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☆ Ukraine says China needed for peace process after Davos meeting
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

China needs to be involved in talks to end the war with Russia, Ukraine's top representative said after a high-level diplomatic meeting ahead of the World Economic Forum in Switzerland. Ukraine's presidential chief of staff Andriy Yermak said on Sunday it was important that Russian ally China was at the table when Kyiv convenes further meetings on its peace formula. Zelenskiy is due to arrive in Bern, Switzerland on Monday to meet the President of the Swiss Confederation Viola Amherd. We must find ways to work with China on this," Cassis said, adding that both Russia and Ukraine were not willing to make concessions. The role of the Global South in Ukraine's peace formula talks has come into focus in the lead up to Davos.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelensky, Andriy Yermak, Li Qiang, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Li, Yermak, Viola Amherd, Ignazio Cassis, Cassis, Jamie Dimon, Vladimir Putin Organizations: Economic, Swiss, JPMorgan, Ukraine, Bloomberg News, Dimon, Cuban Missile, European Union, Kyiv, Global, United Nations Locations: Davos, China, Russia, Ukraine's, Switzerland, Ukrainian, Bern, Swiss, Ukraine, Brazil, India, South Africa, Africa, Latin America, East, Asia

Earlier in a statement from the Ukrainian presidency, Yermak said a simple cease-fire wouldn't end Russia's "aggression” on Ukraine: “It’s definitely not the path to peace. “Peace is something that Ukraine needs,” he said during a break in the talks Sunday. He said that the purpose of the talks was to get ready for the moment when Russia might join a peace discussion. He said that neither Ukraine nor Russia was ready to make territorial concessions. “The war is far from over and peace is still nowhere in sight," the Swiss department of foreign affairs said in a statement previewing Sunday's talks.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskyy's, Andriy Yermak, Zelenskyy, Yermak, —, “, ”, “ It’s, Ignazio Cassis, Moscow isn't, Cassis, hasn't, that's, ” Cassis Organizations: —, Kyiv, Swiss Locations: DAVOS, Switzerland, Russia, Swiss, Davos, Ukrainian, Europe, Asia, Africa, Ukraine, Moscow, “, Denmark, Saudi Arabia, Malta, russia, ukraine

The puzzle game on his Android phone had been interrupted by a video showing Hamas militants, terrified Israeli families and blurred graphic footage. Reuters has not been able to establish how the ad came to her son's video game, but her family isn't alone. In at least one case, the ads were played inside the popular "Angry Birds" game made by SEGA-owned developer Rovio (ROVIO.HE). Google ran more than 90 ads for the foreign ministry but declined to comment on where it displayed those ads. In the Cassis family's case, the ads appeared in a game called "Alice's Mergeland" made by a developer called LazyDog Game.

Persons: Maria Julia Assis, Hannah McKay, Maria Julia Cassis, Rovio, Lotta Backlund, David Saranga, Saranga, Outbrain, Holland –, Alexandra Marginean, Marginean, Stack's, Raphael Satter, Sheila Dang, Katie Paul, Ken Li, Lisa Shumaker Organizations: REUTERS, Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Reuters, SEGA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Israeli Foreign Ministry, Google, West Bank, Palestine, Palestinian Authority, Holland, Stack's Ubisoft, Subway, SYBO, Apple, Standards Authority, Thomson Locations: Israel, London, Britain, Brazil, Europe, Gaza, France, Austria, Germany, Munich, Austrian, Danish, Washington, New York

☆ Why France’s Cote d’Azur is one of the world’s best coastlines
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Richard Quest | Joe Minihane | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

This is the Côte d’Azur, the grand dame destination for European vacations. And no one artist is as synonymous with the Côte d’Azur as Henri Matisse. And it’s also one of the raw ingredients for another quintessentially Côte d’Azur product: Perfume. At Fragonard, they can also help you create your own personalized scent, something to remember the Côte d’Azur by. The Côte d’Azur is a spectacular place, somewhere that taps into a sense of elegance and retains a charm and beauty that is redolent of years gone by.

