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☆ Hunger in Haiti is spreading amid gang violence, aid workers warn
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( Hira Humayun | Caitlin Stephen Hu | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

I don’t think that’s sunk in,” Jean-Martin Bauer, the World Food Programme’s country director for Haiti, told CNN last week. A server ladles soup into a container as children line up to receive food at a shelter for families displaced by gang violence, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, March 14, 2024. “We’re completely cut off from all supplies, food, medical supplies, you name it,” he said. “Conflict and hunger are closely linked,” Laure Boudinaud, Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping Officer for WFP in Haiti said. Haitian citizens try to get goods at Liceo Marie Jeanne shelter in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 21 March 2024.

Persons: CNN —, Prince, Ariel Henry, ” Jean, Martin Bauer, Odelyn Joseph, –, ”, Catherine Russell, Dr, Ralph Ternier, Zanmi Lasante, he’s, Ternier, ” Ternier, Hopital Albert Schweitzer, Jean Marc deMatteis, “, ” Laure Boudinaud, Liceo Marie Jeanne, Mentor David Lorens, Bauer, we’ve, that’s, ” Bauer, you’re Organizations: CNN, American, UNICEF, United Nations, Roads, Hopital, World Food Programme, Liceo Marie, WFP, “ Locations: Haiti, Caribbean, Port, Prince, Mirebalais, Artibonite Valley, Artibonite

Oppenheimer downgraded Home Depot and Lowe's to perform from outperform, cutting its price targets on both names. On a more upbeat note, Goldman Sachs upgraded Brazilian payments stock StoneCo, calling for more gains ahead after a strong 2023. "While lululemon's fundamentals are undoubtedly best-in-class, we do not see the valuation as compelling enough for us to recommend investors buy at current share price levels." Oppenheimer's forecast implies roughly 5% downside moving forward for Home Depot stock and 5% upside for Lowe's. Shares of Home Depot have added 5% so far this year while Lowe's stock has slipped more than 1%.

Persons: Oppenheimer, Lowe's, Goldman Sachs, Hunt, Thomas Wadewitz, Brian Evans, Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley's, Lisa De Neve, — Brian Evans, Lululemon, LULU 1Y, Anne, Laure Bismuth, Brian Nagel, Tito Labarta, Labarta, — Fred Imbert Organizations: CNBC, UBS, HSBC downgrades, HSBC, Lowe's, Home Depot Locations: Hunt, J.B, LULU, Brazil

☆ How to choose the best Christmas tree, according to science
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-25 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Some aspects of choosing a live Christmas tree, like shape, color, and aroma, are subjective. Two Christmas tree experts explain how to choose between the many types of fir, pine, and spruce. Unlike fir and spruce trees, pine tree needles are clustered in groups instead of individually attached to the branch. The National Christmas Tree Association has a map for finding farms and other retailers that sell live Christmas trees. AdvertisementWhich Christmas tree has the best aroma?

Persons: —, there's, Fraser, Douglas, Noble, There's, Justin G, Whitehill, Bert Cregg, It's, Cregg, Chris Keane Whitehill, it's, Frasers, he's, Jason Reed Douglas, Mel Melcon, Jerry Holt, Bert, they'll, Alex Wong, Andrew Matthews, Tim Leedy, Paul J, Richards, Robert Nemeti, Jens Kalaene, you'll, Cesar L, Laure Organizations: Service, US Department of Agriculture, North Carolina State University, of Horticulture, Michigan State University, Northwest, REUTERS, White, Los Angeles Times, Getty, Star Tribune, MediaNews, Anadolu Agency, Call, Tribune Locations: Oregon, North Carolina, Michigan, Nobles , North Carolina, Douglas, Frasers, Fraser, Pacific Northwest, Europe, Canaan, Allentown

☆ Siemens Energy sees electrolyser sales topping 1 billion euros mid-term
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Miniatures of windmill, solar panel and electric pole are seen in front of Siemens Energy logo in this illustration taken January 17, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsBERLIN, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Siemens Energy (ENR1n.DE) expects more than 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) in revenues over the medium-term from its hydrogen electrolyser manufacturing business, one of the company's board members said on Wednesday. Anne-Laure de Chammard spoke to journalists on the sidelines of the opening of Siemens Energy's first electrolyser factory in Berlin, a joint venture with France's Air Liquide (AIRP.PA). Asked about the progress of those talks, de Chammard said: "We will provide more information in a later moment." For the electrolyser project that aims to produce electrolyser capacity of up to 3 gigawatts per year, Siemens Energy has received 15 million euros ($16 million) in government funding for research and development, de Chammard said.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Anne, Laure de Chammard, De Chammard, de Chammard, Riham Alkousaa, Christina Amann, Christoph Steitz, Mark Potter Organizations: Siemens Energy, REUTERS, Rights, Siemens, France's, Thomson Locations: Berlin

