Tenoch Huerta, the groundbreaking ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ actor, has quit a Netflix film project days after he was publicly accused of sexual assault.
“Given the impact of María Elena Ríos’ recent false statements and the damage they have caused, I have no choice but to withdraw from participating in the film ‘Fiesta en la madriguera,'” he told an interviewer this week statement outlets released to the media.“It is with great sadness that I do this, but I cannot allow their actions to harm not only me, but the work of dozens of talented and hard-working people involved in the project. My focus now is quite simple: to continue the process of restoring my reputation.”
Ríos, a saxophonist and activist working to end violence against women in Mexico, could not immediately be reached for comment. She released a series of tweets on June 10 calling Huerta a “sexual predator” and accusing him of assault, which was initially reported by the Los Angeles Times.
Huerta denied the allegations and said he had been in a consensual relationship with Ríos a few months prior to their tweets, the Times reported.
Netflix did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Friday. The streaming giant announced “Fiesta en la madriguera” in late May, with Huerta set to star in the Mexican-made film about a boy and his father trying to get a Namibian pygmy hippo.
Mexican-born Huerta rose to international fame with roles in projects such as Mozart in the Jungle and Narcos: Mexico before breaking into the role of Namor in the Black Panther sequel last year. His performances and advocacy for racial equality in the entertainment industry have earned him rave reviews, including a spot on the Associated Press’s list of breakthrough entertainers.
Texas A&M defensive ends coach Terry Price has died at the age of 55, the school announced Friday.
“Terry was not only a great Aggie, football coach and recruiter, he was an even better husband, father and man,” Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher said in a statement. “The impact he has had on this program and its players is immeasurable. Our football family has suffered an incredible loss. We will continue to keep Kenya and the boys in our thoughts and prayers.”
Price, a former Texas A&M player, has been an assistant coach on the Aggies’ staff since 2012. He spent almost his entire coaching career teaching SEC defensemen. He coached the defensive lines at Auburn (1999–2008) and Ole Miss (1995–98, 2009–11) before returning to his alma mater and taking the same position under coach Kevin Sumlin.
In 2015, Price shifted his focus solely to defense. Following Sumlin’s departure after the 2017 season, Price was acquired by Fisher and remained an important part of the defensive staff, both as an onfield coach and as a recruiter.
During his tenure at Texas A&M, he played a key role in helping the Aggies attract talented defensive linemen. Price played a role in recruiting Myles Garrett, who was the 2014 No. 1 defensive end in the class and later became the No. 1 pick in the 2018 NFL Draft. Both Rivals and 247Sports named Price one of the top recruiters in the country in 2014.
As a player, Price was letterman for the Aggies for four years from 1986-1989 and a member of the Aggies’ hailed “Wrecking Crew” defense. In his final two years, Price led the Texas A&M defensive line in tackles and earned All-Southwest Conference honors as a senior. He was drafted in the 10th round by the Chicago Bears in the 1990 NFL Draft and played two seasons in the NFL with the Bears and the Miami Dolphins. He earned his bachelor’s degree in sociology from Texas A&M in 1992 before joining the team as a volunteer coach in 1992-93.
Affectionately known in A&M circles by his initials ‘TP’, Price has also gained recognition for his grilling skills. A native of Plano, Texas, he discovered his fascination with barbecue in the late 1990s and even won multiple cooking championships. He had four honors embroidered on his chef’s jacket.
During his tenure as A&M coach, Price started the “D-Line Cookout,” in which he would gather all of the team’s defensive linemen at his home, typically during the offseason or at training camp, to eat countless pounds of barbecue. It has become an annual tradition.
Fisher joked in 2021 that he was skeptical of Price’s abilities until he tried the barbecue.
“When I first met him and saw that he had these awards and this (chef’s) hat, I said, ‘Look, I don’t know if you just sewed these (awards) on or if they’re real. ‘ We need to do some research,” Fisher said, laughing. “But all you had to do was try the barbecue once to know they were real wins.”
Former Texas A&M players shared their condolences on social media on Friday.
