Author and entrepreneur Éliane Gagnon is also an actress that we were happy to follow Ramdam, Louis Cyr, District 31 And STAT. It has been particularly discreet in recent years to get out of consumer hell. The 37-year-old mother of two beautiful children now feels more ready than ever to reconnect with the actress in her.
Éliane, in recent years you have been rather discreet on our screens. You have had problems with drug use and have written two books on the subject, Leak notebook And sobriety. Was this decline intentional? Let’s say I had to work on myself first and didn’t yet have the necessary tools to reconnect with the profession I love most in the world. In my book Flughefte I talk about my decline in consumption. I went into hell and came out seven years ago.
You changed your life and turned it 180 degrees! Yes, really. Since then I have even started a family and have two beautiful children, Éloi and Ariel. Recently I acted in STAT and the year before that in District 31. Today I am determined to reconnect with my profession and I want to take on challenges as an actress. I even enjoy exploring comedy to show my goofy side. (laughs)
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Your career was in full swing at the time, and you seemed to be doing well. What brought you to alcohol and drugs? I started using very young. I think I wanted to silence the fear I had inside me; it suffocated me. I was on marijuana when I was 11, alcohol when I was 17, and cocaine a year later. I wanted to blend in, look cool, and I thought I was in control of my business. I was carefree and of course I thought I was invincible.
And it’s sneaky, all of it, isn’t it? Yes! Alcoholism and addiction are very insidious, creeping into our lives and often by the time we realize it, we’ve already lost control. I started having this destructive behavior when I was 20. We often tell ourselves that youth must happen, but it went on. I’ve been in denial for 10 years. I was really destroying myself little by little. When I was 30, I still had the same lifestyle choices and the same destructive behaviors. There were two personalities in me: Lili Love, who wanted to be loved, and Lili Destroy, who destroyed everything. So I fed Lili Destroy for 10 years, but deep down I knew it wasn’t working.
You mentioned fear earlier… Back then, everything in life scared me. It’s sad because I was afraid of success and my own light, but I was also afraid of failure and I didn’t know how to love myself. Basically, all I wanted in life was to fulfill my dreams of loving and being loved, but alcoholism destroyed any possible happiness.
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Your career has been going well, you have chained beautiful roles, like that of Emiliana in the film Ludwig Kyr. Yes, I started acting when I was 14, I had good roles, that’s true. Even at the age of 30, after being selected by the Canadian Film Center to study English for six months, I went to Los Angeles to pursue my acting dream in the United States and develop my career there.
And what happened? This is where everything changed. I was on my way to Los Angeles when I was in a serious car accident. I drove drunk, but I didn’t realize anything except that I wrecked my car. This event was the big turning point for me. I found myself in Hollywood, homeless, and couldn’t even sleep in my car because I didn’t have one. (laughs) Eventually I started therapy in Hollywood to get out of there. My life then turned around 180 degrees and if I hadn’t stopped this rhythm of life with consumption, I probably wouldn’t be here today to talk about it.
Today, at 37, you are a mother, actress, author and also founder of the Soberlab project. It seems like life took you in its arms… Oh how well said! Yes, I feel a bit like that. Instead of saying I’m sober, I like to say I’m on a love journey, and today I’ve been on that journey for seven years.
You really turned the ugly in your life into something very inspiring. I like being able to help people who need it because of their substance abuse problems. I know what it is, I’ve been there. The Soberlab project is very nourishing to me. Self-sacrifice is the key to happiness.
