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Live Updates: Kelly Loeffler calls Raphael Warnock a ‘radical liberal’ during Georgia Senate debate – Fox News
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Sen. Loeffler, Rev. Warnock gives closing arguments at the 2020 Georgia Senate runoff debate

Sen. Kelly Loeffler R-Ga., and Democratic candidate Rev. Raphael Warnock give their final pitch to voters ahead of January’s Georgia Senate election.

Sen. Kelly Loeffler labeling her opponent Raphael Warnock a “radical liberal,” during Georgia’s Senate debate Sunday night.

Loeffler said that “radical liberal Raphael Warnock” had no place in Peach State politics. She called him a “radical liberal” multiple times during the debate, the first time the two squared off ahead of a runoff election in January that will help decide who controls the Senate next year.

“I cannot stand by and let Georgians not know who my opponent is, how radical his views are, and how he would fundamentally change our country,” she said. “He’s out of step with Georgia’s values.”

In her concluding statement, Loeffler said a win for Warnock brings Democrats a step closer to their agenda: “increase taxes, open borders, socialize health care.”

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Trump administration yet to deliver much of the disaster funds it owes Puerto Rico – Washington Examiner
Trump administration yet to deliver much of the disaster funds it owes Puerto Rico – Washington Examiner

President Trump has complained in recent days that Puerto Rico has been granted too much federal disaster relief. But his administration has yet to deliver much of the money that Congress directed toward the U.S. territory following historic hurricane damage.

Trump told Senate Republicans during a Tuesday lunch meeting that while he is resigned to $600 million in supplemental nutritional assistance flowing to Puerto Rico despite his opposition, he thinks the territory received too much help.

“He thinks the amount they’ve gotten is way out of proportion with the amount that Texas and Florida and others have gotten,” said Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., one of the senators present. Rubio noted that Puerto Rico faced unique problems in that it had a pre-existing debt crisis and was hit by two hurricanes in quick succession.

The funding immediately in question is $600 million in low-income food assistance rolled into a relief package aimed at more recent natural disasters in the mainland U.S. But the administration has held up billions already provided by Congress to the flailing territory. Much of the money flows through the Department of Housing and Urban Development. But most of it has yet to actually be delivered to Puerto Rico.

The department’s explanations for dragging its feet on the aid have shifted.

In a January interview, HUD spokesperson Brian Sullivan denied that Puerto Rico had submitted the action plan necessary to disburse billions in relief funds. When Sullivan was provided a copy of that plan, published online in November 2018, he instead blamed the partial government shutdown for the delay in sending out the money, which the government had already appropriated.

“Still, the staff isn’t here to review it properly,” said Sullivan. “How do you, without appropriations, do the necessary due diligence?”

Still, Sullivan acknowledged “inconsistency” with the department’s written guidance prior to the shutdown. In that guidance, the department said it would approve grant plans submitted by Puerto Rico and other areas eligible for disaster relief within 45 days, unless the department objected to how those funds would be used. Puerto Rico’s plan was submitted Nov. 18, but HUD did not approve its plan as that guidance suggested it would.

Instead, on Jan. 14, nearly 60 days after Puerto Rico submitted that plan, HUD waived the guidance and established “an alternative requirement” for its own review of plans, further extending the timeline. To date, Puerto Rico has received 7.5 percent of the $20 billion in community development block grants owed to it by HUD, despite the fact that HUD announced the approval of more funds at the beginning of March.

On Wednesday, Sullivan said that HUD had yet to present Puerto Rico’s government with a grant contract that would allow an additional $8.2 billion in recovery grants to flow to the island, despite the fact that the department announced approval for those funds on March 1. Sullivan said that the agency was working with the Office of Management and Budget to finalize language around the grant.

Pam Patenaude, HUD’s deputy secretary and a longtime housing policy veteran who supervised the department’s recovery efforts, resigned suddenly in December, citing personal reasons. According to the Washington Post, Patenaude objected to a directive from the White House to redirect funding from Puerto Rico to other areas of the country, which would violate the law Congress passed to distribute those funds and Congress’s constitutional authority to appropriate funds.

“I didn’t push back. I advocated for Puerto Rico and assured the White House that Puerto Rico had sufficient financial controls in place and had put together a thoughtful housing and economic development recovery plan,” Patenaude told the Post.

The $600 million in food stamps for Puerto Rico has strong support in the Senate. Only 10 senators — all Republicans — opposed advancing the overall package, which is primarily aimed at disaster assistance for states that experienced natural disasters in the past several months, such as California, Alabama, and Hawaii.

According to Rubio, Trump set the stage for the administration to oppose Medicaid funding for the territory, similar to that which states receive. That funding is expected to run out by March 2020.

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Trump wants to meet whistleblower, says Schiff may have committed ‘fraud and treason’ – Fox News
Trump wants to meet whistleblower, says Schiff may have committed ‘fraud and treason’ – Fox News
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Democrats allege Trump abused his power to solicit interference from a foreign government in the 2020 election

Former DOJ prosecutor James Trusty weighs in on a whistleblower complaint that President Trump encouraged the Ukrainian president to investigate Joe Biden’s son’s business dealings.

President Trump on Sunday said he wants to meet the whistleblower who filed a complaint about his July phone call with the Ukrainian president and to have House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., questioned for “fraud and treason.”

“Like every American, I deserve to meet my accuser, especially when this accuser, the so-called ‘Whistleblower,’ represented a perfect conversation with a foreign leader in a totally inaccurate and fraudulent way,” Trump tweeted. “Then Schiff made up what I actually said by lying to Congress.”

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He continued: “His lies were made in perhaps the most blatant and sinister manner ever seen in the great Chamber. He wrote down and read terrible things, then said it was from the mouth of the President of the United States. I want Schiff questioned at the highest level for Fraud & Treason.”

Trump last week released a transcript of the call with President Volodymyr Zelensky, which along with the complaint, detailed how he urged his Ukrainian counterpart to investigate Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his son, Hunter. The incident has set off a formal impeachment inquiry.

But Schiff opened Thursday’s hearing on Capitol Hill with Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire with an exaggerated reading of the phone call, which he later walked back as a “parody.”

Trump on Friday blasted Schiff for the fictional summary and demanded his immediate resignation.

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In the series of tweets on Sunday, Trump not only doubled down on meeting his accusers, both the whistleblower and the person who supplied the information, but also questioned whether he was being spied on.

“In addition, I want to meet not only my accuser, who presented SECOND & THIRD HAND INFORMATION, but also the person who illegally gave this information, which was largely incorrect, to the ‘Whistleblower,’” Trump tweeted. “Was this person SPYING on the U.S. President? Big Consequences!”

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However, Schiff appeared on ABC News’ “This Week” earlier Sunday saying that precautions have been taken to protect the whistleblower’s identity amid the criticism from Trump and his allies.

