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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Lawyer Isabel Lazo’s jobs are being systematically canceled by Nicaragua’s increasingly repressive government. Lazo worked at a university before the government of President Daniel Ortega closed it. The couple lives in the northern city of Somoto, where Isabel Lazo now works for a European-backed NGO. Lazo said Thursday she is worried that it's only a matter of time for the group where she now works. She has wanted to emigrate for some time, but she helps her family by giving them some of what little money she earns.

Persons: Isabel Lazo’s, Nicaragua’s, Lazo, Daniel Ortega, Elizabeth Zechmeister, Guillermo Lazo, Ortega, Isabel Lazo, ”, ” Lazo, Rosemary Miranda, Miranda, ” Miranda Organizations: MEXICO CITY, Democracy, University of Northern, Roman Catholic, Nicaraguan, Cross, Jesuit, University of Central Locations: MEXICO, “, Americas, University of Northern Nicaragua, Somoto, Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Nicaraguan, University of Central America, Managua

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Former Ambassador to Poland and longtime Tennessee Republican politician Victor Ashe sued state election officials on Wednesday over a law he claims is so vague that he could be prosecuted for voting in a Republican primary. They argue that Tennessee voters aren't registered by party, and the law does not define what it means to be a bona fide party member, to declare allegiance to a party or long that allegiance must last. The league also worries that volunteers could be subject to a separate law that punishes people who promulgate erroneous voting information. Tennessee voters often decide which primary to participate in based on campaign developments. The lawsuit names Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett, Coordinator of Elections Mark Goins and Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti as defendants.

Persons: Victor Ashe, ”, Ashe, “ Ashe, Phil Lawson, State Tre Hargett, Mark Goins, Jonathan Skrmetti, Goins, Skrmetti Organizations: Tennessee Republican, Republican, Knoxville News, Tennessee Republican Party, Democrat, The League of Women Voters, Democratic, Republicans, State Locations: Tenn, Poland, Nashville, Tennessee, Knoxville

“This is a phenomenal moment for North Carolina and for North Carolinians,” state Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kody Kinsley said in an interview. “All that adds up to just the peace of mind, knowing that when they need health care, it’s not going to drive them into debt.”Democratic Gov. They warmed to the idea in 2022, when the federal government offered a $1.8 billion bonus over two years if North Carolina signed on. It stipulates that North Carolina hospitals cover the state’s 10% share of expenses through increased assessments that began in November, DHHS said. Much of western North Carolina exists in the Medicaid coverage gap, “and its citizens are absolutely left behind,” McBane said.

Persons: Carrie McBane, McBane, Kody Kinsley, it’s, Roy Cooper, weren’t, Cooper, DHHS, ” McBane, Kinsley, “, ” Organizations: North Carolina, Medicaid, of Columbia, Republican, National Center for Health Statistics, of Health, Human Services, ” Democratic Gov, General Assembly Locations: RALEIGH, N.C, North Carolina, Sylva, Raleigh, South, Midwest, ”, Carolina

☆ Boomers seem to have traded in the child-raising village for traveling. Now millennial parents say they have no one to support them.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Julie Gerstein | Jane Ridley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Many millennial parents say they can't get the support they need from their parents. "If Mom and Dad ran out of town, we were at Grandma's," the 33-year-old told Business Insider. AdvertisementStill, many millennial children, including Dobson's own, would prefer time spent — and not necessarily money. Some millennial parents feel aloneThis distance from their parents, Cox said, is a part of other shifts that have made millennial parents feel more alone. What millennial parents really need is someone who can help relieve "the parenting pressure," Cox said, a trusted extra person who's available to pick up some of the slack.

