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☆ Xabi Alonso becomes Europe’s most wanted coach as Bayer Leverkusen runs away with Bundesliga
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Xabi Alonso was appointed the club’s head coach in October 2022, with Leverkusen languishing near the bottom of the German table. Prior to being appointed Leverkusen’s manager, Alonso had coached Real Madrid’s Under-14 team and Real Sociedad’s B team. We have seen in the past what else can happen,” Leverkusen defender Jonathan Tag told Dazn after the victory over Köln. There are 10 games remaining in the Bundesliga season and Leverkusen is the strong favorite to win its first ever league title. And with Leverkusen in semifinals of the domestic cup and the round-of-16 stage of the Europa League, Alonso could cap off a memorable second season in first-team management with a hat-trick of trophies.

Persons: ’, Michael Ballack, Oliver Neuville, Dimitar Berbatov, Zé Roberto, Zidane’s, Xabi Alonso, Alonso, Ina Fassbender, –, Jeremie Frimpong, Grimaldo –, Grimaldo, Frimpong, John Muller, “, ”, Jonathan Tag, Köln, Wolfgang Rattay, Thomas Tuchel’s Organizations: CNN, Bayer Leverkusen, Bundesliga, Borussia Dortmund, Champions League, Real Madrid, Leverkusen, Spain, Bayern Munich, English Premier League, Köln, Getty, Real Sociedad, Liverpool, Merseyside, League, Spanish national team, Real Madrid’s, Real, Benfica, The, Bayern, Europa League Locations: Liverpool, AFP, Istanbul, Leverkusen, Europe

☆ Campaigners say Europe's car leasing giants lag shift into electric gear
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Nick Carey | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

But by examining car registration data T&E said that, with the exception of ALD, the leasing companies' claims are false. "Our investigation clearly shows that all leasing companies... are making green leadership claims that are not backed up by evidence," the report says. "In other words, leasing companies are greenwashing." Across the EU as a whole, T&E found EVs made up just over 10% of leasing companies' car purchases, the same share as for the rest of the market. "What remains unclear is whether the major leasing companies will take these steps or remain rooted in the fossil age."

Persons: ZE, Eric Gaillard, Arval, EVs, Nick Carey, Barbara Lewis Organizations: Renault, REUTERS, Transport & Environment, Wednesday, Societe Generale, ALD, BNP, Ford, Nissan, Credit, Financial Services, Thomson Locations: Cagnes, Mer, France

☆ Pope Francis says some people in same-sex unions could be blessed
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Barbie Latza Nadeau | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Rome CNN —Pope Francis has suggested for the first time that people in same-sex unions could be blessed by Catholic priests on a “case-by-case” basis, a seeming reversal of previous statements. The cardinals, Walter Brandmuller, Raymond Leo Burke, Juan Sandoval Iniguez, Robert Sarah and Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, first sent the letter to Pope Francis on July 10. It focused on an upcoming October meeting of bishops, asking what impact it could have on Church’s teaching, and included questions about the Pope’s intention to bless same-sex unions, and whether he intends to open the door to women priests through ordination. The Vatican then released a letter in Spanish dated September 25 signed by Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, the Vatican’s new chief of doctrine. The response includes Pope Francis’ answers to the dubia, signed “Francis.”On the issue of homosexual unions, the pontiff reiterated that the church only recognizes marriage as a union between a man and a woman, but opened the door for blessings of individuals in same-sex unions, the letter shows.

Persons: Rome, Rome CNN — Pope Francis, Pope, –, Walter Brandmuller, Raymond Leo Burke, Juan Sandoval Iniguez, Robert Sarah, Joseph Zen Ze, Pope Francis, Cardinal Raymond Burke, Burke, Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, Pope Francis ’, “ Francis, ”, Pope John Paul II, vaguer, “ Organizations: Rome CNN, Catholic, Church Locations: Cologne, Rome

☆ What are neopronouns and how do you use them?
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-12 | by ( Scottie Andrew | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

And then there are neopronouns (“new” pronouns), gender-neutral or nonbinary pronouns that are distinct from the common she, he and they. All pronouns indicate identity and can be used to include or exclude people they describe — neopronouns included, said Dennis Baron, one of the foremost experts on neopronouns and their histories and an emeritus professor of English and Linguistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Other neopronouns are completely original to their user – some may choose to select a noun to describe themselves, like “star” or “starself” in place of binary pronouns like “she” or “herself.” These are called nounself neopronouns, but more on those later. Why people use neopronounsPeople may use neopronouns for the same reason someone else uses “she” and/or “they” — neopronouns may better align with one’s identity. An intro to nounself neopronounsLeaf, sun, star — nounself pronouns are neopronouns that use nature and other inspirations as nonbinary or genderless descriptors.

