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Accused of cheating, American chess player Hans Niemann files a complaint

American chess player Hans Niemann filed a lawsuit in the United States on Thursday against those who accuse him of cheating, including his Norwegian rival, champion Magnus Carlsen, claiming $100 million in damages. Accused of massive cheating , Hans Niemann advances his pawns. The American chess player filed a complaint on Thursday, October 20, against those who accuse him - including his Norwegian rival Magnus Carlsen - claiming $ 100 million in damages. The 19-year-old – a prodigy, according to those close to him – has filed a civil lawsuit in federal court in Missouri against the five-time world champion and other players in the chess world, including the chess.com platform. , whom he accuses of "defamation" and "collusion". Their allegations "nipped in the bud his remarkable career and ruined his life", write his lawyers in this complaint consulted by AFP. Hans Niemann has been excluded from many competitions and "can no longer get a job as a che...

United States: five dead, including a police officer, in a shooting in North Carolina

A suspect was arrested Thursday in Raleigh, North Carolina, after a shooting that killed five people, including a police officer. The state governor denounced "a senseless act of violence". In 2021, approximately 49,000 people died from gunshot wounds in the United States. This is a new drama involving guns in the United States. A suspect was arrested Thursday, October 13 in Raleigh, in the south-east of the country, after the shooting death of five people, including a policeman who was not on duty, announced the authorities of this city. The shooter also injured several people, including one seriously, including a police officer from a canine squad. The vital prognosis of the latter is however not engaged, indicated the mayor of the municipality, Mary-Ann Baldwin, deploring a "sad and tragic day". The first shots rang out shortly after 5 p.m. (9 p.m. GMT) on a walking trail in this city of nearly 500,000 people, capital of North Carolina. A large contingent of secu...

In California, it is now possible to "rent" a siren for a few hours

It is possible to hire professional mermaids for special occasions in the United States, particularly in Los Angeles. About 10 years ago, Jack Laflin, an actor, moved to Hollywood. He had tried out for the part of the mermaid after being dissatisfied with the roles he was offered due to his appearance and his background (delinquent or criminal). The fish tail that Jack eventually uncovered weighed fifteen kilogrammes and measured three metres in length. It took him 45 minutes to free himself when he tried it on in his living room and couldn't take it off. Nonetheless, undeterred, he launched Dark Tide Productions, which provides dozens of mermaids for hire at a variety of occasions. His stage name is "Merman Jax," and he claims that seeing a mermaid has a magical effect on people. They revert to their innocent, young selves. If you want to learn to swim like a mermaid, you can enrol in a programme at the appropriately called " LA Mermaid School ". A one-hour ind...

U.S. Supreme Court called to rule

The Supreme Court of the United States agreed on Monday to examine two cases raising the question of legal immunity which allows companies in the technological sector to deny any responsibility for the contents published on the Internet by the users of their services, and could make a decision that could have far-reaching consequences. One of the files is carried by the family of Nohemi Gonzalez, a 23-year-old American who was one of the 130 people killed in the attacks of November 13, 2015 in Paris, who accuses Google of having violated federal anti-terrorism law by relaying Islamic State (IS) videos inciting violence on YouTube (owned by Google). "Google's services have played a critical and unique role in building ISIS's image, its success in recruiting new members around the world, and its ability to carry out attacks," according to the complaint. In the Gonzalez case, a lower court ruled in favor of Google citing Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act pass...

Iran: in the middle of a concert, the Turkish singer Melek Mosso cuts her hair to support the Iranian women who are demonstrating

In the middle of her performance, she stopped singing and explained that she wants to fight to ensure that “the mobilization of her sisters in Iran does not fall into silence”. The video has been circulating for three days on Turkish social networks and well beyond. The gesture has become the ultimate sign of support for women protesting in Iran  : cutting their hair. And that's what Melek Mosso did on stage. It was three days ago, in Istanbul, during a performance in the Harbiye open-air amphitheater. After a few songs, she stopped and explained that she wanted to pay homage to Mahsa Amini , the Iranian woman who died under the beatings of the vice squad, because a lock of hair was sticking out of her headscarf. The singer explained that the intense mobilization that is taking place in Iran at the moment " must not fall into silence ", and that, to show her support for her " Iranian sisters ", she was going to cut her hair. One of her assistants therefore passe...

UNITED STATES: A WEATHER PRESENTER VICTIM OF REVENGE PORN SACKED BY HIS TELEVISION CHANNEL

Erick Adame was a victim of revenge porn for several months. The television channel that received the compromising photos decided to fire the weather presenter. Erick Adame, weather presenter for Spectrum News NY1 in the United States, has been the victim of revenge porn. To the point of losing his job in the prestigious New York chain. It all starts at the beginning of the year, when Erick Adame realizes that several photos have been stolen from him on an adult webcam site. “On this site, I staged my compulsive behaviors, at home, playing in front of the camera for other men,” he says on an Instagram post . "It was absurd to think that I could keep this a secret," he adds today. Because in March, several of these photos are sent to his employer. Packages with photos are sent anonymously to his superiors. Same thing with the mother of the daily weather presenter. This summer, Spectrum News receives new photos. “I have certain responsibilities” Last week, during the last send ...

