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Neumann noted the latest Europol data showed “the number of attacks and planned attacks has more than quadrupled” since 2022. The apparent uptick in the recruitment of young radicals to carry out acts of terror comes as European security officials express worries at a potential resurgence of organized – or “directed” - terror attacks. The group has built a remarkable presence in Turkey over the past three years, according to court documents and analysts. Swiss police in March arrested a 15-year-old Swiss boy and a 16-year-old Italian boy for ISIS support and plotting bomb attacks, according to a police statement. Yulia Morozova/ReutersThe extent of ISIS-K’s use of Turkey as a transit hub is acknowledged by officials in the Turkish indictment.

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☆ Elon Musk's Favorite Dating App Is Run by the Tokyo Government
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

Grace, a 29-year-old publicist in New York, has regularly used a slew of dating apps for more than four years, with little luck. Among millions, a consensus is forming: Dating apps suck so bad that they might even be deliberately keeping us from finding love. In Tokyo, the city government is even releasing its own dating app, part of a campaign called Tokyo Futari Story ("futari" means couple). Bouke de Vries, an associate professor of philosophy at Ghent University in Belgium who's studied dating apps, argues that state-run dating apps are at least in theory better positioned to help people find partners without spending too much money or time in the process. Last year, Japan's most popular dating app, the Match Group-owned Pairs, began collaborating with several prefectures and cities.

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☆ How stocks perform historically on presidential election years — and why this year is different
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Sean Conlon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

As for sectors, financials has seen the highest average annual returns in presidential election years at about 11%. Comerica data shows health care gains just under 6% during presidential election years. The sector has also lagged the S & P 500 in two of the last three presidential election years. What's different this time The biggest difference between 2024 and other presidential election years is the S & P 500's massive year-to-date gains. Tech, for example, is up 25% in 2024, outperforming its historical averages for a presidential election year.

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☆ I'm a New Yorker who visited Miami for the first time. The neighborhoods, social scene, and affordability surprised me most.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Joey Hadden | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

I'm a New Yorker who traveled to Miami for the first time in October 2021. Many things were surprising, namely that Miami seemed less expensive and more social than New York. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . You can opt-out at any time by visiting our Preferences page or by clicking "unsubscribe" at the bottom of the email. I was surprised by the many key similarities and differences between Miami and NYC, where I've lived for five years now.

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☆ Man accused of stabbing author Salman Rushdie is charged with federal terrorism-related counts
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Nicki Brown | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The man accused of stabbing author Salman Rushdie was charged with three federal terrorism-related counts, according to a grand jury indictment unsealed Wednesday. Hadi Matar is charged with committing an act of terrorism transcending national boundaries, attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization and providing material support to terrorists. Matar has already pleaded not guilty to state charges of second-degree attempted murder and second-degree assault in connection with the stabbing. Matar recently rejected a state plea deal that would have tied in a federal terrorism-related charge and reduced his state prison sentence. Matar will appear in federal court at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Buffalo, New York, according to court records.

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☆ Trump pollster is already warning his rattled team that Harris is going to jump ahead in the polls
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Alice Tecotzky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewBeware the "Harris Honeymoon," a Trump team pollster said in an internal memo. In the message, Tony Fabrizio cautioned that though Kamala Harris will likely see a bump in national polls in the upcoming week, nobody should panic because nothing major has changed for them. Pouring salt on the wound, Harris' campaign announced record fundraising numbers in its first 24 hours and is racking up key endorsements. Related storiesThough it's barely been 48 hours since Biden ended his reelection campaign, some pollsters have already started testing Harris against Trump. Harris' very womanhood may pose a challenge for Trump, who often crosses the line when criticizing women and may alienate female voters.

