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☆ AI-Driven Cataclysm Could Rock the Job Market: Top Economist
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Aki Ito | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +33 min

Over the course of three conversations this summer, Acemoglu told me he's worried we're currently hurtling down a road that will end in catastrophe. "There's a fair likelihood that if we don't do a course correction, we're going to have a truly two-tier system," Acemoglu told me. "I was following the canon of economic models, and in all of these models, technological change is the main mover of GDP per capita and wages," Acemoglu told me. In later empirical work, Acemoglu and Restrepo showed that that was exactly what had happened. "I realize this is a very, very tall order," Acemoglu told me.

Persons: who's, Katya Klinova, Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, Acemoglu, Johnson, we've, he's, we're, Power, James Robinson, —, Robinson, David Autor, Pascual Restrepo, Restrepo, John Maynard Keynes, Simon Simard, Lord Byron, Eric Van Den Brulle, hasn't, it's, Gita Gopinath, Paul Romer, Romer, What's, Daron, GPT, Asu Ozdaglar, It's, Mark Madeo, Tattong, Erik Brynjolfsson, Brynjolfsson, There's, Yoshua Bengio, Yuval Noah Harari, Andrew Yang, Elon Musk, I've, That's, Aki Ito Organizations: Getty, MIT, of Technology, Hulton, London School of Economics, Stagecoach, Technology, —, International Monetary Fund, Microsoft, Asu, Companies, Computer, Greenpeace, Communications, Big Tech, Workers Locations: Silicon Valley, America, Boston, Istanbul, Turkey, Acemoglu, England, United States, Britain, Australia

☆ McDonald's fans are mourning the loss of self-serve soft drinks, saying it's the 'end of an era' and a 'tremendous loss'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Jennifer Ortakales Dawkins | Nancy Luna | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

McDonald's is nixing its self-serve soft drinks and customers are expressing their dismay. Fans of the fast-food chain said the switch was the "end of an era" and a "tremendous loss." Some people expressed concerns about the cleanliness of the soda machines and that perhaps the new method would be more sanitary. "I went to a McDonald's that was doing this already I waited for 15 mins for a refill on the drinks," wrote Alexis Coon. "They aren't staffed to refill drinks," wrote Wil Rabquer.

Persons: Hali Palombo, refills, Drew Powell, Meg Herman, McDonald's, Mike Schario, Karen Henderson, McDonald's didn't, that's McDelivery, Hannah Wismer, Alexis Coon, Wil Rabquer, Steve Tuck, Joseph Hall Organizations: Service, Beverage, Facebook Locations: Wall, Silicon, McDonald's, California, Nebraska, Northern California

☆ 20,000 people feared dead in Libyan city destroyed by floods
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Patrick Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

"The situation is very large and surprising for the city of Derna. A view shows a damaged car, following a powerful storm and heavy rainfall hitting the country, in Derna, Libya September 13, 2023. A government official estimated Wednesday that 25% of the city was completely destroyed or washed away. People look at the dead bodies outside the hospital, after a powerful storm and heavy rainfall hit Libya, in Derna, Libya September 12, 2023. A view of devastation in disaster zones after the floods caused by the Storm Daniel ravaged the region, on September 11, 2023, in Derna, Libya.

Persons: Hassan El Salheen, Aly, Storm Daniel, Mohamed Abd El Ghany, Daniel, Abdel Moneim Al, Ghaithi, Esam Omran, Hunter Biden, Elie Abouaoun, Reuters Othman Abduljaleel Organizations: Reuters, Sky News Arabia, fetori, United Nations, World Meteorological Organization, AFP, WMO, NBC, FBI, Social Security, International Rescue, International Organization for Migration, United Arab, Fetori, Tripoli Public Services Company, Libyan News Agency, Storm, Anadolu Agency, Getty Locations: Libya, Al Sharief, Bani Swief, Egypt, Derna, Geneva, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Tripoli, Derna's

