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☆ Is Your Entryway an Afterthought? Design Lessons From an Updated 19th-Century Foyer
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( Tara Isabella Burton | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Netflix Subscriptions Jump as U.S. Password-Sharing Crackdown Begins
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Isabella Simonetti | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ CNN CEO Chris Licht Is Out After Chaotic Year Atop News Network
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Isabella Simonetti | Joe Flint | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Top CNN Anchors Criticize CEO Chris Licht’s Leadership
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Isabella Simonetti | Joe Flint | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ CNN CEO Chris Licht Apologizes to Staff, Saying He Overshadowed Network’s Achievements
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Amol Sharma | Isabella Simonetti | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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Workers toiled over the weekend to clear the wreck and restore the mangled tracks. The authorities allowed some stranded trains, limited to a speed of about six miles an hour, to run past the site on Monday, though two affected side lines remained inactive. The suspended train service had hindered families of the victims from traveling to the town of the crash, Balasore in Odisha State, and claiming their loved ones. Some had arrived via special train services, others in cars on Monday morning provided by their local governments. Still more were making the grim journey, and officials said that the focus now was formally identifying the last of the victims.

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☆ Rise in Sightings of Honeybee Swarms Has U.K. Beekeepers Scrambling
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Isabella Kwai | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The sight is one that beekeepers say is understandably intimidating to the ordinary person out for a walk: a sliver of sky suddenly darkening amid the collective roar of thousands of honeybees before they cluster on branches or bushes. In Britain, the behavior, known as swarming, typically takes place from May to July and is a natural process in which a honeybee colony splits in half and leaves with a queen bee in search of a new home. But the country is currently experiencing a greater numbers of sightings for this time of year, most likely thanks to unseasonably warm weather that followed a cold, wet spell. As a result, beekeepers and pest-control workers who catch the swarms are reporting a surge in calls for their help as members of the public spot the clusters in backyards, in chimneys and even on barriers along city streets. “We’re fully booked for the next four weeks,” said Rob Davies, a pest controller in Shropshire, in central England, who specializes in dismantling and rebuilding structures like chimneys to rescue honeybees, adding that he was getting “ridiculous” volumes of people calling for assistance.

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☆ Wes Anderson, Ken Loach among contenders for Cannes Film Festival's top prize
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] The 76th Cannes Film Festival - Press conference for the film "Asteroid City" in competition - Cannes, France, May 24, 2023. Director Wes Anderson speaks. REUTERS/Yara NardiCANNES, May 27 (Reuters) - Veteran directors Wes Anderson, Ken Loach and Wim Wenders are among those in the running for the Cannes Film Festival's coveted Palme d'Or at Saturday's closing ceremony, with 21 films in competition for the top prize. This year has a record seven female directors in the running for the top prize, which only two women have previously won - Jane Campion in 1993 and Ducournau in 2021. More than 14,000 participants from over 120 countries crowded the film market this year, surpassing 2019's previous peak of 12,500.

☆ Isabella Rossellini graces Cannes for Italian grave robber drama 'La Chimera'
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] The 76th Cannes Film Festival - Screening of the film "La chimera" in competition - Red Carpet Arrivals - Cannes, France, May 26, 2023. Director Alice Rohrwacher, producer Carlo Cresto-Dina, cast members Alba Rohrwacher and Isabella Rossellini pose. REUTERS/Sarah MeyssonnierCANNES, May 26 (Reuters) - Film legend Isabella Rossellini graced the Cannes Film Festival's red carpet on Friday for the premiere of Italian drama "La Chimera," director Alice Rohrwacher's third attempt to take home the top prize against 20 other competitors this year. Set in the 1980s, "La Chimera" follows the ups and down of Arthur and the grave robbers, known as tombarola, as they look for ancient tombs with any antiques they can sell illicitly. "Where I grew up it was common to hear stories of secret finds, clandestine digs and mysterious adventures," the Italian director said on the film's website.