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☆ Americans Still Shop for Luxury Items in Physical Stores, Not Online
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Emily Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

It found that people generally have a strong preference for a brick-and-mortar experience when buying luxury items. Online luxury sales picked up during the pandemic but have since come back down to earth. The overarching theme is that many consumers haven't warmed up to shopping luxury — namely, ultra-luxe items and brands — online. AdvertisementWe try to treat luxury with the same e-commerce experience we use for paper towels, and that just doesn't work. For the most part, luxury brands prefer that customers would rather shop in-store.

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☆ Election Live Updates: Democratic Support for Harris Snowballs as She Starts Her Bid for President
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Peter Baker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +10 min

The tight timeline will magnify any missteps Ms. Harris might make but also minimize the chances for a stumble. And in a race that Mr. Trump had been on a trajectory to win, Ms. Harris immediately becomes the ultimate X-factor. She was making the argument for herself but the logic applies to Ms. Harris, too. Her day job is not nearly as demanding as Mr. Biden’s, and she can barnstorm the country at a pace far faster than Mr. Trump has undertaken. And while Ms. Harris did not carve out a reputation in California as an outspoken progressive — her tagline as D.A.

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☆ Millennials will inherit $90 trillion by 2034. 3 reasons they'll supercharge the ETF market, according to $4.3 trillion State Street.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Christine Ji | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Namely, millennials invest in exchange-traded funds more than any generation before them, according to State Street Global Advisors' 2024 ETF Impact Survey. AdvertisementOverall, State Street, which manages $4.3 trillion in assets, found that boomers are doomers when it comes to the overall economic outlook. State Street Global AdvisorsMillennials across the world are also more likely than any other generation to hold ETFs in their portfolios. AdvertisementETFs also offer easy liquidity, especially when compared to the mutual funds that are popular with older demographics. Investors can't trade mutual funds intraday because trades are executed once a day after the 4 p.m. market close.

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☆ Global IT outage leaves thousands stranded at airports amid chaos at hospitals, government agencies and 911 systems
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-20 | by ( Dalia Faheid | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

All flights were grounded for United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, American Airlines and Allegiant Airlines on Friday. Meanwhile, thousands of companies around the world are struggling with payment processing after the outage brought down systems across a wide range of businesses. Airlines, banks, TV channels and other businesses were disrupted worldwide on Friday following a major computer systems outage linked to an update on an antivirus program. In addition to hospitals, blood donation centers have experienced challenges and are altering blood shipment methods due to flight delays. The Social Security Administration closed its local offices to the public on Friday after the outage shut down numerous services.

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☆ Political assassinations are on the rise. It's a symptom of growing global instability.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

AdvertisementA wave of violence against political leadersAround the world, politics has been rocked by a wave of assassinations of political leaders, dissidents, and other high-profile figures. In the UK, political assassinations were once rare, but two members of parliament were assassinated in five years. Political violence is on the riseA 2018 protest in Turkey against the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi dissident. Bruce Hoffman, an expert on terrorism at the Council on Foreign Relations, told Business Insider that rising political violence is the outcome of increasing global instability. - Getty ImagesAnother factor behind the spike in assassinations is the increasing instability of the global political order.

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☆ US imposes visa restrictions on former IDF sergeant for human rights violation
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-17 | by ( Jennifer Hansler | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The Biden administration imposed visa restrictions on former Israel Defense Forces (IDF) sergeant Elor Azaria “for his involvement in a gross violation of human rights, namely an extrajudicial killing in the West Bank,” State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller announced Wednesday. The State Department is “also taking steps to impose visa restrictions on an additional group of individuals for having been involved in or meaningfully contributed to undermining the peace, security, or stability in the West Bank,” Miller said in a statement. “There hasn’t been appropriate accountability across the board” in response to the violence against Palestinians in the West Bank, Miller said at a press briefing Wednesday. A Palestinian, Abdel Fattah al-Sharif, 21, was one of two men accused of stabbing another Israeli soldier in the West Bank city of Hebron in March. At the State Department briefing Wednesday, Miller explained that the US is required to impose visa restrictions on officials found to have committed gross violations of human rights.

