discharge Indians fighting for Moscow in Ukraine, New Delhi says
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Helen Regan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Russia has promised to discharge Indian nationals who were “misled” into joining its army to fight in Ukraine, India’s foreign secretary said Tuesday. “The Russian side promised the early discharge of all Indian nationals from the service of the Russian army,” he said. “The trafficked Indian Nationals were trained in combat roles and deployed at front bases in Russia-Ukraine War Zone against their wishes,” the CBI statement said. In neighboring Nepal, lawmakers have called on the Russian authorities to provide figures for its nationals fighting in Ukraine. The Russians position themselves a few hundred meters back as support,” said Suman Tamang, after he returned from Russia.

Persons: ”, Narendra Modi “, Vladimir Putin, Vinay Mohan Kwatra, Putin, Bimala Rai Paudyal, Kwatra, “, ” Kwatra, Imran Mohammad, Asfan Mohammed, Asfan, ” Imran, Suman Tamang, Ramchandra Khadka, ” Khadka Organizations: CNN, Indian, Indian Ministry, Russian, Kremlin, India’s, Bureau of Investigation, Indian Nationals, CBI Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Russian, Moscow, New Delhi, South Asia, Nepal, India, Indian, Hyderabad, Bakhmut –

☆ Netherlands 1 England 2: Late substitute Watkins hits winner to set up Euro 2024 final with Spain
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( The Athletic Uk Staff | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +10 min

A late winner from England substitute Ollie Watkins against Netherlands put Gareth Southgate’s team into the final of Euro 2024, where they will face Spain. It is their second consecutive European Championship final, and the first time England have reached a major tournament final abroad. Denzel Dumfries catching Kane was deemed a penalty, despite the Netherlands defender having little choice but to attempt a block. Against the Netherlands, Rice dropped into similar positions but was far more willing to punch balls forward and look for those ahead of him. Watkins’ stunning winner — set up by Palmer — validated Southgate’s decision yet again, with a goal worthy of winning any game.

Persons: Ollie Watkins, Gareth Southgate’s, Harry Kane, Xavi Simons, Declan Rice, Kane, Denzel Dumfries, Tim Spiers, Mark Carey, Jacob Whitehead, Seb Stafford, it’ll, they’ve, Phil Foden, Kobbie Mainoo, Luke Shaw, Ivan Toney, Southgate, —, Foden, Cole Palmer, Watkins, Palmer, Stefan de Vrij, De, Felix Zwayer, Jude Bellingham, Dumfries, ”, Gary Neville, Bloor Rice, Rice, Simons —, Jordan Pickford, Michael Regan –, Kyle Walker, Watkins ’, Palmer —, Mark Carey The, Zwayer, Phil Foden’s, dink, Bart Verbruggen, Alex Grimm Organizations: England, Netherlands, Aston Villa, Bloor, Wembley, Slovakia, Switzerland, Watkins, UEFA, Michael Regan – UEFA, Getty, England’s, Mark Carey The Denzel Dumfries Show Dumfries, Pixar, Bull, Dumfries Locations: Spain, England, Netherlands, Berlin, Switzerland, Slovakia, Zwayer, Southgate, Dumfries, —

☆ Zelensky blasts Modi meeting with Putin the same day Russian attack devastates Ukraine hospital
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-08 | by ( Helen Regan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Two people were killed and at least 16 others were injured in the strike on Kyiv’s Okhmatdyt hospital. Rescuers work at Ohmatdyt Children's Hospital that was damaged during a Russian missile strikes, in Kyiv, Ukraine July 8, 2024. Reducing the trade imbalance would be a “matter of priority” in Modi’s discussions with Putin, he said, ahead of the trip. Russian Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov said the Kremlin attaches “primary importance” to Modi’s visit, Russian state-run news agency TASS reported. Biden called Russian missile strikes in Kyiv – including on the children’s hospital – a “horrific reminder of Russia’s brutality,” in a statement Monday evening.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelensky, ”, Narendra Modi, Vladimir Putin, Putin, ” Zelensky, Gleb Garanich, Iryna Filimonova, Volker Turk, Modi, ” Putin, “, Modi’s, Matthew Miller, Randhir, Yury Ushakov, Joe Biden, Biden, ” Biden Organizations: CNN, Indian, Ohmatdyt, United, Kremlin, US State Department, UN, United Nations, NATO, Russian Locations: Moscow, Russian, Kyiv, Novo, Ogaryovo, Russia, Ukraine, Dnipro, Kryvyi, United Nations, Ukrainian, India, Delhi, China, Western, United States, Washington

Farage’s Reform UK party attacked the Conservative Party on its failure to bring down rates of legal and illegal migration. He won Clacton on a massive swing towards Reform UK, picking up 21,225 votes to the Conservatives’ 12,820. He pledged to “challenge the general election properly in 2029,” and promised to turn his rhetoric toward the Labour Party as it enters government. In many seats around the UK, Reform came second to Labour. Farage said the “Labour government will be in trouble very, very quickly and we will now be targeting Labour votes.

