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British director Elizabeth Sankey bravely recounts her story of frightening isolation and unwanted thoughts after childbirth in her spellbinding documentary “Witches”, which is out on Mubi. The film features interviews with medical professionals, historians and fellow patients, and uses old film footage showing pop cultural representation of witches. The director speaks to Eve Jackson about … Read more
A Russian court has ordered the arrest of FRANCE 24’s senior reporter Catherine Norris Trent on charges of crossing illegally into its western Kursk region to file a report on the Ukrainian army’s summer incursion. Source link
We continue our series on France’s love affair with advent calendars with Claire Pichon, the editor-in-chief of Fou de Patisserie magazine. She’s written an article on high-end delicious advent calendars and she shares her favorites with us. Source link
Let’s assume the worst-case scenario for XRP: that the current drop is not just a temporary and minor correction, but constitutes an abandonment of the uptrend. To what prices would the cryptocurrency issued by Ripple fall if that happened? According to the theory of supports and resistances—which is detailed in depth in Criptopedia, the educational … Read more
US President-elect Donald Trump has announced that he will slap a 25 percent across-the-board tariffs on all imports from Mexico and Canada unless they stop the flow of illegal drugs and migrants into the United States. Separately, he also vowed to impose a 10 percent duty on Chinese imports, in addition to other tariffs. Also … Read more
According to statements from the retailer, the communication was too focused on a young audience, says Knirps. The umbrella manufacturer is therefore now focusing on stronger segmentation of the target group and a broader target group approach. “We listen carefully to the feedback from our partners, because no one has more of an ear to … Read more
Special Counsel Jack Smith on Monday moved to drop the federal election subversion and the mishandling of classified documents cases against President-elect Donald Trump. In his filings Smith said the cases should be dropped because of the long-standing US justice department policy of not indicting or prosecuting a sitting president. Source link
Ambassadors from Ukraine and NATO’s 32 members meet Tuesday in Brussels following Russia’s strike on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro with a new hypersonic missile. Russian President Putin said the new missile strike responded to Ukraine’s use of US and UK weapons and warned that Moscow may target military facilities in states supporting Ukraine. Source … Read more
Bitfinex, the exchange of bitcoin, USDT (Tether) and other cryptocurrencies, will require, on a mandatory basis, compliance with the regulatory standards of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), called the “travel rule.” So, starting January 29, 2025, users who make transactions for more than $1,000 will have to share detailed data, such as the amount … Read more
Russia on Tuesday accused Ukraine of launching two more attacks on its territory using US-supplied ATACMS missiles in recent days, adding that it was preparing “retaliatory actions”. Source link