“We are taking all the precautions we can to protect the whistleblower’s identity,” Schiff added. “With President Trump’s threats, you can imagine the security concerns here.”

Fox News’ Adam Shaw and Andrew O’Reilly contributed to this report.

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5 noticias del día: 8 de agosto – El Economista
5 noticias del día: 8 de agosto – El Economista


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En las noticias más leídas de hoy, y porque absolutamente nadie lo pidió, llega el programa de “noticias reales”, presentado por la nuera de Donald Trump. Un error en el proceso de calificación de la Comipems dejó fuera del bachillerato a miles de estudiantes que pretendían entrar a la UNAM. ¿Qué debes saber sobre este caso? A pesar de las cuatro fallas de HBO GO en la transmisión de Game of Thrones, desatiende a Profeco y a los usuarios y además te decimos qué hacer para ser exitoso al heredar patrimonio.

1. 10 cosas que debes saber sobre el error de Comipems

Luego de que los resultados de ingreso al bachillerato fueran revelados, miles de estudiantes que aspiraban a obtener un lugar en una de las escuelas de la UNAM, se llevaron una desagradable sorpresa cuando se enteraron de que no habían obtenido un lugar. La razón fue que obtuvieron menos puntos de los que necesitaban para entrar.

Debido a un error en la revisión de los exámenes de admisión a bachillerato 11,051 estudiantes no obtuvieron un lugar en escuelas de la UNAM. El pasado domingo 5 de agosto, la Comisión Metropolitana de Instituciones Públicas de Educación Media Superior (Comipems) publicó los resultados del concurso de asignación correspondiente al año 2017. Hubo aspirantes que no entraron, porque no se les calificó de forma adecuada.

10 cosas que debes saber sobre el error de Comipems. Ver nota.

2. Trump lanza su programa de “noticias reales”

Lara Trump, nuera del presidente de Estados Unidos, estreno su propio programa de noticias que se transmite por las cuentas de la familia Trump a través de Facebook. La transmisión de la esposa de Eric Trump comenzó el domingo 30 de julio, donde dice publicar “noticias reales” para combatir las “noticias falsas” que circulan “por ahí”.

La misión de video, seguramente promovida por el presidente Donald Trump es un nuevo capítulo de la guerra que el mandatario sostiene con los medios de comunicación a los que considera que no hablan de él y de su trabajo con justicia. ¿Será una fuente confiable de información?

Trump lanza su programa de “noticias reales”. Ver nota.

3. Solidez de la economía, ¿es real?

Después de dos años continuos de depreciación del peso frente al dólar, en diciembre del año anterior tocó fondo dicha tendencia, para iniciar un proceso de apreciación o recuperación, que acumula ya dos trimestres consecutivos, ello desde luego en reflejo del cambio de las causas que le dieron origen a esa situación, particularmente la coyuntura político-electoral en Estados Unidos y la renegociación del Tratado de Libre Comercio.

A nivel macroeconómico, en los grandes agregados se aprecia una sensible recuperación en algunas variables como efecto de la medición en términos del dólar, como puede ser la riqueza generada en el país medida en dólares, que realizan con cierta regularidad algunos organismos internacionales para medir el avance o retroceso de una economía en términos de ese indicador y en referencia a otras naciones.

Solidez de la economía, ¿es real?. Ver nota.

4. Al heredar el patrimonio, ¿cuánto es mucho?

Cuando se trata de herederos que han arruinado éxitos familiares, probablemente haya escuchado de varios casos en los que el beneficiario despilfarra o no sabe administrar los recursos que la generación anterior ganó. En este sentido, el reto es propiciar un nivel de ambición sano, que no consienta pero tampoco limite a la persona.

Alejandro Saracho Recomienda que poco a poco se le den mayores recursos, pero a través de méritos propios haga su propio éxito.

Al heredar el patrimonio, ¿cuánto es mucho?. Ver nota.

5. HBO GO desatiende a Profeco y a consumidores

Por cuarto domingo consecutivo desde el inicio de la última temporada, la plataforma de streaming le quedó mal a los usuarios, minutos antes de la transmisión del episodio de Game of Thrones, y sumó una semana más de silencio y desatención a los requerimientos de la autoridad federal que defiende a los consumidores mexicanos.

Profeco anunció que subirá el tono de su actuación sobre HBO GO e informó que dio aviso a varias autoridades que estén involucradas con empresas extranjeras en México para que respondan a los consumidores de HBO GO.

HBO GO desatiende a Profeco y a consumidores. Ver nota.



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Corea del Norte lanza un nuevo misil y obliga a Japón a emitir una alerta para que su población buscara refugio – BBC Mundo
Corea del Norte lanza un nuevo misil y obliga a Japón a emitir una alerta para que su población buscara refugio – BBC Mundo

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El misil sobrevoló territorio japonés.

El gobierno de Japón emitió una alerta para que su población se refugiara luego de que Corea del Norte lanzó un misil.

“El gobierno está aconsejando a la gente que esté en exteriores que se refugie inmediatamente”, indicó el canal japonés NHK.

El ministro portavoz del Ejecutivo japonés, Yoshihide Suga, dijo que el lanzamiento se produjo a las 6:57 de la mañana del viernes (las 21:57 del jueves GMT) y que el misil sobrevoló Hokkaido y cayó al mar unos 19 minutos más tarde.

Las autoridades de Corea del Sur y de Estados Unidos están aún evaluando los detalles de lo ocurrido.

Según fuentes de Defensa de Corea del Sur, el lanzamiento se originó desde un lugar cercano a la capital norcoreana, Pyongyang, con una trayectoria hacia el este.

El gobierno surcoreano convocó una reunión urgente de su Consejo de Seguridad Nacional.

El mes pasado, el régimen de Kim Jong-un lanzó un misil que sobrevoló territorio japonés, lo que fue considerado por Tokio como una “amenaza sin precedente” sobre ese país.

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El gobierno de Japón puso en alerta a sus ciudadanos.

Esperada

Rupert Anthony Wingfield-Hayes, corresponsal de la BBC en Tokio, dijo que el más reciente lanzamiento realizado por Pyongyang realizó un recorrido similar al de aquel misil que encendió las alarmas en Japón, pero que se diferencian en la altura y la extensión del recorrido efectuado por el proyectil.

“Estiman que el misil alcanzó una altitud de unos 770 kilómetros y realizó un recorrido de unos 3.700 kilómetros. Llegó bastante más lejos que el misil anterior“, destacó.

Indicó que tanto las autoridades de Japón como las de Corea del Sur y Estados Unidos estaban a la expectativa de esta nueva prueba de Corea del Norte.

