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☆ U.N. Approves Sanctions Against Haitian Gang Leader
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( José De Córdoba | Ingrid Arnesen | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Gang leader Jimmy Cherizier’s gunmen have blocked entry to the Haiti’s main port in Port-au-Prince, stopping most fuel, food and medicine from reaching the country. The United Nations unanimously approved sanctions Friday against Haiti’s most powerful gang boss who is blocking fuel and aid to the impoverished country for a sixth week as it struggles with a cholera outbreak and increasing hunger. The U.N. resolution calls for member nations to freeze gang leader Jimmy Cherizier’s assets and ban him from their countries.

☆ Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock faces off against Republican Herschel Walker in Georgia's explosive US Senate race
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Democrat Raphael Warnock is running against Republican Herschel Walker in Georgia's US Senate race. Warnock was first elected to the Senate in a 2021 runoff election alongside Democrat Jon Ossoff. Georgia Senate candidatesWarnock, the senior pastor at the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, was elected to the Senate alongside fellow Democrat Jon Ossoff. Donald Trump and Herschel Walker have been friends for decades, dating back to Walker's days as a professional football player. Walker has raised $31.6 million, spent $24.3 million, and has nearly $7.4 million left to spend, as of September 30.

☆ U.N. Considers Sanctions, International Mission to Restore Security in Haiti
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( José De Córdoba | Ingrid Arnesen | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The United Nations is expected to vote this week on sanctions against a powerful gang leader in Haiti who has blocked supplies of food, fuel and drinking water as the impoverished Caribbean country struggles with a cholera outbreak. The sanctions resolution, drafted by the U.S. and Mexico, would target gang leader Jimmy Cherizier —known as Barbecue—and others, and would aim to clamp down on illicit arms sales to Haiti. Ambassador to the U.N., Linda Thomas-Greenfield , had called Monday for a non-U.N. mission led by a yet-to-be-named country.

☆ Benjamin Civiletti, Post-Watergate Attorney General, Dies at 87
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Sadie Gurman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

WASHINGTON— Benjamin Civiletti , the last attorney general in the Carter administration who capped a series of internal Justice Department reforms that aimed to address Watergate-era presidential abuses of power, died Sunday of Parkinson’s at his home in Lutherville, Md. He was 87 years old. A trial lawyer and former federal prosecutor in Baltimore, Mr. Civiletti joined the Justice Department in 1977 as head of its criminal division. He was named deputy attorney general the following year, and President Jimmy Carter chose him to replace Attorney General Griffin Bell in July 1979.

☆ Biden approval stuck at 40%, a dark sign for Democrats in midterms -Reuters/Ipsos
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Jason Lange | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The two-day national poll found that 40% of Americans approve of Biden's job performance, unchanged from a week earlier. Even controlling just the House, Republicans would be able to bring Biden's legislative agenda to a halt. On Tuesday, he said he will sign a law to codify abortion rights in January if Democrats control the legislature next year. About one in three respondents in this week's Reuters/Ipsos poll pointed to the economy as the biggest problem facing America. The latest Reuters/Ipsos poll, conducted online in English throughout the United States, gathered responses from 1,002 adults, including 446 Democrats and 353 Republicans.

☆ James Corden is welcome to return to New York restaurant
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Marianne Garvey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —James Corden has “apologized profusely” after a New York City restaurant owner called him out for allegedly being a tough customer. The talk host can once again visit the famed Balthazar restaurant after owner Keith McNally said he received a gracious phone call from Corden. “James Corden just called me and apologized profusely,” McNally wrote on Instagram Monday. Earlier Monday, McNally has shared a post on Instagram to write that he had “86’d” Corden from his restaurant for being “the most abusive customer to my Balthazar servers since the restaurant opened 25 years ago.”“I don’t often 86 a customer, [but] today I 86’d Corden. “All is forgiven” McNally later wrote, “So Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Corden, Jimmy Corden.”

