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John Paul Brammer writes the “¡Hola Papi!” advice column for The Cut at New York magazine, answering questions like, “Why am I dreaming about sex with a man when I’m a lesbian?” Or, “What if my partner judges me for writing smut?” This candor has given John Paul an intimate connection with his readers. However, as today’s episode reveals, he doesn’t think we necessarily need that level of openness with all of our loved ones. Ahead of Mother’s Day, Brammer reads an essay about a recent college graduate who sets out to spend the summer exploring his sexuality, but whose plans are derailed by his duty to his grandmother. It’s called “Young, Gay and Single Among the Nuns and Widows” by Kevin Hershey. Brammer says it’s “bizarre” how much this essay resonates with his own life.

Persons: John Paul Brammer, John Paul, Brammer, It’s, Young, Gay, Kevin Hershey Organizations: New York, Nuns

☆ My husband and I decided that the American dream wasn't for us and moved to Spain when I was 7 months pregnant
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-25 | by ( Jessica Smith | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

My husband and I decided that the American dream was not for us. Growing up in Kansas, the American dream was simple: Graduate from college, find a good job, get married, buy a house, and start a family. AdvertisementBut the best part about raising a family in Spain is the safety and the active social life. Here in Spain, that's impossible. Jessica Smith said the best part about raising a family in Spain is the safety and the active social life.

Persons: we'd, Smith, Spain Jessica Smith, Jessica Smith, There's, I'm Organizations: Business, Netflix Locations: Spain, La Rioja, Madrid, Kansas, Logroño

☆ I'm an American living in Mexico. I've seen the effects gentrification has on the locals and wish other expats would stop doing these 5 things here.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-14 | by ( Ananya Vahal | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

He says Americans moving to Mexico need to stop staying in older Airbnb units among other things. AdvertisementThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jeremy Albelda, a 36-year-old entrepreneur living in Mexico City. Here are some things that other Americans moving to Mexico should stop doing. Make an effort to learn Spanish and you'll help improve the overall image of remote workers and tourists. Stop staying in older Airbnb unitsOlder Airbnb unit owners usually displaced a local resident to turn it into an Airbnb.

Persons: Jeremy Albelda, Albelda, —, It's, it's, who've, Airbnb, I've, we're, I'm Organizations: Mexico City, Service, San Locations: Mexico, Mexico City, Philadelphia, Roma Norte, San Miguel, British, London

There was no immediate indication of who might succeed McCarthy, but the next speaker could quash more Ukraine aid before a proposal reaches the House floor if that person opposes the idea. A Ukraine "report card" by Defending Democracy Together's "Republicans for Ukraine" campaign rated the leading candidates on the strength of their support for past Ukraine aid. Representative Tom Emmer, the House Republican whip, got the highest rating, an A. 2 House Republican, has long been favored to take over as speaker after McCarthy and received one notch lower, a B. McCarthy, who got a B-minus grade, early this week denied accusations by Gaetz that he had cut "a secret deal" with Biden to allow the House to vote on Ukraine aid.

Persons: Alexander Ermochenko, Kevin McCarthy's, McCarthy, Together's, Tom Emmer, Steve Scalise, Matt Gaetz, Gaetz, Jim Jordan, Byron Donalds, McCarthy's speakership, Biden, Joe Biden, Patricia Zengerle, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, U.S . House, The, Republicans, Republican, Thomson Locations: Nova, Russia, Ukraine, Hola, Kherson, Russian, U.S, Kyiv, United States

☆ American man stolen as a baby in Chile meets mother at 42
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Rafael Romo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

“There were three or four different accounts of a story that were just so divergent that they could not all be true,” Thyden told CNN. Another provided the name of a biological mother and her address. Chilean officials say the number of stolen babies could be in the thousands, but the country’s investigation into the controversial adoptions has languished. He’s happy to finally know his true origins but sad about what his biological mother went through. After three agonizing months, he was finally able to travel to Chile to give his biological mother the hug that had to wait for 42 years.

