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☆ A mysterious 40,000-year-old hip bone suggests human ancestors and Neanderthals shared a cave — and perhaps a culture
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The bone could mean modern humans shared the cave with Neanderthals. The early human bone was found in a cave at the center of a debate about Neanderthal culture. Maureille is an author of the study about the hip bone, and an archaeologist from the University of Bordeaux. This raises a controversial hypothesis: that modern humans and Neanderthals shared the mysterious Châtelperronien culture, which has long baffled scientists. Research there suggests modern humans shared a cave with Neanderthals and Denisovans about 45,000 years ago.

Persons: Bruno Maureille, Will Oliver, Maureille Organizations: Service, University of Bordeaux, Sci Locations: Wall, Silicon, Arcy, France, London, Europe, Spain, Renne, Siberia

Islamabad, Pakistan CNN —Battling anxiety and nausea, they huddled together in the ruptured cable car, gripped by fear as they dangled precariously hundreds of feet in the air. A soldier slings down from a helicopter during a rescue mission to recover students stuck in a cable car in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan on August 22. As they waited to be rescued, two of the students in the cable car were slipping in and out of consciousness, one of the passengers told Pakistani outlet Geo News. Battagram district, where the cable car is located, is deeply impoverished and lacks infrastructure and development. Last December, 12 children were rescued from another cable car in eastern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Persons: Tanveer Ur Rehman, “, Anwaar ul Haq Kakar Organizations: Pakistan CNN, AFP, Geo, Battagram, Twitter, Cable Locations: Islamabad, Pakistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Batangi, Battagram, Battagram district

☆ Pakistani rescuers try to free 6 kids and 2 men in a cable car dangling hundreds of feet in the air
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

A cable car carrying six children and two adults dangled hundreds of meters (feet) above the ground in a remote part of Pakistan after it broke on Tuesday, trapping the occupants for hours before rescuers arrived in helicopters to try to free them. Army commandos could be seen on local TV trying to lower themselves on ropes from the choppers toward the cable car. An expert warned the rescue was incredibly delicate because the wind created by the helicopters' blades could further weaken cables holding the car aloft. "Let us pray that those trapped in the cable car are safely rescued," Sultan said. In 2017, 10 people were killed when a cable car fell into a ravine hundreds of meters (feet) deep in the popular mountain resort of Murree after its cable broke.

Persons: Taimoor Khan, Haq Kakar, Tipu Sultan, Khan, Sultan Organizations: Army, Helicopters, Twitter Locations: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, Battagram district, Murree

☆ Column: China's shrewd grab for green energy recycling dominance
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Gavin Maguire | Thomson Reuters | Gavin Maguire Is The Global Energy Transition Columnist. He Was Previously Asia Commodities | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Wind turbines and solar panels are seen at a wind and solar energy storage and transmission power station from State Grid Corporation of China, in Zhangjiakou of Hebei province, China, March 18, 2016. GLOBAL REACH WITH BACKHAUL POTENTIALChina's recyclers also have strong international supply lines thanks to the country's vast export-oriented manufacturing sector and resulting dominance in global shipping container trade. ECO-FRIENDLY ECOSYSTEMSChina's plan to develop a large scale recycling sector for the renewables industry is in keeping with the country's practice of developing interdependent ecosystems around key industries. The country aims to develop similar strongholds in auto and electronics manufacturing, and may now extend that framework to the renewables energy sector, which Beijing has identified as a key industry for the remainder of this century. For recycling firms based elsewhere that had been planning to scale up their handling of older green energy equipment, the prospect of a government-backed competitor in China may be a cause for concern.

Persons: Jason Lee, recyclers, China's, Gavin Maguire, Jamie Freed Organizations: Grid Corporation of, REUTERS, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Grid Corporation of China, Zhangjiakou, Hebei province, China, LITTLETON , Colorado, United States, Asia, Beijing

Many opponents of renewable energy, she added, “are worried about the impacts to their very way of life.”Roadside opposition to renewable energy projects near Baldwin City, Kan. “We see offshore wind as a critical technology,” said Dan Burgess, the director of the Maine Governor’s Energy Office. Across the country, clean energy projects of all types are tied up in lengthy permitting processes. By then, India had not completed any offshore wind projects. Since 2000, the United States has barely built any major transmission lines that connect different regions of the country.

