He smiled, continued, “Flights are much cheaper on Tuesdays.” From Russia with love After Mikhail Gorbachev’s death on Tuesday, much has been said about how his famous visit to London in 1984 was meticulously planned by the intelligence services. But I hear the trip was actually inspired by none other than John Redwood, the Tory MP who was working in Mrs Thatcher’s policy unit at the time. Redwood found a few quotes from the Russian leader that suggested he was an unlikely free-market supporter who wanted to liberate the Soviet Union....

“The day has come,” Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said on Monday, marking the start of his journey to Europe’s largest nuclear plant in the line of fire between Russian occupiers and Ukrainian forces. . On Thursday, a team of 14 inspectors led by Grossi arrived at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant (NPP) in southern Ukraine, despite concerns about continued shelling in the area. Since early March, when Russia seized the plant, international and local experts have voiced dire warnings, not only for the safety of the plant’s workers, but also for fear of a nuclear disaster that could affect thousands of people in the surrounding area....

The 68-year-old was arrested by Sussex Police after a 49-year-old man was found unconscious in High Street, Storrington in West Sussex. Officers were called at 10.05am on Sunday 4 September and the unconscious man was pronounced dead. Residents claimed two men were arguing over a dog, but police have not confirmed that detail or if it is related to the incident. The deceased has not yet been named and his family are being supported by specialist officers....

Getty Anne Heche has died aged 53 New information has emerged from the Los Angeles Fire Department … a timeline of the horrific accident that claimed the actress’ life. According to records obtained by NBC4 LA, the fire was so intense, firefighters couldn’t even get near Anne’s car for at least 20 minutes… Once there, it took an additional 20 minutes to get the vehicle out of the burning home....

Post Office Travel Money’s analysis of 20 cities found the Greek capital outperforms more traditional lower-cost destinations in Eastern Europe across a range of typical tourist expenses. The total bill for a break, including meals, hotel accommodation, attraction tickets and local transport, was £207, compared to £218 for Lisbon, Portugal, which came in second place. Low prices in Athens include £38.96 for an evening meal for two with wine, £89 for two nights in a three-star hotel and £7....

Article écrit par Publié le 09/04/2022 15:13 Mis à jour le 09/04/2022 15:15 Temps de lecture : 1 minute. Bernard Cazeneuve réclame une autre gauche. “La gauche est sous la coupe de Jean-Luc Mélenchon et la direction du PS s’est permise d’être une ‘pince’”, accuse l’ancien Premier ministre dans Le Journal du dimanche, où il lance un manifeste pour “une autre gauche” avec 400 personnalités. Bernard Cazeneuve, qui a quitté le PS après l’accord Nupes, estime qu’”une autre gauche est possible, rompant avec l’exagération et le sectarisme”....

Barr defended the FBI raid on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property and said his former boss “pulled the plug” on the Justice Department. “I think the driver of this from the beginning was a lot of classified information that was sitting at Mar-A-Lago,” Mr. Barr told the right-wing news network. “People are saying this was unprecedented, well, it’s also unprecedented for a president to take all this classified information and put it in a country club, okay?...

Elle est pleine de confiance et ça se voit match après match. La Française Caroline Garcia, classée 17e au monde, s’est qualifiée pour son premier quart de finale de l’US Open dimanche 4 septembre en battant l’Américaine Alison Riske (classée 29e) 6-4, 6-1. A 28 ans, la numéro un française, qui n’avait jamais dépassé le 3e tour d’un Majeur new-yorkais, a égalé son meilleur résultat dans un tournoi du Grand Chelem, après avoir disputé les quarts de finale à Roland-Garros en 2017....

Kühnert will Unternehmen mit ineffizienten Krisengewinnen zur Kasse bitten Stand: 02:13 Uhr| Lesezeit: 3 Minuten „Mittlerweile haben sogar die Rot-Grünen in München einen kalten Hintern“ Der Stresstest von Robert Habeck legt den Weiterbetrieb zweier Kernkraftwerke nahe, darunter das Kernkraftwerk Isar 2 in Bayern. Bayerns Finanzminister Hubert Aiwanger fordert seit März einen solchen Test: „Es ist jetzt September – die Ideologie der Grünen ist offensichtlich wichtiger als die Wirtschaft im Freistaat.“ „Unternehmen, die zufällig von der Krise profitieren, ohne sich anzustrengen, müssen zur Kasse gebeten werden“, fordert Kevin Kühnert....

Russia’s state-owned energy giant Gazprom on Friday announced an indefinite halt to gas flows to Europe via the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline, citing the need for additional repairs. The move came after supplies had already been halted last week for a planned “maintenance outage” that was expected to last until Sept. 3. “We expect that Russia is respecting the contracts that they have but even if the weaponization of energy will continue or will increase in response to our decisions, I think that the Euoprean Union is ready to react,” said Paolo Gentiloni, the EU’s economics commissioner....

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BUNDESLIGA, 5. Spieltag Freitag, 2. September Dortmund (mit Kobel) – Hoffenheim 1:0 Samstag 3. September Leverkusen – Freiburg 2:3 Bochum – Bremen 0:2 Union Berlin – Bayern 1:1 Stuttgart – Schalke (mit Brunner) 1:1 Wolfsburg – Köln 2:4 Frankfurt (mit Sow/Gelb in 33.) – Leipzig Sonntag, 4. September Augsburg (mit Vargas ab 46.) – Hertha 0:2 Gladbach (mit Sommer und Elwendi bis 46.) – Mainz (mit Widmer) 0:1 PREMIER LEAGUE, 6....

His praise for the world-renowned private hernia clinic, one of Ontario’s few hospitals allowed to operate for profit, also raised the question of whether it was a model that could be replicated or would lead to the erosion of medical care and in creating a two-tier system. The hospital, in Thornhill, just north of Toronto, sits on 20 acres of country grounds, with gardens and walking trails – making it feel more like a spa – 89 licensed beds and five operating theatres....

Early on, they appeared to be on track for just that, with Ross Stripling cruising and RBI singles by Whit Merrifield in the second and Alejandro Kirk in the third, followed by Cavan Biggio’s solo shot in the fourth to open up a lead 3-0, with the promise of more. But, as the 2022 Blue Jays seem to be making everything harder than it needs to be, they once again find themselves advancing to the finals....

The wildfire burning on Chetamon Mountain, 22 kilometres north of the Jasper townsite, was first discovered Thursday around 1:30 a.m., and was between two to three hectares in size. By Friday afternoon, officials said it had grown to around 30 hectares in size, then 300 by that evening. As of Saturday morning, it was estimated to be 100 hectares larger and growing. According to the national park authority, the wildfire is burning on the mountains’ upper slopes in inaccessible terrain for firefighters to respond safely....