Tag: Woman
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Meet the woman who engineered Russia’s wartime economy and helped secure another term for Putin
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Russian central bank governor Elvira Nabiullina has played a key role in stabilizing Russia’s sanctions-hit economy. She has been Russia’s top central banker since 2013 and was once feted internationally. But she is now seen as a complicit participant in Russia’s war against Ukraine. Russia’s economy was supposed to implode and collapse after the West…
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US woman who faked being an Irish heiress re-arrested on UK fraud charges | US crime
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A US-born woman who feigned being the heiress to a $30m fortune while scamming nearly $100,000 from a television producer who later sent her to prison and exposed her on a popular podcast has again been arrested, this time in connection with a raft of fraud charges in the UK. Marianne “Mair” Smyth is awaiting…
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Léa Seydoux Has Hollywood Stardom, But Says Being A Woman On Screen Is Easier In Europe
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Léa Seydoux has had a lot of success with Hollywood blockbusters, appearing in two James Bond films — Spectre and No Time to Die — and now in Dune: Part Two, where she plays Lady Margot Fenring. But despite those triumphs, the French actress said in a recent Harper’s Bazaar interview that acting in Europe…
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Woman sentenced to jail in Jan. 6 riot – Chicago Tribune
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Good afternoon, Chicago. A Vietnamese immigrant from Chicago’s western suburbs was sentenced to 10 days in jail for her actions at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, which she said were spurred by online misinformation that stoked her deep fears of Communism. Nhi Ngoc Mai Le, 27, of Montgomery, pleaded guilty last year in U.S.…
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In ‘Paradises of Diane,’ a Woman Abandons Her Baby but Finds Herself
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“Paradises of Diane,” which premiered in the Panorama section of the Berlin Film Festival, came out of an exploration of the “dark side of maternity” and the role of the mother in society, director Carmen Jaquier tells Variety. The film, which was directed with Jan Gassmann, starts with Diane abandoning her new-born baby at a…
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A love affair unraveled before a Black transgender woman was fatally shot in rural South Carolina
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COLUMBIA, S.C. — A Black transgender woman and the guy she was secretly dating had just been pulled over in rural South Carolina. Dime Doe, the driver, was worried. She already had points against her license and didn’t want another ticket to stop her from getting behind the wheel. Daqua Lameek Ritter, whom she affectionately…
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Breeding Kink: What It’s Like to Have One as a Cis Woman
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I was at a party when I disclosed my “pregnancy fetish” — a phrase coined by my most recent partner — to a friend. In short, the idea of my partner impregnating me (read: ejaculating inside me) during sex was, to put it politely, exceptionally exciting. “That’s a breeding kink,” replied my friend — a…
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How street art connected an Irish artist and a grieving Gaza woman : NPR
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Emmalene Blake poses for a portrait in front of her mural showing Samia al-Atrash holding her niece Masa Khader, who was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza in October. Molly Keane for NPR hide caption toggle caption Molly Keane for NPR Emmalene Blake poses for a portrait in front of her mural showing Samia…
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Loved ones search for South Florida woman who vanished in Madrid
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Sanna Rameau describes her best friend, 40-year-old Ana Knezevich, as one of the sweetest people she’s ever met. “She is just so caring, so sweet,” Rameau said. “She is funny. She is smart. She is adventurous.” But now, Knezevich is missing. “Someone has done something to her and I’m trying to understand who it could…
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Best Valentine’s Day gifts for the woman who has everything – Chicago Tribune
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Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, which means it’s time to start thinking about how to treat the special woman in your life. If she’s already seen and done it all, it can be challenging to find a present for her that goes above and beyond the traditional. This list of items features unique gifts that…
