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☆ Iranians are voting in a presidential runoff. What will it mean for the world?
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-04 | by ( Nadeen Ebrahim | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Here’s what to expect on Friday’ second round of elections, and how the results could impact Iran and the world. During the first round, Pezeshkian led with 42.5% of the votes, followed by Jalili with 38.6%, according to the state news agency IRNA. In a move that shocked observers, the man who led Ghalibaf’s electoral campaign, Sami Nazari Tarkarani, also declared his support for reformist Pezeshkian, Khabar Online reported. People drive past a billboard with pictures of presidential candidates Masoud Pezeshkian and Saeed Jalili on a street in Tehran, Iran, on Monday. Presidential candidates Masoud Pezeshkian and Saeed Jalili attend an election debate at a television studio in Tehran, Iran on Tuesday.

Persons: CNN — Iran’s, Ebrahim Raisi, Masoud Pezeshkian, Saeed Jalili, Raisi, Hossein Amir, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Pezeshkian, –, Khamenei, ”, hardliner Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Jalili, ” Parsi, Sardar Mohsen Rashid, Rashid, Sami Nazari Tarkarani, Ghalibaf, Sanam Vakil, “, ” Sina Toossi, ” Pezeshkian, Toossi, Majid Asgaripour, Iran’s, ” Jalili, Israel sharpens, Israel “, Israel Katz, ” Ali Vaez, Vaez, CNN’s Becky Anderson, Saeed Jalili , Morteza Fakhri, Parsi, ” Vakil Organizations: CNN, Foreign, Guardian Council, IRNA, Quincy Institute, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Pezeshkian, Khabar, North Africa, Chatham House, Center for International Policy, Trump, Islamic, International Atomic Energy Agency, UN, Israeli, Group, Reuters Locations: Islamic Republic, Iran, tatters, Israel, United States, Tehran, Washington, Iranian, East, London, Washington ,, Gaza, Lebanon

☆ Extreme heat is affecting workers this summer. New federal rules would require bosses to provide rest, water, and shade.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-02 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

"Notably, acclimatization is the leading killer among the different factors related to heat illness," a senior administration official said. AdvertisementA senior administration official said OSHA's proposal, if finalized, would apply to all states including Texas and Florida. AdvertisementA senior administration official said OSHA's proposal is similar to standards that have been successful in those states. A senior administration official said OSHA will review state plans to ensure they are at least as effective as the federal rules. A senior administration official said OSHA also convened a national advisory committee of construction representatives comprised of management and labor interests.

Persons: —, Biden, Donald Trump, Julie Su, it's, it's it's, acclimatization, Greg Abbott, Critics, Abbott, Su, she's, who've, She's Organizations: Service, Workers, Business, Occupational Safety, Health Administration, Republican, National Weather Service, Bureau of Labor Statistics, OSHA, Dade, Texas Gov, Houston, Guardian, American Farm Bureau Federation, Construction Industry Safety Coalition Locations: Texas, Florida, Miami, Austin, Minnesota , California, Washington , Oregon, Colorado, California, Washington and Oregon, California , Arizona

☆ Greece's plan for a 6-day workweek to boost productivity may not work
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-02 | by ( Tim Paradis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The shift is notable because it runs counter to the companies and countries that are experimenting with a four-day workweek. The extra hours will come with a 40% jump in pay for Greek workers who add two hours to their day or take on an extra eight-hour workday. He previously told BI that he and his management colleagues began looking into a four-day workweek after seeing successful pilots in Japan and other countries. They wanted to make sure we keep doing the four-day workweek," he said. AdvertisementBasis Technologies, an advertising software company, shifted its workweek to four and a half days after years of experiments with a four-day workweek and other approaches.

Persons: —, Adedy, Zachary Toth, Toth didn't, Toth, Emily Barron, Barron, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Aris, Germany's Organizations: Service, Business, Guardian, Research, Metex Corporation, Technologies, Aris Kazakos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Germany's DW Locations: Greece, India, Toronto, Japan

☆ Jill Biden could convince Joe to drop out. So far, she's vowing to fight on.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-01 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewJoe Biden's debate performance last week was, by most accounts, a disaster. But First Lady Jill Biden — possibly the only person who could convince the president to call it quits — is standing beside him. "After last night's debate, he said, 'You know, Jill, I don't know what happened. I didn't feel that great,'" Jill Biden continued, according to the Post. AdvertisementUnless Jill Biden changes her tune or Joe Biden is offered a dignified way out, it doesn't seem likely that the president will back down.

