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☆ Hundreds search for signs of relatives following Venezuela floods
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Mircely Guanipa | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Rescue personnel work to recover bodies of people swept away by devastating floods following heavy rain in Las Tejerias, Aragua state, Venezuela, October 11, 2022. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez ViloriaLAS TEJERIAS, Venezuela, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Hundreds of Venezuelans roamed the streets of Las Tejerias on Tuesday, digging and searching for missing relatives after devastating floods swept through the town over the weekend, leaving many wondering where they would now live. I was left with nothing," said Yolismar Marin, 22, while sitting in a school serving as a shelter for victims of floods that swept through Las Tejerias on Saturday night. Government officials who visited Las Tejerias, about 67 kilometers (41.6 miles) southwest from capital Caracas, promised to recover all the houses and businesses affected. On Tuesday housewife Jennifer Galindez, 46, buried her one-year-old granddaughter Estefania, who drowned after flood water swept into Galindez's home.

☆ European weapons manufacturers scramble to adapt to wartime demand
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Benoit Van Overstraeten | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the alliance has started dialogue with industry and allies on how to boost production and replenish weapons stocks. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterHe told a news conference that defence ministers would take decisions to increase stockpiles. Nicolas Chamussy, chief executive of French defence firm Nexter, said industry had to respond to a dramatic increase in EU demand for military equipment, while production capacities were designed for peace time. Last Friday European Union leaders agreed to give more financial and military aid to Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will ask the leaders of the G7 group of nations to urgently supply Ukraine with air defence weapons.

☆ With Russia lurking on NATO's southern flank, Italy is working on new jets and new carriers to keep an eye on things
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Benjamin Brimelow | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Protecting NATO's southern flankAn Italian soldier stands guard at NATO's Joint Force Command in Naples in March 2011. MARIO LAPORTA/AFP via Getty ImagesWhile often overshadowed by Europe's other major military powers, Italy is an important part of NATO's defense posture. Russian navy ship Veliky Ustyug at Russia's base in Tartus, Syria in September 2019. US Navy/MCS3 Crayton AgnewItaly's air force and navy both operate the F-35B, the short-takeoff-and-vertical-landing version of the F-35. Italian navy and air force F-35s have already operated together aboard Cavour.

☆ Feds plan to call Leonardo DiCaprio and former Trump White House chief of staff John Kelly at trial of Fugees rapper Pras Michel
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( C. Ryan Barber | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Pras Michel, a founding member of the Fugees hip-hop group, is standing trial in DC next month. He's accused of illegally lobbying Trump officials to resolve an inquiry into the 1MDB scandal. In a court filing Sunday, prosecutors revealed a witness list that includes DiCaprio and top Trump administration officials, including former White House chief of staff John Kelly and former national security advisor H.R. As part of the scheme, prosecutors said, Michel recruited about 20 so-called "straw donors" who made campaign contributions with Low's money. Michel is charged with violating both FARA and that other statute, known as 951, in his alleged lobbying schemes.

☆ Vishal Garg wants you to understand why he's still Better's CEO, even after getting ridiculed for brutally laying off 900 people via Zoom
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-03 | by ( Alex Nicoll | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

Vishal Garg, the CEO of Better, spoke out nine months after laying off hundreds of people over Zoom. "I would regularly tell my team that I think I'm the right founder for this company," Garg said. For his younger employees, Queens might be known as a hip borough with diverse populations and menus. But to Garg, Queens was something to be embarrassed by, leading him to pour even more energy into his work. Now at the helm of a slimmed-down Better, Garg is firmly looking forward to the future, SPAC or no SPAC.

☆ Factbox: Companies potentially affected by Italy's election
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

A woman walks at a polling station during the snap election in Rome, Italy September 25, 2022. read moreHere is a list of companies that could be affected by the outcome of the election. The change of government and calls by Meloni to revisit Italy's national recovery plan could threaten Italy's ability to meet the commitments to which European Union post-pandemic funds are tied. Brothers of Italy welcomed CDP's decision to wait for the election before filing its non-binding bid for TIM's network. read moreBrothers of Italy has called for the new government to be allowed to make a final decision on ITA.

