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With his prime-time vow to send more weapons to both Ukraine and Israel, President Biden sought to make clear on Thursday that the United States was not prioritizing one war over the other. But hours earlier, a Defense Department official said that tens of thousands of 155-millimeter artillery shells promised to Ukraine would be diverted to Israel. Here are three key weapons systems that Israel and Ukraine may need from the United States. Artillery ammunitionPerhaps more than any other weapons, the NATO-standard 155-millimeter shells will be in high demand, as both Israel and Ukraine use them against targets within a few dozen miles. In January, the Pentagon said it would tap into an American stockpile in Israel and ship hundreds of thousands of 155-millimeter shells to Ukraine.

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☆ Microsoft CEO unravels ChatGPT, ethical AI, and going bust
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Ben Bauer | Robert Leslie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Look of the Week: Julia Fox outdoes herself in a dry-cleaning bag
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Jacqui Palumbo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Julia Fox’s press tour for her tell-all memoir “Down the Drain” has been in full swing this month, which means ample opportunity for the actor, model and newly christened author to go full on, well, Julia Fox. But on Tuesday, Fox stepped out in London in a look that can’t be overlooked: a literal plastic dry-cleaning bag, held up by a loop around her neck like a halter dress. Fox paired the garment bag with what appears to be elastic-waist shorts, J.Lo-worthy stiletto knee-high boots and a structured purse, all in cream. Julia Fox does dry-cleancore. Whatever the reasoning behind Fox’s latest head-turning moment, it fits the old adage that a model could still look good in a brown paper bag.

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☆ Blame game follows Gaza hospital disaster
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Ben Bauer | Robert Leslie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Israeli and Palestinian authorities blamed each other for the blast at a hospital in Gaza that killed hundreds. The disaster also upended Joe Biden's diplomatic mission aiming to calm hostilities in the region.

Persons: Joe Biden's Locations: Gaza

300,000 Israeli reserve troops are being drafted in the fight against Hamas, which could see a ground offensive in Gaza, an urban zone with 2 million inhabitants.

Organizations: Hamas Locations: Gaza

☆ The Trump 'haircut': yes, Deutsche Bank really used this term in reducing what Trump said he was worth
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

On Wednesday, state officials called former Deutsche Bank banker Nicholas Haigh to the stand. He described the so-called Trump "haircut": routinely applied reductions to Trump's stated worth. AdvertisementAdvertisementThey called it the Trump "haircut." An excerpt from Deutsche Bank's internal records, showing the difference in what Trump's self-reported net-worth and his "haircut" worth. The attorney general countered that in lending to Trump, Deutsche Bank relied on both Trump's adjusted, worst-case, "haircut" worth and his self-reported worth.

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☆ Biden interviewed by the special counsel in his classified documents investigation
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Zoë Richards | Molly Roecker | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

U.S. President Joe Biden takes questions from reporters on classified documents as he delivers remarks on the economy and inflation in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on January 12, 2023 in Washington, DC. President Joe Biden was interviewed as part of the investigation into his handling of classified documents being led by special counsel Robert Hur, the White House said. In a statement Monday night, White House spokesman Ian Sams said the voluntary interview was conducted over two days, Sunday and Monday. The White House said in January that documents with classified markings were uncovered at Biden's Delaware home and at a Washington office he used after he was vice president. Biden's classified documents case has unfolded as his predecessor, former President Donald Trump, faces charges that he mishandled documents, including allegations that he told a property manager at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida to delete security video.

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☆ Hamas assault on Israel shows surprise still possible in AI era: Peter Apps
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +9 min

The failure of those systems to deliver advanced warning of Saturday's Hamas attack, however, represents a failure of intelligence likely to be studied and discussed for years. “There will have been warning signs,” one former Western intelligence official said on condition of anonymity. In concealing their attack, Hamas will have been helped by conditions of Gaza Strip, where Hamas seized power in 2007 and some 2.3 million people are hemmed in behind a 51-km border. Israel may still fear the Hamas assault from Gaza is a precursor to that. Since the Hamas attack, Russia has reasserted its support for an independent Palestinian state and called for a ceasefire while Israeli officials have criticised China directly for failing to condemn Hamas.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans in Wisconsin are threatening to impeach a recently elected state Supreme Court justice and raised the possibility of doing the same to the state’s election director. A Georgia Republican called for impeaching the Fulton County prosecutor who brought racketeering charges against former President Donald Trump. None of the targets met the bar traditionally set for impeachment — credible allegations of committing a crime while in office. Over the past two years, Republicans also have sought to pry Democrats and nonpartisan executives from office through recalls, legislative maneuvers and forced removals, even when no allegations of wrongdoing have surfaced. They’re upset with her over a legal settlement as voting began in 2020 that eased some rules for mailed ballots during the COVID-19 pandemic beyond what state law permitted.

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☆ Analysis: Putin banks on wavering support for Ukraine, amid a race against time
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-08 | by ( Nathan Hodge | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Last week, President Joe Biden signed into law a stopgap bill to avert a government shutdown, but funding for Ukraine was a casualty of the brinksmanship on Capitol Hill. The Biden administration emphasizes that that the American public’s support for Ukraine remains strong. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky walks down the White House colonnade to the Oval Office with President Joe Biden during a visit to the White House in Washington, DC, on September 21. In his remarks at Valdai, he clearly implied that Russia intends to outlast the West over Ukraine. Paraphrasing Putin, Mylovanov said that the Kremlin believes that “Ukraine will have one week left to LIVE once Western supplies are over.

