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☆ The man who photographed a bloodied and defiant Trump says he 'knew it was a moment in American history that had to be documented'
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-14 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Evan Vucci is an AP photographer who documented the aftermath of an assassination attempt on Trump. Vucci said he understood the moment's significance immediately after shots rang out. He snapped several photos of the attempt, including a now-famous shot of a defiant Trump with his fist raised. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Evan Vucci, who has covered Trump for years, said he understood the incident's significance after hearing "several pops" over his left shoulder.

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☆ Japan is scrambling to explain why its naval destroyer pushed into Chinese waters where Beijing was conducting live-fire drills near Taiwan
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewJapan's defense ministry is investigating officers of a naval destroyer that entered Chinese territorial waters for about 20 minutes on July 4, according to local reports. Kyodo News reported on Thursday that the Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Suzutsuki was monitoring Chinese live-fire drills on the coast of China's Zhejiang province when it pushed into Chinese territory. Related storiesHowever, Kyodo News cited Chinese diplomatic officials saying that Beijing believes the Suzutsuki broke Chinese laws by failing to request entry. Tokyo has also often noted China's incursions into its own waters, Chong said. AdvertisementChinese naval ships have also entered Japanese waters before, including in February 2023, when a survey vessel encroached into Japan's territorial waters near Kagoshima prefecture.

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☆ Jon Stewart is angry the Democratic Party 'wasn't honest' about Biden and landed the US in a 'rock and a hard place' position
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Jon Stewart is upset that the Democratic Party failed to prepare for threats like Biden appearing weak. "I don't know if it was complacency, or deceit, or whatever it is," Stewart said. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementComedian Jon Stewart accused the Democratic Party of putting its voters between a "rock and a hard place" by failing to prepare them for any doubts about President Joe Biden's health before the 2024 election. "What do I do with my anger at a Democratic Party that honestly has put us in this rock and a hard place position?"

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☆ Jon Stewart says Biden is becoming 'Trumpian' by insisting only God can get him to drop out of the 2024 race
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read preview"The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart has criticized President Joe Biden's recent posture toward calls for the leader to step aside, saying the latter's defense is turning "Trumpian." This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Only God could tell me to get out of the race,'" Stewart continued. In recent weeks, Biden has come under scrutiny after a dismal showing in his first presidential debate of 2024 against Trump. AdvertisementRepresentatives for Biden's campaign and Stewart did not immediately respond to requests for comments sent outside regular business hours by Business Insider.

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☆ Ukraine's ambassador accused Russia of serving Chicken Kiev at a UN luncheon one day after bombing a children's hospital
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewSergiy Kyslytsya, the Ukrainian ambassador to the United Nations, accused Russia on Wednesday of serving Chicken Kiev at a luncheon after it attacked a children's hospital. He posted a photo of the menu for a Tuesday UN Security Council event hosted by Russia, which includes the item "Chicken Kiev served with Potato Paille." This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Related storiesNebenzia holds the president's chair for the Security Council in July as part of the UN's monthly rotation. According to the Associated Press, Nebenzia thanked Kyslytysa as part of his duty as rotating president of the security council.

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☆ Russia would need to spend 6% of its entire 2024 budget to pay wounded soldiers and families of dead troops, 2 researchers estimate
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

That's about 6% of Russia's total budget for 2024, which is 36.6 trillion rubles, or $414 billion. They arrived at a total of 400,000 wounded or dead, including 100,000 soldiers killed. AdvertisementThe cost of the one-time payments would be a "staggering amount," they wrote. Still, it's not clear if Russia has consistently been rolling out its one-time payments to its wounded or its deceased soldiers' next-of-kin. Russia plans to spend nearly a third of its total 2024 budget on defense, or about 10.8 trillion rubles, which is $122 billion.

