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☆ Why Ukraine’s generals may have rolled the dice on an incursion into Russia
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-08 | by ( Nick Paton Walsh | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

On Tuesday, Kyiv took badly needed resources and fresh troops and launched them well inside Russia. Oleksandr Syrskyi, commander of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, is pictured on July 2, 2023 in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. That could mean fewer gliding bombs hitting Ukrainian frontline troops and fewer missiles terrorizing Ukraine’s urban communities. Russia may be invited to attend the next peace conference held by Ukraine and its allies. It is unclear if Ukraine’s move into Kursk is motivated by that, or a simple move to inflict damage where the enemy is weak.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Yuriy Mate, Volodymyr Zelensky, Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, Valentyn Ogirenko Organizations: CNN, Kyiv, Russian, Ukrainian Ground Forces, Getty, Trump, Ukrainian Air Forces Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Ukrainian, Pokrovsk, Sloviansk, Moscow, Russian, Europe, Soviet, Donetsk Oblast, Kyiv, Kursk

☆ Donald Trump, the Defendant
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Jess Bidgood | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

And all the while, he was, for all intents and purposes, stuck. As the first criminal trial of former President Donald Trump began on Monday with jury selection, he was something he has never wanted to be: a criminal defendant, glowering next to his lawyers, tethered to the rulings of a judge he has railed against and the pedestrian scheduling requirements of the court system. “This is an assault on America, nothing like this has ever happened before,” Trump said before he went into court on Monday morning, accusing his political rivals of orchestrating the trial but offering no evidence. Trump claimed the charges that he falsified records to cover up a sex scandal with the porn star Stormy Daniels amounted to political persecution. They are expected to tell the nation’s highest court, essentially, that Trump’s status as a president during the events in question means he cannot be tried as “Citizen Trump,” as a panel of appeals court judges ruled he could.

Persons: Donald Trump, glowering, ” Trump, Trump, Stormy Daniels, I’m, “ Citizen Trump Organizations: Trump, “ Citizen, ” Locations: America

☆ Stop Looking for Flaws in the Premier League Contenders
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-29 | by ( Rory Smith | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The commentators may mention it in passing, but their tone will indicate that the hyperbole is not to be punctured. And if Pep Guardiola and Mikel Arteta try to point it out before Manchester City faces Arsenal on Sunday, it will be viewed as gamesmanship, or deflection, or unapologetic sophistry. Still, it is true: The meeting between City and Arsenal will not provide the deciding, defining moment in the Premier League’s most compelling title race in a decade. It is a game of glowering significance and considerable heft, of course, a chance for one team to clear a towering, looming hurdle. There is a better than even chance that by the time the whistle is blown at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday night, neither of them will be top of the league.

Persons: Pep Guardiola, Mikel Arteta Organizations: Manchester City, Arsenal, Premier, Etihad Locations: City

☆ E. Jean Carroll judge bench-slaps Trump's attorney 14 times over basic lawyering in a single day of testimony
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Laura Italiano | Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

"I need a transcript to be able to work with this," Kaplan told Habba. "Elaine's is a very popular restaurant, isn't it," Habba asked Carroll, of the celebrity-packed Upper East Side bar where she'd been a regular. Habba asked. Habba asked Carroll. Habba asked Carroll.

Persons: —, Donald Trump, Jean Carroll's, Alina Habba, Carroll, Lewis Kaplan, Habba, tersely, Kaplan, it's, Mike Stobe, she'd, It's, I'm, Habba she'd, Trump, Roberta Kaplan, Jean Carroll, John Minchillo, we're, We're, we'll, Mary Altaffer, — Kaplan, Selcuk, CNN's Anderson Cooper, aren't, Kathy Griffin, Mary Trump, George Conway, Conway, Trump's, Ms, Kellyanne Conway Organizations: Service, Business, Trump, Trump National Golf Club, AP, White House, White, New York, Carroll, Getty Locations: Manhattan, Montana, Bedminster , New Jersey, New Jersey, Bedminster, Rodeo Queens, New York, earshot, Anadolu

☆ At NY trial, Eric and Donald Trump Jr say they were not aware of fraud
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Jack Queen | Companies Need To Integrate Climate Reporting Across Functions To Comply With California S New Law | Henry Engler | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

NEW YORK, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. both testified on Thursday that they had no involvement with documents that a judge has ruled were fraudulently manipulated to inflate the value of their father Donald Trump's business. Donald Jr. blamed accountants, both inside and outside the company. [1/2]Former U.S. President Donald Trump's son and co-defendant Donald Trump Jr. leaves after attending the Trump Organization civil fraud trial, in New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., November 2, 2023. James is seeking at least $250 million in damages, as well as a permanent ban on Trump, Donald Jr. and Eric from running businesses in the state. The trial is one of many legal troubles Trump must contend with as he campaigns to regain the presidency.