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☆ Siemens Gamesa has fix for onshore wind turbine problem
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

FRANKFURT, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Siemens Energy (ENR1n.DE) has fixed quality issues at onshore wind turbines it is currently selling to customers, the CEO of the group's wind division Siemens Gamesa said on Friday, adding the group had made progress with its turnaround. Of those charges, 1.6 billion euros are earmarked for quality issues around rotor blades and gears for its latest onshore turbine models, the 4.X and 5.X, of which roughly 2,900 are in the field. "In other words, the identified problems have been addressed and it is now a matter of rectifying them in the respective wind turbines that are already in the field." Eickholt pointed out that Siemens Gamesa had raised prices, reduced damage liabilities and become more selective over new projects to raise profitability. While conceding the group's "current situation is self-inflicted", he said market conditions were unfavourable for wind turbine makers, many of which have been struggling with losses in the wake of rising inflation.

Persons: Siemens Gamesa, Jochen Eickholt, Eickholt, Christoph Steitz, Friederike Heine, Mark Potter Organizations: FRANKFURT, Siemens Energy, Siemens, Siemens AG, Thomson

☆ The 117-year-old steel maker that's key to solving climate tech's recycling issue
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Ian Thomas | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

One of the first questions Tamara Lundgren often heard when she introduced herself as the CEO of Schnitzer Steel is, "What kind of steel do you make?'" Founded in 1906 by Russian immigrant Sam Schnitzer, the company started as a one-person scrap metal recycler. "The name Schnitzer Steel just no longer really reflects our work," said Lundgren, who joined the company in 2005 and was elevated to CEO in 2008. "In today's environment, the importance of recycling and the importance of recycling metals has reached a level that didn't exist 10 years ago," Lundgren said. "I'm glad we were getting that attention, but fundamentally what drove it was all of our recycling activity," Lundgren said.

Persons: Tamara Lundgren, Sam Schnitzer, Lundgren, – it's, it's, Schnitzer Steel Organizations: Schnitzer, CNBC, Corporate Knights, Nasdaq Locations: North America, Davos

☆ Siemens Energy books $2.4 billion in charges for wind turbine issues
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Christoph Steitz | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/2] The logo of energy technology company Siemens Energy is displayed during the LNG 2023 energy trade show in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, July 12, 2023. The charges will inflate Siemens Energy's net loss more than six-fold in 2023 to 4.5 billion euros, the company said, as it published third-quarter results showing a record order backlog due to strong demand. Siemens Energy shares reversed an opening fall of as much as 7% to stand 1.5% higher on the day by 0725 GMT. "Our third-quarter results demonstrate the challenges in turning around Siemens Gamesa," Siemens Energy CEO Christian Bruch said, adding that the group's remaining units, including gas turbines and power converter stations, performed well. While in line with Siemens Energy's own estimate of more than 1 billion euros, Monday's cost tally for the issues is below the most pessimistic market estimate of more than 5 billion euros issued by UBS.

Persons: Chris Helgren, Christian Bruch, Alix, Christoph Steitz, Barbara Lewis, Stephen Coates, Kirsten Donovan Organizations: Siemens Energy, REUTERS, UBS, Siemens, Siemens Gamesa, Alix Partners, Thomson Locations: Vancouver , British Columbia, Canada, FRANKFURT

☆ Fact Check-Charlie Hebdo did not mock Ukrainian fencer Kharlan on Aug. 2 cover
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A fake cover of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo featuring a fencing bout between Ukrainian fencer Olga Kharlan and Russian Anna Smirnova is circulating online. The cartoon cover portrays a disfigured and unsightly depiction of Kharlan refusing to shake hands with her opponent after an individual sabre bout. The magazine’s online archive also does not include any cover featuring the Ukrainian fencer (abo.charliehebdo.fr/). A representative for Charlie Hebdo did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Charlie Hebdo did not release a cover depicting the Ukraine-Russia fencing bout.

