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As Taylor Swift continues to dazzle audiences around the world with her electrifying performances, the economic impact of her tour will undoubtedly leave a lasting impression on the communities that have had the privilege of hosting her shows. Fans may come for the music, but they end up contributing to a vibrant and thriving local economy that benefits everyone involved.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday threatened 100% tariffs against a bloc of nine nations if they act to undermine the U.S. dollar. His threat was directed at countries in the so-called BRIC alliance, which consists of Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates. Turkey, Azerbaijan and Malaysia have applied to become members and several other countries have expressed interest in joining. While the U.S. dollar is by far the most-used currency in global business and has survived past challenges to its preeminence, members of the alliance and other developing nations say they are fed up with America’s dominance of the global financial system. Trump, in a Truth Social post, said: “We require a commitment from these Countries that they will neither create a new BRICS Currency, nor back any other Currency to replace the mighty U.S. Dollar or, they will face 100% Tariffs, and should expect to say goodbye to selling into the wonderful U.S. Economy.” At a summit of BRIC nations in October, Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the U.S. of “weaponizing” the dollar and described it as a “big mistake.” “It’s not us who refuse to use the dollar,” Putin said at the time. “But if they don’t let us work, what can we do? We are forced to search for alternatives.” Russia has specifically pushed for the creation of a new payment system that would offer an alternative to the global bank messaging network, SWIFT, and allow Moscow to dodge Western sanctions and trade with partners. Trump said there is “no chance” BRIC will replace the U.S. dollar in global trade and any country that tries to make that happen “should wave goodbye to America.”
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(AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau returned home Saturday after his meeting with Donald Trump without assurances the president-elect will back away from threatened tariffs on all products from the major American trading partner. Trump called the talks “productive” but signaled no retreat from a pledge that Canada says unfairly lumps it in with Mexico over the flow of drugs and migrants into the United States. After the leaders’ hastily arranged dinner Friday night at Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, Trudeau spoke of “an excellent conversation” but offered no details. Trump said in a Truth Social post later Saturday that they discussed “many important topics that will require both Countries to work together to address.” For issues in need of such cooperation, Trump cited fentanyl and the “Drug Crisis that has decimated so many lives as a result of Illegal Immigration," fair trade deals "that do not jeopardize American Workers” and the U.S. trade deficit with its ally to the north. Trump asserted that the prime minister had made “a commitment to work with us to end this terrible devastation” of American families from fentanyl from China reaching the United States through its neighbors. The U.S., he said, “will no longer sit idly by as our Citizens become victims to the scourge of this Drug Epidemic.” The Republican president-elect has threatened to impose a 25% tax on all products entering the U.S. from Canada and Mexico as one of his first executive orders when he takes office in January. U.S. customs agents seized 43 pounds of fentanyl at the Canadian border last fiscal year, compared with 21,100 pounds at the Mexican border. On immigration, the U.S. Border Patrol made 56,530 arrests at the Mexican border in October alone and 23,721 arrests at the Canadian border between October 2023 and September 2024 — and Canadian officials say they are ready to make new investments in border security. Trudeau called Trump after the Republican's social media posts about the tariffs last Monday and they agreed to meet, according to a official familiar with the matter who was not authorized to publicly discuss detail of the private talks. The official said other countries are calling Canadian officials to hear how about how the meeting was arranged and to ask for advice. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, after speaking with Trump on the telephone, said Thursday she was confident a tariff war with Washington would be averted. At the dinner that was said to last three hours, Trump said he and Trudeau also discussed energy, trade and the Arctic. A second official cited defense, Ukraine, NATO, China, the Mideast, pipelines and the Group of Seven meeting in Canada next year as other issues that arose. Trump, during his first term as president, once called Trudeau “weak” and “dishonest,” but it was the prime minister who was the first G7 leader to visit Trump since the Nov. 5 election. "Tariffs are a crucial issue for Canada and a bold move was in order. Perhaps it was a risk, but a risk worth taking,” Daniel Béland, a political science professor at McGill University in Montreal. Trudeau had said before leaving from Friday that Trump was elected because he promised to bring down the cost of groceries but now was talking about adding 25% to the cost of all kinds of products, including potatoes from Prince Edward Island in Atlantic Canada. “It is important to understand that Donald Trump, when he makes statements like that, he plans on carrying them out. There’s no question about it,” Trudeau said. “Our responsibility is to point out that he would not just be harming Canadians, who work so well with the United States, but he would actually be raising prices for Americans citizens as well and hurting American industry and business,” he added. The threatened tariffs could essentially blow up the North American trade pact that Trump’s team negotiated during his first term. Trudeau noted they were able to successfully renegotiate the deal, which he calls a “win win” for both countries. When Trump imposed higher tariffs as president, other countries responded with retaliatory tariffs of their own. Canada, for instance, announced billions of new duties in 2018 against the U.S. in a response to new taxes on Canadian steel and aluminum. Canada is the top export destination for 36 U.S. states. Nearly $3.6 billion Canadian (US $2.7 billion) worth of goods and services cross the border each day. About 60% of U.S. crude oil imports are from Canada, and 85% of U.S. electricity imports are from Canada. Canada is also the largest foreign supplier of steel, aluminum and uranium to the U.S. and has 34 critical minerals and metals that the Pentagon is eager for and investing in for national security. Canada is one of the most trade-dependent countries in the world, and 77% of Canada’s exports go to the U.S. ___ Gillies reported from Toronto.
Sarina Wiegman said the Lionesses showed they have improved defensively in their stalemate against the USA. England earned a goalless with Emma Hayes ’s reigning Olympic champions at Wembley on Saturday evening. While the Lionesses created little by way of scoring chances, they were markedly better defensively than in October’s matches against Germany and South Africa, when lax passes out from the back were seized upon. “I thought it was a very intense game,” said Wiegman. “We know the USA is very dynamic, very explosive. I thought our defence was solid. “We were defending as a team very strongly. They were trying to create overloads; I think we defended that well. “What we had last month is that we had moments where we would just pass and lose it when there was no pressure at all. I think we still had some moments [tonight] when we lost the ball where we really shouldn’t lose it. But that’s also football. “I think we did [defend] a lot better. When you lose it and you’re very expansive, of course you become very vulnerable. We could not afford that today, so I think we did that a lot better.” The official attendance of 78,346 fans at Wembley was a new world record for a women’s international friendly. Wiegman lauded the support, saying: “Of course, that is incredible. I will never take that for granted. It’s so special to be here at Wembley, playing the USA. A high-intensity game, a huge crowd. These are the games you want to play.”
In a remarkable display of bullish sentiment, both major stock markets saw 100 stocks hitting the limit up on the same day, indicating a frenzy of buying activity and a strong surge in investor confidence. The remarkable performance of these stocks underscores the current bullish trend in the market and reflects the growing optimism among investors.In addition to the impressive financial investment, the project also underscores Beijing Urban Construction Group's dedication to sustainable practices and green building initiatives. By incorporating cutting-edge technologies and eco-friendly materials, the group is not only contributing to the city's development but also to its long-term environmental sustainability.As social media continues to erupt with posts about Kendrick Lamar 's new album, GNX , Drake is seemingly doing his best to stay out of it. The Compton rapper unleashed the project on Friday (November 22) with zero notice, expectedly leaving social media users in shambles. As reactions to the explosive drop continue to roll in, many have been clowning Drake after what's already been an incredibly rough year. Fortunately, it doesn't look like he's letting all of this get him down. In a new clip, he's seen playing basketball with a few members of his OVO crew. They all appeared to be in good spirits amid the intense game, which seems to have