‘Bridgerton’: Director Cheryl Dunye Intended for Martins Imhangbe to Demolish ‘Angry Black Man’ Trope

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What next after Kuwait parliament's dissolution?
The Kuwaiti emir's move to dissolve parliament and assume some of its powers has crippled the most active democratic institution in the monarchical Gulf.- Parliament could remain dissolved for years.
Reuters
IMF, Islamabad open talks for a new loan, says Pakistan finance ministry
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission has opened discussions with Islamabad on a new loan programme, a Pakistan finance ministry statement said on Monday. The mission chief, Nathan Porter, met Pakistan's Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb to "kick-start the discussions on further engagement with the fund." Pakistan is likely to seek at least $6 billion and request additional financing from the Fund under the Resilience and Sustainability Trust.
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GOP raises pressure on Secret Service to push RNC protest zone away from Milwaukee venues
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in a letter said a protest area at the park "may be creating a likely—and preventable—area of conflict."
AFP
Michael Cohen, the 'fixer' who turned on Trump
Michael Cohen worked for years as Donald Trump's fixer, a problem solver who was involved in every aspect of the real estate tycoon's business, even saying he would "take a bullet" for the billionaire.Before Congress, he expressed regret for his years of devoted service to the real estate tycoon, for doing "bad things," and for succumbing to "the intoxication of Trump power," as he described it.
AFP
Melinda Gates to leave Gates Foundation, getting $12.5 billion
Melinda French Gates announced Monday she was leaving the philanthropy mega foundation she established with her ex-husband, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates."After careful thought and reflection, I have decided to resign from my role as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation," Melinda French Gates wrote in a statement posted on social media.
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Donald Trump's GOP allies show up in force as Michael Cohen takes the stand in hush money trial
With Donald Trump barred from publicly attacking the key witness in his hush money trial, his campaign brought to court a phalanx of Republican elected officials to speak for him. “The thing that the president is prevented from saying, which is a disgrace, is that every single person involved in this prosecution is practically a Democratic political operative,” U.S. Sen. JD Vance of Ohio said outside the courthouse Monday during a morning break. Trump's former fixer Michael Cohen took the stand on Monday to allege that the former president instructed him to silence stories that could have hurt his 2016 presidential campaign.
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A Kremlin shake-up of Russia's Defense Ministry comes at a key moment in the Ukraine war
Standing in his dress uniform in the back of his Aurus convertible, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu was driven around Red Square to review the troops during last week's Victory Day parade. Over the weekend, President Vladimir Putin replaced Shoigu — the 68-year-old was the longest serving member of his Cabinet — in a rare Kremlin shake-up that took place even as a Russian offensive in northeastern Ukraine was making gains. Just as stunning was the choice to replace Shoigu — Andrei Belousov, a 65-year-old economics expert who has never dealt with the military or other law enforcement agencies.
Reuters
US reclassification could drive fresh research funding into pot sector
The U.S. pot sector could see an influx of medical research funding from healthcare investors amid renewed interest from pharmaceutical firms, should a proposal to reclassify cannabis as a lower-risk substance be approved, industry experts said. The current classification as a Schedule I substance has limited research into cannabis due to restricted access to cannabis products, regulatory hurdles and funding limitations. Federal research grants are essentially off the table, while potential legal complexities put off many private foundations.
AFP
'Do it': Former fixer Cohen testifies that he lied for Trump
Donald Trump's one-time fixer and the star prosecution witness in the former president's criminal trial testified Monday that he lied and bullied for his former boss whom he said told him to cover up an affair.Prosecutor Susan Hoffinger asked Cohen if he lied and bullied people when working as Trump's personal lawyer.
AFP
Four dead, 60 injured in Mumbai billboard collapse
Four people were killed and at least 60 injured after a billboard collapsed during a fierce storm in India's financial capital Mumbai, officials said Monday."So far, 60 people have been rescued from the accident site and admitted to hospital.
USA TODAY
United Nations cuts estimates of women, children deaths in Gaza war in half
The United Nations reduced by half the number of women and children estimated to have been killed during Israel's war in Gaza.
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Melinda French Gates resigns as Gates Foundation co-chair, 3 years after her divorce from Bill Gates
Melinda French Gates will step down as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the nonprofit she and her ex-husband Bill Gates founded and built into one of the world's largest philanthropic organizations over the past 20 years. “This is not a decision I came to lightly,” French Gates posted on the X platform on Monday. “I am immensely proud of the foundation that Bill and I built together and of the extraordinary work it is doing to address inequities around the world.”
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Michael Cohen takes the stand as star witness in Trump's hush money trial
Cohen, who was Trump's lawyer and self-described "fixer," is expected to face days of questioning over a payment that's at the center of the charges against his former boss.
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Dr. Cyril Wecht, celebrity pathologist who argued more than 1 shooter killed JFK, dies at 93
Dr. Cyril Wecht, a pathologist and attorney whose biting cynicism and controversial positions on high-profile deaths such as President John F. Kennedy’s 1963 assassination caught the attention of prosecutors and TV viewers alike, died Monday. Wecht's death was announced by the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts, which did not disclose a cause or place of death, saying only that he “passed away peacefully.” Wecht's almost meteoric rise to fame began in 1964, three years after he reentered civilian life after serving a brief stint at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama.
Reuters
Corporate greed not to blame for price pressures, Fed study shows
While markups for motor vehicles and petroleum products did rise sharply during the 2021-2022 inflation surge, markups across the entire spectrum of U.S. goods and services have been relatively flat during the post-pandemic recovery, the bank's latest Economic Letter showed. "As such, rising markups have not been a main driver of the recent surge and subsequent decline in inflation during the current recovery," wrote the bank's research chief Sylvain Leduc and colleagues Huiyu Li and Zheng Liu.
Time
Why GME's Resurgence Could Signal Another Meme Stock Frenzy
The reappearance of a digital folk hero has many small-scale investors excited—and could signal another meme stock era.
Reuters
Apple set to sell Vision Pro headset outside US, Bloomberg News reports
The iPhone-maker has flown hundreds of employees from its international stores to Cupertino, California and started training them on how to demonstrate the $3,499 headset to customers, the report added, citing people with knowledge of the matter. Apple plans to bring its Vision Pro to international markets after its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), scheduled to be held from June 10 to June 14, the report said. The training of workers, which takes as many as four days, from Germany, France, Australia, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and China, suggests these will be some of the first international markets for the device.
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2 injured loggerhead turtles triumphantly crawl into the Atlantic after rehabbing in Florida
A crowd cheered and took photos as two loggerhead sea turtles slowly made their way through the sand and into the Atlantic Ocean on Monday after rehabbing at a Florida marine life center. Cayman and Finley arrived at Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach after separate incidents left them injured, officials said. The center treats injured turtles and releases them back into their natural habitat as soon as they are healthy enough to survive on their own.
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3rd trespassing reported at Drake's mansion as man from previous incident came back for bike
A third trespassing incident unfolded Saturday at Drake’s Toronto mansion, authorities said.
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Canadian wildfires trigger air quality alerts across 4 U.S. states
Smoke from wildfires in western Canada has triggered air quality alerts and warnings in Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota.

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