“Esperaban que ocurriera el sábado 9 de septiembre y no se produjo y estaban haciendo un seguimiento por satélite, por lo que no es algo inesperado, aunque evidentemente ha causado conmoción en la población de Japón”, señaló.

El Comando del Pacífico de Estados Unidos señaló que su primera evaluación de lo ocurrido indica que se trató del lanzamiento de un misil balístico de alcance intermedio.

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A inicios de septiembre, los medios oficiales en Corea del Norte publicaron imágenes del líder Kim Jong-un inspeccionando lo que dijeron era una bomba de hidrógeno.

A inicios de septiembre, Pyongyang realizó su sexta prueba nuclear, asegurando que esta vez había ensayado con éxito un bomba nuclear miniaturizada que puede ser instalada en un misil de largo alcance.

En respuesta, el Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU aprobó el lunes pasado una nueva ronda de sanciones en contra de Corea del Norte, con el objetivo de intentar frenar su programa de desarrollo de misiles con capacidad nuclear.

Desde 2006, el Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU ha aprobado por unanimidad nueve resoluciones contra Corea del Norte.

Hasta ahora, sin embargo estas no han logrado su objetivo de frenar los esfuerzos de Pyongyang por dotarse de armamento nuclear y de misiles balísticos intercontinentales.

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Corea del Norte dispone de armamento nuclear desde hace varios años pero con capacidad de proyección limitada.

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El programa nuclear de Corea del Norte es un tema prioritario en la agenda del gobierno de Trump.

En los últimos tiempos parece haber avanzado en el desarrollo de bombas atómicas miniaturizadas que pueden ser encajadas en misiles balísticos intercontinentales (ICBM, por sus siglas en inglés).

Estos dos elementos han encendido las alarmas en Washington pues dotarían a Pyongyang de la capacidad para lanzar un ataque nuclear en territorio continental estadounidense, una posibilidad que Donald Trump rechazó tajantemente pocas semanas antes de entrar en la Casa Blanca en enero de este año.

Desde entonces, sin embargo, Corea del Norte parece haber acelerado sus planes realizando numerosas pruebas militares, lo que ha llevado a una escalada de tensión entre ambos países y ha causado preocupación a la comunidad internacional.

El mes pasado, Trump amenazó a Pyongyang con una respuesta de “fuego y furia” si el líder Kim Jong-un volvía a amenazar a Estados Unidos.

Pese a ello, el régimen norcoreano no ha dado muestras de sentirse intimidado.

Tras la aprobación de la última ronda de sanciones por parte de la ONU, Corea del Norte amenazó con “hundir” Japón y aseguró que Estados Unidos debería ser “golpeado hasta morir como un perro”. rabioso”.

Source Article from http://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-internacional-41275621

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Megdebeg: German Christmas market suspect remanded by judge – BBC.com
Megdebeg: German Christmas market suspect remanded by judge – BBC.com
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New Omicron variant fills up children’s hospitals – CNN
New Omicron variant fills up children’s hospitals – CNN

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Corea del Norte advierte: impulsará "a máxima velocidad" programa nuclear – Diario El País
Corea del Norte advierte: impulsará "a máxima velocidad" programa nuclear – Diario El País

En plena etapa de alta tensión entre EEUU y Corea del Norte, el régimen norcoreano de Kim Jong-un aseguró hoy que impulsará “a velocidad máxima” su programa nuclear en respuesta a la creciente presión ejercida sobre el país por parte del presidente estadounidense, Donald Trump.

La posibilidad de que Pyongyang lleve a cabo su sexto ensayo atómico de manera inminente es una de las razones que más ha tensado durante las últimas semanas las complicadas relaciones entre Pyongyang y Washington, que no descarta una acción militar en respuesta a esa provocación.

En un comunicado, el Ministerio de Exteriores norcoreano denunció que “EE.UU. está haciendo mucho ruido a favor de más sanciones y presión de acuerdo con su nueva política de máxima presión y confrontación contra la República Popular Democrática de Corea (RPDC, nombre oficial de Corea del Norte)”.

En este sentido, el texto publicado hoy por la agencia estatal KCNA advierte de que el país asiático “acelerará al máximo las medidas para reforzar su programa de disuasión nuclear”.

El comunicado repite además la idea de que Corea del Norte podría realizar “en cualquier momento y en cualquier lugar” su próxima prueba atómica.

A mediados de abril unas fotos tomadas por satélite indicaban que la base nuclear norcoreana de Punggye-ri estaba “preparada y lista” para un nuevo test, ya que mostraban una persistente actividad.

Esto hizo que las especulaciones se dispararan en torno a la posibilidad de que la prueba nuclear se realizara alrededor del 15 de abril, coincidiendo con la mayor fiesta del país, el aniversario del nacimiento del fundador de Corea del Norte, Kim Il-sung, abuelo del actual líder, Kim Jong-un.

Aunque la detonación no se realizó, esto no ha impedido que la Administración Trump haya subido el tono y la presión contra Kim Jong-un con la amenaza de una acción militar si Pyongyang sigue con sus provocaciones.

Además, en respuesta a unos de sus últimos lanzamientos de misiles, Washington decidió enviar a la región el portaaviones de propulsión nuclear Carl Vinson y su flota de ataque, lo que caldeó aún más el ambiente.

En este sentido, el portavoz de Exteriores norcoreano acusó hoy a Washington de elevar la tensión y aseguró una vez más que Corea del Norte está “plenamente preparada” para responder a cualquier acción militar.

“La agresividad histérica estadounidense nunca había alcanzado tal nivel en la península de Corea y nunca se había acercado tanto al borde de una guerra nuclear”, sostiene el comunicado.

Corea del Norte ha realizado cinco pruebas nucleares desde 2006, las dos últimas en enero y septiembre de 2016.

El régimen de Kim Jong-un siempre ha justificado su programa de armas nucleares como una medida de autoprotección frente a lo que se considera una actitud hostil de Washington, al que acusan repetidamente de realizar ejercicios militares regulares en la península de Corea con el objetivo de invadir el país.

Corea del Norte insistió hoy en que continuará “reforzando sus capacidades militares de autodefensa y ataque nuclear preventivo” y señaló que, si no tuvieran esa capacidad nuclear, “EEUU cometería sin dudarlo las mismas agresiones en Corea que ha cometido contra otros países”.

En una entrevista emitida ayer domingo, Donald Trump volvió a dejar la puerta abierta a una acción militar en Corea del Norte tras las continuas provocaciones de Pyongyang, aunque insistió en su preferencia por una solución diplomática.

El régimen norcoreano realizó el sábado una nueva prueba de un misil balístico que explotó minutos después de su lanzamiento, según revelaron fuentes militares surcoreanas y de EEUU.

Por su parte, Japón envió hoy su mayor portahelicópteros para escoltar a un navío estadounidense en la zona oriental del país asiático.