taken place at Drake's home. Obviously, there are few who know how Drake is actually feeling right now. Either way, fans and critics alike continue to speculate . This isn't the first they've seen of Drake since the release of GNX , however. Yesterday, he also took to his Instagram Story to share one of his infamous mirror selfies. Read More: DeMar DeRozan Hints At Being “Tipped Off” About Kendrick Lamar Album Following Drake Beef He also looked relatively unbothered in that shot, sporting a leather jacket and his signature pout. After all, he has plenty going on in his own career to worry about , including an upcoming collaborative album with PartyNextDoor and a big stream with xQc later today. He is tuned in on some level despite this, as evidenced by a message he reportedly sent during one of Los Pollos' recent livestreams. The streamer had been discussing Pokimane revealing that Drake's decision to partner with gambling company Stake left her disappointed. “When I heard Drake was involved with Stake, my heart broke, I’ma be honest,“ she admitted. "I still love his music ... but, now, I don’t love him as much as a person." In response, Drake quoted one of the most iconic lines from "Euphoria" by Kendrick Lamar. “I watched the clip what’s she mad about? Is it the braids??!? ” he asked. Read More: Drake Allegedly Recites "Euphoria" In Response To Pokimane
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As the temperature dropped below freezing, the small southern potatoes reluctantly accepted the cotton pants that were oversized and somewhat ill-fitting. Wrapping themselves in the thick fabric, they ventured out into the icy landscape, their breath forming frosty clouds as they trudged through the snow-covered fields.MEXICO CITY — It would take years, if ever, for Mexico to accomplish what incoming U.S. President Donald Trump is demanding to avoid tariffs: stemming the flow of migrants and drugs over the border. That’s why Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s efforts to avoid a full-blown trade war might be more about doing enough for both sides to claim success. Even a quick phone call — two days after Trump threatened 25% tariffs against his southern neighbor — seemed to change the tone: Trump said on social media that the Mexican president agreed to “stop people from going to our Southern Border, effective immediately.” Sheinbaum, meanwhile, assured her constituents that she touted to Trump Mexico’s existing approach to migration, which she stressed respects human rights, and that a new deal to collaborate would avoid new tariffs, without providing specifics. The whole exchange was reminiscent of Trump’s first term, when he threatened to send troops to shut down the border and then-President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador responded by sending the national guard to help apprehend migrants. The move had a limited immediate effect, but sent a strong image that proved enough to at least avert tariffs of up to 25% on all imports from Mexico. Trump’s threats have a “dual objective,” said Palmira Tapia, a political scientist currently working for the government of the State of Mexico. The U.S. president-elect, she said, is simultaneously seeking to appeal to his constituents and strengthen his hand in talks on migration, drugs and trade. Sheinbaum also faces two challenges: She now must find a way to appease Trump to avoid tariffs that could hit 11% of Mexico’s gross domestic product, while also avoiding the perception — at home, and in the White House — that she will easily bend to demands from up north. “She’s talking to Trump, but she’s also talking to the Mexican public. It has to do with giving a dignified response before her voters, but at the same time trying to stop Trump,” said Catalina Perez Correa, a researcher at the Supreme Court’s Center for Constitutional Studies. “She’s saying, ‘I’m not going to let myself be stepped on by Trump.’ She’s saving face in front of the Mexican public.” Migration reality Mexico has long been a stomping ground for the U.S. when it comes to migration policy. It’s been tasked under successive U.S. presidents with beefing up its border security, increasing highway checkpoints and removing migrants from freight trains they often board. Even though migration rose far beyond the 2019 levels in the years after Lopez Obrador’s show of militarizing the border, Mexico has remained an at-times willing partner, accepting most of the millions of migrants who were quickly turned away from the U.S. border during the pandemic. But it hasn’t always been eager to help: The Biden administration often viewed AMLO, as the former president was known, as needing frequent reminders of its expectations for him on enforcement. In 2023, Biden Cabinet officials even visited AMLO in Mexico City just days after Christmas to urge him to do more as a record number of migrants reached the border. Under pressure from the White House