Persons: Charlie Hebdo, Olga Kharlan, Russian Anna Smirnova, Kharlan, fierte, ”, Gerald Darmanin, Smirnova, Read Organizations: Twitter, Facebook, French, International Fencing Federation, Reuters Locations: Russian, Milan, Ukraine, Russia

☆ Midge, the pregnant doll mocked in 'Barbie,' may have failed in the 1960s because she was friendlier and 'much more girl-next-doorish' than Barbie, Ruth Handler once said
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Mattel's Midge doll may have failed in the 1960s because she was "less glamorous" than Barbie, Ruth Handler once said. A pregnant version of the doll, referenced in Greta Gerwig's movie, was pulled from Walmart in 2002. A TV advert said that Barbie, Midge, and Ken "go everywhere together," including sunbathing on the beach, playing tennis, and attending school. Mattel released a pregnant version of Midge in 2002. Walmart pulled the sets, with a spokesperson telling CNN at the time that customers "were not happy" with the pregnant doll.

Persons: Midge, Barbie, Ruth Handler, Handler, Greta Gerwig's, Emerald Fennell, Ken, Allan, Michael Cera, didn't, Barbie's, Alan, Mattel, Lawrence Lucier, Ryan –, Ryan, – Organizations: Walmart, Service, Mattel, PJ, University of Southern, CNN Locations: Wall, Silicon, University of Southern California

☆ Marseille sign Senegal's Ndiaye from Sheffield United
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Aug 1 (Reuters) - Senegal midfielder Iliman Ndiaye has joined his boyhood club Olympique de Marseille from newly-promoted Premier League side Sheffield United, the two clubs announced on Tuesday. Since joining United in 2019 he has played 88 games, scoring 22 goals. Ndiaye was a major cog in last season's promotion campaign in which he made 52 appearances in all competitions, scoring 15 goals and providing 13 assists. The French-born Ndiaye began his career in Marseille's youth ranks in the 2011-2012 season. Ndiaye, who has seven caps, went to the Qatar 2022 World Cup where Senegal lost to England in the last 16.

Persons: Iliman Ndiaye, Ndiaye, United, Angelica Medina, Ken Ferris Organizations: Olympique de Marseille, League, Sheffield United, United, Blades, Ligue, England, Thomson Locations: Senegal, Qatar, Mexico City

☆ Mattel's Barbie is a hit. Retailers and restaurants want in
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-29 | by ( Danielle Wiener-Bronner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Around that time, it started planning Barbie parties: Celebrations with themed cocktails, pink food and plenty of opportunities to show off Barbiecore outfits in the Instagram-friendly venue, including life-size hot pink Barbie and Ken boxes. By marketing Barbie products to adults, large retailers may be able to get them to buy similar products for kids. With Barbie products that appeal to grown-ups, marketers are “getting that interactivity between adults and children, that bonding,” which can also be used as a selling point. The clothing retailer offers a Barbie line that includes Gap and Barbie branded t-shirts, jackets and more, for both kids and adults. Nordhielm pointed to Cold Stone Creamery’s Barbie pink cotton candy ice cream as a standout.

Persons: Barbie ”, “ Barbie ”, Moshe Isaacian, Isaacian, Richard Drew, “, ”, Tim Calkins, Barbie, Ken, Leana Chavez, cabana, Lauren McCord, Christie Nordhielm, Richard Dickson, Richard B, Levine, Levine Roberts, “ Barbie, Oppenheimer, David Canales, David Reibstein, University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton, we’re, Mike Blake, ” Reibstein, “ it’s, Northwestern’s Calkins, Mattel, Chrissy Teigen Organizations: New, New York CNN, Twitter, Mattel, Warner Bros, CNN, Warner Bros ., Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, Wunder, Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, Press, University of Pennsylvania’s, Reuters, Creamery Locations: New York, Wunder Garten, Washington , DC, Zara, Gran Via, Madrid, Malibu, Malibu , California

☆ China is installing offshore wind turbines as tall as 30 Rock in the Taiwan Strait
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-29 | by ( Rebecca Harrington | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

China recently switched on a 16-megawatt offshore wind turbine in the Taiwan Strait. It's the largest, most powerful turbine in the world, at 499 feet tall with 404-foot blades. That dwarfs the size and capacity of American and European wind turbines currently in use. For comparison, the Block Island Wind Farm off the coast of Rhode Island has five wind turbines capable of generating 30 megawatts of electricity combined, which the company behind it says can power 17,000 homes. Workers install the world's first 16-megawatt offshore wind turbine at an offshore wind farm operated by China Three Gorges Corporation on June 28, 2023 in Pingtan Comprehensive Experimental Zone, Fujian Province of China.