El destructor Izumo apoyará a la embarcación estadounidense, encargada de suministrar combustible y otras ayudas a los navíos del país norteamericano que se encuentra en la zona, incluido el portaaviones de propulsión nuclear Carl Vinson.

Source Article from https://www.elpais.com.uy/mundo/corea-norte-advierte-impulsara-maxima.html

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Trump takes the ’emergency’ exit – CNN
Trump takes the ’emergency’ exit – CNN

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Analysis by Lauren Dezenski, CNN

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Washington (CNN)We’re ending the week on a high note: The government isn’t going to shut down tonight! 

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Secret Service places multiple agents on leave over Trump assassination attempt investigation – CBS News
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Noticias "al desnudo", la estrategia de noticiero para ganar audiencia – Blu Radio
Noticias "al desnudo", la estrategia de noticiero para ganar audiencia – Blu Radio

Frente a una feroz competencia, el propietario de Zjarr TV, Ismet Dristhi, decidió “desnudar” la información con el objetivo, a su juicio, de aproximarla a la verdad.

 

“En Albania, donde los poderes políticos manipulan las noticias, la audiencia necesitaba un medio que presentar las informaciones tal y como son, al desnudo”, explica Drishti, un exdirector de teatro y periodista.

De hecho, estos informativos difundidos por cable y por internet han hecho que la audiencia “no pare de aumentar”, asegura el propietario de la cadena, quien planea ampliar este modelo a ediciones en inglés y en francés.

 

“No vendemos sexo, reproducimos la actualidad tal cual. Es a la vez simbólico pero también una buena publicidad”, estima Drishti.

 

Para la presentadora Greta Hoxhaj, de 24 años, trabajar ligera de ropa representa un verdadero atajo hacia la gloria.

 

“Trabajé duro durante cinco años en una televisión local, donde pasé desapercibida”, explica esta estudiante de Derecho y Psicología que disfruta de la fama recién conseguida.

 

Greta Hoxhaj presenta las ediciones informativas en Zjarr TV ligera de ropa y “no lamenta nada”.

 

“En tres meses, me convertí en una estrella”, señala esta joven alegre y desinhibida.

 

Actualmente, la presentadora estudia una oferta de empleo en Sídney, donde realizaría el mismo trabajo para una cadena australiana.

 

Cada noche a las 19H30, Greta, seria y aplicada, presenta las noticias como si no ocurriera nada, desnuda bajo una chaqueta preferentemente cikir salmón y con un escote estudiado al milímetro.

 

En su día a día, la joven se viste como todas las chicas de su generación. El desnudo es “sólo para la televisión, para las noticias”, afirma.

 

Greta remplazó en este puesto a una estudiante de 21 años, Enki Braçaj, cuyos exuberantes pechos le valieron un gran reconocimiento en los Balcanes, incluso en las regiones donde no se habla albanés.

 

Oficialmente, Enki se marchó ya que estaba descontenta con su salario pero, según sus compañeras, ella consiguió un puesto de modelo en una revista de moda.

 

Greta, que sueña con “hacer carrera en el mundo de los medios de comunicación y de la publicidad”, no se preocupa mucho de los comentarios negativos que su actividad generó, principalmente en las redes sociales de Albania.

 

En Albania, un país de cerca de tres millones de habitantes, de mayoría musulmana, y donde la sociedad es patriarcal y tradicionalista, las críticas fueron mixtas. 

 

“Es lamentable que acepten una cosa de este tipo sólo para estar en televisión”, se quejó un internauta.

 

Otro televidente lanza comentarios sobre la talla del busto de las presentadoras.

 

Un tercero calificó el formato como “un acto sexista y repugnante”.

 

Para Greta, estas críticas poco importan.

 

“Estas reacciones no me afectan”, dice. “Tuve la valentía de hacer lo que hago y ahora soy una estrella”, afirmó.

 

En los círculos feministas, el programa no generó críticas y los periodistas fueron más bien benévolos.

 

“La desnudez no puede resolver la crisis que viven los medios, que para sobrevivir están dándole cualquier cosa al público”, declaró Aleksandër Cipa, presidente de la Asociación de Periodistas de Albania.

 

El analista especializado en medios Leonard Olli, por su parte, no ataca a nadie.

 

“Existe una diversidad de opciones y cada uno es libre de cambiar de canal”, sentenció. 

 

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Biden Talks Vaccines and Bob Dole in Interview With Jimmy Fallon – The New York Times
Biden Talks Vaccines and Bob Dole in Interview With Jimmy Fallon – The New York Times

The president then said the extremist views displayed by some members of the Republican Party had eroded some of that bipartisanship.

Mr. Biden has appeared on Mr. Fallon’s show twice before, both in September 2016, toward the end of his time as vice president and again in 2020, in an interview that took on a much more serious tone during the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. Mr. Biden, who as president will often add emphasis during his speeches or interviews with mentions of “That’s not hyperbole” and “It’s not a joke,” has shown a willingness to joke around a bit on late-night shows.

Mr. Biden told Mr. Fallon how his family was not used to having every meal made for them in the White House and that he reached an agreement with “the guys who run the kitchen” that the first family would make breakfast for themselves.

“You make your own eggs?” Mr. Fallon asked.

“Well, I don’t — Jill does,” Mr. Biden said, referring to the first lady of the United States.

Mr. Biden also foreshadowed some of his forthcoming goals during the appearance on the show. When asked what he hoped he would be talking about this time next year, he said he hoped he would be celebrating his administration getting the pandemic under control, even as the rise of the Delta variant this summer factored into his dwindling approval ratings. He added that he was focused on putting in effect more measures to combat climate change.

And Mr. Biden said that he hoped to pass legislation that would preserve the right to vote, something he acknowledged during a CNN town hall in October that had not received his full attention while he tried to secure enough votes to pass his infrastructure and social spending packages.

Mr. Biden said the Republican attempts to restrict voting rights in more than a dozen states were “literally un-American.”

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La histórica visita de Obama a Cuba que busca acelerar los cambios de la posrevolución – BBC Mundo
La histórica visita de Obama a Cuba que busca acelerar los cambios de la posrevolución – BBC Mundo

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La bandera estadounidense está presente por doquier en la Cuba actual, en un signo de los nuevos tiempos.

Ahora, cuando ya tiene más de 70 años, Elio García recuerda exactamente dónde estaba el 16 de abril de 1961.

“En la esquina de 23 y 12”, dice, señalando la calle desde el portal de su casa en La Habana. “Yo estaba hacia atrás en la multitud, pero lo recuerdo claramente”.