Persons: Eric Trump, Donald Trump Jr, Donald Trump's, Trump, Andrew Amer, Donald Jr, Judge Arthur Engoron, Michael Cohen, Brendan McDermid, Engoron, Letitia James, Hunt, Ivanka, Joe Biden, James, Eric, glowering, Jack Queen, Andy Sullivan, Scott Malone, Will Dunham, Lisa Shumaker, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Trump, U.S, Trump Organization, Court, REUTERS, New York, Republican, Democratic, Thomson Locations: New York, Springs, New York City, Manhattan, U.S, Washington

☆ At NY Trial, Eric and Donald Trump Jr Say They Were Not Aware of Fraud
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +4 min

By Jack QueenNEW YORK (Reuters) -Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. both testified on Thursday that they had no involvement with documents that a judge has ruled were fraudulently manipulated to inflate the value of their father Donald Trump's business. Trump put the two in charge of the business while he served as U.S. president from 2017 to 2021. Eric Trump said he was not even aware of the financial statements that were used to secure loans and insurance that allowed the company to keep functioning. James is seeking at least $250 million in damages, as well as a permanent ban on Trump, Donald Jr. and Eric from running businesses in the state. The trial is one of many legal troubles Trump must contend with as he campaigns to regain the presidency.

Persons: Jack Queen, Eric Trump, Donald Trump Jr, Donald Trump's, Trump, Andrew Amer, Donald Jr, Judge Arthur Engoron, Michael Cohen, Engoron, Letitia James, Hunt, Ivanka, Joe Biden, James, Eric, glowering, Andy Sullivan, Scott Malone, Will Dunham, Lisa Shumaker, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Jack Queen NEW, Trump, New York, Republican, Democratic Locations: New York, Springs, New York City, Manhattan, Washington

☆ Ron DeSantis’ Campaign of Contempt - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( Frank Bruni | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The version of most politicians that we need to worry about is the one that they don’t want us to see. That’s why campaign reporters dog them; they’re waiting for the veil to slip. But the version of Ron DeSantis that we need to worry about is the one that he proudly shows us. That’s one of the morals of a provocative anti-gay, anti-trans video that the DeSantis campaign shared late last week. But while his viciousness comes through precisely as planned, so does something unintended: an undercurrent of homoerotic kink.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, That’s, Donald Trump, coddling L.G.B.T.Q, DeSantis’s, Brad Pitt, Troy

☆ Italian photo master Barbieri's fashion works on exhibit in Milan
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( Federico Maccioni | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/11] A photo that portrays Czech-Italian model Eva Herzigova is seen at the exhibition "Unconventional”, a selection of unseen colour photographs by Italian fashion photographer Gian Paolo Barbieri, is seen in Milan, Italy, November 28, 2022. REUTERS/Flavio Lo ScalzoMILAN, Nov 28 (Reuters) - From exotic and colourful settings for Vogue Italia to model Eva Herzigova eating spaghetti, a new Milan exhibition looks at the previously undisplayed work of acclaimed Italian fashion photographer Gian Paolo Barbieri. Previously unseen works are also on display. Barbieri came to the fore of international fashion photography in the 1960s. "(Today) we see Gian Paolo in colours" and "it is beautiful to have such an artist still expressing his point of view today in Italy," added Italian Fashion Chamber President Carlo Capasa.

☆ The Ayahuasca Diaries
▼ + stars: | 2022-06-26 | by ( Mattathias Schwartz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +37 min

But please understand: I didn't drink ayahuasca so I could write an article about it. I wrote an article about it so I could drink ayahuasca. I was desperate to drink ayahuasca — I had been for several months, in fact — and the formality of an assignment would help me out at home. Instead, a friend of a friend linked me up with an ayahuasca sangha, a Buddhist word for a spiritual community. I thought of my old friend, Scott, who, many years before, had declined an opportunity to drink ayahuasca.

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