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☆ Booze sales fall back to earth — except for one retailer
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-04 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

That has forced Remy Cointreau, whose stock has fallen 50% for the year, to slash its full-year guidance and expects another year of double-digit declines in sales. The declines are a “normalization” within the industry, with alcohol sales nearing their pre-Covid levels, according to Marten Lodewijks, IWSR’s president for the US division. Cheaper private labels have had a boon in sales, mirroring a larger trend of customers seeking more affordable options in all aspects of their life. Aldi’s lineup is growing double digits in sales, bucking the broader industry trends of declines, Arlin Zajmi, director of national buying for adult beverages, told CNN. Aldi has seen its wine and beer sales soar.

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☆ Trump offers darkness, Harris offers optimism on election eve in America
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-04 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

CNN —The tumultuous 2024 election is ending with a contrast that encapsulates America’s fateful choice on election eve. The vice president also proposes reforms to improve the lives of working Americans — but hers are less revolutionary than Trump’s. If she loses Pennsylvania, Harris would need a combination of other swing states, including Georgia, Nevada and Arizona, where poll averages also show no clear leader. But the findings, which suggested a shift toward Harris from the previous Iowa Poll in September, also showed the vice president with a strong advantage among women. If such a pattern is repeated nationwide, the vice president could be headed to victory if she can limit her deficit to Trump among White males especially.

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☆ What life is like in one of the most remote places on Earth
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-03 | by ( Yahya Salem | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Blomdahl moved to Svalbard in 2015 and documents her unique life to millions of fascinated social media followers. But as Blomdahl knows, life in Svalbard isn’t easy. Polar night runs from mid-November to the end of January, when the sun doesn’t rise above the horizon. I just want to show Svalbard the way it is.” Cecilia BlomdahlAs for day-to-day life, Svalbard is sufficiently equipped with the means to sustain its population. Local officials have geared available resources to primarily maintain life on Svalbard as it is, given the environmental and developmental constraints.

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☆ World’s largest captive crocodile Cassius dies in Australia
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-02 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

A 5.48 metre (18 ft) Australian crocodile that held the world record as the largest crocodile in captivity has died, a wildlife sanctuary said on Saturday. He was thought to be more than 110 years old. Cassius, weighing in at more than one ton, had been in declining health since Oct. 15, Marineland Melanesia Crocodile Habitat said on Facebook. Cassius, a saltwater crocodile, held the Guinness World Records title as the world’s largest crocodile in captivity. He took the title after the 2013 death of Philippines crocodile Lolong, who measured 6.17 m (20 ft 3 in) long, according to Guinness.

Persons: Cassius, “ Cassius Organizations: Habitat, Facebook, Records, Guinness Locations: Melanesia, Green, Queensland, Cairns, Northern Territory

☆ La Dolce Vita Orient Express: Eat your way around Italy in style
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-02 | by ( Maureen O'Hare | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Editor’s Note: Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter. La Dolce Vita Orient ExpressNew details have been teased about the hotly anticipated La Dolce Vita Orient Express train and the upcoming Orient Express hotels in Rome and Venice, the first for the relaunched brand. The brand’s first Orient Express hotel will be the Orient Express La Minerva in Rome, followed by Orient Express Palazzo Donà Giovannelli in Venice. That follows the international gang-bust in France and Italy last month over counterfeit French wine being sold for $16,000 per bottle. In Japan, the alcoholic drink doburoku was once illegal “moonshine,” but this once controversial drink is now making a comeback.

