The cause of his amusement was my plea that he finally publicly apologize to his wife, First Lady Olena Zelenska, for not telling her he was going to run for president. Instead, incredibly, he discovered it by watching the then-comedian announce it live on a New Year’s Eve variety show he hosted in 2018. “He forgot,” he diplomatically explained, in what turned out to be a spectacularly momentous, life-changing decision of historic proportions....

The first lady had just returned from a trip to Washington, DC, to plead with the US Congress to provide Ukraine with more weapons to fight the war. Its increased presence in this area is becoming increasingly critical as international attention wanes and war-related gas prices rise even higher. But Mr Zelensky and his wife have been frank about the distinction between economic struggles and the existential threat facing their country....

Trinkwasser in Luzerner Stadtquartier mit Bakterien verschmutzt Bakteriell verunreinigtes Schmutzwasser in Teilen von Luzern: Die Behörden rufen die betroffene Bevölkerung dazu auf, das Wasser abzukochen. Der Grund für die Verunreinigung ist unklar. In der Stadt Luzern ist in einem Quartier das Trinkwasser durch Bakterien verunreinigt worden. Der städtische Wasserversorger rief die betroffene Bevölkerung am Samstagabend dazu auf, das Wasser abzukochen. Die Ursache für die Verunreinigung war zunächst unklar. Betroffen von der Verschmutzung war ein Gebiet, das das Quartier Langensand Matthof umfasst, wie der städtische Wasserversorger Energie Wasser Luzern (EWL) mitteilte....

During a news conference Thursday, acting Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Rosann Seviour said the provincial Public Health division has been preparing since the first cases in Canada were announced. “As with any virus, we recognize it is only a matter if time before it enters our sphere,” she said. Seviour didn’t confirm where the probable case originated but noted most viruses enter Newfoundland and Labrador through travel. She said Newfoundland and Labrador is the sixth province in Canada to identify a case of monkeypox....

“It’s been a minute…” reads the text at the start of the video. “Over the last few months, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking and personal work… You asked a lot of fair questions that I wanted to take some time to answer.” The first question Smith answered was why he didn’t apologize to Rock in his acceptance speech after winning the best actor statuette for “King Richard.” Smith said he was “dazzled by that point” and the events are “all a blur”....

Keita Mullen and another woman were struck by a vehicle as they crossed the High Street in Bawtry, Doncaster, shortly after midnight on Sunday, South Yorkshire Police said. Mrs Mullen had three children aged 10, five and four months. He died at the scene after being hit by the car. The driver did not stop after the incident. The other victim, a 33-year-old woman who was crossing the road with her, was slightly injured....

Photo: /Graham Hughes A man receives a monkeypox vaccine at an outdoor walk-in clinic in Montreal, Saturday, July 23. The British Columbia government says monkeypox vaccine is being made available to eligible patients in most areas of the province. The British Columbia government says monkeypox vaccine is being made available to eligible patients in most areas of the province. A statement from the Ministry of Health says cases of the virus are low in B....

Escape Καρλσρούη, Γερμανία, 20 Απριλίου /PRNewswire/ Οι αρχιτέκτονες και οι σχεδιαστές μπορούν πλέον να οπτικοποιούν σχέδια σε πραγματικό χρόνο σε Mac Σήμερα η Enscape ανακοίνωσε ότι το δημοφιλές λογισμικό απόδοσης σε πραγματικό χρόνο, που χρησιμοποιείται από αρχιτέκτονες και σχεδιαστές σε όλο τον κόσμο για να μετατρέψουν τα μοντέλα τους σε συναρπαστικές τρισδιάστατες εμπειρίες, είναι πλέον διαθέσιμο για Mac. Μετά από μια επιτυχημένη ανοιχτή περίοδο beta, το Enscape για Mac είναι πλέον διαθέσιμο για το SketchUp 2021 και 2022....

The 2020 Echo Dot has a more spherical design than a true dot, but it can do everything Alexa does with other Echo models. If you prefer a smart display that you can watch movies on and use to look up recipes, Best Buy is also selling the second-generation Echo Show 5 for $34.99 instead of $84.99, as is Target. The small 5.5-inch screen makes a great bedside alarm clock, specifically because you can use it to quickly check the weather and snooze it with a single touch....