“It hurts!” tweeted former Texas A&M defensive end Daeshon Hall, a 2017 NFL third-round draft pick. “Not only have you changed my life, you’ve changed so many other young men!” The true one Definition of what it means to be a real MAN! I could never repay you for what you did for me!”
Former Texas A&M defensive lineman Reggie Chevis tweeted, “One of the greatest ever man. This guy taught me how to hire an SEC-D lineman.”
Price is survived by his wife Kenya and sons Alexander and Devin. Devin spent the last three years as a receiver at Texas A&M, sharing the position with his father before joining Florida Atlantic earlier this year.
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Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin visits the 101st French department on Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th June to provide answers to the structural problems of resource management on the island. Meanwhile, the residents live to the rhythm of water scarcity.
Plastic cans, white jerry cans, basins of all sizes and even metal pots… In front of the well in the small village of Hamouro, in the east of Mayotte, residents queue up to fetch water. Water, Thursday 22 June . In this large slum on the edge of the beach, the Bayard Terminal is the only access point to drinking water for several hundred people. A difficult situation, which has become unbearable since the drought in the 101st French department, has led the authorities to shut off the water four times a week from 5 p.m. to 7 a.m. since June 12. As the dry season progresses, that number is expected to rise to five, then six weekly cuts.
A fountain in the village of Hamouro (Mayotte), June 22, 2023. (ROBIN PRUDENT / FRANCEINFO)
“Sometimes there are clashes between young and old fighting over water,” says Atoumani, a mother of four, watching from afar the incessant activity around the fountain. In the courtyard of their banga – the tin houses of the slums of Mahoran – the forties display their collection of bowls of all colors. In his rudimentary kitchen, it’s a large plastic container that holds the precious liquid under a lid. “This water crisis is very difficult for us,” she says, covering her face with M’dzinzano, a beauty mask typical of the island. It is the suffering in our homes when there is no water. With every cut, the kids cry.”
A record rainfall deficit
how did we get here “The last rainy season, from November 2022 to April 2023, has a rainfall deficit of 24%,” explains Floriane Ben Hassen, director of the Mayotte Meteorological Centre. You might think a quarter less isn’t huge, but this season concentrates on 75% of the whole year’s rainfall and such a delay is hard to make up for during the dry season. Especially since the months of May and early June also show a precipitation deficit compared to normal. According to the current forecast, no massive rain is to be expected for the end of June either.
“The 2022-2023 rainy season is the driest since 1997. We are in an extraordinary climatological phenomenon.”
Floriane Ben Hassen, Director of the Mayotte Meteorological Center
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Water levels are collapsing all over the island. In the small village of Hamouro, the two rivers that normally flow through the slum have dried up and are littered with plastic waste. Worse still, the two mountain reservoirs on Grande-Terre are at very worrying levels despite representing 80% of Mayotte’s water resources. The Combani Reserve in the center of the island shows 45.4% infill as of June 20, up from 97.1% a year earlier. Further north, Dzoumogné does not even reach 25% water, according to the latest figures sent by Météo France, compared to 98.5% fill in June 2022.
A dry watercourse littered with litter in Hamouro (Mayotte), June 22, 2023. (ROBIN PRUDENT / FRANCEINFO)
“The reserves are dwindling. However, we will have to make do with these stocks until the next off-season in October… and even until November or December if the rains are really effective,” analyzes Floriane Ben Hassen, who gives the Water Resources Monitoring Committee teams a weekly update on the situation.
A pack of water bottles for 10 euros
The authorities have already announced a series of measures to deal with this water crisis, which one expert describes as “complex and unprecedented”. “Water towers” have been multiplying on the island for several months. At the end of March, Jean-François Carenco, the ministerial delegate responsible for overseas territories, also announced that civilian security forces would be deployed in Mayotte to take care of the poorest and that water packages would be sold at cost, sometimes exceeding 10 euros for six 1 .5 liter bottles during the cuts.
