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☆ A woman who lost 200 pounds by making simple changes shared the 2 key lessons she learned about fat loss
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Rachel Hosie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

She told Business Insider that losing weight was educational and transformative in many ways. Mancuso learned how intertwined physical, mental, and emotional health are. She also realized her former lifestyle wasn't actually easier. Losing weight gave Mancuso 'fuller experiences'For years, Mancuso thought that continuing her sedentary, fast-food-heavy lifestyle was the easy option. Mental and physical health are intertwinedPreviously, Mancuso hadn't thought about every aspect of health being connected.

Persons: —, Leah Mancuso, Mancuso, dieter, Jenny Craig, Lily Photo, Tara Dunn Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Scottsdale , Arizona, rollercoasters

☆ Barbara Gladstone, 89, Dies; Art Dealer With a Personal Touch and Global Reach
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Will Heinrich | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Barbara Gladstone, an art dealer whose eye for spotting talent and knack for nurturing it helped her to build one of the largest and most influential contemporary art galleries in New York, died on Sunday in Paris. She was 89. Her gallery said her death, in a hospital, was caused by an ischemic event, whose symptoms are similar to those of a stroke. Ms. Gladstone, who was on a working trip to Paris, lived in Manhattan. What brought these disparate artists together on her list was her abiding interest in them personally and the devoted way she husbanded their work.

Persons: Barbara Gladstone, Gladstone, Robert Rauschenberg, Keith Haring, Elizabeth Murray, Matthew Barney, Mario Merz, Alighiero Boetti, Richard Prince, Robert Bechtle, Shirin Neshat, Wangechi Mutu, LaToya Ruby Frazier Organizations: Italian Arte Locations: New York, Paris, Manhattan, Italian

☆ This picture won a prize in an AI competition — but it's real
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Miles Astray won a prize in an AI contest with a photograph that was not generated by AI. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementA photographer won a prize in a competition for AI-generated photographs — except the picture he submitted was real. Miles Astray's image of a flamingo won third place in the AI-generated category of the 1839 Awards' Color Photography Contest last week. However, the photographer told CNN that he was later disqualified after revealing he'd fooled the judges to make a point.

Persons: Miles, —, Miles Astray's, he'd Organizations: Service, flamingo, CNN, Business

☆ India wants to be a developed nation by 2047. Here are 4 critical areas Modi can't ignore
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Charmaine Jacob | In Charmainemariajacob | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

India has undergone a massive infrastructure push and has made significant strides in connecting and modernizing its highways, railways and airports. He's going to double down on that," said Samir Kapadia, CEO of India Index and managing principal at Vogel Group. "Along with creating physical infrastructure, India needs to remain steadfast on the structural reforms ... Increase foreign investmentsFrom veteran emerging markets investor Mark Mobius to global strategist David Roche, market experts remain bullish on India. Foreign direct investments into the country needs to however pick up pace to further drive economic growth and development, analysts told CNBC.

Persons: Vikram Singh, Narendra Modi, Modi, Reema Bhattacharya, Verisk, Modi's, he's, Samir Kapadia, Nirmala Sitharaman, Santanu Sengupta, Goldman Sachs, Sengupta, Richard Rossow, Kapadia, Sumedha Gupta, Vivek Prasad, Prasad, Mark Mobius, David Roche Organizations: Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP, Infrastructure, India Index, Vogel Group, Nurphoto, CNBC, Center for Strategic, International Studies, Padget Electronics, Dixon Technologies, Bloomberg, Getty, Research, India Electronics, Semiconductor Association, Economist Intelligence Unit, Centre, Monitoring, National Stock Exchange of, World Federation of Exchanges Locations: India, Asia, China, Mumbai, Noida, PwC India, National Stock Exchange of India

☆ When my kids were little, I wrote short snippets capturing our daily lives. Now they're teens, and this window into our past is priceless.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Eileen Hoenigman Meyer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewIt took me almost a year to calculate that my kids, Sylvia and Nico, were 15 months apart. Life with little kids is as overwhelming as it is glorious. AdvertisementI bought a little notebook for each kid, and I started writing short snippets about them whenever I could steal a minute. AdvertisementI stopped writing in their notebooks when the kids started school. But these little snippets offer us a glimpse of what it felt like to be there early in the morning, at dinner time, and in the middle of the night.