☆ Behold: New York City’s Trash Can of the Future
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Dodai Stewart | More About Dodai Stewart | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Coming to a street corner near you: a sleek new litter basket, the latest weapon in New York City’s generations-long war on trash. The new receptacle, which will replace the green wire mesh litter baskets seen across the city, has three parts: a concrete base (so it’s tough to tip over); a hinged metal lid; and a removable, relatively lightweight plastic basket that sanitation workers will lift and empty. “The wire litter baskets are iconic, but they are well past their useful life in New York City,” said Jessica Tisch, the city’s sanitation commissioner. “They are vestiges of a different time.”Ms. Tisch noted that the wire baskets were made up of a series of holes: “That’s the fundamental design feature which allows the rats to get in them,” she said.

Persons: ”, Jessica Tisch, Ms, Tisch Locations: New York, New York City

☆ A Bathtub in the Kitchen? Not a Problem for New Yorkers.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Jess Eng | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Many New York City renters will recognize this scenario: You’re on your fourth apartment tour of the day when a broker unlocks the front door and ushers you into the kitchen. Often used as an example of what New Yorkers must endure, navigating an eccentric kitchen has become an experience that unites lifelong residents and uninitiated transplants. After the passage of the New York Tenement House Act of 1901, all residences were required to install a sink and bathtub to meet the city’s sanitation standards. In tenements across the Lower East Side and East Village, bathtubs fit only in the kitchen, often the apartment’s largest room. Despite these quirks, New Yorkers have found ways to make do — and even fall in love with — their wacky kitchens.

Persons: Kitchens Organizations: New Locations: New York City, York, Side

The Chicago-based fast food chain plans to eliminate self-service soda machines at its U.S. restaurants by 2032, McDonald's confirmed this week. For years, McDonald's customers have used the machines to fill and refill their beverages without additional trips to a cashier. Behind-the-counter soda machines already exist at some other fast food chains — and a handful of McDonald's locations across the country have also begun the transition. McDonald's digital sales — made up of app, delivery and kiosk purchases — accounted for almost 40% of systemwide sales for the second quarter of 2023. The price increases that have helped fuel McDonald’s sales in recent quarters will moderate as inflation comes down, Chief Financial Officer Ian Borden said during July's Q2 earnings call.

Persons: McDonald's, Uber, Ian Borden Organizations: Associated Press, McDonald's, The State, Revenue Locations: Coke, Chicago, U.S, McDonald's USA, Illinois

In recent weeks, U.S. consumers have seen high-profile food recalls for an unappetizing reason: They're contaminated with foreign objects that have no place on a dinner plate. “Extraneous materials” triggered nine recalls in 2022 of more than 477,000 pounds of food regulated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service — triple the number of recalls tied to food contaminated with toxic E. coli bacteria. Trader Joe’s wouldn’t elaborate on how material got into the foods that led to its recent recalls. In recent years, firms have become increasingly cautious and are recalling products more frequently than before, said Nathan Mirdamadi, a consultant with Commercial Food Sanitation, which advises the industry about food safety. Consumers who find foreign materials in food should notify manufacturers, experts said, but also realize that recalls are likely to stick around.

Persons: Tyson, Keith Belk, “ they’re, ” Belk, Nathan Mirdamadi, “ It’s, Mirdamadi, there’s, Dee, Ann Durbin Organizations: U.S . Food, U.S . Department of Agriculture’s, USDA, FDA, Regulators, ConAgra Brands Inc, Center for Meat Safety, Colorado State University ., Centers for Disease Control, Food Sanitation, Consumers, AP, Associated Press Health, Science Department, Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science, Educational Media Group Locations: U.S

☆ Fact Check-Video does not show 2023 demolition drive in Abuja, Nigeria
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A Nigerian TV broadcast from 2021 of settlements belonging to the Fulani ethnic group being torn down in Abuja is being falsely shared online as building demolitions ordered by a government minister in 2023. Speaking in August at the site of a deadly building collapse in Abuja, Federal Capital Territory minister Nyesom Wike said all structures in his constituency without adequate building approvals would be demolished (here). Some social media users then shared a broadcast report about Fulani settlements being torn down, suggesting it showed Wike’s order being carried out. “FCT Minister Nyesom Wike at work ooo, starting from Fulani settlement and some areas along Airport,Abuja, FCT, Nigeria,” said Facebook posts sharing the video (here), (here). But the report, from Independent Television/Radio Abuja, was first broadcast on May 31, 2021 (here).