Persons: Nigel Farage, Britain’s, Donald Trump, Farage, ”, Euroskeptic, Keir Starmer, It’s, ” Farage, Labour –, upended, Rosa Prince, Conservative Party ”, ” Prince Organizations: CNN, Reform, Brexit, UK, Farage’s Reform, Conservative Party, Conservatives, European Union, Clacton, Labour, Labour Party, Conservative, Politico Locations: Britain’s, Ukraine, Europe

☆ G.M. Sold Millions of Cars That Were More Polluting Than Allowed, E.P.A. Says
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( Coral Davenport | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Biden administration reached a settlement with General Motors after determining that the automaker sold nearly six million cars that emitted more planet-warming carbon dioxide than the company had claimed, violating federal regulations. An investigation by the Environmental Protection Agency found that in those years G.M. had sold about 4.6 million full-sized pickup trucks and sport-utility vehicles, and 1.3 million midsize sport-utility vehicles, that it claimed met the pollution standards, but in fact hadn’t. “E.P.A.’s vehicle standards depend on strong oversight in order to deliver public health benefits in the real world,” said E.P.A. “Our investigation has achieved accountability and upholds an important program that’s reducing air pollution and protecting communities across the country.”

Persons: “, ”, Michael S, Regan Organizations: Biden, General Motors, Obama, Environmental Protection Agency

☆ India climate crisis: Delhi suffers extreme weather whiplash as heat waves give way to record rain and deadly flash floods
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-01 | by ( Helen Regan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Heavy rains caused roads to flood, submerged cars and subways and cut power to some parts of the city. Heavy rain caused a section of roof at New Delhi’s airport to collapse on Friday, crushing one man to death, and injuring eight others. In Uttarakhand, video posted by ANI News shows vehicles swept away following heavy rain being hauled out of floodwaters. Meanwhile, seasonal monsoon rains usually start in June until September, bringing bands of heavy rains from the southwest that quench fields, nourish crops, and replenish reservoirs. Last June, nearly half a million people in northeast India were affected by severe flooding after heavy rains battered the region.

Persons: ”, Navdeep, didn’t, Kalyani Saha, Sunita Narain, ” Narain, Narain, “ Organizations: CNN, Indian Meteorological Department, News, “ Rescue, Reuters, Disaster, Management, for Science, YouTube Locations: New Delhi, Delhi, “, New, Assam, Meghalaya, West Bengal, Sikkim, Bihar, Arunachal Pradesh, India, Uttar Pradesh, Capital Territory, Uttarakhand, India’s, Ladakh, Nepal, Lajpat Nagar

☆ Euro 2024: Our ranking of all the games in Germany this summer
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-29 | by ( Ahmed Walid | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +35 min

AdvertisementThis was Belgium at their finest, and Romania raised the level of their game in the second half to try to equalise. If Austria wanted to have any chance of qualifying to the round of 16 they had to beat Poland in their second group game. The wide areas were where Ukraine focused their attacks, and Oleksandr Zinchenko’s square pass to Mykola Shaparenko made it 1-1 in the second half. However, Samet Akaydin and Altay Bayindir’s mishap on the second goal decreased Turkey’s probability of a comeback. More off-ball runs in the second half led to the third, and by then the match was done and dusted.

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☆ Peru earthquake: Powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes off coast
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Helen Regan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —A powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of southern Peru overnight Friday at a depth of 28 kilometers (17 miles), according to the United States Geological Survey (USGC). The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PWTC) issued an alert warning of “possible” tsunami waves reaching up to 1 to 3 meters along some coasts in Peru. “Based on all available data, hazardous tsunami waves are forecast for some coasts,” the center said. PWTC said there was no risk of a tsunami for the US West Coast. The quake hit eight kilometers (5 miles) west of Atiquipa, about 600 kilometers (372 miles) south of the capital Lima.

Persons: PWTC Organizations: CNN, United States Geological Survey, Tsunami Warning, US, Peru’s Geophysical Institute, Peruvian, South American Locations: Peru, US West Coast, Atiquipa, Lima

☆ Thailand is now the Myanmar junta’s favored banking destination as military attacks ramp up, UN expert says
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Helen Regan | Kocha Olarn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Hong Kong/Bangkok CNN —International banks are playing a significant role in the Myanmar military junta’s ability to carry out its systematic and deadly assault on its people, a new United Nations-backed report has found. Athit Perawongmetha/ReutersThe Thai connectionSingapore-based entities were Myanmar’s third largest source of weapons and military materials. In 2022, Singapore-based banks facilitated more than 70% of the junta’s purchases passing through the banking system. Looking for other financial institutions, the junta found neighboring Thailand. “Our banking and financial institutions follow banking protocols as any major financial hub.