Persons: —, Sylvia, Nico, that's, Greg, they've Organizations: Service, Business

☆ European markets head for mixed open as UK awaits Bank of England's rate decision
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Commuters crossing a junction near the Bank of England (BOE), left, in the City of London, UK, on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. Photographer: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesLONDON — European stocks are expected to open in mixed territory Thursday, with U.K. investors looking ahead to the Bank of England's policy rate decision. The U.K.'s FTSE index is expected to open 16 points higher at 8,212, Germany's DAX up 21 points at 18,087, France's CAC 40 up 3 points at 7,568 and Italy's FTSE MIB up 10 points at 33,192, according to IG. U.K. traders will be focused on the Bank of England's rate decision Thursday, although the central bank is widely expected to hold rates steady at a 16-year high of 5.25%, with the majority of economists polled by Reuters forecasting a cut in August after the country's July 4 election. Data released Wednesday showed U.K. inflation rose by an annual 2.0% in May, hitting the BoE's inflation target.

Persons: BOE, Andrew Bailey, Hollie Adams, Germany's DAX Organizations: Bank of England, City of, Bloomberg, Getty, Bank of, CAC, IG, Reuters Locations: City, City of London

☆ Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Conspiracy of Ravens
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Rebecca Davis O Brien | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was getting annoyed, fingers tapping on his lawn chair. As a reporter and a photographer crouched expectantly in the bushes behind his Los Angeles home, his two wild ravens were refusing to cooperate with a photo shoot. “I’m not going to reward their bad behavior,” he said at last, closing the greasy bag of meat scraps he had brought out for the birds. As an independent presidential candidate, Mr. Kennedy, 70, has leaned into his storied political lineage, his career in environmental law and his caustic anti-establishment beliefs that at times veer into conspiracy theory. And yet I was surprised recently when a routine phone call to ask Mr. Kennedy for comment about another article was interrupted by a loud “caw” at the other end of the line.

Persons: Robert F, Kennedy Jr, crouched expectantly, “ I’m, ”, strode, Kennedy Locations: Angeles

☆ Europe stocks set to open mixed as investors look ahead to Bank of England decision later this week
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-17 | by ( Karen Gilchrist | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Commuters crossing a junction near the Bank of England (BOE), left, in the City of London, UK, on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. Photographer: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesLONDON — European markets are set to open mixed as investors attempt to shake off negative sentiment from last week and look ahead to the latest interest rate decision from the Bank of England. Investors are looking ahead to the Bank of England's policy rate decision on Thursday. In Asia-Pacific, markets were mixed on Monday as the region assesses key economic data out from China. U.S. stock futures were little changed on Monday morning as traders start a holiday-shortened week.

Persons: BOE, Andrew Bailey, Hollie Adams, Emmanuel Macron's Organizations: Bank of England, City of, Bloomberg, Getty, CAC, Bank of, Reuters Locations: City, City of London, Italy, Asia, Pacific, China . U.S

☆ ‘Pig butchering’ crypto scam: Americans taking their lives after losing savings to international criminal gangs
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-17 | by ( Teele Rebane | Ivan Watson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

In early March, Dennis’ children scheduled a meeting to help their father get back on his feet after the scam. Matt and Adrienne lost their father Dennis to suicide in March after he fell victim to a cryptocurrency investment scam. Hard to believe I’m falling for a man I have never seen or spoken to,” Carina told him just a few weeks in. Carina, scam victimCarina didn’t tell her family about what had happened and the stress she was under until the very final moment. After months of hiding it, Carina told her family, who suggested she speak to Kraken directly.

