Tuesday, August 27, 2024

#finance - European Stocks Gain Ahead of Nvidia Results | The Opening Trade 08/27: Bloomberg Television

27 August 2024

European stocks rose as investors await US inflation data and Nvidia earnings later this week. STOXX 600 index was little changed at the open on Tuesday. Earnings from BHP moving markets with the miner expecting a turnaround in China's property sector. On the political front the stalemate in France continues as Macron officially rejects the NFP's candidate.

#russia - UN Nuclear Watchdog Begins Inspection of Russia’s Kursk Plant: Bloomberg Television

27 August 2024

Monitors from the United Nations atomic watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, are preparing to assess the safety situation at a nuclear power plant on Russian soil that’s near territory seized by Ukraine this month in a cross-border incursion. Bloomberg's Jonathan Tirone reports.

#movies - "Rag Doll" Director: Bailey Kobe Writer: Darren Longley - Stars: Shannon Murray, Stephanie Erb & Dot-Marie Jones

Director: Bailey Kobe Writer: Darren Longley Stars: Shannon Murray, Stephanie Erb, Dot-Marie Jones

A young girl discovers a creepy old Ragdoll in her family's new house that has deadly intentions for all of them.

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#movies - "The Unsaid" Director" Tom McLoughlin: Starring - Andy Garcia, Vincent Kartheiser & Trevor Blumas

Starring - Andy Garcia, Vincent Kartheiser, Trevor Blumas Director - Tom McLoughlin

A seemingly-untroubled adolescent carries disturbing secrets that compel a psychiatrist to unearth the patient's gruesome past.

Courtesy - The Midnight Screening

The Midnight Screening

#movies - "The Midnight Man" Director Roland Kebbee & Burt Lancaster - Starring: Burt Lancaster, Susan Clark, Cameron Mitchell

Starring: Burt Lancaster, Susan Clark, Cameron Mitchell Directed By: Roland Kibbee, Burt Lancaster

In the dead of night, a mysterious figure emerges from the shadows, prowling the streets with sinister intent. As darkness descends, secrets are unearthed, and the veil of night conceals more than just shadows. When a series of chilling events begins to unfold, a group of unsuspecting individuals find themselves drawn into a web of mystery and danger. With every step they take, they come closer to uncovering the truth behind the enigmatic Midnight Man, but at what cost? Prepare to be captivated by a gripping tale of suspense and intrigue, where the line between reality and nightmare blurs, and the darkness holds secrets that refuse to stay buried.

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DDF: Cinema Archive

#ukrainerussiawar #ukrainewar #russiaukrainewar - Russian airstrikes target Kyiv, a day after 'massive attack' on Ukraine's power plants | DW News

27 August 2024

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Russian fascists bombing Kyiv 30 minutes ago, Putin will be hanged on a pole on a red square, mark my words #UkraineRussiaWar #Kyiv

#russia #telegram #durov 'They're going crazy in Russia' over arrest of Telegram head Pavel Durov | Bill Browder: Times Radio

26 August 2024

"They're particularly worried about this Durov guy and that just raises red flags everywhere." Russia's major efforts to get Pavel Durov released after his arrest in Paris is a major red flag, warns Bill Browder highlighting that the Telegram boss was supposedly an enemy of the Kremlin.


Pavel Valeryevich Durov (RussianПа́вел Вале́рьевич Ду́ров; born 10 October 1984) is a Russian-born French and Emirati business executive, entrepreneur, and investor who is a co-founder and the chief executive officer of Telegram Messenger Inc. and a co-founder of social networking site VK (short for its original name VKontakteRussianВКонтакте, meaning InContact). Since 2021, he has held citizenship in four countries.


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Monday, August 26, 2024

#israel #gaza - Israel ‘refusing’ to provide ceasefire in Gaza: Sky News Australia

26 August 2024

Independent Journalist Antony Loewenstein has called for a ceasefire in Gaza saying the situation in the region is “utterly unhealthy”. “What Hezbollah has said for months and months … until there is a ceasefire in Gaza this would continue,” Mr Loewenstein said. “The current situation is so utterly unhealthy. “There needs to be a ceasefire in Gaza which Israel refuses to do.”