Persons: Heinz Beck, Nizza, Giovannelli, Fraudsters, doburoku, poitín, There’s Organizations: CNN, Vita Orient, Vita Orient Express, Orient Express, Montalcino, Orient, Carolina, Fuji, Delta Air Lines Locations: Antarctica, Rome, Venice, Italy, Da Nang, Hue, France, Japan, Ireland, Germany, Turkey, Antalya, Western, North Carolina, Hurricane, French

☆ How Missile Defense Works (and Why It Fails)
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-02 | by ( Agnes Chang | Samuel Granados | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +8 min

How Missile Defense Works (and Why It Fails) Iran fired two of the largest barrages of ballistic missiles ever at Israel this year. Neither attack caused major damage, but some Israeli and American officials said it may have been a Here’s why stopping a ballistic missile attack is hard. A defensive missile called an interceptor must be fired soon after that to reach the incoming missile in time. Israel’s best-known defense system, the Iron Dome, was built to stop short-range rockets, and is too slow and limited when it comes to ballistic missiles. Interceptor Enemy missile Kill vehicle Re-entry vehicle SPACE ATMOSPHERE Enemy missile Re-entry vehicle Interceptor Kill vehicle SPACE ATMOSPHERE Enemy missile Re-entry vehicle Kill vehicle Gimbaled sensor Rear thruster Enemy missile Re-entry vehicle Kill vehicle Gimbaled sensor Rear thruster Enemy missile Re-entry vehicle Warhead Enemy missile Re-entry vehicle Warhead Layers of defense Layers of defense Both an interceptor and an enemy missile shed the boosters that power them into space.

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☆ World’s largest captive crocodile dies in Australia aged more than 100
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-02 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —A 5.48 metre (18 ft) Australian crocodile that held the world record as the largest crocodile in captivity has died, a wildlife sanctuary said on Saturday. He was thought to be more than 110 years old. Cassius, weighing in at more than one ton, had been in declining health since October 15, Marineland Melanesia Crocodile Habitat said on Facebook. Cassius, a saltwater crocodile, held the Guinness World Records title as the world’s largest crocodile in captivity. He took the title after the 2013 death of Philippines crocodile Lolong, who measured 6.17 m (20 ft 3 in) long, according to Guinness.

Persons: Cassius, “ Cassius Organizations: CNN, Habitat, Facebook, Records, Guinness Locations: Melanesia, Green, Queensland, Cairns, Northern Territory

☆ 29 children may be sentenced to death for protesting against cost-of-living crisis in Nigeria
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-02 | by ( Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

ABUJA, Nigeria CNN —Twenty-nine children could be facing the death penalty in Nigeria after they were arraigned Friday for participating in a protest against the country’s record cost-of-living crisis. The death sentence was introduced in the 1970s in Nigeria, but there have been no executions in the country since 2016. “So taking minors before a federal high court is wrong, ab initio, except if the government is able to prove that the boys are all above 19 years,” Balogun said. “A country that has a duty to educate its children will decide to punish those children. Yemi Adamolekun, executive director of Enough is Enough, a civil society organization promoting good governance in Nigeria, said authorities have no business prosecuting children.

Persons: Nigeria CNN —, Akintayo, “, ” Balogun, Marshal Abubakar, ” Abubakar, Yemi Adamolekun, ” Adamolekun, — Organizations: Nigeria CNN, Associated Press, Child, United Nations Locations: ABUJA, Nigeria, Abuja, Africa, West

☆ North Korea boasts of ‘the world’s strongest’ missile, but experts say it’s too big to use in war
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-02 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The ICBM launched Thursday flew higher and for a longer duration than any other weapon North Korea has tested. As the transporter-erector launchers get bigger, their mobility decreases," Lee Sangmin, an expert at South Korea's Korea Institute for Defense Analyses. Lee Illwoo, an expert with the Korea Defense Network in South Korea, said North Korea may have developed a larger missile to carry bigger and more destructive warheads or multi-warheads. If that's the case, Lee said North Korea could have used liquid fuels as they generate higher thrust than solid fuels. watch nowLee said North Korea may have placed a dummy, empty warhead on the Hwasong-19 to make it fly higher.

