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☆ The 21 Best Early Prime Day 2023 Deals
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Nick Guy | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +9 min

By Nick GuyAmazon’s Prime Day sales event is on July 11 and 12, but there are already deals live now for you to take advantage of. While you shop these deals, be sure to prepare with our expert tips and tricks for getting the most from Prime Day. Prime Day might be prime time for you to upgrade your coffee game. This piece, part of the Marine Star collection, is available as part of Amazon’s new invite-only program, which you can read more about in our guide to shopping Prime Day. We’re in the thick of cold brew season, which makes this early Prime Day sale on the Oxo Brew Cold Brew Coffee Maker perfectly timed.

Persons: Nick Guy Amazon’s, we’ll, you’re, you’ll, fryer, you’ve, Fryer, We’ve, There’s, It’s, Dyson, it’s Organizations: Marine, Apple, Cosori’s, Quart Locations: Burr

☆ Felipe Romero Beltrán’s photographs document Spain’s ‘Kafka-esque’ migration system
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-03 | by ( Oscar Holland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Felipe Romero Beltrán/Courtesy Loose Joints Beltrán's subjects recreate the moment one of them landed on Spain's coast. Felipe Romero Beltrán/Courtesy Loose Joints "The system is built to avoid you, or to deny you access to (it)," Beltrán said. Felipe Romero Beltrán/Courtesy Loose Joints The men are pictured working out and giving one another hair cuts. Felipe Romero Beltrán/Courtesy Loose Joints Beltrán often turned his lens on conditions inside the facility in which the nine migrants lived. Felipe Romero Beltrán/Courtesy Loose Joints "Dialect," published by Loose Joints, is available now.

Persons: Felipe Romero Beltrán’s, Beltrán, ” Beltrán, Felipe Romero Beltrán, Youssef Elhafidi, ” Elhafidi, “, —, ”, “ Authorizations, ‘, Elhafidi Organizations: CNN, “, Spanish, Beltrán, UNHCR Locations: Spain, Seville, Andalucía, Madrid, “, Spanish, Spain's, Morocco, Strait, Gibraltar, Colombia, ”

☆ European tourist island declares itself a phone-free zone
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Amaya Mcdonald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —As summer approaches and tourism season begins, social media users will struggle to answer the age-old question: If you didn’t post about your vacation, did you really even go? Though it may be difficult for some to resist work emails and updating social media during vacation, the island of Ulko-Tammio in Finland is urging visitors to ignore their screens and enjoy nature. “The island of Ulko-Tammio, which is located off the coast of Hamina, will be a phone-free area this summer,” Mats Selin, an expert in island tourism at Visit Kotka-Hamina, said in a news release. However, the staff of Parks & Wildlife Finland, the company that manages the island, hopes that the campaign translates to tourists unplugging and engaging with the flora, fauna and fellow visitors. “We spend countless hours scrolling our social media feeds, so taking a short break from them means you have more time for new experiences.”Visitors can spend their phone-free nights on the island in tents or in a cabin maintained by Parks & Wildlife Finland.

Persons: that’s, “, ” Mats Selin, ” Sari Castrén Organizations: CNN, Nordic, Nokia, Parks & Wildlife, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare Locations: Ulko, Tammio, Finland, Eastern Gulf of Finland, Hamina, Parks & Wildlife Finland, Eastern Gulf

☆ Modi calls for 'one earth, one family, one future' at U.N. yoga event
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

UNITED NATIONS, June 21 (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi led a celebration of International Yoga Day at the United Nations in New York on Wednesday and called on people "to join hands together to realize the goal of one earth, one family, one future." The United Nations in 2014 declared June 21 the International Day of Yoga, adopting a measure proposed by Modi. "Let us use the power of yoga to build bridges of friendship, a peaceful world, and a cleaner, greener and sustainable future," he said. [1/6]Participants take part in the 9th International Day of Yoga event with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the north lawn at United Nations headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S., June 21, 2023. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivered a video message to the yoga event, saying he wanted to "recognize Prime Minister Modi for all he has done to promote understanding of yoga and its many benefits."