Atoumani in the village of Hamouro (Mayotte), June 22, 2023. (ROBIN PRUDENT / FRANCEINFO)
In the Hamouro slum, buying bottled water, even at cost, is not an option. “If we really run out of water, we ask a child to go to a neighbor, to the higher-up houses that are connected to the grid and can build reserves there,” Atoumani admits bitterly. But they also tell us that sometimes they run out of water and that their bills are expensive…”
“There is bad water management”
It must be said that the water crisis, which is likely to worsen over the months, is not only due to the lack of rain. “This year it’s the winning combination, we have a climate hazard added to the infrastructures that don’t follow,” says one expert on condition of anonymity. An analysis shared by many observers. “It is evident that there is poor water management in Mayotte,” adds Houlam Chamssidine, President of Mayotte Nature Environnement.
The archipelago simply does not have enough drinking water to keep up with the rapidly growing population. In total, the water treatment plants at Grande-Terre and the desalination plant at Petite-Terre produce about 38,000 cubic meters per day, while consumption is 40,000 to 42,000 cubic meters per day, according to estimates shared with AFP.
Several projects that have been under discussion for many years are at best late, at worst stalled. The expansion of the Petite-Terre desalination plant, operated by a Vinci subsidiary, should be operational in the summer of 2022… Ultimately, it won’t be before the end of 2023, according to the prefecture’s forecasts, quoted in a report by the Economic, Social and Environmental Council (Cese). “We only implement what is jointly decided. There’s not much we can do,” clarified an official from the Société mahoraise des eaux (SMAE), reached by phone, without giving any further explanation.
“A Sea Serpent”
Of even greater concern, two major infrastructure projects don’t appear to be close to completion. The third hill reservoir has been stuck for years acquiring land in Ourovéni in the west of the island, particularly over land belonging to political leaders, notes Mayotte La 1ère. “Everything was ready fifteen years ago! But it has faltered and no one believes in it anymore. It’s a sea serpent,” analyzes Houlam Chamssidine, who also worked at the Mayotte Departmental Council.
Also planned for years, a second seawater desalination plant could see the light of day in Ironi Bé, south of Mamoudzou, in the course of 2024. Despite having a significant environmental impact, this is one of the priority solutions, according to a parliamentarian report published in 2021. “In the case of Mayotte, where there is no mobilized groundwater, the use of seawater desalination is the only technical solution that can keep water constantly independent of the vagaries of the weather can deliver,” write the MEPs.
On the island, many observers also point to the responsibility of the Intercommunal Syndicate of Water and Sanitation of Mayotte (SIEAM) for the lack of infrastructure. “The union’s financial situation is critical due to internal deficiencies in its administration and budgetary decisions,” the State Audit Office warned in a 2020 report. In the face of this crisis, the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, is expected to address the issue during his visit to Mayotte on Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th June. Hopes are high there. “Every time there is a drought, the politicians promise us that they will change something,” complains a young woman from the Hamouro slum, near the only well in the district. But in the end they do nothing.”
Charlie & Johayron They apologized to their audience via social media after they stopped halfway through a concert at Bar Encuentro in Havana this Thursday.
The popular Cuban duo stressed on Instagram that they took all the responsibility, for which they also apologized to the bar.
“Everything is our fault, it was the fault of our team’s preparation. “We’re human, we’re not robots, we have the right to make mistakes and things didn’t go the way we expected and planned,” he said. the Charlie in a video posted to the group’s Instagram.
The singer added that they didn’t find a solution on stage: “We were super opaque, we lacked spirit and we felt it wasn’t the right thing to go ahead with the concert for the simple reason that it wasn’t that be what that is.” People who entered the concert deserve it. A thousand apologies because today it wasn’t us.”
For its part, the Bar Encuentro, which had promoted the presentation of the artists, clarified on this social network: “The Charly & Johayron concert was canceled halfway through internal problems in the group, which had nothing to do with the Bar Encuentro or.” His teamwork, audio, engineering and sound engineers came from the artists. You are responsible for what happened.”
