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September 24: Abbas and Netanyahu at the UN, China’s Possible New Carrier
At the United Nations
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addressed the General Assembly in prerecorded remarks from Ramallah after the United States denied visas to him and other senior Palestinian officials for a second consecutive year.
Ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address, hundreds of protesters blocked a street near UN headquarters, and police detained nearly 100 demonstrators. Inside the chamber, dozens of delegates walked out as Netanyahu approached the podium. He called them “moral cowards.”
In business
Howard Buffett has become chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, the conglomerate his father, Warren Buffett, built over six decades. Howard Buffett’s background is in farming and law enforcement, not finance.
A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers has introduced a bill offering federal tax credits for domestic film and television production. The proposed credit would cover 20 percent of eligible labor costs, with possible additions bringing it to 30 percent.
In Poland
A priest was killed and four other people were injured in a knife attack at an abbey in Jarosław. Police say they have arrested a suspect.
In China’s shipyards
Satellite imagery shows work on an unidentified vessel at the Dalian Shipyard. Measurements suggest the possible carrier could be slightly longer than the USS Gerald R. Ford, but Beijing has not confirmed its specifications or whether it would be nuclear-powered.
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