How does being a mother nourish you on your journey of self-love? In fact, I want to improve myself with my thoughts and my emotions as much as I do with my actions. I think that’s what makes me really present with my kids and enjoying everything. I take the time to live well in the present moment and I will not let anything spoil it. I do it first for myself and then for my kids. I’ve come so far in the past few years that I no longer have to prove anything to anyone.
what kind of mom are you I already have such a great relationship with my children! I had Éloi first, and it was he who brought me back to love. My family is my core and what I hold most valuable. Yes, I have professional ambitions, but not at the expense of my family life. I think I’m a pretty cool mom who plays and fools around with them and is probably too revealing because I have a hard time setting my boundaries. My son noticed that, so I have to tighten the screw a bit. (laughs)
And when it comes to your acting career, where do you stand? Recently I’ve acted in a short film and in an English language film which I can’t talk about at the moment but will be out this year. I missed playing a lot. It’s true I was consumed for years, but I’ve worked so hard, I got up, I’ve had my kids and I started Soberlab, plus I’ve written two books about it. I can’t make up my mind for the industry to want me back as an actress, but with everything I’ve done in my career, I know I just want to go back to a job that’s close to my heart.
For more information visit elianegagnon.com. we can listen The inspirational momenta live chat with Éliane Gagnon and her guests, on Youtube.
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Do you want to immigrate here? Do you speak French? You have a much better chance if you choose somewhere other than Quebec.
Posted 5:00 am Updated 5:00 am
Suzanne Colpron The Press
Easier for francophones to immigrate to English Canada
PHOTO OLIVIER PONTBRIAND, LA PRESSE ARCHIVE
Downtown Halifax
On September 2, 2022, Joe El Ghazouli applied for permanent residency in Canada. Everywhere except Quebec. In December, three months later, he was admitted. And on February 9th he landed in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
“It happened very quickly,” says the 35-year-old Moroccan, who speaks French and English, studied in France and has experience in the construction industry.
As Quebec tries to attract French-speaking immigrants to stem the decline of French, new French-speaking permanent residents settling in other Canadian provinces, such as Joe El Ghazouli, are increasing.
In Nova Scotia, it rose from 180 in 2021 to 795 in 2022, according to data from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. In Ontario, it rose from 3,905 in 2021 to 9,760 in 2022. The increase in New Brunswick is even more dramatic: 790 in 2021 , compared to 2,315 in 2022.
Why do they choose other provinces? According to the experts consulted, the federal government is opening its arms to them and facilitating the admission process at the very moment when the Quebec government is turning the screws and sending out negative messages.
Most applications made under the federal Express Entry program are processed in less than six months. In Quebec? “It can easily take two years for permanent residence,” replies Me Gabrielle Thiboutot, an immigration specialist.
The federal government has set itself very ambitious immigration targets of 500,000 newcomers per year by 2025. She has also committed to increasing the proportion of francophone immigrants in French minority provinces.
For its part, Quebec, which aims to welcome 52,500 immigrants by 2023, has tightened eligibility criteria for the Quebec Experience Program to limit the influx.
Result: Quebec immigration delays are longer and the outcome is often uncertain, not to mention costing more.
“For people looking to build a future, applying for permanent residency in Quebec is more expensive and slower than other provinces,” says Benjamin Brunot, an immigration attorney. “The management fees alone add up to about $1,000 more. »
“The message in Quebec is to cut back,” adds Me Brunot. In general, immigrants feel they are not wanted. It’s also economic discrimination. You have a better chance of hiring a professional to help you navigate. But overall the message is: we will make your life as difficult as possible. »
A competitive system
Both in Quebec and at the federal level, the selection system for economic migrants is based on competition. To apply for permanent residency, a professional must create a profile, choose a program and meet eligibility criteria: language skills, education, age, work experience, income, job offer, etc.
His skills give him points. If the overall score is deemed sufficient, his application will be included in a pool of candidates for immigration. Depending on his score and rank in the pool, he could receive an invitation to apply for permanent residency.
In Quebec, the application management platform is called Arrima. At the federal level, it is Express Entry.
Francophones have two advantages when applying outside of Quebec. The first: the federal government awards 50 extra points to those who master French, valuable points that can decide acceptance or rejection. The only condition: you must agree to settle outside of Quebec.
The second is that they skip a long, expensive, and risky step and get the Quebec Selection Certificate (CSQ). “To obtain the CSQ, we are currently about six months away from processing once the person has been selected to submit their application,” Me Thiboutot specifies.
From Togo to NWT.
