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☆ Julia Roberts says Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King paid the hospital bill for her birth
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Ariana Brockington | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

In honor of Julia Roberts’s 55th birthday, fans are recirculating the unbelievable historical fact that connects her to Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King. “The King family paid for my hospital bills.”The television personality emphasized the significance and clarified, “Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King. As Obsev reported, one of those children was the Kings’ daughter Yolanda King, who died in 2007 at the age of 51. Yolanda King was cast as the love interest of a white actor in one of the school’s productions and the two shared a kiss in a scene. Yolanda King said, “It was an extended family, it really was.

Jury selection begins Monday in a civil trial for a group of protesters who are suing former President Donald Trump and his company over allegations that they were assaulted by security personnel outside Trump Tower in New York in 2015. Five protesters filed the suit against Trump, the Trump Organization and his presidential campaign in 2015 after they said they were roughed up outside of Trump Tower while protesting comments then-candidate Trump made about Mexicans. Trump sat for a videotaped deposition in the case in October 2021, which will be played in court and will serve as his trial testimony. That testimony was later refuted by former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen during his own videotaped deposition. Like Trump, Cohen will not appear in person at the trial, but lawyers will play his four-hour videotaped deposition for the jury as his trial testimony.

☆ Kanye West: What took Adidas, Gap and others so long to cut ties?
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Danielle Wiener-Bronner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

New York CNN Business —Earlier this week Adidas ended its partnership with rapper and fashion designer Ye (who previously went by Kanye West). He even called out Adidas directly during a podcast appearance in which he made antisemitic comments, bragging the company would never cut ties with him. He referenced Adidas directly: “I can say antisemitic things, and Adidas can’t drop me,” he said. Gary Gershoff/WireImage/Getty ImagesAdidas didn’t announce it was severing ties with Ye until Tuesday, October 25, over a week after the podcast was released. Adidas said it will take a big loss in the fourth quarter because its cutting ties with Ye.

☆ Aaron Donald and Jaylen Brown leave Kanye West’s Donda Sports agency
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Rob Mclean | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN Business —Two high profile athletes are leaving Kanye West’s sports agency, Donda Sports, in the wake of the artist and businessman’s repeated antisemitic statements. Aaron Donald, a star football player on the Los Angeles Rams, announced Tuesday that he is leaving the agency. On Monday, Brown told the Boston Globe that he planned to stick with the agency. “A lot of people that I work with, work with their families, build love and respect for, spending time in the summer. Recently, West said “I can say antisemitic s*** and Adidas cannot drop me,” during a tirade against Jews on the Drink Champs Podcast.

☆ Adidas terminates partnership with Kanye West
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Adidas said it will take a €250 million hit ($246 million) to its fourth quarter sales. Adidas has partnered with West since 2013, when the company signed his brand away from rival Nike. In 2016, Adidas expanded its relationship with the rapper, calling it “the most significant partnership ever created between a non-athlete and an athletic brand.”But Adidas put the “partnership under review” in early October after he wore a “White Lives Matter” T-shirt in public. “In the end, Adidas’ action sends a powerful message that antisemitism and bigotry have no place in society.”Shares of Adidas fell about 5% in Frankfurt. Adidas said it will release additional information about the financial implications of dissolving its partnership with Ye in its upcoming earnings report on November 9.

☆ Kanye West no longer a billionaire
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

New York CNN Business —Rapper Ye’s falling out with corporate partners has cost him his status as a billionaire, according to Forbes. It estimated the Adidas deal accounted for $1.5 billion of his net worth, but Forbes now estimates it at a mere $400 million. Forbes said that the $400 million remaining of his net worth comes from real estate, cash, his music catalog and a 5% stake in ex-wife Kim Kardashian’s shapewear firm, Skims. Of course, it’s likely that Ye still considers himself a billionaire, given that he has complained for years that Forbes was underestimating his net worth. Forbes reported that in 2020 — when it first listed him as a billionaire — he texted the magazine saying, “It’s not a billion.