Persons: IFLScience, Lyu, GREG BAKER, it's, China doesn't Organizations: Service, Privacy, Gorges Corporation, Workers, China Three Gorges Corporation, China News Service, Getty, GE Locations: China, Taiwan Strait, Rhode, Fujian Province, New York City, Pingtan, Taiwan, China's, Fujian, AFP

☆ These are the states in America that are the least prepared for extreme weather
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Scott Cohn | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +11 min

Some states are in good shape to handle whatever the climate throws at them, but these are the states most at risk. 2023 Infrastructure score: 228 out of 390 points (Top States grade: B) Climate Extremes Index: 21.16% Properties at risk: 45.2% Renewable energy: 10.6%9. 2023 Infrastructure score: 165 out of 390 points (Top States grade: D) Climate Extremes Index: 8.7% Properties at risk: 2.8% Renewable energy: 12%8. Connecticut is home to the nation's first "green bank," which uses public dollars to leverage private investment in renewable energy. 2023 Infrastructure score: 227 out of 390 points (Top States grade: B) Climate Extremes Index: 21.16% Properties at risk: 61% Renewable energy: 12.5%1.

Persons: Jeremy Porter, York Snow, Joed Viera, Kelly Giddens, Daniel Hinton, Jessica Mcgowan, wades, Tim Boyle, Tony Evers, Scott Olson, Josh Edelson, Gavin Newsom, —, Marcellus, Tom Wolf, Josh Shapiro, Ida, Brendan McDermid, Hurricane Ida, Richard Bunting, Alex Hamilton, Hurricane Irene, Mark Wilson, Joe Biden's, Ted Shaffrey, Hurricane Nicole, Paul Hennessy, Marco Bello Organizations: Street Foundation, CNBC, Business, First, Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, U.S, Department of Energy, Afp, Getty, National Weather Service, Micron Technology, Alabama, University of Alabama, Illinois —, Badger State, Gov, Carolina, Carolinas, AFP, EQT Corp, Bloomberg, Reuters, Garden, State, Anadolu Agency, Sunshine State, Farmers Insurance, AAA Locations: States, York, Buffalo , New York, Empire, New York, Syracuse, Alabama TUSCALOOSA, AL, Cedar, Tuscaloosa , Alabama, Texas, Oklahoma, Alabama, Gulf, Wisconsin, Prairie du Chien , WI, Hurricane, Charleston , South Carolina, Florida, Georgetown , South Carolina, South Carolina, California, Oroville, Oroville , California, , California, Pennsylvania, Washington Township , Pennsylvania, U.S, Jersey, Oakwood, Elizabeth , New Jersey, Garden State , New Jersey, New Jersey, Delaware, Lewes , Delaware, Rhode, Connecticut, New Haven , Connecticut, Wilbur, , Florida, Louisiana, Kenner , Louisiana

CNN —The leader of Ukraine’s national fencing team, Olga Kharlan, said she “acted with my heart” following her disqualification from the world championships for refusing to shake hands with a Russian opponent. The four-time individual world champion and four-time Olympic medalist also called for a rule change regarding the disqualification of athletes who refuse to shake hands with opponents. CNN has contacted the International Fencing Federation for comment on Kharlan’s disqualification. Tadashi Miyamoto/AFLO/Shutterstock“I did not want to shake hands with that athlete and I acted with my heart,” said Kharlan. Ukrainian tennis stars – namely Elina Svitolina, Marta Kostyuk, and Lesia Tsurenko – have all refused to shake hands with Russian opponents.