☆ Don’t look up: Close encounters of the disaster movie kind
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( Gene Seymour | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

The latter movie, whose threat was, as with “Don’t Look Up,” a comet, was a more earnest, conscientiously assembled and far less flustered variation on this theme. By the way, I bet you’re wondering whether a feature-length “Chicken Little” movie was ever made. All I’ll say here is that it sounds a lot more interesting than the movie turned out to be. The title character in 2005's animated "Chicken Little" faces ridicule after warning that the sky is falling. But that doesn’t necessarily mean the movies will altogether abandon “Chicken Little” themes.

Indigenous Sonia Guajajara, head of the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB) organisation and candidate for federal deputy, takes part in an interview in Sao Paulo, Brazil, September 21, 2022. REUTERS/Amanda PerobelliSAO PAULO, Sept 22 (Reuters) - A record number of indigenous leaders, most of them women, are running for federal office in Brazil's election next month, in a backlash against the policies of President Jair Bolsonaro. "This election is crucial," said Sonia Guajajara, head of Brazil's main indigenous umbrella organization, the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB), who is running for Congress. "Today, it is the women who are taking up the fight and leading the struggle of indigenous people in Brazil." Four decades passed before the election of another indigenous representative in Congress – a woman, Joenia Wapichana, from the state of Roraima.

☆ Buy European, CEO of Airbus Helicopters urges military leaders
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Tim Hepher | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File PhotoMARIGNANE, France, Sept 22 (Reuters) - The head of Airbus Helicopters (AIR.PA) has urged Europe to back its domestic defence industry when launching major new military programmes, as a row simmers over U.S. arms imports. Airbus Helicopters is marking 30 years since it was born through a Franco-German merger prompted by the development of the original Tiger version, sponsored initially by France and Germany and later Spain. While it competes with Boeing and Leonardo (LDOF.MI) on attack helicopters, Airbus agreed earlier this year to maintain H-47 Chinook heavy-lift helicopters sold by Boeing to Germany. But he laid down a marker that Airbus would fight for future replacements of core programmes like the NH-90. Airbus has teamed up with Leonardo to research technology to be fed into the NGRC programme, backed by the European Union's European Defence Fund.

☆ Bolsonaro's gun laws arm Brazil's brazen bank thieves
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Gabriel Stargardter | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +10 min

In July, Reuters reported that Brazil's Federal Police disapproved of Bolsonaro's gun policies, arguing they would put more weapons in the hands of criminals. Of all the weapons now available to Brazil's gun fans, the T4 has emerged as the weapon of choice for its gangsters. A common tactic used by gangs - as seen in the case of Huijsman's T4 - is to steal weapons from CAC permit-holders' homes. On Oct. 31, 2021, Minas Gerais military police and Brazil's Federal Highway Police carried out two raids against alleged bank robbers hiding out near Varginha, killing 26 of them. Marques, the gun expert, said Huijsmans' rifle wouldn't be the last legally acquired firearm to turn up at a crime scene.

The German share price index DAX graph is pictured at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, September 20, 2022. The continent-wide STOXX 600 index (.STOXX) was 0.1% higher, bouncing back after hitting its lowest level since early July. The indexes rose about 1.5% each as oil and other commodity prices climbed following the news of mobilisation. FEDWATCH"The 75 bps hike is priced in at this stage but where it gets interesting, is what's the terminal rate going to be?," said Giles Coghlan, chief market analyst, HYCM. Fortum (FORTUM.HE) shares surged 14.6% to the top of the STOXX 600, after Germany agreed to nationalise Uniper by buying the Finnish firm's stake.

☆ Leonardo DiCaprio's Regeneration VC backed on-site rental startup Tulu's $25 million Series A after seeing this 12-slide pitch deck
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Tasmin Lockwood | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The US startup hopes people will rent items instead of buying them – shifting to a circular economy. Check out the 12-slide pitch deck it used to secure funding from Leonard DiCaprio's Regeneration VC. A startup banking on a consumer shift from ownership to rental has just topped up its Series A to $25 million, with new backing from Leonard DiCaprio-funded firm Regeneration VC. You need to clean, you need to cook, you need to host; what are the items that you need for that?" Tulu kiosks are in 19 cities in the US, UK, the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, and Israel, the company said.