☆ Kim Kardashian condemns hate speech in midst of Kanye West controversy
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Days after a fellow celebrity called her out for remaining publicly silent in the face of antisemitic comments made by her former husband Kanye West, Kim Kardashian has released a statement condemning hate speech. Kardashian posted her statement on the Instatstories portion of her Instagram account on Monday. “Hate speech is never OK or excusable,” her statement read. The Anti-Defamation League categorizes that phrase as a “hate slogan” used by White supremacist groups, including the Ku Klux Klan. A spokesperson for the talent agency CAA confirmed to CNN on Monday that West is no longer a client.

I no longer miss the “old” Kanye West, now known as Ye. I’m tired of hearing about the new Ye, and I wish we could stop talking about him altogether. Days before that, he appeared with far-right pundit Candace Owens flaunting “White Lives Matter” T-shirts during Paris Fashion Week. This includes to stopping asking for the “old Kanye” back. Chop up the soul Kanye, set on his goals Kanye.” At first, I sang the lyrics with hope that the “old Kanye” who once had such a hopeful swagger would return, that he would get past his ego and be born again as the creative powerhouse whose every move we followed with anticipation instead of dread.

☆ Kanye West canceled? Here’s why it probably won’t happen
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-15 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Kanye West has had so many controversies you may have forgotten a few. The latest calls to cancel West, who legally changed his name to Ye, may be the most intense yet. for America founder Brigitte Gabriel tweeted her support for West, one of her followers responded, “I used to judge him quite harshly. There were calls to boycott West in 2018 after comments he made about the history of slavery in the United States. There have been several other controversies since that have not stopped West from achieving mass success with his fashion and sneaker lines.

☆ Ye’s ‘The Shop’ episode pulled after he used ‘more hate speech,’ producers say
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Chantal Da Silva | Chantal Da Silva Is A Breaking News Editor For Nbc News Digital Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

An episode of an online talk show featuring Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, will not be aired after the rapper used "hate speech and extremely dangerous stereotypes" during the taping, the show's producers said late Tuesday night. "Unfortunately, he used The Shop to reiterate more hate speech and extremely dangerous stereotypes," he said. "While The Shop embraces thoughtful discourse and differing opinions, we have zero tolerance for hate speech of any kind and will never allow our channels to be used to promote hate," he said. Hate speech should never have an audience,” he added. The post has since been deleted from Ye’s account.

The message from Ye appeared to show him saying that Combs was controlled by Jewish people, a reference to an antisemitic conspiracy theory. In one antisemitic post on Twitter, Ye said he would soon go “death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE,” according to internet archive records, making an apparent reference to the U.S. defense readiness condition scale known as DEFCON. Ye appeared in a Fox News interview Thursday with Tucker Carlson and echoed antisemitic conspiracy theories. Also, at a fashion show last week, Ye sported a T-shirt that read "White Lives Matter," in apparent mockery of the Black Lives Matter movement. "White Lives Matter" is a "white supremacist phrase" that's popular with the Aryan Renaissance Society, the Ku Klux Klan and other hate groups, according to the Anti-Defamation League.

☆ DeSantis-appointed Florida official resigns after photo emerges appearing to show him in a Ku Klux Klan robe and hood: report
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A widely circulated photo appears to show Jeffery Moore in a Ku Klux Klan outfit. Moore resigned from his post on the Gadsden County Board of County Commissioners last week. Sheriff Morris Young told Politico that Moore didn't deny it was him in the photo when questioned. Ron DeSantis abruptly resigned on Friday after a photo that appeared to show him in a Ku Klux Klan robe and hood surfaced. Refuted nothing when I showed him the pictures," Young told Politico.

☆ Mexican senator files criminal complaint against energy minister, Pemex CEO over methane leak
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Stefanie Eschenbacher | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Opposition Senator Xochitl Galvez, who sits on committees for the environment and energy, filed the complaint to the attorney general's office against Energy Minister Rocio Nahle, Pemex CEO Octavio Romero and Angel Carrizales, who heads environmental regulator ASEA. Reuters sought comment from Nahle, Romero and Carrizales through the press teams at the energy ministry, Pemex and the regulator. Reuters also contacted Nahle, Romero and Carrizales via email and Twitter without response. The methane leak at the Zaap-C platform, which first appeared on Dec. 8, was uncovered by researchers led by Itziar Irakulis Loitxate from the Polytechnic University of Valencia. The criminal complaint filed by Galvez on Wednesday is the third complaint the senator has submitted in recent weeks after Reuters reports on Pemex methane leaks.