Persons: CNN —, ”, they’re, Dennis Baron, ” Baron, “, ” Neopronouns, Janelle Monáe, Emma Corrin, Jonathan Van Ness, Neopronouns, nonbinary, Baron, xyr, heer, ze, Ze, hirself, fay, Fae, Ey, —, Dua Saleh, who’s, Saleh, ” “, ” Saleh, aren’t, ” CNN’s Harmeet Kaur, he’s, “ heer, himer ”, Ella Young, ” Young, JWL, Noah Webster’s, Webster, thon ”, Charles Crozat Converse, thon, Michael Spivak, Jason D’Angelo, fandoms, Ehm Hjorth Miltersen, one’s, ” Miltersen, Miltersen Organizations: CNN, University of Illinois, “, Human Rights, Human, Netflix, Chicago Tribune, Sacramento Bee, Merriam, Webster, New York Times Locations: Urbana, Champaign, England, ”, Chicago

☆ Opinion | Is ‘Yo’ the Gender-Neutral Pronoun You’ve Been Looking For?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( John Mcwhorter | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

My focus this time out is on standard English rather than nonstandard English, since one of my recent books was about Black English. Although they are often presumed to be simpler — in a word, dumber — than standard English, the opposite is often true. One example I am thinking of is a relatively new and unheralded gender-neutral pronoun that has emerged in, of all places, Baltimore. Gender-neutral pronouns are a thorny topic in English. But in English, a truly accepted gender-neutral pronoun has been a holy grail for generations.

Persons: A.A . Milne, ”, “ Ariella Locations: Baltimore

☆ Revealed: Vladimir Putin's secret Black Sea bunker
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-17 | by ( Mattathias Schwartz | Anastasiia Carrier | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

You would think that the architects who designed Vladimir Putin's palace thought of everything. They failed to hide plans showing two elaborate tunnels running beneath the palace complex — plans that any competent state-security apparatus would fight tooth-and-nail to keep secret. The underground complex beneath Putin's palace consists of two separate tunnels connected by an elevator that descends roughly 50 meters below the surface. Gelendzhik is the town closest to the palace complex, a five-hour drive from the resort city of Sochi. "With the war in Ukraine," Kimmage said, "there's speechmaking, there's propaganda, there's exaggeration — there's this performative aspect that plays to Russia's domestic politics.

Jekta's electric-motor PHA-ZE 100 will generate zero emissions, according to the company. Gayo intends to use the planes for sustainable luxury travel and transport to remote areas, Gayo Chairman Gisle Dueland told Reuters. United Airlines (UAL.O) and Air Canada (AC.TO) have both said they would buy electric planes from Swedish start-up Heart Aerospace. United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Monday urged developed countries to commit to reaching net zero emissions by 2040 instead of 2050. Carbon dioxide emissions from tourism are expected to grow 25% by 2030 from 2016 levels if there are no changes, according to the U.N. World Tourism Organization.

[1/2] The rear light of a Dacia Spring electric car is pictured during the Brand Manifesto Dacia event at Le Bourget near Paris, France, September 13, 2022. It also points to the shifting perception of the auto market in India, which posted the fastest growth of any major market in 2022. Renault is studying launching a made-in-India electric version of its Kwid hatchback, the people told Reuters. To qualify for incentives in India, Renault would have to build the car at its alliance plant in southern India and source components locally, the first person said. As a part of the India reboot, Renault also plans to invest in refurbishing and upgrading some of its major dealerships in big cities, the person said.

☆ In Pictures: Brazilian city of Santos bids farewell to 'king of soccer' Pele
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-02 | by ( Dave Lucas | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Former player Ze Roberto and Pele's son Edinho are pictured as pallbearers carry the casket of Brazilian soccer legend Pele to the centre circle of his former club Santos' Vila Belmiro stadium where he will lie in state for 24 hours before his...moreFormer player Ze Roberto and Pele's son Edinho are pictured as pallbearers carry the casket of Brazilian soccer legend Pele to the centre circle of his former club Santos' Vila Belmiro stadium where he will lie in state for 24 hours before his funeral, Santos, Brazil, January 2, 2023. REUTERS/Diego VaraClose

☆ As carmakers unveil new EVs, France ups subsidies for poorer buyers
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Gilles Guillaume | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

PARIS, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Renault (RENA.PA) and Stellantis (STLA.MI) unveiled new French-made electric vehicles (EVs) at the Paris Motor Show on Monday, as President Emmanuel Macron announced bigger subsidies for poorer families to buy EVs and pushed for more local production. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterMost EVs are currently more expensive than fossil-fuel equivalents and are unaffordable for many. "We have an industrial strategy in place for people to buy more and more French (cars)," Macron told Les Echos. The electric versions of Stellantis' Peugeot 308 sedan and larger Peugeot 408 unveiled on Monday will be assembled in Mulhouse in eastern France. The Renault 4 will join the new electric Kangoo, produced in Maubeuge, and new Mégane manufactured in Douai, also in northern France.