☆ Wall Street's biggest investors fear an economic nightmare is coming. They may be right.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-18 | by ( Linette Lopez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

The Federal Reserve — for reasons ranging from a fragile job market to the government's debt — can't aggressively shake higher prices out of the system. So it kept interest rates at 0% to spur financial activity and growth. Chairman Jerome Powell and his band have been raising interest rates fairly quickly, but the main Fed interest rate is still just 2.5%. It's a limbo of stubbornly high inflation and higher interest rates. If Einhorn, Bianchi, and Melosi are right, we could be in economic limbo of stubbornly high inflation and higher interest rates for a while.

☆ The YouTube prayer channel started during Covid that's become a global movement
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-21 | by ( Nimi Princewill | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Eze's YouTube channel receives one of the highest Super Chat donations in the world, according to PlayboardAmong his ardent fans is award-winning Nigerian singer D'banj who tells CNN joining Eze's morning prayers has become a routine. Nollywood actress Tonto Dikeh says she also connected with Eze's ministry early last year. He had started livestreaming hoping to inspire his congregation when the pandemic shut down all church services and attendance at his fledgling ministry, Streams of Joy International, dwindled. Eze's daily messages of encouragement later morphed into a daily online prayer network every weekday on YouTube and other video-sharing services. "People all over the world are accustomed to waking up and finding Pastor Jerry online," Eze says.

☆ I'm a hairstylist for A-list celebrities who works on magazine and film sets. Here's what my job is like.
▼ + stars: | 2022-06-29 | by ( Costa B. Pappas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Elena Maravelias is a celebrity hairstylist who got her start cutting a singer's hair at a concert. She toured with the Warped Tour, got a job at a salon in NYC, and now has a celebrity client list. She says when working with celebrities, don't put them on a pedestal or ask personal questions. I didn't have the goal to become a bicoastal celebrity hairstylist — it just sort of happened. You never know what you're going to encounter on set, which is the exciting part, but being on set for up to 14 hours at a time for weeks can be a lot.

An activist targeted Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa on Monday, throwing cake at the portrait inside the Louvre Museum in Paris. Sergio Migliaccio, a witness to the incident, said the man was in a wheelchair wearing a long wig amid the crowd of people there to see the famed painting. “All of a sudden the guy jumped from the wheelchair and, with a red rose between his lips, he climbed the fences and attacked the Mona Lisa with a cake,” Migliaccio said. The painting hangs behind a layer of glass, leaving it unharmed by the cake. It was also damaged in an acid attack perpetrated by a vandal in the 1950s, and has since been kept behind glass.

☆ 27 of the highest-paid movie roles of all time, including Tom Cruise's massive pay day for 'Top Gun: Maverick'
▼ + stars: | 2021-08-19 | by ( Travis Clark | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

But Tom Cruise still got maybe the biggest payday for an actor ever the old fashioned way this year. Stars like Will Smith, Tom Cruise, and Jim Carrey were paid big bucks in the 1990s because they attracted a crowd. For instance, Dwayne Johnson is being paid $50 million for the Amazon action holiday movie movie "Red One," which includes a back-end buyout, according to Variety. Insider ranked the highest-paid movie roles of all time that earned the actors more than $25 million. Below are 27 of the highest paid movie roles of all time, ranked:

☆ Un desen al lui Da Vinci care reprezintă un cap de urs ar putea fi vândut pentru suma-record de 14.000.000 de euro
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-08 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Un mic desen al capului unui urs realizat de Leonardo da Vinci s-ar putea vinde cu până la circa 14.000.000 de euro, la o licitaţie care va avea loc joi, 8 iulie, la Londra, informează postul BBC. Licitația e programată la ora 22.00, ora României. Potrivit casei de licitaţii Christie’s, organizatoarea vânzării, „Capul unui urs” este unul dintre puţinele desene ale pictorului renascentist italian aflate încă în proprietate privată. Schiţa a aparţinut anterior pictorului şi colecţionarului britanic Sir Thomas Lawrence, înainte de a fi vândută la Christie’s în 1860 pentru 2,50 lire. Vânzarea ar putea depăşi recordul anterior pentru un desen de Da Vinci, stabilit de „Cal şi călăreţ” în 2001,, o lucrare pe hârtie, vândută pentru 11,4 milioane de dolari.