Persons: Millennials, —, Kristjana Hillberg, Dad, Grandma wasn't, there's, Leslie Dobson, Ted Dobson, they've, Dobson, millennials Dobson, hasn't, he's, he'd, They've, It's, Daniel Cox, Cox, Nella Hanson, Hillberg, Roxanne, Kurt, Lily, we'd, Stone, Hanson, Norman, Boomers Organizations: Service, Business, Boomers, Bank of America, Federal Reserve, —, Isla Espiritu Santo, Survey Center, Google Locations: Los Angeles, California, Mexico, Costa Rica, Europe

"Many protesters experienced being part of a civic collective for the first time," said Huang, who fled to Germany in March after narrowly avoiding detention during protests in Shanghai. Reuters was unable to confirm the total number of protesters detained last year, although some were since released. This year, on the weekend anniversary of the protests, there were no demonstrations in Beijing and Shanghai. During last year's Beijing protests, some demonstrators also called for press freedom, democracy and human rights. Some of the protesters that Reuters spoke to, as well as observers, said the events helped raise awareness of how much political power Chinese people actually wielded.

Persons: Huang, Xi, It's, Li, Li Keqiang, I'm, Laurie Chen, Jessie Pang, Casey Hall, Nicoco Chan, Brenda Goh, Tian, Miral Organizations: Reuters, Washington DC, Thomson Locations: BEIJING, HONG KONG, China, Germany, Shanghai, Beijing, New York, London, Tiananmen, Italy, Guangzhou, Hong Kong

☆ Polish president to swear in government; opposition condemns 'farce'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki speaks during the first session of the newly elected Polish parliament in Warsaw, Poland November 13, 2023. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWARSAW, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Poland's president will on Monday swear in members of a government that will likely only last until December, in what opposition parties say is a "farce" intended to delay them from taking power after they won a majority in an October election. "The point is that there should not be too many politicians in this government," he told state-run news agency PAP. The prime minister has vowed to implement the policy proposals of opposition parties in a bid to persuade them to work with him. Opposition parties accuse the government of stalling tactics designed to cover up evidence of wrongdoing during their time in power.

Persons: Mateusz Morawiecki, Kacper, Andrzej Duda, Mariusz Blaszczak, Jacek Sasin, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, PiS, Marcin Kierwinski, Alan Charlish, Pawel, Ed Osmond Organizations: Polish, REUTERS, Rights, and Justice, Pro, European Union, Union, liberal Civic Coalition, Radio Zet, Thomson Locations: Warsaw, Poland

The young men told relatives that they were talking in a mixture of English and Arabic before the gunman shot them, according to a family spokeswoman. Relatives said they feared that the young men were targeted for being Arab Americans. The suspect answered the door, “stepped toward them with his palms up,” Mr. Murad said, and told the agents, “I’ve been waiting for you.”When the agents asked him why, Mr. Eaton requested a lawyer. A public defender assigned as co-counsel for Mr. Eaton, Margaret Jansch, declined to comment on the details of the case. “These three young men are incredible,” he said, “and they are committed to building incredible lives.”Anna Betts contributed reporting from New York, and Siobhan Neela-Stock from Salisbury, Vt. Kitty Bennett contributed research.

Persons: Eaton, ”, Aren’t, ’, Jon Murad, Jason J, Hisham Awartani, Kinnan Abdel Hamid, Tahseen Aliahmad, Tahseen Ali Ahmad, Kinnan, Awartani, Ali Ahmad, Abdalhamid, Relatives, “, Radi Tamini, Mr, Murad, ” Mr, “ I’ve, Margaret Jansch, Mary Reed, Reed, Jason Eaton, Sarah George, Rich Price, Awartani’s, ” Anna Betts, Siobhan Neela, Kitty Bennett Organizations: “, West Bank, Burlington, Burlington police, North Prospect, ., Reuters, Brown University, Trinity College, Haverford College . Friends, United, Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, Explosives, Daily, University of Idaho Locations: Burlington , Vt, Vermont, Burlington, United States, Salisbury , Vt, Syracuse, New York

The former president and current front-runner for the 2024 Republican nomination will be on hand Saturday as the University of South Carolina Gamecocks host the Tigers of Clemson University, Haley's alma mater, in the annual Palmetto Bowl. Haley was governor of South Carolina until Trump tapped her to be his United Nations ambassador in 2016. “In 2016, South Carolina gave us 44 out of 46 counties – that’s not so bad,” Trump said at a state GOP dinner in August. Trump’s South Carolina and Super Tuesday romps in 2016 gave him a delegate lead he would never relinquish. “Then I go head-to-head with Trump in my home state of South Carolina.