Persons: Narendra Modi, Modi, Joe Biden, Mike Segar Modi, Biden, Mahatma Gandhi, Gandhi, India's, Antonio Guterres, David Brunnstrom, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: UNITED NATIONS, Indian, United Nations, of Yoga, White, REUTERS, United, Bharatiya Janata Party, Thomson Locations: New York, New, East, United States, New York City , New York, U.S, Washington, India

☆ Croatia reach Nations League final after knocking out hosts Netherlands
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

ROTTERDAM, June 14 (Reuters) - Croatia scored twice in extra time to beat the Netherlands 4-2 in their Nations League semi-final in Rotterdam on Wednesday and advance to Sunday’s decider. Donyell Malen handed the hosts a 34th-minute lead before Andrej Kramaric equalised from the penalty spot 10 minutes into the second half. Cody Gakpo set it up by winning possession and five passes later, Mats Wieffer teed up an unmarked Malen to fire home. The Netherlands now have to play in the third-place playoff game against Thursday’s losers in Enschede on Sunday. Writing by Mark Gleeson in Cape Town; Editing by Toby DavisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Bruno Petkovic, Luka Modric, Donyell Malen, Andrej Kramaric, Mario Pasalic, Noa Lang, Netherlands ’, Cody Gakpo, Mats Wieffer teed, Modric, Luka Ivanusec, Lang, Petkovic, Mark Gleeson, Toby Davis Organizations: Croatia, Nations League, Feyenoord, Thomson Locations: ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, Rotterdam, Croatia, Italy, Spain, Enschede, Qatar, Gakpo, Pasalic, Cape Town

☆ These Wheels Can Handle Sand and Surf. Grab the Sunscreen.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Karen Angel | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The company sells its chairs for around $12,000 — a particularly hefty sum considering that beach wheelchairs aren’t covered by Medicaid or Medicare. There also is at least one manual model that can be propelled by the user: the Hippocampe All-Terrain Beach Wheelchair, which retails for around $4,000 and is manufactured by Vipamat, based in France. Among the more economical options, Wheeleez offers kits to convert a street wheelchair into a beach wheelchair. Options range from around $300 to $1,000, depending on the size and number of wheels. “This was until I discovered two revolutionary inventions — the beach mat and beach wheelchair — that reopened the magic of my native Florida beaches to me again.”

Persons: ”, Deming, “, Sylvia Longmire, ” Ms, Longmire Organizations: Vipamat, California Coastal Commission, Globe Locations: Florida, Ocean City, Md, France, California, Imperial, San Diego County, Laguna Beach, Orange County, Sanford, Fla

☆ Molecular fossils open window on 'lost world' of primordial life
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Will Dunham | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

The researchers discovered that the molecular fossils indicating the presence of these primitive eukaryotes were commonplace in rocks spanning from about 1.6 billion years ago to 800 million years ago. "It is a lost world in the sense that we had not been able to see or detect them - although there was an entire world of them. It is a lost world also because these forms are now entirely extinct, Brocks added. The oldest of the rocks bearing these fossils were unearthed in the remote Outback of northern Australia, near Darwin. Scientists long were puzzled about the seeming absence of molecular fossils from this time span indicative of primitive eukaryotes.

Persons: Jochen Brocks, geobiologist Jochen Brocks, Benjamin Nettersheim, Brocks, sapiens, Konrad Block, Will Dunham, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Australian National University, Handout, REUTERS, University of Bremen, Thomson Locations: Creek, Northern Australia, REUTERS WASHINGTON, Canberra, Germany, Australia, Darwin

☆ Muzz, a Muslim Dating App, Takes Its Matchmaking on the Road
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-03 | by ( Sadiba Hasan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

On a Thursday evening in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, about 250 Muslims gathered in a halal Italian restaurant for a singles dating event. Some of them shied away from cameras, citing privacy concerns, while others said they were afraid of appearing “desperate.”The event was hosted by Muzz, a Muslim dating app based in London, with eight million users worldwide, according to the company. Prayer mats were set up in an outdoor dining tent for Maghreb, the fourth of five daily prayers for Muslims. Inside the restaurant, tables and chairs were cleared to make space for the mingling guests, and platters of hummus, chicken kebab wraps and Mediterranean salad were being served. ‌Topics of conversation included halal Thai food in New York (“Top Thai — we should go check it out,” one person said to another) and the difficulty of meeting new people while working remotely.

