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Russia says it faced a “massive attack” from Ukrainian drones
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Russia says it faced a “massive attack” from Ukrainian drones

Two years after the start of the large-scale war, the dynamic of Western support for Kiev is losing momentum: newly committed aid is down over the period from August 2023 to January 2024 compared to the same period of the previous year, according to the latest report from the Kiel Institute, published in February 2024. And this trend could continue, the American Senate struggling to pass aid, and the European Union (EU) having had every difficulty in have aid of 50 billion adopted on 1uh 2024, due to the Hungarian blockade. Please note, these two aid packages are not yet taken into account in the latest assessment made by the Kiel Institute, which ends in January 2024.Data from the German institute show that the number of donors is decrea...
Trump Posts .6 Million Bail in E. Defamation Case  Jean Carroll
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Trump Posts $91.6 Million Bail in E. Defamation Case Jean Carroll

Donald J. Trump posted $91.6 million bail Friday in a defamation case he recently lost to writer E. Jean Carroll, averting a possible legal and financial disaster just days before the deadline to conclude the agreement.The bond, provided by an outside insurance company, will prevent Ms. Carroll from collecting the judgment while Mr. Trump appeals.A federal jury awarded Ms. Carroll $83.3 million in January, and Mr. Trump recently asked that the judgment be stayed. The judge presiding over the case, Lewis A. Kaplan, denied Mr. Trump's request for a preliminary stay, pressuring Mr. Trump to come up with the money himself or secure bail.As Monday's deadline approached, Mr. Trump posted the bond, which is higher than the $83.3 million judgment amount because the former president is also respon...
The group MGMT returns with big pop
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The group MGMT returns with big pop

Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser, of the MGMT group, in September 2023. JONAH FREEMAN They said to each other “meant to pretend”as they sang about It's time to pretendone of the anthems from their notable first album, Oracular Spectacular (2007). In a psychedelic and melodious whirlwind, Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser, the one-man bands of the duo MGMT, imagined an insidiously artificial life: fame, drugs and adventures with a string of models, in Paris. The latter would give them the total – marriages, babies, divorces – as they mourned the death of “green paradise of childish loves”. “Love must be forgotten” (“love must be forgotten”), were the definitive words of the hit. Seventeen years later, the oracle has been sp...
Aid to Gaza from José Andrés World Central Kitchen could leave within days, officials say
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Aid to Gaza from José Andrés World Central Kitchen could leave within days, officials say

The first maritime shipment of humanitarian aid to Gaza - food aid from aid agency World Central Kitchen - could leave the Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus by Saturday, weather permitting, officials said Friday. Cypriot officials.Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Union's executive body, described the shipment as a "pilot project" for a maritime aid corridor to Gaza, but gave few details on how it would place nor on the place in the territory where it would be delivered. .Celebrity Spanish chef José Andrés, founder of World Central Kitchen, posted images on social networks Friday, showing pallets loaded onto a ship bearing the names of his group and Open Arms, a Spanish humanitarian group. He said plans for the shipment were "in the final stages" and that it would "land...
seize drones shot down in the night in Russia, according to the defense ministry
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seize drones shot down in the night in Russia, according to the defense ministry

Two years after the start of the large-scale war, the dynamic of Western support for Kiev is losing momentum: newly committed aid is down over the period from August 2023 to January 2024 compared to the same period of the previous year, according to the latest report from the Kiel Institute, published in February 2024. And this trend could continue, the American Senate struggling to pass aid, and the European Union (EU) having had every difficulty in have aid of 50 billion adopted on 1uh 2024, due to the Hungarian blockade. Please note, these two aid packages are not yet taken into account in the latest assessment made by the Kiel Institute, which ends in January 2024.Data from the German institute show that the number of donors is decrea...
Why are the pants so big (again)?
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Why are the pants so big (again)?

The balloon kept getting bigger. Looking for signs of the times, pants-wise, I noticed that the influential and idiosyncratically stylish rapper Tyler, the Creator – once seen only in skinny jeans and cut-off shorts – had adopted baggy pants. In 2019, pop star Harry Styles began exploring a flowing style that included widely flared sailor pants (and, for a Vogue cover photoshoot, a big, ruffled dress). In February 2021, fashion critic Rachel Tashjian tweeted an Oscars photo of Danish film editor Mikkel EG Nielsen in pants whose tent-like expanse could have accommodated two of him. “Folks, this is a ***pants*** story unfolding before our eyes,” she said. “After years of tiny, overly fitted pants, BIG TROUSERS are returning to the red carpet.” At subsequent awards ceremonies, LaKeith S...
The knee-highs fall over the top
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The knee-highs fall over the top

Dyears The man who loved women (1977), by François Truffaut, Bertrand (Charles Denner) declares that “Women's legs are compasses which survey the terrestrial globe in all directions, giving it its balance and harmony”. Showing one's legs has long been a luxury reserved for men, with these ladies forbidden to show even a piece of the ankle. The evolution of fashions and the shortening of hemlines over the decades will eventually lift the veil on this part of the female anatomy. To avoid remaining bare, the legs will then be dressed in silk, rayon then nylon. And indulge in all fantasies. When Anne Bancroft, the Mrs. Robinson of Winner (1968), slides a pair of black stockings down his legs, Dustin Hoffman, and quite a few people with him, loses his mind. ...
Victoria Nuland, former State Department official, resigns
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Victoria Nuland, former State Department official, resigns

Victoria J. Nuland, the State Department's fourth-ranking official and a determined advocate of Vladimir V. Putin's tough policy toward Russia, will retire this month after more than 30 years of government service.Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken announced Ms. Nuland's departure as undersecretary for political affairs on Tuesday in a statement highlighting her "fierce passion" for freedom, democracy and human rights, as well as as for America's promotion of these causes abroad.Mr. Blinken highlighted his work on Ukraine, which he called "indispensable in confronting Putin's full-scale invasion" of the country.Ms. Nuland has held numerous positions at the State Department, including spokesperson, and previously served as Deputy National Security Advisor to Vice President Dick Cheney. B...
Rebellious France and environmentalists caught up in two #metoo affairs
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Rebellious France and environmentalists caught up in two #metoo affairs

AUREL History stutters for Europe Ecologie-Les Verts (EELV) and La France insoumise (LFI). Eighteen months after the cases involving the “rebellious” deputy from the North Adrien Quatennens, convicted of domestic violence, and his environmentalist colleague from Paris Julien Bayou, accused of psychological violence by his ex-partner, the two left-wing parties finds himself once again facing the #metoo wave. Read also: Article reserved for our subscribers #metoo: in left-wing parties, a gap remains between feminists and leaderships Add to your selections Tuesday March 5, The Parisian revealed that the LFI deputy for Seine-et-Marne Ersilia Soudais had filed a complaint of rape against h...
5 takeaways from Super Tuesday: Trump wins and Haley quits
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5 takeaways from Super Tuesday: Trump wins and Haley quits

Nikki Haley has withdrawn from the presidential race. Follow live updates.Donald J. Trump scored victories across the country on Super Tuesday, and by the end of the night, it was clear that the former president had left Nikki Haley in the delegate dust.Mr. Trump's coast-to-coast victories — in California, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and beyond — have brought new mathematical certainty to what has been political reality for a while: he is almost certain to capture the Republican Party. presidential nomination.Ms. Haley made it official Wednesday morning, withdrawing from the race but withholding her support for Mr. Trump. Instead, she said he must work to convince his voters.That's important because behind Mr. Trump's often-dominant statewide victories Tuesday lay signs of...