☆ U.N. Security Council considers Haiti sanctions, targeting gang leader 'Barbecue'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Michelle Nichols | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

"Cherizier and his G9 gang confederation are actively blocking the free movement of fuel from the Varreux fuel terminal," the text says. Health experts say the gang blockade is making it more difficult to control the outbreak, which was announced this month. The 15-member Security Council could vote as early as Monday on the draft sanctions resolution, diplomats said. China has been pushing for the Security Council to impose an arms embargo on criminal gangs in Haiti. U.N. peacekeepers were deployed to Haiti in 2004 after a rebellion led to the ouster and exile of then-President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

☆ Best Buy, Lyft, and Adobe are hiring more execs from marginalized backgrounds thanks in part to this woman
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Marguerite Ward | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

To date, nearly 600 companies including Ralph Lauren, Lyft, Best Buy, Adobe, Oracle, and Cisco have signed on. Josh James, the CEO of cloud-software company Domo, is a cofounder of Parity.org and a signatory of Parity.org's gender pledge in 2017 and its race pledge in 2020. Signing the Parity.org gender and race pledges does not hold CEOs accountable to a specific goal or target date. "Imposing a one-size-fits-all deadline or quota would just lead to failure on the part of many companies," Stickney said. Now, the nonprofit is expanding to conduct pay-equity analyses based on race, gender, and age.

WASHINGTON, Oct 6 (Reuters) - A production cut by the OPEC+ oil cartel is reigniting U.S. voters' No. The move late in the campaign season unsettled a growing consensus that Biden's Democrats could stem their losses in the U.S. House of Representatives -- though they are still expected to lose their narrow majority. Republicans have hammered Democrats all year over inflation, which has reached four-decade highs as gasoline prices surged with Russia's March invasion of Ukraine. Moscow is also a member of OPEC+ and played a role in the cartel's decision this week to cut output. Forecasters do not expect gasoline prices to surge back to summertime highs.

☆ Companies cautious on holiday hiring plans in face of growing recession fears
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN Business —Employers seem poised to pull back on the normal rush of seasonal hiring, which experts say is another warning bell for a possible recession. Those are the primary drivers of the seasonal hiring surge. It has not announced a seasonal hiring target yet for this year“We continue to hire for operational positions needed in certain locations,” said spokesperson Caroline Moses Little. Some companies are keeping seasonal hiring plans about the same. Overall, it’s a much more cautious environment in bringing on seasonal workers said ZipRecruiter’s Pollack.

☆ 'Hostages' review: An HBO docuseries covers the Iran Hostage Crisis from all angles, including then to now
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Review Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —“Hostages” tells several major stories in one, from the history of US intervention in the Middle East to the Iranian hostage crisis’ impact on presidential politics to that period’s influence on media, launching “Nightline” as a byproduct. The result is a highly resonant trip down bad-memory lane, highlighting how those ripples remain evident 40-plus years later. “History will say that we made Reagan president of the United States,” says Ebrahim Asgharzadeh, one of the student leaders. “Hostages” airs September 28 and 29 at 9 p.m. ET on HBO, which, like CNN, is a unit of Warner Bros.

☆ There's overwhelming support for an age limit on the president and Congress. Here's why that won't happen anytime soon.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Bryan Metzger | Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +21 min

Some have proposed age limits for elected officials amid concerns about America's gerontocracy. The history of the contemporary movement for term limits largely dates back to the early 1990s, when dozens of states enacted term limits not just for their own legislatures but for their federal representatives in Washington. "Put it this way: I'm a little more interested in term limits than age limits," Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland told Insider. "There's a logic to term limits, because the principle of democracy is taking turns," Raskin, 59, said. "If there were to be term limits, the legislature certainly should have more terms than the executive," he offered.

The Democratic-led Senate confirmed four new circuit court judges in the last two weeks, most recently U.S. District Judge Florence Pan to the powerful U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. By contrast, Trump had installed 69 judges at this point in his tenure. The most recent two-term presidents, Barack Obama and George W. Bush, each secured 325 Senate-confirmed judges for district courts, circuit courts and the Supreme Court over eight years. McConnell's allies say a GOP-run Senate would force Biden to pick judges who are acceptable to conservatives in order to get floor votes. Republicans ended the tradition for circuit judges in the Trump era and some liberals want to end it for district judges so that GOP senators in red states cannot block Biden’s nominees for vacancies.

