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| | | Tit for Tat | Unprecedented: North and South Korea Fire Missiles Across Sea Border North Korea fired at least 17 missiles early Wednesday, one of which crossed the disputed sea border with South Korea. It plunged into the ocean off Sokcho, 16 miles south of the border and 35 miles from the mainland. While this technically put it outside South Korean territorial waters, Seoul viewed it as an “effective territorial invasion” and responded by launching three missiles of its own, which landed a similar distance north of the demarcation line. Yesterday Pyongyang warned that the U.S. and South Korea would pay “the most horrible price in history” if they continued joint military drills. (Sources: BBC, CBS) |
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| | | Bibi’s Back | Exit Polls Show Netanyahu Set to Return to Power Former — and apparently future — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is projected to lead his right-wing bloc to a narrow win in Tuesday’s general election, saying, “We are close to a big victory.” It’s a dramatic turnaround for Israel’s longest-serving PM, who was toppled last year after 12 years in power. With just under 85% of votes counted, Netanyahu’s Likud party, together with the far-right, ultranationalist Religious Zionism party, will control up to 65 of the Knesset’s 120 seats. If the polls are wrong, however, and the parties are deadlocked, it will spark the country’s sixth election in just four years. (Sources: Al Jazeera, BBC) |
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| | | Sore Loser | Bolsonaro Breaks His Silence, But Stops Short of Conceding Defeat Almost two full days after he lost Brazil’s election to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President Jair Bolsonaro addressed the nation. While he didn’t even mention da Silva, he did vow to “continue to follow all commandments from our Constitution” and he urged his supporters — who have blockaded roads around the country — to engage only in “peaceful protest” despite their “feelings of injustice in the electoral process.” After Bolsonaro had spoken, his chief of staff took the podium to confirm that “the president has authorized me to begin the transition to President Lula” — to the immense relief of many in Brazil and beyond. (Sources: NYT, PBS) |
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| | | | | Georgia on His Mind | Graham to Face Questioning in Election Interference Probe The Supreme Court dealt Sen. Lindsey Graham a blow Tuesday, rejecting a request to spare him from testifying before a grand jury investigating alleged 2020 election interference in Georgia. Graham claimed his communications with state election officials — which came amidst former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn his defeat in Georgia — were protected by the Constitution. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is particularly interested in Graham’s phone calls with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who Trump urged to “find” roughly 11,000 votes to overturn his defeat. The grand jury has asked Graham to testify by Nov. 17. (Sources: The Hill, WaPo) |
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| | | Briefly | Here are some things you should know about today: Wake-up call. Capitol Police cameras captured the moment a man broke into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home, but no one was monitoring the feed because she wasn’t in residence. Pelosi faces more death threats than any other U.S. lawmaker. (Source: WaPo) Danish drama. Denmark’s left-wing bloc held onto power with a tiny one-seat margin in Tuesday’s tense general election that was triggered by the so-called mink crisis. (Source: France24) Not so fast. Elon Musk has said that banned Twitter accounts, including Donald Trump’s, will not be reinstated until after the U.S. midterms. (Source: The Guardian) |
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| | | | | More Roar Than Snore | Five Lions Escape Their Enclosure at Sydney Zoo Magnus Perri and his family spent Tuesday night at the Taronga Zoo on its popular “roar and snore” program. But they were rudely awoken at 6:30 a.m.: “The alarm went off and the zookeepers came running down, screaming ‘code one, code one, everyone get out of the tents.’” Five lions — four cubs and an adult — had escaped their enclosure due to an “integrity issue” with a fence. All five cats were secured within 10 minutes of the alarm being raised. “The staff were great and the kids thought it was something out of Jurassic Park,” added Perri. (Sources: BBC, The Guardian) |
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| | | My Beautiful Home Zimbabwe | Women Decorate Rural Homesteads in Countrywide Contest “Everyone is an artist,” said Peggy Masuku, one of hundreds of entrants into My Beautiful Home, a nationwide project that aims to rediscover the centuries-old art of decorating homesteads with natural materials. “We just need to learn how to see.” Prizes are practical — shovels, water tanks, chickens — and the contest reaches a natural dénouement when the November rains wash all the hard work away in a matter of days. “When that happens I sometimes stand in the rain watching my creation wash away, and I feel sad,” said Masuku. “But then we start dreaming about what to do next year.” (Source: The Guardian) |
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| | | Fake the Vote | BBC Creates Fake Americans to Study US Politics BBC reporter Marianna Spring wanted to get inside the heads of American voters to understand how online disinformation spreads. To do this, she’s created fake social media profiles for a diverse group of characters, from retired MAGA fan Larry to liberal lesbian Emma. “We’re doing it with very good intentions,” Spring explained, noting that “the U.S. is the key battleground.” Using carefully crafted traits and interests — and computer-generated profile pictures — Spring is watching how platforms’ algorithms target each archetype. She reports that despite social media companies’ efforts to rein in disinformation, plenty of it is still getting through. (Source: AP) |
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| | | Last Orders | Popular Food Writer Julia Powell Dies at 49 The creator of the Julie/Julia Project died suddenly in her New York home of cardiac arrest last week. In 2002, the aspiring writer was working an administrative job in Manhattan with no real career prospects when she began a project to cook all 524 recipes in Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking. Powell documented her time in the kitchen for Salon.com in a funny, sometimes crude style that became a model for other food bloggers. She later published a book based on the project, which was adapted into the 2009 film Julie & Julia starring Meryl Streep and Amy Adams. (Source: NYT) |
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| | | Phinally Phenomenal | Philadelphia Finds Itself at the Center of the Sports World No one expected the Eagles to be the only undefeated NFL team at 7-0, having knocked off the Pittsburgh Steelers Sunday. But the Phillies are the bigger surprise: They shut out the favored Houston Astros Tuesday night 7-0 to take a 2-1 World Series lead, and tagged Houston pitcher Lance McCullers Jr. with five home runs, making him the first player in postseason history to give up five homers in a game. “I got whipped,” McCullers said. “End of story.” The Eagles are heavily favored over the 1-5-1 Texans Thursday night, while the Phillies and Astros do it again in Game 4 tonight. (Sources: Yahoo Sports, MLB) |
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