Persons: Matt, “, Adrienne’s, Dennis Jones, Jessie, ”, Dennis, Dennis ’, Adrienne, ” Matt, Chris Turner, Amanda Swinhart, they’ve, Erin West, “ I’ve, I’ve, Erin, “ We’ve, Shawn Bradstreet, Jim Castel, Bradstreet, Bumble, GASO, that’s, Tom Booth Rakesh, Rakesh, “ Klara Semonov, Tawee Sodsong, Tom Booth Pachara, Jeff Rosen, ’ Carina, “ Evan ”, Carina, WhatsApp, ” Carina, Evan Van ”, CNN Evan, Evan, consoling, Jim Castel ‘, ” Dennis messaged, ” Adrienne, Carina didn’t, “ It’s, ” Dennis ’ Organizations: Lifeline, International Association for Suicide Prevention, Befrienders Worldwide, CNN, Facebook, FBI, San, LinkedIn, Meta, Indian, Thai National Broadcasting, Befrienders Locations: Virginia, Southeast Asia, scammers, Santa Clara, California’s Bay, San Francisco, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Thai, ”, Russian, Salt Lake City, scamming

☆ Ernest Shackleton’s Quest shipwreck has finally been found
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-15 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton and his crew of 27 men set off aboard the HMS Endurance in 1914. A search expedition found the HMS Endurance wreck in 2022, and now, another part of Shackleton’s legacy has been recovered. Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesAn international team of experts using sonar has located the exploration ship Quest, once captained by Shackleton, off the coast of Canada. — A botanist spotted a tiny plant species new to science growing in an unlikely place on the slopes of the Andes.

Persons: Sir Ernest Shackleton, Shackleton, Freeman Dyson, Dyson, George Wittemyer, ”, Mickey Pardo, ritualistically, Chichén Itzá, “, Adomas Valantinas, Ashley Strickland, Katie Hunt Organizations: CNN, HMS, Quest, Central Press, Hulton, Cornell University, Olympus, ESA, Brown University, NASA, CNN Space, Science Locations: Antarctica, South Georgia, Canada, Kenya, Chichén, Yucatán, Everest, England, Australia

☆ A woman who hates cooking shared the 5 easy, healthy meals that helped her lose 200 pounds
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-15 | by ( Rachel Hosie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementSo she developed new staple meals like cottage cheese bowls and chicken with potatoes. Mancuso shared the easy, staple meals that helped her lose 200 pounds over two years. Cottage cheese bowls"I've had cottage cheese bowls most days," Mancuso said. She said she sometimes eats cottage cheese as it is, but other times blends it into a smooth yoghurt-like consistency. Related stories"I add maple syrup to sweeten and also sometimes add a flavored protein powder to add more protein," Mancuso said.

Persons: —, Leah Mancuso, Mancuso, aren't, she's, fryer, Mancuso hasn't, takeout, that's Organizations: Service, Business, carbs Locations: Scottsdale , Arizona

☆ A photographer spent years memorializing some 300 sites of fatal police shootings across America
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-15 | by ( Suyin Haynes | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

110 of these images are published now in the monograph “My America;” quiet, monochromatic images of everyday sites like parking lots, rural roads and suburban sidewalks. Diana MatarMonique Deckard, 43, was shot and killed by police officers outside her apartment in Anaheim, California, on March 8, 2015. Two chairs on a sunny sidewalk in Los Angeles, California, indicate where 37-year-old Norma Guzman, 37, was shot and killed by police officers in 2015. Terence Crutcher, 40, was shot and killed by a police officer in Tulsa, Oklahoma on September 16, 2016. Diana MatarClemente Najera, 38, was shot and killed by a sheriff's officer in Elsinore, California, on April 15, 2016.