☆ I won't become a tennis ghost, says Federer, ahead of final bow
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Martyn Herman | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"I just wanted to let the fans know I won't be a ghost. It's funny, I spoke about Bjorn Borg, he didn't return to Wimbledon for 25 years and that hurts every fan," Federer said of the 11-time major winner who quit tennis aged 26. Having not played competitively since losing in the quarter-finals of Wimbledon last year, Federer will make his final bow with a doubles match, possibly alongside great rival Rafa Nadal. Having Bjorn Borg on the bench with me when I walk out is going to be something that is beyond cool and I felt that was something really nice. He claimed 103 career titles, second only to Jimmy Connors, and spent a record 237 consecutive weeks as world number one from 2004 to 2008.

☆ Ralph Lauren Has an Ambitious New Look
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Jinjoo Lee | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Ralph Lauren started out as a tie business 55 years ago before it eventually became known for its iconic polo shirt. The brand now wants to keep the spirit of that expansion going, setting its sights on women’s apparel and less penetrated cities such as Atlanta and Houston. At an investor day on Monday, Ralph Lauren set out a target to grow revenue at a compound annual growth rate in the mid- to high-single-digit percentage range over the next three years, a clear upgrade from its 0.15% CAGR over the past four years. It also expects adjusted operating margins to reach 15% in fiscal year 2025, taking that number closer to American luxury brand peers Capri Holdings , which owns Michael Kors and Jimmy Choo, and Coach-owner Tapestry . That margin target doesn’t seem like such a stretch given that it already expects adjusted operating margins to reach 14% to 14.5% in the current fiscal year, an impressive upgrade from a 5.6% margin four years ago.

☆ Explainer: What is driving tensions ahead of Brazil's presidential election?
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Anthony Boadle | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro gestures during a military parade to celebrate the bicentennial independence of Brazil, in Brasilia, Brazil September 7, 2022. ELECTRONIC VOTINGBrazil adopted electronic voting machines in 1996 to end widespread fraud involving paper ballots. THIN PAPER TRAILStill, some election experts say the lack of a paper record for each vote does limit opportunities to conduct audits if the election is contested. Voters punch their choices into electronic voting machines at 477,000 voting stations across Brazil. Last year, Congress voted down Bolsonaro's proposal to reintroduce a paper record for each vote cast.

The sixth and final season of "Better Call Saul" concluded on August 15. You can stream the last half of the final season on AMC Plus, and catch up on older seasons with a Netflix subscription. How to watch 'Better Call Saul' season 6You can watch the final six episodes of "Better Call Saul" season six with a subscription to the AMC Plus streaming service. Keep in mind, however, that "Better Call Saul" episodes only remain available on AMC Plus for a limited time. The show has received 46 Emmy nominations over its run, including seven for its sixth and final season.

☆ Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Reflect on 75 Years of Marriage
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-04 | by ( Rick Rojas | More About Rick Rojas | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

PLAINS, Ga. — Jimmy Carter, a midshipman in the U.S. Naval Academy, wanted to marry Rosalynn Smith, a girl he met on the day she was born and knew mostly as his sister Ruth’s best friend until they went on a double date, riding to the movies together squeezed in the rumble seat of an old Ford. Of course, he persisted. And on a recent morning, the pair of them — the former president and first lady, now known as Mrs. Carter — were still side by side, his hand resting on top of hers, explaining that the rejection had merely been a hiccup before a marriage that is about to reach its 75th anniversary. “After a while, I changed my mind,” said Mrs. Carter, 93, noting that she hesitated because of a request by her father on his death bed that she finish college.

Persons: Jimmy Carter, Rosalynn Smith, Carter —, ”, Carter Organizations: U.S . Naval Academy, Ford Locations: Ga

☆ Donald Trump ar putea primi, ca fost președinte, pensie și beneficii de peste 1 milion de dolari pe an
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-21 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +3 min

Donald Trump ar putea primi, ca fost președinte, pensie și beneficii de peste 1 milion de dolari pe anÎncepând de astăzi, Donald Trump are dreptul la o pensie anuală de 221.400 de dolari și beneficii care pot ajunge la un milion de dolari pe an, relatează CNN. Probabil că ar fi nevoie de un al doilea vot pentru ca Trump să-și piardă dreptul la pensie și beneficii, spune Michael Gerhardt, profesor de drept la Universitatea din Carolina de Nord. Dar alți experți se întreabă dacă chiar și un al doilea vot ar putea să-l facă neeligibil pentru pensie și celelalte avantaje. Celelalte beneficii pe care le va primi Trump, pe lângă pensie, pot fi substanțiale - indemnizațiile de călătorie, spațiul penru birou și salariul personalului pot depăși 1 milion de dolari anual pentru un fost președinte. Un beneficiu la care Trump nu are dreptul, dar pe care îl primesc alți foști președinți este asigurarea de sănătate.