Persons: —, Joe, Jill Biden —, bungled, Thomas Friedman, Joe Biden, Biden, Hank Sheinkopf, Jill Biden, Jill, he's, David, Hunter Biden, Democratic National Convention —, there's Organizations: Service, Trump, Biden, Business, The New York Times, Times, DNC, Minneapolis, Facebook, Politico, Democratic, Guardian, The Washington Post, Vogue, Democratic National Convention Locations: Manhattan

☆ The Cost of a Psychic Is a Window Into Americans' Spending Habits
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-30 | by ( Emily Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

For $25, which wound up being $30 because she didn't have change, Jessica told me my fortune. That psychic is also a pet psychic, which is not Katy's jam. Once, after an accident on her block in Chicago, Katy used a psychic to ensure the person had crossed over. Another time, she bought a bunch of bath oils in New York after a psychic told her she was cursed. In a consumerist society, of course some people are willing to pay to commune with the afterlife.

Persons: I'm, Jessica, IBISWorld, upselling, It's, that's, spellwork, Lisa Stardust, who's, Neil Dagnall, Ken Drinkwater, Dagnall, Drinkwater, —, Jane Risen, Risen, it's, what's, they're, Cleo, Peter Popoff, they'd, Ralph Lewis, There's, we're, Lewis, I've, Katy who's, Katy, Taylor Swift, Emily Stewart Organizations: Pew Research Center, what's, Manchester Metropolitan University, University of Chicago's Booth School of Business, Federal Trade Commission, intel, University of Toronto, Business Locations: Manhattan, New York, Chicago

☆ Iran’s presidential election heads to runoff after inconclusive first round
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-29 | by ( Mostafa Salem | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Abu Dhabi, UAE CNN —Iran’s presidential election is expected to head to a second round after none of the candidates managed to secure more than 50% in Friday’s vote, according to the spokesperson of the election committee, Mohsen Eslami. A runoff vote is expected to take place on July 5 between the candidates with the most votes – Masoud Pezeshkian, a reformist lawmaker and former health minister ahead of Saeed Jalili, a hardline security adviser and former nuclear negotiator. The results will be reviewed by the influential Guardian Council before the top two candidates start campaigning again. Pezeshkian received almost 10.5 million votes while the runner up Jalili received almost 9.5 million votes, according to numbers published by state news agency IRNA. Twenty-four million people cast their ballots out of 60 million eligible voters, with a turnout of 40%, Eslami said.

Persons: UAE CNN —, Mohsen Eslami, Masoud, Saeed Jalili, Pezeshkian, Jalili, IRNA, Eslami Organizations: UAE CNN, Guardian Council Locations: Abu Dhabi, UAE

“Hard to watch” is how multiple foreign diplomats described Thursday night’s debate between Biden and Trump to CNN. I had difficulties understanding what he was saying, and I understand English pretty well,” said a second European diplomat. Biden’s debate flop was front-page news across Europe, with left- and right-leaning newspapers excoriating the president – even in France, where the country has its own elections coming up this weekend. “There are many options that are discussed, but we don’t see, any that are self-evident,” the first European diplomat said. Moscow’s state TV station, Russia 1, lampooned Biden’s debate performance.

Persons: Joe Biden’s, Donald Trump, Trump, Biden, ”, “ Trump, “, –, Vladimir Putin, Putin, ” Trump, Radek Sikorski, “ Marcus Aurelius, Commudos, didn’t, Kamala, Harris, Trump’s, Volodymyr, Zelensky, Biden pilloried, Joe’Matosed ”, “ Biden, Biden’s, Emmanuel Macron’s, Ansa, Russia’s, Olga Skabeeva laughingly Organizations: CNN, Biden, NATO, Democratic Party, ”, “, strongmen, Arab, Financial Times, Sun, Guardian, Monde, TV Locations: Europe, East, Asia, European, Arab, Asian, France, Russia, Ukraine, Russian, Afghanistan, Polish, California, Israel, British, Atlanta, Greece’s, Italy, Puglia

☆ Iran’s Presidential Candidates: Who Are They?
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Eve Sampson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A cardiac surgeon, a former mayor of Tehran and a cleric implicated in the execution of political prisoners are among the six candidates approved by officials to run in Iran’s election on Friday to replace the president who died in a helicopter crash last month. The candidates have renounced Iran’s hijab enforcement. Though Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, has ultimate authority over key state matters, the president sets domestic policy and can influence foreign policy. Iran’s Guardian Council, a committee of 12 jurists and clerics, whittled an initial list of 80 presidential candidates down to six, disqualifying seven women and a former president and many other government officials. Four candidates are still in the race.

