VIDEO – Ryan Gosling, papa poule pour Esmeralda et Amada: ses tendres confidences sur ses filles
Ryan Gosling était invité à New-York ce samedi 30 septembre dans le talk show Saturday Night Live présenté par Jimmy Kimmel. Lors de leurs échanges, le présentateur a demandé si l’acteur était venu avec sa famille. Le comédien a alors raconté les premiers instants de sa dernière Amada, 18 mois, dans la ville qui ne…
Accusé de harcèlement sexuel, Harvey Weinstein a été limogé
Le New Yorker a envoyé la bombe jeudi dernier, 5 octobre: Harvey Weinstein, fondateur de la Miramax puis de The Weinstein company, l’un des plus puissants magnats de l’industrie cinématographique, est accusé d’avoir harcelé de nombreuses femmes depuis les années 90 jusqu’à aujourd’hui. Résultat: son conseil d’administration a décidé dimanche de son éviction. Il avait…
A scientist who genetically edited babies to be HIV-resistant was just sentenced to 3 years in prison. Here's how he did it and why scientists around the world are outraged.
Mark Schiefelbein/AP A Chinese court on Monday sentenced He Jiankui, the scientist who claimed in 2018 that the first two gene-edited babies had been born, to three years in prison, according to Chinese state media reports. The court sentenced two of He’s colleagues to time in prison as well, concluding that the three violated Chinese…
Ghosn says he escaped 'injustice' in Japan; Lebanon calls arrival a private matter
By Issam Abdallah and Tim Kelly BEIRUT/TOKYO (Reuters) – Ousted Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn said on Tuesday he had fled to Lebanon to escape a “rigged” justice system in Japan, raising questions about how one of the world’s most-recognised executives had slipped away while on bail. Ghosn’s abrupt departure marks the latest twist in a…
Carlos Ghosn's escape from Japan is a nightmare for the country's justice system — and the ousted Nissan exec may now be looking to put that system on trial
Business Insider Associated Press Former Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Chairman Carlos Ghosn has fled Japan, where he had been awaiting trial after a 2018 arrest on allegations of financial malfeasance. In a statement, Ghosn confirmed that he was in Lebanon, where he is a citizen. Lebanon doesn’t permit its citizens to be extradited to Japan, so Ghosn’s trial…
A daring escape: Ex-Nissan chief flees Japan ahead of trial
TOKYO (AP) — In a daring escape that confounded authorities, Nissan’s former Chairman Carlos Ghosn skipped bail while awaiting trial in Japan on allegations of financial misconduct and reappeared in Lebanon, where he said Tuesday that he had fled to avoid “political persecution.” Ghosn, who is of Lebanese origin and holds French, Lebanese and Brazilian…
Top Democrat says bombshell report about withheld military aid to Ukraine is a 'game changer' ahead of Senate impeachment trial
Associated Press Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has expressed alarm following a New York Times report about Ukraine and is demanding that four key witnesses testify in the Senate impeachment trial. “This new story shows all four witnesses we Senate Democrats have requested — Mick Mulvaney, John Bolton, Michael Duffey, and Robert Blair — were…
Trump's scandals will haunt America for years
The year 2020 will most likely mark the end of President Trump’s impeachment saga, but it won’t stop the flow of scandals from this White House. It probably won’t even bring real resolution to the Ukraine scandal that set the impeachment in motion. We might be stuck with the refuse of this presidency forever, condemned…
Trump's acting immigration chief blamed the stabbing at a rabbi's New York home on amnesty laws for 'illegal immigrants'
AP Photo/Steve Helber In a now-deleted Monday tweet, acting director of US Citizenship and Immigration Services Ken Cuccinelli blamed a Saturday stabbing at a rabbi’s home in New York on illegal immigration and amnesty laws. On Saturday, an attacker wielding a machete wounded five Jewish individuals gathering in the home of a Hasidic rabbi to…
Hanukkah Attack Suspect’s Lawyer: Cuccinelli Immigration Comments Are ‘a Disgrace’
After a leader in the Trump administration came under fire for seemingly trying to turn the latest violent anti-Semitic attack in New York into an anti-immigrant parable, the target of his smear responded Tuesday, calling his comments “a disgrace.” Ken Cuccinelli, the acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, claimed in a Monday morning…