☆ EXCLUSIVE Mexican regulator has no record of Pemex reporting methane leak, documents show
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Stefanie Eschenbacher | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

A fuel burner is seen at Mexico's state-run oil monopoly Pemex platform "Ku Maloob Zaap" in the Northeast Marine Region of Pemex Exploration and Production in the Bay of Campeche April 19, 2013. REUTERS/Victor Ruiz Garcia/File PhotoMEXICO CITY, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Mexico's environmental regulator has no records of state oil company Pemex reporting a methane leak last December at the country's top oil field, according to the regulator's response to a freedom of information request filed by Reuters. The methane leak at the Zaap-C platform, which first appeared on Dec. 8, was uncovered by researchers led by Itziar Irakulis Loitxate from the Polytechnic University of Valencia. The methane leak from the Zaap-C platform was not among the 5,235 incidents ASEA disclosed to Reuters in its response. Pemex, the world's most indebted oil company, has acknowledged in public statements the challenges it faces in maintaining and repairing ailing infrastructure.

☆ Judge tosses most charges against Kansas researcher
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

A federal judge on Tuesday threw out three of four convictions against a Kansas researcher accused of illegally concealing work he was doing at a Chinese university while working at the University of Kansas, leaving only a conviction for making a false statement on a form. A jury convicted researcher Feng “Franklin” Tao in April on three counts of wire fraud and one count of false statements. He was accused of not disclosing that he was working for Fuzhou University in China while employed at the Kansas university. She upheld the making a false statement conviction and denied Tao’s request for a new trial on that count. She said Tao did make a false statement to Kansas on a conflict of interest statement he submitted to the university in 2018.

☆ The GOP's American psychosis didn't start with Trump. It won't end with him, either.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-18 | by ( David Corn | David Corn Is A Veteran Washington Journalist | Political Commentator. He Is The Washington Bureau Chief For Mother Jones Magazine | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +15 min

This piece has been adapted from "American Psychosis: A Historical Investigation of How the Republican Party Went Crazy,” by David Corn. Some reporters feared Goldwater supporters were about to storm the stage and physically attack the governor. The Republican Party — those then in control of it — thought otherwise. They were guided by what Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway once called “alternative facts.” For many of the Capitol Hill assailants, Trump and his paranoia had become a theology. Excerpted from "American Psychosis: A Historical Investigation of How the Republican Party Went Crazy."

US parents received $250 monthly child tax credit payments from July to December 2021 under Biden's Build Back Better Act. Insider spoke with eight families around the US about how life has changed with the loss of monthly payments. Previously, parents received an annual child tax credit of $2,000 per child in one lump sum with their tax refunds. Under President Biden's Build Back Better Act, the child tax credit was raised to $3,600 per child, depending on the child's age, split up into monthly payments. Insider spoke with eight parents whose lives were directly affected by the loss of monthly child tax credit payments, also known as CTC payments.

☆ Cum a ars un cerc de foc pe suprafața oceanului timp de 5 ore după fisurarea unei conducte subacvatice de gaz din Mexic (VIDEO)
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-03 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Un incendiu pe suprafaţa oceanului la vest de peninsula Yucatan din Mexic a fost stins vineri, a anunţat compania petrolieră Pemex, dând vina pe o scurgere de gaz dintr-o conductă subacvatică, scrie Reuters, citează hotnews.ro. Focul a fost stins după mai mult de cinci ore, potrivit Pemex. Pemex a precizat că nu există răniţi şi că producţia nu a fost afectată. Totodată, a menționat că a închis şi supapele conductei cu diametrul de 30 de cm. "Turbomaşina instalaţiilor de producţie active ale Ku Maloob Zaap a fost afectată de o furtună electrică şi de ploi abundente", conform unui raport al Pemex privind incidentul.