Organizations: Muzz Locations: Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, London, Maghreb, New York

☆ The Italian beaches putting a daily cap on summer visitors
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Silvia Marchetti | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

“We can no longer afford thousands of daily sunbathers all squeezed in one spot as in the past, it’s unsustainable.”Four beaches are affected. Cala dei Gabbiani and Cala Biriala both now have a daily cap of 300 visitors in place, while Cala Goloritze has a limit of 250 visitors per day, and Cala Mariolu, the largest of the beaches, has a daily limit of 700 people. Visitors to Cala Goloritze, which is only accessible by foot or boat, will be charged an entrance fee of six euros (US$6.5.) The entrance fee for Cala Goloritze can either be paid online, or with cash at the entrance to the inlet. Beach towel banBeach towels will not be permitted at La Pelosa Beach in Stintino, Sardinia this summer, according to local authorities.

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The athleisure retailer said its net revenue rose by 24% to $2 billion between the first quarter of 2022 and the first quarter of 2023. The company performed particularly well with its international customers: sales rose 60% year-over-year outside of North America. Shares of Lululemon rose 13% in after-hours trading. The retailer raised its expectations for net revenue in 2023 to between $9.4 billion and $9.5 billion, representing 17% sales growth. Meanwhile, Home Depot reported steep sales and revenue declines after three years of robust growth

Persons: Lululemon, Calvin McDonald, Fitch Organizations: CNN, Abercrombie, Home Depot Locations: China, North America

☆ Wagner Group chief appears to escalate Kremlin feud by sitting in front of Ukraine's flag colors and praising the nation's fighting spirit
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Wagner Group's chief criticized Russia for concealing the truth about Ukraine's fighting abilities. In a video, Yevgeny Prigozhin appeared sitting in front of large mats in the colors of Ukraine's flag. The out-spoken mercenary group's leader has been publicly feuding with Russia's military leadership. In a video address, Yevgeny Prigozhin criticized the Russian establishment for not telling the country's citizens the truth about the "very difficult" situation in Ukraine. Behind him, large blue and yellow floor mats appear to be placed in a way that resembles Ukraine's flag.

Persons: Wagner Group's, Yevgeny Prigozhin, —, Russia's, Wagner, Anton Gerashchenko, Prigozhin, Gerashchenko, Beata Zawrzel, Vladimir Putin, Putin Organizations: Service, Ukrainian, Twitter, Getty Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Krakow, Poland

☆ After a ‘Kill Shot’ to the Eye, a Wrestler Restarts His Life
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( Jeré Longman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

After being stabilized in late September 2018, Rich was flown to Philadelphia, where he entered a rehab facility for nearly two months. During the pandemic, when Rich could not attend rehab indoors, Gina improvised at home. She and her husband also lugged foam mats to parks around Philadelphia so that Rich could continue to work with his physical therapist. “She’s really gone to war for me, which I’m so grateful for,” Rich Perry said. The family has grown more hopeful over the last eight months or so, Gina Perry said.

☆ I drove Nissan's electric Ariya SUV — it proves that 13 years after the Leaf, the automaker can compete with Tesla
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( Tim Levin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The basicsThe 2023 Nissan Ariya Empower+ Tim Levin/InsiderThe Ariya landed in the US earlier this year with a starting retail price of $43,190. The 2023 Nissan Ariya Empower+ Tim Levin/InsiderThere's no bulky tunnel running down the middle of the vehicle. The 2023 Nissan Ariya Empower+ Tim Levin/InsiderThe quirks don't stop there. The 2023 Nissan Ariya Empower+ Tim Levin/InsiderHands-free driving isn't available across the board, but Nissan doesn't skimp on standard safety features. The 2023 Nissan Ariya Empower+ Tim Levin/InsiderNissan says the Ariya can charge from 20%-80% in 40 minutes using a sufficiently powerful fast charger.

