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Month: May 2024

US pier constructed off Gaza has broken apart

By Oren Liebermann, Natasha Bertrand and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The temporary pier constructed by the US military to transport aid into Gaza broke apart and sustained damage in heavy seas on Tuesday in a major blow to the American-led effort to create a maritime corridor for humanitarian supplies into the war-torn enclave, the Pentagon said. The pier was

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Less than 2% of philanthropic giving goes to women and girls. Can Melinda French Gates change that?

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press Melinda French Gates ‘ has a long history of supporting the women’s movement, but it’s her new eye-popping funding commitments that could finally change women’s groups’ long-running lament that less than 2% of philanthropic giving in the United States directly benefits women and girls. That 2% ceiling could be broken

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Authorities arrest man allegedly running “likely world’s largest ever” cybercrime botnet

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An international law enforcement team has  arrested a Chinese national and disrupted a major botnet that officials said he ran for nearly a decade. Officials said Wednesday that Yunhe Wang amassed at least $99 million by reselling access to criminals who used it for identity theft, child exploitation and financial

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Lloyd Austin Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. Personal Birth date: August 8, 1953 Birth place: Mobile, Alabama Birth name: Lloyd James Austin III Father: Lloyd James Austin Jr., postal worker Mother: Aletia Taylor Austin, homemaker Marriage: Charlene Denise (Banner) Austin (early 1980s-present) Children: Reginald

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