Archie Battersbee, a 12-year-old boy left in a comatose state after suffering brain damage, is set to have his life support treatment ended on Monday, as his mother pleads with the government for an intervention. Barts Health NHS Trust, which cares for Archie, said in a letter to his parents that “all fluid infusions, medications, including vasopressin will be stopped” at 2pm on August 1. It comes after his mother, Hollie Dance from Southend, urged the Health Secretary to “act immediately” to stop the treatment ending, saying it would be “a flagrant breach” of his rights....

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who last Saturday declared monkeypox a global health emergency, told reporters the best way to protect against infection was to “reduce the risk of exposure.” “For men who have sex with men, this includes, for now, reducing your number of sexual partners, reconsidering sex with new partners and sharing contact details with any new partners to enable follow-up if necessary “, he said on Wednesday....

And he confronted a party member in the audience who told him many people believed he was “treasonous” against Boris Johnson and “stabbed him in the back”. Mr Sunak responded that resigning was the right thing to do – and that he would be able to rally the party. “Best High Schools” Asked by host Nick Ferrari if he would bring back secondary schools, the former chancellor said: “Yes, as you heard from me earlier, I believe in educational excellence....

Comment TAIPEI, Taiwan — President Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are speaking Thursday morning amid angry warnings from Beijing that the bilateral relationship cannot make progress unless the White House stops House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) visit Taiwan. The call comes at a time of rising tensions over China’s increasingly aggressive meetings with the U.S. and its military partners in the Indo-Pacific, a possible planned trip by Pelosi to Taiwan and Biden’s seemingly unexpected assertions that the U....

About 90 minutes after it was announced that he had twice tested negative for the coronavirus on Wednesday, Biden emerged from the White House residence and triumphantly walked along the West Colonnade to the sound of “Hail to the Chef” before taking his place at a podium in the Rose Garden of the White House. “Fortunately… my symptoms were mild, my recovery was quick and I feel great,” he said, addressing an audience made up mostly of his administration officials....

Schumer and Manchin announced the deal Wednesday after more than a year of roller coaster negotiations. The deal is a major coup for Manchin, and the health and climate bill has a strong chance of becoming law in August — assuming Democrats can pass the bill in the House and it gets together with Senate Rep. to allow it to be approved on straight party lines in the budget process....

The outgoing Prime Minister and his wife are hosting family and friends at 18th-century Daylesford House to celebrate their nuptials with a wider circle, after the pandemic forced them to scale back festivities last year. The groom’s 81-year-old father Stanley Johnson was seen pulling into the estate in a car on Saturday afternoon. Stanley Johnson arrives at Daylesford House in Gloucestershire for his son and daughter-in-law’s wedding bash (Beresford Hodge/PA) (PA Wire) A likely less welcome guest was anti-Brexit protester Steve Bray, who pitched up on a road near the wedding venue with a giant banner reading “corrupt Tory government”....

Author and China expert Gordon Chang explained why Chinese threats to shoot down House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s plane on her potential trip to Taiwan “might not be terrible” Friday on “The Ingraham Angle.” PELOSI TO LEAVE ASIA TRIP AS WORLD WATCHES FOR POSSIBLE TAIWAN STAND JASON CHAFFETZ: You know too much about what’s going on here. What is your response to this fuss from China? CHANG: This may very well not be crazy....

Reacting to the news that Paul vs. Rahman Jr. had been cancelled, White hinted that the lack of interest in the event was a much bigger problem than anything involving the fighters. “I think they sold less than a million dollars in tickets and it costs $500,000 to put the lights on at MSG,” White said at the UFC 277 post-fight press conference. “That’s what I think. “Not to mention hotel rooms in New York and transportation and everything else is very expensive....

Three players on Saturday gave fans a showcase of the team’s speed on defense. First, Jerome Baker, who made a handful of plays in this practice, ran around the edge on an outside running play. He won the foot race and stayed tight in the formation to scrape the block and make the play for a loss. A few plays later, rookie Channing Tindall burst up the middle and tagged Salvon Ahmed back in the backfield....

Sitting unassumingly in the cemetery’s A plot is a small headstone that reads simply: “Monte R. Merz, 1911-1965.” Next to it is an identical tombstone where Merz’s mother is buried and a sibling is nearby. Merz’s mother died three years after her son. For many years, Monte Mertz’s grandchildren in Utah said he died in a car accident. But what they recently learned is that buried in the modest plot is a suspected serial killer and pedophile....