Persons: They’ve, Iran’s, Ali Khamenei Organizations: Guardian Council Locations: Tehran

☆ 'Biden stumbles, Trump lies': How the global media reacted to the presidential debate
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Sophie Kiderlin | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Members of the media work during the first presidential debate with US President Joe Biden and former US President Donald Trump in Atlanta, Georgia, US, on Thursday, June 27, 2024. U.K.: 'Biden struggles ... Trump lies'In the U.K., the Guardian pointed to issues with both Biden and Trump at the debate, headlining its story: "Biden struggles to land lines as Trump lies in first presidential debate." Meanwhile, the BBC suggested Biden struggled with Trump's attacks, titling its live blog of the debate: "Biden stumbles in first presidential debate as Trump avoids key questions." Biden struggled repeatedly and Trump repeated falsehoods, it said, adding that the debate was "marked by personal attacks." In another story, the newspaper summarized the debate: "Biden disgraces himself, Trump wastes his chance, but the true losers of the first TV debate in the U.S. election campaigns are the Americans."

Persons: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Eva Marie Uzcategui, China's CGTN, Biden, hesitantly, Trump, Joe Biden's, stammered, Trump's, Biden's, Biden disgraces Organizations: Bloomberg, Getty, China Global Television Network, China Morning Post, Global Times, Biden, BBC, ZDF, CNBC, Trump Locations: Atlanta , Georgia, China, India, Trump, London, Germany, U.S, France

☆ Iranians vote for a new president under the shadow of conflict and economic woes
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Joseph Ataman | Frederik Pleitgen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

The vote takes place amid deteriorating relations with the West, an advancing Iranian nuclear program, and an increasing risk of direct war with Israel. Iranian presidential candidate Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf’s supporters gathered on the final day of campaigning to hear him speak, in Tehran, Iran on Thursday. Some polls have shown increasing popularity for Pezeshkian, with the rest of the conservatives splitting the vote. Khamenei urged Iranians to head to the polls and vote after he cast his ballot in the election on Friday morning. Saeed Jalili, ultraconservative former nuclear negotiator and Iranian presidential candidate, holds a rally in Tehran, Iran, on June 24.

Persons: Ebrahim Raisi, Hossein Amir, Ali Khamenei, Mahsa, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf’s, Joseph Ataman, Masoud Pezeshkian, Saeed Jalili, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Khamenei, Amini’s, Pezeshkian, Iran’s, Amirhossein Qazizadeh, Hashemi, Alireza Zakani, Qazizadeh, who’ve, ”, Arash Azizi, Saddam Hussein, Masoud, Morteza, “, Sina Toossi, Narges Mohammadi, ” Ahmad, Ghalibaf, ” Ghalibaf, ” Mariam, Raisi, ” Cheers, ” Mohammad, ” Parsi, Javad Zarif, Zarif, ” Khamenei, Trump, Biden Organizations: Iran CNN —, Foreign, Iran’s, West, CNN, Iran’s Guardian Council, Center for Middle East, Global, Quincy Institute, Experts, Islamic, Center for International Policy, Trump, Pezeshkian, Getty, Washington Locations: Tehran, Iran, Israel, Gaza, Lebanon, Islamic Republic, Iranian, Berlin, Iraq, Washington, Washington ,, Shiroudi, ”

☆ Iran votes for its new president amid economic strife, crackdowns and regional war
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Natasha Turak | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Iranians will go to the polls against the backdrop of a battered economy, widespread popular discontent and harsh crackdowns on dissent. Iran is also dealing with high inflation, heavy Western sanctions, mounting tensions with the U.S., ramped-up Iranian nuclear enrichment and the Israel-Hamas war. On issues of foreign policy and war, the Iranian president wields some influence and is the country's public-facing messenger. But power and critical decision-making in Iran ultimately lies with the supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, and unelected institutions like the Revolutionary Guards. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks with media after casting his ballot during the Iranian Parliamentary and Assembly of Experts elections at the Leadership office in Tehran, Iran, on March 1, 2024.