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☆ This flamingo image won an AI award. The only catch? It’s a real photograph.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Jacqui Palumbo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Like AI images, which can bear hallmark signs of wonky anatomy, like too many teeth or fingers, the flamingo appeared headless as it bent its neck to scratch itself with its beak. To Astray’s surprise, it won both third place in the category — and the People’s Vote award. Creative Resource Collective did not comment on how their AI and non-AI photography categories are judged and vetted. As for the flamingo, Astray emphasized it was a serendipitous moment, not one that he sought out. It is simply the perfect shot for this because the scene is so unreal and for such a simple, natural reason: a flamingo scratching its belly.”

Persons: Miles, “, it’s, ”, …, Nature, Lily Fierman, ” Fierman, there’s, “ Rather Organizations: CNN, Phaidon, Centre Pompidou, Creative Locations: Christie’s, Aruba

Tesla CEO Elon Musk claimed on Thursday that his company's Optimus humanoid robots could eventually make the automaker worth more than half of that. As for shareholder value, Musk said Optimus could be the catalyst for lifting Tesla's market cap to $25 trillion someday. The company, he predicted, will have "over 1,000, or a few thousand, Optimus robots working at Tesla" in 2025. Getting to a $25 trillion market cap would mean that Tesla would be worth about eight times Apple's value today. He did say that autonomous vehicles could get the company to a market cap of $5 trillion to $7 trillion.

Persons: SeongJoon Cho, Elon Musk, Tesla, Optimus, Musk Organizations: Tesla Inc, Seoul Mobility, Bloomberg, Getty, Optimus, Star Wars, EV, world's, Microsoft Locations: Goyang, South Korea, Austin , Texas, Thursday's

☆ Bitcoin miners at Donald Trump's closed-door event say he thinks bitcoin can help win AI arms race
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Mackenzie Sigalos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +17 min

Less than four hours after Trump's roundtable wrapped, the former president took to social media to extol the virtues of the bitcoin mining business. "Bitcoin mining may be our last line of defense against a CBDC," Trump posted shortly before midnight on Tuesday. "That's where you've got all these ancillary jobs; it's not just the bitcoin mining directly," said Cook. Enter bitcoin miners. Adding bitcoin miners to the portfolio of energy buyers has helped to improve the core economics of renewable power production.

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☆ Artists are terrified Instagram is stealing their work. They're turning to hot platform Cara — but it's not a perfect solution.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-12 | by ( Shubhangi Goel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewSome artists are angry that Meta is using their photos on Instagram and Facebook to train its artificial intelligence models. Some artists are moving to Cara, a social media platform designed for artists. Losing hard-earned followingsProfessional artists said they have issues with Instagram beyond AI, including that they feel forced to buy ads to be seen. Far from perfectArtists, including Kent in San Francisco, said they're using platforms like Cara to hedge against the whims of any one platform. Switching platforms comes with its own headaches — the spike in new Cara users led to a series of app crashes last week.

Persons: —, they're, Christina Kent, Cara, Jingna Zhang, Chris Cox, Meridian Culpepper, — it's, Kent, Culpepper, I'm, Noah Smith, haven't Organizations: Service, Facebook, Business, Meridian, Meta, Singapore, Washington Post Locations: San Francisco, Cara, Luxembourg, Instagram, Los Angeles, Singapore, Kent

☆ Vintage polaroids of female prisoners paint an intimate picture of womanhood and identity
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-12 | by ( Zoe Whitfield | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —What is perhaps most striking about the 32 photographs that make up Jack Lueders-Booth’s new book, “Women Prisoner Polaroids,” is the intimacy that occupies each frame. For that reason, (when I was there) the inmates wore domestic clothes and prison guards were also un-uniformed. I was doing photography for them, making portraits for their annual reports, and sometimes processing family photographs,” said Lueders-Booth. “Over the years, my photographs were appearing on their walls as part of their photo collections, which was very rewarding. While it is true, other things are true, and many other things are perhaps more true.”

