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☆ Russ Cook completes epic odyssey after running the entire length of Africa in just under a year
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-08 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —After setting off from South Africa just under a year ago, Russ Cook finally reached the Tunisian coast on Sunday to bring his epic odyssey to an end. Supported by a loyal skeleton crew throughout the run, Cook has amassed a huge social media following and has raised over $965,000 for a number of charities. Starting at the most southerly point in South Africa, Cook ran all the way to Tunisia. The ‘why’ behind the runBefore setting off, Cook had aimed to have the mission finished by Christmas, targeting running 360 marathons in 240 days. “When I’m an old man, sitting in my rocking chair, with 18 grandchildren running around, I’ll have a few stories to knock back.

Persons: Russ Cook, ’, Cook, – Cook, Guus Van Veen Cook, hasn’t, ’ ”, “, ” Organizations: CNN, YouTube, CNN Sport, Christmas, Africa Locations: South Africa, Tunisian, Africa, Tunisia, Algeria, Mauritania, Istanbul, London

☆ The world’s best dumplings
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-28 | by ( Julia Buckley | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

The best way to sample these dumplings is from a street vendor carting a steamer on his bicycle. KartoffelknoedelCarbtastic kartoffelknoedel ExQuisine/Adobe StockFound across Germany, kartoffelknoedel, or potato dumplings, usually accompany meat dishes. Artit_Wongpradu/iStockphoto/Getty ImagesSome dumpling purists say that the Australian dim sim is merely a bastardized version of Chinese dumplings. Joshua Resnick/500px Plus/Getty ImagesFound on Chinese takeout menus in the United States, crab rangoon are deep-fried dumplings served as a side dish. Shish barakShish barak are lamb dumplings served with yoghurt.

Persons: ., Ravioli, –, chao shou, chao, bryndzové, Lisa Wiltse, dumpling, Edward Wong, there’s, Beata Zawrzel, Mayur, Lord Ganesha, Ganesh Chathurthi, Pelmeni, Dim sims, Peng, Kimchi, Jonathan Wong, manti, speck, you’ll, Deb Lindsey, Uszka, Gyoza, Joshua Resnick, Ihor, it’s, It’s, DiAnna Paulk, Paolo Bernardotti, Shish barak Shish barak, Julia Buckley Organizations: CNN, South China Morning, Adobe, Central Asia, Kazakhstan –, Turks, Adobe Stock, Corbis, China Morning, Getty, Turkish, Fascism, Washington Post Locations: . Cheng, South, Italy, Rome, Sichuan, Central, Turkey, China, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Mongol, Slovakia, Slovakian, Indonesian, Bandung, Hong Kong, Eastern Europe, Maharashtra, Germany, Brazil, Siberia, European, Australia, North America, Europe, Tunisian, Argentina, empanadas, Mendoza, USA, Southern, United States, Central Asian, Korea, Alto Adige, Austrian Tyrol, Kathmandu, Poland, Tokyo, rangoon, Asia, Russia, Georgia, Japan, Pennsylvania, Piedmont, Afghanistan

☆ Inside a C.E.O.’s Bold Claims About Her Hot Fintech Start-Up
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-25 | by ( Erin Griffith | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Ms. Yahyaoui’s compelling background helped her stand out among entrepreneurs when she moved in 2018 to San Francisco, where she founded a student aid start-up called Mos. The app hit the top of Apple’s App Store and Ms. Yahyaoui raised $56 million from high-profile investors, including Sequoia Capital, John Doerr and Steph Curry, according to PitchBook, which tracks start-ups. In podcasts, TV interviews and other media, Ms. Yahyaoui, 39, frequently discussed Mos’s success. But internal company data viewed by The New York Times showed that as of early last year, only about 30,000 customers had paid for Mos’s student aid services. Less than 10 percent of Mos’s roughly 153,000 bank users had put their own money into their accounts, the data showed.

