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The company, which has recently seen softening visitor demand, will spend billions to build new rides and expand its cruise ship fleet to 13 from nine. Source link

Medical charity MSF warns of urgent need to protect civilians caught up in escalating conflict in western Rakhine State.More Rohingya are arriving in Bangladesh from Myanmar with war-related injuries amid escalating conflict between the military and the Arakan Army (AA) in western Rakhine State, according to international medical group Doctors without Borders, known by its French initials MSF. MSF said its teams in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, treated 39 people for conflict-related injuries including mortar shell injuries and gunshot wounds in the four days leading up to August 7. More than 40 percent of the injured were women and children, it…

ReutersThe aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Strait of Gibraltar, back in 2019The US has sent a guided missile submarine to the Middle East, as tensions grow in the region.Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin also said an aircraft carrier which was already heading to the area would sail there more quickly.The move comes in response to fears of a wider regional conflict, after the recent assassination of senior Hezbollah and Hamas leaders. It signals the US’s determination to help defend Israel from any attack by Iran – with Mr Austin saying US would “take every possible step” to defend its…

Horses, bulls and birds of all types live among the pink marshes of the Camargue, a rugged landscape shaped by the relentless push and pull of sea and river. Source link

Governor issues evacuation order as Kyiv increases military activity just across the border and maintains Kursk push.Russia has begun evacuations in the Belgorod region as it eyes rising military activity across the border in Ukraine. The governor of Belgorod announced on Monday that he had ordered civilians in one district of the region to head for safety. Russian forces are battling an Ukrainian offensive in the neighbouring Kursk region. “The enemy is active on the border of the Krasnoyaruzhsky district”, Vyacheslav Gladkov warned on the Telegram messaging platform on Monday. “For the health and security of our population, we’re beginning…

A pilot has died after their helicopter crashed into the roof of a hotel in the northern Queensland city of Cairns.The aircraft hit the DoubleTree by Hilton hotel at around 01:50am local time on Monday (16:50B Sunday), sparking a fire and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of guests.Authorities say the only occupant of the helicopter died at the scene, and two hotel guests – a man in his 80s and a woman in her 70s – were taken to hospital in a stable condition.Queensland Police and the aviation safety watchdog are investigating the circumstances of the crash, with the company…

Alexis Ohanian recently revealed his single-best investment — and also some financial moves he now regrets.In a podcast interview with venture capitalist Harry Stebbings, the Reddit cofounder said that he made millions from investing early in Ethereum.Ohanian said he invested $10,000 at the company’s pre-token sale — which turned out to be a highly lucrative move as the company’s cryptocurrency, ether (ETH), is now the second largest in the world by market cap.At the time of the podcast recording, Ohanian said his ether stake is now worth $17.1 million.The SevenSevenSix venture capital firm founder also said that, along with some ether, he…

The bear, a symbol of falling stock market prices, stands as a bronze sculpture in front of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange building on 06 August 2024.Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesVeteran investor David Roche expects a bear market in 2025 caused by smaller-than-expected rate cuts, a slowing U.S. economy and an artificial intelligence bubble.”I think [a bear market] is probably coming, but probably in 2025. We now know what will cause it,” the strategist at Quantum Strategy told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Asia” on Monday. Roche expects the Fed to resist reducing rates to the market’s desired 3.50%. The Fed’s…

It’s the third public healthcare company to say it’s taking a buyout and going private this summer. Medical scribe company Augmedix announced its acquisition by $6 billion startup Commure in July, and digital health-tracking platform Sharecare said in June PE firm Altaris would buy it.Experts say the recent string of take-privates is good news for startups. M&A activity has been ticking up since the beginning of the year, but hasn’t rebounded from 2023 lows as quickly as dealmakers hoped.Now, healthcare startups dreaming of an IPO might be encouraged to stay private longer with renewed chances for big returns through M&A.”Every…

A screen grab from a video released by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shows a fire broke in Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine on August 11, 2024. A fire broke out Sunday in Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, located in southern Ukraine, with Ukraine and Russia trading blame over the incident. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty ImagesMoscow and Kyiv have blamed each other for a large fire that broke out at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in southern Ukraine on Sunday, with the latest incident taking place amid Ukraine’s ongoing incursion into Russian border territory.Ukrainian officials said Russian forces started the…