☆ France Links Conversation in Russian to Star of David Graffiti
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Aurelien Breeden | More About Aurelien Breeden | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

The Moldovan pair told investigators that they had acted on the orders of a third party in exchange for payment “as evidenced by a conversation in Russian on their phone,” Ms. Beccuau said. Telephone data led investigators to believe that both couples “were in contact with the same third party,” Ms. Beccuau added. France has reported over 1,100 antisemitic acts since Oct. 7. orchestrated the painting of swastikas and antisemitic slogans in West Germany to spark anti-Jewish sentiment and tarnish the country as neo-Nazi, he said. “Stars of David are part of it, too.”Ivan Nechepurenko contributed reporting from Tbilisi, Georgia.

Persons: David, Laure Beccuau, Beccuau, Ms, “, ”, Olivier Véran, Laurent Nuñez, Mr, Nuñez, ” Dimitri Minic, Minic, ” Antibot4navalny, Ivan Nechepurenko Organizations: Moldovan, Foreign Ministry, French Institute of International Relations, Nazi Locations: Paris, Europe, Israel, France, Moldova, Gaza, Russia, West Germany, Ukraine, “, Moscow, Russian, Tbilisi , Georgia

☆ ‘All the Light We Cannot See’ Review: The Blind Girl and the Nazi
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Mike Hale | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Marie-Laure and Werner, the destined soul mates who will eventually meet in the Netflix mini-series “All the Light We Cannot See,” are on opposite sides of a cataclysmic divide. She is a French teenager delivering coded radio messages to the Allied bombing command in World War II; he is a young Nazi radio technician assigned to track her down in her Saint-Malo garret, as the bombs rain and American troops close in. Both have met challenges — she is blind, he spent his childhood in an orphanage — and emerged tough and resourceful; Werner is a radio prodigy and Marie-Laure’s senses of touch, smell and hearing are extraordinary. And they share a mentor, an anonymous broadcaster named the Professor whose lessons, including, “the most important light in the world is the light you cannot see,” have helped to shape their characters. Marie-Laure and Werner are little people whose problems, when romanticized and cliffhanger-ized, amount to more than a hill of beans.

Persons: Marie, Laure, Werner, Malo garret, Anthony Doerr, —, Laure’s, Steven Knight, Shawn Levy Organizations: Netflix Locations: French, Nazi, Saint

☆ ‘All the Light We Cannot See’ Review: A Resistible Resistance Drama
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( John Anderson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Aria Mia Loberti and Mark Ruffalo Photo: NETFLIXTo judge by “All the Light We Cannot See,” it’s no wonder the Nazis lost World War II. They can’t even find the one angelic blind girl with a radio transmitter sending out coded messages. All the Light We Cannot See Thursday, NetflixThe series certainly is. Based on the popular novel by Anthony Doerr and set in the occupied France of 1944, it involves the French, English-accented Marie-Laure (Aria Mia Loberti) and German soldier Werner Pfennig (Louis Hofmann). As has probably already become clear, one needs to approach this four-part series as a fairy tale, or surrender unconditionally.

Persons: Aria Mia Loberti, Mark Ruffalo, “, ”, Anthony Doerr, Marie, Laure, Werner Pfennig, Louis Hofmann Organizations: NETFLIX, Netflix Locations: France, Saint, Malo

☆ Adapting ‘All the Light We Cannot See’ for TV, and the Blind
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Imogen West-Knights | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Sutton was satisfied, and settled back into position, headphones on, to start a scene in which her character, Marie-Laure, is listening to the radio way past her bedtime. “The most important light is the light you cannot see,” she says. Sutton, cast as the young Marie-Laure in “All the Light We Cannot See,” Netflix’s four-episode adaptation of Anthony Doerr’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, is blind. The actress playing the character 10 years later, Aria Mia Loberti, is also blind. But this production was the first time that blind lead characters in a major television show were being played by actors who were themselves blind, and the attention that went into accommodating those actors, and making the show as true as possible to the experiences of people who are blind, was significant.