Capture Instagram / Bar Encuentro
In the Charly & Johayron release, criticism of the young singers was not long in coming: “an enormous lack of professionalism that leaves people who have paid dearly to see them”; “I hope her ego goes down. They are the ones playing for the audience, not the audience for them. They left a tremendously bad size there”; “If things didn’t go as expected, they should have left the stage and found a solution and given this concert to everyone who was there. That’s called professional ethics.”
Some followers of the duo also said that it was not the first time that they had problems at their concert, as there had recently been a lot of complaints from the audience in Bar 2.45.
Despite these bad times, Charly & Johayron celebrate the success of some concerts on their networks, such as theirs first presentation at La Tropical last week and a current one Appearance in Santa Clara.
This result of the two-day forum (Thursday and Friday) convened by France’s President Emmanuel Macron with around 40 heads of state and government present is not surprising, because the name of the event indicated that the question is whether the responsible and the beneficiaries of the current arrangement are ready to respond to the claim.
No country should be forced to choose between reducing poverty and protecting the planet, the host president said in the high-level dialogue concluding the summit at the Palais de la Bourse in Paris, where he unsurprisingly took the biggest critique from the Bretton -Woods institutions.
Macron saw the meeting as a sign of the beginning of the road to building a new architecture, “with new tools and methods, more money and reforms in its institutions”.
However, nothing really suggests that the countries of the South, trapped in poverty, underdevelopment and a lack of resources to tackle climate change, can call the summit a success or expect things to be any different than today.
Almost always smiling, the Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, referred to the need to proceed step by step in the face of the risk of haste when African leaders called for more funding for developing countries, on top of the 100,000 million dollars, promised to the poorest.
The President of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, spoke on behalf of the Group of 77 plus China at the meeting about the urgency of the situation and the need for political will on the part of decision-makers to change the prevailing scenario.
“I am giving no secret when I claim that the worst consequences of the current deeply unfair, undemocratic, speculative and exclusive international economic and financial order are hitting developing countries harder,” warned the pro tempore president of the bloc, which joins 134 of the 193 member states of the UN.
In this sense, he called for a review of the current fundamentals that determine North-South relations and coexistence on the planet, and urged leaders not to go down in history as those who do not make a difference in our common destiny could.
According to Díaz-Canel, the current financial architecture represents an obstacle to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, a criterion also presented at the summit by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres.
“Our peoples can and must continue to be laboratories of colonial recipes and renewed forms of domination, using debt, the current international financial architecture and unilateral coercive measures to perpetuate underdevelopment and augment the coffers of a few at the expense of the South,” the Cuban leader said.
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was also forceful when he claimed that the Bretton Woods institutions created after World War II are dysfunctional and do not correspond to society’s aspirations and interests.
The World Bank and IMF leave a lot to be desired in terms of people’s expectations. To be clear, he criticized sitting next to Macron at the conclusion of the forum for a new world financial pact.
The summit is already history, and the claim is that it certainly represents a starting point for a more just and supportive order in the face of unavoidable challenges, but the old players and the great powers must show concrete signs that they are ready for a rule change to accept.
The Wagner mercenary group blocks important objects in Rostov-on-Don. Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks of betrayal and a “stab in the back” in a televised speech.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has called mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin’s actions a betrayal. Anyone who took part in the mutiny would be punished, and anyone who took up arms against the army was a traitor. “We will win and get stronger,” Putin said in a televised speech on Saturday. Putin called for the “neutralization” of mentors.
Power struggle between Putin and Wagner boss Prigozhin escalates
Putin confirmed the blockade of important objects in Rostov-on-Don by the Wagner mercenary group. “In fact, the work of the civilian and military leadership bodies is blocked,” Putin said in a speech to the Russian people on state television. On the situation in the Rostov region, on the border with Ukraine, he said: “It remains difficult.”
The armed forces were ordered to “neutralize” those who organized the uprising, Putin said.
Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin has Rostov under control
Earlier, Wagner’s boss Yevgeny Prigozhin had announced that his fighters had taken control of important military objects in Rostov, including an airfield. The Ministry of Defense in Moscow also asked the mercenaries to surrender.
