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☆ ‘We love you’: Harry plays volleyball with army veterans as he and Meghan get warm welcome in Nigeria
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-11 | by ( Stephanie Busari | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Abuja CNN —Prince Harry joined in - but lost - a game of sitting volleyball against wounded army veterans as he and his wife Meghan were well received on the latest leg of their tour of Nigeria. After arriving at an officer’s mess late morning local time they were immediately taken to watch a sitting volleyball game. They were given scarves in the green and white colors of Nigeria as they took their seats in the arena. Megan receives flowers from a girl upon her arrival for an exhibition sitting volleyball match at Nigeria Unconquered. “Honestly, Prince Harry and Meghan’s visit to Nigeria, it means a lot to me personally,” flight sergeant Ifeoma Loveleen Nwagbo told CNN.

Persons: Abuja CNN — Prince Harry, Meghan, servicemembers, Duke, Sussex’s, Harry, Akanbi, “, ”, Kola Sulaimon, Prince Harry, Meghan’s, Ifeoma Loveleen Nwagbo, Gloria Kisitmwa Dimka, Duchess of Sussex, ” Harry Organizations: Abuja CNN, Nigeria’s Defence Staff, ‘, Sussex’s Invictus Games, Nigerian, CNN, Sussex Squad, Nigeria, Getty, CNN’s Royal Locations: Abuja, Nigeria, ‘ Nigeria, Sussex Squad Nigeria, Nigerian, Kola, AFP, West African

☆ Japan aging: Women’s participation in ‘naked festival’ a sign of how aging is forcing changes to male-centric traditions
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-10 | by ( Himari Semans | Chris Lau | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Tokyo/Hong Kong CNN —With a history spanning more than 1,200 years, “hadaka matsuri,” or the naked festival, is Japanese masculinity on full display. Some women in Japan still battle deep-rooted cultural expectations that require them to take the role of “shufu,” or housewife, experts say. But in the naked festival, women have recently found hope. Men strip naked — except for a delicate piece of crotch-covering white loincloth — to take part in the naked festival at Konomiya Shrine on February 22, 2024. Women — donning happi, a traditional festive coat — are responsible for carrying a bamboo offering during the naked festival at Konomiya Shrine on February 22, 2024.

Persons: —, Saudi Arabia —, “, Christopher Gallagher, ”, we’ve, ” Haruhiko, Atsuko Tamakoshi, Chris Gallagher, Enyukai, Ayaka Suzuki, Mitsuko Tottori, Yoko Kamikawa, Fumio, Kaori Katada, Hiyori Kon, Sumo, won’t Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, Economic, Japan, Reuters, Mikiko, Hosei University, pre, CNN, ”, Ministry of Health, ” Eto, Organization for Economic Cooperation, Development, Japan Airlines, Netflix, Little Locations: Tokyo, Hong Kong, Japan, jostle, Germany, Britain, United States, India, Saudi Arabia, Konomiya Shrine, Konomiya

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Persons: Leesa, you'll, Nolah Organizations: Business, Luxe Locations: Brooklyn

☆ Meet Mona Patel, the tech entrepreneur and philanthropist who stole the show at the Met Gala
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-09 | by ( Samantha Grindell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewOn Monday night, the biggest fashion event of the year took place in New York City: the Met Gala . AdvertisementBut few made as many waves as Mona Patel, an entrepreneur who wore a custom Iris van Herpen gown to her first Met Gala. Mona Patel attends the 2024 Met Gala. Mona Patel turned heads at the 2024 Met GalaThanks to the dramatic ensemble she wore to make her Met Gala debut, Patel was among the most talked-about attendees of the event. Mona Patel at the 2024 Met Gala.

