Month: February 2020

A demonstration organized by the Polish Committee for the Defense of Democracy (KOD) in front of the parliament in Warsaw | Bartlomiej Zborowski/EPA Protesters block Polish parliament Standoff was sparked by a government attempt to curb media access to parliament. By Jan Cienski 12/17/16, 10:05 AM CET Updated 12/19/16, 4:35 PM CET WARSAW — Poland’s long-running political crisis took a dramatic turn in Warsaw, with the action playing out live on television screens in prime…

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CBS Late Show host Stephen Colbert ripped Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) over his secret Twitter account, saying that his chosen pseudonym of “Pierre Delecto” sounded more like “something from French-Canadian soft-core porn.” Over the weekend Romney was profiled in an Atlantic article titled “The Liberation of Mitt Romney,” where he revealed that he had a secret Twitter account. Slate’s Ashley Feinberg later unearthed the account under the name “Pierre Delecto,” which Romney confirmed was his own. “I know…

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Max Verstappen put in a strong performance on Wednesday as f1 returned to the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya for the second week of 2020 pre-season testing, finishing the day with the second fastest time of 1:17.347s. “This year the car is definitely an improvement,” he told the media after completing his stint behind the wheel. “It has to be if you want to fight for the championship.” Verstappen added that the focus now was ensuring that…

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European Union representative Miguel Arias Canete | Juan Cevallos/AFP via Getty Images 7 takeaways on the Commission’s emissions-cutting package Brussels’ Effort Sharing Regulation divides the pain among 28 member countries. By Kalina Oroschakoff and Sara Stefanini 7/19/16, 6:01 PM CET Updated 7/25/16, 3:31 PM CET The European Union made big promises during the Paris climate summit, and on Wednesday the European Commission spelled out how the bloc’s 28 members will share in some of the pain…

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NEW YORK (AP) — Lady Gaga is returning to the Super Bowl stage — sort of. The pop star will perform at AT&T TV Super Saturday Night in Miami on Feb. 1, held a day before Super Bowl 54. The concert will take place at Meridian at Island Gardens and will be livestreamed at twitter.com/ItsOnATT. Gaga headlined the Super Bowl halftime show in 2017 and she performed the national anthem at Super Bowl 50 in…

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The European Court of Justice in Luxembourg | Nicolas Bouvy/EPA | Nicolas Bouvy/EPA EU top court: Italy must pay rape, assault victims The country currently only compensates victims of terror or organized crime. By Harry Cooper 10/11/16, 11:42 AM CET Italy has breached EU rules by failing to ensure victims of all violent crimes receive adequate compensation, the European Court of Justice said in a judgment released Tuesday. The EU’s top court ruled in favor of the European Commission,…

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HOLON, Israel (AP) — Two years after being swept up in the #MeToo movement and acknowledging sexual misconduct with multiple women, comedian Louis C.K. took to the stage at a nearly packed basketball arena outside Tel Aviv, where the audience seemed ready to let it go. “How have your last couple of years been?” he asked near the start of the hour-long set Thursday night, before describing himself sitting in a restaurant, eating alone, as…

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Pierre Moscovici, the commissioner for economic and financial affairs | Vladimir Simicek/AFP via Getty Images | Vladimir Simicek/AFP via Getty Images Pierre Moscovici defends Commission’s ethics rules Commissioner says nothing could have prevented Barroso, Kroes scandals. By Maïa de La Baume Click Here: Putters 10/4/16, 6:51 PM CET Updated 10/4/16, 7:53 PM CET STRASBOURG — The European Commission could not have prevented the scandals involving ex-members José Manuel Barroso and Neelie Kroes, economics commissioner Pierre…

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Marks & Spencer has launched a new digital bra-fit booking tool to provide a more personalised and easier experience for its customers and to better track trends. Marks and Spencer said it hopes the in-house digital service will provide it with it enhanced data to be able to suggest personalised products to customers; help improve the availability of bras by providing a better understanding of best-selling sizes and styles; and allow it to better track…

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Hollywood director Ava DuVernay took offense to a parody video posted by TV host Jimmy Kimmel, which compared and contrasted President Donald Trump’s announcement of Islamic State (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s death to President Barack Obama’s announcement of the death of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. “[Trump] is a clown and a traitor,” said DuVernay in reaction to the blithe parody video. Click Here: cheap INTERNATIONAL jersey “We mashed up [Obama’s] Bin Laden speech with [Trump’s] al-Baghdadi…

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