during the U.S. election, Mexico helped it decrease border crossings by 65% over an 11-month period starting in December 2023. To do so, Mexican authorities have been detaining migrants in the north of the country and busing them south. There, they are forced to wait until they get an official appointment to apply for asylum in the U.S. — which can take months, if it ever happens at all. It’s all resulted in more than double the number of apprehensions of undocumented migrants between January and August compared with a year earlier, although Mexico has deported few. Experts have said that’s creating a humanitarian crisis in some of the southern cities where migrants are shipped off to. It’s also ratcheting up tensions with some locals, who argue that there aren’t enough jobs or resources to accommodate the newcomers. “What they’re doing now in Mexico is militarization of the border,” said Perez Correa. To further reduce border crossings into the U.S., Mexico could either carry out mass deportations or offer more opportunities to migrants in its territory. Both scenarios seem unrealistic. Simply increasing deportations would go against Lopez Obrador’s policy — which Sheinbaum inherited — of trying to address the problems in their origin countries that pushed them to leave, and it would be an expense for Mexico. After Sheinbaum’s call with Trump, she reiterated her government offers migrants options for international protection in its territory or “voluntary or assisted return” to their countries. The second option doesn’t seem feasible either: Most people want to go to the U.S., where they expect to have higher-paying jobs, more family or community support, and greater safety than in Mexico. Chemical diversions Deaths related to fentanyl — the cheap, synthetic opioid — have reached epidemic levels in the U.S. That’s why reining in the flow of the drug was on Trump’s list of demands. Should recent history be any indication, intervention is never simple. The U.S. arrest of a Mexican alleged drug leader has led to prolonged shootouts in recent months. And in any case, some academics argue simply confiscating more drugs means traffickers learn to produce more, to meet U.S. demand. So far, Mexico has worked to improve its technical capabilities to detect illicit substances at its ports, especially precursor chemicals and fentanyl. “The Navy has provided material and personnel to all ports for the fulfillment of these tasks, the personnel have the necessary training to be able to detect these substances,” said Captain Jose Barradas in an interview at the Manzanillo port, in the state of Colima. “All merchandise that arrives is prone to review under strict security protocols.” Sheinbaum also picked former Mexico City police chief Omar Garcia Harfuch to lead a new national security strategy, a move that was read inside Mexico as a signal of her willingness to increase enforcement in areas where the previous administration had been more hands-off. There’s more that could be done — but it would be hard. Trying to seize these substances at ports is insufficient because synthetic drugs tend to be very small, making them more difficult to detect than traditional drugs, said Victoria Dittmar, researcher at Insight Crime. Those who produce them often innovate with their recipes and use new chemicals that are not illegal. “Mexico can open collaboration paths with the private sector, with the chemical industry, because they know perfectly well its supply chains and the vulnerable areas where there could be diversions,” she said. “This collaboration is essential.” Mexico can also work to identify intermediaries that connect fentanyl producers with chemical suppliers abroad and in the country, people who work in certain companies and are authorized to divert these substances, according to Dittmar. Still, “the main weakness is not putting demand reduction as a priority, to prevent overdose deaths,” Dittmar said. “It’s a shared responsibility. It’s not just the fault of Mexico, the U.S. or Canada, but it’s an issue that affects the entire North American region.” A senior Mexican official said that the country’s actions to address drug trafficking have moved the nation in the direction of the fentanyl crackdown that Trump is demanding. The official cited a new law that will allow for coordinated intelligence efforts that is due to be implemented next year. History repeats It’s plausible that in the medium-term Trump will lower the intensity of his threats because a trade war would be the worst case scenario for both countries, said Tapia, the political scientist. But until then, she said, “Sheinbaum is on trial as to how well she will do” relative to her predecessor, who had a respectful relationship with Trump and often praised him. One strategy that Sheinbaum could pursue: Finding ways to give Trump the appearance of political victory. That was part of the rationale behind AMLO’s deployment of the National Guard — a move Trump still talks about now. “We got thousands of Mexicans patrolling our border free of charge,” he boasted at a recent event about his relationship with AMLO. “He’s a socialist,” Trump said. “But these are minor details.” ——— (With assistance from Eric Martin, Carolina Millan and Ramsey Al-Rikabi.) ©2024 Bloomberg L.P. Visit bloomberg.com. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
