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Zelensky to Meet With Biden in Washington Next Week

Zelensky to Meet With Biden in Washington Next Week

Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, will visit Washington next week following his appearance at the United Nations General Assembly, according to three U.S. officials.Mr. Zelensky’s plan to appear in person before the General Assembly on Wednesday, as part of the U.N.’s annual gathering in New York City, was previously known. But his follow-on trip to Washington — where he is expected to meet with President Biden at the White House and members of Congress on Capitol Hill — has not yet been announced officially.It comes as the Biden administration works to shore up support in Congress for an additional $24 billion…
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U.A.W. Begins Walkouts at 3 Plants in Midwest

U.A.W. Begins Walkouts at 3 Plants in Midwest

Thousands of members of the United Automobile Workers union went on strike Friday at three plants in three Midwestern states in what was the first strike simultaneously affecting all three Detroit automakers.The union and the companies — General Motors, Ford Motor and Stellantis, the parent of Chrysler — remained deadlocked in negotiations over a new collective bargaining agreement when the current contract expired at 11:59 p.m. on Thursday.As the deadline neared, workers started to fan out at the targeted plants — in Michigan, Missouri and Ohio — to protest.At the outset, the strike will idle one plant owned by each…
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How to Navigate Apple’s Shift From Lightning to USB-C

How to Navigate Apple’s Shift From Lightning to USB-C

The iPhone 15 (technically, the 17th iteration of the iconic Apple phone) has arrived with a big change that is sure to annoy many of us. Eventually, however, we’ll breathe a sigh of relief.Allow me to unpack that. To comply with recent European regulations, the iPhone 15, unveiled Tuesday, will abandon the Lightning connector that has been the method for charging iPhones for 11 years. In its place will be a different oval-shaped connector: USB-C.For the average tech user, change isn’t fun. This all means that when Apple customers buy their next iPhones, they will no longer be able to…
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Impactivo Launches a Hands-On Approach to Improve Health Care Workforce Well-being and Retention

Impactivo Launches a Hands-On Approach to Improve Health Care Workforce Well-being and Retention

Impactivo is excited to announce the launch of the ImpACTivista Implementation Map, a practical solution to the growing challenges of workforce burnout, rising chronic disease, and the need for sustainable health practices in the workplace. This unique system is designed to support both individuals and teams in cultivating a healthy, impactful, and joyful life. It is developed from a deep understanding of the need for leaders to prioritize their own health to effectively guide and support their teams.Highlights of the ImpACTivista Implementation Map (www.impactivista.net):1. A Comprehensive Approach: It delivers a straightforward map to foster a culture of health, impact, and…
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‘One of the Most Hated People in the World’: Sam Bankman-Fried’s 250 Pages of Justifications

‘One of the Most Hated People in the World’: Sam Bankman-Fried’s 250 Pages of Justifications

At the end of a 15,000-word Twitter thread he never posted, Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, offered a blunt assessment of his predicament.“I’m broke and wearing an ankle monitor and one of the most hated people in the world,” he wrote. “There will probably never be anything I can do to make my lifetime impact net positive.”He added: “And the truth is that I did what I thought was right.”After Mr. Bankman-Fried was arrested, charged with fraud over FTX’s collapse and placed in home detention in December, he wrote hundreds of pages of sometimes rambling…
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David Gilmour, Who Turned a Tiny Island Into a Resort, Dies at 91

David Gilmour, Who Turned a Tiny Island Into a Resort, Dies at 91

David Gilmour, a Canadian-born entrepreneur who in the 1990s built a luxury resort on Wakaya, a tiny island he owned in Fiji, and then created Fiji Natural Artesian Water, turning a local resource into a leading bottled brand, died on June 11 in Manhattan. He was 91.The cause was cardiac arrest, said David Roth, a friend and business partner.By the time he bought Wakaya from two business partners in 1987, Mr. Gilmour had built several businesses over 30 years. He imported Scandinavian home furnishings and built high-end stereos. He helped assemble a chain of hotels in the South Pacific, which…
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Meet the Man Making Big Banks Tremble

Meet the Man Making Big Banks Tremble

Yelling at Michael Barr, the Federal Reserve’s top banking regulator, has never been particularly effective, his friends and co-workers will tell you. That hasn’t stopped America’s biggest banks, their lobbying groups and even his own colleagues, who have reacted to his proposal to tighten and expand oversight of the nation’s large lenders with a mix of incredulity and outrage.“There is no justification for significant increases in capital at the largest U.S. banks,” Kevin Fromer, the president of the Financial Services Forum, said in a statement after regulators released the draft rules spearheaded by Mr. Barr. The proposal would push up…
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Opinion | Can Samantha Power Win the Battle for Ukraine’s Future?

Opinion | Can Samantha Power Win the Battle for Ukraine’s Future?

***The administration’s loudest critics think not. “Biden Is Sending Our Treasures to Corrupt Oligarchs,” was the title of a Tucker Carlson screed on Fox News in early April, shortly before his own oligarch sent him packing. Vivek Ramaswamy, the Republican presidential candidate, has suggested that President Biden’s support for Ukraine is somehow connected to money his son got from the Ukrainian energy firm Burisma.Such attacks, made in bad faith, are wildly overwrought. But they aren’t baseless. Last September, Ambassador Brink wrote a diplomatic cable warning the State Department of her concerns. “There are, for instance, severe limits on the number…
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Tiny Homes Are a Social Media Hit. But Do We Want to Live in Them?

Tiny Homes Are a Social Media Hit. But Do We Want to Live in Them?

A series about how cities transform, and the effect of that on everyday life.In a bustling area of south London, near a busy Underground station and a web of bus routes, is a tiny house in a dumpster.The 27-square-foot plywood house has a central floor area; wall shelves for storage (or seating); a kitchen counter with a sink, hot plate and toy-size fridge; and a mezzanine with a mattress under the vaulted roof. There’s no running water, and the bathroom is a portable toilet outside.The “skip house” is the creation and home of Harrison Marshall, 29, a British architect and…
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