Entonces dice de memoria una de las famosas frases de Fidel Castro: “¡Lo que no nos perdonan es haber hecho una Revolución socialista en sus propias narices!“

“Yo estaba allí, yo lo vi”, dice sonriendo, momentáneamente transportado a una tarde cuando, como aprendiz de mecánica de 20 años, soltó sus herramientas para presenciar la histórica declaración.

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Elio García defiende la Revolución de Fidel Castro pero también el acercamiento de Raúl Castro con Estados Unidos.

Era el primer reconocimiento público de Castro de que la Revolución cubana era socialista, en lugar de nacionalista.

“Ese discurso nos puso en una situación difícil”, reconoce Elio, un revolucionario comprometido hasta el día de hoy.

Se avizoraba la invasión de la bahía de Cochinos y Cuba estaba en máximo estado de alerta.

En lo que concernía a Washington, la isla era parte del bloque soviético, y durante los siguientes 55 años sería tratada como un vecino hostil, justo a 90 millas de las costas de Florida.

El presidente Dwight Eisenhower rompió las relaciones diplomáticas e impuso a Cuba unas sanciones económicas que se consolidaron con la orden ejecutiva de su sucesor, John F. Kennedy, en 1962.

Para Elio y su familia, algunas cosas no han cambiado desde la era de Eisenhower. Sigue viviendo en el mismo apartamento que en 1961 y sigue haciendo el mismo trabajo.

El embargo comercial estadounidense sigue vigente también.

La era del deshielo

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Raúl Castro y Barack Obama acabaron con casi cinco décadas de hostilidad bilateral.

No obstante, ha habido un enorme cambio en los años transcurridos, particularmente durante los últimos 12 meses.

La noticia del fin de las hostilidades de la Guerra Fría, anunciada por Raúl Castro y Barack Obama el 17 de diciembre de 2014, fue posiblemente el acontecimiento más importante en cuanto a las relaciones entre EE.UU. y Cuba desde la caída del muro de Berlín.

En cierto sentido, esto ha desembocado en una especie de período postrevolucionario, al menos diplomático. Los cubanos y los estadounidenses ya no se miran con la misma suspicacia.

No nos equivoquemos, no ha habido un cambio perceptible en el sistema político, ni se espera ningún otro cambio significativo.

En los días que siguieron al anuncio del 17 de diciembre, el presidente Raúl Castro enfatizó que la flexibilización de las relaciones con Washington no significaría un cambio en las ideas socialistas “por las cuales nuestro pueblo ha derramado tanta sangre y ha corrido tan graves riesgos”.

Pero es importante que esa flexibilización diplomática no se vea aisladamente.

Decisiones pragmáticas

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Las imágenes de Fidel Castro, por toda Cuba, como en este mercado estatal de productos agrícolas en La Habana.

En 2008, el hombre que había regido todas las facetas de la vida de los cubanos, Fidel Castro, traspasó el poder a su hermano menor Raúl, a causa de una crisis en su salud que lo colocó al borde de la muerte.

Casi inmediatamente Raúl Castro comenzó a atenuar algunas de las restricciones establecidas por el estado en el sector económico.

Detrás de esa decisión había una necesidad económica, así como un pragmatismo político.

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La mayoría de los cubanos aprueba el acercamiento con Estados Unidos.

Desde entonces han aparecido por todo el país pequeñas empresas privadas, especialmente en el sector del turismo, y miles de trabajadores se han reubicado en el trabajo por cuenta propia.

Fue en ese nuevo entorno que se tomó la decisión de restablecer relaciones diplomáticas con Estados Unidos.

Obviamente el deshielo no es apoyado por todos en EE.UU.. El candidato presidencial republicano, Ted Cruz, se ha comprometido a revertir la apertura del gobierno de Obama hacia La Habana y regresar a las políticas del pasado. Es la misma postura del senador Marco Rubio, también de origen cubano, antes de finalizara su campaña en Florida la semana pasada.

En Miami, centro del exilio cubano, está programada una marcha este domingo para protestar por la visita.

Críticas en EE.UU.

En ciertos medios de prensa, el proceso tiene también sus críticos. La directiva editorial del diario The Washington Post recientemente criticó lo que considera concesiones de Obama a La Habana.

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En el bando republicano, la política de acercamiento a Cuba ha recibido críticas.

“Hasta el momento hay escasa evidencia de un cambio en Cuba, quizás porque Obama continúa ofreciendo concesiones unilaterales al régimen de Castro, sin pedir nada a cambio”, escribió la dirección del periódico.

“Como para la apertura Estados Unidos no ha planteado condiciones relativas a los derechos humanos, el régimen de Castro continúa deteniendo sistemáticamente a disidentes y a otros que hablan en favor de la democracia”.

Sin embargo, otros –específicamente The New York Times– han apoyado la flexibilización desde el principio.

Soslayando a los editoriales de la prensa, la mayoría de los cubanos está simplemente cansada del antagonismo con los Estados Unidos y parece que da la bienvenida a la nueva relación.

La decisión del presidente Obama representa un cambio, al menos uno –que el pueblo cubano pudiera demorar en sentir– y, después de seis décadas de estancamiento, un cambio es bienvenido.

Mayor colaboración bilateral

Pero el deshielo va más allá de las esferas política y económica. La ciencia, la tecnología y la preservación marina son algunas de las áreas en las cuales los vecinos en conflicto han comenzado a colaborar este año, además de incrementar los intercambios en asuntos como la música y el arte.

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El turismo a Cuba, incluido el estadounidense, ha aumentado tras relajarse las restricciones de viaje.

El año pasado hubo un marcado incremento en los turistas que llegaron a Cuba, con un 54% de aumento en el número de visitantes estadounidenses después que el gobierno de Obama levantó varias restricciones de viajes para los ciudadanos de Estados Unidos.

Obama pronto estará entre ellos, cuando haga la primera visita de un presidente de Estados Unidos a Cuba en casi 90 años. Su foto en las calles de La Habana Vieja será de las más icónicas en esta isla tan fotografiada, y un impulso moral para el deshielo.

“Es maravilloso”, dice Elio García de la próxima visita presidencial.

Testigo de la historia en su tierra natal, Elio admite que nunca pensó que iba a vivir para ver ese momento.

“Este es un proceso lento y se necesita tiempo”, sonríe. “Esto es sólo el principio”.

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Unsealed documents show Epstein, Maxwell correspondence in 2015 – NBC News
Unsealed documents show Epstein, Maxwell correspondence in 2015 – NBC News

A trove of court documents unsealed Thursday night appear to show that the late, accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein was in contact with his now-charged confidant, Ghislaine Maxwell, in 2015.

Attorneys for Maxwell, who was arrested July 2, have argued that she hadn’t had any contact with Epstein for more than a decade, and is the target of overzealous prosecutors.

