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☆ Miss Universe 2024: See all the best national costumes
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Oscar Holland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

At Miss Universe 2024, it was all those things — and much more — as the annual pageant kicked off with its flamboyant national costume competition Thursday evening. Raquel Cunha/ReutersThe first person of First Nations heritage to represent Canada at Miss Universe, Ashley Callingbull wore a multi-tiered gown equipped with flashing lights. Hector Vivas/Getty ImagesMiss Jamaica, Rachel Silvera, paid homage to the female pioneers of dancehall music. Hector Vivas/Getty ImagesMiss Malta, Beatrice Njoya, became the first ever Miss Universe contestant to reach the finale in their 40s, after the pageant lifted a longstanding age limit of 28. Hector Vivas/Getty ImagesMiss Ukraine, Alina Ponomarenko, came in an armored outfit symbolizing "the courage of Ukrainian defenders," the pageant host said.

Persons: Geyssell García, Irene Mukii’s, Chile, Emilia Dides, Sábado Gigante, ”, Miss Ivory Coast Marie, Emmanuelle Diamala’s, Thet San Andersen, Christina Chalk, Sheynnis Palacios, Faith Landman, Hector Vivas, Miss Argentina, Magalí Benejam, Selvinique Wright, Elena Hidalgo, Ky Duyen Nguyen, Fernando Llano, ” Hector Vivas, Juliana Barrientos, Images Miss Kenya, Irene Mukii, Raquel Cunha, Ashley Callingbull, Miss Italy, Glenany Cavalcante, Jamaica, Rachel Silvera, Davin Prasath, Malta, Beatrice Njoya, Sakhile Dube, Alma Cooper, Sam, Alina Ponomarenko Organizations: CNN, Miss, Miss Bangladesh, Anouk, United, Images Miss, Reuters, Nations, Images, Cambodia, San, Santo Locations: Mexico City, Miss Nicaragua, León Cathedral, Kenyan, Miss Ivory Coast, Miss Myanmar, United Kingdom, Sheynnis Palacios of Nicaragua, Delft, Miss Bahamas, Costa Rica, Miss Aruba, Miss Vietnam, Miss Great Britain, Chile, Bolivia, Canada, Ecuador, Tema, San Francisco, Santo Domingo, Colombia, Mexico, Miss Zimbabwe, Miss United States, Images Miss Nicaragua, León

☆ Anouk Aimée, Enigmatic Star of ‘A Man and a Woman,’ Is Dead at 92
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Anita Gates | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Anouk Aimée, the French film actress who became an international sex symbol as the aloof, enigmatic and sensual star of Claude Lelouch’s 1966 romance “A Man and a Woman,” died on Tuesday at 92. Her death was announced on social media by her daughter, Manuela Papatakis, who said her mother died at home in Paris. But it was with “A Man and a Woman,” a 28-year-old director’s low-budget project that went on to win the Oscar for best foreign film, that she created the image that endured throughout her career. Ms. Aimée was nominated for a best actress Oscar for the role. It also brought her the BAFTA film award for best foreign actress and the Golden Globe for best motion picture actress.

Persons: Anouk Aimée, Claude Lelouch’s, ”, Manuela Papatakis, Aimée, Federico Fellini’s, Vita ”, Jean, Louis Trintignant, Francis Lai’s, Oscar Organizations: BAFTA, Golden Globe Locations: French, Paris, Italian

☆ French asylum-claims workers strike over new immigration law, workload
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Layli Foroudi | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

People attend a demonstration before the start of debate on an immigration bill at the French Senate in Paris, France, November 6, 2023. The placard reads "No to the asylum and immigration law. Workers at OFPRA rarely go on strike and the last time they did so was in 2018, to oppose a law on immigration that was being passed. Regarding asylum claims, an amendment was adopted by lawmakers in the Senate, proposing the creation of kiosks in police stations at a local level, with the intention of speeding up asylum claims. The CGT estimated that around a quarter of OFPRA workers took part in Tuesday's strike.

Persons: Claudia Greco, Sabine Trapateau, Anouk Lerais, Layli, Bernadette Baum Organizations: French, Rights, CGT, OFPRA, Workers, Thomson Locations: Paris, France, OFPRA

☆ Amsterdam Marchers Demand Climate Action as Dutch Election Nears
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-12 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

By Toby SterlingAMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of protesters marched through Amsterdam on Sunday demanding immediate action against climate change, 10 days before the country holds a general election. Local police said around 70,000 people joined the march, including climate activist Greta Thunberg and former EU climate chief Frans Timmermans, who will lead the combined Labour and Green parties at the upcoming election. Try living on Mars", marched 3.5 kilometres (2.2 miles) through Amsterdam singing, chanting and blowing whistles. Climate issues in general rank lower on most people's priority lists, recent opinion polls have shown. Timmermans' coalition has made tackling climate change one of its main issues and is currently polling in third place, behind two conservative parties who put more emphasis on the need to limit migration.

Persons: Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM, Greta Thunberg, Frans Timmermans, Anouk Mul, Timmermans, Bart Meijer, Hugh Lawson Organizations: Local, Labour, Green, Reuters, Protesters, Police Locations: Amsterdam, Netherlands

☆ Amsterdam marchers demand climate action as Dutch election nears
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] The leading candidate of the Dutch Labour Party, Frans Timmermans attends The March for Climate and Justice to demand political change before the elections in Amsterdam, Netherlands, November 12 2023. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw Acquire Licensing RightsAMSTERDAM, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of protesters marched through Amsterdam on Sunday demanding immediate action against climate change, 10 days before the country holds a general election. Local police said around 70,000 people joined the march, including climate activist Greta Thunberg and former EU climate chief Frans Timmermans, who will lead the combined Labour and Green parties at the upcoming election. Organisers said the turnout was the largest ever at a climate protest in the Netherlands. Try living on Mars", marched 3.5 kilometres (2.2 miles) through Amsterdam singing, chanting and blowing whistles.

Persons: Frans Timmermans, de Wouw, Greta Thunberg, Anouk Mul, Timmermans, Bart Meijer, Hugh Lawson Organizations: Dutch Labour Party, Climate, REUTERS, Rights, Local, Labour, Green, Reuters, Protesters, Police, Thomson Locations: Amsterdam, Netherlands

☆ Scientists found a massive lithium deposit inside an ancient US volcano that could be a game-changer for American clean energy but spell disaster for Native Americans
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Rebecca Cohen | Jessica Orwig | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Lithium independence would be a game-changer for clean energy but Native Americans are already suffering for it. In August, researchers reported that the illite in the southern portion of McDermitt Caldera, called Thacker Pass, contains about 1.8% lithium, on average. And McDermitt Caldera could be that resource. AdvertisementAdvertisementMcKinney is part of the Indigenous group called People of Red Mountain that has opposed lithium mining at Thacker Pass. "The world needs to know that this lithium mining, and this fast-tracking of lithium mining, is a continuation of racism on Paiute and Shoshone people," McKinney told NPR.

Persons: Caldera, Thacker, McDermitt, Jalopnik, There's, Gary McKinney, Al Jazeera, McKinney Organizations: Service, McDermitt Caldera, Chemistry, Nevada -, US, KU Leuven University, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Guardian, Shoshone -, NPR, MSCI Sustainability Institute Locations: Wall, Silicon, McDermitt, Nevada, Nevada - Oregon, Tervuren, Belgium, Thacker, Red, Americas, Al

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