Persons: CNN —, bonne, St Tropez, Romulo Yanes, Condé Nast, Vanessa Massé, Massé, ”, it’s, Fleur de Courgette, Saint Paul de Vence, Gabrielle Therin, Henri Matisse, “, Florence Tournier, Matisse, Picasso, Renoir, Monet, Chagall, Tournier, Pierre Longnus, Jean, Pierre Jaubert, Lavender, Jaubert, gesturing, Jessica Buchanan, Bénédicte, Karina Hidalgo, Hidalgo, Buchanan Organizations: CNN, St, Michelin, Getty, Mediterranee, Bank Locations: Cassis, Menton, France, Antibes, Cannes, Nice, Monaco, Provence, Saint, Paris, “, Aix, Grasse, Fragonard

☆ One family’s battle to be reunited with art looted by the Nazis
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Aurore Laborie | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

The lawyer — Laurence Eisenstein, whose firm works to recover artwork looted by the Nazis — said he’d been speaking to a British scholar who’d come across the name René Gimpel in art collectors’ archives. Thousands of objects lost or lootedAs well as being a famous gallerist of his time, René Gimpel was a very well-connected man. Captured sometime between 1916 and 1933, it showed the three Derain paintings in question hanging on the art dealer’s wall. In 2020, seven years after they began their fight, the Gimpel heirs were finally reunited with the three Derain paintings. Dumas said this is often not the case for Jewish families trying to recover their ancestors’ stolen art.

Persons: Claire Gimpel’s, — Laurence Eisenstein, —, he’d, who’d, René, Eisenstein, Claire, Ian Locke, ” Claire, he’s, André Derain, Claude Monet, René Gimpel, Clarisse Vuitton, Louis Vuitton’s, Monet, Georges Braque, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Marcel Proust, Johannes Vermeer, ”, Monte, Odile Firer, — René, — Locke, Hôtel Doucet, ’, “ I’m, Palais Bourbon —, Locke, “, Crécy, Corinne Hershkovitch, ” Hershkovitch, Sarah Tilotta, Margaux Dumas, Diderot, Derain, Benoît Payan, Payan, Dumas, Marseille's, Benoit Payan, Gimpel, Alain Robert, SIPA, They’re Organizations: France CNN —, CNN, Gestapo, Europe —, Palais Bourbon, Chapelle, Ministry of Culture, French Ministry of Culture, University Paris, Technical University Berlin, Smithsonian Archives, American Art, Mayor, French Ministry of, Belgium ”, ” Locations: Paris, France, British, French, Gimpel, Vichy France, Cannes, French Vichy, Neuengamme, Hamburg, Europe, Spontini, German, Nice, Troyes, Marseille, René’s Paris, Vichy, Belgium

☆ Hardcore Punk Is Looking (and Sounding) Different Now
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Hank Shteamer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The Zulu drummer and vocalist Christine Cadette, 23, cited Paramore’s Hayley Williams as a key inspiration. A typical sight was “some suburban punk white kid, talking about a breakup.” As Cartagena, 30, put it, “I just wanted more.”That “more” has arrived in waves during the past decade. The short-lived but hugely impactful G.L.O.S.S., from Olympia, Wash., brought a vociferous trans-feminist perspective to hardcore. “Zulu is not about aggression and all that; it’s about love.”For Cartagena, Lei’s buoyant performance style is a welcoming beacon. “I say they have the best moves of any frontperson onstage — just, like, sliding and moon walking and just moving their shoulders,” they said.

Persons: Christine Cadette, Paramore’s Hayley Williams, ”, “, there’s, it’s, Nina Simone, Malcolm X, Alesia Miller, ” Lei, Black, ” Cadette, — Organizations: Scout, ” Locations: Scout Cartagena, Cartagena, Olympia, Wash

☆ Switzerland shuts embassy in Sudan for security reasons
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

BERLIN, April 24 (Reuters) - Switzerland has closed its embassy in Khartoum and evacuated staff and their families over the security situation in Sudan, the Swiss foreign ministry said on Twitter. "Our staff and their families have been evacuated and are safe," Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis tweeted late on Sunday. The Foreign Ministry said seven embassy staff and five accompanying people had been evacuated. Work was continuing to help Swiss nationals stuck in Sudan. The Swiss foreign ministry on Friday there were about 100 Swiss nationals registered in Sudan while others are thought to be visiting the Red Sea area as tourists.