Persons: Reuters, Pemex, Ku Organizations: Ku Locations: Yucatan, Mexic

☆ Cerc de foc în apele Mexicului, în urma unei scurgeri de gaz de la o conductă subacvatică // VIDEO
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-03 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: todayuknews.comCerc de foc în apele Mexicului, în urma unei scurgeri de gaz de la o conductă subacvatică // VIDEOUn incendiu pe suprafaţa oceanului la vest de peninsula Yucatan din Mexic a fost stins vineri, a anunţat compania petrolieră Pemex, dând vina pe o scurgere de gaz dintr-o conductă subacvatică, scrie Reuters. Incendiul a fost stins în mai mult de cinci ore, potrivit Pemex. Incendiul a izbucnit la o conductă subacvatică care se conectează la o platformă de la câmpul petrolier Ku Maloob Zaap, cel mai important al Pemex, au declarat patru surse pentru Reuters, scrie News.ro. Pemex a precizat că nu există răniţi şi că producţia nu a fost afectată după ce a izbucnit incendiul la ora locală 5.15. "Turbomaşina instalaţiilor de producţie active ale Ku Maloob Zaap a fost afectată de o furtună electrică şi de ploi abundente", conform unui raport al Pemex privind incidentul.

Persons: Reuters, Ku, Pemex Organizations: Ku, Angel Locations: Mexicului, Yucatan, Mexic, Golful Mexic

(video) Un „ochi de foc” a apărut în Golful Mexic după ce o conductă de petrol a explodat sub apă. Salvatorii sting incendiulUn incendiu a izbucnit pe o conductă de petrol submarin în Golful Mexic vineri dimineața. Conducta Ku-Malub Zaap este una dintre cele mai productive clustere petroliere din Mexic care poate produce peste 700 000 de barili de petrol pe zi, sau aproximativ 40 % din producția totală a Pemex, scrie Reuters. Focul care arde pe suprafața apei seamănă cu un „ochi”, o priveliște rar întâlnită. Pemex no ha emitido ningún tipo de comunicado.

Persons: Reuters Organizations: Veracruz Locations: Mexic

☆ Universitatea #diez. „Testul cu întrebări și patru variante de răspuns.” Află de la Victoria Gornet cum se desfășoară examenele la Facultatea de Economie și Business a KU Leuven din Belgia
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-21 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +3 min

Din aceeași categorie fac parte și contabilitatea și germana, așa cum profesorii preferă testarea cunoștințelor studenților prin intermediul unor serii de exerciții. Cea mai populară metodă, preferată de către profesori, este testul cu întrebări și patru variante de răspunsChiar dacă pare ușor, este examenul care necesită cea mai bună pregătire. Mai sunt testele care combină întrebări cu variante de răspuns pentru partea teoretică și exerciții pentru partea practică. Obiectele precum «instituțiile financiare și piețele», dar și «personal și organizare» fac parte din această categorie. După fiecare examen, de obicei, avem o săptămână sau două libere pentru a ne odihni și pentru a ne pregăti de următorul examen.”Autoare: Victoria Gornet

Persons: Victoria Organizations: Business, KU Locations: KU Leuven, Belgia Victoria Gornet, Belgia

☆ Universitatea #diez. Care sunt beneficiile prieteniilor multiculturale și cum contribuie o universitate din Bruxelles la crearea lor ne povestește Victoria Gornet
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-11 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +3 min

„Pe lângă însușirea materiilor predate în cadrul orelor de curs, universitatea include și interacțiunea cu o mulțime de studenți din diferite țări și de diferite naționalități. Am avut o săptămână de bun venit care s-a desfășurat cu șapte zile înainte de începerea orelor de curs. Prima activitate din cadrul ei a fost o excursie prin orășelul studențesc Leuven, unde și se află campusul principal al universității. În acest mod, am aflat mai multe despre istoria lui și am vizitat mai multe atracții turistice pe care le include. După cum ați înțeles deja, facultatea de economie din cadrul campusului Bruxelles este locul unde fiecare își poate găsi aproapele.”Autoare: Victoria Gornet

