Here are today's actionable insights for better communications:

1. Israeli intelligence head takes responsibility for attacks.

2. So far, At least 15 journalists have been killed in the Hamas-Israel war. For context, 15 journalists were killed in Ukraine between 2022 and 2023, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.

3. Western leaders visiting Israel: In the coming days, Joe Biden, Emmanuel Macron, and Olaf Scholz are all planning to visit.

4. Vladimir Putin is in China to meet 'dear friend' Xi Jinping.

5. Intelligence reports suggest North Korea is sending arms to Russia for the Ukraine war.

6. The FBI is hosting the respective domestic intelligence chiefs of the Five Eyes intelligence partnership in a first-ever Emerging Technology + Securing Innovation Security Summit in Palo Alto, CA.

7. Lululemon to join the S&P 500 on Wednesday.

8. Apple is rolling out a new "affordable" Apple Pencil with a USB-C port for $79.

9. Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon has decided to stop his DJ side hustle.

10. Taylor Swift's 'The Eras Tour' movie nears $126 Million in US debut.

11. Lego celebrated 90 years as a company in 2022, but it only got into plastic bricks in the 1950s, having started with wooden toys.

12. Today, in 2017, Gord Downie died.

13. QOTD: "I've never seen 'The Swarm', by all accounts, it was a terrible movie. But I have seen the house that it bought, and that is beautiful." -- Michael Caine

14. Inter Miami will play two exhibition matches in China next month as part of the club's first-ever international tour.

15. Travis Kelce + Patrick Mahomes are the newest investors in the Alpine F1 Team.

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