Persons: Amira Yahyaoui, Yahyaoui, John Doerr, Steph Curry, Mos Organizations: Sequoia Capital, The New York Times, TechCrunch Locations: Tunisian, Algerian, San Francisco

BARI, Italy (AP) — The year has gotten off to a slow start for a rescue ship that typically plies the Mediterranean Sea looking for migrants and refugees in distress. Italian maritime authorities now routinely assign privately operated rescue ships to ports in central and northern Italy, hundreds of miles and several days of navigation away from where they find boats in trouble. Political Cartoons View All 253 ImagesTo date, 13 or 14 charity-run rescue ships have been impounded for various violations. But she said the presence of charity-run ships in the Mediterranean must be limited and strictly regulated. Charity ships rescue only around 8% of the asylum-seekers who reach Italy, down from a peak of 41% in 2017.

Persons: Premier Giorgia Meloni, Alessandro Porro, ” Mary Finn, ” Sara Kelany, ”, Meloni, Enrico Mattei, haven't, Edi Rama Organizations: SOS Mediterranee, Premier, Authorities, SOS, Meloni’s Brothers, International Organization for Migration, ENI, Constitutional, Edi Locations: BARI, Italy, Europe, North Africa, Bari, Italian, Lampedusa, Africa, Tunisia, Albania, Balkan

☆ Mirra Andreeva: 16-year-old stuns Ons Jabeur in Australian Open second round, admits she’s ‘inspired’ by No. 6 seed
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Mirra Andreeva, tennis’ new teenage sensation, shocked Ons Jabeur in the second round of the Australian Open on Wednesday. 6 seed and three-time grand slam finalist 6-0 6-2 for her first career top-10 victory as she continues to show why she’s tipped for the top of the sport. Afterwards, the 47th-ranked Russian was full of respect for Jabeur and detailed how she has become a personal inspiration of hers. Andreeva added that she saw Jabeur as an idol because of “the way she’s on the court and off the court. It is the third time she has reached the third round of a grand slam having done so at the French Open and Wimbledon last year.

Persons: Mirra, ”, Andreeva, Rod Laver, Jabeur, Tracey Nearmy, Jelena Dokic, Martina Hingis, Alina Korneeva, “, It’s, Diane Parry, Kamilla Rakhimova Organizations: CNN, Russian, Wimbledon, Tunisian, Andreeva, Australian, Women’s Tennis Association

☆ Factbox-Attacks in France in Recent Years
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-02 | by ( Dec. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +4 min

Here are some other attacks that have taken place in France in recent years:- Oct 13, 2023 - One teacher was killed and another wounded in a knife attack at a high school in northern French town of Arras on Friday. - June 9, 2023 - A Syrian national wounded four children and two pensioners in a knife attack in the Alpine town of Annecy. Francois Hollande, president at the time, said the hostage-takers had pledged allegiance to Islamic State. The attacker told police he was answering an appeal by Islamic State. Islamic State said it was responsible.

Persons: Emmanuel Macron, Samuel Paty, Prophet Mohammad, Charlie Hebdo, Mickael Harpon, Francois Hollande, Frenchman, Charlie Hebdo’s, Michel Rose, Frances Kerry, Nick Zieminski Organizations: PARIS, Syrian, Police, Paris police, Security, Islamic, Islamic State, Belgian Locations: Paris, Afghanistan, France, French, Arras, Alpine, Annecy, Reims, Nord, Kurdish, Nice, Pakistan, Islamic State, Tunisian, State

☆ Tunisian opposition figure Moussi begins hunger strike in prison
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsTUNIS, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Abir Moussi, a prominent opponent of Tunisian President Kais Saied, went on a hunger strike in prison on Tuesday to protest what her lawyers said was a violation of her rights to freedom and political activity. Her lawyers said in a statement that Moussi would be on hunger strike for 16 days, coinciding with a campaign to highlight violence against women in Tunisia. Police this year have detained more than 20 leading political figures, accusing some of plotting against state security. In recent months, the PDL has organised protests against Saied. Moussi accuses Saied of ruling outside the law.

Persons: Moussi, Zoubeir, Kais Saied, Saied, Zine El Abidine ben Ali, Tarek Amara, Grant McCool Organizations: Tunisia's Free Destourian Party, REUTERS, Rights, Free Constitutional Party, PDL, Police, Saied, Thomson Locations: Tunis, Tunisia, Rights TUNIS

After attempting to scroll back through, he completed his speech before returning to read from his phone. “The beginning of my speech was edited, cut out,” De Niro said. Lily Gladstone, who stars in the film opposite Leonardo DiCaprio, won for best lead performance — though not for that performance. Your lives will be better for it.”The Gotham Awards, now in their 33rd year, leapfrog most of the major ceremonies that lead up to the Academy Awards. The year before that, Gotham winner “The Lost Daughter” faded on the campaign trail, but 2020-winner “Nomadland” went the distance to the Academy Awards.