Koko Avoyi, 35, and his Togolese wife, 32, have decided to settle outside of Quebec. They are parents to two little girls aged 4 and 5, speak French and have a Master’s degree in Management, Accounting Control and Auditing alongside nine years of experience.
“We applied to the Quebec selection program, but I wasn’t selected,” says Koko Avoyi, who also completed an Express Entry application.
He and his wife received a federal invitation in September 2022. They were granted permanent residency and moved to Yellowknife, Northwest Territories (NWT) on March 10. Koko Avoyi found a job in French in her field. His wife takes care of the youngest while she waits to find a place in daycare. And the eldest is at school.
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Yellow Knife
Why Yellowknife?
Because we were selected via Express Entry, we couldn’t go to Quebec. We did a little research and liked Yellowknife. We said to ourselves that we would quickly integrate here and get a job.
Koko Avoyi
The NWT. have 11 official languages, including French. Out of a population of 40,000 inhabitants, 4,395 people speak French or 11%.
France’s Lisa Boisneault, 29, also chose to settle in the NWT to apply for permanent residency in New Brunswick after two years, which she received last summer.
PHOTO SUPPLIED BY LISA BOISNEAULT
Lisa Boisneault, coordinator of Yellowknife’s welcoming Francophone community
Outside of Quebec, there are francophone communities with their own specificities and responsibilities. I found that and I find it very interesting.
Lisa Boisneault, coordinator of Yellowknife’s welcoming Francophone community
Lisa adds that the NWT Provincial Nominee Program has a French component. “It makes the journey easier for a candidate who speaks French,” she notes. We have many vacancies and a well-established Francophone community. »
The beauty of Vancouver
Hajer Ben Ajroudi, 44, chose Vancouver instead.
Originally from Tunisia, she came to Canada on a visitor visa in September 2022 to see her twin sister, who has been living in Ottawa for the past three years. There she decided to create her profile on Express Entry and respond to a job offer in French in Vancouver.
“I arrived in British Columbia in December,” she says. And since I was already registered with Express Entry and had a profile, I became interested in British Columbia. On April 26, Hajer received an invitation to apply for permanent residency.
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Hajer Ben Ajroudi, Communications Director, British Columbia Federation of Francophones
Honestly, it seems like fate gave me a gift. I really like British Columbia and Vancouver is beautiful. I speak English, not as well as French, but I get by.
Hader Ben Ajroudi
Why not Montreal? “Yes, it could have been my choice without hesitation,” admits the Tunisian. Montreal is a city that I love, that I know. If I had had an interesting opportunity, I would have taken it. »
Hajer notes that in recent years more and more Tunisians are going to New Brunswick and Manitoba instead of Quebec.
Call from New Brunswick
Cédrelle Eymard-Duvernay would also have liked to live in Quebec, where she spent two years from 2016 to 2018.
“I could have applied for a study permit or found another solution to stay, but that was more expensive and complicated,” explains the 38-year-old French woman. “So I went back to France with the idea of going back to Canada to settle down. »
She resumed her studies and obtained a master’s degree in teaching French, a second language, from the University of Tours. She was scheduled to go to Moncton, New Brunswick on a temporary work permit in March 2020, but COVID-19 struck. She had to postpone her arrival until spring 2022.
After a year of full-time employment, she has just received her permanent residency invitation. “I can submit all my documents next week,” she says. This is the last step. It’s usually four to six months. »
Why Monton?
In Quebec it is too complicated, too long to have a closed work permit. I did a lot of research and found that we had to give up Quebec for permanent residency. I have French friends who have lived in Quebec for several years and are still undecided.
Cedrelle Eymard Duvernay
She adds: “I don’t regret my decision. It’s about money, victims, there are a lot of bad experiences of course, but at the end of the day it’s permanent residency in Canada and a quality of life that will be much higher here than I could have had in France. »
How much does it cost ?
Applying for a permanent residence permit is not free. Here are the top fees charged by Quebec and Ottawa.
$1365
Amount required by Ottawa per adult to process permanent residency application, including permanent residency fee ($515). An amount of $230 will be added for each dependent child under the age of 22.