Persons: Donald Trump, CNN ., Trump, Michael Gerhardt, Demian Brady, Brady, Bill Clinton, George W . Bush, Barack Obama, Jimmy Carter, Carter, Totuși, Harry Truman Organizations: CNN, Universitatea din, Fundației Naționale, Fundația Națională, Trump, Casei Locations: Universitatea din Carolina de Nord

☆ Joe Biden va lansa un apel la unitate, alături de trei foşti preşedinţi ai SUA, imediat după depunerea jurământului
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-11 | by ( Milena Onisim | ) www.zdg.md time to read: +1 min

Joe Biden și foștii președinți ai SUA, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton şi George W. Bush, vor lansa un apel la unitate pe 20 ianuarie, la scurt timp după ce Biden va depune jurământul, relatează Digi 24, citând AFP. „America unită” va fi tema învestirii celui de al 46-lea preşedinte, a anunţat luni comitetul de organizare a ceremoniei, la câteva zile după violenţele de la Capitoliu care au şocat profund ţara, notează AFP. După ce va fi învestit, Joe Biden se va deplasa la cimitirul naţional Arlington împreună cu foştii preşedinţi Obama, Bush şi Clinton pentru a depune o coroană de flori la monumentul soldatului necunoscut. Preşedintele la final de mandat Donald Trump a anunţat că nu va participa la ceremonia de învestire a succesorului său. Absenţa sa pe 20 ianuarie „este un lucru bun”, a declarat Joe Biden.

Persons: Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, George W . Bush, Biden, Muriel, Donald Trump, foştii, Obama, Bush, Clinton, Jimmy Carter Locations: SUA, Capitoliu, Washington, Arlington

☆ Could Trump mass-pardon his supporters who rioted at the Capitol? Constitutional-law experts weigh in.
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-11 | by ( Dave Levinthal | Kayla Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

The January 6th attack by a mob of his supporters on the Capitol raises the question of whether Trump could pardon them. Trump has the power to broadly pardon the rioters for federal crimes, even before they are charged, experts told Insider. He has repeatedly wielded them to help his political allies who have been charged or convicted of federal crimes. Trump supporters inside the Capitol after shattering doors and windows to get in. That's where Pelosi went with a question about Trump's pardon powers during a 60 Minutes interview broadcast on Sunday.

(foto, video) Ce filme trebuie să vizionezi dacă vrei să înțelegi cele mai populare meme-uri care circulă pe internetȘtim că ai văzut aceste imagini de multe ori, poate un prieten a făcut o glumă utilizând una dintre ele într-un anumit context. Noi am selectat câteva, cele mai cunoscute astfel de meme-uri și îți spunem din ce filme sunt, în caz că nu le-ai privit deja. A început de jos și a avut o ascensiune fulgerătoare, iar lăcomia corporatistă, succesul în exces și puterea dobândită l-au transformat din broker onest în infractor implicat în scandaluri de corupție, înșelăciune și crimă. De aceea, se gândește la un plan infailibil și își forțează ciudații vecini să intre în joc. Aventura începe cu Frăția inelului, care prezintă publicului spectator minunata lume a Pământului de Mijloc și pe locuitorii săi memorabili: oameni, hobbiți, elfi, pitici, vrăjitori, troli și orci.