Persons: Tom Andrews, ” Andrews, Banks, ”, Athit Perawongmetha, “ Organizations: Bangkok CNN — International, United Nations, UN, Administration Council, SAC, “ Banking, Military Junta, States, Karen National Liberation Army, Siam Commercial Bank, CNN, Thailand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Economic Bank Locations: Hong Kong, Bangkok, Myanmar, Singapore, Myawaddy, Thailand, Thai, Siam

☆ Who is Julian Assange, what did the Wikileaks founder do to go through a 12-year legal battle?
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Helen Regan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was released from a British prison and was making his way back to his home country Australia on Monday after his 12-year battle against extradition to the United States ended in a plea deal. Assange boarded a flight from London’s Stansted airport on Monday after being released on bail from prison, according to a statement from WikiLeaks on Tuesday. “Julian Assange is free,” WikiLeaks said. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange boards a plane at a location given as London, Britain, in this still image from video released on June 25, 2024. Former Ecuadorian president Lenín Moreno told CNN he is glad the Wikileaks founder won’t be handed over to the US.

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☆ ‘Catastrophic flooding’ in Upper Midwest prompts evacuations and rescues as record-breaking heat wave shifts to mid-Atlantic
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-23 | by ( Dalia Faheid | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Here’s the latest:• Heat wave shifts to mid-Atlantic: As heat alerts persist for over 100 million people over the weekend, the extreme heat risk will spread from the Ohio Valley on Saturday to the Mid-Atlantic on Sunday. Highs across the Ohio Valley and Mid-Atlantic have been 10 to 15 degrees above average. “An intense heat wave will continue across the Mid-Atlantic, where record high temperatures are likely,” the National Weather Service said Saturday. • Flooding prompts evacuations in Iowa: In Rock Valley, Iowa, all homes north of Highway 18 were evacuated amid high floodwaters Saturday. On Sunday, storms are possible across New England and southwestward though the Mid-Atlantic, Ohio Valley and Tennessee Valley, according to the weather service.

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☆ Bangladesh floods: Nearly 2 million people stranded as devastating floods hit northeast
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Helen Regan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Extensive flooding has stranded about 1.8 million people in northeast Bangladesh, following weeks of heavy rains that have submerged homes and devastated farmland, according to state media and humanitarian agencies. There is concern for those trapped by floodwaters who now face food shortages and a lack of clean water, according to local media. A mother holds her son in front of her house in floodwater on June 20, 2024 in Sylhet, Bangladesh. Salahuddin Paulash/Drik/Getty ImagesDensely populated and low-lying Bangladesh is prone to seasonal rains, flooding and cyclones. People move their belongings through a flooded street in Sylhet, Bangladesh, on June 20, 2024.

Persons: Bangladesh Sangbad, Sunamganj, ” Sheldon Yett, Salahuddin Paulash, ”, Sultana Begum, ” Hasan Sarwar, Syed Mahamudur Rahman Organizations: CNN, Bangladesh, Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, Water Development, Villagers, United Nations, Children’s Fund, UNICEF, UNICEF Representative, World Bank, Remal, Bangladesh’s Ministry of Disaster Management, Bangladesh Water Development Locations: Bangladesh, Sylhet, India, floodwater, Asia, Myanmar, Cox’s Bazar, Assam

☆ North Korea says Kim and Putin’s defense pact permits all available means to assist each other if either nation attacked
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Helen Regan | Gawon Bae | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —North Korea and Russia have pledged to use all available means to provide immediate military assistance in the event the other is attacked, according to the text of a new landmark defense pact agreed by the two autocratic nations. Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed a new strategic partnership agreement Wednesday in Pyongyang during a rare state visit by the Russian leader who said the two allies have ramped up ties to a “new level.”North Korean state media reported on Thursday the full text of that pact, which also includes political, trade, investment, and security cooperation. According to the text, Article 4 states that should either country “get into a state of war due to an armed aggression” the other “shall immediately provide military and other assistance with all the means at its disposal.”The pact, which comes against the backdrop of Putin’s grinding war against Ukraine, is the most significant agreement signed by Russia and North Korea in decades and is seen as something of a revival of their Cold War-era mutual defense pledge. It also consolidates Kim’s powerful link with a world power that wields a veto on the UN Security CouncilThe newly released text will now raise several questions for Western observers, including whether Russia’s powerful nuclear deterrent now extends to North Korea, and vice versa, or whether the two nations will now hold joint military drills. Putin referenced the defense clause after the meeting with Kim Wednesday, saying it provides “for the provision of mutual assistance in the event of aggression against one of the parties to this agreement.”Kim, meanwhile, called the new “alliance” a “watershed moment in the development of the bilateral relations.”This is a developing story and will be updated.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong Un, Putin, Kim Wednesday, ” Kim Organizations: CNN, North, UN Security Locations: North Korea, Russia, Russian, Pyongyang, Ukraine

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