Persons: Nell Sutton, Shawn Levy, ” Levy, Sutton, Marie, Laure, Mark Ruffalo, ”, Anthony Doerr’s Pulitzer, Aria Mia Loberti, strode Locations: Budapest, “

☆ Opinion: After living for so long in Israel, this is the story I had to write
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Opinion Ruth Marks Eglash | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Editor’s Note: Ruth Marks Eglash (@reglash) is a journalist based in Israel. She is the author of the novel “Parallel Lines.” The views expressed here are her own. CNN —When I first thought of writing a novel about the toll of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on young people, a literary agent tried to talk me out of it. Very often, our words or reports only end up serving as tools and cynical proof for one side to lord over the other. It seems that the only lasting impact our stories have is to foster more anger, hate and division.

Persons: Ruth Marks Eglash, Ruth Marks Eglash Ariel Jerozolimski, Dashka Slater, Suzanne Collins, Collins, ”, Anthony Doerr’s Pulitzer, Laure Leblanc, Werner Pfennig, Nour, Richard Powers ’, Powers Organizations: CNN, New York Times, The Washington Post, The New York Times, Palestinian, Israel Defense Forces, Jewish, Twitter, Facebook Locations: Israel, Oakland , California, United States, Panem, Jerusalem, Marie, Paris, Saint, Palestinian

☆ Paris 2024 flame to be lit on April 16, relay to visit overseas territories
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Julien Pretot | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"It's going to be spectacular and will showcase all our territories," Paris 2024 president Tony Estanguet said at a ceremony at the French capital's Sorbonne university. Following a brief domestic relay in Greece the flame is then handed over to the host city. Paris organisers have said they will use a three-masted ship the 'Belem' to take it the port city of Marseille, where the sailing competitions of the Olympics will take place. Usually the flame, held in a safety lantern, is flown by plane to the Olympic Games host city. Paris 2024 organisers have been planning to install the Olympic flame on the Eiffel Tower, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters last month.

Persons: Stephanie Lecocq PARIS, Armel Le, Tony Estanguet, Laure, Florent Manaudou, Dimitri Pavade, Anne Hidalgo, Julien Pretot, Kirsten Donovan, Toby Davis Organizations: Sorbonne University , Paris, Michel, French, Sorbonne, National Assembly, Senate, Olympic Games, Eiffel, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Marseille, Paris, France, Olympia, Athens, Montpellier, Corsica, Bordeaux, Brest, Strasbourg, Reims, Ville, Greece, Belem, Phocaea

Paris CNN —Six people remain in a critical condition and one person is missing after a gas explosion in central Paris on Wednesday, the Paris prosecutor’s office told CNN on Thursday. Francois Braun, France’s health minister, told CNN affiliate BFMTV Thursday that some of those injured are suffering from “extremely significant burns,” while others have suffered “significant traumatic injuries” due to the blast. Laure Beccuau, the Paris prosecutor said that early signs indicate that the gas explosion came from within the building that houses the Paris American Academy, according BFMTV. Paris American Academy, a fashion and design school, describes itself on its website as the “first bilingual design school” in the French capitalKent State University, in the US state of Ohio, said all its students at the Paris American Academy are safe and accounted following the blast. Another woman who didn’t want to give her name and lives in a neighboring avenue told CNN that her doors slammed shut from the explosion.

Persons: Rue Saint Jacques, Laurent Nunez, Francois Braun, ”, Gerald Darmanin, Laure Beccuau, Gonzalo Fuentes, Anne, Anne Hidalgo, Emmanuel Macron, “, ” Macron Organizations: Paris CNN —, CNN, Rue Saint, BFMTV, Paris American Academy, Kent State University, Reuters, Authorities Locations: Paris, Rue, Ohio, Élysée

Paris CNN —A fiery gas explosion in central Paris resulted in injuries to at least 29 people and drew hundreds of firefighters to the scene on Wednesday afternoon. The Paris prosecutor, who is probing the incident, said that early signs indicate that the gas explosion came from within the building that houses the Paris American Academy, according to CNN affiliate, BFMTV. Paris American Academy, a fashion and design school, describes itself on its website as the “first bilingual design school” in the French capitalKent State University, in the US state of Ohio, said all its students at the Paris American Academy are safe and accounted following the blast. Another woman who didn’t want to give her name and lives in a neighboring avenue told CNN that her doors slammed shut from the explosion. Gonzalo Fuentes/ReutersThe local deputy mayor Édouard Civel later explained in a tweet that the impact had been caused by a gas explosion.

