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☆ Saudi crown prince meets with Turkish officials- SPA
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterSaudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman looks on during a signing ceremony at the Maximos Mansion, in Athens, Greece, July 26, 2022. REUTERS/Louiza VradiSept 24 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met with Turkey's Finance Minister Nureddin Nebati and Ibrahim Kalin, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's spokesman and chief foreign policy adviser, in Jeddah on Saturday, Saudi state news agency SPA reported. Turkey is hoping for a currency swap deal with Saudi Arabia, after it established one with the United Arab Emirates earlier this year. read moreRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Nayera Abdallah Editing by Peter GraffOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ GSK poaches Burberry CFO Julie Brown to create all-female top team - Sky News
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterGSK (GlaxoSmithKline) logo is seen in this illustration, August 10, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/IllustrationSept 24 (Reuters) - British drugmaker GSK plc has poached Burberry Group's (BRBY.L) finance chief to create a rare all-female executive leadership team, Sky News reported on Saturday. GSK could announce as soon as Monday morning that it has recruited Julie Brown to replace Iain Mackay, who has served as its chief financial officer since 2019, the report added. On Friday, Burberry announced that its finance chief Julie Brown will step down in April 2023 after more than five years in the role. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Jaiveer Singh Shekhawat in Bengaluru Editing by Peter GraffOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Egypt to apply to host 2036 Olympic Games
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterA view of the city skyline and River Nile from Cairo tower building in the capital of Cairo, Egypt December 5, 2019. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah DalshCAIRO, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Egypt will apply to host the Summer Olympic Games in 2036, the Egyptian youth and sports minister said in a statement on Saturday, a bid that if successful would make it the first Arab or African nation to host the event. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi gave the green light to apply, Minister Ashraf Sobhi added during a reception for International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach in Cairo. The summer Olympics will be held in Paris in 2024, followed by Los Angeles in 2028 and Brisbane, Australia in 2032. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting By Osama Khairy and Moaz Abd-Alaziz Editing by Peter GraffOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Iran will make 'proportional' response to Ukraine reducing ties
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A national Iranian flag waves in the wind over a building of the Iranian embassy, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine September 24, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn OgirenkoRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterSept 24 (Reuters) - Iran is planning "proportional action" in response to Ukraine's decision to downgrade diplomatic ties over the reported supply of Iranian drones to Russia, the Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson said on Saturday. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterKanaani said Ukraine's decision was "based on unconfirmed reports and resulted from a media hype by foreign parties". Iran has previously denied supplying drones to Russia, but the hardline daily Kayhan said on Saturday "hundreds of armed drones" have been sold. These included - for the first time in Ukraine - a Mohajer-6, a larger Iranian drone, the southern military command said.

☆ Complaints about Russia's chaotic mobilization grow
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( Kevin Liffey | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register"It has been announced that privates can be recruited up to the age of 35. Reports have surfaced across Russia of men with no military experience or past draft age suddenly receiving call-up papers. "Some (recruiters) hand over the call-up papers at 2 a.m., as if they think we're all draft dodgers," he said. There has been a particular outcry among ethnic minorities in remote, economically deprived areas in Siberia, where Russia's professional armed forces have long recruited disproportionately. The interior ministry of the Russian region of North Ossetia advised people not to try to leave the country for Georgia at the Verkhny Lars frontier post, where it said 2,300 cars were waiting to cross.

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☆ Russian-backed separatists in Donetsk to hold vote on joining Russia on Sept. 23-27
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A firefighter extinguishes a vehicle that caught fire during recent shelling in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Donetsk, Ukraine September 17, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander ErmochenkoSept 20 (Reuters) - Russian-installed separatists in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk regionsaid on Tuesday they will stage a referendum on Sept 23-27 on joining Russia, and called on President Vladimir Putin to admit their territory to Russia as soon as possible after the vote. The separatist Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) also said on Tuesday it intends to hold a referendum on joining Russia on the same dates, and Russian-installed officials in occupied parts of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia provinces have made similar calls. read moreRussia recognised Luhansk and Donetsk as independent countries at the start of its invasion in February, and now says securing their territory is the main purpose of its "special military operation". Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Reuters; Editing by Jon Boyle and Peter GraffOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Taliban replaces Afghan acting education minister in reshuffle
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Ali KharaKABUL, Sept 20 (Reuters) - The Taliban's supreme leader issued an order on Tuesday announcing a reshuffle of several national and provincial positions, including replacing the acting education minister. Acting education minister Noorullah Munir would be replaced in the role by the head of Kandahar's provincial council, Maulvi Habibullah Agha. Afghanistan's education system has been in the spotlight since the Taliban took over the country just over a year ago. The group had largely banned education of girls when last in power two decades ago but had said its policies had changed. Taliban and diplomatic sources told Reuters that last week several ministers had gathered in Kandahar for a cabinet meeting led by the supreme leader.

Ukrainian troops "have pushed across the Oskil. Ukrainian forces swept through the Kharkiv region this month after bursting through the front line, sending thousands of Russian troops fleeing and abandoning their tanks and ammunition. ALARM OVER NUCLEAR PLANTUkraine accused Russian forces on Monday of shelling near the Pivdennoukrainsk nuclear power plant in Ukraine's southern Mykolaiv region. "The invaders wanted to shoot again, but they forgot what a nuclear power plant is," Zelenskiy said in a social media post. 1/17 Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks during an interview with Reuters, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine September 16, 2022.

☆ U.S. carries out missile test delayed over Chinese drills
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-16 | by ( Idrees Ali | Thomson Reuters | National Security Correspondent Focusing On The Pentagon In Washington D.C. Reports On U.S. Military Activity | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The test suggests that Washington is less worried about the situation escalating around Taiwan in the short-term at least. An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test at 2:10 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, U.S., August 2, 2017. The U.S. military also canceled a test of its Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile in April. The nuclear-capable Minuteman III, made by Boeing Co. (BA.N), is key to the U.S. military's strategic arsenal. Russian President Vladimir Putin said in February that his nation's nuclear forces should be put on high alert, raising fears that Russia's invasion of Ukraine could lead to nuclear war.

☆ «Был(а) давно»: почему состоятельные граждане не хотят больше быть онлайн
▼ + stars: | 2020-06-15 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md time to read: +9 min

SPA-отель без Wi-Fi, раскладушки вместо смартфонов — парадокс, но в цифровую эпоху стало престижным игнорировать онлайн. Заказав голубой электрокэб, клиенты могут быть уверены, что он полностью продезинфицирован, а внутри их ждут маски и перчатки. Для сегмента luxury личное взаимодействие покупателя с брендом в мире победившего онлайна действительно становится ключевым предложением. Так, исторический бутик Cartier на Бонд-стрит в 2019 году превратился в настоящую резиденцию — второй этаж заняли апартаменты, предназначенные для встреч, паблик-токов, вечеринок и выставок. Те продавцы, которые сумели выстроить со своим пулом клиентов крепкие эмоциональные связи, оказались способными совершать сделки даже в сложных карантинных условиях».

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Sezonul de toamnă: 11 cele mai exemplare întrebări de la etapa a III-a de Ce? Misiunea acestuia a fost una de succes, iar vestea bună a fost preluată și răspândită de presă. În 1794, Ducesa de Alba a venit în grabă la Francisco de Goya și i-a cerut să-i picteze fața, ceea ce el a făcut imediat. Rezultatul însă nu a fost inclus în expoziția lucrărilor lui din Galeria Națională din Londra numită „Goya: portretele”. Răspuns: Pentru ca literalmente i-a pictat fața – i-a făcut make-up, ceea ce pictorii făceau destul de des pe atunci.

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