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☆ A former OpenAI safety employee said he quit because the company's leaders were 'building the Titanic' and wanted 'newer, shinier' things to sell
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewA former safety employee at OpenAI said the company is following in the footsteps of White Star Line, the company that built the Titanic. Was the path that OpenAI was on more like the Apollo program or more like the Titanic?" Apollo vs TitanicAs Saunders spent more time at OpenAI, he felt leaders were making decisions more akin to "building the Titanic, prioritizing getting out newer, shinier products." OpenAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment sent outside regular business hours by Business Insider. Meanwhile, OpenAI cofounder and former chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, who led the firm's superalignment division, resigned later that month.

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☆ China is freaking out after discovering the 'open secret' that its cooking oil was ferried for years in chemical tanks that weren't cleaned
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewA new cooking oil scandal has erupted in China, about a decade after the country's infamous crackdown on restaurants reusing gutter oil and sewage grease. The furor follows a bombshell investigation published on July 2 by state media outlet Beijing News, which found multiple cases of tank trucks transporting edible cooking oil immediately after delivering chemicals used for coal-to-liquid processing. They recommend that oil companies only use tank trucks dedicated to edible substances, but the guideline is only encouraged and isn't mandatory. Related stories"Shouldn't a kerosene can be a kerosene can and a cooking oil can be a cooking oil can? Days after Beijing News' report, state media jumped in with scathing commentary.

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☆ An Iranian frigate was seen capsizing at port while next to merchant ships, in another black mark for the country's record of naval mishaps
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-08 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

An Iranian frigate capsized while undergoing repairs at Bandar Abbas, a coastal city in the Strait of Hormuz. State media reported that it took on water and lost balance due to a "technical failure." AdvertisementSeveral people were admitted to hospital after an Iranian warship capsized at the port city of Bandar Abbas on Sunday, Iran's state media reported. The Sahand, a domestically produced Moudge-class frigate, was undergoing repairs when it lost balance and partially sank, per the Mehr News Agency. The mishap was due to a "technical failure," Mehr reported.

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☆ As Europe teeters further to the far right, the UK is doing the opposite
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-05 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Sunak, who conceded defeat on Friday morning UK time, will likely be replaced by Labour Party leader Keir Starmer. Labour's rise, largely telegraphed by pre-election polls, makes the UK a clear outlier in this year's political shifts in Western Europe. Still, the far-right faction there, Vox, struggled to gain a foothold, with only 9.6% of the vote, down from 12.4% in 2019. Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage on July 3, 2024.

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☆ China-made military drones similar to the MQ-9 Reaper were disguised as wind turbines in shipments to Libya: Italian officials
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-05 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewItaly has seized parts for two combat drones disguised as wind turbines in containers en route from China to Libya, customs and maritime authorities said on Tuesday. AdvertisementFootage of Italian authorities intercepting components of two Chinese Wing Loong II UAVs disguised as wind turbines that were heading to Libya. AdvertisementItalian officials stand next to drone parts disguised as wind turbines. Guardia di FinanzaAs a long-endurance and remotely controlled weapons platform, the Wing Loong-2 is often compared to the US-made MQ-9 Reaper, though its maximum speed and altitude are inferior to the latter. AdvertisementThe UN report and a BBC investigation found that Wing Loong-2 drones were likely supplied by the United Arab Emirates, which has long been accused of backing Haftar.

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☆ White House staffers are being told to go heads down and 'execute, execute, execute' as Biden doubles down on his reelection bid: reports
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-04 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

As President Joe Biden faces calls to step aside, his chief of staff has tried to rally the team. In an all-staff call on Wednesday, he called on staffers to tune out the noise and focus on their work. Meanwhile, Biden has been scrambling to shore up support for his campaign, saying he plans to still run. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementWhite House staff have been told to hunker down and power through the tumult of saving President Joe Biden's 2024 campaign, according to multiple reports.

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☆ It took a messy school bus stabbing for China to finally do something about extreme nationalism on social media
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewIt's no secret that people on Chinese social media dislike Japan. A whirlwind of emotion and debate ensued on social media. As the two narratives intertwined, Chinese social media companies intervened in lockstep. AdvertisementThough China's social media is heavily moderated, anti-Japanese rhetoric has been one of several popular nationalistic sentiments allowed to flourish in recent years. But social media firms in the country react sensitively to what the state deems acceptable, often simultaneously issuing announcements about undesirable posts.