Persons: —, Mona Patel, Iris van Herpen, Patel, Sean Zanni, Vogue, Anna Wintour, Emma, John Shearer, Casey Curran, Mike Coppola, Chris Martin, Edgar Martin, Sidney Jamila, Roach — Zendaya's, Roach Organizations: Service, Metropolitan Museum, Art's Costume, Business, Rutgers University, Haute Mona, Forbes, LinkedIn, Harvard Business School, Stanford Graduate School of Business, MIT Sloan School of Management, CareFirst, Couture, Vogue India Locations: New York City, India, Florida, Mumbai

☆ The Balmain dress Elle Fanning wore to the Met Gala has a long history
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-09 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

For Elle Fanning, who showed up to Monday night’s Met Gala in a completely transparent Balmain gown, it was the latter. Behold: The naked dress (or in Redmayne’s case, naked suit). In 1962, Hollywood actor Carroll Baker was photographed in one of the first ever naked dresses — also designed by Balmain. Balmain just designed the 8th one.”Hollywood starlet Caroll Baker also wore one of Balmain's transparent dress designs in 1962. Her sheer Balmain dress turned heads — and generated headlines.

Persons: it’s, Elle Fanning, Fanning, Emily Ratajkowski, Kim Kardashian, Doja, Phoebe Dyvenor, Greta Lee, Eddie Redmayne, Theo Wargo, Miley Cyrus, Jennifer Lawrence, Vanessa Hudgens, Florence Pugh, Kendall Jenner, Charli, Charlize Theron, Iris Law, Carroll Baker, —, Baker, Pierre Balmain, “, sparkles, ”, Caroll Baker, Spencer, “ Carroll, Yves Saint Laurent didn’t, Mary Quant, Edie Sedgwick, Trevor Humphries, Baker’s, nonchalantly Organizations: CNN, Balmain, Hollywood, Dior, Hulton, New York Times, Production, Paramount, Fox, MGM, Warner Brothers Locations: Prada, Paris, London, Balmain, British, America, Europe, Hollywood, Baker’s

☆ Big Tech is eating as much data as it can to win in AI — but it's not 'winner takes all,' CEO says
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-08 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Matt Calkins, CEO and co-founder of Appian, said that though internet giants like Microsoft , Amazon , and Google are spending billions on the tech, ensuring success in AI is "not just about money." "AI is not a place where money makes more money," Calkins told CNBC in an interview at its London bureau on Tuesday. Microsoft has struck a similar deal with Mistral, taking a 15 million euro ($16 million) stake in the French AI firm. Separately, Amazon has invested a whopping $4 billion into U.S. AI firm Anthropic, which is behind the Claude AI system. "The best AI will be the AI you put your data into, not whoever bought the biggest stack," he said.

Persons: Matt Calkins, Appian, Calkins, Sam Altman, Altman, Claude, you've, —, Sundar Pichai Organizations: Microsoft, Google, CNBC, Mistral, Amazon, OpenAI, Anthropic, British Locations: London, OpenAI, Redmond, Washington, French, Anthropic, Europe

☆ Quannah Chasinghorse says she's 'come so far' from her first Met Gala, where she felt like she didn't belong
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-08 | by ( Samantha Grindell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Quannah Chasinghorse attended the 2024 Met Gala on Monday. Chasinghorse told Nylon she has become a "safe space" for first-time Met Gala attendees. AdvertisementThe 2024 Met Gala took place on Monday. Like, really, really lonely." AdvertisementLily Gladstone and Quannah Chasinghorse at the 2024 Met Gala.

Persons: Quannah Chasinghorse, Hannah Dixon, Chasinghorse, —, Tyla's, Mona Patel's, Ann, Sofie Johansson, Taylor Hill, Heather Dixon, Lily Gladstone, Arturo Holmes Organizations: Service, Metropolitan Museum of Art Locations: New York, Alaska

☆ These are the top business-development execs competing to hire elite portfolio managers at hedge fund giants Citadel, Millennium, Point72, and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-08 | by ( Alex Morrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +34 min

Unlike business development in corporate America, which focuses on growing a company's prospects with partners and clients, hedge fund BD teams specialize in scouting, evaluating, and wooing investment talent. AdvertisementFew have been involved in hedge fund BD longer than Jennifer Blake, Balyasny's global head. The fund's BD department remains in close contact with PMs after they join as a resource and advisor. Vernon Yuen/Getty Images$61 billion AUM2,200+ employeesAdvertisementKen Griffin's Citadel has outperformed not just its immediate rivals but every other hedge fund. He runs a team of about 20 as head of business development in the Americas, the largest region of the largest player in this space.