Persons: Nyesom Wike, “, ”, Malam Muhammad Bello, Read Organizations: Federal Capital, Independent Television, Radio Abuja, Task Force, Azikiwe, Guardian, Reuters Locations: Abuja, Airport, FCT, Nigeria, Nigerian

☆ The Dirtiest Corners of New York City
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Michael Kolomatsky | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A new study by HouseFresh aimed to find the “dirtiest” cities in the United States by analyzing 12.3 million sanitation-related complaints made to 311 systems across the country. The remaining 26 cities were ranked based on the number of sanitation complaints per 100,000 residents. By this metric, Baltimore was found to be the “dirtiest” city, with 42,295 complaints per 100,000 residents. New York landed in 17th place, with 3,728 complaints per 100,000 residents, or less than a tenth of Baltimore’s rate. Four Brooklyn ZIP codes were among the city’s dirtiest 10.

Persons: HouseFresh Organizations: Milwaukee —, Stuyvesant Locations: United States, Denver, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Baltimore, ”, Sacramento, Milwaukee, New York, Bedford, Brooklyn, Staten Island, Bronx, Manhattan

☆ Indonesia is moving its capital from Jakarta to Nusantara. Here's why it won't be so easy
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Charmaine Jacob | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Adek Berry | Afp | Getty ImagesIndonesia has ambitious plans to relocate its capital from Jakarta to Nusantara in East Kalimantan. Nusantara National Capital Authority, a government agency charged with planning and constructing the new capital, did not immediately respond to CNBC's request for comment. The new Presidential Palace under construction at the country's new capital Nusantara. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesA lack of demand for service-led jobs is another challenge Archer predicted. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images

Persons: Adek Berry, Joko Widodo's, Melinda Martinus, Martinus, Ju Ye Lee, Bagus Saragih, Agung Wicaksono, it's, Wicaksono, Bruno Lanvin, Joko Widodo, Diane Archer, Archer, Lanvin, Maybank's Lee Organizations: Nusantara, Afp, Getty, Indonesia, Cultural Affairs, Yusof, CNBC, Nusantara National Capital Authority, country's Ministry, Public, Agung Wicaksono Nusantara National Capital Authority, Maybank Investment Banking Group, Smart, IMD Business School, Bloomberg, Ciputra, Stockholm Environment Institute, Nusantara . Bloomberg Locations: Jakarta, Nusantara, East Kalimantan, Indonesian, Indonesia, Singapore, Agung Wicaksono, Asia, Pacific, Nusantara ., Stockholm, Diane Archer Stockholm, Kalimantan

☆ New York has tried poison, traps, and birth control to fix its pest problem. Rat researchers say the city should focus on its people instead.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-27 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

New York City has a pest problem so prolific, the mayor hired a dedicated rat czar earlier this year. Previous efforts to reduce the rat problem include brutal traps, poison, and birth control bait. The city has historically focused on population control methods, including brutal spring traps and hazardous poisons to keep the pests at bay. AdvertisementAdvertisementParsons previously told Insider the "real city rats" are "the men and women of bureaucracy and their two-and-a-half centuries of bad practice." To really have fewer rats, New York norms of takeout and eating outside would have to change."