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More than 50 people died while attending a funeral in eastern Ukraine. Investigators say Russia targeted the civilian gathering with an Iskander ballistic missile.

Organizations: Investigators Locations: Ukraine, Russia

☆ Opinion: Washington’s turmoil plays right into Putin’s hands
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Sheena Mckenzie | Opinion Frida Ghitis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

In the meantime, a top NATO official warned that the arsenal for supporting Ukraine is running low. Europeans, contrary to the claims of demagogues running for president, are spending heavily to support Ukraine. Their meeting erupted in a round of applause for the Russian president, with delegates shouting “Putin! He voted against four of five bills supporting Ukraine as it sought to defend itself from a Russian invasion, which is now in its 20th month. Asked if Ukraine would be able to fight without US military support, 37-year-old Olha said, “Of course, we will fight — but it will be many times bloodier.”

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Rob Bauer of the Netherlands, the chair of the NATO Military Committee and NATO’s most senior military official, said of the West’s ammunition stockpile Tuesday during a discussion at the Warsaw Security Forum. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty/Serhii Nuzhnenko/Reuters“We give away weapons systems to Ukraine, which is great, and ammunition, but not from full warehouses. “We have to keep Ukraine in the fight tonight and tomorrow and the day after and the day after,” Heappey said. That means, “continuing to give, day in day out, and rebuilding our own stockpiles,” he added. US military aid to Ukraine has amounted to a staggering $46.6 billion from the war’s start through July 31, according to the Council on Foreign Relations.

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☆ Ukraine's unending demand for artillery shells to fight Russia is tapping out critical Western ammo stockpiles, which officials say are almost empty
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The artillery-intensive war in Ukraine is drying up Western ammunition stockpiles. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementAdvertisementNATO's most senior military official warned that the West's ammunition warehouses providing help to Ukraine in its war against Russia are almost empty. He added that that includes "continuing to give, day in, day out, and rebuilding our own stockpiles." But with the future of Western assistance uncertain, Ukraine is now trying to solve the problem itself.

Persons: —, Rob Bauer, Bauer, James Heappey, Heappey, Michael Kofman, Rob Lee, Volodymyr Zelenskyy Organizations: NATO, Service, Warsaw Security, Guardian, CNN, Pentagon, US, Foreign Policy Research, Politico Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Netherlands, Europe

Some childcare operators told Insider the end of pandemic-era funding could make the problem worse. To keep the doors open at her Southampton Township, New Jersey, childcare center, she needs to find new clients or new funding. Jackson is just one of many providers across the US entering a period of uncertainty after a pandemic-era infusion of federal childcare funding ran out at the end of last month. That funding expired on Saturday, along with $13.5 billion in childcare funding from other pandemic-era legislation. She added: "What we're likely to see is childcare providers doing everything they can to continue to operate.

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The Ukrainian army is testing new Western weapons. The NATO secretary-general arrived in Kyiv to talk about new military contracts.

Organizations: NATO Locations: Ukrainian, Kyiv

Striding along the training area in his fatigues, Army Gen. Mark Milley bellowed at the Ukrainian troops gathered around him. But as he leaves office at the end of the month, his work to support Ukraine will be just one part of a complicated and fractious legacy. to World War II. He often quotes one World War II veteran at the Normandy American Cemetery who begged him to make sure a war like that never happens again. I’ve buried a lot of soldiers, and my dad and mom fought in World War II,” he said.

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NASA has successfully returned a 250-gram sample of dirt from a near-Earth asteroid called Bennu. Scientists around the world will study the rock particles to see if they contain clues to the origins of life on our planet.

Organizations: NASA

The sea in eastern Thailand has been affected by a plankton bloom that has resulted in massive wildlife deaths.

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The lawyers want a judge to approve $229 million in fees, or $10,690 an hour, according to a Sept. 8 filing in Delaware's Court of Chancery. The legal fee and the settlement must be approved by a Delaware judge at a hearing scheduled for October. The Telsa directors have not objected to the fee request but are expected to do so, according to a court filing by the plaintiffs' lawyers. In 2012, the Delaware Supreme Court affirmed a $304 million fee in a Southern Copper shareholder lawsuit involving $2 billion of damages. The Delaware Court of Chancery judge overseeing the Tesla case, Kathaleen McCormick, has scheduled a hearing on Oct. 13 to approve the settlement and the fee.

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☆ Zelenskyy calls out Russian 'genocide' in Ukraine, demands action at UN
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Ben Bauer | Robert Leslie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia of genocide in his first UN General Assembly since the start of the war.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskyy Organizations: UN, Assembly Locations: Russia

The US and Iran swapped prisoners after two years of high-stakes negotiations. The deal included the US unfreezing $6 billion in Iranian oil funds and dismissing federal charges against five Iranians.

Organizations: US Locations: Iran

☆ What's next for the war in Ukraine?
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Ben Bauer | Robert Leslie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Ukraine's army is making slow and bloody progress in its push to retake territory occupied by Russia. Minefields, weapons, morale, politics, and the weather will all play a part in the conflict in the months to come.

Locations: Russia

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin urged allied defense leaders Tuesday to “dig deep" and provide more air defense systems for Ukraine, to help the country block increasing barrages of Russian missiles. “Air defense is saving lives,” Austin said as he opened the meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at Ramstein air base in Germany. “So I urge this group to continue to dig deep on ground-based air defense for Ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other Ukrainian leaders have repeatedly pushed for the longer-distance weapons. The Ramstein meeting also marks Milley's final session as U.S. joint chiefs chairman.

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