Persons: Leonardo da Vinci, Schiţa, Sir Thomas Lawrence, Da, apodopera Organizations: BBC Locations: Londra, României

☆ „A avut cel puțin 22 de frați vitregi.” Genealogi italieni au identificat descendenții din familia lui Leonardo Da Vinci
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-07 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +1 min

„A avut cel puțin 22 de frați vitregi.” Genealogi italieni au identificat descendenții din familia lui Leonardo Da Vincirelatează AGERPRES. Experții Alessandro Vezzosi și Agnese Sabato au anunțat că au documentat 21 de generații din familia lui Leonardo Da Vinci. Potrivit The Guardian, istoria completă documentată genealogic a familiei Da Vinci se întinde în prezent pe aproape 7 secole. De asemenea, au fost folosite documente care atestă alte patru ramuri ale arborelui genealogic ce pornesc de la Domenico, fratele lui Leonardo. Leonardo Da Vinci a avut cel puțin 22 de frați vitregi, dar nu a avut copii la rândul său, conform cercetătorilor.

Persons: vitregi, Leonardo Da Vinci, Da Vinci, Alessandro Vezzosi, Leonardo ., Leonardo, Piero, Domenico, Leonardo . Leonardo Da Vinci Locations: AGERPRES, Michele

☆ Faza turneului final: Leonardo Bonucci, confundat cu un ultras și ”blocat” de steward, după Italia - Spania
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-07 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: captură videoFaza turneului final: Leonardo Bonucci, confundat cu un ultras și ”blocat” de steward, după Italia - SpaniaItalia s-a calificat în finala EURO 2020, după ce a trecut de Spania la loviturile de departajare, 4-2. După ultima lovitură de departajare, transformată de Jorginho, Leonardo Bonucci a mers să sărbătorească succesul alături de suporteri, însă a avut probleme atunci când a vrut să revină pe teren. Steward-ul chiar a fost vehement, luându-l pe Leonardo Bonucci de mâini, pentru a-l bloca să intre pe gazon. Fundașul italian a rămas însă calm și chiar mimica feței l-a ”trădat” și a arătat că este distrat de situație. În cele din urmă, situația s-a rezolvat și stoperul lui Juventus a putut intra pe gazon.

Persons: Leonardo Bonucci, Leonardo Bonuccci, Leonardo Organizations: EURO, Wembley, Juventus Locations: Italia, Spania Italia, Spania, Londra

☆ Spinazzola a fost operat după accidentarea din meciul cu Belgia! Mesajul transmis fanilor
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-06 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: Getty ImagesSpinazzola a fost operat după accidentarea din meciul cu Belgia! Mesajul transmis fanilorFundaşul lateral stânga italian Leonardo Spinazzola, victima unei rupturi a tendonului lui Ahile în meciul câştigat de "Squadra Azzurra" cu 2-1, cu Belgia, vineri seara, în sferturile de finală ale EURO 2020 la fotbal, a fost operat luni, urmând să înceapă lunga recuperare în vederea revenirii pe gazon, estimată la circa şase luni, informează AFP. Într-un comunicat publicat de clubul AS Roma se precizează că jucătorul a fost operat de un specialist în acest gen de accidentări din Finlanda, în prezenţa responsabilului sectorului medical al echipei "giallorossa". El a fost supus unei "suturi a tendonului lui Ahile de la piciorul stâng", a explicat clubul. În conferinţa de presă a echipei Italiei dinaintea semifinalei cu Spania, Leonardo Bonucci a clamat dorinţa "Squadrei Azzurra" de a oferi "o finală lui Leonado Spinazzola, pentru că să o pierzi este o lovitură dură".