Persons: ATTA KENARE, Ebrahim Raisi, —, Iran's, Ali Vaez, Rafat, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, Saeed Jalili, Masoud Pezeshkian, Amirhossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi, Alireza Zakani, Qalibaf, Jalili, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Masoud, Pezeshkian, Mostafa Pourmohammadi, Pourmohammadi, Ayatollah Khamenei, Morteza Nikoubazl Organizations: Western, U.S, Guardian Council, Council, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Supreme National Security Council, Islamic Consultative Assembly, Revolutionary, Iran's Ministry of Intelligence, House, Revolutionary Guards, Iran's, Iranian Parliamentary Locations: Tehran, AFP Iran, Iran, Israel, Iranian, Iran's, Washington

☆ It's getting so hot, EMTs are putting overheated people in iced body bags
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewThis summer, medical professionals will use body bags to save lives. To treat heat-related illnesses, emergency medical professionals in Phoneix started using modified body bags called "immersion bags," The New York Times reported. Quickly submerging a heat stroke patient in icy water is one of the most effective ways to quickly bring down the body temperature. In one case, it only took eight minutes to effectively drop the person's body temperature. AdvertisementSpecial body bags for cooling baths will be standard equipment for ambulances and fire trucks in Phoenix.

Persons: —, Phoneix, They've, Sam Shen, Alexander St, John, Stephen Brashear, Shen, Grant Lipman, Lipman, Ross D Organizations: Service, Phoenix, National Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, Business, New York Times, Guardian, Department of Emergency Medicine, Stanford University, Harborview Medical, AP, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Franklin Locations: Seattle, Washington, Phoenix, Arizona , California, Texas

☆ Former Uvalde school police chief, officer indicted in 1st-ever criminal charges over failed response to 2022 mass shooting
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Shimon Prokupecz | Leigh Waldman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Former Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Police Chief Pete Arrendondo and former school police officer Adrian Gonzales were named in the indictments, which represent the first criminal charges filed in the school massacre. The two officers face felony charges of abandoning and endangering a child, Uvalde District Attorney Christina Mitchell told the Uvalde Leader-News, and one of them was expected to surrender later Thursday. Earlier this year, the US Justice Department released a damning report that concluded law enforcement officers had many opportunities to reassess their flawed response to the May 24, 2022 shooting at Robb Elementary School. Instead, it took 77 minutes from when the 18-year-old shooter walked into Robb Elementary School until he was stopped. Critical failures in leadership among specific law enforcement officers who rushed to Robb Elementary are cited by the Justice Department, whose 575-page report was released nearly 20 months after the massacre.

Persons: CNN —, Pete Arrendondo, Adrian Gonzales, Christina Mitchell, Brett Cross, Uziyah Garcia, Robb Organizations: CNN, Robb Elementary, Former Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Police, Uvalde, Court, US Justice Department, Robb Elementary School, Justice Department Locations: Texas, Uvalde, Uvalde County

☆ Afghanistan enjoys historic run to T20 World Cup semifinals: ‘Cricket is the only source of happiness back home’
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Ben Morse | Masoud Popalzai | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Afghanistan fans celebrate the team's win against Bangladesh at the T20 World Cup. Gurbaz is the leading run scorer at the T20 World Cup. “That Afghanistan team got into the semis for the first time,” the 25-year-old told the International Cricket Council (ICC) website. It’s an unbelievable feeling.”Khan (middle) celebrates the dismissal of India's Rishabh Pant at the T20 World Cup. And in a statement posted online, the Afghanistan Cricket Board expressed its “disappointment” towards Australia’s decision and “reiterates its stance on neutral and politics-free cricket across the globe.”