☆ A new law in Florida forces teachers who want to be in unions to pay dues through mail-in checks
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Being in a teacher's union in Florida just got harder. Ron DeSantis of Florida signed a bill into law Tuesday that will require teachers who want to be in unions to mail in written checks every month. The system would replace the current arrangement, widely used in unions across the US, in which teacher union dues get automatically deducted from their paychecks. The change will make it harder for unions to exist and pile red tape onto teachers, Florida Senate Democratic Leader Lauren Book said in a statement. On average, roughly 60% of teachers in Florida are paying dues toward their unions, shows a Florida Senate analysis.

☆ A new law in Florida forces teachers to pay union dues through mail-in checks
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Being in a teacher's union in Florida just got harder. The system would replace the current arrangement, widely used in unions across the US, in which teacher union dues get automatically deducted from their paychecks. On average, roughly 60% of teachers in Florida are paying dues toward their unions, shows a Florida Senate analysis. The signings represent a win for DeSantis, who has battled teacher's unions since the COVID pandemic and first proposed the change to union dues in December 2022. Florida comes in at 48th in the nation for average teacher salaries, according to the National Education Association, the state's largest teacher's union.

☆ Unhappy return: Sudan crisis forces South Sudanese refugees back to troubled home
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-08 | by ( Denis Elamu | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

"I would not have come back to South Sudan. Up to last month, more than 800,000 South Sudanese refugees lived in Sudan, refugees from decades of conflict. Since the fighting erupted in Khartoum, the UNHCR has registered more than 30,000 people crossing into South Sudan, more than 90% of them South Sudanese. South Sudan gained independence from Sudan in 2011 after two decades of north-south conflict. "People say there is no stability in South Sudan, so we decided to build houses in Sudan.

☆ A man is suing a Trump beach resort, blaming its 'scorching hot' pool decks and beach sand for a partial amputation of his foot
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-30 | by ( Sam Tabahriti | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A New Jersey man stayed with his family at Trump International Beach Resort in August 2022. He accused the resort of negligence for allowing the pool deck and beach sand to get "scorching hot." A New Jersey man is suing the Trump International Beach Resort in Miami over "dangerously hot" surfaces that he claims resulted in a partial amputation of his foot. The temperature was at least 95 degrees each day, the lawsuit said, and Lekas "generally" wore sandals to walk on the pool decks and beach sand. Lekas' attorney, Trump International Beach Resort, and Dezer Properties didn't immediately respond to requests for comment from Insider made outside normal working hours.

☆ A Russian navy ship that carries a mini-submarine photographed near the Nord Stream gas pipelines days before sabotage explosions, a report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-29 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Russian navy ship was photographed near the Nord Stream pipelines before they were blown up. It has previously been reported that various other Russian vessels had been photographed in the area, but this is the first time it has been confirmed that the specific Russian vessel SS-750 was sighted. A former Danish intelligence officer and now analyst Jacob Kaarsbo said that the information "sheds light on what was going on in the area in the days before". Gas leaks were reported in the pipelines running under the Baltic Sea from Russia to northern Germany, after the suspected sabotage. The Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines were not operational at the time of the attack due to disputes between Russia and the European Union.

☆ How Russia could spot Ukrainian F-16s before they even got off the ground, according to an air-warfare expert
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Those calls center on the US-made F-16, which proponents say will boost Ukraine's air force. But Russia would notice if Ukraine began modifying its airbases to support F-16s, one expert says. Despite being numerically and technologically outmatched by Russian aircraft and air-to-air missiles, Ukraine's air force has proven remarkably resilient and resourceful. But so far, Russia has chosen to not to use its limited stockpile of long-range missiles against Ukrainian airbases because Ukrainian airpower "doesn't pose a massive threat," Bronk said. US Air National Guard crews replace a part on an F-16 at Ukraine's Mirgorod Air Base in July 2011.

