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Elon Musk-led Twitter is reportedly planning big layoffs and a $20 monthly fee for every user who wants to verify or keep their current account verified. According to The Verge, Musk ordered employees to raise the price of a Twitter Blue subscription from $4.99 a month to $19.99 and require anyone with a verified account to sign up to keep the blue verification mark. Citing “people familiar with the matter and internal correspondence,” The Verge article said the plan is that “verified users will have 90 days to sign up [to Twitter Blue] or lose their blue check mark....

The assessment, by Carbon Brief, compares the share of international climate finance provided by rich countries with their share of carbon emissions to date, a measure of their responsibility for the climate crisis. Rich countries pledged to provide $100 billion a year by 2020, although that target has not been met. The US share of this, based on its previous emissions, would have been $40 billion, yet it provided only $7....

Thanks for subscribing! Access your favorite topics in a personalized stream while on the go. download the app Greece and Turkey are two of NATO’s oldest members, having joined in 1952, but their relationship and tensions between them predate the alliance, and joining has done little to soften their differences. In recent years, relations between Athens and Ankara have deteriorated to the point where some believe war may break out between them....

Le Parisien de 23 ans a tenu à donner son avis sur sa récente éviction des structures de la FFT, révélée cette semaine par L’équipeet qui le prive surtout de tout soutien financier pour l’aider à payer son (ancien ?) entraîneur Laurent Raymond, qui est membre de l’équipe de la fédération. ATPParis Simon et l’incompréhension de son potentiel : “Il avait tout pour être n°1 mondial” IL Y A UNE HEURE Tsitsipas – Muet : Faits saillants “Je ne m’y attendais pas car il était encore dans ma loge à l’US Open, me disant que je le faisais bien, a réagi celui qui sera le n°3 français lundi prochain derrière Arthur Rinderknech et Adrian Mannarino....

Regardez le Rolex Paris Masters en direct et en intégralité sur Eurosport ! Et Gilles Simon alors ? Il n’est jamais vraiment entré dans cette conversation. Pensez-y : gagner 14 titres, battre l’ensemble du Big Four, atteindre la 6e place mondiale, disputer le Masters (2008), atteindre deux finales du Masters 1000 (Madrid 2008, Shanghai 2014) ainsi que deux quarts de finale du Grand Chelem ( Open d’Australie 2009, Wimbledon 2015), toujours pas mal et même inattendu pour un joueur dont le microcosme se demandait s’il n’y arriverait qu’un jour....

Thanks for subscribing! Access your favorite topics in a personalized stream while on the go. download the app Ukraine’s military prowess using US-supplied high-mobility artillery missile systems remains unparalleled. Long-range, high-precision missile launchers, also known as HIMARS, have proven monumental in Ukraine’s ongoing war effort against Russia. With a range of up to 50 miles, Ukraine used the missiles to effectively hit Russian positions and clear out before the enemy could counterattack....

Bloomberg: Russia’s seaborne exports of crude jumped to a five-month high last week. Russia’s seaborne crude exports rose to 3.6 million barrels per day. On December 5, a ban on insurance and servicing of vessels carrying Russian sea-based crude oil will come into effect. Russia’s seaborne crude exports soared to a five-month high last week as buyers scrambled to get their hands on as much cheap Russian crude as they could ahead of sanctions that take effect next month, according to Bloomberg....

But even Moscow’s close friends China and India chose to abstain rather than vote against the resolution condemning the Kremlin’s latest actions in Ukraine. United States Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield introduced the resolution at the Security Council meeting on Friday calling on member states not to recognize any amended status of Ukraine and obliging Russia to withdraw its troops. Earlier, it was the biggest annexation in Europe since World War II, when Russian President Vladimir Putin declared Russian sovereignty over four regions that make up 15 percent of Ukraine’s territory....

At its daily briefing on the war in Ukraine on Thursday, the State Department said Moscow’s soldiers “are likely frustrated at being forced to serve in old infantry fighting vehicles.” As Ukrainian counterattacks recaptured large swaths of territory in mid-October, Russia was losing more than 40 armored vehicles a day, “roughly equivalent to a battalion’s worth of equipment,” it said. The high rate of attrition forced Russia to resort to removing more than 100 vehicles from Belarusian stocks....

The Red Planet is a hostile place: temperatures can drop below minus 148 degrees Fahrenheit, the atmosphere is incredibly thin, and there is no ozone layer, which means solar radiation is also extreme. And that’s not to mention the very real risk of being hit by a massive meteorite. In short, the best place to survive is most likely underground. Location, Location The researchers narrowed down the list of hot Martian properties starting with the Mars Global Cave Candidate Catalog, a vast collection of over 1,000 caves spotted by NASA’s Mars Odyssey and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter that could potentially host human astronauts....

The Shanghai Disney Resort on Monday became the latest major venue to close its doors due to China’s strict zero-covid-19 policy, locking out all guests and allowing them to leave hours later after they tested negative for the virus. Several families said Tuesday they were told by officials to stay home if they had visited the attraction since Thursday — and get tested for COVID-19 for the next three days....

The health minister says they are making significant progress in most areas reducing the number of hours emergency departments in our medical facilities are closed. The temporary closure of ERs angered many over the summer, sparking protests and numerous complaints about the state of health care in Newfoundland and Labrador. Tom Osborne, who took over the portfolio, says that through a combination of recruitment and strategic planning, in some cases, they have reduced the number of closed hours to zero this month from dozens earlier in the summer....

If you’re a Sims fan, then you know that there’s always something to do in the convenience store. This week, there’s a new convenience store called Sims 4 Convenience Store CC & Lots. It’s free to play and has all the features that you love in the game. The store has everything from food to clothes to toys. You can also find a variety ofSims 4-related items, like figurines and decals....

As SimCity 4 enters its fifth year, the game’s developers have released a new update that includes a number of new outfits and objects. The update, which is available now, includes a variety of new clothing options for Sims to choose from, as well as objects that can be used in place of furniture or decorations. One of the most popular new outfits is the “Siren” outfit, which features a Siren costume and accessories....

L’opération de sauvetage se termine bien. Ce samedi 5 novembre, une soixantaine de sapeurs-pompiers de l’Hérault se sont mobilisés pour porter secours à un spéléologue belge de 47 ans tombé la veille d’une hauteur d’environ 3 mètres sur des rochers dans la grotte PN 77, située à Olargues, dans le haut cantons du Biterrois. L’homme a finalement réussi à refaire surface après une longue opération de sauvetage, a rapporté le Sdis 34 plus tôt dans la soirée....

Unangenehmes Ende für Stephan Keller beim FC Aarau: Weil die Mannschaft gegen den Manager spricht, muss er Brügglifeld verlassen. Am Montagabend berichtete Blick, dass sich 17 Spieler des FC Aarau in einer Mannschaftsbesprechung gegen eine weitere Zusammenarbeit mit Trainer Stephan Keller ausgesprochen hätten. Was passieren musste, geschah am Dienstagmorgen: Keller verlässt den FC Aarau mit sofortiger Wirkung. Meuterei im Brügglifeld! FCA-Präsident Philipp Bonorand gibt zu, dass er und Sportdirektor Sandro Burki vor einer Spielerdelegation nicht an eine Entlassung des Managers gedacht hätten....