Persons: Olga Kharlan, “, ” Kharlan, Kharlan, Russian Anna Smirnova, Smirnova, Tadashi Miyamoto, ”, ” Mikhailo Ilyashev, Ilyashev, Elina Svitolina, Marta Kostyuk Organizations: CNN, Fencing Federation, International Fencing Federation, Ukrainian Fencing Federation, Olympics, Wimbledon Locations: Russian, Milan, Ukrainian

☆ Ukraine’s top fencer disqualified from world championship after refused handshake with Russian
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Svitlana Vlasova | Tim Lister | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The leader of Ukraine’s national fencing team, Olga Kharlan, has been disqualified from participating in the world championships after she refused to shake hands with Anna Smirnova, who is from Russia. Kharlan had just beaten Smirnova at the tournament in Milan, but rather than shake hands the Ukrainian offered her sabre to tap blades. Mikhailo Ilyashev, President of the Ukrainian Fencing Federation, told Ukrainian television that Ukraine would protest the decision, saying the referee had not disqualified Kharlan, who was banned later. But the refusal to shake hands after a contest results in a black card and expulsion, according to federation rules. Meanwhile, Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina took to Twitter to support Kharlan, writing: “We are not shaking hands with Russian and Belarusian athletes.

Persons: Olga Kharlan, Anna Smirnova, Kharlan, Smirnova, Vadym Guttsait, ”, Mikhailo Ilyashev, Andreas Solaro, Marta Kostyuk, Kostyuk, Aryna Sabalenka, Sabalenka, won’t, Elina Svitolina Organizations: CNN, Ukrainian Sports, Facebook, Ukrainian Fencing Federation, International Fencing Federation, Getty, Fencing Federation, Belarus, Aryna, Twitter Locations: Russia, Milan, Ukraine, AFP, Ukrainian, Kyiv, Belarusian

☆ One pair of professional hair scissors can cost over $2,000. Here's why.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Enxhi Dylgjeri | Emily Christian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

While standard hair scissors cost less than $10, high-end professional hair shears can cost over $2,000. One of the main reasons is the attention paid to the point where the two blades meet. At Naruto in Japan, 12 skilled artisans spend hours perfecting the blades of scissors that can last decades.

Locations: Japan

When the French interior designer Camille Vergnes throws a dinner party in Paris, she opts for unfussy white table linens and white plates. This allows her Art Deco-style set of serving spoons, salad servers and carving knives, all with almond green shagreen handles, to take center stage. “I use [the serving set] as the key piece of the table along with the flowers or candleholders,” she says. Vergnes’s approach reflects a shift in focus when it comes to tableware, away from handblown glassware and patterned napkins to sculptural utensils. - Host Gift Guide: What T’s editors and contributors are bringing to thank their hosts this summer, including surreal serving spoons and cozy quilts.

Persons: Camille Vergnes, ”, Olga Bonne, Alessandra Williams, Frank Traynor, Ben Bodman, Yann Nury Organizations: Fair Trade, Bodman, Credit Locations: French, Paris, Copenhagen, Danish, Brighton, British, Zimbabwe, Nairobi, United States, Melksham, Wiltshire, England, Ibiza, Long, Amsterdam

☆ Opinion: Ryan Gosling’s ‘Kenergy’ is all I need
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Opinion Holly Thomas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Everything changed when Ryan Gosling, the twice-Oscar-nominated star of “Half Nelson,” “La La Land,” “The Notebook,” “Blade Runner 2049” and “Drive” was sent the script for Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” movie. The film depicts Ken as pure superficiality, the acme beta man who exists only under the glow of Margot Robbie’s Barbie gaze. His platinum, almost white-bleached hair has lit up every interview, radiating the “Kenergy” he references like punctuation. Asked by one reporter how we might “find our Kenergy,” Gosling replied without missing a beat: “It’s there the whole time… Look no further. In becoming Ken, Gosling dashed one of Hollywood’s most tedious clichés, proving that it is possible to transform into a marshmallow-for-brains “himbo” without turning into an egomaniacal nightmare.