Persons: Celine, ”, Robert De Niro, Greta Lee, John Magaro, Teo Yoo, —, De Niro, Martin Scorsese's, ” De Niro, “, Niro, Donald Trump, Hollywood —, John Wayne —, Pocahontas, Apple didn't, Scorsese, Lily Gladstone, Leonardo DiCaprio, Gladstone, — Gladstone, leapfrog, they’ve, Justine Triet's Palme, Andrew Haigh’s, Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Barbie ”, “ Oppenheimer, ” Greta Gerwig, Margot Robbie, “ Barbie ”, Gerwig, Noah Baumbach, Charles Melton, Todd Haynes, Julianne Moore, Rockwell, Teyana Taylor, Kaouther Ben Hania’s, Steven Yeun, Ali Wong, Steven, Wong, Bradley Cooper, “ Maestro ”, Ben Affleck, George C, Wolfe, “ Rustin ”, Michael Mann, “ Ferrari, Affleck, Alex Convery, Huy, “ Nomadland ” Organizations: Gotham, Sundance Film, Apple, “ Invest, Academy, Gotham Film & Media Institute, Cipriani Wall, Actors Guild, Netflix, “ Locations: Seoul, South Korea, East, “, Kaouther Ben Hania’s Tunisian

☆ Fact Check: Pro-Palestinian Halloween billboard pictured in Tunisia, not Chicago
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Multiple pro-Palestinian billboards were put up in the North African country of Tunisia before Halloween, despite online posts sharing an image that miscaptions one of these billboards as in Chicago, Illinois amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict. Various social media users have shared these displays naming the location as Tunisia, including one on Oct. 26 that shows the same billboard as in the miscaptioned social media posts. The billboard, camera angle, streetlamp and buildings in the background match the image shared on social media. Humzah Khan, a Fulbright fellow in Tunisia, shared an image of the billboard on X with the caption, “several billboards like this in Tunis. A pro-Palestinian Halloween billboard seen on social media comes from Tunisia, not the city of Chicago in the U.S.

Persons: Hannachi Issam, Mohamed Bouazizi, VI, Humzah Khan, ” Khan, Al Jazeera, Read Organizations: IN CHICAGO, Chicago, Tunis Tribune, Facebook, Carthage International, Tunisian, Chicago Department of Buildings, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Tunisia, Chicago , Illinois, Israel, Chicago, PALESTINE, Tunis, Gaza, Carthage, la Marsa, Menzah, Marsa, Carrefour, Al, U.S

☆ Tunisia Says Escaped Islamist Convicts Believed to Be Behind Bank Robbery
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Nov. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

TUNIS (Reuters) - The Tunisian National Guard said two of five Islamists who escaped from prison this week are believed to have carried out an armed robbery of a bank near the capital on Friday. Five Islamists convicted of killing two secular politicians and policemen escaped from jail on Tuesday in a rare security breach for the North African country, prompting the government to dismiss top intelligence officials. The robbery in the Boumhele near Tunis comes just as the tourism sector has begun to recover after years of stagnation due to jihadist attacks and the COVID pandemic. The five men included one who had been serving a 24-year sentence for the assassination of secular politicians Chokri Belaid and Mohamed Brahmi in 2013. Another of the five had taken part in violent attacks that have shaken Tunisia in the past decade.

Persons: Kais Saied, Chokri Belaid, Mohamed, Tarek Amara, Nick Macfie Organizations: Tunisian National Guard, National Guard, Security Locations: TUNIS, Tunis, Tunisia, Chaambi, Algerian

☆ Middle East War Becomes a European Crisis
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Dominic Green | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Images: AFP/Getty Images/Zuma Press Composite: Mark KellyLondonA war in the Middle East is a foreign-policy crisis for the U.S., but it is a domestic crisis for Europe. The streets of London, Paris and Berlin are blocked by marchers calling for jihad. In Brussels, the European Union’s capital, an international soccer match was halted after a Tunisian asylum seeker shot two Swedish fans on their way to the game. Synagogues and Jewish schools are vandalized, and Jews physically assaulted. Police are outnumbered in the streets, undermined by legal activists, and supported only equivocally by politicians.