☆ The kick comes at the end - world's hottest chili flavours French chocolates
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Lucien Libert | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] French chocolatier Damien Vidal poses with chocolates flavoured with Carolina Reaper chilli pepper at the Paris Chocolate fair in Paris, France, October 28, 2022. REUTERS/Lucien LibertPARIS, Oct 28 (Reuters) - It is hard to come up with something new at Paris' annual chocolate fair, but French chocolatier Damien Vidal found a way to put a mouth-tingling twist on his confectionary: incorporating the world's hottest chili. Two Japanese tourists and other visitors at the chocolate fair gamely tried the shiny chocolate-chili balls and nobody spat them out. "Mmm, it is both sweetie and spicy, not too spicy, the spicy taste is mild," said Japanese student Hitomi Ebitani. French fair visitor Justine Bonneau agreed.

☆ Fact Check-President Volodymyr Zelenskiy still in Ukraine as of Oct. 25, contrary to online claims
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

This is false as there is recent evidence of Zelenskiy in Ukraine as of this article’s publication. One Facebook user sharing the claim on Oct. 18, 2022, said, “President Zelensky no longer in Ukraine” (here). Zelenskiy shares daily updates addressing the state of the war in Ukraine, the most recent one being on Oct. 25 (here). Reuters has previously fact checked similar claims about Zelenskiy never being in Ukraine (here) and continues to report on the war (here). There is no evidence to prove that Zelenskiy is not in Ukraine as of this article’s publication on Oct. 25.

☆ Trump ally Barrack to testify in own defense at ‘foreign agent’ trial
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

NEW YORK — Tom Barrack, a onetime fundraiser for former U.S. President Donald Trump, is expected to take the witness stand in his own defense next week in his trial on charges of being an illegal foreign agent for the United Arab Emirates. Barrack’s lawyer Randall Jackson said in open court on Friday that Barrack would the stand Friday afternoon. Later, prosecutor Sam Nitze said he expected to take substantial time to cross-examine the current witness, former Barrack lawyer Brady Cassis, meaning Barrack would not take the stand Friday. Barrack, 75, has pleaded not guilty, as has his co-defendant Grimes. Even in instances where his interests and goals aligned with the UAE’s, he was acting on his own volition, they said.

☆ Trump ally Barrack to testify in own defense at 'foreign agent' trial
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Luc Cohen | Thomson Reuters | Reports On The New York Federal Courts. Previously Worked As A Correspondent In Venezuela | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Companies DigitalBridge Group Inc FollowNEW YORK, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Tom Barrack, a onetime fundraiser for former U.S. President Donald Trump, is expected to take the witness stand in his own defense next week in his trial on charges of being an illegal foreign agent for the United Arab Emirates. Barrack's lawyer Randall Jackson said in open court on Friday that Barrack would the stand Friday afternoon. Later, prosecutor Sam Nitze said he expected to take substantial time to cross-examine the current witness, former Barrack lawyer Brady Cassis, meaning Barrack would not take the stand Friday. Barrack, 75, has pleaded not guilty, as has his co-defendant Grimes. Even in instances where his interests and goals aligned with the UAE's, he was acting on his own volition, they said.

☆ Fostul preşedinte elveţian Flavio Cotti, răpus de COVID-19
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-17 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Fostul preşedinte elveţian Flavio Cotti, care a ocupat, de asemenea, funcţiile de ministru de externe şi de interne, a murit miercuri la vârsta de 81 de ani din cauza COVID-19, notează AFP, citat de agerpres.ro. "Cu mare tristeţe am aflat despre decesul lui Flavio Cotti", a scris pe Twitter actualul şef al diplomaţiei de la Berna, Ignazio Cassis. Potrivit cotidianului de limbă italiană al cantonului Ticino, care a obţinut primul informaţia, Flavio Cotti a decedat miercuri după-amiază într-un spital din Locarno "după complicaţii cauzate de coronavirus". Flavio Cotti, jurist de formaţie, a fost membru al Partidului Creştin-Democrat din Ticino, înainte de promova în politică şi a petrece 12 ani în guvernul federal de la Berna, între 1987 şi 1999. El a fost preşedinte al Confederaţiei Elveţiene de două ori, în 1991 şi 1998.

Persons: Flavio, Flavio Cotti Organizations: Partidului, Democrat, ONU Locations: Berna, Ignazio, Ticino, Locarno, Democrat din Ticino, Elveţia, Geneva

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