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☆ Khvicha Kvaratskhelia: Napoli’s Georgian sensation billed ‘Kvaradona’
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

But none have been more famous – or loved by Napoli fans – than Diego Maradona. “I have a video of Napoli fans chanting the names of the players before the game against Liverpool. “But Kvaratskhelia is shrugging defenders off the ball.”According to Badalashvili, the reciprocated love Kvaratskhelia and the Napoli fans have for one another is what jumps out to him most. His surname is already ‘Kvaradona.’ Napoli fans gave him the nickname ‘Kvaradona.’ And when I spoke with Napoli fans, they said when they see Kvara, they see Maradona.”Kvaratskhelia attempts a shot against Rangers in the Champions League. In the cities in Georgia, you will see very many people in shirts of Kvara: either Napoli shirts or Georgian national team.

☆ Virat Kohli appalled by invasion of privacy after hotel room filmed
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Reuters —India’s Virat Kohli said he was the victim of an “absolute invasion of privacy” after individuals entered his hotel room in Perth and posted video of his clothes and belongings on social media on Monday. The former India captain said he was appalled by the actions of the “fans” and called for his privacy to be respected. “But this video here is appalling and it’s made me feel very paranoid about my privacy. If I cannot have privacy in my own hotel room, then where can I really expect any personal space at all? “I’m not okay with this kind of fanaticism and absolute invasion of privacy.

☆ Michael Imperioli recalls the ‘Goodfellas’ scene that sent him to the hospital
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-30 | by ( Zoe Sottile | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Michael Imperioli sat down with CNN’s Chris Wallace to discuss the iconic actors he met working on the sets of “Goodfellas” and “The Sopranos” – and the scene that sent him to the emergency room. Imperioli, 56, got his big break after being cast in Martin Scorsese’s classic mob film “Goodfellas” at the age of 23. Working with Scorsese was a dream come true for the young actor, he said. “I like being under a lot of pressure, in terms of work.”He credits Scorsese with his comfort on set. They think I’m about to die,” he said.

☆ 'The White Lotus' season 2 review: Mike White's Emmy-winning HBO show checks in for another five-star experience
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Review Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —“The White Lotus” hasn’t lost any of its intoxicating allure, shifting its mix of rich-people problems and staff struggles to a new island (Sicily), with Jennifer Coolidge as the one holdover from the Emmy-winning original. It’s an impressive exercise in reloading by writer-director Mike White, who based on this encore should have plenty of frequent-flyer miles in his future if he chooses. Jennifer Coolidge returns in season 2 of 'The White Lotus.' When a character utters a line like, “Please don’t make me regret this,” in the environs of “The White Lotus,” it immediately feels like a warning that he eventually will. “The White Lotus” premieres October 30 at 9 p.m. on HBO, which, like CNN, is a unit of Warner Bros.

HONG KONG — Xi Jinping secured a historic third term as leader of China on Sunday, cementing his status as the country’s most powerful figure in decades and extending his authoritarian rule over the world’s second-largest economy. The Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping introduced the limit in 1982 to prevent a return to a Mao-style cult of personality. The Chinese leader reiterated the goal of peaceful “reunification,” without renouncing the possible use of force. “Xi still promises no specific timeline on unification.”But the Chinese leader did put greater emphasis on warning “external forces” to stay out of the Taiwan issue. A telecast of Chinese President Xi Jinping plays on a screen in Hong Kong on Monday.

☆ Diwali will be a holiday for NYC public schools starting next year
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Sakshi Venkatraman | Sakshi Venkatraman Is A Reporter For Nbc Asian America. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

New York City public schools will now observe the Diwali holiday, Mayor Eric Adams announced at a news conference Thursday. Diwali, also called the festival of lights, is typically celebrated by Hindus, Jains and Sikhs, and will be commemorated starting the next academic year. “For over two decades, South Asians and Indo-Caribbeans in New York have been fighting for the Diwali school holiday,” she said. “I stand on the shoulders of those advocates.”In making space for the holiday, Adams says he hopes non-South Asian students will start to learn about it too. “When we acknowledge Diwali, we are going to encourage children to learn about what is Diwali,” he said.