Persons: Rue Saint Jacques, Laurent Nunez, ”, Laure Beccuau, Anne, Gonzalo Fuentes, Édouard Civel, Anne Hidalgo, Gerald Darmanin Organizations: Paris CNN, Rue Saint, CNN, Paris American Academy, BFMTV, Kent State University, Authorities Locations: Paris, Rue, Ohio, Nancy, France

☆ EY expects 'massive approval' in vote to split up company
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Huw Jones | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Partners in EY are expected to give approval for spinning off the company's consulting arm and listing it on the stock market by the end of the year, a senior EY official said on Tuesday. "We expect a massive approval, but it's not to say there is still not a lot of work to do," Delarue told Reuters. Just over half of EY's 145 country networks will vote on splitting each national network into separate auditing and consultancy units. It is a move which does not make sense for all networks, Delarue said. The "Newco" will account for $25 billion of revenue and 7,000 partners, with what's left of EY representing $20 billion and 6,000 partners.

☆ Memphis police fire officer involved in Tyre Nichols' death -statement
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

[1/2] An image is projected onto the facade of the Oakland Police Department during a protest against the fatal beating of Black motorist Tyre Nichols by Memphis Police officers, during a rally in Oakland, California, U.S. January 29, 2023. REUTERS/Laure AndrillonFeb 3 (Reuters) - The Memphis Police Department said on Friday it had fired an officer involved in the death of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man who was beaten by officers in the U.S. city last month. The department named the officer fired as Preston Hemphill. In a statement, it said he had violated department policies on personal conduct, truthfulness and compliance with regulations. Reporting by Rami AyyubOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Tyre Nichols' mother, stepfather to attend Biden State of the Union speech
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-30 | by ( Kanishka Singh | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Laure AndrillonWASHINGTON, Jan 30 (Reuters) - The mother and stepfather of Tyre Nichols, the Black man who was fatally beaten by Memphis police officers, have accepted an invitation to attend U.S. President Joe Biden's State of the Union address in February. The Congressional Black Caucus also said it was in talks with the White House about a meeting to discuss police reform. Biden spoke on Friday to Nichols' mother, RowVaughn Wells, and his stepfather, Rodney Wells. Nichols' mother hoped the tragedy could lead to a "greater good," the family's attorney said. Biden will deliver his second State of the Union address on Feb. 7.

☆ Memphis police department suspends officer in Tyre Nichols case
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-30 | by ( Alyssa Pointer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/2] People protest against the fatal beating of Black motorist Tyre Nichols by Memphis Police officers, during a rally in Oakland, California, U.S. January 29, 2023. The suspended officer - identified as Preston Hemphill - was relieved of duty with pay pending an administrative hearing, a Memphis Police Department spokesperson said, noting that an investigation into the incident was underway. The NAACP Memphis Branch on Sunday called for all officers and first responders involved in the violent incident to be held accountable. Some of the officers involved in the beating were a part of Scorpion, the specialized police unit that the department disbanded on Saturday. Since the incident, protesters in Memphis have demanded that the department identify all officers on the scene of the beating and release their personnel files, the Commercial Appeal reported.

☆ Paris Kurdish Center Attacker Aimed to Kill Non-Europeans, Police Say
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-25 | by ( Sam Schechner | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A member of the Kurdish community waves a flag next to a barricade in Paris on Friday. PARIS—The suspect in an attack at a Kurdish cultural center in the French capital told police that he aimed to kill as many non-European foreigners as possible before killing himself, French officials said Sunday. The suspected gunman in Friday’s attack, which killed two men and one woman, told police that he has in recent years developed a “hatred of foreigners that has become completely pathological,” Laure Beccuau, the Paris prosecutor, said.