Persons: Jack Lueders, Polaroids, Mick Jagger, “ Miriam Van Waters, “, ”, Booth, Van Waters, ‘, Laura — “, —, I’d, Lueders Organizations: CNN, Correctional Institute Framingham, Northeastern University, Harvard’s Graduate School of Education, MCI, Framingham, Lueders Locations: Massachusetts, Booth, serendipitous, Framingham

☆ A woman lost 200 pounds over 2 years. It started by walking for 10 minutes and eating one nutritious food a day.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-10 | by ( Rachel Hosie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Mancuso started making small tweaks to her diet and lifestyle, stayed consistent, and the weight came off. Leah MancusoNow 188 pounds, Mancuso, a photographer based in Scottsdale, Arizona, feels like a new person. One nutritious food per dayInstead of trying to overhaul her whole diet, Mancuso started small by eating one nutritious food every day — the first was eggs. Nutrition-wise, Mancuso progressed from eating one nutritious food a day to keeping a food journal. She returned to Disneyland 200 pounds lighterIn December 2023, Mancuso went back to Disneyland nearly 200 pounds lighter than her previous visit.

Persons: —, Leah Mancuso, Mancuso, Wegovy, dieter, Jenny Craig, wouldn't, she'd, Taco Bell, Erica, Jon, Mancuso didn't, Tara Dunn, I'm Organizations: Service, Business, Taco, Nutrition Locations: Scottsdale , Arizona, WeightWatchers

☆ Photographer Juergen Teller’s playful take on an age-old fertility myth
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-10 | by ( Jacqui Palumbo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

So when photographer Juergen Teller and his wife and creative partner Dovile Drizyte were trying for a baby while on vacation in Sicily two years ago, Teller recommended the practise. Juergen TellerTeller and Drizyte have become creative collaborators as well as romantic partners. Juergen TellerTeller is known for his matter-of-fact, improvisational aesthetic in commercial fashion campaigns, and had previously photographed at the hotel. Juergen TellerDrizyte “had to be very serene,” Teller said of the shoot, which he called both physically and mentally exhausting. “The maids were coming and cleaning these rooms and taking beds out.”“Guests disappeared and it became more ghostlike,” Teller added.

Persons: Juergen Teller, Dovile Drizyte, Teller, “, Dovile, ‘, ’ ”, Drizyte, Iggy, —, Juergen Teller Teller, ” Drizyte, ”, “ Dovile, ” Teller, Juergen Teller Drizyte “, ” “ Organizations: CNN, Villa Locations: Sicily, Lake Como, Italy

☆ Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia: Meet the quiet, bird-loving grandfather taking on strongman Maduro in Venezuela’s election
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-08 | by ( Stefano Pozzebon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

But most analysts agree Gonzalez represents the best chance that Venezuela’s political opposition has had to dislodge Maduro from power since 2013. But amnesty for outgoing officials could be on the table, Gonzalez told CNN en Español. “Edmundo is a public servant, he knows there cannot be any revenge [against the government],” Eickhoff told CNN. Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, Venezuela's new opposition candidate, feeds birds at his home in Caracas on Wednesday, April 24. “It’s time for the big Venezuelan family to come together once more,” he told CNN en Español.

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☆ A Black photographer added himself to places where history didn’t want him
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-07 | by ( Thomas Page | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

“Being There” came to life when Shulman noticed many of the slides contained an empty seat – presumably that the photographer had vacated to take the photo. Diop’s series “Diaspora” depicts Africans outside of Africa at different points in history (albeit with some contemporary – often soccer related – props). And in doing so, we forget how it’s easy not to make room for someone who’s different,” he added. “He’d been a student in Europe in the late ’50s, so he’d been sitting at these tables,” Diop added. We don’t know their politics, nor how they’d respond to Diop’s presence.