Persons: Eric Adams, that's, Kathleen Corradi —, Department of Education —, Corradi, Jason Munshi, Michael Parsons, Parsons, Munshi Organizations: Service, New York City, Big Apple, Waste, Department of Education, New, New York Mayor's, Department of Sanitation, The New York Times, Fordham University, NYT Locations: York City, Wall, Silicon, New York

CNN —One year after catastrophic floods devastated swathes of Pakistan, some 4 million children in the South Asian nation remain without access to safe water, the United Nations children’s agency has warned. “Vulnerable children living in flood-affected areas have endured a horrific year,” Abdullah Fadil, UNICEF Representative in Pakistan, said in the statement. “The climate-related disaster deepened pre-existing inequities for children and families in affected districts,” UNICEF said in the statement. Children pick vegetables from water at a flooded market after heavy rainfall in Lahore on June 26, 2023. Fadil from UNICEF said the agency has called on the government of Pakistan and its partners to “increase and sustain investment in basic social services for children and families.”He added: “We cannot forget the children of Pakistan.

Persons: ” Abdullah Fadil, “, Asim Hafeez, Dera Allah Yar, Fida Hussain, Imran Khan, Khan, ”, Stephen Innes, Arif Ali, Fadil Organizations: CNN, United Nations, UNICEF, UNICEF Representative, Bloomberg, Getty, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, Capital Economics, Analysts Locations: Pakistan, Karachi Division, Sindh province, Pakistan’s, Dera, Jaffarabad district, Balochistan, AFP, Asia, Lahore, South Asia, Afghanistan, India

☆ Opinion | Shakespeare in Full, Including the Bawdy Parts, Except in Florida
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-20 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

To the Editor:Re “Make Shakespeare Dirty Again,” by Drew Lichtenberg (Opinion guest essay, Aug. 14):I feel sorry for students in Florida. Shakespeare has been revered across the globe for his wit, his wordsmithy and his deep understanding of human nature. Ron DeSantis, it seems that the celebration, appreciation and lamentation of the human condition in its entirety, which is what has made Shakespeare last all these centuries, may be removed from what is presented to Florida students. What an intellectual and cultural crime! Shakespeare has captured this spirit as no other has so far.

Persons: Drew Lichtenberg, Shakespeare, Ron DeSantis, ’ Locations: Florida

☆ New York City Bans TikTok on Government-Owned Devices
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Sapna Maheshwari | More About Sapna Maheshwari | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

New York City on Wednesday joined a wave of states and federal agencies in banning TikTok from government-owned devices based on security concerns, snuffing out some popular city-run TikTok accounts in the process. Jonah Allon, a spokesman for Mayor Eric Adams, said in a statement that the city’s Cyber Command determined that the app “posed a security threat to the city’s technical networks.” City agencies must remove the app within 30 days and employees will lose access to TikTok and its website from city-owned devices and networks. The TikTok accounts of Mr. Adams, the city’s Department of Sanitation and the Department of Parks and Recreation all updated their bios with this message: “This account was operated by NYC until August 2023. It’s no longer monitored.”Numerous government officials have been restricting access to TikTok in reaction to concerns that the app, which is owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, could give Beijing access to sensitive user data. New York State has banned TikTok on state-issued mobile devices for more than three years, with some exceptions.

Persons: Jonah Allon, Eric Adams, Adams, It’s Organizations: Wednesday, Command, city’s Department of Sanitation, Department of Parks, Recreation, New York State Locations: York City, City, Beijing

☆ A cruise expert that's been on over 300 ships shares his top tips and tricks for your next trip
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Hannah Towey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Cruise ships and their destinations are overflowing with travelers this summer. Cruise ships — and their destinations — are jam-packed with travelers this summer. Pick a cruise line that matches your personality and expectationsNot all cruise lines, or cruise ships for that matter, cater to the same kind of clientele. Buy travel insurance if you're going on an international cruiseChiron said he never travels internationally without purchasing trip insurance. Weigh the pros and cons of booking airfare through the cruise lineSome cruise lines have access to discounted flights and allow you to bundle your airfare with your cruise.