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☆ The US will pay for migrants' flights out of Panama to close a route used by over 700,000 people to reach the US-Mexico border
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-02 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementMigrants arrive at the Reception Center for Migrant Care in Lajas Blancas, in the jungle province of Darien, Panama, on June 28, 2024. AdvertisementMigrants walk by the jungle near Bajo Chiquito village, the first border control of the Darien Province in Panama, on September 22, 2023. Migrants line up to receive food at the Reception Center for Migrant Care in Lajas Blancas, in the jungle province of Darién, Panama, on June 27, 2024. Authorities already struggle to manage the Darién GapYet closing the Darién Gap is no small feat. AdvertisementMigrants walk by the jungle near Bajo Chiquito village, the first border control of the Darién Province in Panama, on September 22, 2023.

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☆ A Chinese firm's answer to SpaceX's Falcon 9 blew up in a giant fireball after it accidentally launched during a test
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-01 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewA Chinese space firm said on Sunday that it accidentally launched its Tianlong-3 rocket during a test, causing the vehicle to lift off and crash into a nearby mountainside. The Chinese Tianlong-3 Rocket Accidentally Launched During A Engine Test pic.twitter.com/EK54F4chYF — 𝕏 Ali Al Samahi 𝕏 (@alsamahi) June 30, 2024"The rocket body disintegrated after falling into the mountain," Tianbing's statement said. Related storiesDesigned to deliver satellites to orbit, it's a liquid-propellant rocket described by Tianbing as "comparable to Space X's Falcon 9." Tianbing, one of several Chinese private space rocket companies to gain prominence in recent years, in April 2023 launched another reusable rocket — the Tianlong-2 — fueled by coal-based kerosene. With nine engines, the Tianlong-3 is now being touted by Tianbing as a revolutionary rocket for China's space industry.

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☆ Biden was losing the debate in the moments when he wasn't even talking
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Matthew Loh | Shubhangi Goel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewThe first presidential debate of 2024 did not go well for President Joe Biden. Despite a few jabs at Trump, Biden spent much of the debate slurring through sentences and, at times, sounding incoherent. AdvertisementBut the shortcomings of Biden's performance — which Business Insider's politics reporters called a "complete disaster" — went beyond his speaking segments. 'It wasn't the president's finest hour'When it was Trump's turn to speak, Biden sometimes looked toward the ground as though drifting from the conversation. "I don't think Biden's base can put a positive spin on his first debate performance," Falzon said.

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☆ The Chinese internet is having a field day over Biden's bad debate performance
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewAs the first presidential debate of 2024 wrapped up on Thursday evening, China started dunking President Joe Biden for his oratory style. "In today's first TV debate, Trump won," wrote the popular blogger Housha Moonlight. Advertisement"I'm worried that Deng Deng will die suddenly during this debate," another poster wrote, referring to a nickname for Biden. Indeed, the debate on Thursday prompted hundreds of posts and comments remarking on the ages of both candidates.

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☆ US astronauts had to take shelter after a Russian satellite broke into over 100 pieces near the ISS
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

US astronauts took shelter on the ISS after a Russian satellite broke up nearby, NASA said. The satellite, RESURS-P1, was decommissioned in 2021 and recently created over 100 pieces of debris. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementUS astronauts on the International Space Station were told to take shelter for about an hour after a Russian satellite broke up nearby, according to authorities. That's about 1 a.m. for the astronauts, who follow UTC time on the ISS.

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☆ Houthi rebels say they've fired a new 'homemade hypersonic missile,' posting footage of its launch at a civilian ship
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewYemen's Houthi rebel group said on Wednesday that it targeted a Liberian-flagged ship in the Arabian Sea with a "homemade hypersonic missile," saying it unveiled the weapon for the first time. Houthis posted footage of the missileHouthi-linked channels posted footage of the purported launch, calling the missile the "Hatem-2" or "Hadim-2." AFP via Getty ImagesIs the 'Hatem-2' really a homemade hypersonic missile? Notably, Yemen's latest launch occurred as the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group left the region on Saturday after defending the area for about eight months. It is due to be replaced by the USS Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group.