In one email between Epstein and Maxwell in 2015, Epstein appears to be composing a draft statement for Maxwell to release publicly. The date in January 2015 is a few weeks after one of Epstein’s alleged victims, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, first shared her story with a British newspaper.

In another typo-filled email a few days later, dated Jan. 25, 2015, “jeffrey E.” writes: “You have done nothing wrong and i woudl urge you to start acting like it. go outside, head high, not as an esacping convict. go to parties. deal with it.”

The emails refer to “Gmax” either in the recipient section or the email address.

That’s the name the FBI and federal prosecutors say Maxwell used when trying to set up a cell phone this past year in another person’s name. Prosecutors have contended this was one of the ways Maxwell sought to avoid detection and possible arrest.

The documents released Thursday night have been under seal for years, but Judge Loretta Preska last week ruled that a batch of documents from the case, including a deposition of Maxwell and correspondence between Maxwell and Epstein, could be released.

The documents are from a defamation case filed against Maxwell in 2015 by Giuffre, who has alleged that Epstein sexually abused her and that Maxwell and Epstein directed her to have sex with other men between 2000 and 2002. The case, which Giuffre brought after Maxwell accused her of lying when she said Maxwell and Epstein had exploited and abused her, was settled privately.

The unsealed documents released Thursday also contain allegations that Jane Doe 3 — whose allegations match those of Giuffre — was “forced” to have sexual relations with Prince Andrew on Epstein’s private island in what was described as “an orgy” with numerous other under-aged girls. It does not specify the year. The woman was allegedly instructed by Epstein to “give the Prince whatever he demanded” and “report back to him on the details of the sexual abuse.”

Similar allegations against Andrew were ordered by a federal judge to be struck from court records in 2015 after being lodged as part of a lawsuit involving Epstein — but the judge did not rule on the veracity of the claims.

NBC News has reached out to Andrew’s representatives for further comment.

Some of Andrew’s supporters have long maintained that the royal had done nothing wrong, and pointed out that just because allegations are included in court papers it does not mean they are true.

Requests for comment from Maxwell’s attorneys were not immediately returned Thursday night.

Andrew has denied allegations he had sex with Giuffre, who says she was trafficked by Epstein when she was 17. The prince said that he had no recollection of ever meeting her or having any sort of sexual contact with her at any point.

A representative for Giuffre said Thursday night that she has no comment and is unable to comment because it is an ongoing legal case.

Maxwell, 58, was arrested at a remote New Hampshire mansion. She had not been seen in public since Epstein, her longtime associate, was arrested on sex trafficking charges last year.

She was charged in a six-count indictment that alleges she recruited and groomed underage girls, some as young as 14, who were sexually abused by Epstein in the mid-1990s. Prosecutors also said that in some cases she “participated in the sexual abuse of minor victims.”

The charges against Maxwell cover a time period before Giuffre met Maxwell and Epstein.

Maxwell pleaded not guilty at her arraignment and has previously denied all allegations of any improper sexual contact.

Epstein died by suicide in jail last summer while awaiting trial. Following his death, federal prosecutors vowed to continue the investigation and prosecute his enablers.

Maxwell had petitioned a judge for home confinement in a luxury Manhattan hotel, pending trial, according to court filings, but that request was denied.

Prosecutors have described Maxwell as an extreme flight risk, saying she has access to millions of dollars, extensive international contacts and citizenship in France, which does not have an extradition treaty with the United States.

Ghislaine Maxwell’s attorneys pleaded with a federal appeals court to keep the documents sealed, saying in part that Maxwell said things in her deposition — including “regarding her consensual adult sexual activity” — only because she was promised confidentiality.Jared Siskin / Patrick McMullan via Getty Images file

The documents released Thursday were just part of the group the judge ruled on. Additional documents could be released as early as Monday.

Maxwell has appealed the release of documents that quote from or disclose information from her own deposition or that of a “John Doe 1” in the case to the Court of Appeals. If that court does not rule by Monday, those documents will also be unsealed and released then.

The disclosures Thursday night followed a day of high stakes legal drama as Maxwell’s attorneys tried multiple last-minute interventions to prevent the release of documents that had remained under seal for years.

Maxwell’s attorneys sought to submit materials under seal that had been ordered to be made public by a judge last week — and when that did not work, requested an emergency conference with the judge, which was also denied Thursday evening.

In Preska’s order for the release of the documents to go on as planned, the judge wrote: “The Court is troubled — but not surprised — that Ms. Maxwell has yet again sought to muddy the waters as the clock ticks closer to midnight.”

Thursday afternoon, Maxwell’s attorneys pleaded with a federal appeals court to keep the documents sealed, saying in part that Maxwell said things in her deposition — including “regarding her consensual adult sexual activity” — only because she was promised confidentiality.

They wrote that in light of her federal prosecution, any revelations from the unsealed documents “will forever let the cat out of the bag.”

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State Department raises travel advisory for the UK to its highest level as Covid-19 cases rise – CNN
State Department raises travel advisory for the UK to its highest level as Covid-19 cases rise – CNN

By Devan Cole and Jennifer Hansler, CNN

Updated 1:40 AM ET, Tue July 20, 2021

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READ: Paul Manafort’s statement to judge at his sentencing – CNN
READ: Paul Manafort’s statement to judge at his sentencing – CNN

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(CNN)These are former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort’s remarks to a federal judge at a sentencing hearing Thursday as prepared for delivery.

    CNN’s Evan Perez obtained the statement and CNN’s Katie Bernard transcribed.

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Six degrees of Rudy: Giuliani’s web tangles three Trump controversies – NBC News
Six degrees of Rudy: Giuliani’s web tangles three Trump controversies – NBC News

All roads lead to Rudy.

Rudy Giuliani, the former New York City mayor who is now President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, is in the news constantly for his role in the impeachment inquiry. But while Giuliani’s efforts to have Ukraine launch investigations politically beneficial to Trump are much discussed, it’s not the only way he and his associates have woven themselves into the fabric of Trump’s world.

Asked in a text Wednesday by NBC News about how his circle has been able to be so influential in the Trump administration, Giuliani responded, “I don’t know.”

Here’s a look at Giuliani’s key players and how they intersect with Trump:

UKRAINE

Giuliani’s ties to Ukraine go back to at least 2008 when he did consulting work for Vitaly Klitschko, a former boxer who is now mayor of Kyiv. While he’s had other business dealings there over the years, Giuliani said he started focusing on Ukraine’s alleged role in the 2016 U.S. presidential election as a way of countering special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into Russian election interference.

This year, Giuliani seized on unfounded allegations that Ukraine had scuttled an investigation into Hunter Biden at the behest of his father, then-Vice President Joe Biden, a leading 2020 Democratic presidential rival. Giuliani said his investigative efforts had the president’s blessing, which has been confirmed by multiple witnesses in the impeachment inquiry.