Persons: — Donald Trump, Nikki Haley, ”, Brandon Beach, Trump, ” Haley, hasn’t, Olivia Perez, Cubas, Haley “, they’ve, —, Haley, ” Trump, “, “ I’m, ___ Barrow, Hannah Fingerhut Organizations: COLUMBIA, Republican, University of South Carolina Gamecocks, Tigers, Clemson University, Palmetto, Iowa State, Trump, “, Clemson, United Nations, Ankeny, Flagship, NFL, LSU, Washington Nationals, Associated Press Locations: alma mater, Ames , Iowa, Iowa, Georgia, Ames, South Carolina, ” South Carolina, Iowa , New Hampshire, Nevada, Trump’s South Carolina, Atlanta, Alabama, Tuscaloosa , Alabama, Ankeny , Iowa

When Daniel Skousen scrubs at the ash and soot covering his Maui home, he worries about the smell. Crews have installed air quality monitors throughout town and are spraying a soil sealant to prevent toxic ash from being washed into the ocean or blowing around. The Hawaii Department of Health's Environmental Health Services Division also told Skousen's attorney it had no records about residential testing of contaminants to release. “If it smells like burned plastic or burned electrical cables, then probably those chemicals are in the air and not healthy,” Hertz-Picciotto said. Whether a home can be made safe enough for residency comes down in part to the resident's risk tolerance, Hayes said.

Persons: Daniel Skousen, ”, Bill Hayes, Hayes, Char, ” Hayes, Crews, Kellen Ashford, Shawn Hamamoto, ‘, ’ ”, Edward Neiger, ” Ashford, Andrew Shoemaker, it's, Shoemaker, Dioxins, Skousen, Irva Hertz, Davis, Picciotto, ” Hertz, He’s Organizations: Hawaii Department of Education, Environmental, Agency, Associated Press, Hawaii Department of Health, Hawaii Department of, Environmental Health, Health Department, U.S . Army Corps of Engineers, EPA, Lahaina Civic Center, World Health Organization, University of California, Hertz, Cooperative Institute for Research, Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Locations: Lahaina, Boulder County , Colorado, Maui, ” State, Skousen, “, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder

☆ Fact Check: Video shows opposition rally in Warsaw, not pro-Palestinian protest
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-23 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A video showing an opposition rally in Warsaw on Oct. 1, 2023, has been falsely shared online as footage of a pro-Palestinian protest in Poland held amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war which began on Oct. 7. The video can be traced back to Oct. 1 when an opposition rally was held in Warsaw. A Reuters video of the protest captured from the opposite angle (archived) can be found on YouTube (archived). Local media outlets reported that a pro-Palestinian demonstration was held in Warsaw on Nov. 18. The video shows an opposition rally in Warsaw from Oct. 1, not a pro-Palestinian protest in Poland.

Persons: Read Organizations: Twitter, Facebook, European Union, Protesters, Reuters, YouTube, Local, Thomson Locations: Warsaw, Poland, Israel, Marszalkowska

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Nicaragua's increasingly isolated and repressive government thought it had scored a rare public relations victory last week when Miss Nicaragua Sheynnis Palacios won the Miss Universe competition. Ordinary Nicaraguans — who are largely forbidden to protest or carry the national flag in marches — took advantage of the Saturday night Miss Universe win as a rare opportunity to celebrate in the streets. Palacios' victory — along with photos she posted on Facebook in 2018 of herself participating in the protests — overjoyed Nicaragua's opposition. Thousands have fled into exile since Nicaraguan security forces violently put down mass anti-government protests in 2018. Palacios, who became the first Nicaraguan to win Miss Universe, has not commented on the situation.