Persons: Guy, Stewart Chiron, Chiron, Don't, I've Locations: Mykonos, Santorini, It's, Miami, Seattle, Los Angeles, Rome

☆ Troubled World Scout Jamboree bows out with K-pop in Seoul
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Hyunsu Yim | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

A couple takes a selfie with the camping site for the 25th World Scout Jamboree in Buan, South Korea, August 4, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File PhotoSEOUL, Aug 11 (Reuters) - South Korea hosted a K-pop concert on Friday for thousands of teenage scouts, seeking to salvage national prestige as an ill-fated World Scout Jamboree hit by extreme weather and criticised for poor organisation draws to an end. Around 40,000 people gathered for the concert headlined by NewJeans and IVE at Seoul's World Cup stadium. K-pop agency HYBE and tech group Kakao said they were providing free merchandise for scouts attending Friday's concert. "It is the first time in over 100 years history of World Scout Jamborees to face such compounded challenges," Ahmad Alhendawi, Secretary General of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, said in a statement on Tuesday.

Persons: Kim Hong, NewJeans, Han Duck, Han, Kakao, Ahmad Alhendawi, 1,325.0700, Hyunsu Yim, Ed Davies, John Stonestreet Organizations: REUTERS, Democratic Party of, World Organization of, Scout Movement, Thomson Locations: Buan, South Korea, SEOUL, Saemangeum, South Korea's, Singapore, Seoul, North Jeolla Province, Democratic Party of Korea

Jamie Dimon, chairman of the board and chief executive of JPMorgan Chase & Co., speaks during the event Chase for Business The Experience - Miami hosted by JP Morgan Chase Bank for small business owners at The Wharf in Miami, Florida, U.S., February 8, 2023. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File PhotoNEW YORK, Aug 9 (Reuters) - A federal judge has dismissed a shareholder lawsuit accusing JPMorgan Chase (JPM.N) Chief Executive Jamie Dimon and his board of directors of ignoring red flags surrounding disgraced former client Jeffrey Epstein. The so-called derivative lawsuit sought to have the defendants or their insurers pay damages to JPMorgan, for the benefit of shareholders. Rakoff is also overseeing two Epstein-related lawsuits against JPMorgan by the U.S. Virgin Islands, where the financier owned two neighboring islands, and by Epstein victims. Staley was also Barclays' (BARC.L) chief executive from 2015 to 2021.

Persons: Jamie Dimon, JP, Marco Bello, JPMorgan Chase, Jeffrey Epstein, Jed Rakoff, Rakoff, Epstein, Dimon, Jes Staley, Staley, Jonathan Stempel, Leslie Adler Organizations: JPMorgan Chase &, Chase, Business The, Miami, JP Morgan Chase Bank, REUTERS, JPMorgan, Rakoff, U.S ., Barclays, Miami General Employees & Sanitation Employees, Court, Southern District of, Thomson Locations: Miami , Florida, U.S, Miami, Pittsburgh, Manhattan, U.S . Virgin Islands, U.S . Virgin, Southern District, Southern District of New York, New York

☆ How the World Scout Jamboree descended into chaos in South Korea
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Ju-Min Park | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

These were some of the conditions that about 40,000 teenage scouts had to contend with in the past week at the World Scout Jamboree, sending red-faced organisers in South Korea scrambling to fix matters before a looming typhoon forced everyone to leave the ill-fated campsite. As far back as 2017, when South Korea won the bid to host the jamboree, the campsite on reclaimed mud flats was seen as potentially problematic, according to a Reuters review of publicly available government reports. Matt Hyde, UK Scouts' chief executive, told Reuters the group decided to withdraw its contingent - the event's biggest - because toilets weren't being cleaned, rubbish was building up, and scouts weren't getting enough food. [1/5]Participants who left the camping site of the 25th World Scout Jamboree, arrive at a university in Incheon, South Korea, August 8, 2023. "South Korea has been known as a developed country so who would have thought that this country can't fix issues like bugs or toilets?"

