Image caption,”People in Russia have been irradiated by propaganda,” Dmitry Muratov says
By Steve Rosenberg
Russia editor, Moscow
The Russian authorities may have shut down his newspaper, but journalist Dmitry Muratov refuses to be silenced.
When we meet in Moscow, the editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta and Russia’s Nobel Peace Prize laureate is worried how far the Kremlin will go in its confrontation with the West.
“Two generations have lived without the threat of nuclear war,” Mr Muratov tells me. “But this period is over. Will Putin press the nuclear button, or won’t he? Who knows? No one knows this. There isn’t a single person who can say for sure.”
Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Moscow’s nuclear sabre-rattling has been loud and frequent.
Senior officials have dropped unsubtle hints that Western nations arming Ukraine should not push Russia too far. A few days…
Of all the places Hemingway lived, none had such a hold on the author as his home outside Havana—now being restored through an unlikely alliance. Here, a guided tour of the Cuban haunts that shaped a literary legend
The author, in an undated photo, on the steps outside the Finca.ILLUSTRATION:ERNEST HEMINGWAY COLLECTION, JOHN F. KENNEDY PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM, BOSTON
ByFinn-Olaf Jones
Dec. 5, 2013 2:30 pm ETPRINTTEXT
TWO BOYS IN FADEDred shorts are darting around an older man fishing with a homemade bamboo pole, all balanced atop the sea-drenched concrete wall of Havana’s Malecón—a coastal drive connecting a strip of weathered Beaux Arts buildings to the narrow streets of Old Havana, where paint peels off gorgeously tattered neo-baroque façades and canopies of laundry shade women selling fruit, old shoes or themselves. My cabbie drives inland, past the end of a strangely empty harbor, until smoky tropical scents replace…
King Charles’s state visit toFranceand a banquet at the Palace of Versailles could have had “echoes” of the French Revolution, according to a former British ambassador to France.
Peter Ricketts, who was Britain’s envoy in France from 2012 to 2016, said the dinner would have been poorly timed, coming during widespread protests against the French president, Emmanuel Macron’s, plans to change the pension system and raise the retirement age from 62 to 64.
Thevisit was postponed on Fridayas the revolt continued. On Thursday night 441 police officers were injured in violent protests, and 903 fires had to be put out by French firefighters. A total of 457 people were arrested…
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with China’s President Xi Jinping at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 21, 2023.Pavel Byrkin/SPUTNIK/AFP/Getty ImagesCNN—
As two autocratstraded tributesover a feast of quail, venison, Siberian white salmon and pomegranate sorbet,China and Russiaseemed to conjure the anti-Western compact the US has long feared.
The entire visit has been refracted through a prism of both nations’ mutual antagonism toward the United States. And at every step, Washington, watching hawkishly from the sidelines, poured scorn on the idea…
De Georgio: That’s one thing about our Harry, he doesn’t play any favorites. Harry hates everybody. Limeys, Micks, Hebes, Niggers, Honkies, Fat Dagos, Chinks, you name it.. Gonzales: How does he feel about Mexicans? De Georgio: Ask him. Callahan:(says with a wink) Especially Spics.
After his success on Rawhide, Clint Eastwood transitioned into film and quickly became one of Hollywood’s most sought-after leading men. He gained critical acclaim for his performance as the “Man with No Name” in Sergio Leone’s “Dollars” trilogy of Spaghetti Westerns: “A Fistful of Dollars” (1964), “For a Few Dollars More” (1965), and “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” (1966).
Eastwood also starred in other notable films during the 1960s and 1970s, including “Hang ‘Em High” (1968), “Where Eagles Dare” (1968), “Kelly’s Heroes” (1970), “Play Misty for Me” (1971), and “Dirty Harry” (1971). His portrayal of the tough and uncompromising San Francisco police detective Harry Callahan in “Dirty Harry” became one of his most iconic roles.
In addition to his acting career, Eastwood began directing films in the 1970s. He directed and starred in “Play Misty for Me,” and went on to direct other critically acclaimed films, such as “Unforgiven” (1992), which won four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, “Mystic River” (2003), and “Million Dollar Baby” (2004), which won four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director.
Eastwood’s career continued to thrive in the 21st century, and he continued to act in and direct successful films, including “Gran Torino” (2008), “American Sniper” (2014), and “Sully” (2016). He has received numerous awards and accolades for his work in film, including multiple Academy Awards, Golden Globe Awards, and Directors Guild of America Awards.
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