Persons: —, Miss Nicaragua Sheynnis Palacios, Daniel Ortega's, Palacios, Nicaraguans —, Nicaragua's, Silvio Báez, ” Báez, Lady Rosario Murillo, “, ” Murillo, Ortega, Ortega's Organizations: MEXICO CITY, Miss Nicaragua, Miss, Sandinista, Facebook, Jesuit University of Central, Nicaraguan Locations: MEXICO, North Korea, Jesuit University of Central America, Nicaragua, America, Caribbean

☆ Want to Understand Your Neighbors? Go to a Municipal Meeting.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Jessica Stolzberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

I didn’t know where to stand, where I would find the sign-up sheet or quite where to look when I spoke into the small microphone. But it doesn’t take long to fall in line with the rhythms of a municipal meeting. What first took me here was a collective effort to convince the Town Council to prohibit the use of gas-powered leaf blowers. Once, when a contentious meeting went late, someone, perhaps anticipating the rancor, passed out homemade cookies. In ours, the curved dais is the grounding structure of a stage for different players with different roles in making this town work (and not work).

Persons: It’s, —, I’ve Organizations: Town, Planning, Historic Preservation Commission, Education, YouTube

☆ Houses Too Expensive to Buy Underpin Lofty Rents
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Will Parker | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The exodus of workers and businesses during the pandemic left San Francisco a shell of its former self. But there are small signs of a turnaround. WSJ explores whether new civic policies and fresh commercial interest can rejuvenate the city’s downtown. Photo illustration: Rio Roye/WSJBig public companies that rent out single-family homes are beating the rest of the rental market this year, thanks to tenants who are paying large rent increases on the sorts of homes they increasingly can’t afford to buy. Landlords Tricon Residential , Invitation Homes and AMH , which together own about 180,000 rental homes, each posted rent increases greater than 6% for the third quarter over the same period a year prior.

Persons: Roye Locations: San Francisco

☆ Biden's 2024 reelection depends on young voters. They absolutely hate how he's handling the war.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

In the 2020 presidential election, Biden won by barely beating Trump in a handful of states. A key reason for his victory was a higher-than-ever turnout from younger voters. Those same voters are now in complete disagreement with how he's handled fighting in Israel. In 2020, Biden just narrowly bested former President Donald Trump by tens of thousands of votes in five separate states, in large part due to young voters turning out in record numbers. If support for Biden amongst younger voters continues to deteriorate, the Democratic incumbent can expect to have an increasingly difficult time in his bid for reelection.

Persons: Biden, he's, —, It's, aren't, Donald Trump, Biden's, they'd, Trump Organizations: Trump, Service, Biden Administration, NBC News, Information, Research, Civic, Democratic, NBC, Biden Locations: Israel, East, Ukraine

☆ In Argentina, Three Generations of a Peronist Family Weigh Their Vote
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +7 min

The Cepernics remain a Peronist family, three generations of the clan told Reuters, but their support for the movement has faltered. "Maybe a few will vote for Peronism," she said from her home in the province of Santa Cruz. "I grew up in a Peronist family, and I'm planning to vote blank," Marcela, a retired school teacher, said from the ice cream parlor she now runs in El Chalten, a village in Santa Cruz province. He preferred not to disclose his planned vote, although he added, "I'd never vote for Milei in my life." When democracy was restored in 1983, everyone in the family supported the Peronist movement.

Persons: Lucinda Elliott, Horacio Cordoba RIO, Catalina Cepernic's, Jorge, Juan Domingo Peron, Catalina, Peronism, Peron, Peron's, Sergio Massa, Javier Milei, I'm, Marcela Cepernic, Catalina's, Massa, Marcela, he's, Juan Manuel Cepernic, Rio Gallegos, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Nestor Kirchner, Juan Manuel, I'd, PERONISM, Jorge Cepernic, grandpa, Jorge's, Marcelo, Milei's, Victoria Villarruel, Horacio Cordoba, Adam Jourdan, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Horacio Cordoba RIO GALLEGOS, Peronist, Reuters, Economy, Peronism, Milei, Santa Cruz, Rio, Massa, Rio Gallegos Locations: Argentina, Argentina's, Patagonia, South America, Santa Cruz, Sunday's, Peronist, El Chalten, Santa Cruz province, Rio, Peronism, Buenos Aires

