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Member of the Short Lashes Club? Meet Your Noble President, Kat Dennings
I’m definitely not the first or last person to tell you that no one really notices that one little thing about your appearance that you consider an imperfection — and even if they do notice it, it doesn’t detract from your overall gorgeousness. For example, perhaps you have short eyelashes, and you find that frustrating and less than ideal. Well, what if I told you that the objectively stunning Kat Dennings has short eyelashes, too? It’s true!
On Sunday, Dennings
The New York Fed President Sees Interest Rates Coming Down With Inflation
The third thing is that — I think our monitoring of these markets, and study of these markets, has taken lessons from that experience. Even then, we focused a lot on market intelligence and things, but now we have a lot more analytical tools that can tell us — what are some of the warning signs, that even though markets are functioning well, there are signs that interest rates are getting more sensitive to the daily ups and downs. There’s
Henri Konan Bédié, Ivory Coast President Deposed in a Coup, Dies at 89
Henri Konan Bédié, who served as president of Ivory Coast from 1993 until being deposed in a coup in 1999, but who remained a power broker among its often violently competitive political and ethnic factions, died on Tuesday in Abidjan, the country’s largest city. He was 89.
His death, at a hospital, was announced by his party, the Democratic Party of Ivory Coast-African Democratic Rally. It did not provide a cause.
A man whose quiet confidence and back-room influence earned
African president warns of ‘opportunity’ for Russia as political unrest continues
Niger’s president, in an op-ed published Thursday, raised concerns that the political unrest in his country will present Russia with an opportunity to gain a foothold and advance its interests on the African continent.
“With an open invitation from the coup plotters and their regional allies, the entire central Sahel region could fall to Russian influence via the Wagner Group, whose brutal terrorism has been on full display in Ukraine,” Niger President Mohamed Bazoum wrote in The Washington Post.
“Boko
Niger’s Detained President, Mohamed Bazoum, Pleads for U.S. Help
The president of Niger, who has been detained by his own guards since last week, has called on the United States and other allies to help restore constitutional order in the West African nation, warning that attacks from jihadist groups could increase and that Russia could expand its influence in the region if the coup leaders remain in power.
The plea came just days before a deadline that other West African countries have given in a threat to go to
President Lula’s former lawyer takes seat on Brazilian Supreme Court
The former personal lawyer of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is taking a seat on the country’s Supreme Court on Thursday amid criticism that their relationship poses a conflict of interest.
Lula appointed Cristiano Zanin in June, drawing accusations from the opposition that he is jeopardizing the impartiality of Brazil’s highest court by making a friend one of its justices. The president denies having a friendship with the lawyer.
Zanin, who holds a law degree from the Pontifical
Hugh Carter Jr., Who Pinched Pennies for a President, Dies at 80
Hugh Carter Jr., who helped run the presidential campaign of his cousin Jimmy Carter, then became an aide in charge of reining in the White House budget, earning the nickname “Cousin Cheap” among staff members, died on Sunday at his home in Tampa, Fla. He was 80.
A funeral notice in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution announced his death but did not give a cause.
President Carter’s grandson, Jason, said in a statement on the website of the Carter Center, the human
Liverpool news: Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain holds talks with club president in London hotel | Football | Sport
When addressing his Liverpool exit, Oxlade-Chamberlain made it clear his priority is to play regularly after spending the past two years limited to a bit-part role under Jurgen Klopp.
“I still want success, I’ve had a taste of it here, they’ve been the best years ever,” he said in May. “So, if by any chance, I can have another sniff of achieving anything like that again then I’d bite your hand off.
“I think I need to go and play
Pence comes out swinging at Trump following Jan 6 indictment: ‘Should never be president’
Former Vice President Mike Pence didn’t parse words when reacting to former President Donald Trump’s indictment by Special Counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday.
In a statement released following Trump’s indictment on charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol and efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, Pence accused Trump of putting himself over the Constitution, and said a Trump candidacy would serve as a distraction from President Biden’s “disastrous” record.
“Today’s indictment serves as an
Meghan Markle has ‘no chance’ of being US president after shock claim | Royal | News
Meghan Markle “doesn’t have a chance” of becoming US president, it has been claimed after she received a shock White House endorsement from none other than Joe Biden’s sister and political strategist.
The former actress has long been rumored to have US political aspirations, and that speculation took a bizarre turn when a major political activist backed her to run for the White House.
But president Joe Biden’s sister Valerie Biden Owens, who is also his political strategist, has endorsed