Persons: Jimmy Lippert Thyden, “, ” Thyden, Thyden, Scott Lieberman, Lieberman, General Augusto Pinochet, Constanza del, Río, Angélica, ” del Río, Del Río, González, Pinochet, we’ve, ”, “ It’s Organizations: CNN, US Marines, Authorities Locations: United States, Chile, Virginia, Afghanistan, Thyden, San Francisco, Chilean, Valdivia

☆ Subway India takes away free cheese slice, offers sauce as inflation bites
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Riddhima Talwani | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

They now charge 30 rupees ($0.40) extra for the cheese slice in most sandwiches, but are offering a free "cheezy" sauce instead. Subway has "replaced the cheese slice with liquid cheese blend ... You just lost a loyal customer," one unimpressed customer, Sumit Arora, wrote on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. A Subway store manager in New Delhi told Reuters the new cheese sauce costs 400 rupees/kilogram. A cheese slice, said Culinary Brands' marketing head Mayur Hola, "can be added on at a small cost". A Subway sandwich costs around 200-300 rupees ($2.4 to $3.6) in India, and if a customer adds the cheese slice - which was once free - will now cost up to 15% higher.

Persons: Andrew Kelly, Everstone, Sumit Arora, Mayur, Karan Taurani, Riddhima Talwani, Varun Vyas, Jatindra, Saurabh Sharma, Aditya Kalra, Simon Cameron, Moore Organizations: REUTERS, Subway, Brands, Twitter, Reuters, India’s, Thomson Locations: Manhattan , New York City, U.S, India, DELHI, Nepal, New Delhi, Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar, Lucknow

☆ Subway India is now charging extra for a cheese slice
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Reuters —Subway sandwiches in India will no longer come with the option of a free cheese slice following revisions to its menu that analysts say are more about cost-cutting than just a matter of taste. They now charge 30 rupees ($0.40) extra for the cheese slice in most sandwiches, but are offering a free “cheezy” sauce instead. Subway has “replaced the cheese slice with liquid cheese blend … You just lost a loyal customer,” one unimpressed customer, Sumit Arora, wrote on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. A Subway store manager in New Delhi told Reuters the new cheese sauce costs 400 rupees per kilogram. If a customer adds the cheese slice — which was once free — it will now cost up to 15% more.

Persons: Domino ’, “, ”, Sumit Arora, Mayur, Karan Taurani Organizations: Reuters, Subway India, Brands, Twitter, India’s, Subway Locations: India, Nepal, New Delhi

☆ Torrential monsoon rains flood New Delhi
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( Jillian Kumagai | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

One month after the dam breach sent floodwaters pouring into Hola Prystan and other small villages downstream, many streets remain underwater, and villagers are struggling to repair completely destroyed homes with few supplies.

☆ Italy swelters in intense heat
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Jillian Kumagai | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

☆ In pictures: Best of Wimbledon
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( Jillian Kumagai | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

☆ In pictures: Biden visits Britain before NATO summit
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( Jillian Kumagai | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

☆ Johannesburg has first snowfall in over a decade
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( Jillian Kumagai | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

☆ 7 of Twitter's most followed users have jumped onto Threads: 'May this platform have good vibes'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( Kai Xiang Teo | Reena Koh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ellen DeGeneres is currently the Twitter user with the greatest following to have posted on Threads. Already, some of Twitter's most followed users have jumped onto the Threads wagon. Shakira, 53.8 million Twitter followersShakira Marc Piasecki/FilmMagic/Getty ImagesShakira made her move to Threads on Tuesday with her first post: "Well hello Threads 👋." Jennifer Lopez, 44.9 million Twitter followersJennifer Lopez in 2023. read her first post, followed by: "Hola a todos!!!!!"