$869
Amount the candidate must pay to apply for a Quebec Selection Certificate (CSQ) under the Regular Skilled Worker Program. An additional sum of $186 is required for the spouse and each dependent child. Amount payable only for applicants wishing to settle in Quebec
$340
Approximate cost of the French placement test that can give points for the permanent residence application.
$280
Approximate cost of the English, Reading, Listening and Writing Skills Test.
$250
Average cost of compulsory medical examination for immigration purposes.
$85
Fees for collecting biometric data. Family fare is $170.
Sources: Ministry of Immigration, Francisation and Integration (MIFI) and Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
PHOTO SETH KUGEL, NEW YORK TIMES ARCHIVES
Downtown Vancouver
A tough competitor
Quebec is at risk of facing a strong competitor in its efforts to attract French-speaking immigrants as the federal government has decided to take drastic measures to lure them to the other provinces and territories.
Ottawa relies heavily on Francophone immigration to counter the erosion of the demographic weight of Francophones in a minority situation, i.e. outside of Quebec. It is even the first pillar of his official language action plan 2023-2028, presented on April 26.
“To provide elements of a solution, the action plan proposes the adoption of a new francophone immigration policy. This new policy will guide future actions [dont] improved recruitment promotion and support efforts both in Canada and abroad, combined with more robust immigrant selection mechanisms.
Canada reached its goal of 4.4% French-speaking immigrants outside Quebec for the first time in 2022 with 16,300 people. But more is needed to counteract erosion. According to Statistics Canada, the proportion of Francophones outside of Quebec has increased from 4.4% to 3.3% in 20 years.
To bring the Francophone demographic weight back to 4.4%, the target for Francophone immigration outside of Quebec should be raised from 12% in 2024 to 20% in 2036, according to the Federation of Francophone and Acadian Communities of Canada .
“We propose a progressive goal,” specifies the organization’s president, Liane Roy. We’ll start at 12% and reach 20% in 2036.”
The federal government has yet to announce any new targets, but the $137.2 million budget devoted to the issue in its five-year plan suggests efforts are ramping up.
Of that total, a budget of $18.5 million will be allocated to increased promotional and recruitment efforts, $50 million to support immigrant settlement and integration and to strengthen the capacity of francophone communities, and $25 million for a new Francophone immigration innovation employs a center that will, among other things, support these communities.
word of mouth
This recruitment and admission policy comes at a time when Quebec tends to turn off the faucet. “It means that Quebec will find itself in a major competitor for Francophone immigration because we have another step up with the Quebec Selection Certificate (CSQ),” says Gabrielle Thiboutot, a lawyer specializing in immigration.
There is also another phenomenon: word of mouth.
We have seen in immigration files the extent to which the existence of good evidence can spread like wildfire around the world.
This was evidently the case with the Roxham Strait, known from Venezuela to Pakistan. But other sectors such as B. Colleges that have attracted an Indian clientele. The message that French-speaking candidates are welcome in Canada will quickly be heard across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
The challenge is to convince these candidates that the other provinces of Canada are attractive places to live, knowing that their natural starting point would have been Quebec.
“The best option”
The Algerian Tayeb Oussedik is one of the convinced. He chose Manitoba over Quebec because of its bilingualism. In Winnipeg, for a little over two years, he has been the associate director of Accueil francophone, an organization that facilitates the settlement of francophone and allophone immigrants in Manitoba.
“My wife and I are basically globetrotters,” he explains. We traveled to around thirty countries before deciding to settle anywhere. When we weighed the pros and cons, we thought that Canada might be the best option for our kids because of its education system, its bilingualism. That explains why we didn’t choose Quebec. »
Why Manitoba? “Manitoba has this connection to nature that I haven’t seen anywhere else,” he replies. In addition, it is also about the opportunities that the country could offer from the point of view of employability. I arrived in Winnipeg. After a month I found a job. After three months I was promoted. After two years I had a position in another province that I never thought possible. The reception and processing service was a great help to me. »
112,000
Number of people in Manitoba who speak French slightly increased from 108,000 in 2016
Demonstrators confront police officers during a protest demanding better wages in Caracas.Miguel Gutiérrez (EFE)
Anger over low wages is growing in Venezuela, even within Chavista’s own ranks. The long-awaited announcements of pay rises by Nicolás Maduro’s government on May 1st have reinforced condemnation from most workers’ leagues and workers’ fronts. Thousands of public and private sector workers, teachers, doctors and nurses, retirees and retirees have been holding protests these days calling the government’s announcements “a mockery”.