☆ Paris shooting suspect expressed 'hatred of foreigners', says prosecutor
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/PARIS, Dec 25 (Reuters) - The suspect detained over the killing of three Kurdish people in Paris told investigators of his "hatred of foreigners", the Paris prosecutor said on Sunday. The 69-year-old man was arrested on Friday after shooting dead two men and a woman at a Kurdish cultural centre and nearby Kurdish cafe in the 10th district of Paris. The suspect said during questioning that a burglary at his home in 2016 had triggered a "hatred of foreigners that became totally pathological", prosecutor Laure Beccuau said in a statement. The suspect remained in a psychiatric unit on Sunday after his questioning was halted on Saturday on medical grounds, the prosecutor said. The prosecutor had previously said that the suspect had been freed from detention recently while awaiting trial for a sabre attack on a migrant camp in Paris a year ago.

☆ France's Kurds gather to protest after Paris killings
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A gunman carried out the killings at a Kurdish cultural centre and nearby cafe on Friday in a busy part of Paris' 10th district. Friday's murders caused particular dismay in the Kurdish community as it prepared to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the killings of three Kurdish women in Paris. "The Kurdish community is afraid. It needs answers, support and consideration," David Andic, a lawyer representing the CDK-F told reporters on Friday. Paris' police chief was due to meet members of the Kurdish community on Saturday morning ahead of the afternoon protest.

PARIS — At least three people were killed in a shooting in central Paris, the Paris prosecutor said Friday, adding that the suspected attacker was known to authorities. Laure Beccuau told reporters that the suspect was injured during his arrest and had been taken to hospital. Earlier a judicial source close to the investigation told NBC News that two people had been killed and four people wounded in the attack. The shooting occurred in a Kurdish cultural center and a restaurant and hairdresser nearby, the mayor for the 10th arrondissement, Alexandra Cordebard, told reporters at the scene. Paris' Deputy Mayor Emmanuel Gregoire tweeted his thanks to security forces for their “swift action.”“Thoughts for the victims and those who witnessed this drama,” he added.

PARIS, Dec 23 (Reuters) - A gunman killed three people at a Kurdish cultural centre and nearby Kurdish cafe in central Paris on Friday, prompting violent protests in nearby streets as night fell. President Emmanuel Macron said France's Kurdish community had been the target of a heinous attack. All three of those who died were Kurdish, a lawyer for the Kurdish cultural centre told Reuters. Julien Verplancke who works at another local restaurant, Chez Minna, said staff from the Kurdish restaurant emerged from the premise in tears after the shooting. Salih Azad, a prominent figure from the Kurdish community in Marseille, said he knew one of the victims, a 26-year-old woman who had lived in Paris for several years.

☆ Meta is building virtual world open to app makers, CEO tells antitrust court
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( Katie Paul | Industry Insight | Saw Law Firms Move Past The Pandemic Into A More Client-Focused Service Environment | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

[1/5] Meta Platforms Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg leaves federal court after attending the Facebook parent company's defense of its acquisition of virtual reality app developer Within Inc., in San Jose, California, U.S. December 20, 2022. REUTERS/Laure AndrillonSAN JOSE, Calif., Dec 20 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms Inc (META.O) boss Mark Zuckerberg defended his acquisition of a virtual reality fitness app to an antitrust judge on Tuesday, arguing that his company was helping to build a nascent virtual reality industry, not dominate it. On fitness apps, he said, "it's less important that we own the experiences than that they exist." Platform companies have built "the key apps, what they call the killer apps," Zuckerberg said, "but they're not the only apps available." Within developed Supernatural, a VR app it advertises as a "complete fitness service" with choreographed workouts.

In 2019, Martin Scorsese said that Marvel movies were “not cinema” and worried cinema was being “invaded” by them. As it happens, I’m not a fan of Marvel films either. For almost the entire history of movies, women haven’t had access to the capital required to make them. There were at least 15 women directors in the commercial film industry during that time. That’s dismal but more than twice as high as the number of female film directors of the same era.

☆ France's Sansus out of World Cup with knee injury
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Oct 17 (Reuters) - France's rugby World Cup campaign suffered a major blow when scrumhalf Laure Sansus was ruled out of the rest of the tournament with a serious knee injury on Monday. "Following the injury sustained during the match against England, Laure Sansus suffers from a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament of the knee. She is therefore out for the rest of the World Cup," the French rugby federation (FFR) said in a statement. The injury means that Sansus's career is now over after she had said the World Cup in New Zealand would be her last tournament. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Julien Pretot; Editing by Christian RadnedgeOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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