☆ Dortmund crush Frankfurt 4-0 to storm into the Bundesliga top spot
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

DORTMUND, Germany, April 22 (Reuters) - Borussia Dortmund cruised past Eintracht Frankfurt 4-0, with two goals coming from Donyell Malen, on Saturday to take over the lead in the Bundesliga from Bayern Munich with five matches left in the season. For Frankfurt, last year's Europa League winners, it was their eighth league game without a win and they dropped to ninth, out of contention for a European spot. Jude Bellingham opened Dortmund's account in the 19th minute after picking up the ball at the edge of the box, turning on the spot and firing in. Their second goal, five minutes later, was far easier, with keeper Gregor Kobel kicking the ball deep in to the Frankfurt half and Malen slotting in after the ball was headed on twice past a clueless Frankfurt backline. Mats Hummels made it 3-0 with a well-timed header from a Raphael Guerreiro cross before Karim Adeyemi's solo effort set up Dutch striker Malen for his second goal of the evening in the 66th.

☆ Those Seaweed Blobs Headed for Florida? See How Big They Are.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( Elena Shao | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +6 min

Scientists say they spotted more than 13 million tons of Sargassum, a yellowish-brown seaweed, drifting in the Atlantic Ocean last month — a record for the month of March. NORTH AMERICA March 2023 Atlantic Ocean The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt grew to an estimated 13.5 million metric tons of seaweed this spring. Tangles of the goopy, leafy seaweed have already begun to wash ashore beaches in southern Florida and Mexico. Floating mats of seaweed accumulate in the central Atlantic Ocean for much of the year. But during the spring and summer, patches of it are carried by ocean currents toward the Caribbean, eastern Florida and elsewhere along the Gulf Coast.

☆ Why sympathy for the Palestinians among Americans is shifting and at an all-time high
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-08 | by ( Isobel Van Hagen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Sympathy toward the Palestinians among US adults is at a new high of 31%, according to Gallup data. Social media is changing the way Americans perceive the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. The police used tear gas and fired stun grenades as young Palestinians threw firecrackers back, according to multiple reports. But while the cycles of violence in the long-running conflict between Israelis and Palestinians remain unchanged, the way Americans perceive the conflict is altering. Gallup Poll conducted between conducting the poll between Feb 1-23, 2023.

☆ Swedish prosecutor says may be difficult to determine who blew up Nord Stream pipelines
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

STOCKHOLM, April 6 (Reuters) - It will likely be difficult to determine who blew up the Nord Stream pipelines connecting Russia and Germany in the Baltic Sea last year, Sweden's prosecution authority, which is investigating the incident, said on Thursday. The Sept. 26 explosions at the pipelines connecting Russia and Germany occurred in the economic zones of Sweden and Denmark. The blast in the Swedish zone happened at a depth of 80 meters and the prosecutor said investigating it was complicated. While no conclusion has been drawn there have been a number of theories as to who blew up the pipelines and how. Germany has confirmed its investigators raided a ship in January that may have been used to transport the explosives used to blow up the pipelines.

CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico—Five months after leaving Venezuela, Orlando Maldonado was detained by Mexican immigration authorities near the Rio Grande, a few hundred feet from El Paso, Texas. Six hours later, he died in a fire inside a cell at a crowded detention center along with 38 other migrants, according to authorities and his relatives. The blaze started when a small group of migrants fearing that they would be deported set alight highly inflammable cell mats to protest being detained, Mexican authorities said. Private security guards and immigration officers abandoned the facility, leaving the migrants locked up as smoke filled the detention area, a surveillance video showed.

☆ Deadly Fire Spurs Scrutiny of Mexican Immigration Detention Centers
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-30 | by ( Juan Montes | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

CIUDAD JUÁREZ, México—The deaths of at least 39 migrants in a fire at a detention center in this border city across from El Paso, Texas, has increased scrutiny of the conditions at detention facilities run by Mexico’s immigration agency. Mexicans were appalled by a surveillance video showing migrants trapped in smoke-filled locked cells after some of the detainees set fire to mats in protest on Monday night. Two guards appeared to make no attempt to open cell doors to let the detained men out. The facility is used to hold migrants apprehended because of their illegal status in Mexico as they attempt to cross into the U.S.

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