Day: October 23, 2024

Diwali goes abroad: Festival of lights increasingly celebrated outside India

Post author By Mike Nova
Post date October 23, 2024

In this edition of Entre Nous, FRANCE 24’s Delano D’Souza tells about Diwali, the Indian festival of lights. The holiday is increasingly being celebrated outside India. This year, toymaker Mattel unveiled a Barbie doll to coincide with Diwali. We hear from its co-creator Anita Dongre.

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A Russian online store, Wildberry, which has come under sanctions, begins sales in Georgia

Post author By Mike Nova
Post date October 23, 2024

Wildberry has started operating in Georgia.

Wildberry, a major Russian company engaged in online sales of various goods and sanctioned for supporting the war against Ukraine, has started operations in Georgia. The ordered products will be delivered to the country through a Georgian franchise company.

Wildberry is an online hypermarket founded in Russia in 2004 by Vladislav and Tatyana Bakalchuk. It is a sort of Russian equivalent of Amazon, selling almost everything, including clothing, cosmetics, food, household appliances, books, and alcohol.

Currently, the company operates in Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Israel.

Russian company Wildberries in Armenia: Dependence or freedom of choice?

The impact of this online hypermarket on the economy of the country. Feedback from customers and entrepreneurs who have entered its network, as well as an assessment of the situation from an economist and marketer

Wildberries in Armenia - the company's impact on the economy

The company Wildberry and its director have been blacklisted by Ukraine and the European Union member state Poland.

According to Bloomberg, the company’s president, Tatyana Bakalchuk, is working on developing a new online payment system to ease the difficulties faced by Russian banks due to being cut off from SWIFT.

The company is one of the largest taxpayers to the Russian budget.

In Georgia, employers often can’t find staff, and the unemployed struggle to find jobs. Why?

Two main contributing factors: the ineffective organization of state-provided social assistance and financial support from emigrants’ remittances

Earlier, on September 10, it became known that another major Russian online store, Ozon, had started operating in Georgia.

In April 2022, Ozon’s CEO, Alexander Shulgin, was added to the European sanctions list, after which he resigned. In September 2023, it was reported that the EU Court in Luxembourg decided to lift the sanctions against Shulgin.

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President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev met with President of Laos in Kazan

Post author By Mike Nova
Post date October 23, 2024

On October 23, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev met with Thongloun Sisoulith, President of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, in Kazan, Azernews reports.

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9AM ET 10/23/2024 Newscast

Post author By Mike Nova
Post date October 23, 2024

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Roman Polanski assault suit dismissed after settlement in latest US case

Post author By Mike Nova
Post date October 23, 2024

French-Polish director Roman Polanski, who fled the United States decades ago after admitting to the statutory rape of a 13-year-old, will no longer face trial over an alleged assault of another minor after reaching a settlement, his lawyer said Tuesday.
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In France, two thirds of rapes occur in private homes, as highlighted by a historic mass rape trial

Post author By Mike Nova
Post date October 23, 2024

Gisele Pelicot, whose ex-husband and dozens of other men are on trial in France accused of raping her, said Wednesday she was “broken” by her ordeal, but also “determined” to help other women. Story by Solange Mougin.
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Opinion: Ukraine’s war is the reckoning with empire Europe can no longer avoid

Post author By Mike Nova
Post date October 23, 2024

Thirty years ago, in a Ukrainian churchyard where my Russian ancestors are buried, I knelt beside a very old woman leaning on a stick, her hair covered in a black kerchief. Behind us stood the Russian church that my great-grandfather built on his estate and where he lies buried.

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‘Rape culture is omnipresent in the courtroom,’ as 50 men are facing trial for raping Gisele Pelicot

Post author By Mike Nova
Post date October 23, 2024

Dominique Pelicot has admitted to drugging his wife and recruiting dozens of men online to rape her while she was unconscious and 50 men are facing trial alongside him. Despite video evidence against them, at least 35 of the defendants have denied the rape charges, claiming that Dominique Pelicot tricked them into believing they were taking part in a sex game, or that Gisele Pelicot was feigning sleep. Cynthia Illouz, founder of “The Women’s Voices,” speaks to FRANCE 24.
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AP Headline News – Oct 23 2024 09:00 (EDT)

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Post date October 23, 2024

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9 AM ET: Harris town hall, American Airlines fined, North Korean troops in Russia & more

Post author By Mike Nova
Post date October 23, 2024

Vice President Kamala Harris is getting ready for a town hall hosted by CNN, while former President Donald Trump is having issues with the UK’s government. More than 20 million people have already voted in the election. We’ll tell you why the federal government has fined American Airlines $50 million. The Defense Secretary says North Korean troops are in Russia, but there are still some big questions. Plus, Diwali is becoming an official holiday in one US state.
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