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Key Findings from Governor Cuomo’s Sexual Harassment Report

What would an impeachment process against Cuomo look like? 1:16 (CNN) -- New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed 11 women and created a "hostile" work environment for women, according to a report released Tuesday by New York Attorney General Letitia James. The damning findings of his civil review on the harassment allegations have created a political storm around Cuomo after what has already been a scandal-ridden couple of months for the governor. President Joe Biden said Cuomo should resign. New York lawmakers from both parties vehemently condemned Cuomo's conduct and are considering whether further action should be taken against him. Cuomo denies the allegations and has shown no willingnes...

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Life lessons I’ve learned from boxers? Control your aggression and forgive your enemies | Adrian Chiles

IIn covering the Olympics for BBC Radio, I have had the privilege of speaking with all kinds of athletes. Once again, I have been reminded that boxers never give bad interviews. The latest to impress me to no end has been Karriss Artingstall, who won bronze in the featherweight division, losing a fight for gold after losing points for a mustache in his semi-final. Artingstall, of Macclesfield, dropped out of school at age 15, started boxing, joined the army, where he is a gunner in the Royal Horse Artillery, and eventually became an Olympian. Ben Whittaker, the Black Country light heavyweight, wanted not only a gold medal, but also to become mayor of Wolverhampton. Unfortunately, he lost in the final to Cuban Arlen López, something in which he did not put on a brave face. “You don...

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A Bride Waving a Flag in Bombed Beirut: Christine Spengler’s Best Photograph | Art and Design

I I spent my childhood in Madrid and went to the Prado every week from the age of seven. I would cry for the works of Goya. His paintings of the Spanish Civil War moved me like nothing else. I never grew up around photography, I grew up around Goya. Even as a child, I was drawn to the dark destinies of the world.Throughout my career, I have covered 13 conflicts, more than many of the famous war photographers of my generation. I have worked in Vietnam and Cambodia, Eritrea and Northern Ireland, Afghanistan and Iran. I have always tried to capture a glimmer of hope in a context of drama and destruction. That has not always been possible.I covered the Lebanese civil war between 1982 and 1984. Shortly after my arrival, I was kidnapped by Al-Mourabitoun, a group of militias, who ac...

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Controversy as Ukraine considers granting hero status to suspected war criminals

A controversial issue has landed in front of politicians in the Ukrainian parliament and is receiving international attention. Seventy-eight Ukrainian lawmakers from all sides of parliament have proposed giving the title 'Hero of Ukraine' to controversial figures such as Stepan Bandera and Roman Shukhevych.Some Ukrainians see them as war heroes who fought for Ukraine's independence in the 1930s and 1940s. For others, they are anti-Semitic war criminals who participated in the mass killings of up to 100,000 Jews and Poles during World War II in Volinia and eastern Galicia.The proposal also calls on the Ukrainian Parliament and the country's president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, to commemorate the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, UPA, which operates from the 1940s to the 1950s, on its 80th anniversar...

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Is Alexander Lukashenko testing the “mad” theory of foreign policy? | Andrew Wilson

These have been times of great activity for the rebellious state of Belarus.In recent days, an opposition activist, Vitaly Shyshov, was found dead, hanging from a tree in a park in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, in what is now officially a murder case. Shyshov led an NGO that helped Belarusians escape growing repression at home, having fled himself in 2020. Olympic 200-meter sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya narrowly escaped being put on a plane on his way home from Tokyo, and received a humanitarian visa from Poland. And the EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson from Sweden flew to Lithuania to try to do something about the smuggling of migrants organized by the state of Belarus across the border to its neighbor (the Minsk government has been accused of organizing flights from Bagh...

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After my miscarriages, I didn’t need to talk; needed access to better care | Jennie agg

Taboo is an overused word in the media, isn't it? Miscarriage, in particular, is often described as one of the "last taboos," although I've also seen the label attached to menopause, periods, postpartum depression, finances, pelvic organ prolapse, and male incontinence. . When Carrie Johnson announced last weekend that she was expecting another baby this Christmas following a miscarriage she described as "heartbreaking," the word made headlines again: "Carrie's rainbow baby helps break the miscarriage taboo." . I understand the urge to come up with this kind of language. When I had my first miscarriage, four years ago, it was as if I had entered a cave of white noise. Leaving the pregnancy unit early that day with nothing to show for my three-month pregnancy other than a pair of hos...

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The raid that wiped out Belarus’ last independent media platform

It was May 21, 2021, when the police broke into the editorial office of Belsat TV in the center of Minsk, the capital of Belarus.Following the forced closure of the Tut.by web channel on May 18 and the arrest of more than 500 journalists since August 2020, Belsat TV was the last independent platform left in the country governed by President Alexander Lukashenko.The raid is symptomatic of a broader crackdown on dissent in Belarus since Lukashenko's disputed re-election last August sparked large protests.Headquartered in Ulitsa Ihnacienki, inside an anonymous gray building whose façade was whimsically highlighted by the 'badminton courts' sign, the Belsat TV office consisted of three or four rooms, two large ash-covered tables and empty cigarette packs, and a small television studio."We a...

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“No sense of security”: How the Beirut explosion created a mental health crisis | Global development

Rayan Khatoun has been dreading August 4. She has been constantly nervous as the anniversary of the port explosion in Beirut approached.The blast threw Khatoun against a wall on her way home from work, leaving her with a head injury, a broken cheekbone and torn tendons. Since then, she has suffered from recurring nightmares, insomnia, and anxiety attacks."For the next several months, I was too scared to be near the glass," she says. "At times, I experienced a sudden fear of open spaces as if I had nowhere to hide if something happened."Khatoun's children are in constant fear that something will happen to her, after seeing how badly hurt she was. "We have completely lost our sense of security," he says.With the country in crisis, failed by the political class, its people are in the g...

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Cuomo Accuser Calls For Impeachment After Investigation Corroborates Accusations – Live | US News

9.41 a. M. EDT09:41 Charlotte Bennett, a former New York State employee whose sexual harassment you claim against Andrew Cuomo were substantiated by the investigators, said that the Assembly must act quickly to impeach the governor. "September is not early enough," Bennett said today on "Good Morning America." “This has to happen now. It's a danger ". Good morning america (@GMA) Cuomo's former assistant in sexual harassment claim: "It was not an apology and he did not take responsibility for his actions."@GStephanopoulos https://t.co/t16e6xggNQ pic.twitter.com/8SVNN9BqrW August ...

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By February, at least one dose of the covid-19 vaccine would be applied to eligible Americans, according to analysis

Survey blames unvaccinated people for covid-19 infections 0:53 (CNN) -- At the current rate of vaccinations, it will take until mid-February to administer at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to all eligible Americans, according to a CNN analysis of data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (CDC). More than 90 million eligible people in the US are not yet vaccinated. And while the seven-day average of people starting vaccination each day is the highest since July 4 at 446,300, many experts say the U.S. is still not where it needs to be to get the pandemic and delta under control. it spreads rapidly. With less than half the population fully vaccinated, cases have increased again and cause...