Italy closes ports to NGO migrant ships, hundreds left stranded
Italy allowed a humanitarian rescue ship carrying 179 migrants to enter a Sicilian port and begin disembarking minors early Sunday, while refusing to respond to requests for safe harbor from three other ships carrying 900 more people in nearby waters. Italy’s new far-right-led government has closed its ports to rescue ships run by non-governmental groups…
Un film sur Matthew Perry ? La star de Friends voulait un seul acteur pour le jouer dans le biopic sur sa vie
Découvrez quel acteur américain Matthew Perry avait en tête pour l'incarner dans un biopic sur sa propre vie. Y aura-t-il un film sur la vie de Matthew Perry ? Son destin tragique (star de la télé ayant lutté contre ses addictions et prématurément décédée à 54 ans) pourrait donner envie à Hollywood de porter le…
Girl “hardly able to climb stairs” after rescue from almost 7 years allegedly held captive by her family
Berlin — Prosecutors in Germany are holding a mother and grandparents accused of holding the woman’s eight-year-old daughter captive in a house in a small German town for almost her entire life. There are still many unanswered questions in this case, but the details that have emerged are shocking: The girl was allegedly held in…
Alaa Abdel-Fattah, activist on hunger strike in Egypt prison, given “medical intervention,” family told
Jailed Egyptian rights activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah, who began refusing even water after more than 200 days on a hunger strike at the start of the COP27 climate conference, has received “medical intervention,” his family has been told. Prison authorities told his mother on Thursday that measures had been taken “with the knowledge of a judicial authority.”…
Controversial T. rex skeleton auction scrapped in Hong Kong
Christie’s has called off the auction of a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton, the auction house told Agence France-Presse Monday, days before it was due to go under the hammer in Hong Kong. The cancellation came The New York Times reported on Sunday that an American fossil company raised doubts about parts of the skeleton named “Shen.”…
“Je ne pensais pas pouvoir dire ça” : pourquoi cet acteur français ne jouera pas dans le film de Johnny Depp
Après Pierre Niney, c'est au tour d'un autre acteur français, bientôt à l'affiche du rôle le plus important de sa carrière, de devoir renoncer au prochain film réalisé par Johnny Depp. Pour une raison inattendue. Encore un changement de casting pour la prochaine réalisation de Johnny Depp ! Contrairement à ce qui avait été annoncé,…
CJ Perry Provides Another Health Update, Says She’s Finally Taking Antibiotics That Work For MRSA Infection
CJ Perry provides a health update. The star pro-wrestling manager, who is currently working for AEW, was rushed back to the hospital after more complications arose from the MRSA infection in her finger. Perry took to social media (X & TikTok) and revealed that she needs to get her finger re-dressed everyday after the…
Ukrainian police, TV broadcasts return to long-occupied city
Ukrainian police officers returned Saturday, along with TV and radio services, to the southern city of Kherson following the withdrawal of Russian troops, part of fast but cautious efforts to make the only regional capital captured by Russia livable after months of occupation. Yet one official still described the city as “a humanitarian catastrophe.” People…
Re-Tales #38: Supply ChainsKeeping It Local
McIntosh CEO Charlie Randall, pictured outside the company’s Binghamton factory in 2006. (Photo: John Atkinson) To remain profitable, many hi-fi companies have outsourced production to faraway countries with lower labor costs. That, certainly, is a legitimate way of doing business. Yet many other hi-fi makers have chosen to work with suppliers that are local, regional,…
Aural Robert: Nanci Griffith
A vital member of the second wave of Texas singer-songwriters that emerged in the 1970s and included Lucinda Williams, Butch Hancock, and Lyle Lovett, Nanci Griffith was a product of a time when, to paraphrase a once-ubiquitous bumper sticker, Austin was still weird. Gifted with a delicate, sweet voice and fierce determination, she started playing…