☆ Egypt’s Answer to a Rising Dollar Puts Everyday Items Out of Reach
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Chao Deng | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

CAIRO—When customers walk into Ahmed Ali’s pharmacy here, they often walk out without the medicine they need. He has run out of nearly a dozen prescription drugs for common ailments like high blood pressure and osteoporosis. “Every day I have to say that something isn’t available,” said Mr. Ali, 26, whose patients are flying to Turkey or the U.K. to get medicine, if they can afford the flight. Those who can’t turn to a growing black market for prescription drugs.

☆ Iranian news broadcast hacked after female students heckle president
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-09 | by ( Hyder Abbasi | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

Unrest on the streets of the Iranian capital Tehran on Saturday. Throughout the 15-second hack, a caption read “Join us and stand up!” along with text criticizing Khamenei for their deaths. Several state-run Iranian media outlets noted Sunday that similar hacks had taken place in the past. Police initially said Amini, an Iranian Kurd, died after falling ill and slipping into a coma. Elsewhere, a visit by Iran's president, Ebrahim Raisi, to a women's university in Tehran seemingly backfired after the students there began to heckle him.

☆ CVC’s burial business bets on lively market growth
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Jennifer Hughes | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

A pitch for a growing business in an under-penetrated market is different though. Growth will have been disrupted by the effect of pandemic lockdowns on the ability of Nirvana’s sales force to canvas for new business. That’s just above the rate cited by FWD for the Malaysian life insurance market and would be a more reasonable level. Bidders have entered a second round for the business, which specialises in selling pre-need premium products such as family plots in burial grounds. Nirvana Asia went public in Hong Kong in 2014.

☆ Nazi sympathizer and Jan. 6 rioter who claimed he didn't know Congress met at Capitol to be sentenced Thursday
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Ryan J. Reilly | Ryan J. Reilly Is A Justice Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

WASHINGTON — A Jan. 6 rioter who has dressed up as Adolf Hitler and held a security clearance is scheduled to be sentenced in federal court judge Thursday. “I know this sounds idiotic, but I’m from New Jersey,” Hale-Cusanelli told jurors when he said he didn't know Congress met at the Capitol. Hale-Cusanelli was convicted on all five counts he faced, including a felony charge of obstruction of an official proceeding. “Hale-Cusanelli is, at best, extremely tolerant of violence and death,” prosecutors said. U.S. District CourtThe government sentencing memo refers to Hale-Cusanelli’s adoptive aunt, Cynthia Hughes, who spoke at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania this month.

☆ China’s ‘Lipstick King’ returns to live-streaming show after mysterious three-month disappearance
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Laura He | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

On Tuesday night, Li Jiaqi reappeared on Alibaba’s Taobao Live, a live-streaming platform for the e-commerce giant. By the end of the two-hour show, 63 million viewers had watched his live-stream, higher than most of his previous shows. The 30-year-old livestreamer, also called Austin Li, was one of China’s biggest internet celebrities, with 64 million followers on Alibaba’s Taobao. Just before the abrupt ending, Li had shown his audience a multi-layered ice cream treat decorated with Oreos and wafers. In June, just two weeks after Li disappeared, Beijing intensified its crackdown on the the country’s booming livestreaming industry.

☆ India’s edtech startup flunks the growth class
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Children recite the preamble to the Constitution of India during an assembly at a school in Mumbai, India, January 27, 2020. REUTERS/Francis MascarenhasMUMBAI, Sept 16 (Reuters Breakingviews) - India’s most valuable startup is not growing much at all. It reveals the company’s top line shrunk 3% to $304 million while losses ballooned around 14 times to roughly $570 million. But the endless controversy around the Indian company is also ammunition for those calling for more regulation of the red hot-industry. (By Una Galani)Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterFollow @Breakingviews on Twitter(The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist.