Persons: Ellen DeGeneres, Shakira, Kim Kardashian, Twitter's, twit, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, Ellen DeGeneres Brooks Kraft, DeGeneres, Bill Gates, Bill Gates Taylor, Shakira Marc Piasecki, witter, J, ola, hal i, ari Organizations: Twitter, Getty, unc, lse Locations: usk

[1/5] Ukrainian service members are seen on their position at a front line, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine June 18, 2023. "The enemy's 'wave-like' offensives yielded results, despite enormous losses," the official, Vladimir Rogov, said on the Telegram messaging app. A separate statement from Russia's Vostok group of forces said Ukraine had failed to take the settlement. Ukrainian officials have imposed an information blackout to help operational security, but say that Russia has suffered much greater losses than Ukraine has during its new assault. "In all these areas, Ukraine continues to pursue offensive operations and has made small advances," it said on Twitter.

Persons: Anna Kudriavtseva, Piatykhatky, Vladimir Rogov, Russia's, Vladimir Putin, Cyril Ramaphosa, Putin, Ramaphosa, Dmitry Peskov, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Zelenskiy, Antonio Guterres, Hola Prystan, Tamara, Dan Peleschuk, Tom Balmforth, Wendell Roelf, Mark Trevelyan, Frances Kerry Organizations: REUTERS, Ukrainian, Twitter, South, Initiative, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Donetsk region, Ukrainian, Russia, Moscow, Kyiv, Russian, Donetsk, Kherson, Bakhmut, St Petersburg, Africa, Hola, London

☆ Floods from the wrecked dam in Ukraine forced Russia to withdraw 6 miles and lose fortifications in 12 settlements, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The think tank said flooding destroyed Russian positions and forced it to withdraw in some areas. Ukraine accused Russia of destroying the dam, and said it has intercepted phone calls to prove it. Ukraine accused Russia of blowing up the dam, while Russia has blamed Ukraine for the damage. "The flood also destroyed Russian minefields along the coast, with footage showing mines exploding in the flood water," it added. Western countries have condemned Russia in broad terms, but without explicitly saying that Russia deliberately targeted the dam.

Persons: —, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Hanna Maliar, Zelenskyy Organizations: Service, Washington DC, REUTERS, Russian, Ukrainian, NBC Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Ukrainian, Washington, Dnipro, Kherson

☆ Ukraine's dam collapse is both a fast-moving disaster and a slow-moving ecological catastrophe
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-11 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Alexander Ermochenko | ReutersThe destruction of the Kakhovka Dam was a fast-moving disaster that is swiftly evolving into a long-term environmental catastrophe affecting drinking water, food supplies and ecosystems reaching into the Black Sea. The Kakhovka Dam was the last in a system of six Soviet-era dams on the river, which flows from Belarus to the Black Sea. When Russian forces seized the Kakhovka Dam, the whole system fell into neglect. Rainbow-colored slicks already coat the murky, placid waters around flooded Kherson, the capital of southern Ukraine's province of the same name. "The canal that supplied our water reservoir has also stopped flowing."

Persons: Alexander Ermochenko, Zelenskyy, Trudeau, Putin, Kateryna Filiuta, Dmytro Neveselyi, we'll Organizations: Ukraine Nature Conservation, Russian, Associated Press, Agriculture, Farmers Locations: Nova, Russia, Ukraine, Hola, Kherson, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarus, Ukraine's province, Kherson province, Maryinske

☆ Dnipro river should return to its banks by June 16 after dam collapse, Russian-backed official says
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The flood has inundated towns and villages below the dam, trapping residents and sweeping away entire houses on both sides of the Dnipro, which separates Ukrainian-controlled Kherson province from the southern section that Russian forces control. He said preliminary calculations by the Russian hydroelectricity producer RusHydro indicated the Dnipro would return to its usual course below the now-destroyed Kakhovka power station by June 16. Saldo also accused Ukraine of shelling temporary refuges for those displaced by the flood, saying one woman had died as the result of the attacks. Reuters could not independently verify the assertion of shelling, which echoes similar allegations made in recent days. There was no immediate comment from Kyiv, which has accused Moscow's forces of shelling civilians located on flooded territory that it controls.