On May 1, Labor Day, at a rally in front of his supporters, Maduro announced an increase in the salary bonus from $30 (dubbed the “Economic War Bonus”) and increasing Cestatickets to $40, but did not increase the monthly one Minimum wage, which at five dollars is the lowest in all of Latin America. Venezuela’s minimum monthly wage was the highest in the region on several occasions until at least the first decade of the 21st century.
“This Maduro decree violates the entire labor law of the country,” says Jaqueline Richter, an attorney for labor law and science at the Central University of Venezuela. “90% of the employee’s income is now bonuses, not average for vacation, year-end or benefits. Worst of all, these increases are destroying the country’s social security system. Not even the South Cone dictators of the 1970s dared to work that way for wages,” he adds.
Pedro García, a retired activist and board member of the National Conflicts Committee — the umbrella organization that brings together disaffected union organizations — confirms that the platform to which he belongs is discussing next steps with its members, and they don’t rule out a staggered succession of work stoppages . “The world of work is buzzing, the effort is great. Pensioners and retirees are preparing a day of protest for this May 15,” he warns.
“The hikes announced by Maduro are a hoax,” said María Alejandra Díaz, an employment lawyer, former voter and Chavista militant. “Up until last month, they were paying $44 in change, and now the income is half that.” Diaz slammed the fact that Miraflores first apologized for its difficulties with international sanctions and is now citing the fallout from the recent anti-corruption purge , which has jailed various associates of Maduro himself.
Top government spokesmen argue that the executive branch is making enormous efforts to improve wage incomes in Venezuela’s devastated economy and that the compromise of international sanctions against the country, combined with the siege of the Maduro administration, has complicated those goals.
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Maduro was irritated by the criticism: “They want to destroy me.” He pledged that the nation would resolutely embark on the road to wage recovery “sooner rather than later, to shut up the chatterboxes on social media,” he said. “It is a true economic miracle that in the midst of this war we can attend to the needs of our people,” said Jorge Rodríguez of the ruling PSUV and current president of the legislature in a fiery speech. “I would like to know in which country in the world does a government increase the income of its workers by 2,000%?”
The multi-billion dollar embezzlement of the Pdvsa crypto corruption network – structured around Tarek El Aissami, one of the regime’s disgraced hierarchs – has resulted in a drain of resources that has left the government in serious cash flow problems from Nicolas Maduro. Miraflores has lost $3,000 million that it could not invest in government work due to uncollected oil bills. Chavismo’s corrupt officials used the alternative avenues necessitated by the siege of international sanctions to appropriate the money from oil sales.
The fiscal impact of the lost money explains the flattening of the growth curve in this first quarter of 2023 and has forced some economists to recalculate the overall behavior of the economy this year.
Nicmer Evans, a political activist, founder of the democracy and inclusion movement and a former Chavista fighter, stated that “the magic trick that Maduro presented caused a great deal of outrage among working people. The salary bonus violates the Organic Labor Code they created themselves. Labor protests will accelerate.”
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Despite the gray weather outside in May, the University of Montreal’s CEPSUM training studio had a day of great excitement outside.
Sitting at the same table were Daniel Jutras, the rector of the university, Philippe Le Blanc, a generous donor, and Geoff Molson, the owner of the canoe but also president of the Club of Governors of the Carabins. Manon Simard, Managing Director of CEPSUM and Carabins, also sat at the lectern.
And before them stood athletes, journalists and other dignitaries. Even Rodger Brulotte made the trip for his All Around Town page.