Dublin North West General Election 2024 updates: Sinn Féin’s Dessie Ellis set to take first seat; Rory Hearne (SD) in second place but long wait yetKANYE West's wife Bianca Censori flashed her bum in see-through catsuit as the couple enjoyed a shopping trip in Tokyo. The Australian model, 29, wore a skintight white catsuit for a day out with her man. She was snapped getting out of a car after driving the couple to venue as they explored the city's bustling nightlife. Bianca was seen strutting to the mall in a pair of white heels, as she put her toned figure on display in the figure-hugging one-piece. She was spotted chatting to Flashing Lights rapper Kanye while on an escalator. They appeared to be in good sprits as they were seen smiling. It comes just days after Bianca risked a major wardrobe malfunction once again. Enjoying an extended stay abroad with her husband of almost two years, Bianca , 29, was seen donning a risky outfit with Kanye West by her side. In a new snap circulating social media, Bianca and her husband, 47, can be seen looking more smitten than ever before. Looking all loved up while soaking up the sights in Tokyo , the happy couple gazed into each other's eyes while facing one another. Bianca, who appears to be almost topless, can be seen with her arms wrapped around her man's neck as he looks down and gazes into her eyes. Both Bianca and Kanye can be seen grinning widely, with the married pair looking in love and content. "Kanye West & Bianca Censori in the city," one Ye fan penned on X . This comes just days after Bianca was seen rocking a massive pink fur coat for a dinner date in the city with her husband. Dressed more modestly than usual, Bianca was seemingly staring at her phone for a lot of the night while showing little skin in a fluffy jacket. While Bianca scrolled on her phone, Kanye appeared to look rather tired. Looking down and not making eye contact with Bianca, Kanye looked at the menu and decided what he wanted to order. Bianca was bundled up for the outing, modestly dressed in a pink fluffy jacket. And while Bianca rocked a light ensemble, Ye stuck to his theme of dark clothes and rocked a black hoodie. The couple looked incredibly tense as they sat opposite each other at the venue, with them both keeping their heads down and not maintaining eye contact in the snaps. Bianca Censori was born on January 5, 1995, in Melbourne, Australia Before her current full-time job, the 29-year-old started a jewelry company called Nylons after leaving high school. After working as a student architect for three years, she completed a master's degree between 2019 and 2020 ahead of moving to Los Angeles. In a radio interview, a childhood friend of Bianca's claimed that Kanye slid into her DMs on Instagram. The rapper reportedly said, "Come and work for me." At which point she says the designer moved to LA to join his company Yeezy as the "head of architecture" - and has been since November 2020. WEDDING BELLS On Friday, October 6, 2023, The Daily Mail reported Kanye and Bianca wed on December 20, 2022. The couple tied the knot under a "confidential marriage license" in the state of California. The two wed in Palo Alto, California, according to the document. The wedding came just one month after Kanye and Kim Kardashian finalized their divorce . Last week, Bianca enjoyed a trip to Disneyland without her husband by her side. The Australian beauty is often seen with Ye on her arm, so it was a rare occurrence that the pair were not together. Dressed in an all-white ensemble, Bianca looked as though she was content to spend some time apart from her man. Looking happy and grinning from ear to ear, she went to the theme park in California and was snapped with a trio of her male friends. It is thought Bianca and her pals enjoyed a $700 VIP tour of the theme park, which is usually attended by celebrities who want to avoid queuing. According to information online, a private tour guide at Disney can cost around $700 for six hours. VIP tours range from $450 to $900 per hour, with a minimum of seven hours and a maximum of 10 hours for the customer looking to enjoy the theme park and all it has to offer.Western intelligence agencies accuse Russia of increasingly engaging in hybrid warfare since invading Ukraine. What exactly constitutes hybrid warfare, and what's its intended goal? In the span of one week, a cargo plane belonging to German logistics company DHL crashed in Lithuania , two underwater data cables were damaged in the Baltic Sea, and pro-Russian right-wing extremist Calin