☆ England’s Water Companies Vow to Clean Up Their Sewage Dumping Act
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( Isabella Kwai | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

England’s rivers and coastlines have long endured a foul problem — an astounding release of untreated sewage by water companies, some of it illegal, which critics say has sickened swimmers and polluted the country’s critical ecosystems. “It’s disgusting when you’re in the water and you see and smell sewage,” said Josh Harris, a spokesman for Surfers Against Sewage, a charity that monitors pollution and is among several groups leading an intensifying public outcry against the contamination of England’s waterways. Private water and sewage companies in England on Thursday admitted that they had not done enough to address the outpouring of sewage and announced a plan totaling 10 billion pounds, or about $12.4 billion, to modernize the country’s sewers. Last year alone, the companies sent sewage into rivers and seas for more than 1.75 million hours, amounting to 301,091 spills overall, or an average of 825 a day, according to government data, a slight reduction compared with the previous year largely because of drier weather, not preventive action from water companies, England’s Environment Agency said.

☆ CNN Promotes Kaitlan Collins to Prime Time Slot After Hosting Trump Town Hall
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-17 | by ( Isabella Simonetti | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ CNN Names Kaitlan Collins as Host of 9 P.M. Hour
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-17 | by ( Isabella Simonetti | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ CNN Promotes Kaitlan Collins to Prime Time Slot Following Trump Town Hall
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-17 | by ( Isabella Simonetti | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ When COVID-19 lockdowns shuttered our restaurant, we launched merch, jarred our house-made sauces, and launched a wine club to make money. This year, our sales are up over 80%.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-17 | by ( Erin Greenawald | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

This article is part of "Small Business Strong," a series highlighting the resilient work of small-business leaders to overcome barriers and reach success. There's additional revenue they create that's harder to pinpoint, like when someone comes in to pick up their hot sauces and ends up buying lunch, too. Finally, these additional revenue streams contribute to our own resiliency as small-business owners. Kenzie, one of our cofounders, previously worked for a small business that sold camp gear, and they had a whole process for launching and promoting a new product. Sure, sometimes we end up working after-hours to add these additional revenue streams, but we do it because it's fun for us.

☆ What’s in Our Queue? bell hooks and More
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-11 | by ( Isabella Kwai | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

What’s in Our Queue? bell hooks and MoreI’m a reporter covering international breaking news. When I’m not keeping abreast of geopolitics and current affairs, I try to escape into the inner lives of other human beings. Here are five things I have been watching, listening to and reading →

☆ How Donald Trump and CNN Found Each Other Again
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( Isabella Simonetti | Alex Leary | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

In an edited deposition video released as a trial exhibit in the civil rape case filed by E. Jean Carroll against former president Donald Trump, he said that looking “over the last million years” it has been largely true that celebrities can grab women by the genitals. Photo: Trial ExhibitAdvisers to former President Donald Trump were bracing for rejection when they relayed an offer to him a couple months ago: CNN wanted the leading 2024 Republican presidential candidate to do a live town hall in New Hampshire. Instead, Mr. Trump, who made CNN the target of his relentless attacks on the news media, agreed and has been eager to capture the attention the forum provides, according to people familiar with his decision.

☆ What Will Happen During the Coronation
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-06 | by ( Isabella Kwai | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

King Charles III, Britain’s first new monarch in 70 years, will be crowned on Saturday in a ceremony at Westminster Abbey in London. Here’s what to expect for the day. (All times are local time in Britain.) The day’s events are expected to involve 7,000 parading troops — the largest procession at a state event since the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. 10:20 a.m. Charles and Camilla, the queen consort, will leave Buckingham Palace in a horse-drawn stage coach and arrive at Westminster Abbey, a journey that is scheduled to take 33 minutes.

☆ A Visit to Italy’s Gorgeous Lake Garda Brings Its Controversial History Into View
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Tara Isabella Burton | Photographs Paolo Prendin For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

But history is complicated on the shores of Lake Garda, a 143-square-mile body of water just west of Verona. In many ways, Garda—its crisp blue water reflecting the nearby Alps—feels like a curiously liminal space. Its northern shores were part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until after World War I; even today, German-language street-signs dot the villages along its northern coast. Traces of Venetian architecture abound, remnants of the Venetian Empire’s conquering of several lakeside strongholds. On the southern shore, the beautiful town of Sermione boasts the extant grounds of a Roman villa named after the poet Catullus.

☆ Upon Further Review, Super Bowl LVII Was Most-Watched U.S. TV Show Ever
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-02 | by ( Isabella Simonetti | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Super Bowl LVII’s ratings success comes as other staple shows saw a decline. Photo: Brynn Anderson/Associated PressThe most recent Super Bowl, it turns out, was the most-watched TV show in U.S. history after all. The Feb. 12 matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles had been watched by more than 2 million more people than previously reported, according to a statement Tuesday from Fox, which was the broadcaster of Super Bowl LVII. The undercounting was due to errors experienced by Nielsen, Fox said.