The purpose of this gathering: a donation of one million to the Carabins tennis program from the Le Blanc Foundation. With this significant financial contribution, the “Blues” now have the financial means to hire a full-time coach in David Desrochers, a former Carabins and qualified physical education teacher.
“This donation is in line with the Foundation’s objectives of investing in sport, arts and health,” said Philippe Le Blanc, brother of Sébastien, a former ATP. With this donation we improve the Carabins tennis program. The dream and vision is to make Quebec tennis competitive with what is happening in the United States and the NCAA.
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Stop the Exodus
Carabins’ men’s and women’s program will not aim to develop the next big stars of the ATP or WTA, but we will try to keep the talent in the province.
“In the future, we want our young people here to see the Carabins or Laval University as a great achievement,” said Le Blanc. I’m not saying it’s not a nice thing, but they dream more in the United States. It has to change. It’s a long tradition that started with Martin Laurendeau in the 80’s. We ingrained it in tennis culture in Quebec that it goes through the NCAA. We have to break that.”
“For the most part, we’re going to want to develop student athletes,” he continued. But it’s not impossible for a player or two to break out and go pro. To achieve this, we need to improve the university cycle in Quebec.”
The brothers Philippe and Sébastien Le Blanc describe this exodus to the United States well. In their day, they both played tennis at a high level, but they also have three children together who hit the yellow ball in American college programs.
Two of Sébastien’s four children have played in the NCAA. Raphaëlle, 23, is a graduate of the University of Portland in Oregon, while Alexandre, 21, will graduate from the University of Kentucky in May.
Christophe Leblanc, the eldest of Philippe’s children, attends Kenyon College in Ohio.
There is no doubt that Universitario de Deportes’ big moment is both in the local tournament and in reality South American Cup, as they are at the top in both tournaments. The experienced coach arrived from Uruguay two months ago Jorg Fossati and no doubt it gave him the change of face the team needed to be a contender for the title today.
Within this winning team, one player stands out at left-back who actually had to wait many years for a chance. However, he previously played for Alianza Lima and belongs to the select circle of footballers who have worn the jersey of Peruvian football’s two classic rivals. who is it about
The footballer in question is Nelson Cabanillas, 23 years old and came from the youth academies of University of Sports. He excelled in his assists and as a right-hand forward. What was your story when you wore the compadre’s shirt?
When did Nelson Cabanillas become part of Alianza Lima?
According to an interview by The Republic of the year 2022, Nelson Cabanillas was in briefly Alliance of Lima which the same footballer revealed to this medium. “Before I get to it university, Tito Chumpitazthe person they consult about players in the academy told me there is an option to play Alliance of Lima. I went to training with the Allianz reserves for a week, but I felt that I wasn’t given enough attention and my arrival didn’t materialize. There were players like Miguel Cornejo, Renato Rojas, Frank Medinaetc.”.
How did Nelson Cabanillas get into physical education?
As reported Cabanillasthey followed him in university since he played in the Peru U17 team. He didn’t hesitate and accepted the suggestion to be closer to his family and play for the club he’s a fan of.
How did Nelson Cabanillas fare at the Universitario de Deportes?
After a short pass Saint-Louisby Quillota of Chilean football, in 2019 he made his debut with the cream that reconciled an own goal sports guys, as his shot ricocheted off a pink defender. This match ended 4-0 in favor of the ‘U’ over Boys inside monumental stadium. In 2019 he played 11 games but in 2020 he would have a very bad time because he only played 3 games and the assistant coach Angel Comizzo He told him to look for another team because they wouldn’t have him.
However, he preferred to fight for a position and in 2021 he played 21 games, starting with an injury Ivan Santillan. In the only Clásico of the year he scored a great goal for Alliance of Lima and was in the ideal eleven of Latin America Sub-23 after sofa score. 2022 would come, the year he played the most with 27 appearances. This year he just didn’t play against binational j sporty touchadding a total of 11 games for the local league to date.
Read the full interview with Nelson Cabanillas at this LINK.