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☆ A Boeing whistleblower says he saw holes being drilled incorrectly on 787 planes, adding to the chorus of people speaking up against the company
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Aditi Bharade | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewAnother Boeing whistleblower has come forward, saying that he witnessed 787 Dreamliner planes being built in a manner that could lead to a "catastrophe down the line." Richard Cuevas was a Strom airplane mechanic who used to work as a contractor for Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems. He said that in 2023, he witnessed substandard manufacturing of the 787 planes' forward pressure bulkheads, which help maintain air pressure. AdvertisementHowever, in March, a few months after he reported his findings to Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems, he was fired from his job, the complaint said. Cuevas' lawyers and representatives of Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems didn't immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider, made outside regular working hours.

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☆ Top Twitch streamer Kai Cenat got a therapist to help him beat a video game boss he was stuck on for over 60 hours
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewFrustrated with his performance against a video game boss, Twitch streamer and YouTuber Kai Cenat went viral on Tuesday evening for bringing a therapist to his livestream to help process his emotions. Cenat, 22, was well into his 60th hour of fighting the final boss of the "Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree" when Aubri Williams appeared in his streaming room. AdvertisementCalming down and steeling his mind under Williams' guidance, Cenat played the boss fight again for her to observe. Cenat would defeat Radahn about six hours and 40 deaths later, or 67 hours after his first encounter with the video game boss. AdvertisementWilliams and representatives for Cenat did not immediately respond to requests for comment sent by Business Insider outside regular business hours.

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☆ We live in a world where top Twitch streamer Kai Cenat got a therapist to help him beat a video game boss he was stuck on for over 60 hours
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewFrustrated with his performance against a video game boss, Twitch streamer and YouTuber Kai Cenat went viral on Tuesday evening for bringing a therapist to his livestream to help process his emotions. "I've been on the last boss for the past 60 hours of my life that I can't get back," Cenat lamented. Cenat would defeat Radahn about six hours and 40 deaths later, or 67 hours after his first encounter with the video game boss. AdvertisementWilliams and representatives for Cenat did not immediately respond to requests for comment sent by Business Insider outside regular business hours. Though its main title was launched in February 2022, Cenat was playing a recently released expansion, "Shadow of the Erdtree," when Williams appeared on his stream.

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☆ Chinese authorities used bubble wrap to secure a hand grenade kept by villagers for 20 years to smash nuts and hammer nails
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Chinese police said on Monday that they secured a grenade kept as a hammer by a villager in Hubei. A video published by police showed two men in T-shirts and hard hats putting the grenade in bubble wrap. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementPolice in China's Hubei province said on Monday that they had confiscated a hand grenade kept by a 90-year-old villager for 20 years as a hammer for everyday use. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

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☆ The 2 Koreas are poised for a summer of weird warfare, with poop balloons, blaring K-Pop songs, and floating $1 bills
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

According to South Korean news agency Yonhap, an estimated 2,000 garbage balloons have been sent over so far. The responding deluge of balloons from North Korea, some carrying manure and used toilet paper, seems to have emboldened the activists. AdvertisementWith the activists appearing to ignore that condition, North Korea's balloon launches resumed. Seoul's military chiefs told South Korean news agency Yonhap that the contents of the latest balloon-lifted bags weren't toxic. North Korea, for its part, has threatened in the past to destroy the speakers with military strikes.

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☆ China is greenlighting possible death penalties for 'diehard' supporters of Taiwan gaining independence
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

China officially says that supporting Taiwan's independence can be a crime. Punishments include prison sentences of more than 10 years and even the death penalty. It's the first time the country has so clearly outlined a set of legal guidelines aimed at Taiwan. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementChina on Friday outlined a list of behaviors that it defines as criminal acts related to supporting Taiwan's independence, saying punishments may go as far as the death penalty.

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