Persons: —, Griffin's, Izzy Englander's, Goldman Sachs, Headcount, execs, Dmitry Balyasny, Brendan McDermid, Jennifer Blake, Balyasny's, Morgan Stanley, Dmitri Balyasny's, Blake, it's, Federico Chavarria, Balyasny, Dave Matz, Smith Hanley, Alistair Jacobs, Dave Black, Peter Appel, Federico Chavarria MD, Andrew McHugh, Jules Biolsi, Michael Platt, he's, BlueCrest, Michael Grad, Grad, Jake Lindsay, Mungo Strachan, BlueCrest's, Brevan Howard Brevan Howard, Alan Howard, Ringo Chiu, Brevan Howard, Alan Howard's, Aran Landy, Brevan, Abu, It's, Landy, Howard, Peter Hornick, David Abbou, Jonathan Candy, Gregoire Vidal, Vidal, Tim Williams, Andy Silver, Gautam, Ken Griffin, Vernon Yuen, Ken Griffin's, Griffin, Matt Giannini, Giannini, headhunter, Matt, I've, — Thomas DeAngelis, Lindsay Previdi, Rice, Dore, Eleanor Sharkey, Melinda Urban, Mark Hansen, Julian Ulmer, Mathur, Adam Sharkie, Michael Page, Eisler, Edward Eisler, Sam Wisnia, Chris Milner, Milner, Hilary Curran, Hilary Curran Global, Rebecca Zisser, Michael Gelband, Hornick, Jeff Gelband, Mike Tiano, Eric Han, Garrett Berg, Liu, APAC Blackstone, Euan Shand, Kevin Carroll, Emily, Needham, Ostendorf, Ben Levine, Stefan Renold, LMR, Marcus Fairhurst, He'd, LMR's, Izzy, Ronda, Singh, Mark Meskin, Justin Gmelich, Steve Keller, Benjamin Williams, Madhvani, Paritosh Singh, Ben Williams, Kristina Tully, Steven Cohen, Point72, Shayanne, Steve Cohen's, Harry Schwefel, Chandler, Steve Cohen, JT Shields, They're, Schwefel, Alyssa Friedman —, Chandler Bocklage, Reid Murphy, Jae Yang, Japan Goldman Sachs, Alyssa Friedman, Jackie Dai, Gabriel Sanders, Ajay, Steven Schonfeld, Michael Nagle, Steve Schonfeld's, Ryan Tolkin, Schonfeld, doesn't, Akshay Aggarwal, Alex Burns, Ryan McCort, Colin Lancaster, Mitesh, Sameer Buch, Brittany Lynch, DMFI, Goldman, Verition, Nicholas Maounis, Josh Goldstein, Brian Townes, Townes, Elizabeth Xiang MD, Vir, Steve Satenstein, Chris Svoboda, Will England, Thomas DeAngelis, DeAngelis, Jonathan Brenner, hasn't, Maureen Reed, John Sullivan, Brenner, Walleye's Organizations: Service, Management, Wall, Business, Balyasny, Balyasny Asset Management, Quadra Advisors, SAC, Macquarie, BD, UBS, Grad, Financial Times, Michael, Lascaux, Howard BD, Brevan, Argentum Advisors, BH Digital, McKinsey & Company, JPMorgan, Ken Griffin's Citadel, Citadel, Citadel's, decamping, Chicago, Citadel BD, Walleye Capital, of Surveyor, Millennium, Capital, Credit, Ashler, Rice, Deutsche Bank, LMR Partners, London, Dore Partnership, Soros, Soros Fund, Ronda Churchill, Bloomberg, Getty, Guggenheim, Industry, MLP, Americas Guggenheim, Americas Citadel, SAC Capital, SEC, Point72 Academy, Citigroup, BD Energi, Japan, EMEA, APAC BNP, Schonfeld, PAAMCO, KKR, DMC Partners, Topwater, LinkedIn, New, New Holland Capital, BD —, Walleye, Lehman Brothers, Hutchin, Putnam Investments, ~$ Locations: America, Asia, Balyasny, Blackstone, New Holland, Abu Dhabi, BlueCrest, Europe, Graticule, ExodusPoint, Hornick, Freestone, New York, Schonfeld, Brevan, he's, Aberdeen, Hong Kong, Zurich, Glasgow, Dubai, Americas, Point72, quant, Verition, London, Greenland, Minnesota, Citadel