Persons: Mark Kelly London Organizations: Getty, Police Locations: Europe, London, Paris, Berlin, Brussels

☆ Ons Jabeur to donate part of her WTA Finals prize money to ‘help the Palestinians’
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

7 Ons Jabeur said she would donate part of her WTA Finals prize money to help Palestinians, in a tearful speech on Wednesday. “The situation in the world doesn’t make me happy,” Jabeur said, fighting back tears as she spoke to the crowd. It’s heartbreaking, so I have decided to donate part of my prize money to help the Palestinians.”‘Just humanity’“I cannot be happy with just this win, with what’s happening. I’m sorry guys, it’s supposed to be about tennis, but it’s very frustrating looking at videos every day,” Jabeur added. Sarah Stier/Getty ImagesBy winning her first group match at this year’s WTA Finals, Jabeur will receive at least $198,000 in prize money.

Persons: Markéta, ” Jabeur, “, ”, ’, it’s, Jabeur, Mo Salah, it's, Sarah Stier, old’s, Iga Świątek, Świątek, Coco Gauff Organizations: CNN, WTA, Palestinian Ministry of Health Locations: Tunisian, Cancun , Mexico, Gaza, Ramallah

☆ Gauff 'feeling the love' in Cancun after maiden WTA Finals win
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Oct 30, 2023; Cancun, Mexico; Coco Gauff (USA) returns a shot during her match against Ons Jabeur (TUN) on day two of the GNP Saguaros WTA Finals Cancun. "I got a marriage proposal yesterday so I'm feeling the love here in Cancun," Gauff said with a laugh after the match, thanking the crowd who showed up despite the weather. The 19 year old's first victory in WTA finals came after a winless campaign last year and it made her the first American teenager to win a match at the WTA Finals since Venus Williams in 1999. Gauff, who qualified for the WTA Finals as the third seed, will face second seed Iga Swiatek in her next Group B outing on Wednesday. Swiatek, a Polish former world number one, beat Gauff by straight sets in last year's WTA Finals, and won three of their four subsequent matches.

Persons: Coco Gauff, Susan Mullane, Gauff, Venus Williams, Serena Williams, Zendaya, Iga Swiatek, Swiatek, Chiranjit, Robert Birsel Organizations: Cancun, WTA, Tunisian Group, Tennis, Marketa, Thomson Locations: Cancun, Mexico, Polish, Bengaluru

☆ Sabalenka aiming to thwart Swiatek at WTA Finals, keep top spot
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Oct 29 (Reuters) - Aryna Sabalenka has enjoyed a stellar 2023 and the Belarusian will head into the season-ending WTA Finals on Sunday in Cancun, Mexico, aiming to fend off Iga Swiatek and secure the year-end world number one ranking. Australian Open champion Sabalenka leapfrogged four-time major winner Swiatek and claimed the top ranking for the first time after the U.S. Open last month. I won a Grand Slam," said French Open champion Swiatek, who will be making her third consecutive WTA Finals appearance." Joining the mix are U.S. Open champion Coco Gauff and fellow American Jessica Pegula, who are also partners in the doubles competition. Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova, Kazakh world number four Elena Rybakina, Tunisian world number seven and Greek world number nine Maria Sakkari will also challenge the field as they look to add gloss to their seasons.

Persons: Sabalenka, Iga, Swiatek, Coco Gauff, Jessica Pegula, Marketa Vondrousova, Elena Rybakina, Maria Sakkari, Shrivathsa Sridhar Organizations: U.S, China, Wimbledon, Thomson Locations: Belarusian, Cancun , Mexico, Flushing Meadows, Polish, Kazakh, Mexico, Guadalajara, Bengaluru

☆ Tunisian police detain head of Football Federation on suspicion of corruption
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

TUNIS, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Tunisian police arrested Wadi Al Jari, the president of the Tunisian Football Federation (FTT), over suspicion of financial corruption, officials said on Thursday. Al Jari will appear today before the investigating judge, a judicial source said. Chokri Hamda, the spokesman for the Ministry of Sports said that the arrest of Al Jari, an influential figure, was due to financial corruption and an improper contract between the football federation and the technical director. Al Jari has been president of the federation since 2012. Reporting by Tarek Amara Editing by Christian RadnedgeOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Wadi Al Jari, Al Jari, Chokri Hamda, Tarek Amara, Christian Radnedge Organizations: Tunisian Football Federation, Ministry of Sports, Thomson Locations: TUNIS

