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☆ 19 Unique Valentine’s Gifts for Women Who Have Everything
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: +10 min

Maybe she’s the type who tuts, “Oh, I don’t need anything” as Valentine’s Day or her birthday approaches. “There’s something a little decadent about wearing a matching cashmere set when you’re traveling by plane, for example,” Deyette notes. Note: The earrings can also be purchased as singles if you or your recipient like to mix and match. Constructed of 100% Australian sheepskin upper and footbed, they feel incredibly luxe and confer the benefit of breathable, moisture-wicking materials. It comes with a 72-ounce pitcher and an ice-crushing blade, as well as two single-serve blender cups for beverages on the go.

☆ Huge COVID protests erupt in China's Xinjiang after deadly fire
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Reuters verified the footage was published from the Xinjiang capital Urumqi. Videos showed people in a plaza singing China's national anthem with its lyric, "Rise up, those who refuse to be slaves!" The Urumqi protests followed a fire in a high-rise building there that killed 10 on Thursday night. Urumqi officials abruptly held a news conference in the early hours of Saturday, denying that COVID measures had hampered escape and rescue but saying they would investigate further. Some lamented its similarities to the deadly September crash of a COVID quarantine bus.

Weird Al, known for taking famous pop and rock songs and sending them up by rewriting the lyrics. It began as a fake movie trailer that director Eric Appel made in 2013 as a sketch for Funny or Die. It featured Aaron Paul, Olivia Wilde, Gary Cole, Mary Steenburgen, Patton Oswalt and yes, Weird Al. Yankovic noted that the day after the trailer came out, “if you did a Google search for Weird Al, the first thing is, ‘Did Weird Al date Madonna?’ Everybody wanted to know. Weird Al Yankovic during a photo shoot in Los Angeles in 1984.

☆ I'm a professional pumpkin carver whose creations resemble celebrities, famous artwork, and characters like Paddington. They take up to 20 hours to make and can costs thousands.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-29 | by ( Jenny Powers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Marc Evan started Maniac Pumpkin Carvers with his childhood friend after graduating from college. I run Maniac Pumpkin Carvers, which I started in 2008 with my childhood friend Chris Soria after graduating from college. We were really taking a nostalgic pastime like pumpkin carving that we did at home as kids and elevating it into an art form. Courtesy of Maniac Pumpkin CarversWord about us got out after Wired did an article on us in 2009. Courtesy of Maniac Pumpkin CarversThe farmers market Union Square Greenmarket in downtown Manhattan was home base for us for a very long time.

☆ China's Xi deals knockout blow to once-powerful Youth League faction
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Martin Quin Pollard | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

BEIJING, Oct 26 (Reuters) - The three most glaring omissions from China's new Communist Party leadership share one common trait: all rose through its Youth League and were considered members of a once-powerful faction whose influence Xi Jinping has now effectively crushed. "On Hu Chunhua, I think this has been Xi Jinping's main tactic of shutting down the youth league faction," said Victor Shih, an expert on elite politics in China and a professor at the University of California, San Diego. "They are completely defeated," said Cheng Li, a specialist on the transformation of political leaders in China, referring to the sidelining of the Youth League faction. The Youth League has been active in attacking foreign brands accused of misbehaviour in China, such as false advertising. The Youth League did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Wednesday.

China's strategy aims to win over "swing" countries to score United Nations votes, the diplomat said on Tuesday. Washington said it had taken note of the congress and stressed the importance of keeping open lines of communication. Like many up-and-comers, he is a former subordinate from Xi's days as party chief of the eastern province of Zhejiang. Other pro-reform policymakers excluded from the party's new central committee were outgoing economic czar Liu He, 70, and central bank party chief Guo Shuqing, 66. Also among the newcomers is Ding Xuexiang, who was Xi's chief of staff and named to the new Standing Committee.

☆ China's leadership reshuffle puts greater weight on relations with the U.S.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( Evelyn Cheng | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

BEIJING — China's latest leadership appointments point to greater emphasis on relations with the U.S.Foreign Minister Wang Yi joined the new Politburo, the second-highest level of power, state media announced Sunday. The changes showed that Yang Jiechi, a long-time diplomat closely involved with U.S.-China relations, did not stay on in the Politburo. Yang has headed the party's central committee foreign affairs office and was widely expected to retire. Qin Gang, China's ambassador to the U.S., also made the list of new central committee members released Saturday. "I think there may be a chance to certainly ease the tensions, hopefully, given the challenges China faces in keeping the Chinese economy growing," Yang said.