☆ Opinion: Why Gérard Depardieu hasn’t been ‘canceled’
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-08 | by ( Opinion Caroline Séquin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Accusers stepped forward in 2018, as the #MeToo movement was taking off. Victims of sexual violence, consequently, often say they feel less isolated than they used to. Join us on Twitter and FacebookThere is, perhaps, one way in which the detractors of the #MeToo movement have a point. All of them — colleagues, neighbors or blood relations — more often than not, are able to maintain their status and privilege of their professions, despite allegations of sexual violence. It remains unclear whether the French will at long last “cancel” Gérard Depardieu, even if one or both trials find him guilty of sexual violence.

Persons: Caroline Séquin, ”, Gérard Depardieu, Caroline Sequin, Depardieu, Jacques Chirac, “ Depardieu, —, Le Figaro, it’s, ” Depardieu, Emmanuel Macron, “ I’m, he’s, …, ” Macron, Carla Bruni, Nicolas Sarkozy, Harvey Weinstein’s, Sandra Muller, “, she’s, Le, Catherine Deneuve, men’s, that’s, MeToo, Camille Kouchner’s, ” Gérard Depardieu Organizations: Lafayette College, CNN, CNN —, Legion, Mediapart, France, Le Monde, French Interior Ministry, Twitter Locations: Easton , Pennsylvania, France, French, Colonial Senegal, CNN — France, United States, Familia Grande

☆ What Wall Street finance bros should wear this summer
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-08 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

AdvertisementSo, Business Insider asked some style experts — and a finance bro — which brands and styles those on Wall Street should check out for their summer workwear. Men's fashion consultant Reginald Ferguson told BI that he wants his clients to remain "modern, yet classic" in their daily attire. Charles Tyrwhitt; Peter MillarPeter Millar and Charles Tyrwhitt were two brands suggested to BI by an early-career investment banker who asked to remain anonymous to protect his career. It's a "luxury golf brand that was smart to expand its line for its client to wear other garments while not on the course," Ferguson told BI. Kiton, another high-end brand with origins in Italy, is "the grail for the partner of the firm," Ferguson told BI.

Persons: —, Goldman Sachs, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos —, Lauren Sanchez —, bro, Reginald Ferguson, Peter Millar, Charles Tyrwhitt, Peter Millar Peter Millar, Ferguson, nodded, Nicole Pollard Bayme, Bayme, Billionaire Bill Gates, Larry Ellison, Richard Mille Organizations: Service, bros, JPMorgan, Citigroup, Business, BI, LA, Casio, Getty, Billionaire Locations: Silicon, British, Italy

☆ Even Katy Perry's mom fell for an AI photo of the singer at the Met Gala
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-07 | by ( Meghan Morris | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Katy Perry was falsely depicted attending the Met Gala via AI images that gained traction on social media. AI photos made it look like Rihanna was there, too — except she was home with the flu. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementKaty Perry did not wear a luxurious deep-V gown with fabric moss at the end, nor did she sport a tight corset dress at Monday's Met Gala. But photos of both looks took off on social media, and Perry's mother congratulated the singer over text for looking like "the Rose Parade" in the gown.

Persons: Katy Perry, Rihanna, — Organizations: Service

☆ Did menswear win the 2024 Met Gala? The best dressed men on the red carpet
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-07 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Nods to the event’s dress code, JG Ballard’s 1962 short story “The Garden of Time,” came in all forms. Wisdom Kaye's Robert Wun suit included a corsage, burnt at the edges like the lapels of his overcoat and hat. Coleman Domingo similarly finished off his billowing Willy Chavarria suit with black-rimmed eyes and a drooping bunch of wistful white lilies. Barry Keoghan's Burberry suit came with a satin necktie, top hat and three watches. Mike Coppola/MG24/Getty Images for The Met Museum/VogueAs always, a few stars miss — or dodge — the theme entirely, and menswear this year was no exception.