☆ ECB offers flimsy shield against Spain’s bank levy
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Its mandate as regulator is to ensure the European banking system is stable, rather than dabble in local matters. That means lenders would have to successfully argue that their capital buffers are under threat by a mere 3 billion euro levy that will be spread out across the sector. Up until now, lenders like Santander have been at pains to convince investors that they have ample capital to withstand a downturn. (By Aimee Donnellan)Follow @Breakingviews on TwitterRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register(The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. They do not reflect the views of Reuters News, which, under the Trust Principles, is committed to integrity, independence, and freedom from bias.

☆ U.S. railways steer clear of crisis
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

TORONTO, Sept 15 (Reuters Breakingviews) - The narrowly averted shutdown of U.S. rail services should avoid widespread economic damage, at least for now. A rail shutdown could potentially be six or seven times as costly as the February shuttering of the Ambassador Bridge route connecting Windsor, Ontario and Detroit. Biden has plenty of competing priorities on his plate, including battling inflation and looming midterm Congressional elections read more . (By Sharon Lam)Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterFollow @Breakingviews on Twitter(The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. They do not reflect the views of Reuters News, which, under the Trust Principles, is committed to integrity, independence, and freedom from bias.

☆ Richard Li’s IPO delay has some credibility value
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

HONG KONG, Sept 14 (Reuters Breakingviews) - By a company’s fourth attempt to float, less hardy bosses might have given up. Not Hong Kong entrepreneur Richard Li, whose Asia-focused insurer FWD has refiled for an initial public offering in its home city some 15 months after it first dropped the Asian hub in favour of a tilt at New York. Plans in March for a Hong Kong offering were shelved amidst weak markets. Now it has updated that filing and says its measure of first-half operating profit has almost doubled since June last year. (By Jennifer Hughes)Follow @Breakingviews on TwitterRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register(The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist.

☆ New SoftBank fund risks deepening governance mess
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, Sept 14 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Who said SoftBank Group’s (9984.T) corporate governance couldn’t get any messier? The $62 billion conglomerate controlled by founder Masayoshi Son is considering opening a third version of its Vision Fund technology investment vehicle, per the Wall Street Journal. SoftBank shareholders, for their part, might prefer the company wring as much value as possible from Vision Fund 2 instead. The only good news for investors in the Japanese parent is that Vision Fund 3 would be investing, broadly speaking, at lower valuations than previous efforts, given the recent market slump. Divvying up the spoils between staff and shareholders looks messy, but it’s better than having no spoils at all.

☆ Ferrari’s SUV clears road to bold sales target
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane/File PhotoMILAN, Sept 14 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Ferrari’s (RACE.MI) long-awaited Purosangue SUV will propel the Italian sports carmaker towards its bold revenue target read more . Rival Lamborghini’s Urus SUV is already on sale. That implies car sales of perhaps 5.4 billion euros, after excluding sponsorship and other revenue. That’s 1.2 billion euros of revenue. He could make 5.5 billion euros in car revenue before even hiking price tags.

The Hong Kong billionaire is offering $240 million to buy out minority shareholders in Caymans-registered Lifestyle International (1212.HK), his department store chain. Several Hong Kong tycoons have fallen foul of the notorious tests, which the Cayman Islands will scrap at the end of this month. Hong Kong dropped the rule in 2014, but is home to just 8% of the city’s listed companies. Lifestyle is domiciled in the Cayman Islands, which at the end of August will drop a requirement for the so-called headcount test. Almost 60% of primary-listed Hong Kong companies are domiciled in the Caribbean tax haven.

☆ Vegemite and more: An A to Z of the top foods and drinks Australians love most
▼ + stars: | 2018-01-20 | by ( Brooke Chenoweth | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

“During the Second World War, Vegemite captured the Australian market. Marmite was unobtainable and the Australian Army supplied Vegemite to its troops,” says the museum in a post highlighting defining symbols of Australia. “In the 1950s and 60s, despite acquisition by the American company Kraft, Vegemite became a distinctively ‘Australian’ food. 🥳No round-up of Aussie foods would be complete without this ubiquitous salty brown spread, which turns 100 on October 25. For those living in countries where it’s not yet exported, Vegemite comes in massive 560 gram jars and travel-sized tubes.

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