☆ EU migration ministers address militant Islamist attacks, risks from Israel-Hamas war
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Gabriela Baczynska | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

A teacher was slain in northern France last week in an attack President Emmanuel Macron condemned as "Islamist terrorism". The killings occurred at a time of heightened security concerns across much of Europe linked to the Israel-Hamas war. The attack in Brussels underlined persistent failings of the EU's troubled migration and asylum systems, including security gaps and ineffective returns. The EU, a bloc of 450 million people, has recorded some 250,000 irregular arrivals this year, in large part aided by smugglers. Last year, the EU took in several million refugees for Russia's war in the neighbouring Ukraine.

Persons: Darrin, Morocco Broad, Emmanuel Macron, Israel, Gabriela Baczynska, Philippa Fletcher Organizations: Geo, Medecins Sans Frontieres, REUTERS, France Ministers, Palestinian, EU, Thomson Locations: Italy, Libya, Belgium, France, Israel, Egypt, Morocco, BRUSSELS, Europe, Brussels, EU, Gaza, Afghanistan, Syria, Tunisia, Tunis, Ukraine, East, Africa

Political Cartoons View All 1211 ImagesThe first woman to be Italy's premier, Meloni "won out against Salvini and Berlusconi. Fears for Italy's democracy have proved to be “exaggerated,’’ said Franco, who noted that Italy's president serves as a guarantor of the republic's post-war constitution. Meloni contends the rulings support a long-held belief on the political right that Italy’s magistrates sympathize with the left. Since becoming premier, Meloni has topped surveys of eligible voters, hovering near 30% — compared to the 26% of votes her party garnered in the 2022 election. Currently, Italy's president asks someone likely able to command a parliamentary majority the task of forming a government.

Persons: Giorgia Meloni, —, Matteo Salvini, Silvio Berlusconi, Vladimir Putin, Meloni, Salvini, Berlusconi, Massimo Franco, ”, Tommaso Grossi, Ursula von der Leyen —, Joe Biden, ’ ’, Franco, it’s, ” Meloni, Von der Leyen, ″, Roberto Calderoli, Antonio Tajani, Tajani, Meloni’s, “, ″ Grossi, nostalgists, Benito Mussolini, Di Segni, Mussolini, Raf Casert Organizations: ROME, Union, European Commission, EU, Kyiv, Russia’s, Forza Italia, European Policy, White, Italian Rai, European Union, “, Union of Italian, Nazi, Associated Locations: Italy’s, Europe, Italy, Brussels, Rome, Hungary, Poland, Meloni, Ukraine, Lampedusa, Libyan, Tunisia, Italian, Israel, Nazi

It has since emerged that the attacker had been ordered to leave Belgium in 2021. Bernard Clerfayt, a Brussels minister who is also the mayor of the Brussels borough where the killings took place, called for de Moor's resignation. Official figures showed that only 5,497 of the 25,292 people who received an order to leave Belgium in 2022 have respected it. Despite the attack, Belgium is one of the better performers when it comes to deportation. Theo Francken, a lawmaker from the right-wing Flemish nationalist party N-VA, said Belgian authorities should be stricter with criminals and radicalized individuals.

Persons: —, Ulf Kristersson, Alexander De Croo, De Croo, ”, “, ” De Croo, Kristersson, Vincent Van Quickenborne, Nicole de Moor, Frédéric Van Leeuw, Bernard Clerfayt, de Moor's, ” Van Leeuw, didn’t, Jesper Tengroth, Samira, Theo Francken, ” Nils Duquet, It’s, Raf Casert Organizations: Sweden’s, Belgian, ”, Authorities, Premiere, Swedish Migration Agency, European Union, Flemish, Flemish Peace Institute Locations: BRUSSELS, Swedish, Brussels, Belgium, Belgian, Sweden, Nigerian, Africa

☆ Islamic State Claims Responsibility for Brussels Attack - Group's Channel on Telegram
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: 1 min