Persons: Matt Hyde, weren't, Kim Soo, Kim Hyun, Hong Ki Yong, Josh Smith, Miral Organizations: South, FIFA, South Korea, Saemangeum Development, Investment Agency, Scouts, Reuters, REUTERS, WHO, University of Incheon, Thomson Locations: SEOUL, South Korea, West Virginia, North Jeolla, Incheon, Korea's, Busan, Korea

☆ Sudan: Thousands of bodies' left to decompose in Khartoum as morgues reach 'breaking point'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Celine Alkhaldi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Khartoum’s morgues have reached “breaking point,” international aid group Save The Children said Tuesday. Bodies in the morgues are also decomposing as prolonged power outages have left them without refrigeration, the group said. Most of the hospitals in the capital and other states are out of service, Save the Children added. Residents of Omdurman, north of Khartoum, told CNN that fighting had intensified on Tuesday, saying they heard heavy artillery and bombardment overnight. The fighting has left Khartoum in ruins.

Persons: morgues, Abdallah Attiya, ”, Bashir Kamal Eldin Hamid, Abdel Fattah al, Burhan, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, Omar al, Bashir, RSF, “ Organizations: CNN, Sudanese Armed Forces, SAF, Rapid Support Forces, Humanitarian Affairs, Federal Ministry of Health, UNICEF, UN, Sudanese Doctors Syndicate, Al, Health, Nutrition, Sudanese, International Organization for Migration, Integrated Food Locations: Sudan, Khartoum, Al Arabiya, morgues, Omdurman, ”, United States, Saudi Arabia, Jeddah

☆ Here’s who is on strike in LA, and what it means for Angelenos
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Ellie Stevens | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

The strike is the first by LA city workers in more than 40 years. Members voted to authorize the strike only after “repeated labor law violations” by Los Angeles city management, according to the union. “City workers are vital to the function of services for millions of Angelenos every day and to our local economy. Los Angeles city workers hold a rally outside the city hall during a one-day walkout strike in protest over labor negotiations, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., August 8, 2023. Los Angeles city departments are bracing for the impact of today’s work stoppage and attempting to mitigate disruptions to city operations.

Persons: ” David Green, “, ”, we’re, Lauren Lesure, Sarah Reingewirtz, ’, that’s, ” Green, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, Green, Bass, Mike Blake, ” Dae Levine, –, Sam Delouya, Nadia Bidarian Organizations: CNN, Hollywood, LAX, SEIU, InterContinental, Downtown, MediaNews, Los Angeles Daily News, United Auto Workers, Ford, General Motors, Teamsters, UPS, Los Angeles Mayor, Los, Los Angeles World Airports Locations: Los Angeles, Southern California, InterContinental Los, Angeles, Northern California, Jose, California, Los, “ City, Los Angeles , California, U.S, United States

☆ South Korea evacuates thousands of scouts ahead of typhoon
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Hyunsu Yim | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/5] Participants gather under the shade as they prepare to leave the camping site of the 25th World Scout Jamboree in Buan, South Korea, August 8, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Hong-JiBUAN, South Korea, Aug 8 (Reuters) - South Korea on Tuesday started evacuating thousands of teenage participants at the World Scout Jamboree from a campsite in the southwest of the country to safer areas mainly around the capital Seoul ahead of an approaching typhoon. Typhoon Khanun, which has already wreaked havoc in southern Japan, is expected to hit southern areas of South Korea on Thursday before tracking up the peninsula, bringing strong winds and rain, according to weather forecasters. Seoul and its surrounding province of Gyeonggi would host more than 16,000 scouts, with others fanning out to six other areas of South Korea, he said. Poland is due to host the next World Scout Jamboree in 2027, but President Andrzej Duda cancelled plans to visit the event in South Korea this week due to the typhoon, an official at the Polish Embassy in Seoul said.