Persons: Vladimir Saldo, Hola, RusHydro, Saldo, Moscow's, Vladimir Soldatkin, Kevin Liffey Organizations: Nova Kakhovka, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Russia, Ukraine MOSCOW, Dnipro, Russian, Kherson, Nova, Oleshky, Ukraine, Kyiv, Moscow, Crimea, Ukrainian

☆ Ukrainians flee flooding after deadly dam breach
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Dave Lucas | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Local resident Valentina, who spent two days on the roof of a flooded house, sits on the ground after being evacuated to a non-flooded area following the collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam in the town of Hola Prystan in the Kherson region,...more

Persons: Valentina Locations: Nova, Hola, Kherson

☆ Ukraine reports 'heavy combat' after Putin says offensive has begun
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Dan Peleschuk | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +8 min

"We can state for sure that this offensive has begun," Russian President Vladimir Putin said in Sochi. "Ukrainian troops did not achieve their goals in any sector." Ukrainian military analyst Oleksander Musiyenko, interviewed on Ukrainian NV Radio, said Ukraine was making gains but dismissed Russian reports of a major counter-offensive in south-central Zaporizhzhia region. The counteroffensive is ultimately expected to involve thousands of Ukrainian troops trained and equipped by the West. Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said only that battles were continuing for Velyka Novosilka and Russian troops were mounting "active defence" at Orikhiv.

Persons: Putin, Zelenskiy, Vladimir Putin, Voldymyr Zelenskiy, Oleksander Musiyenko, Musiyenko, Ben Barry, They've, Barry, Hanna Maliar, Velyka Novosilka, Prystan, Oksana, Ukraine Denise Brown, Mark Trevelyan, Olena Harmash, Ron Popeski, Peter Graff, Diane Craft, Angus MacSwan, Nick Macfie, Andrew Heavens, Philippa Fletcher, Daniel Wallis Organizations: Press, State Emergency Service of, Ukrainian NV, West, United, Kyiv, International Institute for Strategic Studies, U.S, Bradley, Deputy, Reuters, United Nations, Kremlin, Thomson Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Zviahel, Zhytomyr region, State Emergency Service of Ukraine, Zhytomyr ., Russia, Ukrainian, KYIV, Moscow, Kyiv, U.S, Sochi, United States, Orikhiv, Crimea, Tokmak, Europe, Dnipro, Voronezh, Belgorod, Kursk

☆ Floods from the dam Russia is accused of destroying also wiped out its own defensive positions, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Flooding from the Kakhovka dam destruction is harming Russia's defensive positions, experts said. Kyiv says Russia of blew up the dam to harm Ukraine — but it may have had unintended consequences. "The flood also destroyed Russian minefields along the coast, with footage showing mines exploding in the flood water," the ISW added. The Kakhovka dam, which is upstream from Kherson, was damaged on Tuesday, releasing a torrent of water from its reservoir. Western countries have condemned Russia in broad terms since its destruction but haven't explicitly said it deliberately destroyed the dam.

Persons: —, Hola, ISW, haven't, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Zelenskyy Organizations: Institute for, Service, Russian, Russia, NBC, Ukrainian Presidential, AP Ukraine, Politico Locations: Kyiv, Russia, Ukraine, Dnipro, Russian, Ukrainian, Kherson —, Reuters, Kherson, Kakhovka, Kherson region

REUTERS/Nacho DoceMADRID, April 5 (Reuters) - A 68-year-old Spanish TV actress said that her newly adopted daughter was conceived using her dead son's frozen sperm and is in fact her granddaughter, reigniting a debate over the bioethics of surrogacy and children's right to privacy in Spain. The weeks-old baby, named Ana Sandra, was born to a surrogate mother identified on Wednesday by the Lecturas magazine as a Cuban woman living in Miami, Florida. "This girl isn't my daughter, but my granddaughter," TV actress Ana Obregon told celebrity magazine ¡Hola! Obregon's only biological child, her son Aless Lequio, died of cancer in 2020 at the age of 27. Obregon rose to prominence in the 1980s and starred in Spanish sitcoms in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