Three of the four new Standing Committee members owe their political rise to Xi, and the fourth is believed to be closely aligned with him. All but Guangdong party chief Li Xi worked under Xi in the 2000s, either in affluent Zhejiang province or in Shanghai. By excluding Li Keqiang and Wang Yang, both 67, from the party Central Committee and Standing Committee, Xi broke with the "seven-up/eight-down" rule that those aged 67 or under would remain for another five years. No woman has ever made it onto the Standing Committee. NOT TROUBLE-FREEThe run-up to the party congress was hardly smooth, with China facing sharp economic slowdown, frustration over zero-COVID and worsening relations with the West.

☆ Analysis: How China's Xi accumulated power, and why it matters in a third term
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Yew Lun Tian | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

A visitor takes pictures in front of a screen displaying an image of Chinese President Xi Jinping, at the Museum of the Communist Party of China in Beijing, China September 3, 2022. Restoring the practice, which entails self-criticism in front of the general secretary, marked a small but symbolic example of how Xi has departed from China's collective leadership of recent decades and accumulated power unseen since Mao's time. The expected absence of a clear successor will also enable Xi to rule unchallenged but potentially ratchets up risk the longer he stays in power. Many were purged, including rivals for power like the popular former Chongqing party chief Bo Xilai. Xi also oversaw a crushing of dissent and forbade "disrespectful" discussion about the party among members.

☆ London, Paris, Frankfurt and beyond: CNBC names Europe's best hotels for business travel
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-04 | by ( Monica Buchanan Pitrelli | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

CNBC Travel and the market data firm Statista today release a ranking of the "Best Hotels for Business Travelers" in Europe. FrankfurtSofitel Frankfurt Opera JW Marriott Hotel Frankfurt Best Western Premier IB Hotel Friedberger Warte Le Meridien Frankfurt Steigenberger Airport Hotel FrankfurtSofitel Frankfurt Opera Source: Sofitel Frankfurt OperaThe Sofitel Frankfurt Opera is on Opera Square, or the Opernplatz, near the city's famed opera house. ParisLe Bristol Paris Les Jardins du Faubourg Kimpton - St Honore Paris Pullman Paris Center-Bercy Le MeuriceLe Bristol Paris Source: Le Bristol Paris | Claire CocanoGuests of Le Bristol Paris can count President Emmanuel Macron as a neighbor — Elysee Palace, the official residence of France's president — is just steps away. StockholmGrand Hotel Stockholm Radisson Blu Waterfront Hotel Stockholm Hotel At Six Bank Hotel Lydmar HotelGrand Hotel Stockholm Source: Grand Hotel StockholmTying for No. ViennaPalais Coburg Hotel Residenz Hotel Sans Souci Wien The Ritz-Carlton, Vienna The Harmonie Vienna Grand Hotel Wien This grand hotel built in 1845 is the former home of Austrian royalty.

☆ China’s Xi reemerges after trip abroad quashing unfounded ‘coup’ rumors
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Nectar Gan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Hong Kong CNN —Chinese leader Xi Jinping has made his first public appearance since returning from a trip to Central Asia, quashing unfounded rumors of a “coup” that sparked a frenzy of speculation ahead of a key Communist Party meeting. Xi on Tuesday visited an exhibition in Beijing showcasing China’s achievements over his decade in power, according to state broadcaster CCTV. Xi had not been seen in public since returning to Beijing from a regional summit in Uzbekistan on September 16. The visit was his first foreign trip in nearly 1,000 days since the beginning of the pandemic. As a result, the power of party factions and elders is believed to have been significantly weakened.

☆ 'Athena': Incendiary new Netflix film wants to burn it all down
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Review Thomas Page | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

This month the spotlight is on French thriller "Athena," Senegalese action flick "Saloum" and Iranian drama "No Bears." (CNN) French writer-director Romain Gavras wants your attention, and like Karim, the fiery youth at the heart of his third feature "Athena," he's willing to go to extreme lengths to get it. "Athena" depicts social unrest after the death of a teenager through the eyes of his three brothers. Soon after the raid, police descend on Athena to face down the youths. The film questions their passivity while asking sympathy for them, as well as Jerome (Anthony Bajon), a frightened officer sent into the fray.