Russia has declared a counter-terrorism emergency
In view of the armed uprising of Russian mercenary boss Prigozhin, authorities in and around Moscow have declared an anti-terror emergency. The Russian Ministry of Defense asked fighters from the Wagner mercenary group to refuse allegiance to their boss, Prigozhin.
Fighters from the Wagner mercenary group are said to be maintaining military installations in Voronezh
Wagner’s boss, Yevgeny Prigozhin, earlier said in a video posted on Telegram that he and his Wagner mercenary troupe control all military installations in the city of Rostov. According to one source, fighters from the Wagner mercenary group also took control of all military installations in the city of Voronezh, 500 kilometers south of Moscow.
Wagner’s fighters move north
According to the British Ministry of Defence, other fighters from the Wagner mercenary group are moving north in the Voronezh district. They are probably on their way to Moscow. This is the greatest threat to the Russian state in recent times. Now it depends on the reaction of the security forces, mainly the National Guard. Until now, parts of Russian security forces have probably behaved passively and complacently.
Putting aside the controversies that led to its discontinuation more than a decade ago, it was announced out of nowhere that development would resume in 2021. Finally, on June 22nd, Six Days in Fallujah was released into Early Access. To mark the occasion, studio Highwire Games released a short trailer via a Steam blog post. This tactical and realistic co-op shooter is inspired by true stories experienced by marines during the Battle of Fallujah. You therefore embody a group of soldiers who take part in this conflict in a procedurally generated environment where the threat can come from all sides. Solo or with four players, you must choose your course of action carefully to avoid killing yourself and your men in a poorly managed ambush.
Alongside the release, the developers released a roadmap announcing new missions in both single player and co-op, weather effects affecting the course of the mission, a new steering wheel for your AI team, and more you can find out by looking at the Steam blog post.
If you’re interested in Six Days in Fallujah, you can grab it in Early Access on Steam for less than $39.
There are no mines in the cooling basin of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, says the UN surveillance agency.
Zaporizhia nuclear power plant
247 Rafael Mariano Grossi, directorgeneral of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), on Tuesday dismissed claims by the Ukrainian government that the cooling pond at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant (UNZ) was rigged with explosives, Russia reported. Today.
“The IAEA is aware of reports of mines being placed near the cooling pool. “During the director general’s visit, no mines were observed on site, not even at the cooling pond,” Grossi said in a report on the situation at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant.
There are mines outside the perimeter and “in certain places inside” that the UNZ security team said were for defense purposes, the IAEA chief said.
“Our assessment of these specific placements indicated that while the presence of explosive devices would not meet safety standards, the facility’s key safety functions would not be significantly compromised,” Grossi added.
His report follows allegations by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenskyy and his adviser Mikhail Podoliak that Russia was preparing a “terrorist attack” on facilities it has controlled since March 2022.
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The Ukrainian secret service has received information that Russia is planning “a terrorist attack with a radiation leak,” Zelenskyy said in a tweet on Thursday morning, adding: “The world has been warned, so the world can and must act.”
Claiming that Russia was considering “a largescale terrorist attack on the nuclear power plant to stop the Ukrainian counteroffensive and create a depopulated, sanitary gray area,” Podoliak laid mines in the cooling pond and demanded that “the global world” announce the consequences “not tomorrow, but today”.
Zelenskyy’s allegations are “another lie,” said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Thursday, noting that Russia had fully cooperated with the IAEA. Moscow insisted Kiev was behind the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam earlier this month, which the IAEA described as a potential threat to UNZ’s cooling water supply.
According to Russia, Ukraine has also repeatedly attacked the UNZ, including an attempted commando attack in September 2022 when the IAEA mission was en route to the site. The latest attack happened on June 9, when Russian air defenses reported shooting down three drones en route to the power plant.
The Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant has six reactors and is located in Energodar, on the right bank of the Dnipro River. It is currently operated by Rosatom in standby mode. The surrounding region officially became part of Russia last September.