Persons: Gigi Hadid, Jordan Roth, Emily Ratajkowski, ”, Lewis Hamilton, Nicholas Galitzine, Jeremy Strong, Jonathan Bailey, Vogue, Loewe, Jonathan Bailey's peony bowtie, Aliah Anderson, “, Mike Faist, Josh O’Connor, —, O’Connor, clogs, Dan Levy’s, Jamie Dornan’s, Robert Wun, John Shearer, Seán McGirr, Alexander McQueen, Usher, Wisdom Kaye, Coleman Domingo, Willy Chavarria, florals, Barry Keoghan's Burberry, Taylor Hill, Jeff Goldblum, Count Axel, Gilbert Flores, Barry, Andrew Vottero, Prada, ” Goldblum, Emma Chamberlain, Hannah Bagshawe, Eddie Redmayne, Steve O Smith, Mike Coppola, Taika Waititi, Oscar Organizations: CNN, Burberry, Variety, Getty, Vogue, The Met Museum

☆ I'm a professional declutterer. Here are the 5 things you need to throw away right now from your kitchen.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-05 | by ( Julia Williamson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

I help my clients get rid of things they don't need or use anymore. AdvertisementAs a professional declutterer, I work with clients, helping them get rid of things they don't want, need, or have too many of. Pull them all out, see what's useful and what isn't, and ditch the things you're unlikely to use. If you're convinced you need them all, try this: put half in a box and hide it away for a few months. Happily, you can fill them with all the other stuff you're getting rid of.

Persons: —, you've Organizations: Service, IBM

☆ Opinion: The latest example of Trump’s seeming obsession with Nazism
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-05 | by ( Opinion Dean Obeidallah | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Dean Obeidallah CNNIt’s not the first time Trump has kicked off an event by playing this song that celebrates the January 6, 2021, attackers. But that wasn’t even the most offensive thing Trump did at Saturday’s private luncheon for donors, which was held at his Mar-a-Lago club. It was Trump, after all, who has said that he would be a dictator on “day one” of his administration. And the fact is, there is one major party presidential candidate who repeatedly has invoked Nazi language — and it’s not Biden. In December, Trump caused a firestorm when he parroted language used by Hitler by describing migrants as “poisoning the blood” of the United States.

Persons: Dean Obeidallah, Donald Trump, ”, Dean Obeidallah CNN It’s, Trump, —, Joe Biden, indignantly, Prosecutors, Stormy Daniels, Adolf Hitler, it’s, Biden, Hitler, Mein, Trump hasn’t, “, ’ ” Trump, Hermann Göring, Lara Trump Organizations: CNN, Republican National, Trump, Dean Obeidallah CNN, Nazi, Republican National Committee, Gestapo, Republican, Beer, Twitter, Facebook, GOP, RNC Locations: Europe, New York, United States, Iowa, Bavaria, Germany

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis attends a hearing on the Georgia election interference case, March 1, 2024, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. A California man was indicted by a federal grand jury in Atlanta on charges of threatening Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia announced Friday. The indictment detailed more threats Schultz made, including, "FANI WILLIS WILL BE DEAD IN 2024," and other threats using racial slurs. In a statement released by Willis' office, she referenced GOP state Sen. Bill Cowsert, who is leading an investigation of Willis' office. In March, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee ruled Willis could continue prosecuting the case, but she and Wade could not work on it together.