But Giuliani had some help with his efforts.

LEV PARNAS and IGOR FRUMAN

Parnas, a Trump donor, told the New Yorker earlier this year that he became “good friends” with Giuliani after the 2016 election. The friendship was lucrative for Giuliani, who told Reuters that Parnas’ company Fraud Guarantee paid his consulting company Giuliani Partners $500,000 for business and legal advice last year.

Ukrainian-American businessman Lev Parnas exits following his arraignment at the United States Courthouse in New York on, Oct. 23, 2019.Shannon Stapleton / Reuters file

Parnas, who was born in Ukraine, told the New Yorker he volunteered to help Giuliani’s efforts there. “Because of my Ukrainian background and my contacts there, I became like Rudy’s assistant, his investigator,” he told the magazine.

Parnas and Fruman, his business partner in another company called Global Energy Producers, had already been agitating against U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch. Federal prosecutors said they raised money for a congressman in 2018, later identified to NBC News as former Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, in order to push for his help in getting rid of the ambassador.

Igor Fruman exits federal court after an arraignment hearing in New York on Oct. 23, 2019.Stephanie Keith / Getty Images file

As NBC News reported in October, the plot against Yovanovitch was driven by Ukraine’s former chief prosecutor, Yuriy Lutsenko, who claimed without evidence that the ambassador had given him a “do not prosecute” list. Parnas and Fruman helped Lutsenko connect with Giuliani, and the two discussed a possible investigation into Joe and Hunter Biden. Lutsenko later said that he didn’t think Hunter Biden did anything wrong.

Parnas and Fruman also helped connect Giuliani with Lutsenko’s predecessor, Viktor Shokin, who claims he was fired for investigating Burisma, the Ukrainian energy company where Hunter Biden worked. There’s never been any evidence of wrongdoing by either Biden, but that hasn’t stopped Trump and his allies from pushing this narrative.

In addition to their work for Giuliani, Parnas and Fruman had another side gig — doing work for two of Giuliani’s longtime friends.

JOE diGENOVA and NANCY TOENSING

DiGenova is a longtime friend of Giuliani’s who was the U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., while Giuliani was the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York. DiGenova and his attorney wife, Victoria Toensing, have their own Washington-based law firm, diGenova & Toensing, and are fixtures on Fox News, where they’ve been staunch defenders of the president.

Victoria Toensing and Joseph diGenova listen to former CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson testify before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Capitol Hill Friday, March 16, 2007.The Washington Post / via Getty Images file

Trump announced they were joining his legal team in March of last year, but had to pull back the offer because of conflicts of interest involving the Mueller probe. “However, those conflicts do not prevent them from assisting the president in other legal matters,” Trump lawyer Jay Sekulow said at the time.

As the New York Times and Washington Post reported on Wednesday that the couple, along with Giuliani Partners, had been in negotiations to represent Lutsenko earlier this year.

The husband and wife also worked with a Ukrainian oligarch, Dmytro Firtash, who has been fighting extradition to the U.S. Firtash told The New York Times he’d hired the couple in June at the urging of Parnas and Fruman. Toensing has said she hired Parnas as “a translator” to do work on Firtash’s case.

TURKEY

Giuliani has strong ties to the Turkish government and represented a Turkish-Iranian banker, Reza Zarrab, who was jailed in March 2016 on money laundering charges. Zarrab, who had an office in Trump Tower Istanbul, was close friends with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and had politically damaging information involving a government-run Turkish bank, Halkbank.

In February 2017, Giuliani met with Erdogan in Turkey about the case, and he later met with Trump and then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson about Zarrab as well. He had company at both meetings.

MICHAEL MUKASEY

Mukasey, a former prosecutor in the Southern District of New York, worked with Giuliani at a New York City law firm, and the pair remained close over the years even after Mukasey became then-President George W. Bush’s attorney general.

Former U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey.Yuri Gripas / Reuters file

Mukasey teamed with Giuliani on the Zarrab case, but their addition to Zarrab’s legal team did not sit well with New York prosecutors or the judge presiding over the case. The judge, Richard Berman, accused the men of having conflicts of interest — Mukasey’s law firm had represented eight of the banks that were victimized by Zarrab, as had Giuliani’s firm. Giuliani’s law firm had also served as an “agent” of Turkey, Berman found — but he allowed them to stay on the case because Zarrab had “voluntarily and knowingly” waived the issue.

How far they went to do so became clear recently. While NBC News first reported Mukasey and Giuliani’s meeting with Erdogan in 2017, the Washington Post last month reported that Mukasey and Giuliani had also met with Trump in the Oval Office about Zarrab that same year. Trump called Tillerson in to meet with them as well. “The president says, ‘Guys, give Rex your pitch,'” a source familiar with the meeting told the paper.

They suggested swapping Zarrab for an American pastor who was in Turkish custody. Tillerson considered the request inappropriate, and later complained to Trump’s chief of staff, John Kelly, who told him to ignore it, the Post reported.

Zarrab wound up pleading guilty and giving testimony in a related case that was devastating to Erdogan and Halkbank. Federal prosecutors in New York charged Halkbank last month in a multibillion-dollar scheme to violate U.S. sanctions on Iran, and Zarrab is expected to be the star witness at trial.

NAVY SEAL CASE

Two other Giuliani associates have been center stage in a case involving Eddie Gallagher, a Navy SEAL acquitted of murder in the death of a wounded ISIS prisoner.

His cause had been championed by Fox News personalities and was taken up by another Giuliani friend.

BERNIE KERIK

Kerik, an Army veteran, is a former New York City police officer who once worked on Giuliani’s security detail when he was mayor. Giuliani gave Kerik the top job in the city jail system, and in 2000 named him police commissioner. The pair worked side-by-side on the day of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.

Washington Post Live editor Lois Romano interviews Bernard B. Kerik Founder, ACCJR.org at an event on Feb. 10, 2016 in Washington, DC.Kate Patterson / The Washington Post via Getty Images file

In 2010, Kerik would be sentenced to four years in prison for offenses including failure to pay taxes and lying to the White House during his scuttled nomination to be Homeland Security chief.

Since his release, he’s become an advocate for prison reform. Like diGenova and Toensing, he’s also a frequent presence and Trump advocate on Fox News.

Kerik started acting as an adviser in the Gallagher case earlier this year. He helped set up a legal team that included Timothy Parlatore, who’s worked for Kerik in the past, and another Giuliani friend: Marc Mukasey.

MARC MUKASEY

Mukasey, the son of Michael Mukasey, is a former federal prosecutor who worked with Giuliani at two law firms. Mukasey left the firm Greenberg Traurig earlier this year to start his own firm and quickly landed high-powered clients, representing members of the Trump family and the Trump Foundation in a civil case that had been brought by the New York State Attorney General’s office. That case officially settled in early November.