[1/3] Juan Manuel Cepernic and his father Marcelo pose for a photo at Marcelo's home, in Rio Gallegos, Argentina, November 14, 2023. The Cepernics remain a Peronist family, three generations of the clan told Reuters, but their support for the movement has faltered. "Maybe a few will vote for Peronism," she said from her home in the province of Santa Cruz. Jorge's son Marcelo ran as the Peronist candidate for city mayor of Rio Gallegos that year and won, serving until 1987. Reporting by Lucinda Elliott in Buenos Aires and Horacio Cordoba in Rio Gallegos; Editing by Adam Jourdan and Rosalba O'BrienOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Juan Manuel Cepernic, Marcelo, Horacio Cordoba, Rights RIO, Catalina Cepernic's, Jorge, Juan Domingo Peron, Catalina, Peronism, Peron, Peron's, Sergio Massa, Javier Milei, I'm, Marcela Cepernic, Catalina's, Massa, Marcela, he's, Rio Gallegos, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Nestor Kirchner, Juan Manuel, I'd, PERONISM, Jorge Cepernic, grandpa, Jorge's, Milei's, Victoria Villarruel, Lucinda Elliott, Adam Jourdan, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Peronist, Reuters, Economy, Peronism, Milei, Santa Cruz, Rio, Massa, Rio Gallegos, Thomson Locations: Rio Gallegos, Argentina, Argentina's, Patagonia, South America, Santa Cruz, Sunday's, Peronist, El Chalten, Santa Cruz province, Rio, Peronism, Buenos Aires

☆ I'm a Gen Z climate activist and artist, and there are 5 reasons I think art can help stop the climate crisis
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Elijah Mckenzie-Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

As an artist and climate activist, I've seen firsthand how art is used to slow the climate crisis. His work, titled "The Weather Project," which debuted at the Tate Modern in London in 2003, depicts the dynamic, all-absorbing nature of the weather. Elijah McKenzie-JacksonArt plays a crucial role in making climate action accessible to all by pushing past language barriers and triggering emotions. Through captivating visuals and innovative messaging, companies and nonprofit organizations can generate awareness of the need for climate action and motivate people to take action on various social-justice issues across media platforms. As an artist, I believe in the transformative potential of art to curb our climate catastrophe.

Persons: I've, McKenzie, Elijah Mckenzie, Jackson, Olafur Eliasson, Elijah McKenzie Organizations: Service, Jackson Humanity, Tate, Jackson Art, of Radical Contemporary Arts Locations: microalgae, London, Russian

☆ Exclusive: Poland, seeking to tap EU funds, to move fast to join EU prosecutor's office
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Alan Charlish | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The EPPO is an independent public prosecution office of the European Union which deals with cases affecting the bloc's financial interests. Asked to comment on reports that he will become justice minister, Bodnar said, "There are such discussions, but nothing is certain. "For the European Public Prosecutor's Office, joining only requires a letter from the prime minister," he said. He said that he hoped EPPO prosecutors would come to Poland and investigate instances of alleged misuse of EU funds in public institutions such as the National Centre of Research and Development (NCBR). "Most investigations should be done by Polish prosecutors," Bodnar said.

Persons: Adam Bodnar, Kacper, Bodnar, Donald Tusk, Andrzej Duda, PiS, Zbigniew Ziobro, Alan Charlish, Nick Macfie Organizations: Human Rights, Reuters, REUTERS, Rights, Public Prosecutor's, European Union, and Justice, liberal Civic Coalition, Human, Public, Office, National Centre of Research, Development, Thomson Locations: Warsaw, Poland, Brussels, Polish