Persons: Fani Willis, Willis, Nathan Wade, Donald Trump, Mark Schultz, Schultz, FANI WILLIS, Trump, Keri Farley, Sen, Bill Cowsert, Ryan Buchanan, Wade, Scott McAfee Organizations: U.S, Attorney's, Northern, Northern District of Georgia, Department of Justice, American, United States Attorney, FBI, African American, Trump Locations: Fulton County, Georgia, Atlanta , Georgia, U.S, California, Atlanta, Northern District, Chula Vista

☆ The best cooling mattress toppers for hot sleepers
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-03 | by ( James Brains | Jaclyn Turner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +25 min

The best cooling mattress topper for hot sleepers take it a step further; they're specially designed with cooling properties that promote airflow with moisture-wicking and temperature-regulating features. For this guide, I slept on 15 mattress toppers and interviewed experts to find the best cooling mattress topper. The best cooling mattress toppers for hot sleepersBest overall: Ghostbed Memory Foam Mattress Topper -See at GhostBedBest heat dissipation: Bear Pro Mattress Topper - See at BearBest budget: Lucid Bamboo Charcoal Memory Foam Mattress Topper - See at AmazonBest for back pain: Tempur-Pedic TEMPUR-Adapt Mattress Topper - See at Tempur-PedicBest overallGhostBed Memory Foam Topper The GhostBed Memory Foam Topper, with its unique airflow-promoting design, did an outstanding job of dissipating heat in our tests while providing soothing comfort for side sleepers. Best heat dissipationBear Pro Mattress Topper (Queen) The Bear Pro Mattress Topper is your best bet if you're looking for a plush topper that offers support, pressure relief, and a cool, comfortable night's sleep. Best budgetLucid 3-inch Bamboo Charcoal Memory Foam Mattress Topper The Lucid Bamboo Charcoal Memory Foam Mattress Topper incorporates bamboo and charcoal for its moisture-wicking and odor-neutralizing properties.

Persons: James Brains, it's, Topper, Pedic, Rebecca Robbins, Robbins, you'll, I've Organizations: Business, Bear, Amazon, Shop, Cal, Brigham, Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Garmin Locations: RVs, Tempur, California

☆ Benin: The country’s past, present, and future is on display for the first time at the 60th Venice Biennale
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Daniel Renjifo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Ancestral African art is a linchpin of identity and a source of inspiration to creatives across the continent. For the first time in the 60-year history of the renowned Venice Biennale in Italy – an arts and culture festival lasting eight months, hosted every other year – Benin is presenting a national pavilion. Hazoumé hopes the exhibition will reiterate his message and inspire other African artists to own their past to fuel creativity. Ishola Akpo sets up his piece titled “Iyalode” at the Benin national pavilion in Venice, Italy. Moufouli Bello draws inspiration from children’s books, Gèlèdé philosophy and Yoruba traditions in this piece titled “Egbe Modjisola," on display at the Benin national pavilion in Venice, Italy.

Persons: Emmanuel Macron, Romuald Hazoumé's, Jacopo La, Jacopo La Forgia, Romuald Hazoumé, Chloé, Ishola Akpo, Moufouli Bello, we’ll, Hazoumé, Florian Kleinefenn, ” Nwagbogu, “, ”, Gèlèdé, Chloé Quenum, Akpo, I’ve, Nwagbogu, ” Hazoumé Organizations: CNN, French, Smithsonian Museum of African, US, Venice Biennale, African Artist Foundation, Biennale Locations: Africa, West, Benin, Nigeria, Kingdom of Benin, Venice, Italy, “, Rouge, curating, France, Madagascar, Ghana, Uganda, Cameroon

☆ Duane Eddy: Groundbreaking American guitarist dies age 86
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Guitarist Duane Eddy, best known for twangy riffs on hits such as “Rebel Rouser” and “Cannonball,” has died at the age of 86, it has been reported. “Duane inspired a generation of guitarists the world over with his unmistakeable signature ‘Twang’ sound. Duane Eddy was one of my most important influences. “We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Duane Eddy. As a legendary guitarist, he inspired generations with his pioneering twangy sound and musical innovations,” reads the post.