Georgescu surprisingly won the first round of Romania's presidential election. Several Western politicians and intelligence agencies suspect that Russia was the driving force behind all three incidents, although nothing has been proven and no evidence backing the suspicions has so far been made public. While Kremlin-orchestrated hybrid warfare has always posed a danger, experts now warn that this danger has grown dramatically since Russia's 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine . Hybrid warfare means broadening military operations to include espionage, sabotage and cyberattacks, as well as engaging in election interference, propaganda or disinformation campaigns to weaken and destabilize the enemy from within. Experts say Russia has continuously expanded its hybrid warfare arsenal in recent years. Sabotage suspected after Baltic Sea cables cut To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Espionage European countries have expelled around 500 Russian diplomats since early 2022. Britain's MI5 secret service said at least 400 of them are spies. Many Russian embassies and consulates are reported to be equipped with state-of-the-art communications and espionage technology. If any of this can be definitively proven, Western intelligence agencies have chosen not to make public the information they may have gathered. After all, the embassy and consulate buildings are considered Russian territory and cannot be entered by host states without Russian permission. The Dutch secret service has warned that Russia is equipping its spies with false papers and smuggling them into Western institutions disguised as businesspeople. Reports of suspected Russian espionage emerge regularly. Some drew attention to a hacked conversation between German army officials discussing the country's Taurus missile system . Others have dealt with suspected Russian drones spying on European air bases and industrial zones. Some reports have also focused on suspected spy ships, officially classed as research vessels, cruising the seas of northern Europe and mapping critical seabed infrastructure for possible acts of sabotage. Sabotage Last week, a Russian-captained Chinese freighter reportedly damaged two undersea cables by dragging an anchor over the seabed . The incident is similar to one that occurred in October 2023. Last month, a London warehouse used for storing aid for Ukraine was hit by an arson attack . In July, a parcel that should have been sent by air freight went up in flames at a DHL logistics center in Leipzig, Germany. It is thought Russian sabotage could have been at play in these and numerous other cases. Yet nothing has been proven so far. European intelligence services warn that the number of acts of sabotage and arson have increased dramatically over the past year in the EU and UK. Cyberattacks Germany's Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) warns that the risk of malicious cyberspace activity is "higher than ever." Online espionage and sabotage are ever-present. "Before Russia's attack on Ukraine, Russian-linked groups were very active in Germany engaging in cyberespionage and financially motivated ransomware attacks," the BSI said. "The scope of threats has expanded since Russia launched its war of aggression against Ukraine." The agency said "the number of DDoS attacks by pro-Russian hacktivists" has risen sharply. DDoS attacks involve flooding websites or servers with traffic until they crash due to overload. Hacks aimed at penetrating company and institutional networks are also on the rise. Disinformation and propaganda Another objective of hybrid warfare is trying to influence public opinion in a given target country. Falsehoods and pro-Russian or anti-Ukrainian narratives are disseminated to this end, whether on social media platforms through troll factories, or via Russian foreign media outlets. In early 2024, Germany's Foreign Ministry uncovered a Russian "Doppelganger" disinformation campaign. It involved 50,000 fake social media user accounts spreading falsehoods and pro-Russian opinions on social networks while linking to fake news outlets spreading Russian propaganda. Some of the sites appeared deceptively similar to well-known news sites. Election interference, meddling in the political process One of the aims of these disinformation campaigns is to undermine public support for Ukraine. Another objective consists of politically destabilizing a democratic target country by strengthening extreme parties and candidates, for example by providing financial support to them. Russian propaganda: Deepfake videos tougher to detect To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video In April, the Czech secret service uncovered a propaganda website called Voice of Europe , believed to be financed by Moscow. The site is suspected of paying bribes to some members of European Parliament. One of the individuals suspected of having received such payments