☆ How R.F.K. Jr. Has Turned His Public Crusades Into a Private Windfall
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Susanne Craig | More About Susanne Craig | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In 2021, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. earned more than $500,000 as the chairman and top lawyer at Children’s Health Defense, the nonprofit organization that he has helped build into a leading spreader of anti-vaccine falsehoods and a platform for launching his independent bid for the White House. The compensation was almost three times as high as the amount paid to the organization’s president, but it was not Mr. Kennedy’s biggest source of income. Neither was his family’s fabled wealth. Throughout his long public life, Mr. Kennedy has cultivated an image as a man committed to a greater good, the blessing and burden of belonging to one of America’s most storied political families. On the trail, Mr. Kennedy has delivered a populist message of anti-corporate rhetoric and debunked science while invoking a powerful lineage: his uncles, former President John F. Kennedy and Senator Ted Kennedy, and his father, Senator Robert F. Kennedy.

Persons: Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Kennedy, John F, Ted Kennedy Organizations: Children’s Health Defense, White

☆ Ukrainian Group Says More Than 30,000 Troops Have Died in Russia's Invasion
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

KYIV (Reuters) - A Ukrainian civic group said it has confirmed the deaths of nearly 25,000 Ukrainian soldiers since Russia's February 2022 invasion by using open sources, and puts the total toll at more than 30,000. Writing in the Ukrainian journal Tyzhden, historian Yaroslav Tynchenko and volunteer Herman Shapovalenko said Shapovalenko's Book of Memory project had confirmed 24,500 combat and non-combat deaths using open sources. "That is, the real number of dead (deceased) in combat and non-combat situations is more than 30,000 people." The Book of Memory project, which has tracked Ukraine's war dead since Russia's first invasion in 2014, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Russia has also not disclosed the number of its war dead.

Persons: Yaroslav Tynchenko, Herman Shapovalenko, Tynchenko, Dan Peleschuk, Tom Balmforth, Alex Richardson Organizations: New York Times, Reuters, Military History Museum of Locations: Ukrainian, Military History Museum of Ukraine, Ukraine, Russia, Ukraine's

The TikTok app logo is seen in this illustration taken August 22, 2022. News organizations are competing with TikTok and other social media platforms for consumers' attention and advertisers' budgets, with many seeking ways to engage TikTok’s large and coveted Gen Z audience. Meta (META.O)-owned Facebook is the most popular social media platform for news, with 30% of Americans saying they regularly access news there, followed by YouTube with 26%, Instagram with 16% and TikTok with 14%, Pew found. Regular news consumers on Nextdoor, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok are more likely to be women, Pew found, while regular news consumers on Reddit, X, LinkedIn and Alphabet (GOOGL.O)-owned YouTube are more likely to be men. Under owner Elon Musk, regular news consumers on X, the platform formerly named Twitter, are roughly split politically, with 46% Republican or Republican-leaning, and 49% Democrat or Democratic-leaning, according to Pew.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Pew, Elon Musk, Helen Coster, Jan Harvey Organizations: REUTERS, Pew Research Center, Meta, Facebook, YouTube, Republican, Democratic, Pew, Thomson Locations: U.S

☆ ‘Erase Gaza’: War Unleashes Incendiary Rhetoric in Israel
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Mark Landler | More About Mark Landler | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +9 min

Shock, grief and pain have cascaded across Israel since Hamas gunmen poured out of Gaza to kill an estimated 1,200 Israeli civilians and soldiers on Oct. 7. Mr. Netanyahu suspended Mr. Eliyahu, saying that his comments were “disconnected from reality.”Mr. Netanyahu says that the Israeli military is trying to prevent harm to civilians. Such reassurances are also belied by the language Mr. Netanyahu uses with audiences in Israel. “Gaza nakba 2023.”The rise in incendiary statements comes against a backdrop of rising violence in the West Bank. It will also make Israelis more inured to the civilian death toll in Gaza, which has isolated Israel around the world, he added.