(Reuters) - Islamic State claimed responsibility for Monday's attack in Brussels, according to the group's channel on Telegram on Tuesday, which said one of its fighters carried out the attack that killed two people. A man suspected of shooting dead two Swedish football fans and wounding another in Brussels was a 45-year-old Tunisian who had an asylum application rejected in 2020 but continued to live in Belgium illegally, according to Belgian officials. After an overnight manhunt, police fatally shot the suspect at a cafe in the Schaerbeek district of northern Brussels on Tuesday morning,(Reporting by Yomna Ehab and Enas Alashray; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)

Persons: Yomna Ehab, Chizu Nomiyama Organizations: Reuters, Islamic State Locations: Islamic, Brussels, Swedish, Belgium, Schaerbeek

☆ Brussels attacker arrived in Italy's Lampedusa in 2011 - sources
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A member of Belgium soccer team boards a bus at King Baudouin Stadium after play was suspended after a shooting in Brussels, Belgium, October 17, 2023 REUTERS/Yves Herman Acquire Licensing RightsROME, Oct 17 (Reuters) - The Tunisian man suspected of shooting dead two Swedish football fans in Brussels arrived in Italy's Lampedusa island in 2011, two Italian government and security sources said on Tuesday, confirming a report by the ANSA news agency. The suspect spent some time in Italy before moving to Sweden, but was expelled from there under the EU's "Dublin" rules and returned to Italy, one of the sources said. Italian authorities lost track of him some time in 2016 and presumed he had again moved abroad, the source added. In Brussels, Belgian Justice Minister Vincent Van Quickenborne said his country had received an unconfirmed report in 2016 from a foreign police service indicating that the suspected attacker had a "radicalised profile" and wanted to go to a war zone to wage jihad. Reporting by Angelo Amante and Alvise Armellini, editing by Cristina Carlevaro and Alex RichardsonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Yves Herman Acquire, radicalisation, Vincent Van Quickenborne, Angelo Amante, Alvise, Cristina Carlevaro, Alex Richardson Organizations: Belgium soccer, King Baudouin, Rights, Belgian, Thomson Locations: Belgium, Brussels, Swedish, Italy's Lampedusa, Italy, Sweden, Dublin, Bologna

☆ Oscar winner Yeoh joins IOC along with seven new members
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Michelle Yeoh poses. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsMUMBAI, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Michelle Yeoh, the first Asian actress to win an Oscar, joined the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Tuesday after being voted in as a member at a ceremony in Mumbai. She was one of eight new proposed members to join the Olympic body at its session in the Indian financial capital. A former Malaysian junior squash champion, Yeoh won the Oscar for best lead actress earlier this year for her role in the film, "Everything Everywhere All at Once". Mehrez Boussayene, President of the Tunisian Olympic Committee, also joined.

Persons: Michelle Yeoh, Sarah Meyssonnier, Oscar, Yeoh, Pierce Brosnan, Jean Todt, Yael Arad, Israel's, Balasz Furjes, Cecilia Roxana Tait Villacorta, Michael Mronz, Furjes, Sweden's Petra Soerling, South Korean Kim Jae, Mehrez Boussayene, Karolos Grohmann, Peter Rutherford Organizations: Cannes, Rights, International Olympic Committee, Hollywood, United Nations Goodwill, FIA, IOC, Tennis Federation, South, International Skating Union, Tunisian Olympic Committee, Thomson Locations: Cannes, France, Rights MUMBAI, Mumbai, Malaysian, Chinese, Hungarian, Olympic, Peru, Hungary, Germany, South Korean

[1/8] Police barricade tape is seen at a cordoned-off area after a police operation in Schaerbeek near Brussels, Belgium October 17, 2023. REUTERS/Bart Biesemans Acquire Licensing RightsBRUSSELS, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Belgian police on Tuesday shot and wounded a 45-year-old Tunisian suspected of killing two Swedish football fans in Brussels, Belgian media said. Interior Minister Annelies Verlinden said earlier the wounded man was suspected of being the gunman. The suspected gunman, calling himself Abdesalem Al Guilani, claimed in a video on social media that he was a fighter for Allah. According to a media transcript of the video message recorded by the self-declared perpetrator, he said he had killed Swedes to take revenge in the name of Muslims.

