The Boeing saga has reached a new level of absurdity | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)
Boeing admitted that a missing work order led to a door plug blowing off an Alaska Airlines 737 Max in January....
Trump floats ‘migrant league of fighters’ in latest dehumanizing rhetoric against migrants (www.cnn.com)
Former President Donald Trump on Saturday said he floated the idea of having a “migrant league of fighters” to UFC President Dana White, again employing dehumanizing language to describe people who enter the US illegally....
Taiwan to acquire more than 1,000 armed drones in new US arms sale (www.cnn.com)
The United States has approved the $360 million sale of more than 1,000 small armed drones to Taiwan, as the self-ruled island claimed by China aims to strengthen its asymmetrical warfare abilities with an eye on successful tactics used on the battlefield in Ukraine....
The British Army trains in Kenya. Many women say soldiers raped them and abandoned children they fathered | CNN (www.cnn.com)
In 2007, Britain’s Ministry of Defense dismissed claims of rape brought by 2,187 women, Lenkanan and Noltwalal among them, saying “there was no reliable evidence to support any single allegation.”...
Alpacas test positive for H5N1 bird flu for the first time (www.cnn.com)
Morehouse College might halt graduation ‘on the spot’ if there are disruptions when President Biden speaks (www.cnn.com)
Russia mounts surprise assault on northern Ukraine in most serious cross-border offensive in two years (www.cnn.com)
Russian forces have made two cross-border assaults inside northern Ukraine, according to information from Ukrainian sources and officials, in what President Volodymyr Zelensky is calling a “new wave of counteroffensive actions” by Russia....
Orangutan observed treating wound using medicinal plant in world first (www.cnn.com)
USDA says it is testing beef for H5N1 bird flu virus (www.cnn.com)
What Trump’s war on the ‘Deep State’ could mean: ‘An army of suck-ups’ (www.cnn.com)
Israeli attack that killed aid workers consistent with multiple precision strikes, analysis shows (www.cnn.com)
Only five bodies delivered to Belgorod morgue after mysterious Russian plane crash, Ukrainian intelligence suggests (www.cnn.com)
Ukraine says it has intelligence suggesting only five bodies were delivered from the crash site of a Russian military transport plane to a nearby morgue, a Ukraine military intelligence official told CNN, casting doubt on Moscow’s claim that dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war were killed in the explosion....
Nikki Haley sweeps 6-person midnight vote in New Hampshire (www.cnn.com)
Trump tells appeals court that threats to judge and clerk in NY civil fraud trial do not justify gag order (www.cnn.com)
Donald Trump urged a New York appeals court to continue to pause the gag order against him in his civil fraud trial, saying that threats to the judge and his law clerk do not “justify” limiting the former president’s constitutional right to defend himself....
White House declassifies intel suggesting Wagner Group is preparing to provide air defense capability to Hezbollah or Iran (www.cnn.com)
The White House released recently declassified intelligence on Tuesday confirming that the Russian mercenary organization Wagner group has been preparing to provide an air defense capability “to either Hezbollah or Iran,” according to National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby....
Amazon warns workers who don’t return to the office will have a harder time getting promoted (www.cnn.com)
Amazon is once again doubling down on its return-to-office mandate, warning staff that not complying could impact their chances of being promoted....
Mark Zuckerberg personally rejected Meta’s proposals to improve teen mental health, court documents allege | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)
Cats have 276 different facial expressions, study finds (www.cnn.com)
Ears flattened, constricted pupils, a lick of the lips. If you’ve ever wondered if your feline friends’ furry faces were saying something whenever they got together, chances are they were....
Elon Musk’s X is testing an annual fee for unverified accounts (www.cnn.com)
X illegally fired worker over return to office protest, US labor agency says (www.cnn.com)
Elon Musk’s social media company, X (formerly known as Twitter), broke the law when it fired one of its employees for “exercising their right to protected concerted activity” following X’s return-to-office mandate, according to a complaint from the National Labor Relations Board....
Israel’s history suggests the clock is ticking for Netanyahu after Hamas attack failures (www.cnn.com)
In his more than three decades in politics, Benjamin Netanyahu has accrued almost as many nicknames as he has election wins....
Putin signals potential willingness to assist Kim as two leaders meet for expected weapons talks (www.cnn.com)
Russian President Vladimir Putin signaled a potential willingness to assist North Korea in developing its space and satellite program Wednesday, as he gave Kim Jong Un a tour of Russia’s vast Vostochny space launch site ahead of expected arms talks....
Even Zoom is making its staff return to the office (www.cnn.com)
Zoom, the company that powered the remote work revolution during the pandemic, is telling its employees to come back to the office.
US and Germany foiled Russian plot to assassinate CEO of arms manufacturer sending weapons to Ukraine (www.cnn.com)
US intelligence discovered earlier this year that the Russian government planned to assassinate the chief executive of a powerful German arms manufacturer that has been producing artillery shells and military vehicles for Ukraine, according to five US and western officials familiar with the episode....
Even wealthy Americans are struggling to make ends meet (www.cnn.com)