Persons: ”, Yoav Gallant, We’re, Naftali Bennett, “, Benjamin Netanyahu, FakeReporter, Ghazi Hamad, Israel, Itamar Ben, Netanyahu’s, Amichay Eliyahu, Netanyahu, Eliyahu, Mr, Amalek, Michael Sfard, Sfard, ” Yehuda Shaul, Eyal Golan, Sara Netanyahu, Yinon, Don’t, ” Mr, Golan, Ms, Magal, —, Avi Dichter, Eran Halperin, Halperin, erodes, ’ ” Adam Sella Organizations: Twitter, Mr, Human Rights, West Bank, United Nations, Hebrew University, “, ” Locations: Israel, Gaza, United States, Palestine, Jerusalem, Israeli

[1/7] Polish President Andrzej Duda arrives for the first session of the newly elected Polish parliament in Warsaw, Poland November 13, 2023. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel Acquire Licensing RightsWARSAW, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Poland's parliament meets for the first time on Monday since an election in which an alliance of pro-European Union parties won a majority, heralding a new start for Polish politics. He would serve until 2025 when, under a coalition agreement, the role would pass to Wlodzimierz Czarzasty of the New Left. Monday's parliamentary session could also provide a glimpse of the challenges the coalition may face maintaining unity. The opposition said in its coalition agreement that it would invalidate the ruling.

Persons: Andrzej Duda, Kacper, Mateusz Morawiecki, Donald Tusk, Tusk, Szymon Holownia, Wlodzimierz, PiS, Piotr Muller, Krzysztof Smiszek, Alan Charlish, Pawel, Timothy Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, European Union, Justice, Civic Coalition, Third Way, New, TVN, Timothy Heritage, Thomson Locations: Warsaw, Poland, Republic of Poland

☆ 2024 Honda Motocompacto: The Petite Charm of a Micro-Scooter
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Dan Neil | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

JANE, STOP THIS CRAZY THING The Honda Motocompacto is a lightweight, foldable electric scooter designed as a first/last-mile solution for commuters and students. The name recalls an earlier micro-scooter called the Motocompo, sold only in Japan. Photo: HondaFOUNDED IN 1959, American Honda Motor Company moved into its current headquarters in Torrance, Calif., in 1990. But it took until last month for them to fix up the lobby. The atrium-style space now displays some of Honda’s historical collection: game-changing cars, such as the Accord and Civic; life-changing motorcycles (CB 750, Gold Wing); outboard motors, lawn mowers and the tiniest, most adorable gas-powered generators evah, designed to run itty-bitty ’60s-era TVs.

Persons: JANE Organizations: Honda, Honda Motor Company, Accord Locations: Japan, Torrance , Calif

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — World leaders, CEOs, protesters and thousands of others will soon descend on San Francisco for a global trade summit that could give the battered city a chance to reverse its image of an economic powerhouse now in decline. As host, San Francisco and the city's partners are polishing sidewalks, scrubbing away graffiti and moving homeless people to accommodations indoors. “It shows that San Francisco isn’t dead,” he said, adding he believes “there's an appetite for things to change” despite negative media narratives. This month, Air China resumed direct flights between San Francisco and Beijing after suspending flights just before the pandemic. —-Associated Press journalists Haven Daley in San Francisco and Huizhong Wu in Bangkok contributed to this report.

Persons: Joe Biden, Xi Jinping, London Breed, Breed, —, ”, Gavin Newsom, Newsom, Janet Yellen, Karl Kramer, LaunchSquad, Gilbert Manirakiza, Chotto Matte, Kurt Zdesar, San Francisco isn’t, “, Azalina Eusope, ” Eusope, Jennifer Friedenbach, San Francisco, Emily Cohen, Malcolm Yeung, Haven Daley, Huizhong Wu Organizations: FRANCISCO, Economic Cooperation, Francisco's, United Nations, London, Associated Press . California Gov, San Francisco, Fox, Treasury, San, APEC, San Francisco Living Wage Coalition, San Francisco Giants, dreamers, Coalition, Homelessness, city's Department of Homelessness, Air China, Chinatown Community Development Center, Associated Press Locations: San Francisco, Asia, United, Francisco, San, U.S, Israel, Kenya, Chinatown, Malaysian, Tenderloin District, Beijing, Tourism, China, Bangkok

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