Persons: Kim Hong, Ji BUAN, Khanun, Lee Sang, Ahmad Alhendawi, Yoon Suk, Andrzej Duda, Hyunsu Yim, Hyun Young Yi, Ed Davies, Sonali Paul Organizations: REUTERS, Tuesday, UK Scouts, Reuters, World Organization of, Scout Movement, Polish Embassy, Games, Japan, South Korean, Thomson Locations: Buan, South Korea, Seoul, Japan, Gyeonggi, Poland, Polish, Busan

☆ It’s not just actors: Over 11,000 city workers will strike in LA on Tuesday
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Samantha Delouya | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Over 11,000 Los Angeles city workers are planning to strike on Tuesday, according to the union that represents many of the city’s public-sector staff. SEIU 721, which represents more than 95,000 workers in Southern California, said members voted to authorize the strike after “repeated labor law violations” by Los Angeles city management. “City workers are vital to the function of services for millions of Angelenos every day and to our local economy. A summer of strikes nationwideThe strike is the first by LA city workers in more than 40 years and comes amid a wave of union activity in the city and across the country. Get ready for slower serviceLos Angeles city departments are bracing for the impact of Tuesday’s work stoppage and attempting to mitigate disruptions to city operations.

Persons: “, ” David Green, we’re, Green, that’s, ”, ” Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, ’, ” Green, ” Dae Levine Organizations: CNN, SEIU, Los Angeles International Airport, City Hall, LAX, ” Los Angeles Mayor, United Auto Workers, Ford, General Motors, Teamsters, UPS, Los, Los Angeles World Airports Locations: Angeles, Los Angeles, Southern California, ” Los, “ City, Northern California, Jose, California, United States

Minister of Indigenous Peoples Sonia Guajajara said more Indigenous people felt comfortable identifying themselves as such. Tebet told reporters the new population numbers will allow for improved budget funding for policies to help Indigenous communities, in education but mainly in health services and basic sanitation to make up for government neglect. Half of Brazil's Indigenous communities live in the Amazon region, some 867,900, with the highest urban concentration in the city of Manaus, the capital of Amazonas state. But the main reason for the exponential growth in numbers, besides higher fertility rates among Indigenous communities, is the rise in visibility of Brazil's Indigenous movement, he said. "When you have strong Indigenous leaders bringing positive connotations to being Indigenous, this encourages people to begin identifying themselves," Barros said by telephone.

Persons: Vanderlecia Ortega dos Santos, Vanda, Ueslei Marcelino BRASILIA, Sonia Guajajara, Guajajara, Simone Tebet, Tebet, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's, Jair Bolsonaro, Lula, Leonardo Barros, Barros, Anthony Boadle, Aurora Ellis, Jamie Freed Organizations: Brazilian Institute of Geography, Teatro, REUTERS, Ueslei, IBGE, Government, Indigenous, Federal University of Viçosa, Thomson Locations: Belem , Para, Brazil, Belem, Portugal, Venezuela, Manaus, Amazonas, Minas Gerais

REUTERS/Quinn GlabickiA White House spokesperson said Biden "continues to support moving away from the use of private detention facilities in the immigration detention system." One facility evaluated as part of the Biden administration review was Stewart Detention Center, a Georgia lockup operated by the private prison company CoreCivic (CXW.N). The administration has scaled back immigration detention in some ways. ICE often pays to maintain a fixed number of beds at detention centers regardless of whether they are actually used. But just six months later, the company signed a contract to reopen the same complex as a 1,900-bed immigration detention center.

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Paris CNN —A swimming competition that was supposed to serve as a test event ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics was canceled due to poor water quality in the Seine, casting doubt over the French government’s audacious plan to clean up the famous river before next summer. The decision to cancel the event, the Open Water Swimming World Cup, was made by World Aquatics in consultation with the French Swimming Federation (FFN) and public health authorities. “World Aquatics is disappointed that water quality in the Seine has resulted in the cancellation of the World Aquatics Open Water Swimming World Cup, but the health of our athletes must always be our top priority,” said World Aquatics President Husain Al-Musallam. Contingency measures, such as postponing competitions due to water quality, are also being planned. Paris 2024 said that in the coming days the water quality will be “carefully” monitored.

Persons: ”, Husain Al, ‘, “, Caroline Jouisse, Jouisse Organizations: Paris CNN, Olympics, World Aquatics, French Swimming Federation, Games, Paris, “ Locations: Seine, Paris

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