☆ Why Prices, Inflation Are Still Soaring: Corporate Price Gouging
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-02 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

While many of the problems that helped trigger the upward spiral have abated, prices are still high and getting higher. The idea that companies are taking advantage of disruptions to push price increases on consumers has many names — greedflation, excuseflation, price gouging, corporate profiteering — but the gist is the same. Supply-chain issues and other disruptions made sense as drivers of higher prices, Chris Becker, a senior economist and the associate director of policy and research at the Groundwork Collaborative, told me. "Working people are suffering thanks to corporate greed, so we need to enact tougher rules to ensure corporations pay a price when they price gouge." Working people are suffering thanks to corporate greed, so we need to enact tougher rules to ensure corporations pay a price when they price gouge.

☆ What to Know About the U.S.-Philippines Alliance
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-01 | by ( Isabella Kwai | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

President Biden is meeting President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of the Philippines on Monday at the White House, part of a four-day U.S. visit by Mr. Marcos intended to signal a strengthening alliance between the two countries. Former President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines was more conciliatory than his predecessors toward China and at times more confrontational with the United States. Mr. Marcos, elected last year, has moved closer to Washington. Here’s a brief breakdown of the relationship between the United States and the Philippines, which have long had a close — though at times unsteady — relationship:Are the U.S. and the Philippines allies? The Philippines, the oldest American treaty ally in the Asia-Pacific region, has long been a strategic anchor for American influence and military power in the western Pacific, but it is a relationship complicated by historic grievances.

☆ London’s Coronation Countdown: Travelers Arrive, Others Flee
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-29 | by ( Isabella Kwai | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

U.S. travelers — Britain’s biggest inbound market — are expected to lead next week’s swell of arrivals. Flight bookings from the United States to Britain are about 10 percent higher in May compared to in May 2019, before the pandemic, according to VisitBritain. According to Hopper, the booking app, they are also more expensive — round-trip airfares from the United States to London over coronation weekend averaged $733 in mid-April, 21 percent higher than a year earlier. After the coronation dates were announced, searches for Airbnb rentals in London during the coronation weekend surged, according to the company, which reported U.S. travelers among the top guests in London around the coronation dates, along with travelers from Britain, France, Australia and Germany (the company declined to share booking numbers). By late March, hotel bookings in London on the booking platform Expedia were 60 percent higher for the coronation weekend compared to the same time last year.

Several weeks ago, as Fox News lawyers prepared for a courtroom showdown with Dominion Voting Systems, they presented Tucker Carlson with what they thought was good news: They had persuaded the court to redact from a legal filing the time he called a senior Fox News executive the c-word, according to people familiar with the matter. Mr. Carlson, Fox News’s most-watched prime-time host, wasn’t impressed. He told his colleagues that he wanted the world to know what he had said about the executive in a private message, the people said. Mr. Carlson said comments he made about former President Donald Trump—“I hate him passionately”—that were in the court documents were said during a momentary spasm of anger, while his dislike of this executive was deep and enduring.

☆ A Rocket Took Off From Sweden. Part of It Landed in Norway.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Isabella Kwai | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

When Sweden sent a research rocket 155 miles into the air at 7:20 a.m on Monday, the expectation was that it would land in the same country from which it had been launched. The route taken by the TEXUS-58 rocket on its return from zero gravity to the Esrange Space Center was longer than anticipated, and part of it parachuted down 25 miles northwest of its original target, in a mountain range. As it happens, that turned out to be in Norway. And although nobody was injured, the mishap was enough to cause some rare diplomatic friction between the two Scandinavian neighbors. The rocket part that came down in the far northern municipality of Malselv, roughly nine miles into Norwegian territory, was about 13 feet long and weighed about 1,650 pounds.

Photo: Richard Drew/Associated PressTucker Carlson still has plenty of opportunities in broadcasting despite his ouster from Fox News, media observers said, though history shows that departing star anchors have struggled to regain the influence and reach that they enjoyed at the conservative news network. “Tucker will have options, whether they’re entrepreneurial as he was before he came to Fox, or more traditional outlets,” Jonathan Klein , former president of CNN US, said in an interview. However, he “probably won’t reach the same size audience and he won’t have the same influence that he had.”

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