Two of Twitter's top executives are also out. Plus, one of Russia's top celebrities flees the country.
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Good morning, NBC News readers.
Elon Musk takes over Twitter and fires two top executives. One of Russia's top celebrities flees the country in a sign of the war in Ukraine's domestic impact. And an NBC News investigation sheds light on alleged working conditions at overseas U.S. military bases. Here's what we're watching this Friday morning. |
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(Ringo H.W. Chiu/AP file) Twitter officially has a new leader: Elon Musk. CNBC reported Thursday night that Musk is now leading the company as his $44 million deal to purchase the company closes, and two top Twitter executives, CEO Parag Agrawal and Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal, are out. Getting here was a months-long process that began in April, when Musk first made an offer to acquire the social media platform. He sought to pull out of the deal weeks later. After a back-and-forth legal battle, the two sides had been scheduled to meet this month in court to settle the dispute — but Musk resubmitted his original $44 billion offer. And Twitter said it planned to close the deal at the original agreed-upon price. Questions remain about what will happen next. Musk has sketched out a vision for Twitter that includes looser rules for what people can say, but he has not provided much detail about how he might rewrite Twitter's rulebook. And a Washington Post report alleges Musk plans to lay off as much as 75% of Twitter's staff. Read the full story here. |
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| For months, Democratic candidates in competitive races have risen above President Joe Biden's low approval rating and weathered concerns about the economy and country's direction. Now comes the moment of truth. |
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| Ksenia Sobchak has often been critical of Vladimir Putin, but opposition figures have accused her of helping to serve the Kremlin's agenda, and her transformation from party girl to politician and well-connected journalist was met with suspicion. Her departure from Russia amid a criminal probe is raising eyebrows for multiple reasons. |
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| If Vladimir Putin really does have no intention of deploying nuclear weapons in Ukraine, President Joe Biden asked Thursday, then "why does he keep talking about it?" The Russian leader had earlier played down the idea of the Kremlin taking such a drastic step. |
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| Xi Jinping has started an unprecedented third term with an insistence on strengthening his position, countering China's decades of effort to avoid a return to one-man rule like that of Mao Zedong. |
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| Thousands of people have allegedly been trafficked into labor by private contractors operating on U.S. military bases — where workers have been paid less than promised, charged recruiting fees that leave them deep in debt, and pressured to sign improper contracts and work long hours, according to government reports. In some cases, they even faced physical abuse. And the Pentagon is willing to say very little about the alleged taxpayer-funded abuse of workers, an NBC News investigation found. |
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