Persons: Jordan Belfort, Django, Jamie Foxx, King Schultz, Christoph Waltz, Brittle, Schultz, Rick Dalton, Leonardo DiCaprio, Cliff Booth, Brad Pitt, Sharon Tate, Margot Robbie, Dalton, Charles Mason, Baz Luhrmann, F . Scott Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald, Gatsby, David, Rose, Jennifer Aniston, Casey, Emma Roberts, Kenny, Will, Buster, Coen, Iron Man, Captain, Thor, Nick, Samuel L . Jackson, Loki, Tony Stark, ROBERT DOWNEY Jr, Stark Industries, Tony, Frodo, Sauron, Henry Hill, Ray, Jimmy Conway, Robert de Niro, Tommy, Vito, Joe Pesci, Henry, Neo, Keanu Reeves, Morpheus, Laurence Fishburne, Teddy Daniels, Chuck, Peter Pan, Finding, Jack Bruno, Dwayne Johnson, Jack, Woody, Andy, Buzz, Willy Wonka, Charlie, Arthur Slugworth, Bill, Alex Winter, Ted, Socrate, Napoleon, Sigmund Freud, Abraham Lincoln, John Hammond, Jeff, Walter, Peter, El Organizations: Marvel, Iron, Black, US, Jurassic Park Locations: Statelor Unite, Hollywood, Mexic, Vest, Captain America, Hawkeye, Mordor, Nevada, Mountain

☆ În jurul lumii, la 80 de ani. Navigatorul român Jimmy Cornell va parcurge 60 000 de kilometri
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-22 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Jimmy Cornell singurul navigator român din Cartea Recordurilor, porneşte într-o nouă aventură pe mare. Navigatorului român va începe aventura, săptămâna viitoare, din portul oraşului spaniol Sevilla. ", a spus navigatorul, Jimmy Cornell. Abia la 29 de ani a ieşit în larg prima oară împreună cu soţia sa de origine britanică şi cei doi copii. Cornell a scris 16 cărți despre yachting şi a navigat peste 300 de mii de kilometri, care includ cinci călătorii în jurul globului.

Persons: Jimmy Cornell, Ferdinand Magellan, Juan Sebastian Elcano, Jimmy, Dragoș Cișmașu Organizations: Jimmy Cornell, Cornell, BBC Locations: spaniol Sevilla, Jimmy Cornell, Braşov, România, Londra, britanică, Antarctica, Patagonia, Alaska, Groenlanda, Canada, Insulele

☆ (video) De ziua maestrului. Zece filme ale lui Martin Scorsese care merită revăzute
▼ + stars: | 2019-11-18 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +6 min

Zece filme ale lui Martin Scorsese care merită revăzutePe 17 noiembrie, Martin Charles Scorsese a împlinit 77 de ani. Scorsese este un regizor de film, scriitor și producător de film american, fondator al World Cinema Foundation. Chiar și așa, echipa #diez îți recomandă 10 filme ale regizorului care trebuiesc văzute sau revăzute. #Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore3 nominalizări și un premiu Oscar 19752 nominalizări Globul de Aur 1975o nominalizare la Festivalul Internațional de Film de la Cannes6 nominalizări și 4 premii BAFTA 1975„Este filmul care îi aduce consacrarea lui Martin Scorsese. # Silenceo nominalizare Oscar 2017„Silence” este povestea a doi misionari portughezi care pornesc într-o călătorie periculoasă în Japonia secolului al XVII-lea în căutarea mentorului lor dispărut şi pentru a răspândi creştinismul.

Persons: Martin Scorsese, Martin Charles Scorsese, Scorsese, Oscar, Palme, Travis Bickle, Michael Henry, Alice Doesn’t, Alice, Claude Beylie, Cannes Rupert Pupkin, Jerry, Nikos Kazantzakis, Willem Dafoe, Iisus, Isus, Henry Hill, Jimmy Conway, Tommy, Vito ., Henry, Nicky Santoro, Ace, Ginger McKenna, Howard Hughes, Katharine Hebburn, Ava Gardner, Hughes, Juan Trippe, Noah Dietrich, Owen Brewster, Billy Costigan, Queenan, Costigan, Frank Costello Organizations: World Cinema Foundation, BAFTA, Pan American Locations: american, Cannes, Vietnam, New York, Veneția, Hollywood, Japonia, credinţă

☆ At the age of 95, Jimmy Carter says he's 'completely at ease with death'
▼ + stars: | 2019-11-04 | by ( Ashley Collman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Former President Jimmy Carter said at a church service on Sunday that he is "absolutely and completely at ease with death." Carter, 95, was diagnosed with cancer in 2015, and said he figured he was "going to die very quickly." And I found that I was absolutely and completely at ease with death. Except I was going to miss my family, and miss the work at the Carter Center, and miss teaching your Sunday school service sometimes and so forth. Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter are pictured attending the funeral of former President George H.W.

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