Persons: Spinazzola, Leonardo Spinazzola, Ahile, Leonardo Bonucci, Leonado Organizations: Belgia !, EURO, AS Roma, Wembley Locations: Belgia, Finlanda, Italiei, Spania, Italia, Londra

☆ Luptă internă la PSG. Pochettino şi Leonardo îl vor pe Ramos, Al Khelaifi are o variantă neaşteptată
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-25 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: Getty ImagesLuptă internă la PSG. Pochettino şi Leonardo îl vor pe Ramos, Al Khelaifi are o variantă neaşteptatăPSG nu-l mai vrea pe Sergio Ramos (35 de ani), fundaşul care şi-a anunţat despărţirea de Real Madrid. Există o luptă internă la Paris. Potrivit Mundo Deportivo, Nasser Al Khelaifi, preşedintele lui PSG, nu-l mai vrea pe Ramos, deşi s-a zvonit mult despre interesul trupei de pe Parc des Princes pentru fundaşul spaniol. Sursa citată susţine că Al Khelaifi s-a reorientat şi îl vrea pe David Luiz (34 de ani), apărătorul brazilian care a mai juca la PSG între 2014 şi 2016.

Persons: Leonardo, Ramos, Al, Sergio Ramos, Nasser Al, deşi, David Luiz, Mauricio Pochettino Organizations: Real Madrid Locations: Al Khelaifi, Paris, Nasser Al Khelaifi, Princes

☆ Pochettino le-a comunicat şefilor că vrea să plece de la PSG! Real Madrid şi Tottenham îl vor pe antrenor
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-31 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: Getty ImagesPochettino le-a comunicat şefilor că vrea să plece de la PSG! Real Madrid şi Tottenham îl vor pe antrenorMauricio Pochettino (49 de ani), antrenorul lui PSG, le-a comunicat şefilor de pe Parc des Princes că vrea să plece de la echipă. Deşi abia a preluat echipa, în ianuarie 2021, Pochettino vrea să plece de la PSG. Antrenorul argentinian are oferte de la Real Madrid şi Tottenham, club care-l vrea înapoi după ce l-a dat afară pe Jose Mourinho. La PSG, Pochettino a strâns 34 de meciuri, cu o medie de 2,21 puncte câştigate pe meci.

Persons: Tottenham, Mauricio Pochettino, Zinedine Zidane, Jose Mourinho, Mario Cortegana, Pochettino, Nasser Al Khelaifi, îşi, Florentino Perez, Francezul, Mauricio Pochettino . Spurs, Leonardo Organizations: Real Madrid, Tottenham Locations: Spania, Parisului, PSG

☆ Italia, în fața unei provocări. Squadra Azzurra vrea să cucerească trofeul EURO 2020
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-24 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Pentru echipa națională de fotbal a Italiei, Campionatul European din această vară reprezintă o șansă de a-și recăpăta imaginea de altă dată. "Schimbarea la față" a selecționatei Italiei, care a câștigat 10 meciuri din 10 în preliminarii, se datorează, în mare parte, lui Roberto Mancini. Acesta a renunțat la stilul defensiv de joc și a transformat echipa într-o adevărată forță ofensivă. La EURO 2020, Italia va evolua în grupa A, din care mai fac parte Turcia, Elveția și Țara Galilor. În meciul de deschidere, discipolii lui Roberto Mancini, vor întâlni naţionala Semilunii, pe stadio Olimpico.

Persons: Roberto Mancini . Acesta, Roberto Mancini, Leonardo Bonucci Organizations: Cupa, Italiei Locations: Italiei, Italia, Turcia, Elveția, Țara Galilor

☆ Mbappe e gata să prelungească înţelegerea cu PSG dacă i se îndeplinesc două condiţii. Când ar semna
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-20 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: Getty ImagesMbappe e gata să prelungească înţelegerea cu PSG dacă i se îndeplinesc două condiţii. Când ar semnaInternaţionalul francez Kylian Mbappe, considerat viitorul star al fotbalului mondial, pune două condiţii pentru a-şi prelungi contractul cu actuala sa echipă, Paris Saint-Germain, dezvăluie cotidianul Le Parisien. Prima dintre acestea este ca noul acord se se întindă doar până în 2023 şi nu până în 2025, aşa cum îşi doreşte directorul sportiv al lui PSG, Leonardo. Oricum, nu va semna nimic până după turneul final al Campionatului European. Obiectivul lui Mbappe este acela de a putea pleca de pe Parc des Princes în 2022, conform publicaţiei din Hexagon, în general foarte bine informată în legătură cu ceea ce se întâmplă la clubul parizian.

Persons: Mbappe, Paris Saint - Germain, PSG, Leonardo ., Le Organizations: Campionilor, Real Madrid Locations: Paris Saint -, Hexagon

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