Persons: Kim Jong Un, Kim Ju, Kim Jae, Lee Sangmin, Chang Young, Chang, Lee Illwoo, Lee, they're Organizations: Yongsan, North, Getty, Korean Central News Agency, South Korea's Korea Institute for Defense, Seoul's Korea Research Institute, National, Korea Defense Network, Korea's Locations: Seoul, North Korea, Korea, North Korean, South, Korean, South Korea, U.S, Japan

The handful of Americans who have won $1 million checks from tech billionaire Elon Musk’s super PAC have a few things in common. He said he didn’t know the process the super PAC used to pick his name and didn’t ask. He said he believes Democrats are not ideologically predisposed to sign Musk’s petition in support of the First and Second Amendments. NBC News asked the super PAC to share the process Oct. 22 and did not receive a response. All 14 winners have either recorded videos for Musk’s super PAC, been photographed for the super PAC or both.

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☆ Infinite Monkey Theorem: Monkeys will never write Shakespeare, new study finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( David Hodari | David Hodari Is A London-Based Editor. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

The Infinite Monkey Theorem hypothesizes that, given a typewriter and an infinite amount of time, a monkey could in theory produce the full works of William Shakespeare. According to Open Source Shakespeare, a web page containing all of the bard’s plays, poems and sonnets, there are 884,421 words in the entire works of Shakespeare. While the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust says the writer introduced more than 1,700 words into the English language, "banana" was not one of them. Other academics were less incredulous, suggesting that the paper was a wild goose chase — a phrase itself invented by Shakespeare. It may be time for the theorem to exit popular usage — pursued, unsuccessfully, by a monkey.

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Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi conceded defeat in the general election Friday, in a seismic moment of change for the country that ended the ruling party’s 58 years in power since independence from Britain in the 1960s. Masisi’s concession came before final results were announced, with his Botswana Democratic Party trailing in fourth place in the parliamentary elections in what appeared to be a humbling rejection by voters and a landslide victory for the main opposition party. The opposition Umbrella for Democratic Change held an overwhelming lead in the partial results, making its candidate, Duma Boko, the favorite to become president of a southern African country that is one of the world’s biggest producers of mined diamonds. “I concede the election,” Masisi said in an early-morning press conference two days after the vote. Although I wanted a second term, I will respectfully step aside and participate in a smooth transition process.”

Persons: Mokgweetsi Masisi, Duma Boko, Masisi, Boko, “, ” Masisi Organizations: Botswana Democratic Party, Democratic, Duma, BDP Locations: Britain, Masisi’s, African

There are questions on whether North Korea has acquired the technology to shield warheads from the high-temperature, high-stress environment of atmospheric reentry. Many foreign analysts say North Korea also must have improved altitude control and guidance systems for missiles. They say North Korea needs an ability to place multiple warheads on a single missile to defeat its rivals’ missile defenses. All of North Korea’s known ICBM tests, including Thursday’s, have been performed on steep angles to avoid neighboring countries. North Korea’s reported troop dispatch highlights the expanding military cooperation between North Korea and Russia.

Persons: ” KCNA, Kim Jong Un, ’, Kim, “, Lee Sung Joon Organizations: North, Thursday, Korean Central News Agency, “ matchless, Observers, U.S Locations: SEOUL, South Korea, North Korea, U.S, North, Korea, Korean, Russia, Ukraine

☆ They ran an Olympic marathon 12 weeks ago. Now they’re back at it in New York
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Matthew Futterman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +10 min

Only one runner has won the Olympic marathon in the summer and New York in the fall — Kenya’s Peres Jepchirchir in 2021. A pack of runners, including eventual winner Hellen Obiri, race in the Olympic women’s marathon on Aug. 11. She was physically ready to start training again in early September, but even when perfectly healthy, marathon training can be a long and lonely process. (Christian Petersen / Getty Images)Popehn said she found herself replaying the Paris race in her head once she got back home. “It’s on my mind.”GO DEEPER The ex-head of the New York marathon cleared himself in his sport.

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☆ Generative A.I. Made All My Decisions for a Week. Here's What Happened.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Kashmir Hill | Hang Do Thi Duc | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

Decisions I would normally agonize over, like travel logistics or whether to scuttle dinner plans because my mother-in-law wants to visit, A.I. Letting your mother-in-law cook can be a great idea, especially if she enjoys it and it gives you a break. And it made good decisions, such as advising me to be nice to my mother-in-law and accept her offer to cook for us. (Generative A.I. Just as we’ve outsourced our sense of direction to mapping apps, and our ability to recall facts to search engines, this explosion of A.I.