Persons: Holly Thomas, Katie Couric, CNN — Robert Pattinson, “, they’re, ” Holly Thomas Holly Thomas, Jared Leto’s, Viola Davis, ”, Daniel, Lewis, Oscar, Christy Brown, Ryan Gosling, Greta Gerwig’s “ Barbie, Ken, Margot Robbie’s Barbie, Gosling, Jimmy Fallon, “ Barbie, ” Gosling, ” Ryan Gosling, Margot Robbie, Barbie, Kenergy, husbanding, Hi, “ You’ll, Robbie, Gosling’s Barbie, —, that’s, it’s, Ken ”, It’s Barbie, “ Barbie ”, “ I’m Organizations: Katie Couric Media, CNN, acme, Warner Brothers Discovery, Warner Bros ., Alpha, Twitter Locations: London, La, Leicester, “

☆ Everything's pink: How Barbiecore fashion has fueled a movie's buzz
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Lisa Richwine | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

There are Barbie sneakers, Barbie backpacks, Barbie swimsuits, and Barbie hoodies for your dog. A few months later, photos showed Barbie movie star Margot Robbie on set in a hot pink Western jumpsuit. As the style took off, fashion magazines chronicled celebrities from Kim Kardashian to Harry Styles in bright Barbiecore outfits. Barbie-inspired foods include an ice cream flavor and a Barbie burger with pink sauce sold at Burger King in Brazil. Robbie, who rotated through Barbie-inspired looks during the movie's publicity tour, even rolled pink suitcases through the airport in Sydney.

Persons: Mattel Inc's, Barbie, Barbie swimsuits, Barbie hoodies, Richard Dickson, Couture, Valentino, Margot Robbie, Madeline Hirsch, Hirsch, Kim Kardashian, Harry Styles, Kendra Scott, Dreamhouse, Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Ken, Rich Daughtridge, Christopher Nolan's, Oppenheimer, Tom Cruise's, Filmgoers, Jeff Bock, Bock, Lisa Richwine, Rollo Ross, Sarah Mills, Mary Milliken, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Mattel, InStyle, Balmain, Old Navy, Microsoft, Burger King, Warner Bros, Malibu, Party, Relations, Thomson Locations: ANGELES, French, Burger, Brazil, Sydney, Barbiecore, Maryland, flamingo, Los Angeles, London

☆ There's blood in the water after Prigozhin's revolt shattered the façade of Putin's invincibility
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Jason Corcoran | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

It represented the most significant affront to President Vladimir Putin's 23-year reign. It has also fed paranoia and put a spotlight on Aleksey Dyumin, Putin's ex-bodyguard turned governor. A brief and ultimately aborted attempt at a coup d'état by Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin represented the most significant affront to President Vladimir Putin's 23-year reign. President Vladimir Putin (L) and Aleksey Dyumin, the governor of Tula and Putin's former personal bodyguard, in Moscow in 2016. Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and Tula Governor Aleksey Dyumin visit Russian writer Lev Tolstoy's former home in 2016.

Persons: Yevgeny Prigozhin, Vladimir Putin's, Aleksey Dyumin, Putin's, —, Vladimir Putin —, Prigozhin, Vladimir Fesenko, trundling, Sergey Shoigu, Valery Gerasimov, There's Prigozhin, Wagner, Putin, Belarus —, defenestration, Dyumin, Shoigu, Vladimir Putin, Mikhail Svetlov, Igor Girkin, Alexander Lukashenko —, Dyumin's, Dmitry Peskov, Boris Yeltsin, Viktor Yanukoyvch, Girkin, Andrei Gurulyov, Russia's, Lev Tolstoy's, Tatiana Stanovaya, Alexandra Prokopenko, Prokopenko, Sergei Surovikin, Surovikin, Viktor Zolotov, Zolotov, Alexander Lukashenko, Chris Weafer Organizations: Service, Kremlin, Kommersant, Angry Patriots, Russia's First Channel, Prigozhin, Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center, Central Bank, Washington Post, New York Times, Defense Ministry, Moscow Times, National Guard, Ministry, Macro Locations: Russian, Russia, Rostov, Ukraine, Moscow, Voronezh, Lipetsk, St, Petersburg, Minsk, Belarus, Russia's Tula, Kremlin, Tula, Dyumin's Tula, St Petersburg, Prigozhin, Crimea, Berlin, Novosibirsk, Osipovichi, Africa, Syria

☆ European wind developers play down Siemens Gamesa turbine troubles
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

UBS analysts said that in a worst-case scenario charges for Siemens Energy could exceed 5 billion euros. Denmark's Orsted said it operates one onshore wind farm with Siemens Energy turbines and that Orsted's portfolio of turbines has "high availability rates, reflecting that wind power has very little down-time." Siemens Gamesa has already told Iberdrola that it would proceed with a retrofit design, the source said, adding no technical issues for the remaining fleet of Siemens Gamesa turbines had been observed. Siemens Energy shares were up 5.7% at 1428 GMT, recovering some losses after analysts said Friday's sell-off was overblown. Siemens Gamesa first disclosed problems around its 5X model in July 2021, flagging higher than expected ramp-up costs.