☆ Două cutremure puternice, cu magnitudini de 6,1 și 7,3, au zguduit China
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-22 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: foto simbolDouă cutremure puternice, cu magnitudini de 6,1 și 7,3, au zguduit ChinaUn cutremur puternic, cu magnitudinea de 7,3, a zguduit provincia Qinghai din nord-estul Chinei. Anunțul inițial a fost făcut de Institutul american de geofizică, pe Twitter. Cutremurul vine după ce un alt seism, de 6,1, s-a produs în zona sud-centrală a țării. A M6.1 in south-central China near Dali @ 13:48 UTC & a M7.3 @ 18:04 UTC ~620 miles (1000 km) to the north-northeast in Southern Qinghai. Iniţial magnitudinea a fost evaluată la 7,4, dar ulterior a fost revizuită la 7,3 de către USGS, scrie digi24.ro.

Organizations: Southern Qinghai Locations: China, Qinghai, Chinei, China today, Southern

Un oficial din sistemul judecătoresc din Tunisia a declarat vineri că Brahim al-Aouissaoui, suspectul tunisian în atacul terorist de la Nisa, a fost arestat în 2016 pentru violență și pentru folosirea unui cuțit. Joi, cel puțin trei persoane au fost ucise într-un atac terorist în interiorul şi în apropierea bazilicii Notre Dame din Nisa pe Avenue Jean Medecin. Mohsen Dali, oficial din sistemul judecătoresc din Tunisia a fost citat de Reuters declarând vineri că Brahim al-Aouissaoui, suspectul tunisian în atacul terorist de la Nisa, a fost arestat în 2016 pentru violență și folosirea unui cuțit, potrivit Sputnik News. Ministrul a făcut afirmaţii similare celor ale președintelui Emmanuel Macron, care a subliniat joi că Franța se afla „din nou sub atac terorist” și că țara nu va renunța la valorile sale din cauza unui „atac terorist islamist”. Președintele a promis, de asemenea, să detașeze 7.000 de soldați pentru a proteja locurile cheie din țară, în contextul în care alerta de securitate națională în Franța a fost ridicată la cel mai înalt nivel, la cel de „urgență în caz de atac”.

Persons: Jean Medecin, Mohsen Dali, Reuters, Declaraţia, Gerald Darmanin, Darmanin, Emmanuel Macron, Președintele, Emmanuel Macron Organizations: Sputnik, Sputnik News, francez, RTL, Sputnik News, RTL Radio din Berlin Locations: Tunisia, Nisa, BUCUREŞTI, Dame, francez, Berlin, Franța

Cum arată arta contemporană a unui artist chinezCe poate fi în comun între porci urâcioși, copii goi, monștri din fier și sculpturi omenești? Acești porci urâcioși și respingători seamănă foarte mult cu niște oameni. Istoria creării acestor sculpturi ar simboliza o experiență negativă pe care a trăit-o artistul. Artistul a fost grav rănit, însă a supraviețuit. Aceste sculpturi au fost realizate din fier lichid și sunt considerate cele mai populare creaturi din toată colecția artistului.