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☆ Guangdong, China: Satellite imagery shows new mystery aircraft carrier built amid breakneck naval expansion
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Edward Szekeres | Brad Lendon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Hong Kong CNN —China appears to have built a new and unusual aircraft carrier, intriguing experts with a potentially first-of-its-kind vessel that could further increase Beijing’s rapidly expanding maritime power. This potential new aircraft carrier “is of a somewhat unusual shape and size – much smaller than China’s previous naval aircraft carriers,” said Thomas Shugart, a former US Navy submarine commander and now a fellow at the Center for a New American Security. Another view of the satellite imagery captured on October 23, 2024, showing a potentially new class of a Chinese aircraft carrier at a shipyard in the southeastern end of the country. Only the United States Navy operates aircraft carriers bigger than the Fujian. Conducted in the South China Sea, the exercise was “aiming to enhance the integrated combat capability of the aircraft carrier formations” and was “part of the Liaoning aircraft carrier formation’s regular real-combat training in the high seas,” Xinhua said.

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☆ Analysis: Donald Trump’s campaign of relentless lying
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Daniel Dale | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Washington CNN —The United States that Donald Trump describes in his rally speeches would be pretty bad if it actually existed. For the third consecutive presidential election, the Republican presidential nominee is running a relentlessly dishonest campaign for the world’s most powerful office. President Joe Biden, Trump’s initial opponent in this election, and Harris, Trump’s current opponent, certainly don’t. Nine years into Trump’s political career, daily fact-checking still isn’t happening enough. No matter what CNN writes, no matter how many “Pinocchios” The Washington Post awards him, he knows that far more of his supporters will hear the uncorrected false claim – through social media, pro-Trump media outlets and, yes, even many mainstream media outlets – than hear the truth.

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The cheese, worth over $390,000, was taken from London cheese specialist Neal’s Yard Dairy on Oct. 21, the company said in an Instagram post. Three cheeses from three different suppliers were stolen: Hafod Welsh organic cheddar, Westcombe cheddar, and Pitchfork cheddar. Neal's Yard Dairy said that "despite the significant financial blow," they've paid each of their artisan cheesemakers in full for their products. Oliver said that as the world’s most consumed cheese type, a cheddar theft affects exports to 20 different countries. The whereabouts of the stolen cheese have yet to be determined.

Persons: they'd, they've, Tom Calver, Westcombe, Trethowan, Trethowan Brothers, Jamie Oliver, Oliver Organizations: Metropolitan Police, Neal’s, Pitchfork, Neal's, Police Locations: London, cheddar, gouda

☆ Taiwan shuts down as Typhoon Kong-rey makes landfall
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

TAIPEI, Taiwan— A strong Typhoon Kong-rey made landfall on Taiwan’s east coast on Thursday, the largest storm by size to hit the island in nearly 30 years, closing financial markets, causing hundreds of flights to be canceled and reducing rail services. The fire department reported one person had died when their truck hit a fallen tree in central Taiwan. A firefighter inspects a roof blown away by strong winds and rain from Super Typhoon Kong-rey in Hualien County, Taiwan, on Thursday. Parts of eastern Taiwan have recorded 3.3 feet of rainfall since the typhoon began approaching on Wednesday. The last one, Typhoon Krathon, killed four people earlier this month as it passed through the south of the island.

Persons: rey, “, Lai Ching, Gene Huang, ” Sinan Rapongan, Krathon Organizations: Weather Administration, Typhoon Kong, AFP, Getty Images, Reuters, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, Apple, Nvidia Locations: TAIPEI, Taiwan, Taiwan’s, Taitung, Typhoon, rey, Hualien County, China, Fujian province, Shanghai

☆ Snow in Hawaii? Cold air and moisture deliver snow to the state’s tallest mountain
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

HONOLULU — Snow fell on Hawaii’s tallest peak this week, briefly turning the mountaintop into a winter wonderland. The summit area of Mauna Kea on the Big Island got about 2 inches of white powder. But it’s not unusual for snow to fall at the higher elevations on Mauna Kea during the wetter, winter months. “Combination of cold temperatures and moisture equals snow when it’s below freezing,” Ballard said. Centuries-old stories say Mauna Kea is the first-born son of the sky father and earth mother.