is Petr Bystron , an MEP with the far-right populist Alternative for Germany ( AfD ) party. He has denied the accusations. Western intelligence agencies also accused Russia of directly or indirectly influencing dozens of elections across Europe, North America and South America. Russian international broadcaster RT is said to have produced videos on controversial topics such as aid for Ukraine, migration and the economy during the US presidential election campaign. Right-wing US bloggers then spread some of the videos. Hack-and-leak attacks are also part of the hybrid warfare repertoire. They involve hacking politicians, political parties or other institutions to steal and publish confidential information, sometimes alongside falsified documents, before elections. This happened, for example, in the run-up to the 2016 US election and the 2017 French presidential election. Targeted killings Assassinating influential figures is another facet of hybrid warfare. Russian President Vladimir Putin has not shied away from attacking individuals abroad . This is clear from the killing of a Chechen ex-commander in Berlin's Tiergarten park, who allegedly fought against Russia during the Second Chechen War. This is also evident from the 2006 attack on Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko and the assassination attempt against Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in 2018 . All were carried out on British soil. It's mainly Russian citizens who have fallen victim to such attacks so far. In July 2024, however, news leaked that Russia was planning to assassinate Armin Papperger , CEO of the German armaments group Rheinmetall, which manufactures the Leopard II tanks and other munitions supplied to Ukraine. The Kremlin has denied all the accusations. How to deal with hybrid warfare? Russia is conducting many different hybrid warfare pinpricks across Europe, according to Sönke Marahrens, a German army officer and hybrid security expert. "Russian operators are trying out different things in many European states, which are individually tailored to the respective state," Marahrens told German public news outlet tagesschau.de. "Hybrid measures that work in Poland don't work in Germany; what works in Germany wouldn't work in Finland." That is why, he said, one must expect "a very broad spectrum of attacks in the future." Likewise, one should show flexibility in reacting to such attacks, he added. This article was translated from German .
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Adele kissed her fiancé, Rich Paul, and her 11-year-old son, Angelo, during her final “Weekends With Adele” Las Vegas residency performance. The Grammy winner got emotional as she wandered into the crowd to perform her 2015 hit “When We Were Young” at Caesar’s Palace on Saturday, per a video posted to X. The clip showed the singer stopping in front of her pre-teen and beau to give them hugs and kisses, and fans couldn’t help but gush over the sweet interaction. Another photo posted to social media showed Paul, 43, and Angelo sitting by Adele’s mom, Penny Adkins. The “Someone Like You” songstress shares Angelo with her ex-husband, Simon Konecki, whom she was wed to from 2018 to 2021. Adele, 36, also emotionally addressed the audience and couldn’t hold back her tears while thanking her son, who she is notoriously private about, for his support. “I chose to do a residency so I could keep his life normal,” she said in a video posted to X . “And I did do that and I wouldn’t change it for the world.” “I love you to bits, peanut,” the pop star told Angelo. “Thank you.” Adele then addressed Paul as her “partner” and “fiancé” while showing off her engagement ring. “Thank you for always picking me up and making me feel like I could do whatever I want to do. There have been times when I’m too tired or too emotional and drained [and you say], ‘Come, baby. Get up, baby.’ I appreciate that.” The “Hello” singer revealed that she received “closure” when icon Celine Dion attended her show last month. At the time, the two beloved performers were seen crying and embracing each other. “I cried for a whole week,” Adele said Saturday. “It’s been wonderful and I will miss it terribly,” she continued, admitting she doesn’t know when she will next perform again. “I don’t have any f–king plans,” the “Skyfall” singer quipped, reassuring the crowd that she would be back. Adele has spent the past two years performing in Vegas. In May, she shared that she wanted to have a baby with Paul once she wrapped her residency. The hitmaker revealed that she and the sports agent, who’ve been dating since 2021, were engaged in August. However, Adele has been wearing a massive sparkler on that finger since 2022.Dear gamers, the time has come for a grand replenishment of goodies in the Gamers' Gold gift inventory! Get ready to feast your eyes on a treasure trove of rewards, including Steam gift cards and more, waiting to be redeemed by you.