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Putin, victorious, known as for conquest
One day after declaring victory in a performative election, President Vladimir Putin signaled that the struggle towards Ukraine would proceed to dominate his rule and known as for bringing the folks of jap Ukraine “again to their residence household.”
The show of nationalistic fervor yesterday, earlier than a crowd of 1000’s in Moscow’s Red Square, got here after a three-day election whose consequence was by no means unsure. Putin’s three puppet opponents praised him on the occasion, in entrance of a crowd made up partly of presidency employees, college students and others who had been given tickets.
The authorities stated Putin had received greater than 87 p.c of the vote. For probably the most half, Russians do seem publicly supportive of Putin, although they’ve been given no actual different. But many are additionally involved about greater taxes and higher repression and are very anxious about one other army draft, as Putin doubles down on his invasion.
During his speech, Putin raised the prospect of a “safety zone” on Ukrainian territory that Russia doesn’t but management. Analysts consider that such a buffer zone would contain capturing components of Ukraine’s Kharkiv area, which may require a brand new draft.
A ban on feminine genital slicing is in peril
Gambian lawmakers voted to advance a measure revoking a ban on feminine genital slicing, a transfer that human rights consultants, legal professionals and campaigners for girls’s and ladies’ rights stated would undo many years of labor geared toward ending the follow.
Cutting, a centuries-old ritual tied up in concepts of sexual purity, obedience and management that many supporters regard as an necessary spiritual obligation, takes totally different types. Internationally acknowledged as a gross violation of human rights, it ceaselessly results in severe well being points, like infections, hemorrhages and extreme ache, and it’s a main reason behind demise within the international locations the place it’s practiced.
If the invoice passes the ultimate phases, which analysts stated was doubtless, the small West African nation can be the primary on the planet to roll again protections towards slicing, elevating fears that different international locations may observe swimsuit.
‘Famine is imminent’ in Gaza
The meals scarcity within the Gaza Strip has grow to be so extreme that “famine is imminent” and the enclave may see “a serious acceleration of deaths and malnutrition,” based on a report from a world authority on meals safety and diet.
The extreme shortages of meals and different fundamental items underscore the desperation in Gaza after 5 months of Israeli bombardment and a near-total blockade. An Israeli authorities spokesman stated the report had not taken current humanitarian initiatives under consideration.
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People within the Philippines crowd web cafes to play video games that reward gamers with cryptocurrency tokens.
Playing the video games can grow to be a full-time job, or can complement the incomes of farmers and different employees. But cryptocurrency remains to be a dangerous enterprise, and gamers run the chance of scams or a crash just like the one which devastated crypto markets two years in the past.
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Buy low, drink up: On some nights, costs at a London pub fluctuate just like the inventory market, a part of an increase in bar video games that some name “aggressive socializing.”
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ARTS AND IDEAS
Shakira’s heartbreak album soars
For Shakira, 2022 was a yr of heartbreak and private upheaval. The Colombian pop star broke up with the daddy of her two sons; her father was hospitalized after a fall, and later wanted mind surgical procedure; and final November, she needed to pay greater than $8 million to settle expenses of tax evasion.
None of that stopped Shakira from releasing her first album since 2017, “Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran” (“Women No Longer Cry”), due Friday.
“All however one in every of its tracks take care of romantic ups and (largely) downs, honed into crisp, tuneful pop constructions,” our critic writes.
“If life provides you lemons, you make lemonade,” Shakira stated in an interview. “That’s what I did with this album — use my very own creativity to course of my frustration and my anger and my disappointment. I transmuted or reworked ache into productiveness.”