Persons: Snow, Maureen Ballard, ” Ballard, Webcams Organizations: National Weather Service, “, Hawaii Telescope Locations: HONOLULU, Mauna Kea, Hawaii, Honolulu, Canada, France, Mauna Kea’s, Kea

☆ Trump is already poisoning trust in yet another US election
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

On one level, Trump’s comment shows how his false election fraud claims have entered the outer realms of absurdity. The election fraud claims that Trump most notably supercharged in 2020 to salve his humiliation at losing to Joe Biden are already at high intensity this year. After laying out the darkest closing argument in modern American history, Trump is now increasingly turning to poisoning public confidence in the election. Gore conceded that election, thereby guaranteeing an uncontested transfer of presidential power — a step Trump refused to take four years ago. Just 30% of registered voters think Trump would accept the results of the election and concede if he loses, while 73% say that Harris would accept an election loss.

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President Harris would probably put more pressure on Israel to reach a cease-fire and open up talks with the Palestinians. Ukrainians worry that a President Trump would force a quick and dirty peace deal favorable to Russia. They hope a President Harris would continue to support them on the battlefield. Under President Harris, that would probably mean continuity with the Biden administration policies that have become much more restrictive over time. Migrants from all over the world pass through Mexico to get to the U.S. border, and the United States can’t control the flow of migrants without Mexico’s assistance.

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☆ Russia fines Google $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Hanna Ziady | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

London CNN —Russia is seeking an unfathomable sum of money from one of the world’s biggest tech companies. Google reportedly owes the Kremlin more than 2 undecillion rubles — a 2 followed by 36 zeroes — after refusing to pay fines for blocking pro-Russian channels on YouTube. The virtually unpronounceable penalty amounts to $20 decillion — or around $20 billion trillion trillion. Russian state media TASS reported this week that a Russian court has ordered Google to restore the YouTube channels or else face mounting charges. In quarterly earnings published this week, the company referred to “ongoing legal matters” relating to its business in Russia.

Persons: “ Organizations: London CNN —, Google, YouTube, International Monetary Fund, TASS, ” TASS, CNN Locations: London CNN — Russia, Russia, “, Ukraine

The seas were calm when the Bayesian, the $40 million superyacht of the British tech mogul Michael Lynch, dropped anchor off Sicily. The Bayesian was a one-of-a-kind sailboat, built by Perini Navi, a famous Italian yacht maker. How the Bayesian could have sunk The Bayesian was pushed onto its side in strong winds. How the Bayesian could have sunk The Bayesian was pushed onto its side in strong winds. Rescue workers bringing the body of the final Bayesian victim to shore, in Porticello, Italy, on Aug. 23.

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☆ Vance suggests upper- and middle-class kids ‘become trans’ for college admissions, says Trump may earn ‘normal gay guy vote’
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Kit Maher | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance suggested in an interview with podcast host Joe Rogan that aired Thursday that White upper- and middle-class children are incentivized to identify as transgender to gain admission to elite colleges. The only one that’s available in the hyper-woke mindset is if you become gender nonbinary,” the Ohio senator added. We’re letting a grown man walk around in a mini skirt in broad daylight,” Vance said. “If that’s what you’re doing, you’re a pervert. Vance also said he believes most Americans are open-minded about what he described as “lifestyle choices,” but transgender athletes who compete in women’s sports cross a line.

Persons: JD Vance, Joe Rogan, ” Vance, ” “, Reagan Democrat ”, Vance, ”, Trump Organizations: CNN, Republican, Harvard, Yale, Ivy League, Reagan Democrat, Trump, Paris Air Locations: ”, Ohio, Mississippi, Paris, United States

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