Persons: Bart Biesemans, Annelies Verlinden, Verlinden, Philippe Close, BFM, Alexander De Croo, De Croo, de Croo, Vincent Van Quickenborne, Abdesalem Al Guilani, Philip Blenkinsop, Bart Meijer, Benoit van Overstraeten, Jan Strupczewski, Tassilo Hummel, Zhifan Liu, Ingrid Melander, Gerry Doyle, Christina Fincher, Nick Macfie Organizations: Police, REUTERS, Rights, Belgian, Islamic State, Red Devils soccer, Palestinian, Thomson Locations: Schaerbeek, Brussels, Belgium, Rights BRUSSELS, Belgian, Sweden, Israel

☆ Attacks in France in recent years
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Here are some other attacks that have taken place in France in recent years:- June 9, 2023 - A Syrian national wounded four children and two pensioners in a knife attack in the Alpine town of Annecy. - Oct. 29, 2020 - An attacker with a knife killed three people and wounded several others at a church in the southern city of Nice. - March 23, 2018 - A gunman killed three people in southwestern France after holding up a car, firing on police and taking hostages in a supermarket. - July 26, 2016 - Two attackers killed a priest and seriously wounded another hostage in a church in northern France before being shot dead by police. - Nov. 13, 2015 - Paris was rocked by multiple gun and bomb attacks on entertainment sites around the city, in which 130 people were killed and 368 wounded.

Persons: Lycee Gambetta, Carnot, Pascal Rossignol, Emmanuel Macron, Samuel Paty, Prophet Mohammad, Charlie Hebdo, Mickael Harpon, Francois Hollande, Frenchman, Charlie Hebdo’s, Michel Rose, Frances Kerry Organizations: Lycee, REUTERS, Rights, Syrian, Police, Paris police, Security, Islamic, Islamic State, Belgian, Thomson Locations: Arras, France, Alpine, Annecy, Reims, Nord, Paris, Kurdish, Nice, Pakistan, Islamic State, Tunisian, State

☆ Suleika Jaouad and Jon Batiste open the doors to their Brooklyn townhouse
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( Christy Choi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Newly home to best-selling author, activist and motivational speaker Suleika Jaouad and Grammy-winning musician, singer-songwriter and TV personality Jon Batiste, the 1890s Italianate townhouse in Brooklyn, New York is a potent space for them to live and create. Jon Batiste pictured in the studio lounge of the Brooklyn home he shares with author Suleika Jaouad. “The vision for the house was deeply tied to who Jon and I are as humans — to our creativity and our lineage,” Jaouad wrote. Jaouad recalled Batiste exaggeratedly exclaiming, in reference to a lamp: “Now this light is healing!”“It cracked us up, and we put it on repeat,” she wrote. Fried chicken sandwiches and champagne were served to the small group of guests, while Batiste serenaded Jaouad on a grand piano he rented for the night.

Persons: CNN —, Suleika Jaouad, Jon Batiste, Jaouad, “, ”, Frank Frances, Hallie Goodman, Jon, ” Jaouad, Jaouad’s, Mokhtar Lahmar, Designway, Batiste exaggeratedly, Batiste, Goodman, — Organizations: CNN, Architectural, Brooklyn, New, Facebook Locations: Brooklyn , New York, —, “, Tunisia, New Orleans, Nabeul, French, Quittner

“This process is not behind schedule.”The July agreement included a pledge of 105 million euros ($110 million) earmarked for migration. As arrivals increased last month, the European Commission announced it would send an initial 127 million euros ($133 million) to Tunisia. Apart from migration, the bulk of the funds are contingent on Tunisia reaching agreement with the International Monetary Fund on stalled loan negotiations. In April, he called the terms “diktats from abroad.”Supporters, including Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni, have hailed Europe's agreement with Tunisia as a regional model. Since taking power in 2019, Saied has repeatedly characterized sub-Saharan African migrants as violent and a threat to Tunisia.

Persons: Kais Saied, ” Saied, Saied, Marcus Cornaro, Saied's, “ We're, ”, Giorgia, ___ Sam Metz Organizations: —, Monday, European Union, TAP, EU, UNHCR, European Commission, International Monetary Fund, World Bank Locations: TUNIS, Tunisia, — Tunisia, Europe, Rome, Tunisian, Italy, North Africa, Italian, Germany, Europe’s, Rabat, Morocco, Georgia

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