Persons: – couldn’t, Ashraf Ghani, Mullah Amir Muttaqi, Mullah Khairullah Khairkhah, Rashid Khan, ” Khan, cramp, Jonathan Trott, Ricardo Mazalan, Raees Ahmadzai, Khan –, Mohammad Nabi, Hashmatullah, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Ramon Espinosa, Trott, Khan, Nabi, Noor Ahmad –, bamboozled, Gurbaz, “, ”, India's Rishabh Pant, Randy Brooks, Barney Ronay, Suhail Shaheen, ” Shaheen Organizations: CNN, Pakistan, Afghanistan Cricket Board, Bangladesh, AFP, Getty, Australia, Afghan national cricket team, International Cricket Council, ICC, Afghanistan, United, Guardian, ACB, FIFA, International Olympic Committee Locations: Australia, Afghanistan, Africa, Trinidad and Tobago, Bangladesh, “, AFP, Taliban, United States, Doha

☆ The debate night contrast Biden hopes will win the 2024 election
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —The Almighty won’t be standing on stage alongside Joe Biden on Thursday night. Biden’s campaign laid the groundwork for the Atlanta showdown hosted by CNN in a weekend memo. If Trump rants and vents his 2020 election lies on Thursday, he will play into Biden’s hands. That could avoid the mayhem of the first Trump v. Biden debate in 2020. His campaign has spent days trying to roll back his expectations of Biden as a doddering, elderly president who can’t string two words together.

Persons: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, “, ‘ Joey, don’t, Trump, ”, zealots, Biden, Michael Tyler, Mitch Landrieu, Kayla Tausche, it’s, George W, Democrat John Kerry’s, Barack Obama’s, Mitt Romney, Cronkite, TikTok, he’s, — they’ve, Karl Rove, Trump can’t, shouldn’t, Kristi Noem, Trumpian, Jason Miller, ” Miller, Massachusetts Sen, Elizabeth Warren, ” Warren, they’ll, he’ll Organizations: CNN, Atlanta, ” Biden, Trump, Democrat, GOP, White, Capitol, Voters, Biden, . South Dakota Gov, NBC, Union, Massachusetts Locations: Democrat John Kerry’s Vietnam, Washington, New York, ., Atlanta, State, Wisconsin

☆ Julian Assange ends stalemate with US, exchanging guilty plea to felony charge for his freedom
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Lauren Said-Moorhouse | Thomas Manglona | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images Assange addresses the Oxford Union Society from the Ecuadorian Embassy in January 2013. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg/Getty Images Assange attends a news conference inside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London in August 2014. FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images Assange, on the balcony of the Ecuadorian Embassy, holds up a United Nations report in February 2016. Carl Court/Getty Images Assange speaks to the media in May 2017, after Swedish prosecutors had dropped their investigation of rape allegations against Assange. Jack Taylor/Getty Images Assange was seen for the first time in months during a hearing via teleconference in Quito, Ecuador, in October 2018.

Persons: Julian Assange, “, ” Assange, Assange, Kim Hong, Ramona Manglona, Chelsea Manning, Jack Taylor, LEON NEAL, BERTIL ERICSON, FABRICE COFFRINI, Carl Court, Geoff Caddick, Oli Scarff, CARL COURT, Leon Neal, Philip Toscano, Ricardo Patino, Frank Augstein, David Paul Morris, John Stillwell, Mike, Pompeo, Maria Sol Borja, Alastair Grant, Daniel Leal, Elizabeth Cook, Anthony Albanese, Joe Biden, ASSANGE, Adrienne Watson, Stella, ”, Gabriel Shipton, he’s, hasn’t, Julian, –, ” Shipton Organizations: Northern Mariana Islands CNN, Northern, Northern Mariana Islands . Justice Department, WikiLeaks, United States, Reuters, Army, Metropolitan Police, US Justice Department, British, Justice Department, Guardian, Getty, Swedish Trade Union Confederation, St, Paul's, Court, Ecuadorian Embassy, Oxford Union Society, Ecuadorian Foreign, Southwest Festival, Bloomberg, United Nations Human Rights, United, United Nations, CIA, CNN, Ecuadorian, Ecuador, Southwark Crown, White, Sweden, National Security, Department of Justice, BBC Radio Locations: Saipan, Northern Mariana, London, United Kingdom, Hawaii, Northern Mariana Islands, Australia, United States, Iraq, Afghanistan, Sweden, Ecuadorian, Ecuador, Westminster, AFP, Stockholm, Geneva, Switzerland, Austin , Texas, United Nations, Quito, Southwark, Baghdad, Guantanamo Bay