Hurricane Ian has arrived in Florida and the images are impressive

Hurricane Ian hits Florida with rain and high winds. Several cities like Fort Myers and Naples are already under water. Concern is growing hour by hour in Florida. Hurricane Ian, classified as category 4 (on a scale of 5), hit this state in the southeastern United States this Wednesday, September 28 at 3 p.m. (9 p.m. in France) after hitting the island of Cuba tuesday. The pictures are impressive. The images relayed by the media and on social networks show the floods and the trees bent by the force of the wind. They already show the damage that the hurricane will cause. The city of Fort Myers seems particularly affected, as you can see in the tweets below. This hurricane "will have considerable consequences ," Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has already warned on Wednesday morning. Ian is already causing "   catastrophic marine flooding, winds, and flooding in the Florida peninsula" , estimates the National Hurricane Center (NHC) and is even considering a "histor...

Faced with inflation, the Fed counterattacks with a new rate hike

The United States central bank (Fed) tightened its monetary policy again on Wednesday, in the face of inflation still far too high, and warned that it would have to tighten further, which will be painful for households . The mighty US Federal Reserve raised its key interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point to a range of 3.00-3.25%. This is the third time in a row that the Monetary Policy Committee (FOMC), the Fed's decision-making body, has made an increase of this magnitude. It had started in March with a usual increase of a quarter point, before rising by half a point in May. And the movement should continue in 2022, until the key rate is raised by another percentage point. Because the Fed is "firmly resolved to bring inflation back to 2% and will remain so until the job is done" , hammered its president, Jerome Powell , Wednesday during a press conference. He even warned of the risks that could be posed by “premature easing of monetary policy”. Raising the ...

United States: Joe Biden does not rule out running again in 2024

In an interview broadcast on Sunday evening by the American channel CBS, American President Joe Biden assured that no "final decision" had been made on his political future, while adding that he had, for the moment, the intention to represent themselves. Less than two months before the mid-term elections , US President Joe Biden multiplied his statements during an interview broadcast Sunday evening on the CBS channel. The head of state for the first time let it be known that he had not decided whether or not he intended to run for president in 2024.  “Is it a final decision that I will run again? That remains to be seen ,” he said, adding that this was his “intention” for now. During his interview, the tenant of the White House wanted to answer those who doubt the capacity of the almost octogenarian to govern:  “Look at me”, launched with a smile the American president who will celebrate his 80th birthday on November 20th. Fifty days before the mid-term elections, during whic...

On CNN, Macron jokes after a question about the Mar-a-Lago document concerning him

The French president was interviewed in New York by journalist Jake Tapper. INTERNATIONAL – After being stuck in New York traffic on Wednesday, which prevented him from honoring an interview on CNN, Emmanuel Macron caught up on this Thursday, September 22. On the set of the American channel , the French president was notably questioned by journalist Jake Tapper on the document containing "info on the President of France" among those seized by the FBI at Donald Trump's home in Florida on August 8. . “I read newspapers about it. If you have more info, I would be delighted , ”joked Emmanuel Macron in response, as can be seen below in the video isolated by a journalist from 20 Minutes . “You don't know what this is about? “ , insisted Jake Tapper. “I'm not part of the FBI, I'm not one of Donald Trump's lawyers. I have no information on this subject” , then replied more seriously the head of state. "It's not very pleasant to see this kind of informatio...

United States: a podcast with worldwide success allows the release of an inmate who has been in prison for 23 years

 A journalist's investigation, declined in podcast, made it possible to release Adnan Syed, imprisoned for 23 years. The final decision is awaited. Sentenced to life imprisonment and detained for 23 years, Adnan Syed may be freed. The decision of an American judge who quashed his conviction goes in this direction, although justice has "not yet declared Adnan Syed innocent". This unprecedented reversal of the situation finds as its main source a podcast, Serial, on the investigation of journalists into the case of Adnan Syed. The team conducted a counter-investigation that revealed a lot of crucial information. Adnan Syed, 42, was convicted in 2000 of the murder of his former girlfriend, Hae Min Lee, in Baltimore, on the east coast of the United States. He always denied. After a grueling legal battle, Baltimore City District Attorney Marylin Mosby filed a motion to overturn the conviction verdict, citing her doubts about Adnan Syed's guilt. She asked for her release.  ...

FOR A TIME OUSTED FROM THE WEB, THE CONSERVATIVE SOCIAL NETWORK PARLER BUYS A HOST

He had been temporarily ousted from the web after the attack on the Capitol in January 2021. Parler, a social network popular with American conservatives that was temporarily ousted from the web after the Capitol attack in January 2021, announced on Friday that it had bought a company offering internet hosting services. Deploring at the time the multiplication of threats of violence and illegal activities on Parler, Apple and Google removed the social network from their download platforms, while Amazon decided to no longer host it on its servers , ostracizing indeed the platform. Talking had taken over a month to find a way to get back online. Cardioxil Hungary: Hipertónia Ellen, Használat, Előnyök! Vásárolj Most "Bypass the sector" To avoid a similar situation, the company raised new funds, $16 million, and acquired Dynascale, a company that offers solutions for hosting data on private or external servers. It's an "alternative to big tech vendors," says Parler....

Biden expected at summit against political extremism in the United States

(Washington) Joe Biden is set to speak Thursday at a White House conference on hate-motivated violence in the United States, a way for the president to once again denounce political extremism in the States -United. The "United We Stand" conference is to highlight "the destructive effects of hate-motivated violence on our democracy and public safety," according to a White House statement. The American executive thus mentions the killings in Charleston in 2015 (nine African-Americans killed in a church), El Paso in 2019 (23 dead, including a majority of people of Hispanic origin) and Buffalo, where ten African-American people were killed in mid-May by a white man, as an example of "hateful attacks" threatening the country. This conference comes just eight weeks before the midterm legislative elections and two weeks after a landmark speech by the president in Philadelphia. On September 1 ,  Joe Biden denounced, in a rare direct attack on his predecessor, the ...