☆ As Renault unveils new EV, France hikes subsidies for poorer buyers
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Gilles Guillaume | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

A woman holds a cable to charge up a Renault Kangoo ZE electric utility vehicle at a Renault automobile dealership in Cagnes-Sur-Mer, France, October 22, 2020. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard/File PhotoPARIS, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Renault (RENA.PA) unveiled its new French-made electric Renault 4 at the Paris Motor Show on Monday, as President Emmanuel Macron announced bigger subsidies for poorer families to buy electric vehicles (EV) and pushed for more local production. He added a "social leasing" scheme helping low-income families access an EV for 100 euros per month would start in early 2024. "We have an industrial strategy in place for people to buy more and more French (cars)," Macron told Les Echos. Asked about boosting subsidies for European-made EVs, as the United States has done with its recently-passed Inflation Reduction Act, Macron told Les Echoes he had favoured this approach for years.

☆ EVs, hybrids to make up 40% of Renault brand 2022 Europe sales -exec
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Gilles Guillaume | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A woman holds a cable to charge up a Renault Kangoo ZE electric utility vehicle at a Renault automobile dealership in Cagnes-Sur-Mer, France, October 22, 2020. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard/File PhotoPARIS, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Fully electric and hybrid vehicles in 2022 have almost doubled as a percentage of the Renault (RENA.PA) brand's European sales over the last two years, an executive said ahead of the Paris Motor Show. In 2021, electrified models accounted for around a quarter of the Renault brand's European sales and around a third in the first half of 2022. It will unveil them at the Paris Motor Show. This year's Paris Motor Show is the first since 2018, when it attracted more than a million visitors.

☆ (foto) O îmbrățișare COVID-friendly câștigă titlul „Fotografia anului din presa mondială”. Descoperă pozele învingătoare și poveștile din spatele lor
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-16 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +10 min

„Am citit vulnerabilitate, oameni dragi, pierdere și separare, dispariție, dar, mai important, și supraviețuire, toate s-au îmbinat într-o singură imagine. Într-o mare varietate de categorii, de la știri sport până la natură, fotografii au fost premiați fie pentru o singură fotografie, fie pentru o poveste foto. Conflictul dintre rebelii musulmani șiți houthi și o coaliție arabă sunnită, condusă de Arabia Saudită, datează din anul 2014 și a condus la ceea ce UNICEF a numit cea mai mare criză umanitară din lume “. Arta a devenit un mod de a prezenta și păstra cultura, tradițiile și poveștile Sakha. Explozia, care a obținut 3,3 pe scara Richter, a deteriorat sau a distrus în jur de 6 000 de clădiri, a ucis cel puțin 190 de persoane, a rănit încă 6 000 și a strămutat până la 300 000 ”.

Persons: danez Mads Nissen, Kevin WY Lee, șiți, Ignat, Maria, . Ignat, Lincoln, israeliană, Lydia Rimawi, Abdul Karim Rimawi, Abdul Karim, . Ollie, Torrell Jasper, Perigara, Karabakh, Azat, Flint Jaguars, . El, Richter, O, Rothschild, . Girafele Rothschild Organizations: Contest, UNICEF, Lincoln Park, Washington DC, Agenția, Securitate, Cuplul, Torrell, Motors Locations: Brazilia, Beirut, Rusia, Yemen, Azerbaidjan, Armenia, Fatima, arabă, Arabia Saudită, München, Sankt Petersburg, Washington, SUA, California, Monterey, palestinian, Securitate Israel, ISA, Ramallah, Palestina, Vlaardingen, Olanda, Geneva, Elveția, Schriever, Louisiana, american, Pantanal, São Francisco, zambile, Sakha, Federației Ruse, Nagorno, Lachin, Flint, Michigan, Libanului Beirut, Giraffa

☆ Este sau nu momentul să umblăm la rezervele valutare?
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-14 | by ( ) capital.market.md time to read: +7 min

De cealaltă parte, oameni care pot citi efectele unei intervenţii în rezervele BNM, cer prudenţă, reţinere şi aplicarea fără abatere a legislaţiei. În principiu, puţină lume ştie ce reprezintă rezervele BNM, majoritatea considerând că este vorba de lăzi cu dolari păstrate în ferecatele depozite ale Băncii Centrale. „În prezent, nivelul de rezerve este unul adecvat pentru sustenabilitatea viitoare a rezervelor internaţionale. Potrivit Legii cu privire la Banca Naţională a Moldovei, rezervele internaţionale sunt menţinute de Banca Naţională la un nivel adecvat pentru realizarea politicii monetare şi valutare a statului. Iar acesta este încă un argument în favoarea scoaterii din agenda dezbaterii a subiectului legat de rezervele BNM.