☆ Japanese mother and child stabbed in China in front of school bus
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Nectar Gan | Himari Semans | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Tokyo/Hong Kong CNN —A Japanese woman and her child were among three people stabbed by a man on Monday in front of a school bus at a bus stop in eastern China, according to Japanese authorities. In Suzhou, the attack took place Monday afternoon as the mother waited to pick up her child at a bus stop near a Japanese school, according to the Japanese official. The school bus is from the Suzhou Japanese School, located less than a mile from the bus stop in an area where many Japanese nationals live, NHK said. Opened in 2005, the Suzhou Japanese School offers six-year elementary school and three-year junior high school curriculums, according to its website. Its rules state that students must be picked up by a parent or guardian from the school bus.

Persons: Hong Kong CNN —, “, ”, Zhou, Mao Ning, rampages, –, Xi Jinping Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, Japanese Nationals Overseas Safety Division, Japan’s Foreign Ministry, CNN, Embassy, NHK, Suzhou Japanese, Japan’s Embassy, Foreign, Suzhou Japanese School Locations: Tokyo, Hong Kong, China, Suzhou, Jiangsu province, Shanghai, Jilin ., Jilin, Beijing, Japan

☆ The billionaire summer calendar: How the world's wealthiest business icons spend their warmer months
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Madeline Berg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Olympics: July 26-August 11The Olympic Games are a favorite for sports-loving billionaires like Bill Gates, seen here in 2008 at the Beijing Games. Tony Marshall - EMPICS/Getty ImagesWhile the Olympics are, in theory, an event for every spectator, billionaires enjoy the games a little differently and will do so in Paris this year. Billionaires with no official connection to this year's Olympics will no doubt be there, too, and in style. Bill Gates and Rupert Murdoch have attended the event with their families in years past, and newly minted billionaire Magic Johnson has played for Team USA and carried the Olympic torch. Tickets to events like the women's gymnastics final cost $6,500 each from the official ticket seller.

Persons: Bill Gates, Tony Marshall, Bernard —, Hennessy, Rupert Murdoch, Magic Johnson, Vistajet, Fraser Organizations: Beijing Games, Chandon, Team USA, Guardian Locations: Paris

☆ My mom died when I was 8, and my mom's sister adopted me at 12. I got a second chance at being part of a family.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Isabella Ambrosio | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Once in the custody of DCFS, I was diagnosed with major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder. After a month in the custody of the state, my maternal aunt, Elizabeth, was granted guardianship when I was 12 years old. Isabella Ambrosio's adopted mom Elizabeth, left, and mom, right. And I realized then that all I'd needed was for her to acknowledge that my mom was still my mom and that she could never be replaced. Calling Cary and Elizabeth "Mom" and "Dad" felt quite natural afterward.

Persons: DCFS, Elizabeth, Isabella Ambrosio's, Isabella Ambrosio I, John, Cary, Tim, we'd, didn't, Cary —, I'd, Isabella Ambrosio, Elizabeth ., Isabella Ambrosio She, I'm, hasn't Organizations: Service, Department of Children, Family Services Locations: Ireland, Illinois, Tennessee

☆ Jeff Bezos is under fire at the Washington Post as patience wears thin among staffers
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

New York CNN —When will Jeff Bezos actually address the upheaval roiling his newsroom? “Will Lewis needs to step down for the good of The Post and the public,” wrote Higham on Facebook. But surely the billionaire understands the dire situation gripping The Post. Staffers at The Post are very much waiting for Bezos to take some meaningful form of action. In the absence of Bezos, the stories raising questions about Lewis’ ethical integrity keep coming.