Persons: Siemens Gamesa, Germany's, Denmark's Orsted, Eolus Vind, Iberdrola, Friday's, Andres Gonzalez, Forrest Crellin, Christoph Steitz, Marek Strzelecki, Nikolaj Skydsgaard, Nora Buli, Pietro Lombardi, Nina Chestney, Mark Potter, Alexander Smith Organizations: Siemens, Siemens Energy, UBS, EDF, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, Siemens Gamesa, Poland's PGE, Thomson Locations: Spanish, Copenhagen, Baltica, Baltic, London, Paris, Frankfurt, Warsaw, Oslo, Madrid

The Global Wind Energy Council said earlier this year that a record 680 gigawatts (GW) of wind energy capacity is expected to be installed by 2027. But the expected revenues of those planning to build wind turbines have not risen in tandem. Many governments index the prices paid for wind energy, usually through auctions, which are often too low, analysts at Wood Mackenzie said. COMPONENTSAmong the issues which arise from operating wind turbines, wear and tear on turbine blades over time can lead to erosion. Its shares fell more than 6% on Friday, while shares in Siemens Energy, the second biggest wind turbine maker, sank 37%.

Persons: Wood Mackenzie, WindEurope, Nina Chestney, Christoph Steitz, Barbara Lewis Organizations: Siemens Energy, LONDON, Siemens, World Energy, Wind Energy Council, International Energy Agency, Thomson Locations: China, Ukraine, Frankfurt

☆ ‘Twilight Zone: The Movie’ and the Deadly Accident That Plagued It
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-25 | by ( Jason Bailey | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

When the anthology film “Twilight Zone: The Movie” opened on June 24, 1983, reviews were mixed; The New York Times’s Vincent Canby deemed it “a flabby, mini-minded behemoth,” and that was a fairly representative view. Chased by a military helicopter, Morrow’s character was to carry two Vietnamese children across a river to safety as a village exploded behind them. But the sequence was poorly planned and barely rehearsed, and the explosions damaged the rotor blades of the chopper, causing the pilot to lose control. As investigators examined the crash, they discovered that the children’s mere presence on the set had been illegal. A production secretary recalled Landis joking of the scheme, “We’re all going to jail!”

Persons: York Times’s Vincent Canby, John Landis, Vic Morrow, —, dismembering Morrow, Myca Dinh Le, Renee Shin, Yi Chen, Renee Shinn Chen, Landis, George Folsey Jr Organizations: Klan Locations: York, Nazi Germany, Vietnam

FRANKFURT/BERLIN, June 23 (Reuters) - Siemens Energy (ENR1n.DE) warned on Friday that the impact of quality problems at its Siemens Gamesa wind turbine business would be felt for years and were not yet quantifiable, sending its shares tumbling by nearly a third. Finance chief Maria Ferraro earlier told analysts that the majority of the hit would be over the next five years. Issues at Siemens Gamesa have been a drag on the parent for a long time, prompting Siemens Energy to take full control of the business after only partially owning it for several years. The discovery of faulty components at Siemens Gamesa in January had already caused a charge of nearly half a billion euros. At the same time, he said he did not believe that the full takeover of Siemens Gamesa had been a mistake.

Persons: Christian Bruch, Maria Ferraro, us, JP Morgan, Jochen Eickholt, Bruch, Spain's Gamesa, Siemens Gamesa, Kirsten Donovan, Jason Neely, Jane Merriman Organizations: Siemens Energy, Siemens, Finance, JP, Siemens Gamesa, Thomson Locations: FRANKFURT, BERLIN

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