Persons: Duane Eddy, ”, Eddy, “ Duane, “ Peter Gunn ”, They’re Young, Terry Wyatt, “ Forrest Gump ”, Kyle Young, don’t, Duane, Young, George Harrison, Steve Earle, Bruce Springsteen, Marty Stuart, ” Eddy, Mark Humphrey, Dave Davies, “ Organizations: CNN, Variety, Hall of Fame, Musicians Hall of Fame, Central Press, Hulton, Country Music Hall of Fame, Ventures, US, Gretsch Locations: Corning , New York, Nashville , Tennessee

☆ Are Disposable Hotel Slippers the Next Plastic Straws?
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( Elaine Glusac | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In November, managers at the Arenas del Mar resort near Manuel Antonio National Park in Costa Rica, challenged employees to come up with ways to operate more sustainably. “It’s very wasteful.”Like plastic straws and mini bottles of shampoo, disposable slippers — flimsy models usually made of plastic and fabric, and often found bedside at turndown or bagged in hotel closets — are the next single-use item in the cross hairs of sustainability activists. “Anything single-use is problematic,” wrote Willy Legrand, a sustainable hospitality expert and a professor at the IU International University of Applied Sciences in Bad Honnef, Germany, in an email. He cited the large footprint of a small slipper once you factor in production, shipping and waste. Single-use slippers, he said, “feel out of place and out of touch.”

Persons: Manuel, ”, Hans Pfister, “, Willy Legrand Organizations: Arenas, Cayuga, IU International University of Applied Sciences Locations: Mar, Costa Rica, Bad Honnef, Germany

☆ Haiti crisis: Transitional government names new council president, proposes interim prime minister
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( Hira Humayun | Tara John | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A transitional council responsible for choosing Haiti’s next leadership has named one of its members as council president and proposed a new interim prime minister amid efforts to control the gang violence in the Caribbean nation. The council, which is responsible for paving the way for elections and addressing the country’s deteriorating security situation, on Tuesday named Edgard Leblanc Fils as its president and proposed former sports minister Fritz Bélizaire as new interim prime minister. It is tasked with the responsibility of naming a new prime minister and cabinet. The country’s former prime minister, Ariel Henry, resigned last week as the council was sworn in and the former finance minister, Michael Patrick Boisvert, has been filling the role on a temporary basis. One of the gangs’ leaders, Vitel’homme Innocent, told CNN recently that if the gangs do not get a seat, they would try other means.

Persons: Haiti’s, Edgard Leblanc Fils, Fritz Bélizaire, Ariel Henry, Michael Patrick Boisvert, Vitel’homme Innocent Organizations: CNN, Caribbean, UN Locations: Caribbean, Haiti

☆ Islamophobia and India’s election: Rising Hindu nationalism leaves Muslims fearful in India’s holy city
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( Rhea Mogul | Will Ripley | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +18 min

Varanasi, India CNN —The sun glistens on the Ganges as Hindu devotees bathe in the holy river’s waters, and the Muslim call to prayer reverberates through the dusty air. The Gyanvapi mosque, left, and Kashiviswanath Temple on the banks of the river Ganges in Varanasi, India, December 12, 2021. He believes Gyanvapi is not a mosque, but a Hindu temple, and wants to see his community worship inside the walls of the building. Vishwambhar Nath Mishra, the priest of a prominent Hindu temple in Varanasi, believes Modi’s stoking of religious tensions is ruining the fabric of Indian society. This is my country.”Read more from CNN’s India election coverage:Billions spent, jungle-trekking poll workers and voting at 15,000 feet.