Persons: Jeff Bezos, Will Lewis, Bezos, Lewis, Robert Winnett, David Maraniss, doesn’t, Scott Higham, Lewis ’, “ Will Lewis, ”, Higham, it’s, He’s, Boris Johnson, Johnson Organizations: New York CNN, Washington Post, The, Facebook, CNN, Financial Times, New York Times Locations: New York, Higham

☆ A woman took her boyfriend to a tribunal because he didn't take her to the airport as promised
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

A New Zealand woman took her boyfriend to a disputes tribunal for not taking her to the airport. The woman said that the boyfriend's promise to take her there was a verbal contract. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementA woman from New Zealand took her long-term boyfriend to a disputes tribunal for failing to keep his promise to take her to the airport. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

Persons: — Organizations: Service, New Zealand, The Guardian, Business Locations: Zealand, New

At least 14 Malaysians, 165 Indonesians, 68 Jordanians, 35 Pakistanis, 35 Tunisians, 11 Iranians and 98 Indians have died, according to authorities in each country. According to a CNN tally, this brings the latest official death toll for this year’s pilgrimage to at least 460. The death tolls are expected to rise much further, as Saudi Arabia and Egypt have yet to release official figures. The Bernama report did not specify if the dead were members of the country’s official Hajj delegation. The government is targeting 30 million pilgrims by 2030.

Persons: Mostafa Madbouly, Abdel Fattah el, Mecca Rafiq Maqbool, Mohd Na’im Mokhtar, ”, Arafat, Prophet Mohammed, King Salman bin Abdulaziz, Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Edward Szekeres, Handi Alkhshali, Aishwarya S Iyer Organizations: CNN, Jordanian Foreign Ministry, Crescent, Saudi, Reuters, Saudi Ministry of Health, Associated Press, AP Malaysia’s, Religious, News Agency, Hajj, India’s Ministry, External Affairs, Saudi General Authority, Statistics Locations: Mecca, Jordanian, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Mina, Saudi

☆ Anthony O’Reilly, Flashy Irish Tycoon Who Led Heinz Company, Dies at 88
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Trip Gabriel | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

O’Reilly, a high-flying, charming, Irish-born former chairman of the H.J. Heinz Company, who also owned newspapers, luxury brands and trophy homes in France and the Bahamas, only to lose nearly everything in his eighth decade, died on May 18 in Dublin. The Irish Times and other Irish newspapers, citing a family spokesman, reported that he died in a hospital. From his earliest days, Mr. O’Reilly, who was known as Tony, displayed an embarrassment of gifts. He was an elite-level rugby player while still in his teens — the “redheaded pinup boy of Irish rugby,” as The Guardian put it.

Persons: Anthony J.F, O’Reilly, Tony Organizations: Heinz Company, Irish Times, rugby, Guardian, Irish Dairy Board Locations: Irish, France, Bahamas, Dublin

☆ A timeline of David Beckham's alleged affair with Rebecca Loos, and what Victoria Beckham has said about it
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Ayomikun Adekaiyero | Eammon Jacobs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

April 2004: Rebecca Loos accuses Beckham of an affair. Rebecca Loos was Beckham's personal assistant for his first few months in Madrid. Don Nicholas / Getty ImageOn April 4, 2004, the UK's News of the World newspaper published a story that alleged Beckham had an affair with Loos, who had since been fired as his assistant. Loos also said in the interview she wasn't afraid of the Beckhams taking her to court. The simple truth is that I am very happily married and have a wonderful wife and two very special kids.

Persons: Rebecca Loos, Beckham, Madrid . Don Nicholas, Getty, Loos, Sky News's Kay Burley, David, he's, who've Organizations: UK's, Sky, Guardian Locations: Madrid .

☆ Meet Kyra Kennedy, the youngest daughter of RFK Jr. and a member of the next generation of American royalty
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Erin Mcdowell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Kyra Kennedy is the youngest daughter of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.Mary Richardson Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Kyra Kennedy in 2009. She is the second child of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his second wife, Mary Richardson. Kennedy married Richardson that same year, and they were married until Richardson's death by suicide on May 16, 2012. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has two children with Black: Robert "Bobby" Kennedy III, 39, and Kathleen Alexandra "Kick" Kennedy, 36, according to People. Kennedy had four children with Richardson: Conor Richardson Kennedy, 29; Kyra LeMoyne Kennedy, 28; William "Finn" Kennedy, 27; and Aidan Caohman Vieques Kennedy, 23.

Persons: Kyra Kennedy, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Mary Richardson Kennedy, Charles Eshelman, Mary Richardson, Kennedy, Richardson, Emily Ruth Black, Robert, Bobby, Kennedy III, Kathleen Alexandra, Conor Richardson Kennedy, Kyra LeMoyne Kennedy, William, Finn, Aidan Caohman Vieques Kennedy, Cheryl Hines Organizations: Guardian

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