Hints and tips:
...US Marine veteran Paul Whelan was convicted of espionage charges in Russia in 2020, which he and the US vehemently deny, and is serving a 16-year sentence in a rural prison colony....
...Bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green takes on the role of Charles after playing the secondary role of Uncle Paul at the Met premiere, and it’s a worthy promotion....
...The move against the Houthis was “similarly measured and calculated: careful around minimising risk of escalation but balanced with a lot of power to show intent”, said Sam Cranny-Evans, an associate fellow...
...The Israeli military has also shifted the focus away from targeting the high-ranking Hamas planners behind October 7 to include mid-level field lieutenants leading the fight against Israeli troops....
...Nobody can,” says Mick Mulvaney, a former Republican congressman who was Trump’s acting chief of staff in 2019 and 2020. “That is solid gold.”...
...One is Keith Kellogg — a retired three-star US Army lieutenant general and a veteran of the NSC in the Trump White House....
...“Acting is what I’m doing at the moment,” Allen says....
...Ethan Wu, wunderkind Evan Osnos masterfully captures the ennui among China’s professional class....
...Over the first six weeks of the Ukraine war, Russia attacked from multiple directions with the commanders of its four military districts acting autonomously....
...On March 14, Solomasov was one of three Russians expelled from Slovakia “for acting in contravention of the Vienna convention on diplomatic relations”....
...“Russia has the military mass to break the JFO, and the fact it seems to be acting more methodically is worrying,” he added....
...“The Russian army has two main options,” says Samuel Cranny-Evans, a military analyst at the Royal United Services Institute think-tank in London....
...“There has been a lot of talk about Ukrainian resistance — a gun in every window,” Samuel Cranny-Evans, an analyst at the Royal United Services Institute, told UK MPs this month....
...Two of his closest lieutenants, Singh and Ramnik Arora, who led much of FTX’s past fundraising, cracked under the pressure....
...Imported turkeys would likely come from Poland and France, said Paul Kelly of the KellyBronze free range turkey farm in Essex....
...Paul Dales: Yes....
...He was previously chair and chief executive of Longsight Strategic Advisors, and before that, helped to build the Japan practice at Paul, Weiss....
...“It was an unrecoverable mistake to keep his top lieutenants in the dark,” echoed another....
...But an increasingly conservative judiciary will be an obstacle to federal bodies acting expansively....
...Biden denies acting improperly, saying in his many years on the campaign trail he has “offered countless handshakes, hugs, expressions of affection, support and comfort....
...Acting chief executive Lindsay Page is to continue in his role at the fashion brand, supported by executive chairman David Bernstein....
...While acting as China’s mouthpiece abroad, the foreign ministry has in the past often struggled to assert itself within the hierarchy of departments that have a say in foreign relations....
...Lieutenant Colonel Lori Hodge, an air force spokesperson, said there was “no connection” with the talks in Washington....
...It comes within a couple of weeks of Mr Ashley replacing another of his lieutenants as chief executive....
...The corporate finance boutique Zeus Capital is acting as Purplebricks’ sole broker and nominated adviser (Nomad)....
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