Where and when was soccer player Nelson Cabanillas born?
The popular “Caba” saw the light of day on February 8, 2000 and is 23 years old. He was born in Lima District comas and because of his age he was able to attend Peru’s U17 team who denies the South American the category in Chile in 2017.
‘Woo-hoo King’! The delight of royal fans as the adorable Prince cheers for Charles from his carriage, pointing and whispering to Charlotte as he steals the spotlight once again
By Ellen Coughlan For Web
Published: 12:33 PM, May 6, 2023 | Updated: 2:19 PM, May 6, 2023
Prince Louis always manages to steal the show at royal engagements, from sticking his tongue out to his mother or dramatically covering his ears on the balcony of Buckingham Palace – and he didn’t let his fans down today.
The youngest son of the Prince and Princess of Wales, Louis, who turned five on St George’s Day April 23, made hearts melt again today at Westminster Abbey for the King’s coronation.
The fourth in line to the throne, looking regal in a tailored outfit by a Savile Row tailor, appeared disinterested as he yawned throughout the ceremony.
The cheeky prince looked around the abbey and pointed at objects as he sat next to his older sister Princess Charlotte during the opening moments of the historic service.
When his sister tried to hold up the regulations for his inspection, he looked the other way and was seen yawning as he entered the abbey, holding hands with Charlotte.
hold up! The youngest son of the Prince and Princess of Wales, Louis, who turned five on St George’s Day April 23, was made to re-melt at Westminster Abbey today for the King’s coronation
During the national broadcast, Louis was seen kicking his feet and his mother forced Kate to whisper something to him.
The adorable prince later slouched back in his seat, proving that the long service might have been too much for a five-year-old.
The prince was not originally supposed to attend the coronation, but it seems the family decided at the last minute to include him in the service.
It is believed that Prince Louis will not attend tomorrow’s concert in Windsor.
What is that? A fascinated Prince Louis points something out to his sister
The fourth in line to the throne, looking regal in a tailored outfit, looked disinterested as he yawned throughout the ceremony
Elsewhere, the cheeky prince looked around the abbey and pointed at objects as he sat next to his older sister Princess Charlotte during the opening moments of the historic service
The adorable prince later slouched back in his seat, proving that the long service was too much for a five-year-old
Measure his steps! The handsome prince seemed to be carefully counting his steps as he entered the abbey
Earlier, Prince Louis stole the show at the Trooping the Color celebrations in June last year, where he made a number of hilarious faces – including covering his ears in front of the Queen as the sound of plane engines roared during flight noisy past.
Today the siblings arrived without their older brother Prince George, nine, who is a page of honor to his grandfather and follows in the procession behind the king.
Princess Charlotte wears an Alexander McQueen dress and cape in ivory silk crepe with ivory stitch embroidery of rose, thistle, daffodil and shamrock motifs to symbolize the four nations.
Charlotte also wears a Jess Collett x Alexander McQueen headdress made of silver bullion, crystal and silver thread, similar to the headdress worn by the Princess of Wales.
The little prince was an unexpected center of attention at Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee flypast last year. He covered his ears and screamed…
Meanwhile, younger brother Louis looked regal in a tailored outfit.
For the historic occasion, the young prince is wearing an outfit by Savile Row tailors Dege and Skinner, consisting of a Hainsworth Garter Blue Doeskin tunic with specially designed lace detailing on the collar, cuffs and front. The trousers are black complete with Garter Blue stripes.
His parents are aware of the responsibility on his young shoulders and it is believed Prince Louis will not be attending tomorrow’s Windsor concert.
The youngsters gathered for the grand procession of carriages back to Buckingham Palace after witnessing King Charles being crowned at the Abbey.
This morning the pair watched as Charles was crowned as the 40th reigning sovereign at Westminster Abbey in a ceremony dating back to William the Conqueror in 1066 when Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby bestowed St Edward’s Crown on him.