Persons: Victoria Organizations: Business, KU, Bruxelles Locations: Bruxelles, Victoria Gornet Victoria Gornet, KU Leuven, Belgia, universitatea, Leuven

☆ Universitatea #diez. „Anul întâi este greu doar pentru cei ce nu învață.” Află de la Victoria Gornet care sunt metodele de predare la Facultatea de Economie și Business a KU Leuven din Belgia.
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-03 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +5 min

„Anul întâi este greu doar pentru cei ce nu învață.” Află de la Victoria Gornet care sunt metodele de predare la Facultatea de Economie și Business a KU Leuven din Belgia. Pentru cei ce nu au iubit matematica încă din școală, acest semestru a fost un adevărat coșmar. În schimb, eu am avut o deosebită plăcere sa fiu prezentă la fiecare oră de clasă. Diferența între aceste două grupe era doar în numărul de ore pe care un student îl petrecea în clasele de matematică. Așa cum ați înțeles deja, a fost unul dintre obiectele mele preferate, pentru că metodele de predare au fost la nivel.

Persons: Victoria Organizations: Business, KU, Fast Locations: KU Leuven, Belgia, Victoria, Bruxelles

☆ Universitatea #diez. Cunoaște cele șapte studente care ne vor povesti despre studiile lor peste hotare. Călătorim virtual în mai multe orașe europene
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-17 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +21 min

De aici vine importanța studierii cu atenție a specialității alese, a condițiilor de admitere și a corespunderii profilului personal cu facultatea. În plus, orașul se află la frontieră cu Belgia și e în apropierea unor orașe importante precum Paris, Bruxelles, Londra, Amsterdam. Pe lângă facultate, a făcut și voluntariat, astfel a „început să cocheteze” mult cu marketingul. Trăind într-un studio în apropierea cartierului european, a fost încă un plus pentru începutul unei noi etape în viața mea. Dar faptul de a cunoaște și limba franceză (una dintre cele doua limbi de stat) a fost o mare ușurare pentru a comunica.

Persons: Ne, Laura Guțu, Laura, Gheorghe Asachi, Le, Cristina, Universității Corvinus, Tatiana Barbova, Tatiana, Plus, Mădălina, Caroline Dascal, Austria . Caroline, Caroline, Iaconi, Victor Babeș, Victoria Organizations: University School of Management, Alianței Franceze, Socială, Universității, Comunicării, Erasmus, Microsoft, Universitatea, Universitatea de, Universitatea din, Business, Universitatea Management Center, KU, Medicină, Universitatea de Medicină, West Summer University, Medicină Generală Locations: IAE Lille, Franța, ASEM, Lyon, Strasbourg, Lille, Belgia, Paris, Bruxelles, Londra, Amsterdam, Budapesta, Moldova, Suedia, ungar, Ungaria, universitatea, BME, Germania, Neuroștiințe, Maastricht, Universitatea din Maastricht, Europa, olandez, Universitatea Management Center Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, Chișinău, Danemarca, MCI, Brücke, Victoria, KU Leuven, America, Timișoara

☆ FOTO: Iată cine este primul cetățean moldovean care a aplicat ștampila „VOTAT”
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-13 | by ( Redacția Regional | Pentru Că Știrile Contează | ) regional.md time to read: 1 min

Astăzi la ora locală 07:00 a fost deschisă secția de votare a Biroului Electoral nr. 1/390 cu sediul la Ambasada Republicii Moldova în Japonia (adresa: 72, Enoki-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokio, Japonia), informează CURENTUL. Primul cetățean al Republicii Moldova care și-a exercitat dreptul de vot a fost Viorica Lozov, interpretă de jazz stabilită cu traiul permanent în Japonia. „Invităm membrii comunității cetățenilor Republicii Moldova stabiliți în Japonia să participe la votare. Secția la sediul ambasadei urmează să activeze până la ora 21:00″ – menționează reprezentanții Ambasadei.

Persons: Viorica Organizations: ambasadei Locations: Republicii Moldova, Japonia, cho, Tokio

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