Persons: Narendra Modi’s, Modi, Varanasi John Mees, Sana Sabah, trepidation, “, Modi’s, Rajesh Kumar Singh, John Mees, Syed Mohammad Yaseen, ”, Hinduism John Mees, ’, Dileep Patel, inching, Nasir Ali, Ali, ‘ Jai Shree Sri Ram ’, Vijay Bedi, CNN Ali, Muzamil, Usman, it’s, Jai Shree Ram ”, Manish Swarup, Raja Singh, we’ll, Singh, –, Jaiveer Shergill, spokespeople, haven’t, Shamsher Ali, Emperor Aurangzeb, Lord Shiva, Kashi Vishwanath Temple, Pawan Kumar, ” Ali, Yaseen, ” Syed Mohammad Yaseen, turbocharge, ” Modi, Ram, Lucas Vallecillos, Swami Jitendranand Saraswati, Gyanvapi, Swami Saraswati, Amit Pandey, Vishwambhar Nath Mishra, ” Mishra, ” Read, Narendra Modi Organizations: India CNN, Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP, CNN, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Modi, Bhajanpura Police, United Nations, Human Rights, ” CNN, Modi’s, Hate, AP BJP, T, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, International Federation for Human Rights, Reuters, Guards, “ Locations: Varanasi, India, Varanasi John, today’s India, “, Hinduism, Jammu, Kashmir, New Delhi, Delhi, Mustafabad, Rajasthan, Jaipur, Gujarat, Washington, BJP, Ali, Kashi, Gyanvapi, John, Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh

☆ How to Reboot Free Speech on Campus - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-28 | by ( David French | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

That was the sound of the first campus protest I’d ever experienced. I’d come to Harvard Law School in the fall of 1991 as a graduate of a small, very conservative Christian college in Nashville. This is the era when a writer for GQ magazine, John Sedgwick, called the law school “Beirut on the Charles” because it was torn apart by disputes over race and sex. I watched as they danced, sang and listened to speeches by student activists and sympathetic professors. Protests got more unruly, and student activists got more aggressive.

Persons: I’d, John Sedgwick, Charles ”, John F, Kentucky who’d, “, ” Organizations: Harvard Law School, Christian, Harvard, GQ, Kennedy School of Government Locations: Nashville, Beirut, Kentucky

☆ Rolls-Royce is growing its factory so it can build cars more slowly
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-28 | by ( Peter Valdes-Dapena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

So this factory expansion isn’t about making more cars, but making more expensive cars, which takes more time and requires more space for workshops and storage of exotic materials. The Rolls-Royce Phantom Syntopia's has glass flecks to create sparkling designs. Before that, Rolls-Royce cars were built alongside Bentleys — Rolls-Royce had acquired Bentley in 1931 — at a factory in Crewe, UK. The Phantom Syntopia likely would have cost more than $3 million according to sources, although Rolls-Royce would not confirm an exact price. The Phantom Syntopia has a special Weaving Water design in its Starlight Headliner.

Persons: Royce, “ We’re, ”, Martin Fritsches, “ That’s, Bentleys —, Bentley, Stephan Winkelmann, Javier Gonzalez Lastra, Fritsches, Cullinan Organizations: CNN, BMW, Royce, Bentley, Volkswagen, Lamborghini, Ferrari, ” Lamborghini, Tema Locations: Chichester , England, Crewe, cabinetry

Rafah CNN —Dozens of Palestinian students and children staged a display of solidarity at a demonstration in southern Gaza on Sunday to express gratitude for the support seen on US college campuses in recent weeks. “Thank you, students in solidarity with Gaza. We can’t write these thank you messages on the walls of our homes because we have no homes. A man in Rafah, Gaza, writes a message of thanks to student protesters in the US on April 27, 2024. Palestinians at a demonstration in Rafah, Gaza, on April 28, 2024.

Persons: ”, Takfeer Abu, Yousuf, Beit, “, Rana Al, Taher, Bayan, Fiqhi, Tareq Alhelou, Diab Organizations: Rafah CNN, of Columbia University, CNN, Getty, UN, Al, Azhar Locations: Rafah, Gaza, Beit Hanoun, Northern Gaza, AFP, Cairo, Israel, ”

☆ After getting hired, I started dating a man from the interview panel. It put targets on our backs and made promotions difficult.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-27 | by ( Amanda Garland | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewI smoothed down the pink fabric of my blazer as I slid into the office chair for my job interview. The serious-looking man with dark hair slicked back led the questioning while the blonde-haired one made witty cracks. We started datingWe kept our budding romance secret for the first few weeks but were outed at the company Christmas party. My old boss and new boss didn't get along, which meant Jason was fussed at when he was caught at my desk.

Persons: —, khakis, I'd, Jason, Amanda Garland, didn't Organizations: Service, Business

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