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“ The strike is over : the actors reached an agreement after 118 days », headlines the Hollywood Reporter118 days « exhausting », who wrote the Los Angeles Times“ sidelined thousands of workers and crippled much of Los Angeles’ entertainment industry “. “ The losses were significant », details the New York Times : California’s economy alone lost more than $5 billion, according to its governor. And because the union banned its members from promoting films already completed, studios postponed the release of those planned for the fall, forgoing at least $1.6 billion in ticket sales in the world.
As for the value of the agreement reached this Wednesday, specifies Rolling Stonean agreement which runs over three years, it is estimated at more than a billion dollars by the actors’ union SAG-AFTRA, and includes an increase in pensions, measures to ” protect actors from the threat posed by artificial intelligence “, And ” for the first time a bonus system for streaming broadcasts “. THE LA Times specifies that the agreement must go before the members of the union, 160,000 members who will vote, which should be positive.
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A debate without Donald Trump but with Nikky Haley
Wednesday evening was the third debate for the Republican primary in the United States. As usual, Donald Trump did not participate. But one name comes up everywhere in the press, that of Nikki Haley, the former governor of South Carolina. “ She was hard to ignore this Wednesday evening “, writing Politico : “ she tried to moderate her positions on abortion, which on Tuesday caused Republicans to stumble once again in the elections “, she called another candidate ” junk » when he mentioned his daughter, and she “ fought with each of the other candidates in the race for the number 2 position “. In an editorial, the New York Times recalls that “ In South Carolina, Nikki Haley’s campaigns in 2004 and 2010 seemed ridiculous at first, but gradually took hold and ended with brutal attacks on her. In the end, she won them “. For his performance this Wednesday, the Boston Globe awarded it a B, the best grade in its ranking. On the other hand, Ron de Santis, the governor of Florida, only inherits a D: “ what he needed to do was reassure donors and activists that he represents an alternative to Donald Trump. He did not do it “.
As for Donald Trump, precisely, “ after the defeats of the Republicans in this Tuesday’s elections, the candidates had the opportunity to criticize him “, note Politico : “ but when asked why voters should vote for them and not him, not a single one mentioned the former president’s name “.
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Human rights in Nicaragua
On November 19, Nicaragua will cease to be a member of the OAS, the Organization of American States, which brings together most Latin American states. This Wednesday, the president of its permanent council sent a message to Nicaraguans. Ronald Sanders told them that they “ weren’t going to abandon them “, title La Prensa. The Council had just approved a resolution in which member states affirmed that the country “ was always required to respect all human rights “, remember Confidential, despite its decision two years ago to withdraw from the OAS – a decision which will therefore be effective in less than ten days. The representative of Uruguay emphasizes La Prensafor his part “ delivered an energetic speech in which he recalled the arbitrariness of the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega, mentioning the recent attacks against the judiciary “.
The Nicaraguan regime, writes the newspaper in its editorial, takes care to omit international recommendations, arguing for its right to national self-determination and refusing foreign interference; “ but the international organizations responsible for monitoring human rights do not give them up for lost in any part of the world “. It is for this reason, writes the daily, that the OAS “ clarified this Wednesday that it would continue to take care of it in Nicaragua, even when officially it will no longer be part of its members “.
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More pandas at the Washington Zoo
“ This Wednesday, two adult pandas, Mei Xiang, Tian Tian (arrived in 2000) and their 3-year-old, Xiao Qi Ji, were put in metal cages and taken by truck to a FedEx Boeing 777 called the Panda Express », says the New York Times. On their passage, notes the daily, “ all the pomp that accompanies presidential trips: police escorts, waving passers-by and journalists “. The plane was loaded with 100 kilos of bamboo, for a 19-hour journey, heading, therefore: China.
“ Beloved animals, who left for China on Wednesday, had made the pandemic less difficult for families », remembers the Washington Post. The daily recalls how China sent the first pandas to the United States as a friendly gesture after President Nixon’s visit to China during the Cold War, and how they became symbols of the city of Washington, along with the White House and the Capitol.
Today, ” as tensions between the United States and China have increased for years, one wonders “, Write the New York Times“ if this is why China is demanding the return of pandas “.
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