Marc Mukasey, defense lawyer for Navy Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher, arrives to military court on Naval Base San Diego on July 2, 2019, in San Diego.Julie Watson / AP file

Kerik, Parlatore and Mukasey scored a huge victory over the summer when Gallagher was acquitted of the most serious charges against him. Gallagher was convicted of posing for a picture with the corpse, and the court ordered him to be dropped in rank from chief to petty officer first class. The legal team vowed to fight the rank reduction, too.

Trump became a vocal advocate for Gallagher, both restoring his rank and ordering the Pentagon to drop a planned disciplinary hearing against him that could have resulted in his expulsion from the elite unit.

Kerik celebrated the developments with a picture of him, Mukasey and Gallagher. His “prayers have been answered,” Kerik wrote.

Giuliani weighed in on Twitter as well, saying Trump’s actions in the case “shows his courage and integrity.”

“Not many Presidents would put their neck out on the line,” Giuliani said. “It shows how much he values those who protect us!”

Source Article from https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-impeachment-inquiry/six-degrees-rudy-giuliani-s-web-tangles-three-trump-controversies-n1090631

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U.K. unveils sweeping plan to penalize Facebook and Google for harmful online content – The Washington Post
U.K. unveils sweeping plan to penalize Facebook and Google for harmful online content – The Washington Post

Tough new regulations proposed for social media sites in Great Britain still must be approved by Parliament. (Kieran Doherty/Reuters)

Tony Romm

April 7 at 7:01 PM

British regulators on Sunday unveiled a landmark proposal to penalize Facebook, Google and other tech giants that fail to stop the spread of harmful content online, marking a major new regulatory threat for an industry that’s long dodged responsibility for what its users say or share.

The aggressive, new plan — drafted by the United Kingdom’s leading consumer-protection authorities and blessed by Prime Minister Theresa May — targets a wide array of web content, including child exploitation, false news, terrorist activity and extreme violence. If approved by Parliament, U.K. watchdogs would gain unprecedented powers to issue fines and other punishments if social-media sites don’t swiftly remove the most egregious posts, photos and videos from public view.

Top British officials said their blueprint would amount to “world leading laws to make the U.K. the safest place in the world to be online.” The document raises the possibility that the top executives of major tech companies could be held directly liable for failing to police their platforms. It even asks lawmakers to consider if regulators should have the ability to order internet service providers and others to limit access to some of the most harmful content on the web.

Experts said the idea potentially could limit the reach of sites including 8chan, an anonymous message board where graphic, violent content often thrives and that played an important role in spreading images of last month’s mosque attack in New Zealand.

[8chan looks like a terrorist recruiting site after the New Zealand shootings. Should the government treat it like one?]

“The Internet can be brilliant at connecting people across the world — but for too long these companies have not done enough to protect users, especially children and young people, from harmful content,” May said in a statement.

For Silicon Valley, the U.K.’s rules could amount to the most severe regulatory repercussion the tech industry has faced globally for failing to clean up a host of troubling content online. The sector’s continued struggles came into sharp relief last month, after videos of the deadly shooting in Christchurch, New Zealand, proliferated online, despite heightened investments by Facebook, Google and Twitter on more human reviewers — and more powerful tech tools — to stop such posts from going viral.

The March shooting prompted Australia to adopt a content-takedown law of its own, and it has emboldened others throughout Europe to consider similar new rules targeting the tech industry. The wave of global activity stands in stark contrast to the United States, where a decades-old federal law shields social-media companies from being held liable for the content posted by their users. U.S. lawmakers also have been reticent to regulate online speech out of concern that doing so would violate the First Amendment.

“The era of self-regulation for online companies is over,” U.K. Digital Secretary Jeremy Wright said in a statement Sunday.

In response, Facebook highlighted its recent investments to better spot and remove harmful content, adding the U.K.’s proposal “should protect society from harm while also supporting innovation, the digital economy and freedom of speech.” Twitter said it would work with government to “strike an appropriate balance between keeping users safe and preserving the internet’s open, free nature.” Google declined to comment.

[Facebook says it will start removing posts that may lead to violence]

The U.K.’s fresh call for regulation reflects a deepening skepticism of Silicon Valley in response to a range of recent controversies, including Facebook’s role in the country’s 2016 referendum to leave the European Union. British lawmakers learned after the vote that an organization created by Brexit supporters appeared to have links to Cambridge Analytica, a political consultancy that improperly accessed Facebook data on 87 million users in order to help clients better hone their political messages.

The revelation sparked a broad inquiry in Parliament, where lawmakers unsuccessfully demanded testimony from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. In the aftermath, many there have called for strict new regulation of the social-networking giant and its peers.

“There is an urgent need for this new regulatory body to be established as soon as possible,” said Damian Collins, the chairman of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee in the House of Commons. He said the panel would hold hearings on the government’s proposal in the coming weeks.

For now, the U.K.’s plan comes in the form of a white paper that eventually will yield new legislation. Early details shared Sunday proposed that lawmakers set up a new, independent regulator tasked to ensure companies “take responsibility for the safety of their users.” That oversight — either through a new agency or part of an existing one — would be funded by tech companies, potentially through a new tax.

The agency’s mandate would be vast, from policing large social-media platforms such as Facebook to smaller web sites’ forums or comment sections. Much of its work would focus on content that could be harmful to children or pose a risk to national security. But regulators ultimately could play a role in scrutinizing a broader array of online harms, the U.K. said, including content “that may not be illegal but are nonetheless highly damaging to individuals or threaten our way of life in the U.K.” The document offers a litany of potential areas of concern, including hate speech, coercive behavior and underage exposure to illegal content such as dating apps that are meant for people over age 18.

Many details, such as how it defines harmful content, and how long companies have to take it down, have yet to be hammered out. U.K. regulators also said they would prod tech companies to be more transparent with users about the content they take down, and why.

“Despite our repeated calls to action, harmful and illegal content — including child abuse and terrorism — is still too readily available online,” said Sajid Javid, the U.K.’s home secretary. “That is why we are forcing these firms to clean up their act once and for all.”

Source Article from https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/04/07/uk-unveils-sweeping-plan-penalize-facebook-google-harmful-online-content/

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Fox confronts Trump with lengthy list of aides he appointed – and then turned on – The Independent
Fox confronts Trump with lengthy list of aides he appointed – and then turned on – The Independent
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Professora é procurada após engravidar de aluno de 13 anos – Terra Brasil
Professora é procurada após engravidar de aluno de 13 anos – Terra Brasil
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Trump executive Allen Weisselberg gets 5-month jail sentence – The Associated Press
Trump executive Allen Weisselberg gets 5-month jail sentence – The Associated Press
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