Third bomb attack inside Russia on prominent pro-war advocates
The Foreign Ministry spokeswoman blames Kiev and the West
The Kremlin says it has not yet commented on the investigation
May 6 (Portal) – A prominent Russian nationalist writer, Zakhar Prilepin, was wounded in a car bomb attack on Saturday that killed his driver, an attack Russia immediately blamed on Ukraine and the West.
The state investigative committee said the writer’s Audi Q7 was blown up in a village in the Nizny Novgorod region, some 400 km (250 miles) east of Moscow, in what it treated as an act of terrorism. He was taken to the hospital, it said.
An Interior Ministry spokeswoman said a suspect had been arrested.
It was the third bombing of a top pro-pro-war figure inside Russia since Moscow launched its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Russia has blamed Ukraine for the deaths of the previous two targets, which Kyiv denies. There was no immediate news from Ukraine about the recent incident.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova wrote on Telegram: “The fact has come true: Washington and NATO have fed another international terrorist cell – the Kiev regime.”
She said it was the “direct responsibility of the US and UK” but provided no evidence to support the allegation.
“We pray for Zakhar,” she said.
The state news agency TASS quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as refusing to comment due to lack of information from investigators.
The agency said former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev sent a telegram to Prilepin, describing the incident as a “heinous attack by Nazi extremists.”
Prilepin is a novelist known as an outspoken supporter of Russia’s actions in Ukraine, where Moscow’s invasion is in its 15th month. He is a prolific exponent of nationalist views with more than 300,000 followers on Telegram and his own website and YouTube channel.
He fought for Russian proxy forces in eastern Ukraine’s Donbass region before Moscow’s large-scale invasion last year, where he led a military unit where he boasted in a 2019 YouTube interview that his unit had “killed people in large numbers.”
“These people are dead, they’re buried and … there are a lot of them,” he said. “Not a single unit among the Donetsk battalions had such results. It was an outrageous mess what we did there… Not a single field commander had such results as I did.”
Saturday’s incident followed the killing of military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky at a St Petersburg cafe last month. Last August, Darya Dugina, the daughter of a nationalist ideologue, was killed in a car bomb attack near Moscow.
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Warren Buffett at the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, California. May 1, 2021.
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Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway’s earnings soared in the first quarter, thanks in part to a recovery in the conglomerate’s insurance business.
Operating income, which includes earnings from the conglomerate’s wholly-owned businesses, totaled $8.065 billion in the first quarter. That’s a 12.6% increase from $7.16 billion last year.
Insurance income was $911 million, a sharp increase from $167 million a year ago. Insurance investment income also increased 68% to $1.969 billion from $1.170 billion.
Geico took a big turnaround in the quarter, returning to a big underwriting profit of $703 million. The auto insurer suffered a $1.9 billion pretax underwriting loss last year as it lost market share to rival Progressive. Ajit Jain, Berkshire’s vice chairman of insurance operations, previously said the biggest culprit for Geico’s underperformance is telematics.
The company’s railroad business, BNSF, and its energy company posted year-over-year earnings declines. Operations classified under ‘Other controlled companies’ and ‘Non-controlled companies’ recorded modest increases compared to the same period last year.
Berkshire’s cash balance increased to $130.616 billion from $128 billion in the fourth quarter of 2022. Berkshire also repurchased $4.4 billion in shares — the most since the first quarter of 2021 — up from $2.8 billion late last year.
Berkshire’s net income, which includes short-term investment gains, rose to $35.5 billion in the quarter from $5.6 billion in the year-ago period, reflecting a comeback of Warren Buffett’s stock investments like Apple in the first quarter. Although Buffett warns investors not to pay attention to quarterly fluctuations in unrealized gains on investments.
The company’s latest quarterly results are released ahead of the conglomerate’s annual shareholder meeting, an event known as “Woodstock for capitalists.”
Berkshire Class A shares are up 4.9% for the year through Friday’s close, lagging the S&P 500’s 7.7% gain. However, the stock is less than 3% below an all-time high.
— CNBC’s Yun Li contributed to the coverage.
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Demonstrators confront police officers during a protest demanding better wages in Caracas.Miguel Gutiérrez (EFE)