☆ Italian film legend Gina Lollobrigida dies at age 95
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-16 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

ROME (AP) — Italian film legend Gina Lollobrigida, who achieved international stardom during the 1950s and was dubbed “the most beautiful woman in the world” after the title of one of her movies, died in Rome on Monday, her agent said. Lollobrigida also was an accomplished sculptor, painter and photographer, and eventually essentially dropped film for the other arts. Lollobrigida was born on July 4, 1927 in Subiaco, a picturesque hill town near Rome, where her father was a furniture maker. Lollobrigida began her career in beauty contests, posing for the covers of magazines and making brief appearances in minor films. On her website, Lollobrigida recalled how her family lost its house during the bombings of World War II and went to live in Rome.

☆ Ukraine's Kherson loses power supply after Russian shelling - governor
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

KYIV, Dec 1 (Reuters) - The recently liberated Ukrainian city of Kherson has lost its power supply after heavy shelling by Russian forces, the regional governor said on Thursday. Kherson, which had endured weeks without basic utilities such as running water and electricity, partially regained its power supply last week after Ukrainian forces recaptured the southern city from Russian forces earlier in November. Yaroslav Yanushevych, the governor of the Kherson region, blamed Russian shelling for the new power cut and said in a statement on the Telegram messaging platform that energy workers were working to fix the problem. After living under Russian occupation for almost nine months, Kherson residents now face the danger of regular shelling in some parts of the city from Russian troops who retreated only to the opposite side of the Dnipro River. Other Ukrainian cities are suffering power cuts after Russian air strikes.

☆ DOLIU în lumea muzicii. Cântăreața Raffaella Carra a murit
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-05 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Cântăreaţa, prezentatoarea şi realizatoarea de televiziune Raffaella Carra a murit luni la vârsta de 78 de ani, potrivit El Pais, potrivit News.ro. Anunţul a fost făcut agenţiei de presă Ansa de către Sergio Japino, care i-a fost partener mai mulţi ani. Raffaella Carra a anunţat în decembrie 2016 că se retrage din televiziune, pentru că, spunea ea atunci, este timpul să facă loc noilor generaţii. Una dintre ultimele sale colaborări cu televiziunea a fost rolul de jurat în varianta italiana a emisiunii „The Voice”. Între emisiunile de televiziune pe care le-a găzduit se numără „Carràmba che sorpresa!”, „¡Hola Raffaella!”, „Canzonissima”, „En casa con Raffaella”, „Pronto... Raffaella?”, „A las 8 con Raffaella”, „Ma che sera”, „La hora de Raffaella Carrà” şi „Domenica in”.

Persons: Carra, Anunţul, Sergio Japino, RAI . Artista, Raffaella, Roberta Pelloni, Gianni Boncompagni, Tiziano Ferro Organizations: RAI ., RAI Locations: Italia, Bologna, Spania, America Latină, Grecia

☆ (video) „E atât de personală încât am păstrat-o în secret timp de un an.” Interpretă GINIA a lansat o nouă melodie
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-21 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +1 min

(video) „E atât de personală încât am păstrat-o în secret timp de un an.” Interpretă GINIA a lansat o nouă melodieDupă ce a lansat piesa „Hola, Senorita” în aprilie curent, interpreta GINIA a lansat o nouă piesă, care îți trezește amintirea serilor de vară. „Această melodie a fost scrisă acum 3-4, atunci când am simțit acei «fluturi în stomac» pentru prima dată. Este poate una dintre cele mai sincere piese, atât de personală încât am păstrat-o în secret timp de un an. Muzica și versurile sunt semnate de însăși GINIA, iar producția a fost realizată de Radu Duminica. Videoclipul a fost filmat de către echipa Spoială Brothers și reflectă starea interioară și trăirile profunde ale unei tinere îndrăgostite.

Persons: GINIA, Radu Duminica . Organizations: Spoială

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