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☆ Here are Wednesday's biggest analyst calls: Rivian, Nvidia, Apple, Micron, Microsoft, Sweetgreen, Tesla, Netflix & more
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-17 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Here are Wednesday's biggest calls on Wall Street: Morgan Stanley reiterates Rivian as overweight Morgan Stanley raised its price target on Rivian to $17 per share from $13. UBS reiterates Apple as neutral UBS said it sees Apple results as "in-line" when the company reports on Aug. 1. UBS initiates Sweetgreen as buy UBS said the restaurant chain has "margin potential." Guggenheim reiterates Netflix as buy Guggenheim said it's sticking with its buy rating on Netflix heading into earnings Thursday. UBS reiterates Micron as buy UBS said it's sticking with its buy rating on shares of Micron.

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☆ Here's why international buyers are pulling way back from the U.S. housing market
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-17 | by ( Diana Olick | In Dianaolick | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

As a result, international buyers are pulling out. This comes as both the average ($780,300) and median ($475,000) purchase prices were the highest the NAR ever recorded for foreign buyers. "Therefore, it's not surprising to see a pullback in U.S. home sales from foreign buyers." International buyers tend to pull back during times of political uncertainty. It is unlikely sales from foreign buyers will improve in the coming year unless several factors, both economic and political, improve.

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CNN —Russian-American journalist Masha Gessen was sentenced to eight years in prison by a Moscow court Monday for criticizing the Russian military, becoming the latest target of a crackdown on critics of the Kremlin. Gessen was convicted in absentia on charges of disseminating “false information” about the Russian armed forces, according to the Moscow court statement. My statements are based on data collected during my journalistic work,” Gessen said, highlighting a series of interviews they conducted in Bucha, Irpin, Kyiv, and Kryvyi Rih in 2022, as well as their previous journalistic work in Chechnya. While the Russian military has conducted its invasion, the Kremlin has sought to stifle criticism of its strategy at home. “I am outside the Russian Federation, so the so-called court can ‘consider’ my case, ‘arrest,’ and ‘sentence’ me only in absentia.

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☆ Mongolia’s Paris 2024 team outfits: ‘They just won the Olympics’
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-16 | by ( Oscar Holland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

The internet has chosen its new favorite national uniform at the forthcoming Paris 2024 Olympics: Mongolia’s. Female athletes’ outfits come with ceremonial earrings and embroidered bags, while male flag-bearers will wear an archery hat, belt and traditional Mongolian boots. The outfits took an average of 20 hours each to craft, according to the Mongolian National Olympic Committee. The outfits took an average of 20 hours each to craft, according to the Mongolian National Olympic Committee. This year, the country is sending more than 30 athletes to the Paris Olympics, which kick off on July 26.

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Protests in Spain will spread if European officials fail to address mass tourism's negative effect on the lives of residents, UNESCO's Peter Debrine told "Squawk Box Asia" on Monday. He cited the banning of large cruise ships in Venice, Italy, in 2021 as an example. "Cruise ships are no longer going through the Grand Canal." Cruise ships now dock farther from Venice, which helps the structural and environmental integrity of the city. But travelers also play a role in curbing mass tourism, said Debrine.

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☆ Opinion: I’m a daughter of Holocaust survivors. These German students and I are learning about the power of listening
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-13 | by ( Opinion Elizabeth Rosner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Sometime in late April, the Jewish cemetery in upstate New York where both of my parents are buried was vandalized. For now, the perpetrators remain unknown, though their motivation seems obvious to everyone in the Jewish community, near and far. Elizabeth Rosner Tora SmartRecently, CNN reported that nearly 180 gravestones at two Jewish cemeteries in Cincinnati were vandalized. Having been immersed in my highly autobiographical pages for two semesters, the students ask me questions that are respectful yet probingly intimate. For now, I sit with the German translation students in silence.