Persons: Igor Dodon, ., Hai, Octavian Armaşu, Octavian, Constantin Olteanu Organizations: Moldovei, Banca Naţională Locations: . Moldova, Washington, Moldova, Statele Unite ale Americii, Olanda, Germania, Canada, Singapore, Republica Moldova, SUA, Republicii Moldova, Moldovei

☆ Oricine se poate vaccina cu AstraZeneca, chiar dacă nu are programare. Precizări CNCAV
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-13 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +3 min

Oricine dorește să se vaccineze cu serul produs de AstraZeneca o poate face chiar dacă are sau nu programare. Vaccinarea fără programare cu serul AstraZeneca se va putea face peste câteva zile, a precizat marți Comitetul Național de Vaccinare, scrie digi24.ro„În câteva zile: vaccinare fără programare cu Vaxzevria (AstraZeneca). Vom anunța începerea vaccinării fără programare în termen de câteva zile!”, anunță CNCAV într-o postare ăe Facebook. Din cauza controverselor legate de vaccinul AstraZeneca, a scăzut numărul persoanelor care doresc să se imunizeze cu acest ser. Comitetul a anunțat că în stabilirea acestei concluzii au fost luate în considerare toate dovezile existente, inclusiv părerea unui grup de experți.

Persons: Valeriu Gheorghiță Organizations: Comitetul, Agenției Europene, prospect, EMA, Sănătății Locations: România

☆ CONCURS DISTRACTIV LA BAYERN: Doi jucători au repetat diverse lovituri de departajare
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-23 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Bayern Munchen are o evoluție bună în acest sezon, fiind neînvinsă de aproape de luni în toate competițiile, iar fotbaliștii își permit să se distreze la antrenamente și chiar să facă fața la unele provocări.Jerome Boateng și Douglas Costa au fost puși la încercări dificile de a repeta loviturile de departajare executate de alții.Primii care i-au provocat pe starurile lui Bayern au fost puștii de la academia de fotbal a clubului.Ulterior, cei doi au fost provocați de foștii coechipieri, Rafinha și Badstuber.Legendele clubului bavarez, brazilienii Giovane Elber și Ze Roberto nu au ezitate să îi pună la încercare pe cei doi actuali fotbaliști ai bavarezilor.Într-un final, Jerome Boateng a câștigat confruntarea cu Douglas Costa, având mai multe încercări reușite decât adversarul său.Bayern Munchen este lider în Bundesliga, iar în această săptămână va juca în faza grupelor Ligii Campionilor cu FC Salzburg. Partida se va disputa pe Allianz Arena, pe 25 noiembrie. În aceeași zi, într-o altă confruntarea Real Madrid va juca la Milano cu Internazaionale.Meciul va fi transmis în direct pe PRIME cu începere de la ora 22:00.

Persons: Douglas, Jerome Boateng, Internazaionale.Meciul Organizations: Bayern, bavarez, Campionilor, FC Salzburg, Allianz Arena, Real Locations: Bayern Munchen, Douglas Costa, brazilienii, Munchen, Bundesliga, Real Madrid, Milano

☆ «Да хранит вас ЗОЖ». Фитнес-клуб в Польше провозгласил себя церковью, чтобы не закрываться на время карантина
▼ + stars: | 2020-10-20 | by ( ) ru.diez.md time to read: +1 min

Фитнес-клуб в Польше провозгласил себя церковью, чтобы не закрываться на время карантинаРуководство краковского фитнес-клуба Atlantic Sports Fitness переименовало свое заведение в «Церковь Здорового Тела», чтобы избежать карантинных ограничений, пишет журнал Нож, ссылаясь на Bussiness Insider. О ребрендинге заведения сообщила на прошлой неделе его менеджер Марта Ямроз: «Так как фитнес-клубы не могут работать, сегодня у нас пройдет собрание религиозной общины членов «Церкви Здорового Тела». «Если кто-то не хочет приходить в клуб, то и не надо!», — продолжила менеджер. Она добавила, что не собирается закрывать зал, потому что хочет сохранить работу тренерам и не лишать постояльцев клуба возможности заниматься спортом. Как сообщают польские СМИ, клуб Ямроз действительно открылся: на выходных там заметили около десятка человек.

Persons: Марта Ямроз, Ямроз Organizations: Церковь Здорового Тела, Нож, Совет старейшин, СМИ, Ямроз Locations: Польша, Краков

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