Persons: Guess, ” Sidney Poitier’s, they’re, – he’s Sidney Poitier, Omar Victor Diop, Lee Shulman, Diop, Shulman, Martin Parr, ”, “, Omar, ” Shulman, ” Diop, “ He’d, he’d, ” Omar Victor Diop Organizations: CNN, Senegalese, eBay, Paris Photo, White America, African, Textuel Locations: “, America, Africa, Europe, African, . Hood

☆ Our Vegas wedding only cost $10,000. It didn't feel cheap and our guests had a blast.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-07 | by ( Courtney Kocak | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

AdvertisementWe decided on Vegas so our families could goStill, we didn't rush into wedding planning. Related storiesI joked that Vegas felt apropos because "every relationship is a gamble." AdvertisementI just wanted fun and easyMy wedding planning ethos was fun and easy, just like our relationship. It didn't feel like a cheap wedding; it felt like a masterpiece, even to our guests. When we first started planning, I wasn't aware that Las Vegas was "the wedding capital of the world," but now it's easy to see why.

Persons: —, Wade, I'd, we'd, who'd, wasn't, Vegas, Elvis, Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, Bruce Willis, Demi Moore, Frank Sinatra, Mia Farrow, hitched, Michael Conti, Keith Kaplan, Joe's Organizations: Service, Target, Business Locations: Vegas, Minnesota, Texas, Phoenix, Las Vegas

☆ SoftBank shares jump up to 6.3% on report that Elliott Management's pushing for $15 billion in buybacks
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Sheila Chiang | In Sheilachiang | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

SoftBank Group Corp. is scheduled to announce its earnings figures on May 13. Elliott is lobbying for $15 billion worth of share buybacks, arguing that the buybacks will boost SoftBank's share price and "act as a sign of Son's confidence in his strategy," the Financial Times reported. SoftBank shares hit a high of 9,572 yen on Wednesday, 6.32% higher than its Tuesday closing price, according to LSEG data. Elliott had invested $2.5 billion in SoftBank in 2020 and sought share buybacks worth $20 billion along with governance changes, Financial Times reported that year. SoftBank Group declined to comment.

Persons: Toru Hanai, Elliott, SoftBank, Elliott's, Masayoshi Son Organizations: SoftBank Corp, SoftBank Group Corp, Bloomberg, Getty, SoftBank, Elliott Management, Financial Times, U.S Locations: Tokyo, Japan, SoftBank

☆ Palestinian-American sues Meta, alleging speech discrimination on platform
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A Palestinian-American engineer has sued the social media giant Meta, accusing his former employer of discriminating against pro-Palestinian speech on its platforms and of wrongfully firing him after he investigated the issue as part of his official duties. “The employee was dismissed for violating Meta’s data access policies, which we make clear to employees will result in immediate termination,” Meta spokesperson Andy Stone said in a statement to CNN. When Hamad flagged the matter late last year to colleagues within the same team, he allegedly began to receive communications from Meta employees outside of the team pressuring him to drop the investigation. The firing took place against the backdrop of other examples of company bias against pro-Palestinian speech, Hamad alleges. The lawsuit also cites a December 2023 report by Human Rights Watch documenting claims that Meta unreasonably suppressed peaceful pro-Palestinian speech.

Persons: Ferras Hamad, Ukraine —, Meta, Hamad, Andy Stone, “, ” Weeks, Hamad “ Organizations: CNN, Meta, Human Rights Locations: Gaza, Ukraine, California, Santa Clara County

☆ The D-Day landings, in pictures
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

With him were soldiers from the US Army's 1st Infantry Division, cold and soaked from the choppy waters. It is one of the most widely reproduced photos from the Normandy landings, which laid the foundation for the Allied defeat of Germany in World War II. This year marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day, the largest amphibious invasion in history. There were many Allied casualties that day — around 4,440 Allied troops were confirmed dead, according to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, with more than 5,800 troops wounded or missing. "The coast of France this morning was certainly no photographer's party," he told Winship.

Persons: Robert F, Sargent, Higgins, Thomas Winship, Samuel Chase, Winship Organizations: US Coast Guard, US Army's 1st Infantry Division, Coast Guard Combat, Commission, Allies Locations: Normandy, France, Germany

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