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The NATO official said they had observed “an unprecedented escalation and spread of Russia’s hybrid warfare” over the past six months, which included “physical sabotage” on the supply line of NATO weapons intended for Ukraine. “It is everything from point of production and origin, to storage, to those who are making decisions, to the actual delivery,” the senior NATO official said. Recent high-profile arrests have revealed the ad-hoc, clumsy nature of how the Kremlin’s intelligence operations have evolved since the start of the war in Ukraine. Russia is big enough to have resources to fight a war against Ukraine and also maintain its security operations against European countries… against us. There are people who take part in the war against Ukraine, and then they are rotated to some other region or area.

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☆ Greece defends new six-day working week legislation, says it's an 'exceptional measure'
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Sophie Kiderlin | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The Greek government has defended its new six-day working week policy, saying it is an "exceptional measure" that would only be applied in "specific circumstances." "It is important to note that this new regulation does not in any way affect the established 5-day/40-hour working week mandated by Greek law, nor does it establish a new 6-day working week," Greek Minister of Labour and Social Security Niki Kerameus told CNBC in emailed comments late last week. "All it does is provide only in limited circumstances for the option of an additional working day, as an exceptional measure." Especially for businesses that are not operational every day, "the additional working day option is permissible only in the case of an increased workload," Kerameus explained. "Most countries in Europe have similar provisions for exceptional additional working days.

Persons: Niki Kerameus, Kerameus Organizations: Labour, Social, CNBC, Organization for Economic Cooperation, Development, European Union Locations: Athens, Greece, U.S, EU, Europe

☆ It's official: McDonald's should stick to unhealthy food
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-08 | by ( Emily Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

At The Wall Street Journal's Global Food Forum in June, Joe Erlinger, the president of McDonald's US, detailed the company's missteps in meatless burgers and salads. Over the years, McDonald's has been able to fold in some noncore items — namely, coffee and chicken. It's not just consumer demand that's keeping McDonald's menu limited to the more-traditional, less-than-body-boosting items — it's its franchisees, too. And no one goes to McDonald's looking for greens. And no one goes to McDonald's looking for greens.

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☆ Hollywood theater owners are worried a Paramount-Skydance merger will usher in too much consolidation
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-08 | by ( Sarah Whitten | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

More consolidation, more problems — that's the latest fear gripping the theatrical industry. After a monthslong negotiation process, Paramount and Skydance have struck a merger agreement. Namely, that continued consolidation in the industry will exacerbate production woes that have led to fewer film releases in recent years. Skydance founder David Ellison during an investor call Monday touted that Paramount and Skydance have produced 30 feature films together. However, each company has other producing partners, and it is unclear how this merger could affect production going forward.

Persons: —, Michael O'Leary, David Ellison, Shawn Robbins, Paul Dergarabedian Organizations: Paramount, National Association of Theatre Owners, NATO, Disney, Century Fox

☆ See who was crowned 'Miss AI' in the first-ever beauty pageant for AI influencers.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-08 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Online platform Fanvue sponsored a "Miss AI" pageant, and a winner has been crowned. Fanvue is the only platform of its kind to allow AI-generated content from creators. The top three Fanvue World AI Creator Awards prizes are worth a combined $20,000. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementFanvue held its first "Miss AI" contest, where its finalists aren't human but, instead, artificial intelligence personas from around the world.

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☆ So far, no Black lawmakers on Capitol Hill have called on Biden to step aside as the Democratic nominee. Why it matters.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-08 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewOn Sunday, President Joe Biden once again found himself in Philadelphia, a city that has played a crucial role in his political life. AdvertisementOn Sunday, Rep. Joyce Beatty of Ohio told CNN's Eva McKend that Democratic lawmakers shouldn't turn against Biden. A huge "what if" for Biden is if a high-ranking Black lawmaker calls on him to exit the race. But will it help him with Black voters in the coming weeks and months? That November, Biden won 92% of the Black vote, compared to Trump's 8% support, according to the Pew Research Center.

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