Mikhail Baryshnikov, a Soviet Latvian-born Russian-American ballet dancer, has said Russian culture and sports figures should not be targeted over the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. “An open exchange in the arts is always a good thing,” Baryshnikov told The Guardian in an interview published on Sunday. “I don’t think it’s …
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Candie Frazier – who allegedly worked 12 hours a day monitoring TikTok videos for the contracting company Telus International – filed a lawsuit against TikTok and its parent company ByteDance claiming she now “has trouble sleeping” and that “when she does sleep, she has horrific nightmares” due to the disturbing …
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“Today, we’re holding these insurrectionists accountable for conspiring to terrorize the District by planning, promoting, and participating in the deadly attack on the Capitol,” Racine announced on Tuesday. “I’m seeking damages in this case and will keep working to ensure such an assault never happens again.” He called it the …
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What, precisely, is the purpose of Prince Andrew? What does this bloke actually DO? I mean, his working day consists of what, exactly? Will Britain be depleted in any way by his permanent removal from the world stage? Nah, I don’t think so. The most toxic of royals is ninth …
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As the last US military helicopters were leaving Kabul, Afghanistan, many, including myself, emphasized the similarities with America’s embarrassment in Saigon, South Vietnam – but one parallel that few dared to draw was with Kosovo. When I merely asked “Is Kosovo next?” on Twitter, it sent Albanian media outlets into …
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Hurricane Ida, which has been downgraded to Category 3 storm with sustained winds of 115 mph (193 km/h), has caused a citywide blackout in New Orleans, with residents now having to rely only on generators for power. Eerie footage from a high-rise in downtown New Orleans posted by Washington Post …
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A consultant hired in 2018 to inspect the Champlain Towers South condominium complex found evidence of “major structural damage” to the concrete slab below the pool deck and “abundant” cracking and crumbling of columns and other structural support in the parking garage, the Times reported. In his report, the engineer, …
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Chris Castleman, owner of the Fiddlehead Cafe in Mendocino, told NBC News the extra charges would be donated to charity. “I don’t think $5 to charity is too much to ask from mask-wearing customers who claim to care so much about the community they live in,” he said. Masks, he …
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In their statement on Sunday night, authorities said that only “one uniformed officer of the Calgary Police Service attended a call to assist our partner agencies… in relation to a religious gathering.” Many wondered if anyone at the CPS press service even watched the video, accusing them of “lying” in …
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In a civil lawsuit filed in Washington, DC, on Thursday, Swalwell (D-California) alleges that former President Trump, along with his son, Donald Jr., Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Alabama), and lawyer Rudy Giuliani, are directly responsible for causing him “severe emotional distress,” namely by encouraging rioters to march to the US Capitol …
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