Persons: Chen Wenling, Salvador Dalí, Picasso Locations: chinez, chen

400+ nume de pisici din care să alegi pentru odorul tău pufosCăutarea unui nume de pisică uneori poate fi dificilă. Echipa #diez a căutat nume de pisici care ar putea să se potrivească cu animalul vostru de companie. Nume de pisici cu litera A:Adira, Ada, Aristonis, Aarony, Abot, Abercrombie, Abner, Abraham, Aidam, Adams, Admiral, Adolph, Aesop, Aladdin, Alberto, Anil, Alexander, Alexis, Alfonso, Alfred, Alonso, Alpha, Alvin, Ambassador, Amie, Amigo, Amos, Andre, Andrew, Andy, Anthony, Anton, Apollo, Archer, Archibald, Aristocrat,Aristotle, Austin, Arlington, Armand, Armstrong, Arnold, Arthur, Aslian, Atlantis, Atlas, Augustus. Nume de pisici cu litera B:Buko, Bibi, Bunny, Baner, Barker, Baron, Bary, Bart, Bartholomew, Barton, Bashful, Basil, Baxter, Beachboy, Beacons, Beamer, Bennington, Beano, Bear, Beast, Barney, Beau, Beauregard, Becker, Beethoven, Beggar, Billy, Bellboy, Ben, Bengal, Benjamin, Benji, Bennet, Benny, Benson, Bentley, Berkeley, BertBertie, Bigfoot, Bilbo, Bing, Bingy, Bishop, Blackjack, Blair, Blake, Blaze, Blue, Bobby, Bobtails, Bogart, Bogie, Bojangles, BondyNume de pisici cu litera C:Cicero, Cairo, Calloway, Capone, Capricorn, Carlisle, Carlos, Carlton, Carmichael, Carnegie, Carter, Cartwright, Clinton, Casanova, Casey, Cash, Caspers, Caspian, Cassidy, Chunk, Cecil, Cedar, Champ, Chandler, Chaos,Calvin, Chaplin, Charles, Chef, Chester, Chestnut, Chebacca, Chief, Chip, Christian, Christoff, Christopher, Churchil, Clapton, Clarence, Claude, Clive, Clyde, Coal, Cody, Colies, Colin, Collins, Colonel, Colt, Columbo, Columbus, Comet, Conan, Connor, Conrad, ConstableNume de pisici cu litera D:Dora, Dino, Dinos, Davinci, Doly, Dale, Dali, Dander, Dandy, Daniel, Danny, Danny Boy, Dante, Dave, Davey, Dean, Deano, Denis, Deputy, Derby, Derek, Deuce, Devil, Dexter, Diablo, Dicken, Dickens, Dickie, Digger, Dingo,Dino, Doc, Dodger, Domino, Don, Donald, Donalson ,Donny, Doogie, Doolittle, Dory, Doyle, Dozer, Draco, Dragon, Droopy, DudeNume de pisici cu litera E:Eliot, Enzo, Edgar, Edge, Edmundis, Edward, Ego, Einstein, Elf, Elia, Elias, Eliot, Elmer, Elmo, Elroy, Elvis, Emerson, Emperor, Enzo, Ernie, Eskimo, Everett, ElisNume de pisici cu litera F:Funny, Fiona, Fangy, Fatty, Fatso, Felix, Ferdinand, Fido, Figaro, Flyn, Fonz, Fonzie, Ford, Fordy, Forest, Franco, Frank, Franklin, Franky, Frazier,Fred, Freud, Friday, Fritz, Frog, FroggyNume de pisici cu litera G:Gico, Garp, Gianny, Gaspar, Genie, Grace, Garfield, Gogu, Gupy, Gaffer, Galileo, Gambler, Garfunkel, Gator, Gatsby, Gavin, Gaylord, Gecko, Geezer, General, George, Geronimo, GhostGideon, Gilligan, Gin, Gizmo, Gobble, Globlin, Goliath, Gyddy, Golum, Gomer, Goober, Gooch, Gofy, Google, Gopher, Gordo, Gordon, Gorilla, Gorky, Governor, Greystoke, Grits, Grizzle, Grizzly, Groom, Groucho, Grover, Grumpy, Guido, Gulliver, Gun, Guru,Gusy, Gussie, GordoNume de pisici cu litera H:Hapy, Hasser, Harpo, Hansome, Hansel, Hardy, Harold, Harpo, Harrison, Harry, Harvey, Hawk, Hawkeye, Heathcliff, Hedgehog, Hercules, Hipo, Herman, Hermes, Hermit, Hero, Hershey, Hickory, Hindu, Hoagie, Hobbit, Hobo, Hommer, Honky-tonk, Hooch, Hoodlum, Hook, Hooligan, Hoover, Horace, Horatio, HotDog, Houdini, Howard, Howie, Howler, Huck, Hudson, Hugo, Hulk, Humphrey, Hunky, Hunter, Hurricane. Nume de pisici cu litera W:Waldo, Wily, Wags, Walace, Wallter, Warior, Weasel, Weenie, Wellington, Wesley, Whiskey, Widget, Wilbur, Wilfred, William, Willie, Wilson, Wimpy, Winston, Winthrop, Wizard, Wolf, Wolfgang, Woodstock, Woody, Woofer, Wooster, Wordsworth, Wowzer, Wrangler

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