News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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15-year-old girl fatally shoots teacher and teenager at a Christian school in Wisconsin https://t.co/68r1iSKfPG
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 17, 2024
"Musk isn’t allowed to enter most SpaceX facilities where classified work is done and discussed…" www.wsj.com/tech/musk-sp…
— Rachel Maddow (@maddow.bsky.social) December 17, 2024 at 1:46 PM
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US retail giant Walmart has formed a strategic alliance with China’s biggest food delivery company Meituan. The partnership follows Walmart's sale of a stake in Chinese e-commerce firm https://t.co/Pf1ys8csDY for $3.7 billion in August https://t.co/pQakY5WaH5 pic.twitter.com/xI2L7W2Vmv
— Reuters (@Reuters) December 17, 2024
The moment when Russian Chemical Defense Chief Kirillov and his assistant were killed by an explosion in Moscow.
— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) December 17, 2024
The assassination occurred one day after Ukraine's Security Service charged Kirillov in absentia for allegedly ordering 4,800 chemical weapons attacks on Ukrainian… pic.twitter.com/dO0qBWeGn9
Show more: for allegedly ordering 4,800 chemical weapons attacks on Ukrainian forces since February 2022. The explosive device, containing 300g of TNT concealed in an electric scooter, detonated as Kirillov approached his service Toyota Camry. Britain sanctioned Kirillov in October 2024 for what the UK Foreign Office termed “abhorrent use of inhumane chemical weapons” and being “a significant mouthpiece for Kremlin disinformation.” Kirillov also made controversial claims about the COVID-19 pandemic being deliberately created by the US, alleged the existence of US-backed biolabs in Ukraine targeting “Slavic ethnicity,” and accused the Pentagon of orchestrating the Kakhovka dam breach in Ukraine to spread diseases.
A doozie in Romania: After annulling election, Bucharest eyes charging far-right winner Georgescu https://t.co/YnXxWapEfN @CourthouseNews
— Cain Burdeau (@cainburdeau) December 17, 2024
Italy's growth rebound from the COVID pandemic is petering out much faster than expected as structural weaknesses resurface, raising risks for the fragile public finances of the euro zone's third largest economy https://t.co/ISkQL2WtTm
— Reuters (@Reuters) December 17, 2024
Infamous paper that popularized unproven COVID-19 treatment finally retracted
— Allison Neitzel (@AliNeitzelMD) December 17, 2024
Study on hydroxychloroquine by Didier Raoult and colleagues gets pulled on ethical and scientific groundshttps://t.co/ixJu1sUqed
BREAKING: A San Francisco IT consultant has been found guilty of second-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of Cash App founder Bob Lee last year over a personal dispute. https://t.co/YFpaQKhcKH
— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 17, 2024
Two men have been charged in Boston federal court in connection with a fatal drone strike in Jordan that killed three U.S. Service members and injured dozens more earlier this year. https://t.co/CErlqZ5HZO
— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 17, 2024
'Tis the season… to gaze into the universe ✨
— NASA (@NASA) December 17, 2024
This star cluster, seen here thanks to @NASAWebb and @ChandraXRay, resembles a cosmic wreath, with shining stars sparkling among festive clouds: https://t.co/x2NwTijvSJ pic.twitter.com/h8LJbjSNXH
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