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[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. What César really wanted was to get out of Cuba. A bartender struggling to make ends meet in Havana, he tried last year to reach Miami in a rickety boat but was forced to abandon the attempt when he was intercepted by the U.S. Coast Guard. He’s now preparing a second escape attempt: with a direct flight to Moscow. His ticket has been paid for by a Russian recruiter but it comes with a hefty price tag nonetheless: As part of the deal, he will have to join…

[ad_1] Taylor Swift fans believe she went to great lengths to sneak out of the private suite where she was watching rumored boyfriend Travis Kelce play football … Swifties think she left in a popcorn machine. Play video content The fan theory is spreading like wildfire on social media Monday, with Swifties claiming Taylor was inside a large, metallic box that was being wheeled through the Arrowhead Stadium concourse, where tons of folks were waiting to catch a glimpse of TayTay. Video shows a staffer wheeling the container as one Swiftie claims Taylor’s inside the box. It’s interesting there’s a…

[ad_1] The Huthi de facto authorities must ensure that woman human rights defender Fatma al-Arwali receives a fair trial in line with international standards or is immediately released, Amnesty International said today. Since the moment of her arrest by Huthi security forces in August 2022 Fatma al-Arwali has been subjected to a string of flagrant human rights violations at the hands of security and intelligence services, including being forcibly disappeared, held incommunicado and in prolonged pre-trial detention. Her right to fair trial has been jeopardized by her lack of access to legal counsel, including in the first session of her…

[ad_1] The shooting of a police officer leads to a siege at a monastery where three attackers are killed.Kosovo police on Sunday killed Serb gunmen after an hours-long siege at a monastery in a Serb-majority region after a policeman was shot dead in the territory’s north. It’s the latest violent flashpoint between ethnic Serbs and Albanians. So, how damaging is this to international peace efforts? And can a lasting solution ever be found? Presenter: Laura Kyle Guests: Helena Ivanov – Serbian affairs analyst and associate research fellow at the Henry Jackson Society Dan IIazi – head of research at the…

[ad_1] The increasing push to criminalize transgender health care, ban books about queer people and bar drag threaten to place the United States in a grade category with Russia, much of the Middle East and most sub-Saharan African countries where LGBTQ+ people continue to face extreme persecution and violence.The United States is hardly alone in its lackluster scores. The report examines countries over a 10-year span. As of 2020, only 42 percent of nations provided pathways to legal gender recognition, and eight percent criminalized gender identity expression altogether.Still, much of the world has progressed over the past decade, said Dicklitch-Nelson.…

[ad_1] Lara Supan will lead Midwood Entertainment’s newly reopened Artist Division. (Photo by Andy Jones) Midwood Entertainment, a production company and boutique agency that offers guidance to venues, festivals and live events, announced Monday that its Artist Division has reopened and will be led by Lara Supan. The company had discontinued its booking agency department during the COVID-19 pandemic and represented artists such as Doom Flamingo, Acoustic Syndicate, Certainly So and Wood Belly. With eight years of booking experience, Supan will look to build a diverse roster for Midwood Entertainment, which was founded in 2015 by Micah Davidson, with American…

[ad_1] “Golf is a game, and talk and discussion is all to the interests of the game,” wrote the great Dr Alister MacKenzie in The Spirit of St Andrews. “Anything that keeps the game alive and prevents us being bored with it is an advantage. “Anything that makes us think about it, talk about it, and dream about it is all to the good and prevents the game becoming dead.” The result in Spain – which so many apparently find unsatisfying – certainly ticks all the good doctor’s boxes above. While the quality of the golf was beyond question it…

[ad_1] WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration announced Monday that it has awarded more than $1.4 billion to projects that improve railway safety and boost capacity, with much of the money coming from the 2021 infrastructure law. “These projects will make American rail safer, more reliable, and more resilient, delivering tangible benefits to dozens of communities where railroads are located, and strengthening supply chains for the entire country,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said in a statement. READ MORE: Biden says Norfolk Southern must be held accountable for Ohio train derailment but won’t declare disaster The money is funding 70 projects…

[ad_1] Play video content The Greg Hill Show Bill Belichick is clearly impressed with Travis Kelce’s game on the field and off of it … lauding the Chiefs star on Monday morning for his ability to apparently woo Taylor Swift!!! “I would say Travis Kelce’s had a lot of big catches in his career,” the six-time Super Bowl champion head coach said, “this would be the biggest.” Belichick weighed in on the budding Swift-Kelce romance on “The Greg Hill Show” … some 24 hours after the pop star was seen cheering on the K.C. tight end during his game at…

[ad_1] Around the world, the climate crisis is worsening the inequities surrounding who gets to have a healthy pregnancy and baby. Esther McCant, who works as a doula in the US state of Florida, knows that pregnant people need more than a birth plan. They also need information to plan for heat waves, especially for families that can’t afford running their air conditioning, and for  extreme weather events such as hurricanes, storms, and floods, that are increasingly likely due to climate change. So McCant, a mother of four and a Black maternal health activist, includes climate health education and activism in her already overpacked agenda for…